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• New Poultry Plant Brings Jobs To Blighted Baltimore Community

  07-06-2017 23:57
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A growing business is bringing new job opportunities to West Baltimore.
  Holly Poultry officially opened its doors Wednesday to the new 37,000-foot processing plant with a focus on keeping things local.
  The new plant could hire as many as 200 new employees in the next few years, which is a huge opportunity for a neighborhood plagued by blight.
  “It’s a huge company. It’s good,” employee James Wright said.
  “This facility allows us
  
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• Light City Baltimore Pulls Record Numbers, $44.3 Million In Revenue

  07-06-2017 23:01
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Light City Festival boasted record numbers. From the visitors to the economic impact, it was a huge success.
  Tracey Leong explains how artists and businesses are already looking forward to next year.
  The second annual Light City Festival promised to be bigger, bolder and brighter for nine days and it definitely delivered. Now festivals outside of Baltimore are looking to follow the City’s example.
  “We saw larger crows, 470,000 people just at the Harbor and incr
  
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• Giant Recalls Chicken Strips; May Contain Milk, Not Listed On Label

  07-06-2017 22:41
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Giant Food has announced a recall on its store brand spicy chicken strips.
  The recall was ordered by Water Lilies Food, Inc. because they say the Giant Spicy Chicken Strips may contain milk, a known allergen, which is not listed on the product label.
  Giants says the product is safe to consume for individuals who don’t suffer from a milk allergy.
  Consumers who may have purchased the product should look for the following:
  Giant Spicy Chicken Strips, 10 oz., UPC 68
  
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• Suspect Steals Backhoe, Uses It To Try To Break Into ATM

  07-06-2017 22:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are searching for the man who stole a backhoe, before driving it five miles to use it in an attempted ATM theft.
  The unconventional robber was not able to get any money out of the ATM, but police say he caused about $10,000 worth of damage.
  The Prince George’s County Police Department reports this crime happened during the early morning hours of June 1, when the suspect stole a backhoe, then drove it about five miles to a bank in the 7500 block of Marlbo
  
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• Suspect In Patapsco State Park Incident Turns Himself In

  07-06-2017 22:15
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A 20-year-old suspect in the Tuesday incident at Patapsco State Park in which a driver rammed a Natural Resources Police officer with a vehicle has turned himself in.
  Harrison Lee Bartles, of Catonsville, has been charged with first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment in the case. Our media partners at The Baltimore Sun say he walked into the Towson police precinct with his mother.
  On Tuesday night, the officer was on his nightly
  
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• Synthetic Opioid Linked To 6 County Deaths In 6 Weeks

  07-06-2017 21:46
  MILLERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Authorities say the synthetic opioid carfentanil has been responsible for at least six deaths in a Maryland county over a six-week period.
  The Capital Gazette reports Anne Arundel County police say that six men between the ages of 19 and 54 died between April 1 and May 14 from overdoses on drugs the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined to include carfentanil.
  The Drug Enforcement Administration considers the opioid to be 10,000 times more potent tha
  
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• Officer, Bystander Shot; Suspect Killed In Dundalk Shooting

  07-06-2017 21:21
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Dundalk Wednesday afternoon.
  The incident began just after 2:45 p.m., when police got a call about an armed robbery in the 6800 block of Dundalk Ave.
  Responding officers were told that one suspect was engaged with two suspects on the street, but the suspect later got on an MTA bus.
  Police say the armed suspect opened fire on officers, who then returned fire.
  The suspect was shot, and later died from h
  
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• James Comey Releases Prepared Statement Ahead Of Senate Testimony

  07-06-2017 21:12
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —Former FBI Director James Comey has prepared a seven-page opening remark ahead of a Senate Intel Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday morning.
  When Comey was fired in May, the White House cited as justification a Justice Department memo that criticized his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.But Trump himself has since acknowledged that he was thinking about “this Russia thing” when he fired Comey, and the author of the memo, Deputy Attor
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On FedEx St. Jude Classic: ‘Better Come Prepared To Play’

  07-06-2017 20:00
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  On a former dairy farm east of Memphis, the PGA TOUR makes its next stop, one with great history and aura. This week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic returns to TPC Southwind, a strong ballpark made tougher when those Memphis winds start to stir.
  Home to this event since 1989, TPC Southwind plays 7,239 yards, par 70, with numerous water hazards that add further challenge to the equation. Daniel Berger handled the challenge last year, holding off the likes of Brooks Koepka, Steve
  
