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• US Navy Sailor Reported Missing From Groton

  18-04-2018 23:56
  
  The Groton Town Police Department is searching for a missing sailor.Photo Credit: Groton Town Police Department
  
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• Groton police issue Silver Alert for missing Navy sailor

  18-04-2018 23:51
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  Missing AttachmentGROTON —  Groton Town Police Department have issued a Silver Alert  for 24-year-old Tyler E. Jacob.
  Police said Jacob is a United States Navy Sailor who resides within the Town of Groton.
  Jacob was last seen Tuesday morning when he left his home on his 2014 Honda CBR, color blue, CT license plate 00KSVK. Jacob is a white male who has blonde hair and blue eyes. He’s 5’11” and weighs about 220 pounds, police said.
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• Bristol Police Creating Surveillance Camera Database

  18-04-2018 23:46
  
  A dozen homeowners and businesses in Bristol are now helping police solve crimes and catch criminals by sharing what they see from their homes or offices, through their surveillance cameras.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 3 Arrested in Connection With 'Brutal' Hartford Attack

  18-04-2018 23:21
  
  Three Hartford women face kidnapping and assault charges after cell phone video surfaced of what police call a brutal attack on Rowe Avenue last year.Photo Credit: Hartford Police Department
  
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• Millennials Pile Up Debt To Keep Up With Their Friends, Survey Finds

  18-04-2018 23:10
  CBS Local — The fear of missing out, or FOMO, is reportedly driving many millennials into serious debt. Whether it’s enjoying the newest restaurants, wearing the latest fashion, or taking expensive vacations, the fear of falling behind their friends is forcing young Americans to pile up thousands of dollars in bills.
  According to a survey by personal finance company Credit Karma, 39 percent of millennials polled say they’ve “spent money they didn’t have”
  
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• Dashcam video shows house explode just as Texas officers arrive

  18-04-2018 22:56
  HURST, Texas -- Police in Texas released dashcam video showing a home explosion that injured both residents and the responding officers.
  The blast happened April 7 after authorities say 40-year-old Arnulfo Castro lost control of his white 2000 Ford Explorer and crashed into a house, rupturing the gas line.
  The homeowner reported the accident, telling a 911 dispatcher that someone was trapped in a bedroom, according to a police report.
  As officers walked up to the house at 433 Myrtle Drive
  
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• Bear destroys SUV, starts honking horn after accidentally locking itself inside

  18-04-2018 22:55
  BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. – Somehow a bear climbed into a Colorado resident’s car and locked itself inside, proceeding to destroy the interior as it tried to escape, according to KDVR.
  "The bear was able to open the passenger door," Boulder County Sheriff's Office Commander Mike Wagner said. "As it did it got trapped and then subsequently destroyed the inside of the car."
  Deputies were able to open the vehicle's door to safely let the bear out.
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• Report: Ollie accuses UConn of violating his rights

  18-04-2018 22:45
  HARTFORD —  To add more fuel to the fire, the relationship between former UConn men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie and UConn, took a another turn for the worse.
  According to ESPN, Ollie is accusing UConn of violating his constitutional rights by firing him for cause and are avoiding the eight-figure payout a termination without cause would have demanded.
  ESPN obtained an April 3, dated letter from Ollie’s lawyers that was sent to school president Susan Herbst:
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• Cat Saved After Walking 12 Miles To Family Who Rejected Him

  18-04-2018 22:33
  RALEIGH (CBS Local) – A cat named Toby missed his former owners so much that he walked 12 miles to be with them again. Unfortunately, the North Carolina family didn’t repay Toby’s amazing loyalty and tried to have a local shelter euthanize him.
  According to the SPCA of Wake County, Toby’s former owners didn’t want a cat anymore and gave him to another family. The seven-year-old missed his old home so much he reportedly sneaked out and walked all the way ba
  
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• Nanny who fatally stabbed 2 children found guilty on all counts

  18-04-2018 22:19
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  Jurors on Wednesday found Yoselyn Ortega guilty of murder in the October 2012 deaths of 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her brother, 2-y
  
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• Jrue Holiday Is Why The Pelicans Lead The Trail Blazers

  18-04-2018 22:12
  By Matt Citak
  Heading into the playoff matchup between the six-seed New Orleans Pelicans and three-seed Portland Trail Blazers, several players looked as though they could take over the series.
  Over the last few seasons, Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has emerged as one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA, averaging over 25.0 points per game for the last three seasons. The 6-foot-3 guard elevated his game to another level in the second half of this season, helping Portland climb th
  
