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• Naperville murderer to undergo psychological evaluation before sentencing

  21-10-2016 23:30
  
  A man convicted of killing his new roommate in Naperville can receive a psychological evaluation before he is sentenced, a DuPage County judge said Friday. Judge Brian Telander approved the request from the defense team for Grant Muren, 24, who was found guilty of second-degree murder last month...
  
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• Man accused of murdering Naperville roommate to undergo psychological evaluation before sentencing

  21-10-2016 23:30
  
  A man convicted of killing his new roommate in Naperville can receive a psychological evaluation before he is sentenced, a DuPage County judge said Friday. Judge Brian Telander approved the request from the defense team for Grant Muren, 24, who was found guilty of second-degree murder last month...
  
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• Cable access TV show gives senior citizens 'a voice'

  21-10-2016 21:27
  
  At the grocery store and auto shop, fans who recognize her from TV often stop Vita Verden and tell her how devoted they are to her show, she says. Verden, an 84-year-old living in Libertyville, says the program she created in 2000 has taken on a life of its own. Every other Monday morning, Verden...
  
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• Jurors deliberating University of Colorado stabbing case

  21-10-2016 21:14
  BOULDER, Colo. | Jurors are deliberating the fate of a University of Colorado student charged with fatally stabbing another student outside a Boulder bar.
  Testimony in the trial of 23-year-old Ian Scheuermann ended Thursday without him taking the stand. Lawyers delivered closing arguments Friday morning before jurors began their deliberations.
  Authorities say Scheuermann got into an argument with 26-year-old Sean Hudson of Greenfield, Indiana and two other men over a comment Scheuermann made abo
  
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• Colorado keeping its focus on Pac-12 championship

  21-10-2016 21:13
  
  STANFORD, Calif. | A year ago, Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre watched his struggling team play Stanford close early before a pair of quick scores just before halftime broke the game open and helped catapult the Cardinal to its third Pac-12 championship in four years.
  How quickly things have changed.
  This season the Buffaloes are tied for first place in the South Division and charging hard toward a potential berth in the conference title game while Stanford is two games off the pace in the North a
  
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• Early voting: Democrats show strength in key battlegrounds

  21-10-2016 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON | Hillary Clinton appears to be displaying strength in the crucial battleground states of North Carolina and Florida among voters casting ballots before Election Day, and may also be building an early vote advantage in Arizona and Colorado.
  Donald Trump, meanwhile, appears to be holding ground in Ohio, Iowa and Georgia, according to data compiled by The Associated Press. Those are important states for Trump, but not sufficient for him to win the presidency if he loses states like Flor
  
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• South Africa’s move on ICC raises concerns of African exodus

  21-10-2016 20:46
  
  JOHANNESBURG | South Africa on Friday reversed its early support for the International Criminal Court and said it will submit a parliamentary bill to withdraw from it, raising concerns of a possible African exodus that would undermine a human rights tribunal accused by some African leaders of unfairly targeting their continent.
  The announcement followed a similar decision by Burundi this week and was criticized by human rights groups that see the ICC as the best means of pursuing perpetrato
  
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• Opposition cries dictatorship after Venezuela blocks recall

  21-10-2016 20:46
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela | The Venezuelan opposition’s campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro has been thrown into disarray with elections officials’ decision to suspend a recall drive against the socialist leader a week before it was to start.
  In a related move, a court appeared to issue a ruling Friday blocking key opposition leaders from leaving the country.
  Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during the opening of the third United Nations Habitat Conference, in Qu
  
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• Medical evacuations from Aleppo fail to materialize

  21-10-2016 20:46
  
  BEIRUT | The Syrian government on Friday opened a new corridor for rebels and civilians who want to leave the besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, but the U.N. said planned medical evacuations haven’t begun as planned because of a lack of security assurances from the warring sides.
  The evacuations, part of a Russia-announced pause in fighting, were announced a day earlier with great hopes by U.N. officials.
  But the spokesman for the U.N’s humanitarian aid agency, Jens Laerk
  
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• New details emerge in case of 3 men accused in Kansas plot

  21-10-2016 20:44
  
  WICHITA, Kan. | An anti-Muslim militia group in Kansas calling itself “The Crusaders” first came to the government’s attention when one of its members, alarmed by the heightening talk of violence, contacted FBI agents and became a confidential source, prosecutors said.
  The new details came Thursday in a government court filing in the case of three men accused of conspiring to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the western Kansa
  
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• 50 years later, Black Panthers look back at party’s founding

  21-10-2016 20:44
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. | The Black Panthers emerged from this gritty Northern California city 50 years ago, declaring to a nation in turmoil a new party dedicated to defending African-Americans against police brutality and protecting the right of a downtrodden people to determine their own future.
  In the group’s short life, it launched an ambitious breakfast program for children and opened free health clinics to screen for sickle-cell anemia. At the same time, party members scared mainstream
  
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• On-the-lam Naperville pig meets his end

  21-10-2016 20:43
  
  The not-so-little piggy spotted around parts of Naperville is no more. The pig was killed by a USDA sharpshooter at about 4 p.m. Thursday in the Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve on the city's far south side. The pig, which was declared a nuisance animal because of the damage he was doing, was...
  
