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• Some roads in La Grange will be closed Wednesday during commercial filming

  06-12-2016 23:50
  
  Some roads will be closed and some will have no parking in La Grange on Wednesday for filming of a commercial for the Illinois Lottery. Streets will be marked with no parking signs and/or will be closed in the following areas: From 4 a.m. to 5 a.m., there will be filming on La Grange Road between...
  
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• Mundelein school leaders assemble immigration panel to deal with students' concerns

  06-12-2016 23:25
  
  Mundelein school officials say that since the November election, Latino students have been relaying fears of deportation to their teachers, something they said had become enough of an issue to prompt a panel discussion on immigration Monday night. Sol Cabachuela, a Mundelein resident, said her...
  
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• Aurora’s state Rep. Fields invited to final White House discussion on gun violence prevention

  06-12-2016 23:09
  
  AURORA | For the second time in 2016, State Senator-elect Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, is traveling to the White House tomorrow for a roundtable discussion on gun violence. It will the be the last roundtable discussion on gun violence and prevention during Barack Obama’s presidency.
  Fields’ son, Javad Marshall Fields, along with his fiancée, was gunned down almost 10 years ago, the day before he was set to testify as a witness to a murder. Since then, her polit
  
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• Heisman winner Salaam found dead in Colorado park

  06-12-2016 23:02
  
  BOULDER | Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead in a Colorado park, authorities said Tuesday.The Boulder County coroner’s office was still investigating the cause of the death of the 42-year-old Salaam, who won the Heisman in 1994.
  The body of the one-time running back was found Monday night at Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder. Police say foul play was not suspected.
  Salaam led Colorado to one of its best seasons in 1994, when the Buffaloes went 11-1 beat Notre Dame in the F
  
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• Skokie man wins $1M on 'Fortune' instant lottery ticket

  06-12-2016 22:44
  
  A 14-year Skokie resident is $1 million richer after winning the Illinois Lottery's Fabulous Fortune game on a ticket he purchased at a Skokie gas station, the Illinois Lottery reported Tuesday. Ray Hermez, 48, purchased the ticket at Shell, located 5132 Dempster Street, but used a penny to scratch...
  
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• Aurora OKs law requiring Airbnb hosts to include business license number on listing

  06-12-2016 22:41
  
  AURORA | After more than a year of debate, Aurora city council Monday night appeared to square away the city’s official stance on how it will handle vacation rentals by owner through websites like Airbnb.
  At the regular Dec. 5 meeting, city council voted 8-2  to approve an ordinance requiring homeowners interested in renting out their properties to include a business license number in their individual listing, proving they’ve complied with the new city law.
  Council mem
  
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• 14 Naperville North students fall ill after eating gummy bears, teen in custody

  06-12-2016 22:34
  
  A 17-year-old is in custody after 14 Naperville North High School students were treated after eating gummy bears that may have been tainted with another substance, police said Tuesday. The 17-year-old is in custody in connection with the incident, but no charges have been filed, Naperville police...
  
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• 14 Naperville North students fall ill after eating gummy bears

  06-12-2016 22:34
  
  A 17-year-old is in custody after 14 Naperville North High School students were treated after eating gummy bears that may have been tainted with another substance, police said Tuesday.The 17-year-old is in custody in connection with the incident, but no charges have been filed, Naperville police...
  
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• Paris bans half of cars to tackle new peak of pollution

  06-12-2016 22:28
  
  PARIS | Paris has temporarily barred half of all cars from traveling on city streets and made public transportation free for the day as it battles a peak in pollution.Facing red-alert levels of pollution since Nov. 30, Paris City Hall said the situation poses a significant risk to residents’ health. Authorities say pollution is due to weather conditions and a heavy dependence on diesel fuel.
  To tackle what City Hall describes as an “exceptionally serious” crisis, Paris&rsq
  
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• Lonely Planet names Asheville best in US despite LGBT flap

  06-12-2016 22:28
  
  The travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet has picked Asheville, North Carolina, as its top U.S. destination for 2017, despite a state law limiting LGBT rights that has led companies, entertainers and others to boycott the state.
  Lonely Planet gave Asheville the No. 1 slot on its “Best of U.S.” list despite the LGBT controversy because the city “has always been an open, welcoming place, and continues to be after the legislation,” Lonely Planet magazine managing editor R
  
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• Dubai plans to open yet another amusement park