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• 2018 Tony Awards: Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban Set To Co-Host The Big Event

  18-04-2018 22:07
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will co-host this summer’s 72nd annual Tony Awards.
  This will be the first time hosting for both pop-singers-turned-Broadway-stars. Bareilles starred in the hit show “Waitress” and composed the music and lyrics, earning her first Tony Award nomination. Groban starred in “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” also earning his first nomination.
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• Watertown Burglary Suspect Smashed Door to Access Home: PD

  18-04-2018 22:04
  
  Watertown police are trying to identify a suspect in a residential burglary on Dinunzio Road Monday.Photo Credit: Watertown Police Department
  
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• Immigrants optimistic financial aid bill will pass this year

  18-04-2018 22:03
  HARTFORD — Immigrant students without legal status in the United States are hopeful this will be the year Connecticut legislators make them eligible for institutional financial aid at state-run colleges and universities.
  This year's version of the bill includes provisions from the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA policy, such as requiring applicants not to have a felony record. Also, they must have been 15 years old or younger when they first arrived in the country.
  
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• Bolt Found in Muffin Sold at Westport School Cafeteria

  18-04-2018 22:00
  
  Westport Public Schools are investigating after a student found a bolt inside a chocolate chip muffin purchased at a school cafeteria Wednesday.Photo Credit: Adobe Stock
  
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• House leaders backing $10 surcharge on homeowner policies

  18-04-2018 21:59
  HARTFORD — Top Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives are throwing their support to a $10 surcharge on Connecticut homeowner policies to help residents with foundations crumbling because of an iron sulfide.
  House Majority Leader Tom Ritter of Hartford says he hopes their support will give rank-and-file lawmakers political “cover” to back the concept in an election year. He noted Wednesday how it’s been difficult to pass legislation that generates more revenue
  
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• Silver Alerts issued for two Bridgeport brothers

  18-04-2018 21:38
  BRIDGEPORT —  Police have issued Silver Alerts for two brothers who went missing from Bridgeport today.
  Connecticut State Police issued the alert for Gabriel, 12, and Daniel Cardenas, 13.
  Daniel is described as a white male with black hair and eyes, 5’2″ and 120 lbs. Police said Daniel was last seen wearing a black sweater, khaki pants and Nike sneakers.
  Gabriel is described as a white male with black hair and eyes, 5’4″ and 150 lbs.  Police said Gabr
  
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• Bed Bath & Beyond is in serious trouble

  18-04-2018 21:38
  Bed Bath & Beyond … hope?
  The struggling retailer issued a lousy outlook last week, sending the stock to a nearly 10-year low.
  Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cut its rating on Bed Bath & Beyond late Tuesday to a BBB- level, the lowest that S&P still considers investment grade. S&P warned that it could soon downgrade Bed Bath & Beyond’s bonds to junk, if “the company cannot stabilize operating performance in the face of continued
  
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• Amazon partners with Best Buy on smart TVs, a “win-win”

  18-04-2018 21:35
  NEW YORK — Amazon has cut a deal to sell voice-controlled TVs at Best Buy, the latest attempt by the online retailer to get its burgeoning suite of tech products out where people can see and touch them.
  Best Buy already sells the Amazon Kindle and other gadgets, but the deal announced Wednesday makes the electronics retailer the only place where you can walk in and buy a TV powered by Amazon’s Fire TV software. Investors seemed to like the partnership: Best Buy’s stock rose 4 p
  
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• Trump calls Stormy Daniels composite sketch ‘a total con job’

  18-04-2018 21:28
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  President Donald Trump dismissed on Wednesday the newly-released composite sketch of a man who adult film star Stormy Daniels says threatened her over her alleged affair with Trump more than a decade ago.
  “A sketch years later about a nonexistent man,” he tweeted. “A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!” Trump’s tweet quotes another Twitter user that includes a photo of a man who is purportedly Daniels’ ex-partne
  
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• Eversource to Raise Rates

  18-04-2018 21:21
  
  Rates will be going up for Eversource customers, according to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, but the rate increases will be smaller than the amount the utility company was asking for.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Toddler shoots pregnant mother outside Indiana thrift store

  18-04-2018 21:15
  MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – A 3-year-old girl found her father's gun inside a parked car and managed to pull the trigger, accidentally firing a bullet into her pregnant mother, police said.
  The shooting happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of East 81st Avenue in Merrillville, Ind., in the parking lot of Plato’s Closet.
  The woman, identified by WMAQ as 21-year-old Shaneque Thomas, was sitting in a white sedan with the 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy while her boyfriend shopp
  
