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• Flags at Half-Staff for Trooper Miller Killed on I-84

  29-03-2018 23:56
  
  A state trooper died in the line of duty after a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 in Tolland on Thursday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Wife of Slain UConn Doctor Repays $50K Payroll Money

  29-03-2018 23:51
  
  The wife of the slain 84-year-old UConn School of Medicine professor who had not been on campus for months has repaid the university through her attorney, the school said.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Odds Of Being Audited By IRS Lowest In 15 Years, Report Says

  29-03-2018 23:20
  CBS Local — There’s good news for Americans you hate filing their taxes each year; the chances you’ll be audited have fallen to the lowest level in 15 years.
  According to data obtained by The Wall Street Journal, audits have fallen for the sixth straight year with only 0.62 percent of taxpayers being examined by the IRS in 2017. The numbers have dropped dramatically since 2010, where audits reached a high of one for every 90 filers that year.
  Audits for Americans making over $1
  
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• Latest Pro Golf Power Rankings

  29-03-2018 23:00
  Justin Thomas, who tops the latest rankings, is still learning to match his game to the course.
  
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• Tracking morning showers Friday with temps in the near 60s

  29-03-2018 22:30
  Other than a few sprinkles or a light shower, most of the night will be dry.
  A few showers are likely in the morning through midday on Friday. Then clouds will break for some sun in the afternoon. After a mild start in the 50s, temperatures could approach 60 degrees for some towns. This hasn't happened in about a month!
  Saturday looks beautiful and mild with highs in the mid-upper 50s and lots of sunshine.
  There is a chance for a shower or two Sunday morning. This will be followed by clearing a
  
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• Jay Lethal Ready For Supercard Of Honor, Biggest ROH Show In History

  29-03-2018 21:49
  By Chuck Carroll
  Jay Lethal is all in. Not for what Cody Rhodes and Young Bucks have in the works for September. Well, not yet anyway. But he’s pushed all of his chips to the middle of the table and is ready to perform in front of what is expected to be the largest crowd in Ring of Honor history. The Baltimore-based promotion will hold its annual Supercard of Honor pay-per-view on the Friday before WrestleMania, just a short drive from where WWE will hold its massive event less than 48 hou
  
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• Fox News host Laura Ingraham apologizes for mocking Parkland high school shooting survivor

  29-03-2018 21:49
  Faced with a growing advertiser exodus, Fox News host Laura Ingraham apologized Thursday for a widely derided tweet in which she mocked Parkland survivor David Hogg.
  “On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland,” Ingraham said on Twitter. “For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how ‘poised’ he
  
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• Trooper Dead After Crash on I-84: Source

  29-03-2018 21:37
  
  A state trooper has died after a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 East in Tolland Thursday afternoon, according to a local law enforcement source.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis 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 man’s close encounter with cheetah during African safari

  29-03-2018 21:26
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  SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA  — A group on safari in Tanzania got a closer-than-expected look at some cheetahs in the Serengeti.
  Britton Hayes was with a group watching three cheetah brothers on the hunt, when one of the cheetahs decided to take a closer look and jumped on the hood of their vehicle, according to KOMO.
  While the first cheetah had their attention, a second jumped into the back seat and began sniffing around. Hayes
  “Alex (my guide) kept me cal
  
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• Parkland shooting suspect receiving ‘perverted’ love letters in jail

  29-03-2018 21:17
  Nikolas Cruz’s brother wanted to start a fan club for the Parkland shooting suspect, but it looks like someone beat him to it.
  Stacks of fan mail, including love letters and suggestive photographs, have been arriving for Cruz at the Broward County Jail, reports the South Florida Sun Sentinel, which obtained copies of some of the notes.
  In one sent from Texas, the writer identifies herself as an 18-year-old high school senior before sharing her breast size. “Your eyes
  
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• Hartford State Rep. Steps Down After Pressure to Resign