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• After rejecting Trump, McCain navigates tough GOP path

  21-10-2016 20:43
  
  PHOENIX | In his pursuit of a sixth term, Republican Sen. John McCain reluctantly stood by Donald Trump for months despite personal insults and the bombastic businessman’s string of controversial claims.
  That tepid support ended earlier this month after the release of a 2005 recording in which Trump used crude, predatory language to boast about groping women. The Arizona lawmaker said the GOP presidential nominee’s behavior and “demeaning comments about women and his boast
  
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• Who is Evan McMullin, third-party candidate surging in Utah?

  21-10-2016 20:42
  
  SALT LAKE CITY | Two months after he jumped into the presidential race as a political unknown on the fringe, independent candidate Evan McMullin is surging in the polls in Utah and drawing large crowds at rallies as he becomes the conduit for conservative voters fed up with Republican Donald Trump’s crudeness and antics.
  The Republican stronghold of Utah is suddenly a toss-up state amid widespread rejection of Trump, with polls showing McMullin closing in on the Republican nominee and
  
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• $47 billion offer to create world’s biggest tobacco company

  21-10-2016 20:38
  
  LONDON | British American Tobacco is offering to buy Reynolds American Inc. in a $47 billion deal that would create the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company and attempt to make up for a decline in smoking in the U.S. and Europe.
  With tobacco firms under pressure from health groups in developed economies and increasingly popular electronic cigarettes, a merger of this size would help them consolidate costs and resist competition from Asia, analysts say.
  FILE – In this
  
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• Evanston police: Chicago teen facing felony gun, cannabis charges

  21-10-2016 20:33
  
  A Chicago teen is facing felony gun and cannabis charges after leading police on a foot pursuit Thursday in the area of Marshfield Avenue and Jonquil Terrace, according to a Friday police statement. Police said around 7 p.m. Thursday evening, members of the Evanston Police Department's tactical...
  
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• Cubs fan wins big lottery prize while watching game

  21-10-2016 20:22
  
  As the Cubs battle their way through post season play, one loyal fan already has 1 million reasons to celebrate. Rick Kempke, a self-described "huge" fan of the Boys in Blue, was at home in Lockport watching a recent Cubs game when he scratched his way to a $1 million windfall, courtesy of the...
  
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• Update: On-the-lam Naperville pig meets his end Thursday

  21-10-2016 20:07
  
  The not-so-little piggy spotted around parts of Naperville is no more.The pig was killed by a USDA sharpshooter at about 4 p.m. Thursday in the Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve on the city's far south side. The pig, which was declared a nuisance animal because of the damage he was doing, was...
  
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• Police: Long Grove homeowner fired four shots at Vernon Hills man during attempted break-in

  21-10-2016 19:35
  
  A Vernon Hills man tried to break into a Long Grove house but ran away after the homeowner started shooting, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Erik G. Mota, 28, of the 800 block of Westmoreland Drive, Vernon Hills, was charged Thursday with attempted residential burglary and burglary...
  
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• Mom sues over drownings of 2 children near river dam in Wilmington

  21-10-2016 19:29
  
  The mother of two Joliet children who drowned on Memorial Day near a dam on the Kankakee River that has been the site of several other deaths has filed a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Will County, seeks more than $1 million in damages from the city for the...
  
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• Video gambling has hot hand in Illinois

  21-10-2016 19:00
  
  The lounge at Bertrand Lanes bowling alley was the first Waukegan business to get a license to install video slot machines. Ask owner George Lawrence why he decided to offer gambling and he rubs his thumb and index finger together — the gesture for money. "It keeps the doors open," said the 78-year-old...
  
