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• After 76 years, Aurora sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally coming home

  17-02-2018 23:34
  After more than seven decades, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Walter Howard Backman will finally be coming home to Aurora . The 22-year-old man was one of approximately 390 sailors aboard the USS Oklahoma whose remains were never identified after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec....
  
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• Winter storm forecast to roll south through US Rockies

  17-02-2018 21:20
  BILLINGS, Mont. | An Arctic cold front is forecast to sweep through the Rocky Mountains with heavy mountain snows over Presidents Day weekend, while cold temperatures descend on the Northern Plains.
  The winter blast was expected to hit northern Idaho and Montana Saturday, with damaging wind gusts that could reach 50 miles per hour.
  The National Weather Service says the storm system will then sweep south into Wyoming and Colorado on Sunday and Monday.
  A winter storm warning was in effect for
  
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• Suspect killed by deputy in shootout on Colorado-Utah border

  17-02-2018 21:20
  CORTEZ, Colo. | A suspect was killed during a shootout with a sheriff’s deputy following a high-speed pursuit that ended near the Colorado-Utah border.
  Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin told the Cortez Journal that the shootout occurred Thursay afternoon near Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, about 30 miles west of Cortez, Colorado.
  Nowlin says a deputy had pulled over a car with three occupants but the vehicle pulled away when the deputy approached.
  During a subsequent 1
  
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• Unless you’re a citizen, legal marijuana isn’t for you

  17-02-2018 21:19
  DENVER | Marijuana may be a multi-billion dollar industry in Colorado, but cannabis is still illegal federally — so any job in the industry can be considered trafficking in a controlled substance. Normally, this hasn’t been a tricky distinction for the industry’s state-licensed employees, except by one standard. Their immigration status.
  Simply having a job in a dispensary or grow house can get a legal resident, or other immigrant, deported and banned from the U.S., sometimes f
  
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• Colorado prosecutors ask to drop charges against ex-sheriff

  17-02-2018 21:19
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. | Prosecutors in Colorado have decided to drop all charges against a former sheriff accused of abusing his power after two juries deadlocked on some of the allegations.
  Prosecutors decided to re-try former El Paso County sheriff Terry Maketa after a jury in July found him not guilty on several charges and deadlocked on others, including felony extortion. The second trial ended on Feb. 5 when jurors acquitted Maketa of two counts of official misconduct and deadlocked
  
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• Durango officials propose scattered shelters for homeless

  17-02-2018 21:18
  DURANGO, Colo. | The Durango city council has proposed setting up shelters in established buildings across the city as it looks for ways to help homeless in the area.
  The Durango Herald reports the city council initially proposed creating a designated campground for homeless residents who are currently staying on county property west of downtown Durango.
  City council members say that initially idea was met with opposition from neighbors near the proposed sites.
  On Thursday, they proposed se
  
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• Colorado man opens up about saving President Gerald Ford

  17-02-2018 21:18
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. | Larry Buendorf was a former college athlete, an overachiever and a Secret Service agent with a gift for seeing important details. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was a dropout, from college and virtue, who followed Charles Manson and often compared the cult leader to the Christ.
  On a sunny morning in 1975, these two vastly different slices of America collided in a park in Sacramento.
  A few months before the sunny morning, Fromme bluntly summarized a horrifying
  
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• Air Force Academy officer apologizes for sergeant’s email

  17-02-2018 21:18
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. | A commander at the U.S. Air Force Academy has apologized after a lower-ranking officer sent an email that struck some people as derogatory about African-Americans.
  The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that Master Sgt. Zachary Parish sent the message to cadets Wednesday admonishing them about haircuts and saying retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan was never seen publicly with gaudy jewelry, sagging pants or a backward cap.
  Parish is the top enlisted airman
  
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• Rodchenkov to AP: Russian footballers immune from drug bans

  17-02-2018 21:17
  Russian soccer players were protected from being caught doping under direct government orders that laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov said he followed to ensure cheating was covered up.
  Outlining his involvement in soccer for the first time to The Associated Press, Rodchenkov claimed an instruction to “avoid any scandal” came from Vitaly Mutko, the former Russian sports minister who now serves as a deputy prime minister despite being implicated in a far-reaching doping controvers
  
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• ‘Is this a kind of mistake?’ Snowboarder wins Alpine gold

  17-02-2018 21:17
  JEONGSEON, South Korea | This made no sense to Ester Ledecka. Just simply couldn’t be. Could. Not. Be.
  Which is why the part-time ski racer, part-time snowboarder from the Czech Republic stood so still, absolutely motionless and expressionless, for several moments after crossing the finish line in the Olympic super-G and seeing the numbers on a video board that appeared to show she was fast enough to be the gold medalist. Not merely any gold medalist, but one of the most unconventiona
  
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• Hanyu defends Olympic gold medal in men’s figure skating

  17-02-2018 21:17
  GANGNEUNG, South Korea | Yuzuru Hanyu was introduced as the Olympic gold medalist, skated over to the podium and jumped high onto it. With a perfect landing, naturally.
  He also leaped into the figure skating history books Saturday, becoming the first man to repeat as Olympic champion since Dick Button in 1952.
  “Just happy. I can’t say anymore, just happy,” Hanyu said through his ever-present smile. “I just did my best today. I don’t know if this is the best of
  
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• Gun control measures face 'a brick wall' in Indiana, state senator says

  17-02-2018 21:02
  State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, said during a town hall meeting Saturday in Chesterton it was obvious why multiple people had questions about gun control. "We all know why. What we've got going on here is a national tragedy," she said, referring to Wednesday's shooting at a Parkland, Florida,...
  