  29-03-2018 21:17
  
  A Hartford state representative has resigned after pressure to step down when questionable text messages surfaced between Angel Arce and a teenager.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• State Rep. Arce resigns after texting controversy

  29-03-2018 21:13
  HARTFORD — State officials confirmed that embattled State Rep. Angel Arce has resigned.
  The Democrat was accused of sending affectionate texts to a 16-year-old girl. He delayed his resignation for more than a week after he said he would, prompting the speaker of the house to seek disciplinary action.
  In a letter sent to Secretary of State Denise Merrill, Arce said that he didn’t want his presence to distract from the important work of the legislature.
  Fellow legislators called for hi
  
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• Oakville Man Charged With Possession of Child Pornography

  29-03-2018 20:59
  
  An Oakville man has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and voyeurism.Photo Credit: Watertown Police
  
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• Wife of slain UConn doctor agrees to refund payroll money to state

  29-03-2018 20:57
  FARMINGTON — The state will recover money paid to a UConn professor whose wife is accused of killing him and hiding his body for months.
  UConn Health issued a statement Thursday that it had  recovered $50,040.85 that was paid to Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi after his death.
  “Linda Kosuda Bigazzi, Dr. Bigazzi’s wife, paid the money to the university through her attorney following discussions between the attorney and UConn Health’s counsel. The total represents the wages adde
  
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• Easter Weekend Blue Moon Will Be The Last Until 2020

  29-03-2018 20:55
  CBS Local — The last blue moon of the year is set to light up the sky this weekend. For sky watchers, it’ll be the final opportunity to see the rare lunar spectacle until 2020.
  Blue moons typically occur every 2.7 years but this will be the second blue moon since January. A blue moon is the name given to the second full moon to appear in the same month. Accuweather says the next blue moon won’t be seen until Halloween of 2020.
  “The term ‘blue moon’ actually ha
  
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• Appeals court upholds new trial for subject of ‘Serial’

  29-03-2018 19:21
  ANNAPOLIS, Md.   — A Maryland appeals court has upheld a ruling granting a new trial to a man whose conviction in the murder of his high school sweetheart became the subject of the popular podcast “Serial.”
  Adnan Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a shallow grave in a Baltimore park. A three-judge panel on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling granting him new trial.
  Syed’s story was widely publicized in the 2014 “Seri
  
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• Former Treasurer of Terryville Volunteer Fire Department Arrested

  29-03-2018 19:15
  
  The former treasurer and secretary of the Terryville Volunteer Fire Department who was suspended amid an investigation into embezzlement allegations has been arrested.Photo Credit: Plymouth Police Department
  
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• Survivor: Ghost Island Castoff James Lim Speaks Out

  29-03-2018 19:03
  “Survivor: Ghost Island” is pulling out all the stops this season. Another tribe swap dramatically shifted the game and there are now three tribes with the new Naviti, Malolo and Yanuya. An immunity challenge made for any interesting set of circumstances for Dom, Desiree and Wendell, but all three ended up making it through another week.
  James Lim was the latest to be cast off the show and he talked with CBS Local about why he was voted off, how the tribe swap changed the game and wh
  
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• State police identify trooper killed in crash on I-84 east in Tolland

  29-03-2018 18:58
  TOLLAND  – State Police said Trooper First Class Kevin Miller from Troop C died Thursday following a car accident on I-84 east in Tolland.
  DOT said a tractor-trailer and Miller’s cruiser collided on I-84 eastbound between exits 68 and 69 Thursday afternoon.
  Trooper Miller was currently assigned to Troop C in Tolland. Trooper Miller served with the Connecticut State Police for 19 years, including previously serving at Troop K in Colchester and Troop E in Montville.
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• Man charged in pregnant wife’s slaying to get new lawyer

  29-03-2018 18:35
  NEW LONDON — A  man charged with fatally stabbing his pregnant wife because he thought she was a voodoo priestess trying to kill him is getting a new lawyer.
  Patrick Antoine, of Norwich, was expected to respond to a plea deal offered by prosecutors during a hearing Wednesday. His attorney Kevin Barrs instead told a judge there have been trust issues between the two, and he requested to withdraw from the case.
  The judge granted Barr’s request and continued the case to April 12.
  A
  
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• Boston Officials Postpone Vote on Renaming of Yawkey Way

  29-03-2018 18:29
  
  Boston's Public Improvement Commission has decided to postpone a vote to change the name of an iconic street adjacent to Fenway Park.
  
