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• Affidavit: Aurora man admitted to slaying sister’s boyfriend on Sable Blvd.

  20-03-2018 23:20
  AURORA | A man charged with killing his sister’s boyfriend last week at a home near East Colfax Avenue and Sable Boulevard admitted to the shooting, according to court documents.
  Travon Sanders
  Travon Sanders, 32, also asked police if he could get the death penalty for killing David Washington 35, according to an arrest affidavit filed against Sanders.
  Police arrested Sanders a short time after the March 16 slaying at 1323 Sable Boulevard. He is being held without bond at the Arapahoe Coun
  
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• Zuckerberg asked to testify; data firm’s CEO suspended

  20-03-2018 23:19
  1 of 3 FILE - In this March 15, 2013, file photo, a Facebook employee walks past a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The San Jose Mercury News reports Saturday, March 17, 2018 that building permits compiled by Buildzoom show Facebook plans to erect the 465,000 square-foot (43,200 square-meter) building at its campus in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)The offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, after it was announced that Britain's information commis
  
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• New blast sends bombing investigators to Texas FedEx center

  20-03-2018 23:16
  1 of 11 In this frame from video, Fedex trucks line a distribution center where a package bomb exploded early, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Schertz, Texas. Authorities believe the explosion is linked to the recent string of Austin bombings. (WOAI San Antonio via AP)An ATF vehicle sits in front of a FedEx distribution center where a package exploded, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Schertz, Texas. Authorities believe the package bomb is linked to the recent string of Austin bombings. (AP Photo/Eric G
  
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• 'He had a strong spirit': Park Ridge community honors 12-year-old who thrived despite rare illness

  20-03-2018 23:08
  To his father, Ryan Sernel was an "old soul." "He enjoyed wisecracking with the dads on the sidelines," Marc Sernel shared, describing how his 12-year-old son spent his time during his twin brother Doug's sporting events. "He could engage in adult conversation and humor more than other kids." Even...
  
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• Trump congratulates Putin, gets backtalk from Republicans

  20-03-2018 23:07
  1 of 4 Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian Paralympics Athletes who competed in the 2018 Pyeonchang Winter Paralympics, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)FILE - In this file photo taken on Friday, July 7, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. The Kremlin said Trump called Putin to congratulate him on re-election,
  
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• Senators push for better security for 2018 election season

  20-03-2018 23:02
  1 of 4 Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., center, arrives for a news conference with Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, where they gave a preview of the committee's findings on Russia's hacks of state election systems, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., seated at center with with committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., right, gathe
  
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• Border wall, tunnel tussle hold up sweeping spending bill

  20-03-2018 22:59
  1 of 2 The Capitol is seen early Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Washington.Two major issues, the border wall and a tunnel and rail project, are holding up the massive government-wide spending bill that must pass Congress before a midnight Friday deadline to avoid another government shutdown.An agreement could be announced as early as today.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in
  
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• Teen shoots girl in Maryland school, dies in confrontation

  20-03-2018 22:56
  1 of 11 Deputies, federal agents and rescue personnel, converge on Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday morning, March 20, 2018 in Great Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon )Deputies, federal agents and rescue personnel, converge on Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday morning, March 20, 2018 in Great Mills, Md.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Deputies, federal agents and rescue personnel, converge on Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday morning
  
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• Arlington Heights again denies proposed apartment building after residents sign petition in opposition

  20-03-2018 22:15
  For the second time in five months, village officials rejected a proposal to build a five-story apartment building in downtown Arlington Heights. The proposed development has galvanized hundreds of residents who opposed the plan over its design being incompatible with a nearby neighborhood of single-family...
  
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• Complaint line set up to handle voting problems in Kane County

  20-03-2018 22:10
  The Kane County State's Attorney's Office has set up an Election Complaint Line for residents who experience voting problems or irregularities at any polling place in Kane County during the March 20 primary election. The Election Complaint Line will be available from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 630-208-5328....
  