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• Softball: Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest take swings at winning 5A title

  21-10-2016 18:58
  
  Junior Lexi Gillen (15) and the Cherokee Trail softball team are clearly thrilled to be in the Class 5A state softball tournament for the first time since 2012. The second-seeded Cougars and third-seeded Eaglecrest represent Aurora in the 16-team field set to compete for the 5A state championship Oct. 21-22, 2016, at the Aurora Sports Park. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  One team will play in the Class 5A state softball tournament for a fifth straight season, while the other is there
  
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• Aurora prep sports schedule, 10.21.16

  21-10-2016 18:27
  
  AURORA | The Aurora prep sports schedule for Friday, Oct. 21, 2016:
  Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep Sentinel
  AURORA PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
  FOOTBALL
  Vista PEAK vs. Lincoln at All-City Stadium, 4 p.m.
  Castle View vs. Eaglecrest at Legacy Stadium, 5 p.m.
  Ralston Valley vs. Rangeview at Aurora Public Schools Stadium, 6:30 p.m.
  Doherty vs. Grandview at Legacy Stadium, 8 p.m.
  VOLLEYBALL
  Eagle
  
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• Jets, yachts, vacation homes all factors in cancer center founder divorce

  21-10-2016 18:25
  
  Private jets to the Super Bowl and vacation homes. Millions of dollars in jewels. Handmade ball gowns, yachts, celebrities hired to perform at parties.The past few days of testimony at the divorce trial of multimillionaire cancer treatment mogul Richard Stephenson and his ex-wife Alicia have featured...
  
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• EDITORIAL: Coffman falls from political tightrope, not knowing Trump allegations are sex assaults

  21-10-2016 17:29
  
  Congressman Mike Coffman may not know that what Donald Trump has done to women constitutes sexual assault, but we do. Women across Aurora and Colorado do. District attorneys across the country do.
  During a televised debate Thursday night on 9News TV, Coffman and his Democratic challenger state Sen. Morgan Carroll were asked whether Trump’s notorious taped comments about doing what he wants to women — and the subsequent flood of women saying he grabbed them, groped them and forced unw
  
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• Military soon to start moving Obama's papers to Hoffman Estates

  21-10-2016 17:16
  
  Though President Barack Obama has three months left in office, some of the White House papers bound for his future library will leave the capital for Illinois beginning Oct. 26, officials said. Commercial trucks will be used to carry the material to a temporary storage facility in Hoffman Estates,...
  
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• Duchene, Varlamov lead Avalanche past Lightning 4-0

  21-10-2016 15:34
  
  TAMPA, Fla. | Matt Duchene broke out of an offensive slump and Semyon Varlamov was strong again as the Colorado Avalanche are putting together a solid road trip.
  Duchene had two goals and an assist, Varlamov made 27 saves for his 21st career shutout and the Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Thursday night.
  “He’s a big horse for us,” Avalanche right wing Jarome Iginla said of Duchene. “He’s been good the first few games, but tonight he took it to a
  
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• Brock Osweiler, Gary Kubiak face former teams Monday night at Broncos game

  21-10-2016 15:31
  
  DENVER | This is Brock Osweiler’s chance to stick it to the team that benched him for their Super Bowl run and Gary Kubiak’s shot at sticking it to the organization that canned him in 2013.
  The Houston Texans (4-2) and Denver Broncos (4-2) are two division leaders with plenty of defensive chops and playoff plans who have some troublesome early selves Monday night.
  Intriguing subplots include Osweiler facing the team he spurned after spending four seasons as Peyton Manning&rsquo
  
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• Cubs beat Dodgers 8-4, head home with 3-2 lead in NLCS

  21-10-2016 15:21
  
  LOS ANGELES | One win away. Two chances at home. Seven decades of waiting.
  The Chicago Cubs closed in on their first World Series trip since 1945 by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 on Thursday in Game 5 of their National League playoff.
  Jon Lester pitched seven sharp innings , Addison Russell hit a tiebreaking homer and the Cubs grabbed a 3-2 lead in the NL Championship Series.
  On deck, a pair of opportunities to wrap up that elusive pennant at Wrigley Field.
  “The city of Ch
  
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• IS attacks Iraq city of Kirkuk, power plant amid Mosul fight

  21-10-2016 15:18
  
  KIRKUK, Iraq | Islamic State militants armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early Friday, in an assault that appeared aimed at diverting Iraqi security forces from a massive offensive against the IS-held city of Mosul.At least 13 workers, including four Iranians, were killed when IS militants stormed a power plant north of Kirkuk and then blew themselves up.
  Multiple explosions meanwhile rocked the city and gun battles wer
  
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• Trump, Clinton trade caustic barbs as roast turns bitter

  21-10-2016 15:15
  
  NEW YORK | The annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala in New York that is often the last time the two presidential nominees share a stage before Election Day, is traditionally a time when campaign hostilities are set aside.
  Not this year.
  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded sharp barbs and brutal takedowns Thursday, the night after their final debate, with many in the well-heeled crowd turning on the Republican nominee midway through his remarks and showeri
  
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• Federal investigation of Lincoln-Way still 'active,' superintendent says

  21-10-2016 15:01
  
  A federal investigation into potential wrongdoing at Lincoln-Way High School District 210 remains "active," Superintendent Scott Tingley said Thursday. Tingley told the Daily Southtown he last spoke with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about a month ago and acknowledged being "in contact" with...
  
