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• Senate District 28: Political outsider taking on seasoned Dem for Senate District 28

  17-10-2016 23:36
  
  The race for the Senate District 28 will feature two very different candidates, both in terms of policy and experience. Aside from the obvious party affiliation divide, incumbent Democratic state Sen. Nancy Todd has about a decade’s worth more experience than her opponent, businessman and former Army infantryman, James Woodley. Todd first showed up on the Colorado politics scene in 2004, when she was elected to represent House District 41 — a position she held onto for thre
  
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• Senate District 28: Political outsider taking on seasoned Dem

  17-10-2016 23:36
  
  The race for the Senate District 28 will feature two very different candidates, both in terms of policy and experience. Aside from the obvious party affiliation divide, incumbent Democratic state Sen. Nancy Todd has about a decade’s worth more experience than her opponent, businessman and former Army infantryman, James Woodley. Todd first showed up on the Colorado politics scene in 2004, when she was elected to represent House District 41 — a position she held onto for thre
  
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• WATCH — A-Town Game of the Week, Overland vs. Smoky Hill (10/20)

  17-10-2016 23:31
  
  Click below to watch the A-Town Game of the Week for Week 8 of the 2016 prep football season between Overland (1-6) vs. Smoky Hill (0-6) — who will play for custody of the Wagon Wheel traveling trophy — scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at Stutler Bowl. The game is live streamed to you free of charge by The Aurora Sentinel and StreamItSports:Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Auror
  
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• US Senate: Bennet vies for second term against GOP Air Force vet

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  Darryl Glenn, the pugnacious El Paso County Commissioner and lawyer from Colorado Springs, is taking on incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet for the state’s lone open U.S. Senate seat this November in a race that has waxed and waned between highly contested and all but buttoned-up over the course of the past 18 months. Glenn, an Air Force veteran and hard-line constitutional conservative, has repeatedly taken shots at Bennet’s record in the Senate, while the Democratic polit
  
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• RTD District F: Former Aurora Councilman Bob Broom runs as sole candidate for RTD District F seat

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  Former Ward VI Aurora City Councilman Bob Broom will be running as the sole candidate to replace Tom Tobiassen for Aurora’s District F Regional Transportation District seat. Tobiassen is term-limited to run again. District F, located in the eastern portion of RTD, represents the largest portion of Aurora and portions of nearby unincorporated Arapahoe County.
  This year, residents in this district will see the Aurora “R” line open, a 10.5-mile Interstate 225 light rail system tha
  
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• RTD District E: Fay faces steep challenge against seasoned RTD District E incumbent

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  Incumbent Claudia Folska is seeking re-election for her Regional Transportation District E board seat, which spans portions of Arapahoe County and Denver. District E residents will be seeing the opening of the new RTD Aurora “R” line later this year, the 10.5-mile Interstate 225 light rail system that will connect the East Commuter Rail Line through Aurora to Nine Mile Station and metro Denver’s Southeast Corridor Light Rail.
  Folska is the first blind woman to ever hold pu
  
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• HD 42: Vacant seat gives GOP challenger another opportunity against a different Dem

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  Democratic communications consultant and affordable housing advocate Dominique Jackson is taking on business owner and private security contractor Mike Donald in this year’s race for House District 42.The two candidates disagree on most political issues, each one largely falling in line with the views of their respective party. The contest marks the first vacancy in HD 42 since 2010, when former Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields won her first of three successful elections for the seat. Fields
  
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• CU REGENT: At-large CU regent race could tip board’s longstanding GOP majority

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  The race for the open at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents this election cycle comes with a slew of long-term political implications. A win for Democratic candidate and former State House Majority Leader Alice Madden could flip the political majority to the left for the first time in recent memory. On the contrary, a win for Republican candidate and businesswoman Heidi Ganahl could assure the GOP’s political dominance of the CU Board for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Board of Education District 6: Region’s state board of education race could determine party power

