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• Several Injured After Serious Crash in Waterbury

  21-11-2017 23:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Several people were injured in a serious crash in Waterbury on Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• State police: Several injured in serious crash in Waterbury

  21-11-2017 23:39
  WATERBURY —  State police said several people were injured in a serious crash in Waterbury Tuesday.
  “Waterbury PD attempted to stop a vehicle, the vehicle crashed at the intersection of South Main Street and East Liberty Street” said state police.
  State police said several cars and pedestrians are involved and people have been transported to St. Mary’s Hospital and Waterbury Hospital.
  “Connecticut State Police CARS Unit is assuming the investigation. State Poli
  
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• Tracking AM showers Wednesday; clearer afternoon

  21-11-2017 23:17
  The weather will remain dry tonight for anyone looking to travel before the big Thanksgiving rush. However, we do expect some rain for the biggest travel day of the year Wednesday.
  Showers will develop towards daybreak Wednesday with areas of rain right into lunch time. Rain could linger into the early afternoon for some towns followed by some clearing. It will turn breezy in the afternoon behind the rain with a northwest wind and gusts to 25 mph.
  This will be followed by cool sunshine heading
  
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• Thanksgiving: Travel, Football, and Shopping Forecast

  21-11-2017 23:08 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are breaking down the weather throughout the entire holiday weekend.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Winterfest Returns To Hartford

  21-11-2017 22:52
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Winterfest is back for another run in Hartford this holiday season.
  Organizers, city officials and Mayor Luke Bronin made the announcement from the ice rink in Bushnell Park today.
  The iQuilt Partnership raised the money needed to fund opening of the rink after the city of Hartford’s budget woes had the event on the chopping block.
  Bronin says they had to make a lot of tough choices and step back from some things they had funded in the past.
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• Suspect Held CCSU Student at Knife-Point Before Carjacking: Police

  21-11-2017 22:45 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Three suspects, one as young as 16 years old, are accused of carjacking a vehicle with Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) students inside in New Haven last October, police said.Photo Credit: New Haven Police
  
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• Busy Skies For Holiday Weekend

  21-11-2017 22:44
  (West Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Air travel is expected to be up during this extended holiday period.
  Travel experts say they’re expecting a 5.5-percent increase over last year.
  AAA says about a quarter-million New Englanders are planning to fly to their holiday destination.
  And that means busy airports and long waits to check in and board flights.
  Suzanne Aresco is director of travel for AAA’s Hartford region. She says there are ways to make going through security easi
  
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• Trump all but endorses Roy Moore

  21-11-2017 22:21
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended embattled Alabama Republican Roy Moore, all but endorsing the Senate candidate who has been accused of sexual assault.
  “He denies it. Look, he denies it,” Trump said of Moore. “If you look at all the things that have happened over the last 48 hours. He totally denies it. He says it didn’t happen. And look, you have to look at him also.”
  Several women have come forward and accused Moore of pursui
  
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• Phil Simms: ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Play The Chargers In The Playoffs’

  21-11-2017 22:14
  By DJ Sixsmith
  Last year, the AFC West was one of the best divisions in all of football. This year, it’s a much different story. The Denver Broncos have lost six in a row, the Oakland Raiders are two games under .500 and Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs are 4-5 since their red-hot 5-0 start. Good news for the Chiefs is that they don’t play a team with a winning record the rest of the season. However, Kansas City does have to face a Chargers team in Week 15 that just put up 54 po
  
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• Birds with spooky eyes mistaken for aliens in India

  21-11-2017 22:14
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  According to the Daily Mail, the birds turned out to startled barn owls. The three owls were filmed on a construction site in Visakhapatnam, capital of the south-eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
  The builders who filmed birds can be heard talking as two of the three owls stare at them with their large dark eyes. The third bird can be seen behind
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Malloy’s Cuts To Municipal Aid

  21-11-2017 22:06
  Sen Len Fasano, Senate Republican President Pro Tempore, looks at Gov. Malloy’s cuts to municipal aid.  Legislators and local leaders are not happy with the decision.
   
  
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• Risk Of Stillbirth Doubled By Sleeping On Your Back, Study Says

  21-11-2017 22:05
  CBS Local — A new study is warning women to avoid sleeping on their backs late in their pregnancy. Researchers in Great Britain say the common sleeping position can double the risk of stillbirth during the third trimester.
  Published in the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the study looked at more than 1,000 women across 41 hospitals in the UK. Out of 1,000 women, 291 had a stillbirth late in their pregnancies while the rest had given birth to healthy babies. The finding
  
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• 4 CCSU Students, Including Athletes, Arrested at House Party

  21-11-2017 21:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Four Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) students, including two student football players, were arrested at a house party over the weekend.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• CREC Football Players Suspected in Attack on Coach

  21-11-2017 21:48 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Three students from CREC Public Safety Academy in Enfield are suspected of attacking a junior varsity football coach during a potluck dinner for the team at the school, according to police.
  