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• Watertown man arrested for voyeurism and child porn possession

  29-03-2018 18:27
  WATERTOWN  — Police arrested a Watertown man on child pornography and voyeurism charges after a 6 month investigation.
  On Wednesday,  police arrested Shawn Bivens, 39. of the Oakville section of Watertown, on the charges of possession of child pornography in the first degree, employing a minor in an obscene performance, obscenity and voyeurism.
  The arrest stemmed from an investigation that began in August of 2017 when police said Bivens was identified as sharing twenty seven imag
  
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• Life Jacket Saves Man's Life at Gardner Lake: Official

  29-03-2018 18:20
  
  A 65-year-old man was taken to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia after the racing scull he was in capsized in 41-degree water at Gardner Lake in Salem Thursday morning.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Teen 1 of 3 to get perfect score on AP chemistry exam

  29-03-2018 18:00
  WEST HAVEN — A West Haven teenager is one of three students in the world to get a perfect score on the Advanced Placement chemistry exam.
  Sixteen-year-old Prastik Mohanraj attends the Engineering and Science University Magnet School in West Haven. He says minutes before time ran out on the exam he rushed to fix an error.
  Prastik’s mother tells the New Haven Register he was first interested in math, but his love for science began to bloom in the sixth grade.
  Prastik says his teacher e
  
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• Carnival woos teen with free cruise in exchange for his Snapchat handle

  29-03-2018 17:50
  PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va. — A Virginia teen certainly played his cards right when he created a Snapchat handle named after Carnival Cruise Lines.
  Darian Lipscomb, 16, considers himself a super fan of the cruise ships. Lipscomb has been cruising since he could walk and has already sailed on four Carnival cruises, according to WTVR.
  The cruise line became interested in getting that handle in place before the inaugural voyage of its newest ship, Carnival Horizon. So they made L
  
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• Line Forms for South Windsor Before-and-After School Program

  29-03-2018 17:33
  
  Parents in South Windsor lined up before the sun came up Thursday and waited for hours for the chance to sign their children up for a before-and-after-school program called the “4th ‘R.’”Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Surveillance video shows woman pull up to car dealership, shoot owner in back of the head

  29-03-2018 17:28
  WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Melissa Sandrone is accused of shooting the owner of a Wisconsin car dealership, and witnesses say she then smiled and drove away, according to WITI.
  The attack and Sandrone's arrest were caught on camera.
  The owner of M&M Motors was filling a tire with air when police say Sandrone pulled up in her Jeep, got out and shot him behind the vehicle. Witnesses say she turned with a smile on her face and drove away.
  Surveillance video captured the tense moments:
  "A person with a
  
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• WorkinCT: Hawthorn Watch Company

  29-03-2018 16:43
  When Brian Dunnigan inherited some of his grandfather’s watchmaking tools, he had no idea what an impact watchmaking would have in his own life.
  “Oh my God. I didn’t realize I had this. This is a little air gasket thing, so you can blow air off of something,” Brian Dunnigan said as he looked over all his grandfather’s old watchmaking tools.
  Dunnigan says he had grown up around watches and always had a love for the timepieces, but it wasn’t till late 2015 when
  
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• House Democrats call for FBI to probe into Kushner’s ties to Saudi crown prince

  29-03-2018 16:28
  WASHINGTON DC — Six House Democrats are calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to investigate whether President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House aide Jared Kushner leaked classified information to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
  The call comes after The Intercept, citing three sources, reported that the Saudi prince — known casually by his initials, MBS — told confidantes after their meeting last y
  
