Strip portal names in xmpp messages

I received an alert from ingress-notify that looked like this:

ingress-notify:  Alert! *A Riot, the Massacre, and the * (59-99 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108, USA) is under attack! http://www.ingress.com/intel?latE6=42357440&lngE6=-71061147&z=19
 Sent at 5:18 PM on Tuesday

The asterisks usually bold the portal name, but did not in this case because of the trailing whitespace.