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• OUTSIDE IN — Colfax immigrant fest

  19-07-2017 23:59
  The Aurora Cultural Arts District is offering proverbial tickets around the globe in the coming months — all from the comfort of a converted police substation on Dallas Street.The ACAD is launching a new festival series this summer and fall intended to showcase the array of cultures and ethnicities that call north Aurora home.The Colorado Immigrant Festival, or “ImmiFest,” is scheduled to be held at the ACAD gallery at 1400 Dallas St. the last Saturday of each month through the
  
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• Prime time for prime Iliff location

  19-07-2017 23:56
  The plot of land at the northeast corner of East Iliff Avenue and Parker Road has more than enough of those three things real estate agents long for — location, location, location.
  Smack on the border between Aurora and Denver, it’s close enough to the center’s of both cities, and a quick cruise south on Parker to the interstate.
  Plus, it’s among the heavier trafficked intersections on the western edge of Aurora.
  Still, even with thousands of cars passing by each day &md
  
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• Four ideas for hanging onto school work memories

  19-07-2017 23:52
  On crisp September afternoons, kids often come home from school bearing armfuls of classroom art. The evenings often bring comments about their day’s events and sometimes hilarious descriptions of their world.
  Parents are sure they’ll save and remember all those paper creations and memorable words. But the pace of life soon takes over, and even organized moms and dads can end up inundated.
  It’s worth creating a system to manage the flow because school artwork can quickly pile
  
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• 2017 school year brings change in Aurora

  19-07-2017 23:47
  Aurora is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country. And that fact is reflected in the area’s two large school districts.
  Both the Aurora Public Schools and Cherry Creek School districts stretch over miles and host students from a wide range of economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Both districts operate buildings across the city’s landscape, from the newer facilities on Aurora’s eastern stretches to the city’s first elementary, middle and high schools
  
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• 5 YEARS LATER: City marks milestone after the Aurora theater shooting

  19-07-2017 23:45
  
  AURORA | In the five years since the July 20, 2012 Aurora theater shooting, victims, their families, rescuers, prosecutors, leaders and the community have struggled alone and together to absorb the tragedy.
  Solace, many say in Aurora, is sometimes fleeting, sometimes elusive.
  These thoughts and summations of just a few Aurora residents and officials touch on what many think and feel as the anniversary of the horrific shooting passes again.
  Memorial vigil Wednesday night
  The 7/20 Memorial Foundat
  
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• Chicago-area DJ credited with rallying volunteers to fill sandbags, fight floods

  19-07-2017 23:31
  
  As flood waters begin to recede in inundated areas north and northwest of Chicago — at least for now — those who've built sandbags fortresses around their homes wait anxiously to see if they'll hold. But among the many volunteers who've risen to the task to help friends, neighbors and even strangers...
  
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• Oakton College's main campus in Des Plaines remains closed due to flooded streets

  19-07-2017 23:30
  
  Oakton Community College's Des Plaines campus remained closed Wednesday – for a fourth straight business day – because of ongoing flooding issues with nearby roadways, officials said. The Illinois Department of Transportation has kept both Central and Golf roads closed due to high water levels,...
  
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• FBI investigating downtown Oak Park bank robbery

  19-07-2017 23:23
  
  The FBI is currently investigating a Wednesday afternoon bank robbery that took place in Oak Park. According to FBI Special Agent Garrett Croon, agents were en route to Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest, 1001 Lake St., in downtown Oak Park to investigate. The incident took place at approximately...
  
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• Man pleads guilty to attacking nurse at Arlington Heights hospital, gets probation

  19-07-2017 21:55
  
  A Glenview man who attacked a nurse at a suburban hospital has been sentenced to two years of probation and mental health treatment.James Mette, 27, pleaded guilty in Cook County court Tuesday to aggravated battery in connection with the attack at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights....
  
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• Round Lake-area man pleads not guilty to sex abuse, child pornography charges

  19-07-2017 21:51
  
  A Round Lake-area man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of sexual abuse and child pornography involving a victim under the age of 17, after he allegedly met her on a social media site and subsequently took her to a Waukegan motel. Steve W. Spoerl, 53, of unincorporated Round Lake, has been...
  
