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The White House yanked a reporter at a left-leaning news outlet from the rotation of journalists given special access to President Trump, making good on its pledge to rip control away from the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA). HuffPost’s White House correspondent S.V. Date had been slated to serve as the daily print pool reporter Wednesday, but the Trump administration booted him in the wee hours of the night and replaced him with an Axios reporter. The administration also kicked Reuters out of the spot it enjoyed as a wire service. In the past, Reuters, the Associated Press and Bloomberg...

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UW men's hockey: Sioux skater must apologize for slashing Bucky Badger Todd Milewski — 11/13/2007 Bucky Badger took a tap on the shins from a North Dakota hockey player on Saturday — and now the University of Wisconsin mascot will receive an apology. WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said Sioux defenseman Joe Finley was captured on videotape slashing Bucky Badger — played by UW student David Blanchard — before Saturday's game, which North Dakota won 3-1. Finley must write a letter of apology to Blanchard, McLeod said. The commissioner made no ruling on a separate incident in which Blanchard and Sioux...

MINNEAPOLIS — With two of the hottest teams in the nation facing off Friday night, something had to give in the battle for first place in the WCHA. That something turned out to be Denver's seven-game winning streak, as well as the seventh-ranked Pioneers' grip on the top spot in the conference standings. Short two defensemen and facing a five-minute Denver power play late in a tie game, No. 1 Minnesota killed the major penalty, then got Ryan Potulny's second goal of the evening to claim a 3-2 win at Mariucci Arena and move into first in the league.

MINNEAPOLIS — Friday's game between Minnesota and North Dakota was advertised as a showcase on offense. It was — but only for one team. The Golden Gophers racked up 48 shots on goal — 42 of them in the first two periods — and scored twice on a UND major penalty in the second period on the way to a 6-1 win before a crowd of 10,215 at Mariucci Arena. For Minnesota, defenseman Mike Vannelli had two goals and an assist, while Danny Irmen racked up four points with a goal and three assists. Irmen and Ryan Potulny both extended...