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• Woman Gets 45 Year Sentence For Killing Her 2 Toddlers

  07-06-2017 19:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for suffocating her two toddlers in their Maryland home.
  Sonya Spoon has been sentenced to 70 years, suspend all but 45 years, for killing her children – Kayla, 3, and Ayden, 1 – in September 2014, according to the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. She must serve a minimum of 80 percent of her sentence before she’s eligible for parole.
  Spoon killed her children by pla
  
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• Former Ravens CB Shareece Wright Took $932 Uber Trip To Bills Practice

  07-06-2017 19:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Not wanting to miss a voluntary practice Monday, former Ravens cornerback Shareece Wright took a 550-mile (and over eight-hour) Uber trip from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to the team’s practice facility in Orchard Park, New York.Who takes an 8 hour @Uber from Chicago to Buffalo to make a voluntary @buffalobills practice? @ShareeceWright did, wild story.— Tamerat Berhe, Esq. (@TamBerhe) June 6, 2017
  Wright said the ride’s cost was $632.08 an
  
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• Capitals Announce 2017-18 Preseason Schedule

  07-06-2017 19:35
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Washington Capitals have released their 2017-18 preseason schedule.
  The schedule will feature seven games against four opponents and will include three games at Verizon Center.
  The Capitals will open their preseason schedule with two straight road games. Washington will face the New Jersey Devils on Sept. 18 at Prudential Center then the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Sept. 20.
  The Capitals will return to Verizon Center for their first of three straight home gam
  
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• Ravens TE Dennis Pitta Officially Released On Injury Waiver

  07-06-2017 19:19
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens have terminated the contract of tight end Dennis Pitta.
  Pitta re-injured his hip during an OTA practice last week on a no contact play.
  According to NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo, doctors confirmed that it’s a dislocated hip. Pitta first dislocated and fractured his hip during training camp practice in 2013 and then again in Week 3 of the 2014 season.
  After almost two years away from football, Pitta returned last season and led all NFL tight e
  
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• If He Only Had A Driver: Tin Man Actor Charged With DWI

  07-06-2017 19:18
  SULLVIAN, N.Y. (AP) — A man hired to portray the Tin Man in “Wizard of Oz” author L. Frank Baum’s upstate New York hometown was still in his character’s makeup when his mug shot was taken after a drunken driving arrest.
  State police say troopers responded Sunday to a report of an intoxicated man on private property in the Madison County town of Sullivan, just east of Syracuse. The homeowner says a man had driven to the home with another person and was asked to leave
  
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• Accused Child Molester Arrested While Boarding Flight To Dubai

  07-06-2017 18:51
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland man wanted on Florida child molestation charges was arrested Monday while trying to board a flight to Dubai.
  37-year-old Clement Francis was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport.
  Francis, who is wanted in Santa Rosa County, Fla., on charges of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor, was trying to board a flight to Dubai, U.A.E.
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• Dog Squatting: The New Exercise Taking Social Media By Storm

  07-06-2017 18:25
  
  CBS Local– For those who are dog lovers and workout enthusiasts, there’s a new trend that’s right up their alley. As #SquatYourDog has begun to populate social media, more and more people are getting in on the act.
  But is the exercise as literal as that hashtag?
  Yes. Many are posting on social media videos of themselves picking up their dog, then squatting with them in tow as if their pooch were a free weight at the gym or in the park.
  Their dogs seem to enjoy it, and almo
  
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• Colorado Approves Medical Marijuana Treatment For PTSD

  07-06-2017 18:02
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers can now get doctor-recommended medical marijuana in Colorado.
  According to the Denver Post publication, “The Cannabist,” Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 17 into law on Monday.
  PTSD is the first new qualifying condition under the state’s medical marijuana law since it was first implemented in 2001, The Cannabist reports.
  The other qualifying conditions are cancer, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS, cachexia, persisten
  
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• Police ID 4 Boys, Ages 12 To 15, In Attack On Disabled Man