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  A win for Republican incumbent Debora Scheffel in the race for the state board of education’s 6th Congressional District seat could keep the majority GOP board  slanted to the right for the foreseeable future, while a win for Democratic challenger Rebecca McClellan could significantly shake up the board’s composition. Two other members of the state board, Joyce Rankin (R-Carbondale) and Steve Durham (R-Colorado Springs), are also up for reelection, though in decidedly
  
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• Adams County DA District 17: AdCo DA race pits incumbent prosecutor against defense lawyer newcomer

  17-10-2016 23:30
  
  Four years ago, the race to replace Don Quick as the top prosecutor in the 17th Judicial District didn’t get too much attention. In the Democratic primary that year, Dave Young sailed to the nomination unopposed. In the general election that fall he again breezed to victory as the Republicans opted not to mount a challenge. Four years later, it’s a different story. Young faced a tough primary that he won in June and now as the general election looms, Young is squaring off against Rep
  
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• Adams County Commissioner District 1: Lightly contested AdCo commish race could have effect on Aurora-area development

  17-10-2016 23:19
  
  While it’s a county commissioner district centered on Thornton and not Aurora, voters who live in Aurora still need to pay attention to Adams County Commissioner District 1. The races pits incumbent Democrat Eva Henry against Republican Alexander “Skinny” Winkler. Henry is a familiar face to local voters, having won her first term as a commissioner four years ago after previously serving on Thornton City Council. After years of scandal plagued the commission, county voters rest
  
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• State Senate District 27: An appointee and an advocate line up to battle for Senate District 27 seat

  17-10-2016 23:17
  
  The margin in the Colorado State Senate is as close as it can be. Of the 35 seats, Republicans hold 18 and Democrats 17. That means the Republican’s majority in the Senate — the lone branch state government they control — is a precarious one. State Senate District 27 has been a safe one for Republicans in recent years, but this election is a bit different. Last time around, David Ballmer won the seat comfortably, but he left office abruptly last fall. His replacement, former st
  
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• State Senate District 26: Local public servants vie for vacant seat in Senate District 26

  17-10-2016 23:17
  
  As they have several times in recent years, Arapahoe County voters will see the names Nancy Doty and Daniel Kagan on their ballots this fall. But the two longtime local politicians will show up in a different spot this go around. Doty, a Republican and current Arapahoe County commissioner, and Kagan, who represents House District 3 in the legislature, are squaring off to represent State Senate District 26. Incumbent Linda Newell, a Democrat, is leaving office due to term limits. The district cut
  
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• State Senate District 25: 2 lawmakers with capitol experience square off

  17-10-2016 23:17
  State Senate District 25 is among the biggest in the metro area in terms of land mass. The district spans parts of north Aurora, Thornton, Commerce City and Brighton. It stretches all the way to eastern edge of Adams County, too, covering eastern plains towns like Bennett, Strasburg and Watkins. This fall, voters in that expansive district will choose a new representative. Incumbent Democrat and former State Rep. Mary Hodge is leaving her Senate seat due to term limits and seeking a spot on the
  
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• Adams County Commissioner District 5: Race for commissioner AdCo’s largest district draws trio of veteran public servants

  17-10-2016 23:16
  Just one of the five commissioner districts in Adams County touches Aurora, and that’s the sprawling District 5. The district includes not just Aurora, but the entire eastern edge of the county as well as unincorporated areas near Denver International Airport. With all that space, you wouldn’t expect a crowd, but that’s what the race to fill the District 5 seat is getting. Incumbent republican Jan Pawlowski, Democrat challenger Mary Hodge and independent Renie Peterson are
  
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• Adams County Commissioner District 2: Former mayor makes modest move for District 2 AdCo commish seat

  17-10-2016 23:16
  
  Charles “Chaz” Tedesco is one of several new faces on the Adams County Board of County Commissioners in the past few years. This fall, as the Democrat seeks a second term on the commission, he’s getting a challenge from a man who many Adams County voters already know pretty well. Republican Sean Ford, a former city councilman and Mayor of Commerce City, is aiming to unseat Tedesco in November. County Commissioner District No. 2 is focused on Commerce City, but voters from acros
  