  06-12-2016 22:28
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A Dubai developer that recently opened the world’s largest indoor theme park now plans an even bigger attraction next door.
  The Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group said on Tuesday that its planned IMG Worlds of Legends park will spread across more than 2 million square feet (186,000 square meters) near the existing IMG Worlds of Adventure, which opened at the end of August.
  The new park will include well-known characters, including Pokemon, Nickelodeon&rsquo
  
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• Why, what and where to compost? A look at the basics

  06-12-2016 22:25
  
  Here’s a riddle: What will weed, feed and water your garden, and take care of your garbage?
  “Ideal teenager” is not the answer. It’s compost!
  Compost is hard to define. In some sense, the apple core I tossed on the ground a month ago is on its way to becoming a compost of some sort. But compost is usually taken to mean a pile of organic material — stuff that is or was living — deliberately assembled for relatively fast decomposition.
  The finished product is a
  
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• Survey: Parents binge on media, say they’re good role models

  06-12-2016 22:25
  LOS ANGELES | Parents spend more than nine hours a day with TVs, computers and other screen devices while also giving themselves high marks as role models for their children’s media use, according to a survey released Tuesday.
  Among all those surveyed — nearly 1,800 parents in the U.S. — daily screen time averaged nine hours and 22 minutes, with the bulk of that, seven hours and 43 minutes, categorized as personal screen media and the other roughly 90 minutes spent on work
  
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• Ikea expanding parental leave; crib assembly still your job

  06-12-2016 22:25
  NEW YORK | Ikea’s U.S. division is offering longer parental leave to employees who are new parents, following similar overtures from tech companies like Netflix as it strives to keep good workers in an improving job market.
  The ready-to-assemble furniture chain said Tuesday it will offer its 13,000 salaried and hourly employees in the U.S. up to four months of paid parental leave. Effective Jan. 1, the policy will apply to mothers and fathers who are birth, adoptive or foster parents.
  
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• Trending story that Clinton won just 57 counties is untrue

  06-12-2016 22:22
  NEW YORK | A trending story that claims Hillary Clinton won a total of 57 counties in the presidential election is untrue.
  The Associated Press finds that Clinton won 487 counties nationwide, compared with 2,626 for President-elect Donald Trump.
  The story appeared on several viral content sites that cater to some of Trump’s supporters.
  It also falsely claimed that Clinton outpaced Trump by more than 2 million votes in the five counties that comprise New York City, which the story said
  
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• Obama will meet with special ops forces, talk strategy

  06-12-2016 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama will use a visit with special operations forces on Tuesday to highlight gains the U.S. has made against extremist organizations such as the Islamic State group and to promote what he sees as the most sustainable approach to fighting such groups.
  Obama will deliver his last major national security speech as president at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base and will thank special operations forces that have played an increasingly large role in the nation&
  
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• Obama legacy: Handing Trump a broad view of war powers

  06-12-2016 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON | After eight years as a wartime president, Barack Obama is handing his successor an expansive interpretation of the commander in chief’s authority to wage war around the globe. And that reading has continued to grow even as Obama prepares to pass control to Donald Trump.
  In his final weeks in office, Obama has broadened the legal scope of the war on extremism, the White House confirmed Monday, as it acknowledged for the first that the administration now asserts it is legal
  
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• Police files, photos from '66 Valerie Percy murder to remain under wraps

  06-12-2016 21:56
  
  Thousands of pages of police records related to 50-year-old murder of Valerie Percy — along with crime scene and autopsy photos — will remain under wraps after a judge ruled Tuesday that the investigation of 1966 crime remains active. "This court is convinced beyond any doubt this is an ongoing,...
  
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• Markham courthouse scoured for escapee, officials say

  06-12-2016 21:38
  
  Cook County sheriff's police were searching the Markham courthouse Tuesday afternoon for a prisoner who escaped from a conference room despite allegedly being secured in handcuffs, officials said. Vivian McGee, 31, of Harvey, had been taken to the courthouse that morning for an appearance after...
  
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• Stolen car from Waukegan officer-dragging incident found, police say

  06-12-2016 21:21
  
  Someone noticed a gray 2005 Volkswagen parked on Butrick Street in Waukegan late Monday, recognized it as the stolen vehicle used in a weekend police officer-dragging incident and called police. "The vehicle is being processed," said Cmdr. Joe Florip of the Waukegan Police Department. "Detectives...
  
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• Oak Park man checks old Powerball tickets, wins $100,000

  06-12-2016 20:54
  
  An Oak Park resident made what he considered a "very lucky" discovery when he came across an envelope containing lottery tickets that he couldn't remember checking, according to a news release from the Illinois Lottery. The release stated that Jim McKinney was going through old papers when he found...
  