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• Northfield woman must stop removing buckthorn near Edens ramp, police say

  20-03-2018 21:31
  A Northfield woman who says she's been voluntarily uprooting invasive buckthorn bushes and trees from a section of Cook County land near the Edens Expressway needs to get permission from the county before she continues to do so, a village official says. Susie Findlay won't get that permission because...
  
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• 'Change' on the minds of some North Shore-area voters as they head to polls

  20-03-2018 21:13
  Tuesday morning's weather made it feel more like a November election than a March primary on the first day of spring as local residents went to the polls to vote on candidates for governor, attorney general, county commissioner, state seats and more. Volunteers bundled up against cold winds as...
  
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• Lawyer for Hammond man charged with killing two pugs: 'You have the wrong guy'

  20-03-2018 21:08
  A defense attorney for Anthony Priestas, the Hammond man charged will allegedly killing two pugs last month, said during a Tuesday bond hearing that his client was with his grandmother and her fiancé at her home at the time of the crime in February. For now, Priestas, 23, of the 600 block of Locust...
  
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• Three ejected, injured in rollover crash on I-65 exit ramp in Gary

  20-03-2018 21:05
  Two brothers and a woman from Chicago were ejected from their car early Tuesday when it rolled over on an Interstate 65 exit ramp, according to state police. Shortly before 5:15 a.m., a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox was exiting south from I-65 to Ridge Road “when it failed to negotiate the curve,” Sgt....
  
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• Zion police charge Wisconsin man in fatal Green Bay Road hit-and-run from October 2017

  20-03-2018 20:47
  A 34-year-old Kenosha, Wis., man was arrested this week in connection with a fatal hit-and-run last fall where two people were struck outside a Zion subdivision and one died from his injuries. The incident happened Oct. 21 shortly before 1 a.m. on Green Bay Road south of 9th Street, near the Stonebridge...
  
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• Suspect at large after double shooting leaves one dead in Aurora

  20-03-2018 20:40
  1 of 3 The scene of a double shooting in the area of Sable Blvd. and Mississippi Ave. is taped off with police tape, March 20. Police say there were two victims, one injured and one killed, and the suspect is still at large.Photo by Philip B. Poston/SentinelPolice investigate the sceneof a double shooting, March 20, in the area of Sable Blvd. and Mississippi Ave. Police say there were two victims, one injured and one killed, and the suspect is still at large.Photo by Philip B. Poston/SentinelA
  
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• Student charged with making threat to District 308 junior high school

  20-03-2018 20:21
  A student has been charged after a threat was made against a junior high school in Oswego-based Community Unit School District 308. Around 7 a.m. Monday, a parent notified Plainfield police of a possible shooting threat to Murphy Junior High School posted on social media, police said in a statement....
  
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• Where Toys R Us stores are closing

  20-03-2018 19:51
  The 31 stores and one distribution center in Illinois that will likely be liquidated as part of the Toys R Us bankruptcy will leave 1.9 million square feet vacant. Most of those locations, 22, are in the Chicago area. Of the 31 stores, 11 are Toys R Us stores, five are Babies R Us stores, 13 are...
  
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• Glenbrook 225 to add security guards during after-school hours

  20-03-2018 19:15
  Glenbrook High Schools District 225 will expand security at Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South high schools beginning April 2. In a 6-0 vote, the Board of Education approved Monday a proposal to hire unarmed, civilian security officers for after-school hours at both schools. Board member Marcelo...
  
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• Colorado Legislature passes rural broadband bill

  20-03-2018 19:02
  DENVER |  A bill designed to bridge the economic divide between rural and urban Colorado by financing high-speed broadband construction in hard-to-reach areas is on its way to the governor’s desk.Colorado’s Senate on Tuesday passed House amendments to the bill , long a top priority for legislators from both parties as well as Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.
  For years, advocates have maintained that the state’s eastern plains, western slope and many mountain t
  
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• Texas bomber’s change in tactics could hint at future plans