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• Ella Grasso Technical High School Moves Graduation to U.S. Coast Guard Academy

  29-03-2018 16:03
  
  Ella Grasso Technical High School is Groton has moved graduation to the United States Coast Guard Academy and officials from both said this will result no additional costs for student or taxpayers.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Pope Francis makes wish come true for boy who survived cancer

  29-03-2018 15:38
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  An Ohio family got a miracle this Holy Week: Pope Francis granted their son’s wish with a papal kiss.
  Peter Lombardi, 12, was only 9 when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in April 2015. His devoutly Catholic family had been set to see the Pope in Philadelphia that September when they found themselves in a hospital as Peter began chemotherapy.
  As the family watched the papal visit from his hospital room, someone from Make-A-Wish came in asking for Peter’s
  
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• Survivor: Ghost Island Episode Five Recap: Fate is in the Homie

  29-03-2018 15:30
  By Mickie McLeod
  It’s a race to the merge! 15 Castaways were left on Survivor: Ghost Island. Every play is critical, and it was a shock that Jeff Probst played a twist in last night’s episode!
  Fate Is The Homie -Survivor (Credit: Robert Voets/CBS Entertainment)
  “Drop your buffs!” It’s time to switch tribes, once again.
  “Fate is in the Homie,” says Desiree. The switching of the tribes could be the bright light at the end of the tunnel for m
  
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• Fire That Forced Berlin Family Out of Home Was Accidental: Officials

  29-03-2018 15:27
  
  A Berlin family was forced out of their home by fire early Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: Berlin Volunteer Fire Department
  
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• State Celebrates Third Anniversary of CTfastrak

  29-03-2018 15:24
  
  Many criticized the $570-million CTfastrak project from the start, but Gov. Dannel Malloy said Wednesday that it’s surpassed expectations.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Parents, Students Speak Out About Plan to Close Middlefield School

  29-03-2018 15:10
  
  Multiple parents who say the only reason they live in the Middlefield/Durham area is for its schools sounded off Wednesday night over a plan to close the John Lyman School.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police ID Woman Killed in Pomfret Crash

  29-03-2018 14:55
  
  A 46-year-old woman is dead after a driver in Pomfret tried to pass other vehicles in traffic in a no-passing zone, police said.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• President Trump calls Roseanne Barr after debut of show

  29-03-2018 14:37
  NEW YORK  — President Donald Trump called Roseanne Barr after an estimated 18.4 million viewers tuned in for the reboot of “Roseanne.”
  Speaking by telephone on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday, Barr said Wednesday night’s call was pretty exciting.
  Barr said Trump congratulated her and talked about television and ratings. She said the Republican was happy for her. She says “I’ve known him for many years and he’s done a lot o
  
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• Rusty Staub, Mets icon, has died at age 73

  29-03-2018 14:32
  Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73.
  He died after an illness in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, hours before the start of the baseball season, the New York Mets said in a statement. The team learned of the death from friends of Staub who were with him at the time, a spokesman added.
  Affectionately dubbed “Le Grand Orange,” S
  
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• Oops! East Windsor WWII memorial misspells president’s name

  29-03-2018 12:32
  EAST WINDSOR — A military honor in East Windsor is getting attention for all the wrong reasons.
  The memorial itself is beautiful, but if you look closer… there’s a small but big enough type for people to spot.The “L” in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s name is missing, instead spelling out “Frankin”.This is one of several monuments paying tribute to those heroes from the  East Windsor area that gave the ultimate sacrifice.
  The East Windsor Veterans Co
  
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• Donations pour in for high school rifle team after school board rejects NRA money

  29-03-2018 11:28
  STROUDSBURG, PA — A high school rifle team in Pennsylvania will be getting new gear thanks to community businesses rallying around it after the school board voted against accepting a National Rifle Association grant.
  The Stroudsburg High School rifle team has been using equipment that dated to the 1970s and was in need of an upgrade. The team learned about an NRA grant that would cover the nearly $5,000 cost of its new equipment. The team applied in December and recently learned it had won
  
