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• Ultra-Clean Homes Can Trigger Childhood Cancer, Study Finds

  21-05-2018 22:56
  LONDON (CBS Local) – A groundbreaking study into what triggers cancer has found that children who are “too hygienic” and are kept away from other kids were at greater risk for developing leukemia.
  The Details:A cancer study has found that children living in ultra-clean environments have higher rates of leukemia
  Professor Mel Greaves says children need to have their immune system “primed” by exposure to various germs
  Greaves found that children with siblings or
  
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• Hasbro Trademarks Play-Doh’s ‘Sweet, Slightly Musky’ Scent

  21-05-2018 22:02
  PAWTUCKET, RI (CBS Local) – Anyone that’s ever played with Play-Doh knows its iconic smell. The children’s art and crafts favorite is so famous that Play-Doh’s parent company is trademarking the nostalgic scent of the moldable toy.
  Hasbro made the announcement on May 18, in a statement which described the modeling compound’s smell as “the combination of a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, and the nat
  
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• Febreze Freshens Up Town After ‘Poop Train’ Wreaks Havoc

  21-05-2018 20:48
  PARRISH, AL (CBS Local) – How do you rid an entire town of the stench left by 200 poop-filled shipping containers? Apparently the answer is simple: you spray it with Febreze.
  Carloads of the odor-eliminating products, produced by Proctor and Gamble, were recently delivered to residents in Parrish, Alabama after a New York City “poop train” was hauled away on April 17. The disgusting cargo had been sitting in rail cars near Parrish for over two months while it waited t
  
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• The Baseball Report: Cano Suspended 80 Games, Cardinals Reliever Hits 105 On Radar Gun

  21-05-2018 19:36
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  The Seattle Mariners hopes of breaking their playoff drought took a bit of a hit last week when news broke that the league was suspending star second baseman Robinson Cano for 80 games due to a violation of the league’s PED policy. Cano tested positive for the diuretic furosemide, which is a banned substance under league policy. However, it only triggers an automatic suspension if the league can prove that the player used it with the intent of it being a masking agent.
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• This Week In Golf: Aaron Wise Wins First On Tour At AT&T Byron Nelson

  21-05-2018 19:03
  By Sam McPherson
  Playing the weekend in 11-under par, PGA Tour rookie Aaron Wise won his first tournament on Sunday at the AT&T Byron Nelson, played at the Trinity Forest Golf Club course in Dallas. Overall, Wise finished 23-under for the tournament, beating Marc Leishman by three strokes after Leishman had established a new 36-hole record for the event after the first two rounds of play.
  Wise’s 65 effort on Sunday broke the tie he and Leishman shared at the start of the fourth round,
  
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• Police: Barber Throws Customer Through Window After Haircut Complaint

  21-05-2018 19:01
  BROOKLYN, NY (CBS Local) – A barber in Brooklyn is on the run after allegedly tossing one of his customers through a store window. Witnesses say the fight broke out after the customer complained about his haircut and allegedly refused to leave a tip.
  Ismael Dushan was at the Levels Barbershop on May 17 when he says he began to argue with the unidentified barber about trimming his beard. The stylist “was just really negative,” Dushan told the New York Daily News. The 3
  
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• NJ High School Principal Apologizes For ‘Party Like It’s 1776’ Prom Tickets

  21-05-2018 18:29
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The principal of New Jersey’s Cherry Hill High School East has issued an apology after some words on the school’s senior prom tickets drew criticism.
  The tickets told students to “party like it’s 1776,” because the dance is being held at the National Constitution Center.
  Philadelphia Police Issue Warrant For Arrest Of DJ Jarez Coleman
  “It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what
  
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• Pete Prisco’s 2018 NFL Breakout Players

  21-05-2018 18:28
  By Pete Prisco
  (CBS Sports)- One of the best things about a coming NFL season is trying to figure out which players are ready to take a big step forward.
  Usually, it’s players who seemed to figure it out in the second half of the previous season. They might have honed a technique or learned new moves or figured out the speed of the game, which means less thinking and more reacting.
  I have listed 10 players below who I think are ready to take major steps forward in 2018.
  The list features p
  
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• Royal Wedding Flowers Turned Into Bouquets For Hospice Patients

  21-05-2018 17:50
  LONDON (CBS Local/CNN) – Residents of a hospice in London woke up Sunday to a pleasant and sweet-smelling surprise: the flowers that surrounded the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding day.
  The donated flowers, which adorned both St. George’s Chapel and St. George’s Hall in Windsor on May 19, were designed by Philippa Craddock and a team of florists from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.The bouquets were made up of foxgloves, peonies, and white garden roses, many of
  
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• Keidel: Should The Mets Trade deGrom, Syndergaard?