  20-03-2018 18:33
  NEW YORK | The bombs were left on porches, then by the side of the road, then at a FedEx facility. The victims were black, then Hispanic, then white. The blasts happened in different parts of Austin, Texas, and then in San Antonio.
  The seemingly zigzag work of an apparent serial bomber may be a sign that whoever is behind the attacks is determined to launch more of them.
  “Successful serial murderers are determined, adaptable and cognizant of their surroundings, which allows them to learn f
  
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• Supreme Court skeptical of crisis pregnancy center law

  20-03-2018 18:29
  WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down a California law that mainly regulates anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
  Both conservative and liberal justices voiced skepticism Tuesday about the law that requires the centers to tell clients about the availability of contraception, abortion and pre-natal care, at little or no cost. Centers that are unlicensed also must post a sign that says so.
  The centers say they are being singled out and forced to deliver a message with which
  
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• Needs go unmet 6 months after Maria hit Puerto Rico

  20-03-2018 18:26
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | Generators are still humming. Candles are still flickering. Homes are still being repaired.
  Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six months ago, and the U.S. territory is still struggling to recover from the strongest storm to hit the island in nearly a century.
  “There are a lot of people with needs,” said Levid Ortiz, operating director of PR4PR, a local nonprofit that helps impoverished communities across the island. “It shouldn’t be li
  
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• Quick challenge for Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban

  20-03-2018 18:23
  JACKSON, Miss. | The nation’s most restrictive abortion law is headed for a showdown before a federal judge only hours after it was signed by Mississippi’s governor.
  U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves late Monday scheduled arguments Tuesday morning over whether he should immediately block the law after a request by the state’s only abortion clinic and a physician who works there.
  Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1510 on Monday, immediately banning most abortions af
  
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• World’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies

  20-03-2018 18:17
  NAIROBI, Kenya | The world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after “age-related complications,” researchers announced Tuesday, saying he “stole the heart of many with his dignity and strength.”
  A statement from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya said the 45-year-old rhino was euthanized on Monday after his condition “worsened significantly” and he was no longer able to stand. His muscles and bones had degenerated and his skin had extensiv
  
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• Crash marks 1st death involving fully autonomous vehicle

  20-03-2018 18:13
  TEMPE, Ariz. | A fatal pedestrian crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV in a Phoenix suburb could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology as automakers and other companies race to be the first with cars that operate on their own.
  The crash Sunday night in Tempe was the first death involving a full autonomous test vehicle. The Volvo was in self-driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it struck 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she was walking a bicycle outside the l
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump exaggerates pros of anti-opioid ideas

  20-03-2018 18:07
  WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump has laid out a new plan for tackling the deadly opioid epidemic that has ravaged communities across the nation. But some of the president’s proposals have proven ineffective in the past.
  From renewing his call for “spending a lot of money” on commercials to scare young people from experimenting with drugs, to pushing for the death penalty for certain drug dealers, Trump’s ideas are sometimes driven more by his gut instincts than past su
  
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• Drumroll please: It’s Sir Ringo as ex-Beatle knighted

  20-03-2018 18:04
  LONDON | Call him Sir Ringo now, or Sir Richard to be more precise. Either way, it’s a fitting honor for the former Beatles drummer, who has waited decades for the recognition.
  The 77-year-old Ringo Starr received his long-awaited knighthood from Prince William Tuesday. He used his real name Richard Starkey for the big event.
  Former Beatle Ringo Starr, is made a knight by Britain’s Prince William at Buckingham Palace during an Investiture ceremony in London Tuesday March 20, 2018. (Y
  
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• South Korean K-Pop singers to perform in North Korea

  20-03-2018 18:00
  SEOUL, South Korea | South Korea said Tuesday it will send a 160-member artistic group to North Korea, including about 10 celebrated K-Pop singers, for rare concerts there.
  The South Korean musical artists will visit Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, from March 31 to April 3 and give two performances, according to a joint statement issued after the two Koreas met at a border village.
  The development comes during a thaw in the North Korean nuclear crisis. A North Korean band performed in So
  
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• Elmhurst Council approves controversial nursing home expansion

  20-03-2018 17:45
  Over continuing objections from neighbors on Fremont Avenue, including one who this week threatened a lawsuit against the city, a majority of Elmhurst aldermen Monday approved a nursing home’s plan to expand its Lake Street facility onto Fremont. Elmhurst Extended Care Center first applied 18 months...
  