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• Boy in viral photo among 3 missing after SUV plunged off California cliff, killing 5 family members

  29-03-2018 10:55
  MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities are hoping to piece together the whereabouts of a 15-year-old boy who was the subject of a widely shared photo, and two of his siblings after five of their family members were found dead at the bottom of a 100-foot cliff in Mendocino County.
  #BREAKING: Mendocino County Sheriff's Office confirms 15-year-old Devonte Hart #MISSING after California crash that killed family of five. Read more: https://t.co/rPJKbd0MTQ pic.twitter.com/KRm6ob0ylS
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• Pilots say they spotted UFOs while flying over Arizona

  29-03-2018 10:50
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  PHOENIX, AZ — Two commercial pilots flying over the Arizona desert claim they saw an unidentified flying object pass overhead, according to a radio broadcast released by the Federal Aviation Administration.
  A Learjet pilot and an American Airlines pilot saw the object on February 24 and radioed the regional air traffic controller in Albuquerque.
  “Was anybody, uh, above us that passed us like 30 seconds ago?” the Learjet pilot said in the brief exchange.
  “Negat
  
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• Cloudy, chance of showers Thursday; Some sun, maybe 60s on Friday

  29-03-2018 10:30
  Today won't be perfect by any means, but it's also not a washout. We'll have mostly cloudy skies with the chance for a few showers, especially this afternoon. Even with a lot of clouds, temperatures will still be able to climb into the low/mid 50s for most of the state.
  Scattered showers will continue tonight into Friday morning/midday.  Then clouds will break for some sun in the afternoon, allowing temperatures to approach 60 degrees. This remains a tricky temperature forecast though. If
  
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• Negotiating Your Way Out of Medical Debt

  29-03-2018 05:37
  
  Roughly 43 million Americans have delinquent medical debt, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but most may not know they can negotiate when it comes to their bills.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Feral Cat Reportedly Attacks New Britain Homeowners

  29-03-2018 05:35
  
  People in New Britain are keeping an eye out for a notorious cat that might have rabies and has reportedly attacked at least five people, according to the city's health department.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 16-Year-Old Arrested After Posting Threatening Message With Airsoft Rifle

  29-03-2018 05:29
  
  There will be increased security measures at all Brookfield schools on Thursday after a 16-year-old student posted a threatening message on social media.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Boughton's Doctors Clear Mayor for Run for Governor

  29-03-2018 05:12
  
  Joined by his neurosurgeon and personal physician, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton says he is healthy and fit for running for office.
  
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• 1 Dead After Driver Tried Passing Other Cars in Pomfret

  29-03-2018 05:11
  
  One person is dead after a driver in Pomfret tried to pass other vehicles in traffic in a no passing zone, police said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Valpak is slipping $100 checks in random coupon mailers

  29-03-2018 05:10
  Ever just toss aside those letters from unknown senders, thinking it's just junk mail?
  A direct-marketing company called Valpak wants you to know there could be a surprise along with the coupons it sends you.
  According to a press release, $100 checks made out to "cash" will be randomly placed in specially-marked Valpak envelopes every month in 2018 in all 150 Valpak markets in the U.S.
  There are no strings attached, according to the release. Lia Jensen, with Valpak of West Michigan, t
  
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• Pit bull bites off grandmother’s ear as she shields children at playground

  29-03-2018 05:09
  NEW YORK — A grandmother shielding children from an off-leash pit bull was bitten twice and severely injured Wednesday, New York City officials said.
  The 57-year-old woman was at the playground section of Eastchester Houses in the Bronx shortly after 3 p.m. when the dog attacked her, officials said. The pit bull bit her ear and her hand. She lost her ear in the attack, along with some of her hair.
  Children in the park, including 12-year-old Delia Rojas, witnessed the attack.
  "The little g
  
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