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• Kathy Griffin spins seamlessly between Trump, the Kardashians

  19-02-2017 22:03
  
  A little under a month ago, a controversial tweet about Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son, Barron, got “Saturday Night Live” writer (and former Chicagoan) Katie Rich suspended from the show indefinitely. Well, anyone who thought Rich’s tweet was in poor taste should be glad they missed comedian Kathy...
  
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• Cooke Magnet School principal disciplined over 911 call about kindergartner

  19-02-2017 17:12
  
  The now semi-retired principal at Cooke Magnet School received a three-day suspension as a result of calling 911 over an incident with a kindergartner last month, a district spokesman said Friday. The discipline for former Principal Nan Heim concludes a district investigation into whether school...
  
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• Beach Park man killed in motorcycle crash in Wadsworth

  19-02-2017 17:07
  
  A 42-year-old Beach Park man was killed Saturday evening when his motorcycle rear-ended a car on Route 41 in Wadsworth, according to reports. A preliminary investigation by the Lake County Sheriff's Office found that a 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was southbound on Route 41 north of Route 173...
  
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• Four! St. Rita's Austin O'Connor joins IHSA history with fourth state title

  19-02-2017 16:50
  
  St. Rita senior Austin O'Connor is typically reserved, not getting overly excited no matter how big the win. When O'Connor became the 15th four-time state champion in IHSA history, he had his usual nonchalant response on the outside. On the inside, though, his emotions were certainly running wild...
  
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• Iraqi forces advance on Islamic State-held western Mosul

  19-02-2017 15:20
  
  HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq | U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, the latest phase in a four-month-old offensive to retake Iraq’s second largest city.
  The battle for western Mosul promises to be the most daunting yet, as the half of the city west of the Tigris River has older, narrower streets and is still home to hundreds of thousands of civilians, who have been told to shelter in pla
  
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• Revived by rally, Trump turns back to governing

  19-02-2017 15:17
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. | One day after delighting in a massive campaign-style rally, President Donald Trump is turning back to the business of governing.
  Trump, who is spending the weekend at his private club in Florida, plans to spend Sunday interviewing at least four candidates to be his new national security adviser. The meetings come as he seeks to refocus his struggling administration after weeks of tumult.
  Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Saturday, Trump said he had “many, many
  
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• Ski train attracts more than 15,000 riders so far this year

  19-02-2017 15:02
  DENVER | More than 15,000 passengers have ridden the ski train between Denver and Winter Park Resort so far this season.
  Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari tells The Denver Post (https://goo.gl/O4n9kU ) the response has exceeded expectations and “has given us several ideas to consider for next year too.”
  The weekend rail service started in 1940, the same year the ski resort opened. After the service was discontinued for a few years during World War II, it ran almost every ski season
  
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• Purgatory employee and longtime skier shares good vibes

  19-02-2017 15:02
  
  DURANGO, Colo. | Greg Ralph would have become a surfer had surfers been a little nicer.
  “Surfers aren’t the friendliest, most encouraging people toward beginners,” said Ralph, who grew up in Southern California. “It’s sort of that ‘my wave’ mentality, and I always seemed to be jumping on the wrong wave in front of the wrong guy, so I didn’t get the warmest welcome from the surf crowd.”
  Instead, he took up skiing, and has been “masq
  
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• ‘Stories from Wartime’ brings veterans, students together

  19-02-2017 14:56
  
  DENVER | When U.S. Marine David Pond returned from war, something was missing. After serving seven months in Afghanistan, Pond and his bomb-sniffing dog Pablo were split up. However, their recent reunion has helped him deal with his experiences post-deployment.
  It’s also helped him to talk about those experiences with students and the public at Regis University in Denver.Pond and fellow Afghanistan veteran U.S. Soldier Nathaniel Pryor are part of a series taking place at Regis Univers
  
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• Pruitt OK’d as EPA chief over environmentalists’ objections

  19-02-2017 14:56
  
  WASHINGTON | Over the strong objections of environmental groups, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, giving President Donald Trump an eager partner to fulfill his campaign pledge to increase the use of planet-warming fossil fuels.
  Pruitt was sworn in later Friday by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
  In six years as Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt filed 14 lawsuits challenging EPA regulations that included limits on carbon emis
  
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• Pence: US will hold Russia accountable, stands with NATO

  19-02-2017 14:56
  
  MUNICH | U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sought Saturday to calm jittery partners by declaring that the United States, under President Donald Trump, would “hold Russia accountable” and maintain steadfast support for NATO, the post-World War II military alliance Trump once dismissed as “obsolete.”
  In his overseas debut as vice president, Pence told foreign diplomats and security officials attending the Munich Security Conference that the U.S. would be “unwavering
  
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• Biologists find weird cave life that may be 50,000 years old

  19-02-2017 14:56
  
  BOSTON | In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old.
  The bizarre and ancient microbes were found dormant in caves in Naica, Mexico, and were able to exist by living on minerals such as iron and manganese, said Penelope Boston, head of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute. .
  “It’s super life,” said Boston, who presented the discovery Friday at the
  
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• 2 dead, torrents of rain slam Southern California

  19-02-2017 14:56
  
  LOS ANGELES | A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes and leading to the deaths of at least two people.
  The storm feeding on an atmospheric river of moisture stretching far out into the ocean was at its most fierce late Friday afternoon, dropping over 8 inches of rain in one area, and was expected to last until Saturday afternoon.The region appeared to dodge any major disasters, but in the desert town of Victorville, severa
  
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• Des Plaines council turns to polygraphs in leak investigation

  19-02-2017 13:00
  
  Washington-style intrigue will swirl through Des Plaines Monday when several aldermen say they'll take polygraph tests to prove they're not the source of a leaked document that has cast this northwest suburban town into an uproar. It's the latest chapter of a long-running drama that has seen private...
  
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• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, 2.18.17

  19-02-2017 09:35
  
  Overland junior Kaelin Chin, left, ties up with Prairie View’s Brendon Woolsey during the 195-pound third-place match at the 2017 Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2017, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Chin won a 5-1 decision. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  AURORA | The Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017:
  Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected]. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora
  
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• Wrestling: Grandview’s Gabriel Baumgartner wins 5A heavyweight state title to give city a champ

  19-02-2017 09:17
  
  Grandview senior Gabriel Baumgartner, center, is congratulated by head coach Ryan Budd, right, and assistant coach Brian Timberman after his 4-2 overtime victory over Brighton’s Tanner Aitken in the 285 pound championship match at the 2017 Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2017, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Baumgartner is Grandview’s first state champion since 2008. (Photo by Gabriel Christus/Aurora Sentinel)
  DENVER | Although he had to be assured several times, Grand
  
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• Wrestling: Aurora Class 5A/4A state tournament results, Day Three

  19-02-2017 08:27
  
  Cherokee Trail senior Josh Richardson, left, tries to get free from Pomona’s Jason Romero during the 160-pound state championship match at the 2017 Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 18, 2017, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Richardson lost an 11-5 decision to place second in his one and only trip to the state tournament. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
  DENVER | Final team scores and full Aurora championship and consolation bracket results after the final day of the
  
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• Blue Island cops injured pursuing alleged car thieves

  19-02-2017 01:01
  
  Two Blue Island police officers were injured early Saturday morning after crashing into a vehicle allegedly being driven by armed robbers, police said. The incident began at about 12:45 a.m. when three suspects stole a black Infinity at gunpoint in the 1400 block of West 127th Street in Calumet...
  
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