Jackie Robinson West Stripped of Little League World Series Title, and Title Goes to Mountain Ridge Little League from Las Vegas; Parents: Murdered American Aid Worker Kayla Mueller Spent Life Working for Others; Police Charge Craig Stephen Hicks with Shooting Deaths of 3 Muslim Students at UNC at Chapel Hill • WED FEB 11, 2015 7:49 AM CT







Geographic Cheaters: "After an extensive review of the operations of Jackie Robinson West Little League and Illinois District 4, the Little League International Charter/Tournament Committee has determined that the Jackie Robinson West Little League and Illinois District 4 Administrator knowingly violated Little League International Rules and Regulations by placing players on their team who did not qualify to play because they lived outside the team's boundaries," a Little League news release says. The team allegedly used a falsified boundary map for their 2014 tournament.

JRW's Great Lakes Regional championship has also been stripped. The Evergreen Park Athletic Association, another South Side league investigated the team's records.
After humanitarian work in India, areas affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in the US at an HIV/AIDS clinic and women's shelter; Kayla Mueller traveled to Turkey in December 2012 to help Syrian refugees. She was captured by ISIS eight months later.

Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19 -- husband, wife, and sister shot dead.




 NWS FORECAST US CITY FORECAST OF THE HOUR • WED FEB 11 2015 7:49 AM CT 

Forecast -- Good Day for Celebration, Las Vegas

  • TodaySunny, with a high near 73. North northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
  • TonightMostly clear, with a low around 52. West northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
  • ThursdaySunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind.
  • Thursday NightClear, with a low around 52. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
  • FridaySunny, with a high near 78. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the morning.
  • Friday NightMostly clear, with a low around 54.
  • SaturdaySunny, with a high near 78.
  • Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 56.
  • SundaySunny, with a high near 77.
  • Sunday NightMostly clear, with a low around 55.
  • Washington's BirthdaySunny, with a high near 72.
  • Monday NightMostly clear, with a low around 50.
  • TuesdaySunny, with a high near 69.




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