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• Ice Hockey: 2018 state ice hockey playoff bracket, schedule

  18-02-2018 23:53
  Kale Lone and the Regis Jesuit ice hockey team skate in to the 2018 state ice hockey playoffs as the No. 1 seed. The undefeated Raiders have a first-round bye and take their home ice in the second round on Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  AURORA | Seedings and schedule for the 2018 state ice hockey playoffs as released on Feb. 18, 2018, by the Colorado High School Activities Association. Teams with Aurora players bold and uppercased:
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• Police: 2 arrested after fatal Evanston shooting

  18-02-2018 23:20
  Two people have been arrested in connection with the slaying of a Chicago man in Evanston earlier this month after a drug deal gone wrong, officials said. Julius Francellno and Malik Caswell, both 18, were being held Sunday in connection with the homicide of Yakez Semark, 20, who was shot in the...
  
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• What will Meghan wear? Royal wedding dress a top UK secret

  18-02-2018 22:16
  LONDON | Where does one shop for a wedding gown set to be the dress of the year — an outfit chic enough for a fashion-loving bride but suitable for a church so regal it’s the burial place of monarchs?
  Everyone at London Fashion Week — and elsewhere — is dying to know.
  With only three months to go before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May 19 wedding at Windsor Castle, both the fashion and bridal worlds are abuzz with talk of who the bride will pick to design h
  
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• Israeli PM Netanyahu to Iran: Don’t test Israel’s resolve

  18-02-2018 22:16
  MUNICH | The international nuclear deal with Iran has emboldened Tehran to become increasingly aggressive in the region, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, warning that Iran should “not test Israel’s resolve.”
  Netanyahu said if the U.S. decides to scrap the 2015 nuclear deal, which he has long opposed, “I think they’ll do nothing.”
  But Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, appearing two hours later at the same Munich Security
  
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• Yarnold wins second straight Olympic women’s skeleton gold

  18-02-2018 22:14
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea | Lizzy Yarnold picked the perfect time to end a three-year winless streak, and extended Britain’s dominance in women’s skeleton in the process.
  Yarnold won her second consecutive Olympic women’s skeleton gold medal Saturday, leaving no doubt by setting a track record in the fourth and final heat to beat Germany’s Jacqueline Loelling by nearly a half-second.
  Yarnold’s time was 3 minutes, 27.28 seconds. Loelling finished in 3:27.73, and
  
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• World’s best male Alpine skier vies for 2nd Pyeongchang gold

  18-02-2018 22:14
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea | The world’s best male Alpine skier, Marcel Hirscher, will compete for his second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics.
  Hirscher starts as the favorite in the giant slalom Sunday at Yongpyong Alpine Center. He’s already got a gold medal from his first event, the Alpine combined.The 28-year-old Austrian is expected to duel with his main rival in World Cup races, Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway. American Ted Ligety will try to defend the title he won at
  
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• Sunday’s Winter Olympic Scores

  18-02-2018 22:14
  Sunday’s Winter Olympic Scores
  Norway 10, Denmark 8
  Japan 8, United States 2
  Switzerland 8, Canada 6
  Sweden 11, Japan 4
  Denmark 9, South Korea 8
  Britain 7, Italy 6
  Norway 8, United States 5WomenSweden 8, Britain 6
  Canada 10, Switzerland 8
  South Korea 12, China 5ICE HOCKEY
  MenGermany 2, Norway 1, SO
  Czech Republic 4, Switzerland 1Women
  Classification Round (5-8 place)Switzerland 2, Korea 0
  Japan 2, Finland 1, OT
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• Norway continues cross-country dominance with relay win

  18-02-2018 22:14
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea | Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo grabbed the Norwegian flag as he headed for the finish line and gave it a big wave, knowing his country’s 16-year gold medal drought in the men’s 4×10-kilometer relay was coming to an end.
  The red, blue and white flag has been a common sight at the podium at the Pyeongchang Games, particularly in cross-country where Norway is crushing the competition.
  Norway has taken home five of eight possible gold medals awarded in cro
  
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• NBC’s ski announcers attempt to explain their blunder

  18-02-2018 22:14
  NEW YORK | Highlights from media coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics:
  OOPS: Instead of laughing off or owning up to making a wrong call the night before in the women’s super-G, NBC’s ski announcers seemed intent on justifying themselves Saturday night. In that Alpine race, little-known Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic stunned everyone by edging Austria’s Anna Veith for the gold medal. Ledecka, ranked No. 43 in the world, was considered to have so little chance that NBC
  
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• King of large hill, Stoch wins Olympic gold in ski jumping