  07-06-2017 17:46
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have identified four boys in an unprovoked sucker-punch attack on an intellectually disabled man captured on video . Authorities say two of them are likely involved in another assault in which a school principal was hit in the face with a brick.
  Police say the boys, ages 12 to 15, will be charged in the Memorial Day attack on the 38-year-old man. The video shows one boy punching the man in the jaw, and another chasing him and punching him again, whil
  
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• Cars With Highest Number Of Driver Deaths Named In Study

  07-06-2017 17:16
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —There are some models of cars that drivers are much more likely to die in, according to the latest data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
  In a new report, the IIHS breaks down driver death rates by vehicle style and size using data from 2012 to 2015.
  Overall driver deaths per million registered vehicle years were highest for these cars, which all had more than 80 deaths:
  Hyundai Accent sedan (104)Kia Rio sedan (102)Scion tC (101)Chevrolet Spark (96)Nissan Ve
  
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• Officials: Mom Tapes Son To Chair, Takes Other Child To Swim

  07-06-2017 17:03
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio woman has been charged criminally for duct taping her 11-year-old son to a chair before taking another child swimming.
  32-year-old Susan Malysa, of Boardman Township, remains jailed after a court appearance Tuesday for felony child endangering.
  Boardman Township police say they arrested Malysa on Monday at a YMCA after a relative went to her home and found the boy in the home’s basement, bound to the chair with his mouth taped shut. Pol
  
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• Mom: ‘It Looked Like They Pulled A Toddler Out Of My Belly’

  07-06-2017 16:54
  
  ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman says she knew her stomach was undeniably huge as she approached the end of her pregnancy.
  But Christine Corbitt didn’t know how big until Carleigh Brooke Corbitt arrived via C-section on May 15, weighing in at 13 pounds, 5 ounces (6 kilograms).
  Corbitt tells Action News Jax that she heard laughter as the doctor was delivering the baby in Orange Park, adding it “looked like they pulled a toddler out of my belly.”
  Husband Larry
  
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• Massachusetts Medical Pot Dispensary Selling Marijuana Pizza

  07-06-2017 16:23
  
  QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensary has created a culinary delight for patients who don’t want to smoke their pot or eat it in the form of sweets.
  Quincy-based Ermont Inc. has been selling cannabis-infused pizza for about three weeks to rave reviews.
  Director of Operations Seth Yaffe says the company has a whole range of marijuana edibles, but he wanted to offer meals that patients could eat without a lot of sugar.
  The 6-inch cheese pizzas sell for $38 a
  
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• Orioles Aim For Sweep Of Two-Game Interleague Series

  07-06-2017 15:47
  By GracenoteThe Baltimore Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs last season and are beginning to find their power stroke in 2017. The Orioles will try to follow up a four-homer performance and earn a sweep of the two-game interleague series when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the finale on Wednesday.
  Baltimore entered the series in ninth place in the majors in home runs with 76 but broke out the thunder against the Pirates on Tuesday as Seth Smith and Chris Davis homered once and Jonat
  
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• Reports: ‘Dry Drowning’ Kills Boy Days After He Swam

  07-06-2017 15:43
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Texas family is mourning the death of their 4-year-old son, who they say died of “dry drowning” nearly a week after he swam on a family trip.
  Local news outlets report that Francisco Delgado III swam in the Texas City Dike on the Memorial Day weekend outing, and died the following Saturday at East Houston Regional Hospital.
  Doctors reportedly found fluid in the child’s lungs and around his heart.
  Medical professionals say symptoms of “dry drowning
  
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• Ole Miss Disputes NCAA Lack Of Institutional Control Charge

  07-06-2017 15:40
  
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi disputes the NCAA’s charges of lack of institutional control and failure to monitor by head coach Hugh Freeze, along with allegations of a $10,000 cash payment to a recruit.
  The Ole Miss football program released its response Tuesday to a second NCAA Notice of Allegations in less than two years. The first notice alleged 13 violations while the second added eight more, bringing the total to 21. Fifteen of them are classified by the NC
  
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• Wayback Wednesday: Former Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo

  07-06-2017 15:23
  Brendon Ayanbadejo, former pro bowl linebacker and special teams ace of the Baltimore Ravens, joined Ed and Rob to talk about the magical 2012 Super Bowl run for the Ravens as part of our Wayback Wednesday.
  Brendon started by talking about the team’s run to the Super Bowl in 2012 and what made it so special saying, “we just never gave up and we never stopped fighting, part of the way through that season Ray Lewis went down with a torn triceps and we had a plan lets just get through t
  