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• VOTE 2016: Colorado voters have plenty of options for voting before and on Election Day

  17-10-2016 23:14
  
  Just when you thought everything had gone to pot with the 2012 elections in Colorado, this year’s General Election run-up — especially at the top o’ the ticket — has had some moments even smellier than the dankest, and now perfectly legal, Colorado cannabis.
  Whether top-of-the-ticket candidates pass the voters’ smell test or not, there’s still much at stake downwind, er, down-ticket this November. The turmoil at the top has at times threatened to overshadow so
  
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• Lyons Township High School evacuated after unverified report of man with weapon

  17-10-2016 23:00
  
  Reports of someone possibly entering the Lyons Township High School South Campus with a weapon led to an evacuation of the school Saturday afternoon, interrupting sporting events and bringing police from Western Springs, La Grange and Countryside.Western Springs police issued an all-clear about...
  
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• Congress District 6: Longtime Democratic Sen. Morgan Carroll in tough race against incumbent Mike Coffman for 6th Congressional District seat

  17-10-2016 23:00
  
  The outcome of Aurora’s 6th Congressional District race in 2016 could prove a bellwether in a swing district almost evenly divided among Democrats, Republicans and independents, and that is also the state’s most ethnically diverse. Former Democratic state Sen. Morgan Carroll is facing longtime Republican incumbent Mike Coffman for the seat.
  Stretching from Thornton and Brighton in the north, down through Aurora, and touching Littleton, Centennial, Greenwood Village, and Highland
  
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• A-Town Game of the Week: Overland vs. Smoky Hill now on deck for A-Town GOTW

  17-10-2016 22:58
  
  AURORA | Due to a Colorado High School Activities Association clerical error, the A-Town Game of the Week for Week 8 of the prep football season — which was originally schedule as Grandview playing host to Doherty on Oct. 21 — has been changed.
  The permission for the Aurora Sentinel and StreamItSports to live stream the game at no charge between the Wolves and Spartans — co-leaders of the Mount Massive League — has been rescinded according to CHSAA Assistant Commissioner
  
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• Always running, always prepared: Hillary Clinton as a high school politician in Park Ridge

  17-10-2016 22:33
  
  Hillary Rodham was 16 when she first ran for president. It was February 1964, her junior year of high school in this town of steeples and lawns on the rail line to Chicago. She was vice president of her class, and one of five students running to lead the student council for the next academic year.Student...
  
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• Mundelein kidnapping, sexual assault defendant waives trial by jury

  17-10-2016 22:19
  
  In an 11th-hour decision, Jose Reyes, charged with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 3-year-old girl in Mundelein, waived his right to a jury trial Monday afternoon and instead will face a bench trial before the presiding judge. Opening arguments in the trial are now expected Tuesday morning...
  
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• NLCS a homecoming for Dodger exec, Franklin Park native Colletti

  17-10-2016 22:18
  
  Ned Colletti has come a long way since his days growing up in Franklin Park, yet he now finds himself in a very familiar place. Colletti, a senior adviser to the president and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is currently facing the team he grew up loving in the Chicago Cubs. The National League...
  
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• Aurora prep sports schedule, 10.17.16

  17-10-2016 21:39
  
  AURORA | The Aurora prep sports schedule for Monday, Oct. 17, 2016:
  Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep Sentinel
  AURORA PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
  VOLLEYBALL
  Thornton at Gateway, 7 p.m.
  FIELD HOCKEY
  Smoky Hill vs. Grandview at Legacy Stadium, 5:30 p.m.
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• Cancer center founder's ex-wife seeks $400K/month as divorce trial opens

  17-10-2016 21:31
  
  The lawyer for Cancer Treatment Centers of America founder Richard Stephenson says his former wife "went along for the ride, and that ride ended," as he sought to limit how much he will have to pay her because of their divorce.The attorney for Stephenson's former wife, Alicia, countered that she...
  
