The Aurora police chief remains hospitalized at a Lincoln hospital following a motorcycle crash on Interstate 80.
Reported by Miami Herald 15 hours ago.
Aurora police chief injured in motorcycle crash
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2 men held in incident at Aurora bank
AURORA — Aurora police say they have arrested two men after a note was passed to a teller at FirstBank at South Havana Street and East Iliff Friday morning, but investigators aren't sure
Reported by Denver Post 10 hours ago.
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Aurora police seek help in finding suspected attacker
Aurora police are asking the community for help in finding a male accused of attempted kidnapping, robbery and assault Tuesday night.
Reported by Denver Post 4 hours ago.
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Gov. Quinn Announces $3.5M Investment for STEM School
Patch Oswego, IL --Funding Paves Way for Groundbreaking and School to Open in 2014-2015 School Year at Aurora University. Reported by Patch 3 hours ago.
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Aurora power outage caused by car hitting pole
As many as 500 homes are without power in Aurora after a car hit a power pole Friday night. The accident happened around 9 p.m. when a car hit and knocked over a pole in the area of South Buckley Road and East Floyd Avenue, said Hal Selden, an Aurora police spokesman.
Reported by Denver Post 2 hours ago.
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Man killed and another seriously injured in I-70 accident in Aurora
One man was killed and another man was hospitalized with serious injuries late Friday night after they were both ejected from an SUV that rolled on Interstate-70 in Aurora, authorities say.
Reported by Denver Post 15 hours ago.
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Aurora's Ethiopian community celebrates "culture of sharing"
AURORA — A thousand pancakes weren't nearly enough, not for the hundreds of people who waited in a long, winding line during the opening two hours of the first Taste of Ethiopia Grand
Reported by Denver Post 7 hours ago.
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West Nile Virus Threat Grows in Kane County
Patch Batavia, IL --It’s not in the Tri-Cities of Batavia, Geneva or St. Charles yet, but it now has been detected in mosquito batches in Algonquin as well as in Aurora. Reported by Patch 3 hours ago.
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New Orleans music 'Hot Picks' for Monday, July 29, 2013: Aurora Nealand
Jon Cleary, New Orleans Jazz Vipers also performing
Reported by nola.com 13 minutes ago.
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Judge says dozens of charges against James Holmes are constitutional
The judge overseeing the Aurora theater shooting case has upheld the law underlying 82 of the 164 counts of murder facing suspect James Holmes.
Reported by Denver Post 4 days ago.
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Police: Sexual Battery Reported in Aurora Highlands
Patch Ballston-Virginia Square, VA --Incident occurred in a residential area earlier this week. Reported by Patch 4 days ago.
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A hard sell in hard times, ca. 1937
Selling real estate during the Great Depression wasn't easy. One of the era's foremost practitioners, Jess M. Warren, worked hard at it from his base along the Aurora Speedway.
Reported by Seattle Times 4 days ago.
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What It's Like When Reddit Wrongly Accuses Your Loved One Of Murder
In April, a family was grieving for their missing 22-year-old son. Sunil Tripathi had been missing for more than a month; his roommate at Brown University hadn't seen him since March 16.His mother Judy, father Akhil, and sister Sangeeta worked with Brown and the FBI to find him for almost eight weeks. They created a Facebook page, "Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi," in case Sunil logged online. There he'd find messages from loved ones praying for his safe return.
In the middle of searching for their son, a new search for Sunil began on the 70-million member online community, Reddit. In less than 24-hours, Sunil's name spread all over the Internet as the face of one of the two Boston Marathon Bombing suspects.
But he wasn't guilty. As his family would soon learn, he was dead.
In a haunting interview with The New York Times' Jay Caspian Kang, Sunil's family reveals what it's like to be on the other end of a Reddit witch hunt, watching your innocent son get thrust into the national spotlight and accused of a horrific crime.
On April 15 at 2:49 PM, two bombs went off near the finish line during the Boston Marathon. By 5:00 PM on April 18, grainy photos of two male suspects aired on live television.
The Reddit community, which proved to be helpful in surfacing information during the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, started a thread. Members began hunting for similar-looking suspects online, trying to solve the mystery from computer chairs.
Within minutes, brands worn by the bombers were correctly identified on Reddit and 4Chan. But then a user stumbled upon the Tripathi family's Facebook page for Sunil. His photo was copied, pasted next to a photo of the youngest bombing suspect (who turned out to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev) and uploaded to Reddit. Along with the photo comparison, the user submitted information about the missing Brown student. From there, misinformation and speculation spiraled out of control.
Within hours, nasty commenters began invading Sunil's Facebook page. Later that night, when an MIT police officer was shot and killed, the messages became too much for the Tripathi family. They took down the page, which only further fueled Reddit and Twitter's fire.