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• What Does Net Neutrality Rollback Mean For You?

  21-11-2017 21:35
  CBS Local — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it plans to roll back regulations on internet service providers that govern how major companies distribute online access. The dismantling of net neutrality rules is seen as a major shift from Obama-era policies designed to treat all websites and content equally.
  “Under my proposal, the federal government will stop micromanaging the internet,” FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement released Tuesda
  
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• CDC Issues Warning About Contaminated Raw Milk from Udder Milk

  21-11-2017 21:29 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing a warning to people in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey about contaminated raw milk and urging anyone who consumed raw milk from Udder...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Police: Coach Attacked, Beaten By 3 Magnet School Students

  21-11-2017 21:04
  ENFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police say three Connecticut magnet school students who attacked a junior varsity football coach are facing assault charges.
  Enfield police Chief Carl Sferrazza said Tuesday the coach reported he’d been assaulted Nov. 16 following an Enfield potluck dinner for the Capitol Region Education Council’s football team.
  Sferrazza says video shows the coach being punched from behind in a parking lot and falling to the ground. Two other students
  
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• Football coach attacked by players in Enfield

  21-11-2017 21:01
  ENFIELD — An assistant football coach was attacked on Thursday after practice in Enfield.
  Timothy J. Sullivan, Superintendent of the Capitol Region Education Council released a statement on Tuesday afternoon:
  “We are deeply saddened by the incident that occurred involving members of our football team. We are cooperating with law enforcement officials and consequences are being given at the team and school level. The safety of all of our school community members is a top priority, and
  
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• Woman killed husband, hid his duct-taped body in closet, police say

  21-11-2017 20:30
  OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida woman is accused of killing her husband and hiding his duct-taped body behind a brick wall she built in a downstairs closet, according to a news release.
  Barbara Wozniak, 65, of Shalimar, Florida, is charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
  Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to her home around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a call about a possible homicide.
  Wozniak’s adult children said she told th
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Recycling Explained

  21-11-2017 20:20
  DEEP Environmental Analyst Sherill Baldwin explains recycling. What is supposed to be thrown in the recycle bin and what should not be?
   
  
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• Baron Cohen to pay fine for Czechs sporting Borat mankinis

  21-11-2017 20:06
  PRAGUE — Comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen has offered to pay the fines for six Czech tourists who were reportedly detained by authorities in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana for dressing up as his character Borat.
  Sporting lime green “mankinis” and black wigs, the men had hoped to take a picture in front of the “I Love Astana” sign earlier this month.
  But local police fined them some $68 each for committing minor hooliganism, according to local media.
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• 5 Bucket List Items To Cross Off In Connecticut

  21-11-2017 20:00
  By Gillian Burdett
  Life regrets tend to be of things not done, experiences not lived. This is why we create bucket lists. If you feel the need to break away from your work-a-day world and view life from a new angle, then it’s time to get working on your own list. You don’t have to travel to the base of Mount Everest or the African Savanna to find bucket list- worthy adventure. Here is a list of adventures that are within an hour’s drive of Hartford.
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• Security ‘Stronger than ever’ for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade after recent terror attack

  21-11-2017 19:50
  NEW YORK — Security for the Thanksgiving Day Parade will be "stronger than ever" this year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised Monday in the wake of the recent truck terror attack in Manhattan.
  It will feature heavy weapons teams, sand trucks, aviation units, K-9 units, and rooftop surveillance teams. There will also be increased screening. Security will be amped up although there are no credible threats against the parade, according to WPIX.
  "There are no credible
  
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• UConn Guard Pays Fine To Resolve On-Campus Scooter Incident

  21-11-2017 19:04
  VERNON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – UConn guard Jalen Adams has paid a $50 fine to resolve the legal case stemming from an on-campus scooter crash earlier this month that also resulted in his one-game suspension from the team.
  Adams originally was charged with misdemeanor evading responsibility after leaving the scene of the crash, which police said occurred while he and three others were racing scooters on a campus street on Nov. 8.
  Prosecutors said Tuesday they reduced that charge t
  
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• List of dangerous toys released

  21-11-2017 19:04
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  ConnPIRG released the list at a press conference at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
  The group found dangerously high levels of lead in two fidget spinners they bought at Target. The Fidget Wil
  
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• University Of Hartford Student’s Lawyer Denies Racial Motivation In Bodily Fluid Case