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• Oak Brook considers lawsuit to stop red light cameras

  06-12-2016 20:54
  
  Oak Brook is considering legal action to stop the installation of red light cameras at the intersection of Route 83 and 22nd Street. The village also plans to hire a consultant to look into how Oakbrook Terrace was issued a permit by the Illinois Department Transportation for the cameras. "We're...
  
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• Naperville North students hospitalized after eating gummy bears

  06-12-2016 20:42
  
  Several Naperville North students were transported to the hospital Tuesday after eating gummy bears that may have contained another substance, Naperville police and School District 203 officials said in a news release Tuesday. "This candy made those students both uncomfortable and sick, so they...
  
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• Verizon to sell data centers to Equinix for $3.6 billion

  06-12-2016 20:34
  
  Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to sell its data-centers business to Equinix Inc. for $3.6 billion in cash as the company turns its focus to mobile video advertising. The deal includes 24 facilities across 15 metropolitan markets, according to a statement Tuesday. Equinix, based in Redwood City,...
  
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• Police find stolen car that dragged Waukegan officer

  06-12-2016 19:47
  
  Someone noticed a gray 2005 Volkswagen parked on Butrick Street in Waukegan late Monday night, recognized it as the stolen vehicle used in a weekend police officer-dragging incident and called police. "The vehicle is being processed," said Comdr. Joe Florip of the Waukegan Police Department. "Detectives...
  
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• Hinsdale man charged with robbery at downtown gas station

  06-12-2016 19:47
  
  Bond was set Tuesday Dec. 6 at $200,000 for a Hinsdale man charged with aggravated robbery for holding up a gas station in downtown Hinsdale early Saturday morning. Milan Crnovich, 24, of th4 5600 block of South Garfield Avenue, allegedly entered the Mobil gas station at 8 W. Chicago Ave. at about...
  
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• Supreme Court upholds insider trading conviction of Orland Park man

  06-12-2016 18:09
  
  A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the government in a legal clash over the nation's insider trading laws, a victory for prosecutors seeking to curb corruption on Wall Street. The justices ruled that sharing corporate secrets with friends or relatives is illegal even if the insider...
  
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• Officials: Potential for violence from fake news troubling

  06-12-2016 15:09
  
  WASHINGTON |  The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of references to pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child sex trafficking ring run by prominent Democrats operating out of a Washington, D.C., pizza joint.On Sunday, it culminated in violence when police say a North Carolina man fired an assault rifle inside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant as he attempted to “self-investigate” the conspi
  
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• Navajo Nation files $160 M claim with EPA over mine spill

  06-12-2016 15:04
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. | The Navajo Nation has submitted a claim of more than $160 million in damages to the federal government over last year’s mine waste spill that fouled rivers in three western states.A cleanup team led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered the August 2015 spill while working at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.
  The 3-million-gallon blowout tainted rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah with tons of toxic heavy metals including arsenic, mer
  
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• Gallinari, Barton lead Nuggets past 76ers, 106-98

  06-12-2016 15:01
  
  PHILADELPHIA | A dejected Will Barton walked toward the bench, but the Denver Nuggets guard got a reprieve because it wasn’t a substitution opportunity for his team. With a second chance, Barton responded in a huge way.
  Barton scored 22 points, including a big 3-pointer late, to lead Denver to a 106-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
  Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 24 points and Jamal Murray added 22 for the Nuggets, who won for just the second time in the last
  
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• Recovery of Oakland warehouse fire victims winds down; investigation looms

  06-12-2016 14:59
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. |  Some people managed to text loved ones goodbye and “I love you” before they died in an Oakland warehouse fire that claimed three dozen lives, officials said, as heart-rending reports of victims’ last moments emerged from the most lethal building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade.
  Also Monday, the painful and exhaustive search for those killed in the fire appeared to be coming to a close. Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern told The Associated Pres
  
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• Naperville man gets 27 votes for president

  06-12-2016 14:57
  
  After waiting for more than three weeks, Phillip Seeberg finally knows how many people voted for him for president: 27. The Naperville man heard Friday from Kendall County, the last of six counties, that included DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will, which had to manually count the number of votes Seeberg...
  