From The New York Times:
At midnight, [BuzzFeed Senior Sportswriter Erik] Malinowski, whose Twitter following includes a number of journalists, tweeted: “FYI: A Facebook group dedicated to finding Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown student, was deleted this evening.” Roughly 300 Twitter users retweeted Malinowski’s post, including the pop-culture blogger Perez Hilton, who sent Sunil Tripathi’s name out to more than six million followers.
…The next multiplier came from Andrew Kaczynski, another journalist at BuzzFeed, who sent out the police-scanner misinformation to his 90,000 followers and quickly followed up with: “Wow Reddit was right about the missing Brown student per the police scanner. Suspect identified as Sunil Tripathi.”
…The Internet fate of Sunil Tripathi was finally sealed minutes later when @YourAnonNews, a Twitter news feed connected to the hacker collective Anonymous, tweeted out Tripathi’s name to the hundreds of thousands of people who follow the account. By 3 a.m., in many heavily trafficked corners of the Internet, it was accepted that Sunil Tripathi was Suspect No. 2, and Reddit had got there first.
It was a long evening for the Tripathi family. NBC's Pete Williams helped clear Sunil's name when he confirmed that the missing boy was not one of the two suspects at 5:16 AM. But the damage had already been done. Sunil's sister was called 58 times between 3 and 4:15 AM that day, Kang reports. The family told Kang it received "hundreds of threatening and anti-Islamic messages (though they are not Muslim)." Groups that had been working with the Tripathi family to find their son shied away, thinking he might still be one of the Boston bombers.
"All the sentiment and help we had received to help find Sunil switched over and said he was a terrorist," Judy Tripathi tells Kang.
Journalists who fed the rumor mill and jumped to conclusions about Sunil Tripathi later apologized to the family, whether on the phone, in tweets, or in articles. Reddit did too. The site's leader wrote that it hoped the lessons learned from Sunil Tripathi would help make the online community more sensitive in the future.
But all the "sorrys" won't change those horrible hours for the Tripathis.
"You know the irony is Sunil was so gentle, and he was a victim of all that damn scandal, and he was a victim of his depression," Judy Tripathi tells Kang. "It was just so ugly.”
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Reported by Business Insider 3 days ago.
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Theater shooting victim Ashley Moser sues Cinemark in federal court
Ashley Moser, whose 6-year-old daughter was killed in the attack on the Century Aurora 16 movie theater and who was critically injured herself, has sued the theater's owner in federal court.
Reported by Denver Post 3 days ago.
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Gov. Quinn Announces $3.5M Investment for STEM School
Patch Oswego, IL --Funding Paves Way for Groundbreaking and School to Open in 2014-2015 School Year at Aurora University. Reported by Patch 3 days ago.
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‘God’s Prosperity’ to be Featured at 2013 New York Library Association Combined Book Exhibit
Michaela Cooke’s new book explores biblical reasoning for recession recovery.
AURORA, Colo. (PRWEB) July 27, 2013
In her debut book, “God’s Prosperity” (published by Trafford Publishing), author Michaela Cooke offers a radical new theory for the slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis: a lack of faith.
“Because our economy is not getting any better, God wants all people who will actually hear and respect Him, to prosper,” she says. “This book was written for their sakes.”
Through a plethora of Scripture passages and a host of life lessons, “God’s Prosperity” teaches the way Cooke believes God wants readers to live. Lessons include the importance of meditation, prayer, forgiveness, and tithing and presenting offerings to the church or the poor. The book discusses sinning by words and deeds, doing the law and being just.
Cooke presents lessons and provides scenarios showing how Jesus would live and what he would do when faced with the realities of today’s challenges. “God’s Prosperity” leads Christians through the Bible to help them understand what it takes to prosper and remain successful.
“It is my personal hope and prayer,” Cooke says, “that this population will learn how to know the Lord personally.”
“God’s Prosperity” will be a featured title at the 2013 New York Library Association Combined Book Exhibit, held in Niagra Falls, N.Y., Sept. 26 – 27.
“God’s Prosperity”
By Michaela Cooke
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 296 pages | ISBN 9781426995705
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 296 pages | ISBN 9781426995712
E-Book | ISBN 9781426995699
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Michaela Cooke is a housewife who homeschooled three children. She wrote “God’s Prosperity,” her debut book, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. She lives in Colorado.
Trafford Publishing, an Author Solutions, Inc. author services imprint, was the first publisher in the world to offer an “on-demand publishing service,” and has led the independent publishing revolution since its establishment in 1995. Trafford was also one of the earliest publishers to utilize the Internet for selling books. More than 10,000 authors from over 120 countries have utilized Trafford’s experience for self publishing their books. For more information about Trafford Publishing, or to publish your book today, call 1-888-232-4444 or visit trafford.com. Reported by PRWeb 3 days ago.