  21-11-2017 18:55
  (CBS Connecticut) — After a brief appearance before a judge today, a defense attorney said there was no racial motivation behind the actions of a former University of Hartford student accused of smearing her bodily fluids on her roommate’s belongings.
  Brianna Brochu’s lawyer says this was an instance of two young women placed together as roommates who simply did not like each other.
  But Connecticut NAACP President Scott Esdaile led a demonstration outside of the courthouse call
  
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• Owner sought after dog found roaming Simsbury

  21-11-2017 18:51
  SIMSBURY — Simsbury police need your help tracking down the owner of a boxer that was rescued by a state trooper last week.
  One look at this boxer’s body, and it’s clear that this dog has been abandoned.
  “This dog normally should be about 70 pounds,” said Mark Rudewicz, an animal control officer with the Simsbury Police Department. “This dog weighs 43 pounds right now. It is horrific.”
  The dog was found on Nod Road in Avon, and has been recovering at Roa
  
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• Owner sought after abandoned dog rescued in Simsbury

  21-11-2017 18:51
  SIMSBURY — Simsbury police need your help tracking down the owner of a boxer that was rescued by a state trooper last week.
  One look at this boxer’s body, and it’s clear that this dog has been abandoned.
  “This dog normally should be about 70 pounds,” said Mark Rudewicz, an animal control officer with the Simsbury Police Department. “This dog weighs 43 pounds right now. It is horrific.”
  The dog was found on Nod Road in Avon, and has been recovering at Roa
  
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• CBS News fires Charlie Rose

  21-11-2017 18:50
  CBS News said Tuesday that Charlie Rose’s contract has been terminated.
  An internal memo says the decision “followed the revelation yesterday of extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior.”
  CBS did not immediately name a replacement for Rose.
   
  
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• CBS News and PBS fire Charlie Rose

  21-11-2017 18:50
  CBS News said Tuesday that Charlie Rose’s contract has been terminated. About an hour later, PBS fired Rose after sexual misconducts by staffers on his interview show.
  An internal memo said the decision “followed the revelation yesterday of extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior.”
  CBS suspended Rose shortly after The Washington Post published a 5,000-word story on Monday about alleged harassment, based on interviews with eight women who described “unwanted sexual a
  
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• U.S. Christmas Tree Shortage May Cause Price Hike This Year

  21-11-2017 18:31
  CBS Local — Americans getting ready to pick out the perfect Christmas tree may want to bring a little extra cash with them this year. A shortage of local trees in several U.S. states is likely to make prices rise and the window to find a good tree much smaller.
  According to reports, tree farms in North Carolina and Oregon have been hit the hardest by the nationwide shortfall this year. The smaller supply is expected to hike prices by as much as 10 percent during the holiday rush.
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• Vote in the New Haven Tree Lighting Choral Contest

  21-11-2017 18:14 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC CT is looking for a children's choir to perform live on the New Haven Green at the city's tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 30. Vote now for your favorite chorus.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• FBI Investigating Threat Against Dead & Company Concert in Hartford

  21-11-2017 18:12 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford police and the FBI are investigating and after a Facebook post surfaced with a threat that referenced the Dead & Company concert at the XL Center in Hartford tomorrow.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New DMV Service Center to Open in West Haven

  21-11-2017 18:07 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A new Department of Motor Vehicles location is opening in West Haven, state officials announced Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ray Dunaway: No Prison Room For Incorrigibles

  21-11-2017 18:06
  Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer, wants to know– Is there no room in prison for the state’s incorrigibles?
   
  
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• Fallen Officer Honored in Plainville

  21-11-2017 17:42 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Family and friends of Officer Robert Holcomb, who was killed 40 years ago, gathered today in his memory.
  
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• Some politicians, advocates cautiously praise DOJ’s AT&T lawsuit

  21-11-2017 17:41
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  When the Justice Department sued to block AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner, open-media advocacy groups and some politicians found themselves in an interesting position: Praising President Trump’s DOJ for tough antitrust enforcement while cautioning that they were still concerned there were politics at play in the decision.
  After Trump’s election, conventional thinking went that the deal would sail through in a Republican administration. Trump spoke out
  
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• Supermarkets Busy as Shoppers Pick Up Thanksgiving Food

  21-11-2017 17:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The markets are busy as shoppers head out to get the last-minute menu items for the Thanksgiving meal.
  