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• Get Ready For Speeding Fines On I-95

  07-06-2017 15:02
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —If you have a lead foot, beware.
  In less than a week, speed cameras will start issuing citations near construction areas on I-95.
  The cameras are on northbound and southbound I-95 between the Fort McHenry tunnel and Moravia Road.The cameras have been in place since May 22 for a 21-day warning period.Starting June 12, however, the $40 citations will start being issued to drivers going 12 or more miles per hour over the 50 mph speed limit.
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• $10K Reward Offered In Case Of Teens Shot To Death Day Before Graduation

  07-06-2017 14:56
  
  MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (WJZ/AP) — Crime Solvers of Montgomery County is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for any information that leads to the arrest of a suspect or suspects in the murders of two teenage boys.
  Shadi Adi Najjar, 17, and Artem Ziberov, 18, both of Germantown, were scheduled to graduate Tuesday, Northwest High School Principal Jimmy D’Andrea said in a message to the school community.
  The honor students were found shot to death inside a car late Monday night in Montg
  
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• President Trump To Nominate Ex-Justice Department Official To Lead FBI

  07-06-2017 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his pick for FBI director — a former Justice Department official who served as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s personal lawyer during the George Washington Bridge lane-closing investigation.
  Trump’s early morning two-sentence tweet that he intends to nominate lawyer Christopher Wray came one day before the FBI director that Trump fired last month, James Comey, was to testify in public on Capitol Hill for the
  
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• Law Enforcement Cautioned When Handling Drug Fentanyl

  07-06-2017 05:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Federal agents are warning police and first responders around the country, including in Maryland, about the dangers of fentanyl.
  They say law enforcement could end up being victims of an overdose, by just accidentally touching or evening inhaling the powerful drug.
  The DEA is sounding the alarm on this potentially deadly occupational hazard, which some first responders have already experienced.
  First responders, out on the job to save others, now have another life to worr
  
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• Teen Girl Dies In Head-On Collision In Lothian

  07-06-2017 05:26
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Police say an 18-year-old girl has died in a head-on-collision Tuesday.
  Police say just before 4 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a crash on (Old) Southern Maryland Boulevard near Sands Road in Lothian.Through their investigation, police say the teen’s Honda Civic was northbound on (Old) Southern Maryland Boulevard just south of Sands Road when it crossed into the southbound lane.The Honda crossed the median, it struck a southbound Chevrolet E
  
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• Schoop, Trumbo Give Orioles 6-5 Comeback Win Over Pirates

  07-06-2017 05:24
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Jonathan Schoop tied it in the ninth inning with his second home run of the game and Mark Trumbo singled home a run in the 10th to rally the Baltimore Orioles past the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Tuesday night.
  Baltimore trailed 4-1 after six innings and 5-3 in the ninth before coming back. Schoop’s two-run drive off closer Tony Watson knotted it at 5, setting the stage for Trumbo’s big hit.
  Adam Jones singled with one out in the 10th against Wade LeBlanc (3-1) a
  
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• Orioles Radio Recap: Birds Bounce Back In Extras

  07-06-2017 05:13
  
  The Orioles looked to bounce back from 2 consecutive losses on Tuesday night hosting the Pirates in the first of a two game set. The Baltimore offense got off to a hot start with Seth Smith hitting a lead-off home run. The Pittsburgh offense got a few licks in jumping out to a 4-1 lead at one point. But the Birds would not go quietly! Hear all the action from the Orioles big come from behind win and an interview with Chris Davis on the Orioles Radio Recap!As always we will hear Buck Showalter&rs
  
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• Howard Co. Police Looking To Combat Human Sex Trafficking

  07-06-2017 05:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Howard County police are fighting back against human sex trafficking. They recently saved a teenage girl from illegal exploitation.
  Amy Yensi has more on this disturbing trend.
  Police were able to rescue her, but they say there are many other girls just like her. That’s why they’re adding extra resources to tackle this problem.
  Police say a tip from a caller brought them to this motel, in Jessup on may 31st. The tipster told police that a man approached him an
  