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• Officials tour Porter water park reported to have caused chemical burns; park hopes to reopen

  19-07-2017 21:40
  
  About 15 state, county and town officials toured the closed Seven Peaks Water Park Duneland on Wednesday to assess what remains to be done before the park can reopen. "The immediate goal is to get the park back open," said Bill Helton, chief executive officer of Green Frog Environmental LLC, the...
  
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• Months after resigning, ex-top cop of Hometown was quietly charged with pocketing towing fees

  19-07-2017 21:17
  
  Last summer, without explanation, Charles "Chuck" Forsyth abruptly ended his nearly four-decade career in law enforcement when he resigned his post as police chief in the small southwest suburb of Hometown. City officials offered little public comment at the time and, citing a pending criminal...
  
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• Not dead yet: Trump exhorts Senate to pass Obamacare repeal

  19-07-2017 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON | Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an “Obamacare” repeal bill to sign.“I’m ready to act,” Trump said, putting the responsibility on Republican senators, not himself. During last year’s presidential campaign he had declared repeatedly that it would be “so easy” to get r
  
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• Justices allow strict enforcement of Trump refugee ban

  19-07-2017 20:53
  
  WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court is granting the Trump administration’s request to more strictly enforce its ban on refugees, at least until a federal appeals court weighs in.
  But the justices are leaving in place a lower court order that makes it easier for travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United States.The administration had appealed last week’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson that required the government to allow in refugees formally working
  
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• Rosie O’Donnell draws criticism over online anti-Trump game

  19-07-2017 20:47
  
  Rosie O’Donnell is in a new feud with President Donald Trump’s supporters after promoting an online game that lets players lead Trump off a cliff.Several conservative blogs have called attention to O’Donnell tweeting a link to pushtrumpoffacliffagain.com during the weekend. A post on Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity’s website calls the game “sick” and “gross.” Young Conservatives suggests the game encourages violence against the president.
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• Trump questions motive of states not turning over voter data

  19-07-2017 20:40
  
  WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump on Wednesday questioned the motives of states that have refused to comply with his voter fraud commission’s request for extensive personal voter information, suggesting they have something to hide.
  “One has to wonder what they’re worried about,” Trump told the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He said, “There’s something, there always is.”
  The meeting comes amid outrage o
  
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• Swimming robot probes Fukushima reactor to find melted fuel

  19-07-2017 20:36
  
  TOKYO| An underwater robot entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images of the harsh impact of its meltdown, including key structures that were torn and knocked out of place.
  Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the robot, nicknamed “the Little Sunfish,” successfully completed the day’s work inside the primary containment vessel of the Unit 3 reactor at Fukushima, which was destroyed by a massive Marc
  
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• Suspect in custody after north Elgin incident that closed streets, required tactical vehicles

  19-07-2017 20:32
  
  Elgin police have a suspect in custody following an incident in a northern neighborhood Wednesday morning, according to police. Law enforcement closed off streets in and around the 1200 block of Asbury Court as police responded just before 9 a.m., Elgin Police Cmdr. Ana Lalley said. Several Elgin...
  
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• Man dies after bicycle crash in Steamboat Springs

  19-07-2017 20:31
  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. | A 64-year-old man has died of injuries suffered in a weekend bicycle crash in Steamboat Springs, in north-central Colorado.Police Commander Annette Dopplick tells Steamboat Today (bit.ly/2uIFkEu) that it appeared the man lost control of his bike early Sunday afternoon and went over the handlebars. Nobody saw the crash, but people heard it and immediately called 911.The man was taken to a hospital in Denver, where he died Monday night.Dopplick says the man was not
  
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• Colorado studying effect of personal breathalyzers

  19-07-2017 20:29
  DENVER | The Colorado Department of Transportation wants to know if having access to a mobile breathalyzer decreases a person’s risk of getting another DUI.KUSA-TV reports people with prior DUIs in Jefferson, Adams or Weld counties are eligible to apply for one via the agency’s website.Those selected will receive a BACtrack Mobile Pro, which connects to a phone app that displays the results, an estimate of when the person’s blood-alcohol level will return to zero and allow
  
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• US housing starts rebounded in June