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• North Korea punishes top military leaders, South Korea says

  21-11-2017 17:25
  Two key figures in the North Korean military have been punished for “impure behavior,” according to a South Korean lawmaker, a move analysts say is likely intended to help leader Kim Jong Un tighten his grip on power.
  A closed-door briefing by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) identified the two officials as Hwang Pyong So, the director of North Korea’s General Political Bureau (GPB), and his deputy Kim Won Hong, said South Korean Rep. Kim Byung-kee after
  
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• ‘He was asking if he was going to die.’ Young boy suffers graphic injury in bounce house

  21-11-2017 17:22
  WARR ACRES, Okla. - An Oklahoma family wants warn others about a graphic injury their 5-year-old boy suffered while he was playing in a bounce house game.
  "No kid should have to go through that," said Shali Lambert about her son, Bentley. "I mean you would expect (the game) to be safe for kids of all ages."
  The Lambert family could not believe what happened to Bentley during a recent trip to the Incredible Pizza location in Warr Acres, Oklahoma on November 5th, according to KFOR.
  Bentley w
  
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• Notable Sports Props & Gimmicks

  21-11-2017 16:55
  by Rob Joyce
  Miami is basically back to being “The U”. Undefeated, ranked third in the nation and in prime position to compete for a national championship, one of college football’s premier program during the 1980s through the early 2000s is back with the big boys. And with Hurricanes football comes the swagger that helped define their program’s personality. This year it’s in the form of a gaudy piece of jewelry: the “turnover chain”.
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• Kathy Griffin: Trump photo put me on ‘Hollywood blacklist’

  21-11-2017 16:54
  LOS ANGELES — Kathy Griffin says she is in the middle of a “Hollywood blacklist” after taking a photo holding a fake severed head that resembled President Donald Trump.
  The comedian is currently on a world standup tour. She says in a YouTube video that when she returns to the U.S. she doesn’t have “one single day of paid work” scheduled. She says she doesn’t want to do free shows or work small clubs and thinks she should be able to get her life back.
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• Hartford Police increase presence at concert following threat

  21-11-2017 16:46
  HARTFORD — Hartford Police says they are stepping up patrols following a threat on social media.
  Police say they were made aware of the specific threat naming the “Dead and Company” concert tomorrow night at the XL Center.
  Detectives and analysts from the command center began investigating the threat last week thanks to the thousands of tips and shares.
  Police say that the investigation is currently active. The suspect is believed to be on the opposite side of the country and c
  
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• Extra Police Presence at Dead & Company Show After Threat

  21-11-2017 16:41 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford police are investigating and will have additional officers at the “Dead and Company” concert at the XL Center in Hartford tomorrow after a Facebook post surfaced with a threat that referenced the...
  
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• Body recovered from NY cosmetic factory explosion and fire

  21-11-2017 16:38
  NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — The body of a worker has been found at a cosmetics factory north of New York City following two explosions and a fire that left more than 30 people injured, including seven firefighters.
  Orange County spokesman Justin Rodriguez says the body of a male employee was recovered from the Verla International cosmetics factory in New Windsor Monday night. No other details were provided.
  One employee had remained unaccounted for following the first explosion Monday morning. Po
  
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• Annual 'Trouble in Toyland' Report Lists Dangerous Toys

  21-11-2017 16:34 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  During the holiday shopping season it’s important for consumers to know about potentially dangerous and toxic toys.Photo Credit: US PIRG
  
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• Top Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups For NFL Week 12

  21-11-2017 16:32
  By Matt Citak
  Thanksgiving is here, which means the fantasy football season is nearing its end. With only two weeks left before fantasy playoffs begin in Week 14, every point matters as you fight your way to your league’s postseason. Week 12 signifies the end of bye weeks, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore the waiver wire. As we saw with Chris Thompson and Kelvin Benjamin last week, injuries happen. You never know when one of your starters could go down with an injury, so
  
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• Woman left to die on train tracks loses legs, handles heartache with humor

  21-11-2017 16:27
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. – They say laughter is the best medicine, and for a young woman who said she was drugged and left to die, comedy is how she copes.
  Mandy Horvath had just turned 21. She was on a camping trip with friends in Nebraska back in 2014. They’d gone to shoot pool at a bar.
  “I had two beers and two shots, and after I picked up and drank my second beer, I stepped outside," she told WDAF. "I remember petting horses, and I woke up in an ambulance.”
  Paramedics found
  
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• Ohio boy dies after being pinned by 400-pound man, police say

  21-11-2017 16:21
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  MOUNT ORAB, Ohio — A Brown County man faces charges of reckless homicide after prosecutors say he pinned down his 11-year-old step-grandson.
  Donald Martin, Jr., 58, was arrested Friday after the boy’s grandmother called 911 to report the boy wasn’t breathing, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said
  “He came home and he threw a fit,” the grandmother of Dylan Davis told a 911 dispatcher. “Police came here all the time for him and he threw a
  
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