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• Rudy Giuliani to join Trump legal team in Russia probe

  19-04-2018 23:40
  WASHINGTON  — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining the legal team defending President Donald Trump in the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
  That’s according to a statement from Trump personal attorney Jay Sekulow. The addition of Giuliani adds an experienced litigator and former U.S. attorney in Manhattan. Trump has struggled to add lawyers to his legal team since the resignation of John Dowd last month.
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• Jags’ best friend? NFL team 1st with dog park inside stadium

  19-04-2018 22:59
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  — These cats are for the dogs.
  The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Thursday they plan to be the first NFL team to have a dog park inside the stadium.
  The 2,000-square-foot area, operated by Pet Paradise, will open this fall in the south end zone and feature artificial turf, a pool and palm trees.
  Fans can leave their dogs there and go watch the game. Or they can stay in the park with their dogs during the game.
  “People are just taking their pets everywhere now
  
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• 911 Operator Jailed For Hanging Up On Thousands Of Callers

  19-04-2018 22:58
  HOUSTON (CBS Local) – A former 911 operator in Houston is headed to jail after an investigation revealed that the emergency center worker hung up on thousands of people who were calling for help.
  Crenshanda Williams was sentenced to 10 days in prison and 18 months on probation for interfering with emergency telephone calls. According to KHOU, the 44-year-old was working as an emergency operator in Houston from 2015 to 2016. During that time, Williams registered thousands of 
  
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• Resolution That Would Permit Early Voting in CT Clears House

  19-04-2018 22:54
  
  A resolution that would allow for early voting in Connecticut passed the state House of Representatives Thursday.
  
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• Last Caribou Herd On U.S. Mainland ‘Functionally Extinct’, Experts Say

  19-04-2018 22:37
  HELENA (CBS Local) – Another species is about to disappear from the American wilderness. The last herd of southern mountain caribou – known as gray ghosts – has reportedly dwindled down to the point where wildlife experts are calling them “functionally extinct” in the U.S. mainland.
  The Selkirk herd – the last group of caribou living in the lower 48 states – has gone from a population of around 50 in 2009 to just three females currently. “It&r
  
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• Partly cloudy Friday with temps in the mid-40s

  19-04-2018 22:30
  After another damp and dreary day, the steady rain has ended. There could be an isolated shower or flurry in spots tonight. But the worst is over and clouds are breaking apart as well.
  Friday is the start of a dry stretch of weather complete will a slow warming trend.  Look for partly cloudy but breezy conditions with highs in the low to mid 50s. Overall this weekend looks like a winner! It won’t be “warm” but blue skies and highs in the 50s will feel nice compared to rec
  
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• Yahoo, AOL’s New Privacy Policy Allows Them To Read Your Emails

  19-04-2018 22:08
  CBS Local — Oath, the media division of Verizon that runs both AOL and Yahoo, is finally unifying the privacy policy of its two giant legacy Internet brands. That means an updated set of privacy terms and policies for hundreds of millions of users. And in an online world where privacy expectations have been radically reshaped in light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica mess, it’s more important than ever to read the fine print on those splash screens.
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• UConn Break Dancing Club continues to spin in the spotlight

  19-04-2018 22:07
  STORRS --  Since 2002, the UConn Break Dancing Club has built a culture that makes everyone feel at home, no matter how many years of break dancing you may have under your belt.
  "I think this club is really special to me, honestly, because everyone acts like a family here," said club member Nandini Verma. "I’m really kind of scared to get back into dancing but all the guys and girls that come here usually really make me feel welcomed.
  "No matter if you’re a beginner o
  
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• Missing Salem Man Found Dead: State Police

  19-04-2018 22:03
  
  A 35-year-old Salem man who was reported missing has been found dead in the water at Renz Quarry in Salem, according to police.Photo Credit: Silver Alert
  
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• Google Creates App That Teaches Adults How To Code

  19-04-2018 21:44
  CBS Local — For many children computers have become the biggest resource when it comes to learning, socializing, and entertainment. With computer science becoming a bigger part of the world, some children are overtaking their parents in their knowledge of computer coding.
  Google is now trying to help adults keep up with their tech-savvy kids by introducing an app designed to teach people how to code. The tech giant has launched an app called Grasshopper which turns learning how t
  
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• What’s on the menu? A look at Shake Shack

  19-04-2018 21:35
  WEST HARTFORD — Shake Shack’s latest location opens in West Hartford next week.
  The restaurant is located at 1445 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, in Corbin’s Corner. The doors open on Friday, April 27 at 11 a.m.
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• Your Stories: Haddam Locals Want Cell Service on Route 154

  19-04-2018 21:30
  
  Route 154 in Haddam is a cell phone dead zone, and locals say it’s been that way for years. But despite multiple pushes for better service, none of the major carriers have committed to investing in the area, and...
  