  19-07-2017 20:22
  
  WASHINGTON | Homebuilders ramped up construction in June to the fastest pace in four months, led by surges in the Northeast and Midwest.
  Housing starts climbed 8.3 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.22 million, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The gain ended three straight monthly declines and marked the strongest pace of building since February. Home construction has risen 3.9 percent year-to-date, but that slight increase has been unable to make up for the de
  
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• Privatization plan hits turbulence; supporters still upbeat

  19-07-2017 20:22
  
  WASHINGTON | A plan to privatize the nation’s air traffic control operations has hit turbulence in the House, raising questions about whether one of President Donald Trump’s infrastructure priorities can survive.
  The concept of splitting off air traffic control from the Federal Aviation Administration faces even longer odds in the Senate, but supporters were counting on backing from the president and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to move the legislation forward and keep prosp
  
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• 5 killed in Salem witch hunt remembered on 325th anniversary

  19-07-2017 20:21
  
  SALEM, Mass. | Five women hanged during the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts are being remembered on the 325th anniversary of their deaths.
  Salem planned a Wednesday ceremony at Proctor’s Ledge where Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Wildes were hanged as witches on July 19, 1692. It was the first of three mass executions at the site.The ceremony includes the dedication of a semi-circular stone wall memorial inscribed with the names of the 19 peop
  
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• Lake County officers training to revive police dogs who overdose after contact with opioids

  19-07-2017 19:44
  
  Police dogs that come into contact with strong opioids during their duties will be able to be revived by their handlers under a training program that has been initiated for Lake County police departments. Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim said that his office has partnered with the Lake...
  
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• Lake County deputies training to revive police dogs who overdose after contact with opioids

  19-07-2017 19:44
  
  Police dogs that come into contact with strong opioids during their duties will be able to be revived by their handlers under a training program that has been initiated for Lake County police departments. Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim said that his office has partnered with the Lake...
  
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• Man pleads guilty to attack on nurse at suburban hospital, gets probation

  19-07-2017 19:35
  
  A Glenview man who attacked a nurse at a suburban hospital has been sentenced to two years of probation and mental health treatment. James Mette, 27, pleaded guilty in Cook County court Tuesday to aggravated battery in connection with the attack at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights....
  
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• Suspect sought in Crown Point phone store robbery

  19-07-2017 19:14
  
  Crown Point Police are searching for a person who used a semi-automatic handgun to rob the Verizon Wireless store in the 800 block of Superior Drive. Assistant Chief James Janda said according to witnesses the man entered the store around noon Monday and displayed a semi-automatic handgun. He then...
  
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• Robbers pull gun and steal cash, concert tickets from man at Naperville restaurant

  19-07-2017 18:52
  
  Two men armed with a gun robbed a man they met at a restaurant near Naper Boulevard and Ogden Avenue on Tuesday night, Naperville police said. The victim and suspects met via a Facebook connection and arranged to meet at a fast-food restaurant in the 1500 block of Naper Boulevard about 9 p.m. so...
  
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• Armed robbers steal cash, concert tickets from man at Naperville restaurant

  19-07-2017 18:52
  
  Two men armed with a gun robbed a man they met at a restaurant near Naper Boulevard and Ogden Avenue on Tuesday night, Naperville police said. The victim and suspects met via a Facebook connection and arranged to meet at a fast-food restaurant in the 1500 block of Naper Boulevard about 9 p.m. so...
  
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• Gary girl, 15, charged as adult in mother's February death

  19-07-2017 18:39
  
  A 15-year-old girl was charged as an adult Tuesday in the death of her mother earlier this year in Gary, according to court records.Chastinea Reeves, who was the subject of an Amber Alert after Jamie Garnett, 34, was found dead in February, was charged with murder in Lake County, court records...
  
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• Carpentersville mourns fire battalion chief called 'cornerstone' of department

  19-07-2017 18:13
  
  The village of Carpentersville is mourning the unexpected death Tuesday of Fire Battalion Chief Todd Middendorf. "He was basically one of the cornerstones of the department," Fire Chief John-Paul Schilling said. "He was well-loved within the entire region." Middendorf, 46, was a resident of Carpentersville...
  
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• Teen charged in Uber driver's hacking death has attacked guards, prosecutor says

  19-07-2017 15:50
  
  The teenage girl accused of hacking an Uber driver to death has had dozens of disciplinary problems since her arrest, including violently lashing out at guards, authorities said Tuesday. In the seven weeks that she's been held in juvenile detention on a first-degree murder charge, Eliza Wasni has...
  
