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• State Police Investigating One Of Their Own

  19-01-2017 23:53
  
  MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut State Police have launched an internal affairs investigation into a trooper over Facebook postings with graphic language about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
  State police spokeswoman Kelly Grant on Thursday confirmed the investigation into Trooper Jeffrey Rogers, a 17-year veteran of the force based at Troop E in Montville.Rogers did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment.
  The Hartford Courant reports that postings on Roger
  
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• Route 25 in Newtown Closed After Fatal Motorcycle Crash

  19-01-2017 23:51
  
  Route 25 in Newtown is closed after a serious motorcycle accident, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Mom of 3-Year-Old Found Wandering on Route 69 in Wolcott Arrested

  19-01-2017 23:28
  
  The mother of a 3-year-old was found wandering in Wolcott was arrested on Thursday.Photo Credit: Wolcott Police Department
  
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• Dog found brutally disfigured with nose, ears ripped off

  19-01-2017 23:28
  
  DETROIT — The Michigan Humane Society is offering a $2,500 reward after a brown and tan Rottweiler was found with its ears and nose cut off in southwest Detroit on Tuesday. The dog was found after the humane society was contacted by someone who saw that it was injured. The dog also had injuries wounds on its tail and back legs, according to Fox 2 Detroit. The Rottweiler was taken to an animal care center in Detroit to be treated for […]
  
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• Pre-schooler Seen In Road In Wolcott, Mother Arrested

  19-01-2017 23:27
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Wolcott Police say they got a call that a 3-year-old girl was in the middle of Wolcott Road shortly before 3 o’clock this afternoon, wearing only a diaper.
  The preschooler’s mother was arrested.
  Police say when they arrived on the heavily-traveled road, a witness told them hat the child’s mother came out of the house and grabbed the child, and took her back inside.
  The mother, Kaila Lanfair, told police her daughter was asleep when she went to the bath
  
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• Woman says bacon helped her celebrate 109 years

  19-01-2017 23:22
  
  MARSHALL, Ill. — A 109-year-old woman from southern Illinois has some advice for living a long life. “I never smoked a cigarette in my life, I never drank liquor in my life, and I had one husband for 43 years,” said Ruth Benjamin. “And I love bacon! Ruth just celebrated her 109th birthday. She was born in 1908 as one of her parents’ six children. Later in life, she worked at Quakemaid in Terre Haute for 43 years. While her life […]
  
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• First Alert Issued for Next Weeks Nor'easter

  19-01-2017 23:19
  
  The January thaw continues through the weekend however a big storm is headed towards us for next week..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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• Video shows teens ‘subway surfing’ behind packed New York City train

  19-01-2017 23:18
  
  NEW YORK — Two of the three teens who were caught on video holding on to the back of a New York City subway train as it left a station in the Bronx were ticketed Thursday, police said. The two 15-year-olds were cited for trespassing and released into their parents’ custody, NYPD told WPIX-TV. It’s unclear if police are still looking for the third teen in the video. The teens will have to appear in court where they may receive a fine, according […]
  
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• Mother charged after 3-year-old found wandering in Wolcott

  19-01-2017 23:15
  
  WOLCOTT — Police charged a mother with risk of injury after they found her three-year-old wandering outside wearing only a diaper and t-shirt. Police charged Kaila Lanfair, 24, of Wolcott, with risk of injury to a minor after they said the found the young girl outside around 2:50 p.m. Thursday. The child was not injured in the incident. Lanfair told police the child was sleeping downstairs when Lanfair left to go upstairs to go to the bathroom. She then heard cars […]
  
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• Water Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Vehicle

  19-01-2017 22:58
  
  WATERFORD, Conn (CBS Connecticut) – Waterford police have identified the man found dead Thursday morning along Route 85 near the Crystal Mall.
  Police say Kim Weeks, 61, of New London was struck either late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. His body was found in the area of 850 Hartford Road, also known as Route 85.
  Investigators have seized a blue Toyota Sienna minivan as part of the investigation, with the help of Connecticut State Police.
  Police are asking anyone with informatio
  
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• Suspect in New Haven Officer-Involved Shooting Arrested

  19-01-2017 22:58
  
  The robbery suspect in an officer-involved shooting, who also rammed police cruisers in New Haven last fall, has been arrested.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Clear tonight, mild temperatures stick around through the weekend

  19-01-2017 22:45
  
  The sun peeked out from behind the clouds today, allowing temps to reach the 40s for the first time in a few days . Clear skies tonight allow temps to drop to the 20s inland. Friday is a reverse – we start with sun and add clouds and rain in the evening, but it exits before Saturday. The weekend is dry, with mild temps near 50, but we’re watching a big offshore storm for Monday and Tuesday – that at […]
  