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• The Latest: Officials: Phone used in failed Colorado bomb

  17-10-2016 21:20
  
  DENVER | The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in connection with a homemade explosive left outside a Colorado police station (all times local):
  1:10 p.m.
  Law enforcement officials say a man suspected of leaving a backpack bomb outside a Colorado police station was spotted on surveillance video from a store where he bought a cellphone used in the device.
  Two officials with knowledge of the investigation tell The Associated Press that 64-year-old David Michael Ansberry was noticeable because he i
  
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• Durango’s Republican state senator to resign

  17-10-2016 21:18
  DURANGO, Colo. | A Republican Colorado state senator is resigning to spend more time with her family and focus on her private law practice.
  The departure of Sen. Ellen Roberts of Durango could have an impact on the balance of power at the statehouse, The Durango Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2dWxtbT ). The GOP will head into the election with only a one-seat majority in the Senate. Roberts also serves as president pro tem, so there will be turnover in the party’s Senate leadership.
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• Broncos coach Gary Kubiak returns from week hiatus

  17-10-2016 21:13
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. | Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak is back at work after taking a week off under doctor’s orders.
  The 55-year-old coach suffered a complex migraine following Denver’s 23-16 loss to Atlanta on Oct. 9. He spent a night in the hospital after being taken from the stadium via ambulance when he suffered extreme fatigue.
  Special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was named interim head coach during Kubiak’s absence and was in charge when the Broncos (4-2) lost 21-13 at San Di
  
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• Bernie Sanders in Colorado to promote universal health care

  17-10-2016 21:11
  
  BOULDER, Colo. | Colorado voters considering a ballot measure to set up the nation’s first universal health-care system are getting a visit from Democrat Bernie Sanders to talk up the idea.
  The Vermont senator is headlining a Monday evening rally at the University of Colorado after an earlier rally for Hillary Clinton at Colorado State University.
  Sanders is promoting Amendment 69, which would repeal the current health insurance system and make coverage universal. The plan would cost an e
  
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• State battles are hot; election isn’t just about White House

  17-10-2016 21:08
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. | Years of losses have left Democrats at historic lows in state legislatures. But now they’re seeking to wrest control of as many as a dozen chambers from Republicans, a key step in gaining more influence in redistricting.
  The battle for statehouse control is playing out in more than half the states with tens of millions of dollars of planned political spending before the Nov. 8 general election. Democrats are hoping the turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s presiden
  
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• District 68: High school student confessed to threat that closed Old Orchard Junior High

  17-10-2016 21:05
  
  A high school student confessed to issuing a threat that resulted in Old Orchard Junior High School closing last week, according to Skokie School District 68 Superintendent James Garwood. In a statement released over the weekend, Garwood said a similar threat was made Sunday toward an unnamed female...
  
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• Retaking Mosul: Iraqi forces most complex anti-IS operation

  17-10-2016 20:20
  
  IRBIL, Iraq |Iraqi forces have launched their most complex anti-IS operation to date: retaking the country’s second-largest city of Mosul. While the country’s military has won a string of territorial victories that have pushed the Islamic State group out of more than half the territory the group once held, some Iraqi officials worry that the Mosul fight has been rushed and if the city is retaken without a plan to broker a peace, it could lead to more violence.HOW WE GOT HERE
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• Iraqis push toward IS-held Mosul in long-awaited operation

  17-10-2016 20:20
  
  KHAZER, Iraq | Columns of Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes slowly advanced on Mosul from several directions on Monday, launching a long-awaited operation to retake Iraq’s second largest city from the Islamic State group.
  As airstrikes sent plumes of smoke into the air and heavy artillery rounds rumbled, troops pushed into abandoned farming villages on the flat plains outside the city. But they were slowed by roadside bombs and by suicide car and truck bombs hurle
  