AURORA, Colo. (PRWEB) July 27, 2013
In her debut book, “God’s Prosperity” (published by Trafford Publishing), author Michaela Cooke offers a radical new theory for the slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis: a lack of faith.
“Because our economy is not getting any better, God wants all people who will actually hear and respect Him, to prosper,” she says. “This book was written for their sakes.”
Through a plethora of Scripture passages and a host of life lessons, “God’s Prosperity” teaches the way Cooke believes God wants readers to live. Lessons include the importance of meditation, prayer, forgiveness, and tithing and presenting offerings to the church or the poor. The book discusses sinning by words and deeds, doing the law and being just.
Cooke presents lessons and provides scenarios showing how Jesus would live and what he would do when faced with the realities of today’s challenges. “God’s Prosperity” leads Christians through the Bible to help them understand what it takes to prosper and remain successful.
“It is my personal hope and prayer,” Cooke says, “that this population will learn how to know the Lord personally.”
“God’s Prosperity” will be a featured title at the 2013 New York Library Association Combined Book Exhibit, held in Niagra Falls, N.Y., Sept. 26 – 27.
“God’s Prosperity”
By Michaela Cooke
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 296 pages | ISBN 9781426995705
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 296 pages | ISBN 9781426995712
E-Book | ISBN 9781426995699
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Michaela Cooke is a housewife who homeschooled three children. She wrote “God’s Prosperity,” her debut book, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. She lives in Colorado.
Trafford Publishing, an Author Solutions, Inc. author services imprint, was the first publisher in the world to offer an “on-demand publishing service,” and has led the independent publishing revolution since its establishment in 1995. Trafford was also one of the earliest publishers to utilize the Internet for selling books. More than 10,000 authors from over 120 countries have utilized Trafford’s experience for self publishing their books. For more information about Trafford Publishing, or to publish your book today, call 1-888-232-4444 or visit trafford.com. Reported by PRWeb 3 days ago.
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Coffman address standing room only crowd on immigration reform
AURORA — U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman addressed a packed church Sunday afternoon, discussing the future of immigration reform in America.
Reported by Denver Post 1 day ago.
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Ayusa Looking for American Families to Host Exchange Students in Missouri
Ayusa International is currently seeking volunteer U.S. host families in Missouri interested in hosting a foreign exchange student for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2013
Ayusa International, a 30-year-old non-profit organization that promotes global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students, is looking for American families in Missouri interested in hosting an exchange student for the 2013-2014 school year.
Ayusa is specifically looking for Missouri host families in the following communities:
· St. Louis
· Arnold
· Hawk Point, Rosebud, Salem
· Battlefield, Aurora
· Reeds Spring, Lampe
· Lee's Summit
“One year ago today, the Craven family received an email that changed us forever,” said host mother Kerri Craven of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. “It was an email from our exchange student from Chile, Matias, introducing himself to us and sharing his excitement about coming to the U.S. to live and study for the next year. Our two families are forever linked and our lives are better for it!”
Ayusa welcomes all interested families who would like to host an international exchange student including families without children, empty nesters, military families, retirees, and single people. Ayusa families come from all over the U.S., including both rural and urban communities. Host families provide three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared). Each student is supported by a professionally trained local representative from Ayusa who works with the family, student and local school for the entire program.
How to Host a Foreign Exchange Student
Missouri families interested in hosting an exchange student with Ayusa can follow three simple steps.
· Step One: View information online about Ayusa’s program and types of students who are interested in living with a host family and spending a year in the United States.
· Step Two: Complete the Ayusa online hosting application. Ayusa will provide a list of questions about families and their local high schools, request five references, and ask that families sign a program agreement. An Ayusa representative can help complete the application, answer any questions, and connect potential host families with other host families in a specific community.
· Step Three: Once the application is submitted, an Ayusa representative will assist with completion of the additional hosting requirements – a criminal background check and in-home interview with an Ayusa representative. Once a host family is approved, they may login to select a student. Ayusa representatives can also help find a student to match a family’s interests and activities.
Ayusa’s exchange students are 15-18 years old and come from more than 60 countries around the world, including Brazil, Japan, Germany, Ecuador, France, Peru, Morocco, China, and Spain. All students are fully insured, bring their own spending money, and are proficient in English.
“Missouri is a favored destination for Ayusa exchange students, as the population is known for its midwestern friendliness and enthusiasm in sharing the American historical significance and traditions of the ‘Show Me” state,” said Jessica Anderson, Ayusa regional manager in Missouri. “Hosting an exchange student also provides Missouri families the chance to learn about other cultures around the globe. If you’ve ever thought about sharing the your Missouri lifestyle with a student from abroad, don’t hesitate – please give us a call to start building an international friendship that will last a lifetime!”