  18-02-2018 22:14
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea | After missing the podium a week ago, defending Olympic champion Kamil Stoch came up big on the large hill.
  The 30-year-old Polish ski jumper had leaps of 135 and 136.5 meters for 285.7 points to win the gold medal on the large hill at the Pyeongchang Games.
  Normal hill gold medalist Andreas Wellinger of Germany took the silver at Alpensia Ski Jumping Center while Robert Johansson of Norway won the bronze.
  Stoch, who won both the normal and large hill golds in Soch
  
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• Abramenko’s aerials win gives Ukraine rare Olympic gold

  18-02-2018 22:14
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea | Growing up in Ukraine, Oleksandr Abramenko’s father pushed him toward sports. Well, one sport actually. Soccer.
  The problem? His son wasn’t feeling it.
  “I felt like extreme sports were my thing,” Abramenko said.
  Good call.The 29-year-old made history on Sunday night, becoming the first man to win an individual Winter Olympic medal for Ukraine when he edged China’s Jia Zongyang in a tight aerials final. Abramenko and Jia both attempted
  
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• In wake of Florida school shooting, we should embrace troubled kids, not push them away, experts say

  18-02-2018 22:00
  Amid the heartbreak and horror of yet another mass school shooting is the persistent sentiment that schools must do more to protect students by expanding security, installing more obstacles to attackers, even arming staff and teachers. But local school administrators and experts on school violence...
  
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• Chesterton woman donates kidney to co-worker at Indiana Harbor steel plant

  18-02-2018 20:22
  Jason Reyes will never forget the last time he ate shrimp, he said. It was a few weeks ago, following a Dec. 27 kidney transplant, when he ordered some shrimp with cocktail sauce and experienced some significant stomach pain, he said. It was possibly worse pain than the surgery itself, and definitely...
  
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• A Schaumburg cop was accused of helping run a drug ring. Why the case fell apart the day of his trial remains a mystery

  18-02-2018 19:40
  Under pressure to reveal why they suddenly dropped the charges against a former Schaumburg police officer accused of stealing and dealing drugs, DuPage County prosecutors told a defense attorney they would share the information privately, the lawyer said. Publicly, the state’s attorney’s office...
  
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• Pour-your-own bars could face additional restrictions in Naperville

  18-02-2018 18:20
  As a second pour-your-own establishment prepares to open its doors in downtown Naperville this spring, the city's Liquor Commission is working on the creation of a new permit that lays out the rules for self-serve bars and restaurants. "We have Red Arrow coming to town. There's nothing in the code...
  
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• Fire damages Red Robin restaurant in Orland Park

  18-02-2018 17:59
  A fire caused extensive damage to the Red Robin restaurant in Orland Park Saturday, officials said. Firefighters arrived at the restaurant at 15503 S. LaGrange Road about 4:30 p.m. to find flames rising from the roof from a fire that started in the kitchen. No injuries were reported as customers...
  
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• Presidents Day focuses attention on former national leaders, apostrophes and mattress sales

  18-02-2018 17:28
  Presidents Day lives in the shadow of greater holidays. Not patriotic as its siblings Independence Day and Veterans Day, nor manic as Black Friday: the celebration is as synonymous with our leaders as it is with mattress sales. Officials at Mattress Firm's corporate office in Houston, Texas confirmed...
  
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• Suburban transit-oriented development a fine idea, but Wilmette project fails to live up to suburb's high standard

  18-02-2018 13:00
  For good reason, the concept of transit-oriented development is gaining in popularity among many suburbs. But they should be careful what they wish for. A case in point: an ungainly new apartment complex in north suburban Wilmette. It fails to live up to the high standard of architectural quality...
  
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• Wrestling: 2018 Class 5A state wrestling scores, placing results

  18-02-2018 07:45
  Grandview junior Fabian Santillan, right, won the state championship at 126 pounds at the Class 5A state tournament on Feb. 17, 2018, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Santillan topped Adams City’s Nicholas Gonzales, second from right, 4-1 in the championship match. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  DENVER | Final team scores plus championship, third-place and fifth-place match results from the 2018 Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 17, 2018, at the Pepsi Center:
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• Man found in burning car in Mount Prospect was fatally shot, officials say

  18-02-2018 04:30
  A man whose body was found in a burning car early Friday in Mount Prospect was shot to death in a homicide, police said. An autopsy Saturday determined Vladimir Esquivel, 29, of the 1700 block of East Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights, died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled...
  
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• Bail denied for man accused of threatening violence, hurling epithets at black mother and son

  18-02-2018 02:15
  A judge on Saturday denied bail for a man accused of threatening violence and hurling racial epithets at a young African-American mother and her 12-year-old son at a suburban bus stop earlier in the week. Robert P. Morris, 54, is facing two counts of felony hate crime in connection to an incident...
  
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