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• Americans Binge 17 Billion Drinks Per Year, CDC Says

  20-03-2018 21:45
  A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some striking findings on Americans’ drinking habits. The study focuses on binge drinking and finds that U.S. adults consumed an astounding 17.5 billion binge drinks in 2015. That works out to nearly 470 binge drinks a year for each of the 37.4 million people who reported alcohol binges.
  Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more alcoholic beverages for men, or four or more drinks for women, within a
  
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• 25 Gifts Under $25 That Will Make Your Life More Awesome

  20-03-2018 21:45
  By Crystal Hessong
  Skip the same old gift cards and give something truly unique for your next gift-giving occasion. The best part is you won’t break the bank for these unusual finds.
   
  1. Personal Humidifier
  Those who enjoy their creature comforts can get what they need when traveling with these humidifiers that plug into a USB port or operate off batteries. Get one from Amazon for $24.99.
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  Purchase on Amazon.com for $24.99
   
  2. Sports Mugs
  For the kid or kid at heart
  
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• Spring Training Report: Ohtani Struggles, Altuve Gets Paid

  20-03-2018 21:26
  By Norm Elrod
  With Opening Day just over a week away, teams around the league are rounding into form, or scrambling to fill gaps as suspensions, injuries and growing pains become a reality. One high-profile signing continues his struggles to adapt to the Majors. A five-time All-Star inks an extension that should lock him in for an additional five years. And the suspensions and injuries continue to add up. This is the Spring Training Report for Week 4 of the pre-season.
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• Here’s How To Stop Facebook From Sharing Your Data

  20-03-2018 21:14
  CBS Local — As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company deal with a data sharing scandal that reportedly affected 50 million people, users of the social media platform have been left to figure out how to protect their personal information online.
  Facebook has reportedly called an emergency meeting after it was revealed that data firm Cambridge Analytica acquired the personal data of millions of Facebook users prior to the 2016 presidential election. The Federal Trade Com
  
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• DWI Video Of Judge Saying ‘I’m A F—ing Judge’ Released, Judge Still Beats Case

  20-03-2018 20:44
  CBS Local — A New Jersey judge who was filmed arguing with police after being arrested for drunk driving is now facing charges of ethics violations. The new allegations come after Judge Wilfredo Benitez beat DWI charges, even though he was filmed screaming “I’m a f—ing judge” in an impaired state.
  Benitez, a municipal judge in East Orange, Belleville, and Bloomfield in Essex County, was approached by New Jersey state troopers after finding him slumped over
  
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• Parents Turn In Son To Stop School Shooting Plot In Michigan

  20-03-2018 18:27
  CBS Local — A Michigan high school student who was allegedly planning a deadly school shooting has been taken into custody after his parents alerted police about the threat.
  According to reports, the 15-year-old student from Paw Paw High School had already stolen two guns from his grandparent’s home and was preparing homemade Molotov cocktails and a pipe bomb. “He came to us and said that he’s been really upset and said that he’s been planning to do someth
  
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• Weight Restrictions in Place for Cribari Bridge

  20-03-2018 18:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The state is limiting the weight of vehicles that can cross the William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge in Westport because of structural deterioration, and that will prohibit some emergency vehicles from crossing...Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• New Stem Cell Treatment Gives Blind Patients Ability To Read

  20-03-2018 18:18
  CBS Local — A revolutionary new stem cell treatment is giving doctors hope of developing a cure for blindness within the next five years. The experimental therapy has reportedly given two patients, who were both losing their sight, the ability to read again.
  Doctors in London say they have successfully treated two people who were suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that can destroy a person’s vision center in multiple ways. “In the months bef
  
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• 1,300 ER Visits for Drug Overdoses in CT in Jan. & Feb.: DPH

  20-03-2018 17:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  There were more than 1,300 emergency room visits for suspected drug overdoses in Connecticut during the first two months of 2018, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health.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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• Hartford Yard Goats to Play Three Games as 'Los Chivos de Hartford' in 2018

  20-03-2018 16:05 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Hartford Yard Goats will play three games as Los Chivos de Hartford this season, the team announced Tuesday.Photo Credit: Hartford Yard Goats
  
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• Police Seeking Suspect in Waterbury Murder

  20-03-2018 14:27 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police have arrested two suspects in the murder of a 24-year-old man in Waterbury in August and said they have warrants for two others, including one who remains at large.Photo Credit: Waterbury police
  
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• Police ID Victim in Deadly Hartford Shooting

  20-03-2018 14:05 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 20-year-old Hartford man is dead after a shooting on Westland Street in Hartford Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland

  20-03-2018 13:52
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  ST. MARY’S COUNTY — Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, is on lockdown after a shooting at the school, St. Mary’s County Public Schools said on its website.
  “The Sheriff’s office is on the scene; additional information to follow,” the school district said Tuesday, adding that the incident has been contained.
  A spokesman for the FBI’s Baltimore field office said its agents are on the scene of an incident in Great Mills, Maryland.
  