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• Melissa Etheridge to co-headline Naperville Ribfest's July 4 opening night

  20-03-2018 17:41
  Singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge will co-headline the opening night of Naperville Ribfest. Etheridge, a Grammy Award-winning artist best known for such '90s hits as "Bring Me Some Water," "Come to My Window" and "I'm the Only One," will appear July 4 as the opening act with rockabilly artists...
  
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• New Trier to upgrade security plans, but rejects metal detectors and arming teachers

  20-03-2018 17:20
  In the wake of February's Florida school shooting, New Trier High School District 203 is updating security policies and procedures, including beefing up entryway buzzer systems and installing shatter resistant material on interior windows, district administrators say. What New Trier administrators...
  
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• Man charged with wife's 1973 Barrington Township murder focus of TV special

  20-03-2018 17:05
  A former Chicago-area attorney charged with his wife’s murder more than four decades after her death is the subject of an Investigation Discovery special scheduled to air Sunday. “Dateline NBC” correspondent Keith Morrison said he and his team spent “quite a while” investigating Donnie Rudd, who...
  
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• Northfield woman must stop removing invasive buckthorn near Edens ramp, police say

  20-03-2018 16:37
  A Northfield woman who says she's been voluntarily uprooting invasive buckthorn bushes and trees from a section of Cook County land near the Edens Expressway needs to get permission from the county before she continues to do so, a village official says. Susie Findlay won't get that permission because...
  
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• Service resumes on CTA Yellow Line after woman has medical emergency near tracks in Evanston: police

  20-03-2018 16:05
  The CTA Yellow Line Skokie Swift train was halted in Evanston Tuesday morning after police reported that a woman had a medical emergency near the tracks, according to Evanston police. The Evanston Police Department began sending out social media alerts around 8:50 a.m. indicating that there was...
  
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• Wild night in Miami: Heat top Nuggets 149-141 in 2 OTs

  20-03-2018 15:30
  1 of 4 Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) looks for an opening past Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)Miami Heat guard Tyler Johnson, left, passes past Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) drives against Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15
  
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• Sheriff: 1 student dead, 2 wounded in Maryland high school

  20-03-2018 15:30
  GREAT MILLS, Md. |  A teenager wounded a girl and a boy inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before an armed school resource officer was able to intervene, and each of them fired one more round as the shooter was fatally wounded, a sheriff said.
  St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said the student with the handgun was declared dead at a hospital, and the other two students were in critical condition. He said the officer was not harmed.
  Cameron said authorities were still in
  
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• Man arrested for attempted murder escapes in Denver

  20-03-2018 15:29
  DENVER | Police in Denver are searching for an inmate who escaped while being transported to a hospital and warned residents that the man facing charges for the attempted murder of a police officer is dangerous.
  Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman says Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez escaped from deputies around 6:30 a.m. Monday and was last seen running from the downtown Denver hospital. Police searched the area for hours but did not find Venzor-Gonzalez, who is 23.
  Venzor-Gonzalez was arrested in November.
  
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• Investigators suspect FedEx bomb is tied to Austin bombings

  20-03-2018 15:27
  1 of 5 A police crime scene van arrives near the site of Sunday's explosion, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Police warned nearby residents to remain indoors overnight as investigators looked for possible links to other deadly package bombings elsewhere in the city this month. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)An agent the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives works with his dog near the site of Sunday's explosion, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Fear escalated across Austin
  
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• Aurora City Council completes sexual harassment training in wake of of #MeToo, Denver Mayor Hancock scandal