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• Student Suspected of Setting Fires at Hartford Public High School

  19-04-2018 20:56
  
  Hartford Public High School was evacuated and a student has been detained after two fires broke out in the building at 55 Forest St. Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Missing New Britain Mother and Son Found in Pennsylvania

  19-04-2018 20:55
  
  New Britain police have located a 7-year-old boy and his mother who were reported missing on Monday safe in Pennsylvania.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Montville School Officials Did Not Report 'Fight Club': PD

  19-04-2018 20:44
  
  State police have arrested the superintendent of schools in Montville and the principal and assistant principal of Montville High School who are accused of failing to report an alleged fight club in a classroom...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Michigan mother leaves 2 infant girls in suitcase on curb

  19-04-2018 20:17
  FLINT, Mich. — Police said a 26-year-old Michigan woman left her two infant daughters inside a suitcase on the side of the road as child welfare workers arrived to take the children away.
  Police said officers assisting Child Protective Services workers Wednesday were unable to find the children inside the Flint home, about 50 miles northwest of Detroit. Authorities have not said why the children were being removed.
  WNEM-TV reports that officers looked outside the home and found the girls i
  
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• State Police investigating Naugatuck road rage involving gunfire

  19-04-2018 20:11
  NAUGATUCK - Connecticut State Police are investigating an apparent road rage incident that occurred Tuesday night where several shots were fired at one vehicle from another.
  The investigation began shortly after 8pm, in the area of Route 8 North near exit 27 in Naugatuck.
  The initial cause of the dispute is unknown.. But police say the victim claimed that an unidentified driver of a pick-up truck fired several shots at the victim’s vehicle before the driver left route 8 from the exit 27 o
  
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• Man Hit By Car in Hartford Has Died: Police

  19-04-2018 20:08
  
  A 52-year-old Hartford man who was hit by a car Thursday morning has died, according to Hartford police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• I-84 Reopens in Southbury After Gas Leak

  19-04-2018 19:54
  
  Interstate 84 was closed at exit 16 in Southbury after a construction company hit a gas line, but it has reopened, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Former WWE Star Pete Gas Talks Undertaker-Rusev Situation

  19-04-2018 19:44
  By Chuck Carroll
  The world of pro wrestling is pretty much unlike any other. It floods our televisions and arenas with colorful, larger-than-life, loud-mouthed characters who captivate our imaginations. The funny thing is many of the people who portray those characters are themselves also colorful and loud-mouthed. Pete Gas knows this very well.
  As a member of the short-lived but memorable Mean Street Posse during the Attitude Era, he traveled up and down America’s highways and byways whil
  
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• West Hartford Shake Shack to Open Next Week

  19-04-2018 19:12
  
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• McKayla Maroney asks if gymnastics was worth it in first speech since Nassar abuse case

  19-04-2018 19:05
  McKayla Maroney questioned whether or not her star gymnastics career “was really even worth it” because of the fallout from her sexual abuse at the hands of team doctor Larry Nassar, she said Tuesday.
  “I wasn’t listened to, cared about or believed, and all of those things need to be weeded out of society, because that’s where things went wrong,” she said.
  The statements marked Maroney’s first public remarks since she revealed on her Twitter account
  
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• Target Offering Car Seat Discounts For Trading In Your Old One

  19-04-2018 18:38
  MINNEAPOLIS (CBS Local) – Target’s annual car seat trade-in event starts Monday, April 22 and runs through May 5.
  Parents can bring an old car seat into any Target and get a coupon for 20 percent off the price of a new one. The coupon can be used to buy car seats, booster seats, car seat bases, travel systems, or strollers. Customers will get one coupon per item brought into Guest Services. The coupon expires on May 19 and purchases can be made in store or online.
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• Pete Prisco Mock Draft: Giants Take Darnold

  19-04-2018 18:30
  By Pete Prisco
  (CBS Sports)- We are one week away from the NFL Draft, and there is still so much uncertainty.
  Who will go first overall to the Cleveland Browns? How many quarterbacks go in the top 10? How many trades will we see?
  With that as a backdrop, here is Mock Draft No. 6 from me, which might be my final one depending on any late information.
  In it, I have the four top quarterbacks going off the board with the first four picks — including the Buffalo Bills making a move up to the No
  
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• Minnesota prosecutor won’t file charges in Prince’s death

  19-04-2018 18:30
  MINNEAPOLIS — The prosecutor in the Minnesota county where Prince died said Thursday that no criminal charges will be filed in the musician’s death, effectively ending the state’s two-year investigation into how Prince got the fentanyl that killed him.
  Carver County Attorney Mark Metz’s announcement on no criminal charges came just hours after documents revealed that a doctor who was accused of illegally prescribing an opioid for Prince had agreed to pay $30,000 to settle
  