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• Day 1: Trump says he will sign ‘very meaningful’ documents amid talk of executive orders

  19-01-2017 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is ready to “get the show going.” Less than 24 hours before he is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, Trump told supporters at a luncheon at his Washington hotel Thursday that he is preparing to use the presidential pen to sign some “very meaningful” documents. “We will be signing some papers that will be very meaningful tomorrow right after the speech to get the show going,” Trump said, accor
  
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• Person Found Dead Near Crystal Mall Might Have Been Killed in Hit-and-Run

  19-01-2017 22:29
  
  A person found dead near the Crystal Mall in Waterford might have been the victim of a hit-and-run and police have recognized a vehicle that might be involved.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Route 25 in Newtown Closed After Motorcycle Crash

  19-01-2017 22:24
  
  Route 25 in Newtown is closed after a serious motorcycle accident, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• President Obama commutes 330 sentences, most in single day

  19-01-2017 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama granted 330 commutations, the White House announced Thursday, the most commutations given in a single day by a US president. The announcement comes within 24 hours of the transfer of power from Obama to President-elect Donald Trump. A White House official told CNN this is Obama’s final batch of clemency. The move brings the total number of individuals who sentences Obama reduced to a total of 1,715, including 568 who had been sentenced to life [&he
  
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• Custodian for Milford schools arrested on child porn charges

  19-01-2017 22:10
  
  MILFORD — An employee of Milford schools has been fired after he was arrested on child pornography charges. Douglas Mehan, 50, of Milford, was charged with possession of child pornography on January 13. The school system confirmed Megan was employed as a night custodian and had terminated his employment. Police said they began an investigation in November after receiving notification from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that videos containing child pornography w
  
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• Police ID 43-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in Bristol Apartment

  19-01-2017 22:09
  
  Police are investigating the untimely death of a 43-year-old woman found in Bristol on Wednesday and said the autopsy results on the cause of her death are inconclusive.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Milford Schools Worker Charged With Possessing Child Pornography

  19-01-2017 22:07
  
  An employee of the Milford Public Schools was charged with possessing child pornography, the school said.Photo Credit: Milford Police Department
  
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• Police ID Teen Found Dead on Side of I-395

  19-01-2017 22:06
  
  A 15-year-old Killingly boy was found dead along Interstate 395 South late Wednesday night and state police are investigating.
  
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• The True Story Of How AJ Styles Signed With WWE

  19-01-2017 22:04
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  The walls of his home are likely covered in gold. Within a year of his first match in 1998, AJ Styles captured his first championship. It was the first of many he’d win over the next decade. Many were from wrestling’s most prestigious promotions, from Ring of Honor to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, from TNA Wrestling to halfway around the world with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Styles was an unstoppable force that truly became “the face that runs the place” whereve
  
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• Police Investigate Attempted Robbery at Krauzser’s in West Haven

  19-01-2017 21:45
  
  Police are investigating an attempted robbery at Krauzser’s in West Haven.Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• Discussion Of Bridgeport Fire Inspection Problem In State Supreme Court Arguments Over Fire Deaths

  19-01-2017 21:40
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Bridgeport fire inspectors failed to look at thousands of multi-family homes in the city in past years because they based their inspection list on tax records — and many of the buildings did not appear on the tax rolls.
  Attorney John Bochanis appeared before the state supreme Court today, on behalf of the family of a woman and her three young children who died in a 2009 fire in a uninspected apartment.
  “Since this was a public housing authority, it was not o
  
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• Rowe Selected For Hall Of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award

  19-01-2017 21:34
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CBS Connecticut) – Former UConn men’s basketball coach Dee Rowe has been selected by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to receive the 2017 John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award.
  Rowe will receive the award at the Hall of Fame Family Reunion Dinner, that is part of the 2017 Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend on September 7-9, 2017.
  The Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award was instituted by the Board of Trustees of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973
  
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• Car Hits House in Middletown

  19-01-2017 21:20
  
  A car hit a house on East Main Street in Middletown, causing minor injuries.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bridgeport Police Announce Murder Arrests

  19-01-2017 21:19
  
  (Bridgeport, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Bridgeport Police have cracked a couple of homicide cases.
  They say a 16-year-old juvenile is in custody with the shooting death of 26-year-old Elianna Cruz.
  She was shot while sitting in a parked car on East Main Street on January 7.  Cruz died four days later.
  Police don’t think Cruz was the intended target.
  The suspect is being charged with murder and weapons offenses.  His name has not been released because he is under age and polic
  
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• New Britain Police K9 to receive body armor after donation

  19-01-2017 21:15
  
  NEW BRITAIN — One K9 unit in New Britain will now be better protected from the dangers and hazards of police work. Marley, a 2 1/2 year old bloodhound, now will receive her own body armor thanks to a non-profit organization Vested Interested in K9s, Inc. The vest itself was sponsored by Protectors of Animals of East Hartford and will be embroidered with the sentiment “This gift of protections provided by Protectors of Animals, Inc” police said. Marley works for the [&helli
  