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• Golf: Bryant makes cut at US Junior Am, heads into stroke play portion

  19-07-2017 15:45
  
  ANDOVER, KANSAS | Eaglecrest senior-to-be Davis Bryant kept his trip to the U.S. Junior Amateur alive by making the cut at the prestigious 70-year-old tournament Tuesday.
  In the second of two rounds of stroke play at Flint Hills National Golf Club, Bryant carded a 3-over-par 74 to give him a two-day total of 145 and put him in a tie for 47th place overall.
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  The top 64 players advanced to the match play portion of the tournament, which begins at 8 a.m. CT Wednesday. Bryant is pared with Repub
  
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• PERRY: 5 years after the Aurora theater shooting, and not a damned thing has changed

  19-07-2017 15:36
  
  Five years after what was then America’s worst massacre, we’re just as vulnerable to terrorists among us as we were the night James Eagan Holmes opened fire during the Aurora theater shooting.
  Time hasn’t dulled the panicky feeling I get when I recall the look on Tom Sullivan’s face outside Gateway High School as he desperately flailed a photo of his son, Alex Sullivan. Just hours after the shooting, when it was still unclear how many were dead or injured and who they wer
  
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• PERRY: 5 years after the Aurora theater shooting, and not a damned thing has change

  19-07-2017 15:36
  
  Five years after what was then America’s worst massacre, we’re just as vulnerable to terrorists among us as we were the night James Eagan Holmes opened fire during the Aurora theater shooting.
  Time hasn’t dulled the panicky feeling I get when I recall the look on Tom Sullivan’s face outside Gateway High School as he desperately flailed a photo of his son, Alex Sullivan. Just hours after the shooting, when it was still unclear how many were dead or injured and who they wer
  
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• ‘Let Obamacare fail’ threat brings dread to ACA recipients

  19-07-2017 14:24
  
  DENVER |  One American was able to afford her toddler’s latest heart operation. Another had the means to go back to college to pursue her dreams.
  They and thousands of others were able to do so as beneficiaries of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. And while Republicans in Congress failed this week to craft a new health care plan, they did succeed in shaking the confidence of those who rely on the act the most. President Donald Trump’s “Let Obamacare
  
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• Protesters arrested at Sen. Gardner’s office deny charges

  19-07-2017 14:12
  DENVER | Protesters arrested after spending three days camped out in Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office, demanding that he pledge to oppose the GOP’s health care plan, have pleaded not guilty.
  The Denver Post reports https://goo.gl/8Qqhje nine of the protesters were arrested in the Republican’s office, and another was arrested while protesting downstairs. All pleaded not guilty Tuesday to trespassing, and some denied an additional charge of interfering with police.
  The prot
  
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• Man killed in kayaking accident in northwest Colorado ID’d

  19-07-2017 14:12
  CRAIG, Colo. | Authorities have released the name of a man who died in a kayaking accident at Dinosaur National Monument in northwestern Colorado.
  The Craig Daily Press reports https://goo.gl/38jCPD 66-year-old Michael Brinks drowned after hitting a rock in the TePee Rapid of the Yampa River on Saturday.
  The Craig man’s partner paddled 24 miles (39 kilometers) downriver from the rapid to Hells Canyon Ranch and alerted authorities. A helicopter search crew found Brinks’ body abou
  
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• Frontier adds nonstop flights in Oklahoma City, Tulsa

  19-07-2017 14:12
  OKLAHOMA CITY | Denver-based Frontier Airlines has announced plans to add three nonstop flights to both Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City and to Tulsa International Airport.
  The airline said Tuesday there will be nonstop flights to and from both cities to Denver, San Diego and Orlando, Florida.
  The flights from Oklahoma City to Denver and Orlando will begin Nov. 1 and flights from Oklahoma City to San Diego will start next spring.
  The flight schedule from Tulsa will be announced la
  
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• Ex-hippie pleads guilty to attempt to bomb police station