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• Fires Force Evacuation of Hartford Public High School

  19-04-2018 17:53
  
  Hartford Public High School was evacuated after two fires broke out in the building on Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Montville School Officials Accused of Failing to Report Alleged High School Fight Club

  19-04-2018 17:38
  
  State police have arrested the superintendent of schools in Montville and the principal and assistant principal of Montville High School who are accused of failing to report an alleged fight club in a classroom...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Naugatuck police: Suspects bought $1,300 worth of goods with counterfeit bills

  19-04-2018 17:35
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  Police said the suspects pictured passed $1,340 worth of counterfeit $20 bills at Walmart on Wednesday. Witnesses reported seeing them leave the store and get into a vehicle with New York Registration plates.
  If anyone has information on these thefts you are urged to contact the Naugatuck PD at 203-729-5
  
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• Kenny Johnson On Working With His Daughter & S.W.A.T.

  19-04-2018 17:27
  There is nothing like a father daughter relationship. For actor Kenny Johnson, his relationship with his eight-year-old daughter Angelica is even more special because the two get to work with each other on screen. Kenny and Angelica have been in a few movies together and tonight will get the opportunity to appear together on “S.W.A.T.”
  Johnson chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about his daughter, tonight’s episode and his career.
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• Houston 911 operator found guilty of hanging up on callers

  19-04-2018 16:43
  HOUSTON — Prosecutors say a former 911 operator in Houston has been found guilty of hanging up on people calling for emergency services and sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation.
  The Harris County district attorney’s office says jurors on Wednesday found 44-year-old Crenshanda Williams guilty of interference with emergency telephone calls, a misdemeanor. A judge sentenced her.
  Prosecutors say she worked as a 911 operator for a year and a half, ending in 2016. Record
  
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• Alert for Salem Man Canceled

  19-04-2018 16:39
  
  State police have canceled a Silver Alert for a missing man after a search in the area of Witch Meadow in Salem.Photo Credit: Silver Alert
  
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• Karen McDougal, ex-Playboy model, settles lawsuit that silenced her on alleged Trump affair

  19-04-2018 16:27
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  Karen McDougal, the former Playboy Playmate who says she had an affair with Donald Trump and then unwittingly entered into a contract that wouldn’t let her speak to the press, is now free to tell her story.
  “I am pleased to have reached a settlement with AMI (American Media Inc.) on my own terms, which restores to me the rights to my life story and frees me from this contract that I was misled into signing nearly two years ago,” McDougal said in a statement sent to
  
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• Tenn. Airmen fired, demoted over viral dinosaur puppet video

  19-04-2018 16:21
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  The US Air Force is making it clear that dinosaur puppets have no place in its “time-honored” military traditions — levying tough punishments against three members of the Tennessee Air National Guard involved in a viral video depicting a reenlistment ceremony.
  All three of the individuals involved in the viral video — which showed a female non-commissioned officer taking the reenlistment oath with a dinosaur puppet on her right hand — were removed from t
  
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• Timeline of investigations into the Trump campaign and Russian operatives

  19-04-2018 16:10
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  FBI – In July of 2016, the FBI launched a cou
  
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• 3 men convicted in plot to attack Somali immigrants with weapon of mass destruction

  19-04-2018 16:03
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  KANSAS — A federal jury found three men guilty of conspiring to bomb a Kansas apartment complex to target Somali refugees.
  The three men had plotted to blow up the complex that also contained a mosque, where the immigrants lived and worshiped, according to the Department of Justice.
  Patrick Eugene Stein, 49, of Kansas, Curtis Allen, 50, of Kansas, and Gavin Wright, 49, of Oklahoma, were convicted on one count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count
  
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• Corey Chavous: Bradley Chubb Is The Top Prospect In The Draft In My Evaluation

  19-04-2018 16:00
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  We’re just one week away from the NFL’s biggest off-season event rolling into Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Over the last few months, there’s been plenty of debate about the top prospects, how many QBs will go in the first round, who are the sleepers, etc. As always, there are plenty of places to turn for draft information, but one of the best we’ve found is former NFL safety and current CBS Sports Network analyst/founder of Draft Nasty Magazine, Corey C
  
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• CBS Announces 11 Series Renewals For 2018-2019

  19-04-2018 15:56
  Demonstrating strength, stability and depth across the schedule, CBS has announced the renewals of 11 more primetime series for the 2018-2019 season.
  Combined with previously announced pickups, CBS has now renewed 17 series for next year, including its entire Tuesday and Friday night lineups.
  Wednesday’s announced renewals featured the following shows: Blue Bloods, Bull, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, MacGyver, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Survivor, The Amazing Race, 48 Hours and
  
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• Red Sox continue best-ever start with 9-0 win over Angels