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• A look at case of Etan Patz, missing boy who fueled movement

  17-10-2016 20:18
  
  NEW YORK | The 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz helped catalyze a national missing-children’s movement. Six-year-old Etan was one of the first children whose disappearance was publicized in what became a high-profile way: on milk cartons. His case also helped usher in an age of parental anxiety. The suspect in Etan’s disappearance, Pedro Hernandez, is now about to be retried on murder and kidnapping charges, after a jury deadlocked last year. He confessed in 2012, but his lawyers
  
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• High school graduation rate reaches new high

  17-10-2016 20:17
  WASHINGTON | High school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all ethnic groups, the White House said Monday.
  President Barack Obama planned to talk about the gains when he visits a Washington, D.C. high school on Monday morning.
  Increases in the graduation rate for the 2014-2015 school year were seen for all ethnic groups, as well as for disabled students and students from low-income families.
  Still, there w
  
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• Softball: 2016 Class 5A state tournament pairings, brackets

  17-10-2016 20:14
  
  Sophomore Brandee Morris and the Eaglecrest softball team go into the Oct. 21-22 Class 5A state softball tournament at the Aurora Sports Park as the No. 3 overall seed among 16 teams. The Raptors play No. 14 Brighton at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 21 in the opening round. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  AURORA | Pairings and time schedule for the 2016 Class 5A state softball tournament scheduled for Oct. 21-22 at the Aurora Sports Park (weather permitting). Aurora teams bold and uppercased:
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• People evacuated by wildfire near Westcliffe

  17-10-2016 20:13
  WESTCLIFFE, Colo. | Residents are being evacuated by a wildfire near the southern Colorado town of Westcliffe.
  The Custer County Sheriff’s Office says the fire has also shut down state Highway 96 Monday near the town at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
  Strong winds are forecast across the state and a red flag warning has been issued for the eastern half of Colorado.
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• APNewsBreak: Arrest made in police station bomb case

  17-10-2016 20:13
  DENVER | Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a homemade explosive left outside a police station in a small northern Colorado mountain town.
  A man was taken into custody over the weekend in connection with the Oct. 11 incident in Nederland, two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
  A detective found the device in a
  
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• 4 face murder charges in Colorado Springs woman’s death

  17-10-2016 20:13
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. | Four people will face trial on murder charges in connection with a Colorado Springs home invasion that left a 28-year-old woman dead.
  The Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2dHvwhZ ) that a judge determined Friday there was enough evidence to charge three men and one woman in the fatal shooting of Courtney Beaudette. The suspects, ages 18 through 20, have been ordered held without bond and are scheduled for an arraignment next month.
  The male suspects are accused
  
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• Cowboys keep rolling behind rookies Prescott, Elliott

  17-10-2016 20:07
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. | The Dallas Cowboys’ dynamic rookie duo is showing no signs of slowing down.
  Quarterback Dak Prescott beat the Green Bay Packers’ depleted secondary through the air. Running back Ezekiel Elliott wore the defense down on the ground.
  Prescott threw three touchdown passes and Elliott pounded away at the Packers for 157 yards on 28 carries in Dallas’ 30-16 road win Sunday.“That’s how we play with our physical style,” Elliott said. &
  
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• Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo

  17-10-2016 20:07
  TORONTO | A Toronto court will hear arguments on an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo in Ontario.
  The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal comes on the same day the baseball team takes on the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto.
  Cardinal’s lawyers will ask the court Monday to bar the usage of the name and logo by the team, Major League Baseball and Toronto team owner Rogers Communic
  
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• EDITORIAL: Cherry Creek schools has a fair and urgent request — Yes on propositions 3A & 3B

  17-10-2016 18:54
  
  Both Aurora school districts are asking voters for property tax increases to deal with more students, aging buildings and changing needs.
  The plans and requests from both Aurora Public Schools and Cherry Creek School District are thoughtful, prudent and critically needed.
  In Cherry Creek, ballot props 3A and 3B are focused on not only making more go further, but doing it in a way that creates new and innovative opportunities for students across the school district.
  At the heart of a $250 million
  
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• 'Scandal' star George Newbern to lead Northwestern homecoming parade

  17-10-2016 18:48
  
  "Scandal" star George Newbern will serve as the grand marshal for Friday's Northwestern University homecoming parade and pep rally, reps for the university announced Monday. Newbern, 51, is a 1986 graduate of Northwestern's School of Communication. He plays a contract killer on ABC's "Scandal."...
  