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• SOUND OFF CONNECTICUT: Friday In Washington DC

  19-01-2017 21:14
  
  Jim and Pastor Will Marotti talk about tomorrow’s parades and events in Washington D.C.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: The Inauguration, Obama, & Presidential Pardons

  19-01-2017 21:05
  
  Ron Schurin, Associate Professor in Residence, Political Science at UConn, joins Ray to discuss the Inauguration as well as the pardons of President Obama… and shares a bit of history on Presidential pardons.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: What CNN Missed (Or Ignored) About Tom Price

  19-01-2017 21:03
  
  Richard Pollock, reporter for the Daily Caller, says CNN missed – or ignored – key facts about Tom Price’s health care stocks.  In his discussion with Ray, Pollock says CNN has not examined all of Price’s stocks, but his earlier article noted at least three Senators own stock in health companies… and his story was about the CNN “hit job” on Pollock.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: This ‘Unprecedented’ Inauguration

  19-01-2017 20:51
  
  Gary Byrne, former Secret Service officer, former Air Marshal, and author of ‘Crisis of Character,’ speaks with Ray on the Secret Service, federal agencies and local law enforcement, which are preparing for an inauguration whose security will be “unprecedented” due to threats.
  Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy said, “I think people today are willing to do things they may not have been willing to do in the past,” and Byrne will discuss the challenges h
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: What Education Funding Changes Mean For Us

  19-01-2017 20:41
  
  Rep. Gail Lavielle was reappointed as Ranking Member of the General Assembly’s Education Committee.  She joins Ray for a conversation about what the recent changes in state education funding means for most Connecticut residents.
  
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• President Obama pens goodbye letter to the American people

  19-01-2017 20:15
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama penned an emotional public letter, published Thursday, thanking Americans and encouraging them to participate into “daily acts of citizenship.” “Before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th,” he wrote. “Because all that I’ve learned in my time in office, I’ve learned from you. You made me a better president, and you made me a better man.&
  
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• Teen Charged With Murder of Woman in Bridgeport

  19-01-2017 20:13
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a 25-year-old woman in Bridgeport on the night of Saturday, Jan. 7.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Yard Goats Introduce New Manager

  19-01-2017 20:08
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Saying they needed an “old goat to coach the Yard Goats,” former big league coach Jerry Weinstein was introduced as the minor league ball club’s new manager Thursday.
  The 74-year-old Weinstein is a California native with over 40 years of coaching experience at the professional and college levels, including 10 seasons with the Colorado Rockies organization.
  Weinstein says he looks forward to coaching in Dunkin’ Donuts park, which h
  
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• ‘Gorilla’ or ‘guerrilla’? TV commenter apologizes for Venus remark

  19-01-2017 20:08
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — A TV commentator has apologized for how he spoke about Venus Williams’ play at the Australian Open, saying he was describing her aggressive style as “guerrilla” tactics and not comparing her to a “gorilla.” Former tennis pro Doug Adler said Thursday that he was speaking about Williams’ tactics and strategy and “simply and inadvertently chose the wrong word to describe her play.” Adler was doing play-by-play commentary o
  
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• Suspect in Fatal Bridgeport Shooting Arrested

  19-01-2017 20:01
  
  Police have an arrest warrant for the suspect in a fatal Bridgeport shooting in December and they are searching for him, police said.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police
  
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• The Two-Day Hike: What To Bring And Why To Bring It

  19-01-2017 19:39
  
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Erica Ferencik is a graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Boston University. Her work has appeared in Salon and The Boston Globe, as well as on National Public Radio. Her first novel, The River At Night, on sale now from our sister company, Simon & Schuster, is a high stakes drama set in the Maine wilderness as four friends fight to survive after a white water rafting accident. Find out more on her website EricaFerencik.com and follow her
  
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• Thousands of Skittles intended for cattle feed spill on Wisconsin highway

  19-01-2017 19:30
  
  This story starts out about Skittles but ends up being about cows. A rural county in southeast Wisconsin had a sweet, sticky mystery along a highway earlier this week. Hundreds of thousands of red Skittles were found spilled on a road in Dodge County. “There’s no little ‘S’ on them, but you can definitely smell, it’s a distinct Skittles smell,” Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt told CNN affiliate WISN. No one knew where the candy came from or where it [&hellip
  
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• Raiders file papers to move from Oakland to Las Vegas

  19-01-2017 19:22
  
  LAS VEGAS, NV — The Oakland Raiders have filed paperwork to move to Las Vegas. Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak told The Associated Press on Thursday that he spoke with the Raiders. Sisolak is part of an 11-member panel that was appointed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to study plans for a proposal backed by billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson’s company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., to build a domed stadium to lure the Raiders to town. The proposed 65,000-seat domed
  