  19-07-2017 14:12
  
  DENVER | A former hippie pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to detonate a bomb outside a small town Colorado police department last October, in an attempt to get back at authorities for the death of his friend in 1971.
  In a wheelchair, while holding crutches, David Michael Ansberry told a federal judge that his change of plea was because of health concerns, but he did not specify further.
  Court documents say that in 1971, a Nederland police officer named Renner Forbes killed Ansberry’s
  
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• Trump to nominate Jon Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump announced his intention Tuesday to nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia.
  If confirmed, the former 2012 GOP presidential candidate would take over a high-profile post amid ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.
  Huntsman has twice served as an ambassador. He was the nation’s top diplomat to Singapore under President Geo
  
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• Trump had second conversation with Putin in Germany

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump had another, previously undisclosed conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Germany this month.
  White House spokesman Sean Spicer and National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton confirmed that Trump and Putin spoke at a dinner for world leaders and their spouses at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.
  The conversation came hours after Trump and Putin’s first official face-to-face meeting on July 7, which was or
  
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• Powerful opioid suspected in 10-year-old Miami boy’s death

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  MIAMI | A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida’s littlest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities said Tuesday. But how he came into contact with the powerful painkiller is a mystery.
  Fifth-grader Alton Banks died June 23 after a visit to the pool in the city’s Overtown section. He began vomiting at home, was found unconscious that evening and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Prelimin
  
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• Officials: Australian woman shot after cops heard loud sound

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  MINNEAPOLIS | An Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after the officer’s partner was startled by a loud sound near their squad car, the partner told investigators Tuesday.
  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Justine Damond, 40, approached the driver’s side window of the squad car immediately after the driver had been startled by the sound. The officer in the passenger seat, Mohamed Noor,
  
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• ‘Let Obamacare fail,’ Trump declares as GOP plan collapses

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it’s time to “let Obamacare fail” after the latest GOP health care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a stunning failure for the president, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a party that has vowed for years to abolish the law.
  In a head-spinning series of developments, rank-and-file Republican senators turned on McConnell and Trump for the third time in a row, denying the votes to move forward with a plan for a s
  
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• Lawyer: Russian developer’s staffer also at Trump Tower meet

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON | Revelations that a Russian developer’s representative was the eighth attendee at a Trump Tower campaign meeting arranged by President Donald Trump’s eldest son prompted a new round of castigation on Tuesday from Democrats. It also brought word that the special counsel investigating possible Trump campaign ties to Russia wants more information about the sit-down.
  Officials from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller reached out over the weekend to a lawyer for
  
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• APNewsBreak: US restoring asset seizures _ with safeguards

  19-07-2017 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON | The Trump administration will soon restore the ability of police to seize suspects’ money and property with federal help, but The Associated Press has learned the policy will come with a series of new provisions aimed at preventing the types of abuse that led the Obama Justice Department to severely curtail the practice.
  At issue is asset forfeiture, which has been criticized because it allows law enforcement to take possessions without criminal convictions or, in some ca
  
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• Internal investigation clears Naperville police officer in teen's suicide

  19-07-2017 12:00
  
  Naperville police determined the officer who questioned a 16-year-old high school student about a potential sex video shortly before the boy killed himself followed proper procedures and did not threaten the teen during the interview, according to documents obtained by the Tribune. A report from...
  
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• Slumping Gonzalez drives in three, leads Rockies to 9-7 win over Padres

  19-07-2017 08:01
  
  Colorado Rockies’ Gerardo Parra, front, hugs Carlos Gonzalez after he scored on a single by Alexi Amarista off San Diego Padres relief pitcher Phil Maton during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in Denver. The Rockies won 9-7. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
  DENVER | The hot-hitting Gerardo Parra hasn’t uttered a word to good friend Carlos Gonzalez about his prolonged slump. There’s no reason to.
  “Even if he struggles, CarGo’s still the man of
  
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• Yankees get Frazier, Robertson, Kahnle from White Sox for four

  19-07-2017 07:53
  
  Chicago White Sox third baseman Todd Frazier watches his team during the ninth inning a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in Chicago. The Dodgers won 1-0. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
  MINNEAPOLIS | The New York Yankees made an early push for playoff run Tuesday night, acquiring infielder Todd Frazier and relievers David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle from the Chicago White Sox for reliever Tyler Clippard and three prospects.
  The Yankees currently hold the se
  
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