  20-03-2018 15:14
  AURORA | Aurora City Council members completed a two hour sexual harassment training during a special study session Monday, per discussion of a resolution that would prevent the city from using taxpayer money in some sexual harassment cases if passed.
  Now, the resolution is slated to make a return. It was tabled last month. Some council members said they didn’t dislike the spirit of the resolution, but they wanted to have some kind of training before officially voting on it.
  Julie Pate, an
  
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• PERRY: Don’t let state Sen. Daniel Kagan’s trip-to-the-loo sideshow distract from pervy unpunished legislators

  20-03-2018 14:49
  Spoiler alert for all of you who thought the shameful sexual harassment scandal at the state Capitol couldn’t get any more lurid or repulsive.
  It’s all-out bedlam between the state Senate Democrats and Republicans as the skirmish over the fate of three Republican senators accused of sexual harassment turns into all-out war.
  Republicans yesterday accused Democratic state Sen. Daniel Kagan of regularly and purposely hanging out in a women’s restroom in the Senate. Kagan, who repr
  
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• Chirico: Mall of India to occupy long-vacant Walmart building by late summer

  20-03-2018 14:38
  Naperville will soon be home to a new mall — the Mall of India.Mayor Steve Chirico Monday announced the development will move into the long-vacant Walmart building at 776 S. Route 59 by late summer."Residents will have a grocery store, food court, learning center and retail stores all in one place,"...
  
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• Friends survive rare cancer while pregnant, then meet to celebrate healthy babies, end of treatment

  20-03-2018 14:29
  With an incredulous "What? Shut up. No way," Raquel Lopez walked out of her last chemo session at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and into a surprise gathering of doctors, nurses and the close friend who helped get her through these many months. The afternoon celebration marked the end...
  
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• AURORA POLS: David Aarestad drops out of CD6 race against Mike Coffman; endorses Jason Crow

  20-03-2018 13:30
  AURORA | Democratic 6th Congressional District candidate Jason Crow is adding another name to his growing endorsement list. But this time it comes from a primary opponent. 1 of 4 David AarestadJason Crow, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 6th Congressional District. Photo by Sara Hertwig/Aurora SentinelLevi Tillemann speaks during his event where he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 6th Congressional District. (Ramsey Scott/Aurora Sentinel)U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman
  
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• Firm working on East Chicago project tied to Florida bridge collapse that killed six people

  20-03-2018 13:22
  The firm tapped to design the Cline Avenue bridge in East Chicago is the same firm behind the design of the pedestrian bridge under construction in Miami that collapsed Thursday killing at least six people. FIGG Bridge Group is the designing partner for the Cline Avenue bridge, which is under construction....
  
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• Firm working on Cline Avenue project in East Chicago tied to Florida bridge collapse

  20-03-2018 13:22
  The firm tapped to design the Cline Avenue bridge in East Chicago is the same firm behind the design of the pedestrian bridge under construction in Miami that collapsed Thursday killing at least six people. FIGG Bridge Group is the designing partner for the Cline Avenue bridge, which is under construction....
  
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• Morning Spin: 8 things to watch when primary election results come in Tuesday night

  20-03-2018 12:54
  Welcome to Clout Street: Morning Spin, our weekday feature to catch you up with what's going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. Subscribe here. Topspin You made it. After a long campaign, the primary election has arrived. This time last year, it looked like Tuesday might...
  
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• Aurora prep sports schedule, 3.20.18

  20-03-2018 07:44
  AURORA | The Aurora prep sports schedule for Tuesday, March 20, 2018 (field conditions permitting):
  Courtney Oakes is Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Sentinel Prep Sports
  AURORA PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE, 3.20.18
  BASEBALL
  Berthoud at Vista PEAK, 4 p.m.
  Eaglecrest at Pomona, 4 p.m.
  Gateway at Aurora Central, 4 p.m.
  Cherokee Trail at Fort Collins, 4:15 p.m.
  Grandview at Denver East, 4:15 p.m.
  Ralston Valley at Regis Jesuit, 4
  
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• Illinois primary election 2018 live coverage

  20-03-2018 06:00
  Join us Tuesday, March 20, for the Illinois primary election 2018. Get updates, tweets, photos and videos.
  
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