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• Lawyer to cut his hair for charity, holding auction for the honor to cut it

  19-01-2017 18:56
  
  TRUMBULL — A lawyer has been growing out his hair for months for one very special day. Brian Mongelluzzo will be shaving and donating his hair to charity. His law offices are hosting an event on January 29 to raise money for cancer charity groups. The event will take place on Sunday at the Color Spectrum Salon on 10 Broadway Road in Trumbull starting at 2 p.m. Brian’s hair will be donated to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths to create a wig for […]
  
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• Bushes’ spokesman: George H.W., Barbara ‘both on the upswing’

  19-01-2017 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON — Former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush are “both on the upswing,” Bush family spokesman Jim McGrath said Thursday, adding, “they may not be out of the woods yet, but we can see the edge of the forest.” McGrath said Barbara Bush continues to be treated for her bronchitis with antibiotics, and she said she feels “a thousand percent better today.” He said President Bush 41 is also on the upswing. He is alert a
  
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• CBS Sports’ Nantz, Simms, Cowher, Gonzalez Analyze NFL Championships

  19-01-2017 18:50
  
  Bryan Altman
  Our last weekend featuring multiple NFL games is upon us, and boy will it be a good one. This weekend the Green Bay Packers visit the Atlanta Falcons, and the Pittsburgh Steelers head to Foxboro to take on the New England Patriots in two marquee matchups that should set scoreboards on fire. Football fans will be watching from the edges of their seats to see which teams move on to Super Bowl LI.
  CBS Sports’ top NFL analysts Phil Simms, Bill Cowher, Tony Gonzalez, and lead
  
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• Search For Missing UNH Student

  19-01-2017 18:43
  
  (West Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State and West Haven police are searching for a missing University of New Haven student.
  Allie McGrory was last seen Wednesday afternoon.
  The 18-year-old is white, stands 5-feet-2-inches and weighs 130 pounds.
  She has brown hair and eyes.
  A Silver Alert has been issued.
  Anyone with any information on Allie McGrory’s whereabouts is asked to get in touch with UNH police at (203) 932-7014 or the West Haven Police Department at (203) 933-1616.
  
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• Search For Missing UHN Student

  19-01-2017 18:43
  
  (West Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State and West Haven police are searching for a missing University of New Haven student.
  Allie McGrory was last seen Wednesday afternoon.
  The 18-year-old is white, stands 5-feet-2-inches and weighs 130 pounds.
  She has brown hair and eyes.
  A Silver Alert has been issued.
  Anyone with any information on Allie McGrory’s whereabouts is asked to get in touch with UNH police at (203) 932-7014 or the West Haven Police Department at (203) 933-1616.
  
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• San Francisco sued by car-theft victim for allegedly violating its sanctuary city ordinance

  19-01-2017 18:28
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A 32-year-old is suing San Francisco, alleging that the city violated its sanctuary city ordinance by reporting him to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after reporting his car stolen in 2015, according to FOX News. Pedro Figueroa Zarceno, who is from El Salvador and lives in the Mission District, was in federal immigration custody for two months. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that it is prohibited in the city to use local resources to help federal [&helli
  
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• MCC To Employ Armed Officers

  19-01-2017 18:27
  
  (Manchester, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – On campus police at Manchester Community College will begin carrying firearms.
  The school’s police force is the first community college in the in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system to carry firearms.
  This comes after the legislature passed a measure giving such schools the option to arm their police forces.
  Maribel La Luz, CSCU spokeswoman, says the process was created whereby schools submit a campus overview, training require
  
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• Welterweight Title Fight Between Keith Thurman And Danny Garcia To Air In Primetime On CBS

  19-01-2017 18:17
  
  Bryan Altman
  On June 25, 2016, boxing returned to primetime on CBS with a bang as welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman and Shawn “Showtime” Porter put on one of the best bouts of the year.
  Before last year’s epic WBA Welterweight title fight, it had been 40 years since boxing aired on CBS in primetime, but thanks to the overwhelming success of Thurman-Porter, the wait for the next primetime fight has been reduced substantially.
  On Wednesday SHOWT
  
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• Woman who battled cancer in viral dance video dies

  19-01-2017 18:09
  
  DALLAS — A Texas mother who danced her way into the hearts of millions as she battled cancer has died. Ana-Alecia Ayala passed away Wednesday after fighting uterine sarcoma for more than a year, according to KDFW. Back in October, Ayala posted a video to Facebook and Instagram of her and her “chemo buddy” Danielle Andrus dancing to the song “Juju On That Beat” by Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall. Since the video was posted, it has been
  
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