According to The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET), more than 27,000 international high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old studied in the U.S. during 2011-2012 as part of U.S. government-sponsored international exchange programs. Ayusa has been a member CSIET for more than 25 years – since its foundation. CSIET evaluates U.S.-based high school exchange programs so that students, families and schools can identify reputable inbound and outbound exchange organizations.
Ayusa is a 501(c)3, and an official U.S. Department of State designated Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor. Families interested in learning more about hosting a foreign exchange student can visit http://www.ayusa.org or call 1-888-552-9872.
About Ayusa
Ayusa International (http://www.ayusa.org) is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to promote global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students from the U.S. and around the world. In addition, Ayusa administers multiple high profile grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of State and other organizations. Ayusa is a sister company of Intrax, a family of organizations that provide a lifetime of high-quality educational, work and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures. Intrax is headquartered in San Francisco with offices on four continents. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2013
Ayusa International, a 30-year-old non-profit organization that promotes global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students, is looking for American families in Missouri interested in hosting an exchange student for the 2013-2014 school year.
Ayusa is specifically looking for Missouri host families in the following communities:
· St. Louis
· Arnold
· Hawk Point, Rosebud, Salem
· Battlefield, Aurora
· Reeds Spring, Lampe
· Lee's Summit
“One year ago today, the Craven family received an email that changed us forever,” said host mother Kerri Craven of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. “It was an email from our exchange student from Chile, Matias, introducing himself to us and sharing his excitement about coming to the U.S. to live and study for the next year. Our two families are forever linked and our lives are better for it!”
Ayusa welcomes all interested families who would like to host an international exchange student including families without children, empty nesters, military families, retirees, and single people. Ayusa families come from all over the U.S., including both rural and urban communities. Host families provide three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared). Each student is supported by a professionally trained local representative from Ayusa who works with the family, student and local school for the entire program.
How to Host a Foreign Exchange Student
Missouri families interested in hosting an exchange student with Ayusa can follow three simple steps.
· Step One: View information online about Ayusa’s program and types of students who are interested in living with a host family and spending a year in the United States.
· Step Two: Complete the Ayusa online hosting application. Ayusa will provide a list of questions about families and their local high schools, request five references, and ask that families sign a program agreement. An Ayusa representative can help complete the application, answer any questions, and connect potential host families with other host families in a specific community.
· Step Three: Once the application is submitted, an Ayusa representative will assist with completion of the additional hosting requirements – a criminal background check and in-home interview with an Ayusa representative. Once a host family is approved, they may login to select a student. Ayusa representatives can also help find a student to match a family’s interests and activities.
Ayusa’s exchange students are 15-18 years old and come from more than 60 countries around the world, including Brazil, Japan, Germany, Ecuador, France, Peru, Morocco, China, and Spain. All students are fully insured, bring their own spending money, and are proficient in English.
“Missouri is a favored destination for Ayusa exchange students, as the population is known for its midwestern friendliness and enthusiasm in sharing the American historical significance and traditions of the ‘Show Me” state,” said Jessica Anderson, Ayusa regional manager in Missouri. “Hosting an exchange student also provides Missouri families the chance to learn about other cultures around the globe. If you’ve ever thought about sharing the your Missouri lifestyle with a student from abroad, don’t hesitate – please give us a call to start building an international friendship that will last a lifetime!”
According to The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET), more than 27,000 international high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old studied in the U.S. during 2011-2012 as part of U.S. government-sponsored international exchange programs. Ayusa has been a member CSIET for more than 25 years – since its foundation. CSIET evaluates U.S.-based high school exchange programs so that students, families and schools can identify reputable inbound and outbound exchange organizations.
Ayusa is a 501(c)3, and an official U.S. Department of State designated Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor. Families interested in learning more about hosting a foreign exchange student can visit http://www.ayusa.org or call 1-888-552-9872.
About Ayusa
Ayusa International (http://www.ayusa.org) is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to promote global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students from the U.S. and around the world. In addition, Ayusa administers multiple high profile grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of State and other organizations. Ayusa is a sister company of Intrax, a family of organizations that provide a lifetime of high-quality educational, work and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures. Intrax is headquartered in San Francisco with offices on four continents. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
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Bona® US and WNBA Cares Dedicate Basketball Court As Part of Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2013
AURORA, Colo., July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This weekend, Bona US, the world leader in hardwood floor care and maintenance since 1919, was honored to team-up with WNBA Cares to give back to a local, New London, Connecticut middle school. Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School (BDJMS)...
Reported by PR Newswire 19 hours ago.
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Parakeet rescued from hoarder inspires kids' book
A small, one-legged parakeet that was one of hundreds of birds found inside a feces-filled Aurora home is inspiring a children's book that an author hopes will help raise money for a zoo.
Reported by Miami Herald 18 hours ago.
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