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• AFP MICHAEL FIELDS: Morgan Carroll is the wrong person to fight Colorado’s fight

  17-10-2016 15:28
  
  This November, Coloradans are looking for someone who will put our shared interests first. We need someone who will fight for affordability, fairness, and opportunity for all.
  That’s not something State Sen. Morgan Carroll, running for the 6th Congressional District, is prepared to do.
  State Sen. Carroll’s record in the statehouse shows how she’s made life harder for us. Although my organization has only once opposed a Colorado candidate for office, Carroll’s positio
  
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• Trial date arrives - again - for multimillion-dollar divorce

  17-10-2016 15:23
  
  The divorce trial of prominent local businessman and multimillionaire Richard Stephenson is scheduled — again — to start Monday in McHenry County, as the final chapter to what was once a storybook wedding and marriage. The trial comes more than seven years after Alicia Stephenson filed for divorce...
  
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• WikiLeaks: Assange’s internet link ‘severed’ by state actor

  17-10-2016 15:01
  
  PARIS |  WikiLeaks says that founder Julian Assange’s internet access has been cut by an unidentified state actor. Few other details were immediately available.Assange has been up holed up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for more than four years after skipping bail to avoid being extradited over sex crimes allegations.
  The cramped quarters haven’t prevented the Australian transparency activist from working and WikiLeaks continues to deliver scoops, including revelations
  
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• Bernie Sanders in Boulder Monday to promote universal health care Amendment 69

  17-10-2016 14:53
  
  BOULDER | Colorado voters considering a ballot measure to set up the nation’s first universal health-care system are getting a visit from Democrat Bernie Sanders to talk up the idea.The Vermont senator is headlining an evening rally at the University of Colorado.
  Sanders is promoting Amendment 69, which would repeal the current health insurance system and make coverage universal. The plan would cost an estimated $25 billion a year, but proponents point out that the sum is less th
  
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• Fire danger, snow forecast for the Rockies

  17-10-2016 14:46
  RIVERTON, Wyo. | Weather forecasters are telling people in Yellowstone National Park to prepare for up to two inches of snow on Sunday and they’re warning of a high risk of wildfires in eastern Wyoming.
  In Colorado, nearly half the state is under a red flag warning, with winds nearly 50 miles an hour through Monday evening that could cause wildfires to spread rapidly.
  The National Weather Service says areas of northeastern Montana can expect high winds that could tip over boats on lak
  
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• Arkansas wildlife refuge rescuing big cats from Colorado

  17-10-2016 14:46
  EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. | An Arkansas wildlife refuge is rescuing more than 100 big cats and other animals from a Colorado zoo that’s closing.
  Miranda Smith of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge near Eureka Springs told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2eev140 ) that the refuge has purchased Serenity Springs Wildlife Center in Calhan, Colorado.
  Smith says Turpentine Creek was already home to 84 big cats and 11 bears at its 459-acre site. She says Serenity Springs has 103 b
  
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• Nigerian parents reunite with 21 girls freed by Boko Haram

  17-10-2016 14:43
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria | Joy, jubilation and dancing erupted Sunday when a group of Nigerian parents were reunited with 21 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram 2 ½ years ago and freed in the first negotiated release organized by the government and the Islamic extremist group.
  The girls were hugged and embraced by their parents when they were presented by the government, according to video obtained by The Associated Press.
  “I never expected I will see my daughter again and I pray that th
  
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