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• Man charged after ‘gingerbread treehouse’ full of child porn found in woods

  20-03-2018 12:35
  A Washington state man has been charged after authorities found a cache of child porn inside this elaborate treehouse, hidden in the woods. (FBI)
  KING COUNTY, Wash. – A Department of Natural Resources worker searching for a long-rumored “gingerbread treehouse” in Washington state’s Snoqualmie National Forest found the house – and inside of it a cache of child pornography that led to a man’s arrest.
  Daniel M. Wood, 56, is facing child pornography charges in Kin
  
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• Video shows moment suspected Costco thieves flee store as police wait at exit

  20-03-2018 12:29
  SEATTLE – It was supposed to be an easy dash to the getaway car, but some thieves trying to rip off a Costco didn’t even make it out of the door Wednesday, according to Seattle police, who released video of the botched heist.
  Police were notified after a Costco loss-prevention officer noticed two people stockpiling high-priced electronics and other items around 5:30 p.m., according to KIRO.
  Police decided to wait for the would-be criminals outside of a fire exit. “He’s j
  
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• Fire Destroys South Windsor Home

  20-03-2018 11:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Fire destroyed a home on Cliffwood Drive in South Windsor Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: South Windsor Fire Department
  
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• Device explodes in FedEx building outside San Antonio, police

  20-03-2018 11:01
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  SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Texas Fire Department says a package bomb has exploded at a FedEx distribution center in Schertz, Texas, hurting 1 person, a FedEx employee who apparently suffered a non-life-threatening “percussion-type” injury from the blast.
  The FBI and ATF are at the scene. Federal agents say this package is likely linked to attacks by what they believe is a serial bomber. The package exploded shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
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• Celebrate Spring with Free Frozen Treats

  20-03-2018 10:47 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Tuesday is the first day of spring and what better way to celebrate than with a frozen treat?
  
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• Fans Turn Out in Force for UConn-Quinnipiac Game

  20-03-2018 10:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A chilly day in Storrs could not cool Husky pride outside Gampel Pavilion.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The most dangerous (and safest) states for drivers

  20-03-2018 10:33
  If you’ve ever taken a cross-country roadtrip, you probably noticed — in addition to changes in scenery — differences in road conditions, traffic laws, driving behaviors, and vehicle choice when moving from state to state. Perhaps less obvious, though, is that these differences make certain states far more dangerous (or more safe) than others when it comes to driving.
  To evaluate road safety across the U.S., auto insurance comparison site AutoInsurance.org analyzed the most rec
  
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• Children left alone in deplorable conditions while mom vacationed in Florida: police

  20-03-2018 10:23
  DUNMORE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania mother and father are charged with endangering the welfare of their two children after knowingly leaving them home alone for three days, investigators said.
  Nicole Sciortino and Vincent Licciardello, both 30, were arraigned Monday morning, according to WNEP.
  According to court papers, on Wednesday, March 7, Dunmore police responded to Sciortino's home on Monroe Avenue for a report of children who had been left alone for weeks. Licciardello lives at a dif
  
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• Video captures gorilla walking upright — to keep his hands clean

  20-03-2018 10:17
  PHILADELPHIA — Video has captured a gorilla walking upright for several seconds — all to keep his hands clean, according to zoo officials.
  The Philadelphia Zoo posted the video on Twitter March 5. It's since been shared or liked nearly 5,500 times.
  Although gorillas occasionally walk on two legs (bipedal), it is less common. Not for Louis though - he can often be seen walking bipedal when his hands are full of snack or when the ground is muddy (so he doesn't get his hands dirty
  
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• ‘My heart welled’: Woman shares man’s good deed for veteran at Iowa Walmart

  20-03-2018 10:00
  ANKENY, Iowa – A man's selfless deed for a veteran at an Iowa Walmart store has been shared thousands of times after it moved one shopper to post on her Facebook page.
  Alana Ruthann wrote that she was looking at her phone while waiting to check out Saturday, "absorbed in my own world of technology," when she saw a beautiful exchange between two men ahead of her
  A young man told an older man wearing a hat indicating he was a military veteran, “Sir, I’m paying for your item
  
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• World’s last male northern white rhino dies

  20-03-2018 09:46
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  The world’s last male northern white rhino has died leaving only two females left to save the subspecies from extinction.
  The 45-year-old rhino named Sudan had been in poor health in recent days and was being treated for age-related issues and multiple infections.
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  A veterinary team made the decision to euthanize Sudan after his condition deteriorated significantly, the conservation group WildAid announced Tuesday.
  Sudan lived in the Ol Pe
  
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• Kids and canines share the classroom for new reading program

  20-03-2018 03:09
  WINDSOR -- Canines joined school kids in the classroom to start the week at Oliver Ellsworth School in Windsor.
  The program called "Read to a Therapy Dog" returned to the school. Read to a Therapy Dog gives students a chance to sharpen their reading schools in a non-pressure setting. The program is made possible by Bolton based Healers with Halos.Missing Attachment
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• ‘Every School, Every Day’: Groton Police Enhance Patrols

  20-03-2018 02:31 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Town of Groton Police department is ensuring their officers will take time on their patrols to visit every school, every day after the deadly shooting at a Florida high school.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Boughton Offers to Make Medical Records Public Following Seizure

  20-03-2018 01:58 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, who said he's doing well after collapsing at a GOP forum last week, said he will make his medical records public.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Trey Songz arrested in Los Angeles for alleged assault

  20-03-2018 01:31
  LOS ANGELES  — Police say R&B singer Trey Songz has been arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence for punching a woman at a Los Angeles party.
  LAPD spokesman Officer Drake Madison says Songz, whose real name is Tremaine Neverson, turned himself in at a Hollywood police station Monday morning.
  Jail records show the 33-year-old was released about two hours later on $50,000 bail.
  Andrea Buera said at a news conference last week that she was the woman Songz had assaulted. Bue
  
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• Driver Who Hit House in Meriden Failed Sobriety Test: Police

  20-03-2018 01:17 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A driver who is accused of hitting a house in Meriden failed a sobriety test, police said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Truck driver crashes into Meriden home while allegedly high on heroin

  20-03-2018 00:08
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  Police and EMS responded to the area of 133 Britannia Street after getting reports that a vehicle collided with multiple objects around 5:30 p.m.
  Witnesses at the scene say that a man in a pick-up truck collided with a utility pole before being ricocheted into a home. The
  
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