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• Aurora prep sports schedule, 12.6.16

  06-12-2016 07:00
  
  AURORA | The Aurora prep sports schedule for Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016:
  Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep Sentinel
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  Dakota Ridge at Rangeview, 7 p.m.
  Eaglecrest at Rock Canyon, 7 p.m.
  Gateway at Cherry Creek, 7 p.m.
  Legend at Grandview, 7 p.m.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  Grandview at Fossil Ridge, 6:30 p.m.
  Cherokee Trail at Gateway, 7 p.m.
  Mullen at Regis Jesuit, 7 p.m.
  Rock Canyon at
  
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• Lawyers argue honest mistakes versus lies in police perjury trial

  06-12-2016 04:20
  
  Were they honest mistakes? Or were they lies? The perjury trial of three Chicagoland police officers that began Monday hinges on that question in a case that reopens the community's wounds about judicial fairness and trust in law enforcement. And, as often is the case these days, there is video....
  
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• ID of woman whose body was found in Sylvan Lake has been determined

  06-12-2016 02:27
  
  The identity of a woman whose body was found Friday morning in Sylvan Lake near Mundelein has been determined, but authorities are waiting to release the information until her next of kin can be located.An autopsy conducted on the woman Monday morning found no physical trauma, Lake County Coroner...
  
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• Girls Basketball: 2016 Dakota Ridge Tournament schedule, results

  06-12-2016 01:48
  
  LITTLETON | Results and schedule for the 2016 Dakota Ridge girls basketball tournament scheduled to be played Dec. 7-10 at Dakota Ridge High School. Will be updated as tournament progresses. Aurora team bold and uppercased:
  Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep SentinelGIRLS BASKETBALL2016 DAKOTA RIDGE GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
  First round, Dec. 7Game 1: SMOKY HILL vs. Dakota Ridge, 7 p.m
  
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• Charges filed in Orland teen's death

  06-12-2016 01:22
  
  Traffic offenses have been filed against a 74-year-old Orland Park man in connection with the June 17 death of 17-year-old David Dolitsky who was struck by the man's car. Orland Park Police said that Ibrahim N. Ziad, who lives in the Silo Ridge subdivision where Dolitsky lived, was charged Dec....
  
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• Jurors seated in East Dundee murder trial

  06-12-2016 01:16
  
  After a full day of jury selection on Monday, attorneys will go before the panel they chose for opening statements in the Richard Schmelzer murder trial Tuesday morning. Judge Linda Abrahamson oversaw a pool of more than three dozen potential jurors through the process which ran until late afternoon....
  
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• Dan Sharp retires as Joliet Catholic football coach as Jake Jaworski takes over

  06-12-2016 01:03
  
  Dan Sharp knows how to keep a secret. The Joliet Catholic coach knew all along the 2016 football season would be his last. He just didn't inform anyone else until it was over.After a stellar 20-year reign at JCA, Sharp made it official Monday and retired as the Hilltoppers' coach. He will stay...
  
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• Aurora man charged in wife’s September murder

  06-12-2016 01:02
  
  AURORA | A 33-year-old man accused of going on a shooting rampage in September along the Denver and Aurora border has been charged with murder in connection with his wife’s slaying a day prior to that spree.
  James Anthony Draper was charged last week with first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of Ashley Ross-Draper, 29.
  Ross-Draper was found shot to death Sept. 10 at an apartment on 407 S. Memphis Way. The Arapahoe County coroner said she died of multiple gunshot wounds.
  A
  
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• Marines release military service information for man in fatal I-88 crash

  06-12-2016 00:46
  
  Marine Staff Sgt. Domenic C. Andreoni was responsible in his most recent assignment for recruiting Marines from Oak Lawn and nearby areas, according to information recently made public by the Marines. Early Friday morning, Andreoni and two others died after he drove the wrong way in the westbound...
  
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• Rosemont man pleads guilty to shooting, killing Des Plaines boy, 14

  06-12-2016 00:44
  
  A Rosemont man pleaded guilty Monday to shooting and killing a 14-year-old boy in a gang-related incident and will spend the next 28 years in prison.Patrick Boswell, an eighth-grader at Iroquois Community School in Des Plaines, was fatally struck by a bullet Jan. 2, 2015, after 20-year-old Cesar...
  
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• Eighteen displaced in Evanston apartment fire

  06-12-2016 00:19
  
  Eighteen people were displaced after a fire in an apartment building on the 600 block of Sherman in Evanston on Monday morning, fire officials said. Firefighters responded about 9:30 a.m. to calls of smoke from the second floor of the three-story apartment building, said Division Chief Paul Polep...
  
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