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• Richards' Mia Palumbo, first girl to win match at IHSA state wrestling, ends historic run with 2-2 record

  17-02-2018 20:35
  When Mia Palumbo's match was announced Saturday morning in the IHSA state wrestling tournament at the State Farm Center, applause and shouts of "Go Mia" rang out. The Richards freshman wasn't so focused on her bout against East St. Louis senior Anthony King that she didn't notice the support. "It's...
  
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• Norge Ski Club's Bickner finishes 20th in Olympic large-hill ski jump

  17-02-2018 19:12
  Kevin Bickner of the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove finished 20th in the men's individual large-hill ski jump final Saturday at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Bickner, a Wauconda native who now lives in Park City, Utah, finished 20th in the competition round, while fellow Norge Ski Club jumper Mike...
  
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• Police close investigation into former Providence Catholic president without filing criminal charges

  17-02-2018 18:26
  A New Lenox police investigation into allegations that the president of Providence Catholic High School had "potentially inappropriate material" on his cellphone has closed without criminal charges being filed, police said Friday.The investigation into the Rev. Richard McGrath, 71, stalled after...
  
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• Two St. Charles schools considered for closing — 'it's tearing us apart,' parents say

  17-02-2018 18:20
  A plan being considered to close Fox Ridge Elementary School, convert it into an early childhood center and move its students to new schools is being rushed by St. Charles District 303 officials and would not only hurt the city but unfairly hurt students and parents, critics say. "They're just...
  
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• Jake Elliott returns to alma mater Lyons, gives pep talk before 'blackout' game

  17-02-2018 07:29
  The ceremony honoring Jake Elliott on Friday night at Lyons could not have come at a more appropriate time. Elliott, a Lyons graduate, walked to center court and was presented with a framed photo collage that depicted his time playing high school, college and pro football. Elliott's kicking career...
  
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• Wrestling: Grandview’s Fabian Santillan earns way into first state championship match

  17-02-2018 04:57
  Grandview junior Fabian Santillan points to family in the crowd as his hand is raised following his 9-6 win over Coronado’s Aaron Flores in a Class 5A state 126-pound semifinal match on Feb. 16, 2018, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Santillan moved into the 126-pound state championship match on Feb. 17. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  DENVER | Fabian Santillan felt he belonged in a state championship match at last season’s Class 5A state wrestling tournament, but injuries ke
  
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• Aurora man convicted of slaying two others, fearing they would steal his gun, gets 2 life sentences

  17-02-2018 04:45
  AURORA | An Aurora man received two life prison sentences Friday after being convicted for the 2016 “senseless” shooting death of two acquaintances that he feared might steal his gun.
  An Arapahoe County jury found Kenneth Kaminga, 37, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of Aaron Williams, 35 and Javier Gaytan, 36 in an Aurora apartment.
  “The murder of these two men was utterly senseless,” Arapahoe District Court Judge Patrici
  
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• No charges for Providence president who refused to turn in phone to cops, New Lenox police say

  17-02-2018 03:04
  A New Lenox police investigation into allegations that the president of Providence Catholic High School had "potentially inappropriate material" on his cell phone has closed without criminal charges being filed, police said Friday. The investigation into the Rev. Richard McGrath, 71, stalled after...
  
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• Three wounded, one critically, in 'targeted' shooting at Zion home

  17-02-2018 01:46
  A woman suffered life-threatening injuries from multiple gunshot wounds after a total of three people were shot during a Zion home invasion Friday afternoon, according to police. All three people, two women and a man, ranged in age from 24 to 43 years old, according to a statement by the Zion Police...
  
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• 1 dead, 2 wounded in 'targeted' shooting at Zion home: police

  17-02-2018 01:46
  A woman died Friday night after suffering multiple gunshot wounds earlier in the day during a Zion home invasion in which two other people were shot, according to police and the Lake County coroner’s office. The three people, two women and a man, ranged in age from 24 to 43 years old, according...
  
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• Man gets life behind bars for triple fatal stabbing in Sumava Resorts

  17-02-2018 01:38
  The man found guilty earlier this month in the August 2016 stabbing deaths of three people in Sumava Resorts was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Newton County Superior Court jury Thursday recommended Derrick Cardosi, 25, formerly of Cedar Lake, serve life...
  
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