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• GoFundMe Page Raises $5,000 To Buy Elon Musk A New Couch

  18-04-2018 21:04
  CBS Local — Last week, Elon Musk showed “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King the couch he sleeps on when he works late at his Tesla Model 3 factory. The internet was not pleased with the piece of furniture. Following that report, a California man named Ben Sullins started a GoFundMe page for the Tesla CEO called “Buy Elon Musk a Couch.”
  “Elon Musk is transforming our world to run on sustainable energy and use sustainable forms of transport
  
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• Watertown garage damaged by fire

  18-04-2018 20:53
  WATERTOWN -- Fire damaged a garage and spread to the adjacent house in Watertown Wednesday afternoon.
  The garage at the single family home on 44 Ledgewood Road sustained serious damage.
  There were no reports of injuries. Firefighters were hampered by the lack of hydrants in the area. The road is closed in the area.
  
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• What could have caused minivan seat to flip in fatal accident?

  18-04-2018 20:37
  As authorities in Cincinnati investigate the police response to a 911 call from a teenager who was pinned in a Honda Odyssey minivan and died before help arrived, speculation of how the boy got stuck in the first place centers on the vehicle’s fold-down third row seat, according to FOX News.
  While the details of the incident have not yet been determined, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the boy, Kyle Plush, was reaching over the folding third row seat to grab something when i
  
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• Woman Hit by Car in Greenwich Has Serious Injuries

  18-04-2018 20:17
  
  A 59-year-old Greenwich woman has serious injuries after a vehicle hit her and knocked her over on Tuesday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fleury’s Hot Streak Sends Golden Knights Into Second Round

  18-04-2018 20:17
  By Steve Silverman 
  The Stanley Cup playoffs started less than a week ago, and one team has already made it through to the second rounds.
  Shockingly, it is the Vegas Golden Knights, the first-year expansion team that won the Pacific Division title.
  Perhaps it shouldn’t be a shocker. This team came out of the gate firing, and played as consistently as any of the other 30 teams in Gary Bettman’s fiefdom, and the move into the playoffs came naturally for head coach Gerard Gallant.
  
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• No CT Walmarts Affected by Egg Recall: Company Officials

  18-04-2018 20:16
  
  Two Connecticut Walmart stores pulled eggs off their shelves due to Salmonella concerns the Ledge Light Health District raised over codes on the packaging, but health officials determined the eggs are safe...Photo Credit: Getty Images, FileThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Amanda Balionis On Valero Texas Open: Windy Conditions To Be A Factor

  18-04-2018 19:55
  By Dan Reardon
  In the span of two weeks on the PGA TOUR, nearly 150 years of golf history will have been travelled. Coming on the heels of the Golden Jubilee at Harbour Town, the Valero Texas Open makes its calendar mate seem almost youthful. For 96 years, men’s professional golf has made a stop in San Antonio, Texas for the Texas Open. Eight different courses, starting with Brackenridge Park to the current venue at the TPC San Antonio, have greeted the touring pros, and they have been war
  
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• She documented her exotic trip on Instagram, now she heads to prison

  18-04-2018 19:46
  SYDNEY – “She wanted to be the envy of others,” said an Australian judge of Mélina Roberge. There’s little to envy now: The 24-year-old was on Wednesday sentenced to eight years for drug trafficking, in a case that involved $20 million of cocaine, an exotic cruise, and social media.
  Roberge and Isabelle Lagacé, 30, left Quebec and set sail on what by all appearances was a glamorous six-week cruise with stops in places like Bermuda, Peru, Chile, and Tahiti,
  
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• 42 Percent Of Americans At Risk Of Retiring Broke, Survey Finds

  18-04-2018 19:17
  CBS Local — An annual survey of how well Americans are preparing for retirement has found that a large number of people are at risk of leaving the workforce with barely anything saved up.
  According to personal finance website GoBankingRates.com, 42 percent of Americans polled said they have less than $10,000 saved for their eventual retirement. The 2018 poll of 1,000 people, ranging from millennials to baby boomers, found that nearly 14 percent of Americans have absolutely nothing saved fo
  
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• Stamford Man Commends Crew's Response on Ill-Fated Flight