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• Accused Leaker Shared Harsh Opinions On Trump Before Arrest

  07-06-2017 05:05
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Before she was charged with leaking U.S. government secrets to a reporter, Reality Leigh Winner shared sometimes scathing opinions on President Donald Trump and his policies for the whole world to see.
  The 25-year-old U.S. government contractor has worked since February in Augusta, Georgia, for a federal agency that neither prosecutors nor her defense lawyer will name and where she had access to sensitive documents. But the secretive nature of her job didn’t stop
  
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• Natural Resources Police Officer Injured, Involved In Shooting With Suspect

  07-06-2017 05:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Natural Resources Police say an officer was injured following a confrontation when they shot at a suspect who was attempting to run down the officer with their vehicle.
  Maryland Natural Resources Police say it happened just after 10 p.m. Tuesday night when the Natural Resouces Police Officer approached a vehicle in Patapsco State Park.
  A confrontation then followed. Police say the suspect, a man in an SUV attempted to run down the officer. The officer then fired an unknow
  
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• Twitter Users, Blocked By President Trump, Cry Censorship

  07-06-2017 05:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump may be the nation’s tweeter-in-chief, but some Twitter users say he’s violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments.
  Lawyers for two Twitter users sent the White House a letter Tuesday demanding they be un-blocked from the Republican president’s @realDonaldTrump account.
  The White House hasn’t responded.
  The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York
  
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• ‘I Was Frozen’: Cosby Accuser Says She Was Drugged, Groped

  07-06-2017 04:23
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s chief accuser took the stand at his sexual assault trial Tuesday to tell her story publicly for the first time, saying the comedian violated her after giving her three blue pills that left her paralyzed and helpless.
  “In my head, I was trying to get my hands to move or my legs to move, but I was frozen,” Andrea Constand, a 44-year-old former employee of the basketball program at Temple University, said in their long-awaited courtroom co
  
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• Angry Man Releases About 100 Bed Bugs At Maine City Office

  07-06-2017 04:14
  
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A municipal office building in Maine has reopened after officials say a disgruntled man slammed a cup full of bedbugs on the counter, releasing about 100 of the pests.
  Augusta officials told that Kennebec Journal that exterminators are confident all the bedbugs were killed before the City Center building opened Monday.
  City development director Matt Nazar said a man came into the city’s General Assistance office on Friday seeking help with bedbugs at his apartme
  
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• CBS Radio Helps Serve Veterans With Launch Of National Site ‘ConnectingVets.com’

  07-06-2017 04:02
  
  WASHINGTON – ‘Serving those who served’ is the premise behind a new, national content resource devoted solely to military veterans and their families.
  CBS Radio’s “ConnectingVets.com — Connecting Vets Every Day” launched June 5 and hopes to reach and ‘connect’ an underserved community with better information and resources.
  “We have created a streamlined, solutions-based product that will provide our vets with immediate and easy access t
  
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• Peacock Takes Out $500 In Wine After Crashing Liquor Store

  07-06-2017 03:40
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A female peacock has ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor store.
  The peahen walked into the Royal Oaks Liquor Store in Arcadia on Monday. Store manager and college senior Rani Ghanem says he tried to guide the sharp-clawed bird outside but that she spooked, at one point flying directly toward him and then up onto a top shelf of the store.
  Ninety minutes and $500 worth of broken champagne and wine bottles later, an animal control officer and Gh
  
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• Al Pacino To Star As Penn State’s Joe Paterno In HBO Biopic

  07-06-2017 01:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino will star as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson.
  HBO says the film will focus on Paterno dealing with the fallout from the child sex abuse scandal involving his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The all-time winningest coach in major college football history was fired days after Sandusky’s Nov. 2011 arrest and died two months later at the age of 85.
  A report commissioned by the university and
  
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• Book Returned To Library 52 Years Overdue

  07-06-2017 00:37
  
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A book has found its way back to a Connecticut library — 52 years overdue.
  Staff members at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford say they don’t know who returned the copy of W.O. Mitchell’s “Who Has Seen The Wind.” The plot centers on a coming-of-age tale of a young man in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  The book was returned Monday with a yellow sticky note reading, “Sorry it has taken so long.” It originally was due back Se
  
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