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• Football: Aurora Week 8 schedule/scoreboard

  21-10-2016 08:11
  
  Regis Jesuit senior quarterback Mike McPeek (12) heads towards the sideline at the end of a keeper as Aurora Central’s Colby Craft (5) tries to cut him off during the second quarter of the Raiders’ 38-0 win over the Trojans on Oct. 20, 2016, at Aurora Public Schools Stadium. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  AURORA | The schedule and scoreboard for Aurora teams in Week 8 of the prep football season:
  Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or
  
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• Coffman, Carroll cover familiar ground on health care, immigration in final 6th CD debate

  21-10-2016 04:53
  
  DENVER | Candidates for Aurora’s 6th Congressional District  did not have time to cover much new ground in their third and final  televised debate held in the 9 News studios Thursday.
  The debate was moderated live by 9 News anchors Kyle Clark and Brandon Rittiman ,who questioned the candidates on everything from immigration reform to use of government email in the span of 30 minutes.
  Tense moments occurred when the candidates were allowed to ask each other questions as part of th
  
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• Coffman, Carroll collide over familiar ground on health care, immigration in final 6th CD debate

  21-10-2016 04:53
  
  DENVER | Candidates for Aurora’s 6th Congressional District  did not have time to cover much new ground in their third and final  televised debate held in the 9 News studios Thursday.
  The debate was moderated live by 9 News anchors Kyle Clark and Brandon Rittiman, who questioned the candidates on everything from immigration reform to use of government email in the span of 30 minutes.
  Tense moments occurred when the candidates were allowed to ask each other questions as part of th
  
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• Liquor store owner alleges Monee mayor 'colluding' to shut him down

  21-10-2016 04:39
  
  A liquor store owner in Monee is seeking to stay in business after the village's mayor ordered the establishment shut down amid a lease dispute, according to a motion filed in Will County court. A hearing is scheduled for Friday morning on the motion, which was filed by the owner of Hawks Retail...
  
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• Roaming Naperville pig enjoys life on the lam as he eludes capture

  21-10-2016 02:40
  
  He probably won't be going to market and he won't be living it up all the way home. But this not-so-little piggie spotted around Naperville can't stay in town either. In recent weeks, a male pig -- estimated to be 125 to 150 pounds -- has outsmarted his captors and been spotted roaming around Springbrook...
  
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• Judge sets December date on innocence bid in 1957 Sycamore cold case

  21-10-2016 01:58
  
  The DeKalb County judge who vacated the murder conviction of Jack McCullough set a December date to hear evidence to help him decide whether to issue a declaration that McCullough is innocent of the 1957 murder of a Sycamore girl. Judge William Brady set Dec. 5 as the day when attorneys for The...
  
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• Former Cub Chico Walker sizes up this year's chances

  21-10-2016 01:12
  
  From his vantage point in the south suburbs, former Cubs utility player Chico Walker thinks this year's team has a good chance to go all the way. "Wednesday night was the biggest game of the series," said Walker, who lives in Olympia Fields. "If you go down 3 to 1, it's a different kind of pressure."...
  
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• Rush Oak Park Hospital seeks approval for new $30 million emergency room

  21-10-2016 01:01
  
  Citing an increased demand for emergency medical services, Rush Oak Park Hospital announced it will seek plans to replace its 50-year-old emergency room. In a Thursday afternoon release, the hospital announced it has filed a certificate of need with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review...
  
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• QUIDNUNC: Buzz on the street is only Mary Jane teetotalers hold higher office

  21-10-2016 00:58
  QUID HAS HEARD that you have absolutely no worries about the power of vice casting a dark shadow over the good and virtuous political types running for every single elected office across this pagan land. Seems that as the electeds itching for another term and wannabes itching to get you, loyal reader, to throw the bums out, it has become clear that Aurora politicos are cut from cleaner cloth. Each year, the hacks at this moldy fish-wrapper dig for something new to say about Candidate X and Candi
  
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• QUIDNUNC: Aurora’s high and mighty aren’t so high

  21-10-2016 00:58
  QUID HAS HEARD that you have absolutely no worries about the power of vice casting a dark shadow over the good and virtuous political types running for every single elected office across this pagan land. Seems that as the electeds itching for another term and wannabes itching to get you, loyal reader, to throw the bums out, it has become clear that Aurora politicos are cut from cleaner cloth. Each year, the hacks at this moldy fish-wrapper dig for something new to say about Candidate X and Candi
  
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