  18-04-2018 19:12
  
  A Stamford man was on the Southwest flight that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday after something went horribly wrong and he said the flight crew members were “outstanding” during a tragic...Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Best Art Museums In The Southwest

  18-04-2018 19:06
  By Randy Yagi
  Blessed with breathtaking natural beauty, a wealth of outdoor activities and phenomenal dining and lodging, the Southwest clearly has all of the makings for an unforgettable vacation. But while golf may be king in Phoenix, along with the Diamondbacks and Cardinals, and Denver has the Broncos and the Rockies, visitors to the Southwestern U.S. should also not overlook the more traditional cultural activities that are offered in its most popular cities, such as film festivals, live th
  
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• Out-of-state drivers owe MassDOT $15 million in Massachusetts Turnpike tolls under gantry system

  18-04-2018 18:48
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Out-of-state drivers traveling along the Massachusetts Turnpike without E-ZPass transponders owe the state more than $15 million in uncollected tolls and fees — payments the Massachusetts Department of Transportation is largely unable to collect, according to masslive.
  As of this month, MassDOT reported that more than 2 million out-of-state drivers had traveled on Interstate 90 without transponders under the new system, which replaced toll plazas with scanners mo
  
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• Thousands turn out for funeral of a Mass. officer killed in the line of duty

  18-04-2018 18:04
  YARMOUTH, Mass. — Thousands of police officers from hundreds of departments have marched to a church where the funeral for a Massachusetts officer killed in the line of duty is being held.
  A long ribbon of uniformed and white-gloved officers marched from the local high school to St. Pius X Roman Catholic church in Yarmouth on Wednesday to stand outside during the Mass for Yarmouth K-9 Officer Sean Gannon.
  The Mass is to be followed by a private burial for family and colleagues.
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• Girlfriend charged in fatal Manchester restaurant shooting

  18-04-2018 17:58
  MANCHESTER — The girlfriend of a Connecticut restaurant manager charged in the fatal shooting of a cook is seeking probation for a charge of hindering prosecution.
  Prosecutors say 23-year-old Leanne Robitaille applied for an accelerated rehabilitation program during an appearance Hartford Superior Court on Monday. If she is accepted into and completes the program, the charge would be dismissed. The Journal-Inquirer reportsanother hearing on the matter has been scheduled for May 23.
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• Experts Say Showering Too Much May Do More Harm Than Good

  18-04-2018 17:57
  CBS Local — Many people start the day with shower to wake themselves up or at night to get the day’s grime off; however, health experts are saying people are probably washing up too much.
  According to multiple reports, excessive showering is actually doing damage to the skin and the body’s ability to heal itself. “Soap and the hot water dissolve the lipids in the skin and scrubbing only hastens the process,” experts say, via a report in PJ Media. The report add
  
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• Yale secret society warns students of humiliating pranks by impostor

  18-04-2018 17:54
  NEW HAVEN — Skull and Bones, the secret society at Yale University, is warning of an impostor who has called some students purporting to recruit them and then asking them to complete a humiliating challenge.
  The campus society has figured prominently in books, films and conspiracy theories. Its secrecy has fueled the public’s curiosity about a group that counts former Secretary of State John Kerry and both Presidents Bush among its past members.
  The note sent out to members of Yale&r
  
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• Pets: The opioid epidemic’s forgotten victims

  18-04-2018 17:52
  PHILADELPHIA – The opioid crisis ravaging many parts of the country is impacting a group usually untouched by the drug wars – pets, Fox News reports. 
  The ongoing battle to regulate opioids has left veterinarians scrambling to find medicine and pain killers for their small, furry patients.
  The government has tried to reduce opioid addiction by reining in the amount of drugs that are produced and distributed. That means nationwide there is an unprecedented shortage in the inject
  
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• Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico

  18-04-2018 17:34
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico, which suffering unstable power grid following hurricane.
  Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, home to more than 3 million US citizens, in late September.
  Puerto Rico has lost 3.4 billion customer-hours of electricity service due to Maria, according to an analysis released Thursday by the economic data analytics and policy firm Rhodium Group. That made it the largest blackout in US history and the second largest in
  
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• Expanded services on Hartford rail line to begin this June

  18-04-2018 17:32
  HARTFORD — Looking to travel more? A new announcement from the Connecticut Department of Transportation may soon make that easier.
  “I think it’s great, I always think that connecting people, offering easier ways to travel, and cheaper ways to travel is always a great idea,” says Zak Kline. “There’s never any harm in that!”
  That is how one excited traveler feels hearing the news that the Hartford Rail Line will officially launch this June.
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• Erica Messer Talks Criminal Minds & Season Finale