  19-04-2018 15:44
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Everything is going right for the Boston Red Sox, and it has propelled them to the best start in the franchise’s long history.
  Rafael Devers hit his first career grand slam, Rick Porcello threw six scoreless innings and the Red Sox improved to 15-1 since losing on opening day with a 9-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
  Mitch Moreland had four RBIs, including a two-run homer in the ninth, and J.D Martinez hit a solo shot in the seventh to help the
  
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• Proud to Serve: Veteran Equine Therapy Services

  19-04-2018 15:34
  STONINGTON - Veteran Equine Therapy Services is a place that is dedicated to helping veterans who are struggling with PTSD after they served in the armed forces.
  The use of horses creates a calming atmosphere for the veterans, and makes them aware of their surroundings as well as how they are responding to different stimuli around them.
  One veteran, Chris Capozzi, was helped tremendously by the organization, and now serves on the board of directors.
  Recently, the New England Black Wolves and Mo
  
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• Police ID Motorcyclist Killed in Manchester Crash

  19-04-2018 15:16
  
  A 44-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Highland Street in Manchester Saturday, according to Manchester police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• WorkinCT: Against All Odds Personal Training

  19-04-2018 15:09
  GLASTONBURY -- When trainer Tyrek Pratt works with Gary Korman, he offers words of encouragement and perfects his form. He does the same with Nanette Dobkin.
  “Be out a little bit wider, make sure when we pull, we pull with our lats,” Pratt said as she did pulled her chin up to the bar.
  But the conversations Pratt has with his clients go beyond that. Pratt hopes to be more than a personal trainer, he also aims to be part therapist.
  “The physical part is easy. The mental part is
  
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• Student goes from not knowing any English to valedictorian

  19-04-2018 14:59
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Amal Altareb came to the U.S. from Yemen in 2011 only knowing the phrase, “I don’t speak English,” now she has a bright future after being accepted into some of the country’s most prestigious colleges.
  Amal Altareb grew up in Yemen. When she was 11, her dad took a new job in the U.S., according to WREG.
  "What was happening in Yemen in 2011 and 2012, with the Arab spring, was one more reason to unite the family in one place. It would be a more
  
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• Beaten, tortured, sexually abused: An American ISIS widow looks for a way home

  19-04-2018 14:33
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  ELKHART, IN — For Samantha Sally, a vacation was all it took to flip her quiet middle-American world of muscle cars, cotton candy and an Indiana packing company, into the horror of the ritual beatings, serial rape, torture and propaganda videos of ISIS’s so-called Caliphate.
  A holiday is what her husband, Moussa Elhassani, promised her when she went to Hong Kong in 2014, she says. The couple was planning to move to Morocco to start a new, cheaper life, she says, and neede
  
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• Roads in Hartford Closed After Car Hits Pedestrian

  19-04-2018 14:24
  
  Police have responded to Wyllys and Groton streets in Hartford, near Hartford Hospital, after a car hit a man and the roads will be closed through the morning rush hour, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Cold, rainy Thursday with some areas seeing wintry mix/snow

  19-04-2018 10:31
  Rain will develop before daybreak around 4 AM and it could begin as a mix or even some snow for parts of northern Connecticut, especially in the higher elevations. While we don't expect much accumulation there could still be some issues for the morning commute Thursday.Missing Attachment
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• Stolen car pursuit from Hartford ends in New Britain, two teens arrested

  19-04-2018 10:24
  NEW BRITAIN — State Police say two teens were arrested after a stolen car lead to a pursuit from Hartford into New Britain.
  The pursuit ended on Monroe Street in New Britain.
  Police K9s located two teen boys hiding behind a house. They were subsequently arrested.
  There were no injuries reported, and police say one of the kids may have connections in the area.
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• Lawmakers hear from victims who experienced racial profiling during traffic stops

  19-04-2018 06:54
  HARTFORD -- Racial profiling during traffic stops has sparked heated debates across the country in recent years.
  On Monday that conversation made its way to the State Capitol with the author of a recent National Geographic article focusing on its impacts.
  “You have to accept not only that profiling is real but you have to start looking at well why is it happening and I think that’s a part of the debate you’re in in Connecticut right now,” Michael Fletcher said.
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• GOP gubernatorial candidates go toe-to-toe one last time in New Canaan

  19-04-2018 06:51
  NEW CANAAN--  Eight candidates took to the stage of Saxe Middle School in New Canaan Wednesday night for the fifth and final GOP gubernatorial debate.
  The first question of the night dealt with how the candidates would close Connecticut's budget gap.
  "Right now, we have a leader who is a chief tax collector," said tech entrepreneur Steve Obsitnik. "He is the chief apologizer of the situation we are in. I will be the chief economic developer of the state of Connecticut."
  "We're gonna end th
  
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