  18-04-2018 17:13
  “Criminal Minds” is one of the longest running shows on television today. The show, which premiered in 2005, finds a way to authentically scare the audience and at the same time glorify the heroes who hunt down serial killers. Erica Messer has seen the show through since it’s infancy. Messer was named showrunner back in 2010 and worked every job from screenwriter to executive producer.
  Messer chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about her career, the reasons behind the lo
  
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• Computer program written by Platt Tech students headed to space station

  18-04-2018 17:10
  MILFORD -- The International Space Station is one of humanity’s greatest scientific achievements, orbiting the earth at 250 miles above our heads. Astronauts and Cosmonauts from 18 different countries have continuously occupied the station since 2000. Those astronauts have strict schedules to follow, and that brings us to the problem that NASA is trying to solve.
  Shayne White, a sophomore at Platt Tech in Milford, explains: “On the space station, everything’s mapped out for th
  
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• Jodie Sweetin, Beverley Mitchell & Christine Lakin On Hollywood Darlings

  18-04-2018 17:09
  What’s old is new again in the world of entertainment. Several hit television shows from the 90s and big name actors and actresses are making their way back to living rooms across America. Jodie Sweetin, Beverley Mitchell and Christine Lakin all became household names in the 90s. Sweetin starred on “Full House”, Mitchell made a name of herself on “7th Heaven” and Lakin carried the torch on “Step by Step.” These three women have been friends for a long ti
  
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• Dick’s Sporting Goods to destroy all guns pulled from shelves

  18-04-2018 16:56
  PITTSBURGH — Dick’s Sporting Goods will be destroying all the guns and accessories that it stopped selling in late February.
  In a statement to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette earlier this month, a company spokeswoman said they are “in the process of destroying all firearms and accessories” associated with the policy change.
  The retail giant will be destroying the assault-style rifles at the company’s distribution centers and the remaining parts will be sent to a salvage
  
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• WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino dies at 82

  18-04-2018 16:50
  WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino passed away at age 82.
  Sammartino held the WWE Championship for nearly eight years — by far the longest reign of all time, and a record for all professional wrestling champions, no matter the organization. A household name all over the country, the beloved hero defended his title in legendary rivalries against WWE Hall of Famers Killer Kowalski, Gorilla Monsoon and George “The Animal” Steele.
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• Melania Trump will attend Barbara Bush’s funeral

  18-04-2018 16:47
  WASHINGTON DC — First lady Melania Trump will attend the funeral for Barbara Bush in Texas on Saturday.
  “Mrs. Trump plans to pay her respects at the funeral on Saturday,” her communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN.
  It is common for sitting first ladies to attend the funerals of former first ladies, as Michelle Obama did in 2016 for the funeral in California of former first lady Nancy Reagan. Then-first lady Hillary Clinton attended the burial of Jacqueline Kennedy O
  
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• 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy summoned for jury duty

  18-04-2018 15:42
  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania 4-year-old received a summons for jury duty but unfortunately can't go because "he has preschool that day."
  "He's always been a very serious child, but I didn't think he was quite ready for that kind of a thing, there,” Damien Shrader's mom Desiree told WNEP.
  It showed up this week in Damien's great-grandmother's mailbox, ordering the preschooler to show up at the Luzerne County Courthouse.
  When asked if he understood the summons, Damien sweetly sh
  
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• A comedian broke his penis and wrote a book about it

  18-04-2018 15:34
  NEW YORK  — What may be every man’s worst medical nightmare happened to 32-year-old Ross Asdourian.
  “I think that all men in the depths of their brain know that this is possible. And I will go a step further and say that most men have probably had scares where maybe it bent a little bit, myself included,” Asdourian said.
  About three years ago, Asdourian, a New York-based comedian and filmmaker, met up with an old friend at a bar. He took her back to his apartment in
  
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• Tennessee lawmakers punish Memphis for removing statues

  18-04-2018 15:23
  NASHVILLE, Tenn.  — The Republican-dominated House in Tennessee voted Tuesday to punish the city of Memphis for removing Confederate monuments by taking $250,000 away from the city that would have been used for a bicentennial celebration next year.
  The retaliation came in the form of passage of a last-minute amendment attached to the House appropriations bill that triggered heated debate on the House floor and stinging rebukes from lawmakers from Memphis.
  Rep. Antonio Parkinson began
  
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