  21-05-2018 17:46
  By Jason Keidel
  Considering the biblical footprint the New York Yankees have left on baseball, it would be easy to forget there are two teams in the Big Apple.
  The New York Mets, so long the poor cousins to the Yankees, have had spurts of success. But with two World Series titles in 56 years — and none since 1986 — they haven’t owned much bold ink. After a 12-2 start this season, they have tumbled down the steps of the NL East, going 11-17 since April 20.
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• Deaf, pregnant woman says man punched her and service dog on plane

  21-05-2018 14:59
  ORLANDO, Fla.  — A deaf woman who is 5 months pregnant says a man punched her in the stomach and hit her service dog during a confrontation on an airplane as it arrived at a Florida airport.
  Hazel Ramirez says she and her partner, Matthew Silvay, were confronted Thursday by Timothy Manley, who objected to their service dog, Zariel, a Great Dane.
  Manley says the dog triggered his wife’s allergies as the flight from Colorado Springs to Orlando was making its descent.
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• Police: Baby dies after father forgets to take her to daycare, left in hot car

  21-05-2018 14:25
  EAGLE PASS, Texas — Police in South Texas say a 7-month-old girl has died after being left in a parked car amid triple-digit temperatures when her father apparently forgot to take her to day care before going to work.
  Eagle Pass police said Thursday that the car was parked at a local school where the father worked as a teacher. Officer Humberto Garza says investigators believe the baby’s death was accidental.
  Police say emergency personnel were summoned to the school parking lot
  
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• Cougar kills mountain biker, injures another in Washington state

  21-05-2018 14:17
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  SEATTLE — The cougar appeared to be stalking two men as they rode their bikes over the weekend in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle. Then suddenly the animal charged, the survivor of the fatal cougar attack told authorities.
  The survivor said he hit the cougar in the head with his mountain bike, and the animal ran into the woods. But as the men were catching their breath and getting back on the bicycles, the animal returned and fastened its mouth on the man’s head, crunc
  
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• 14-year-old pretends he’s a NY cop, robs a legally blind man

  21-05-2018 13:54
  NEW YORK  — A wily 14-year-old boy who posed as a New York City police officer while snatching a legally blind man’s wallet in a Manhattan subway station on pretense of helping him was arrested on Sunday.
  His mother turned the baby-faced youth in to police nearly a week after authorities said he fled the subway station at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Macy’s, leaving his victim behind.
  On May 14, police said he approached the 64-year-old man, identifying himself as a
  
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• Lawmakers return to Washington amid calls for gun control

  21-05-2018 12:25
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  WASHINGTON DC — Just days after a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, claimed 10 lives, some Democratic lawmakers want to call attention back to gun control, an issue that has consistently struggled to gain traction on Capitol Hill.
  Lawmakers are returning to Washington on Monday, but there’s skepticism that Congress would be willing to take up a divisive topic such as gun control, just months before the midterm elections.
  Politicians from states that have been devastated
  
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• Woman claims Mario Batali drugged, sexually assaulted her inside NYC restaurant’s ‘rape room’

  21-05-2018 11:36
  NEW YORK — Mario Batali, one of the most famous chefs in the world, was accused of a string of disturbing crimes by a woman who used to work for him — crimes including drugging and sexually assaulting her inside a New York City restaurant, in a third-floor space notoriously known by employees as the “rape room.” Fox News reports.
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  The woman told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday that she woke up surrounded by broken bottle
  
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• Pope Francis tells gay man: ‘God made you like that and loves you like that’

  21-05-2018 11:32
  VATICAN CITY — A victim of clerical sexual abuse has revealed that Pope Francis told him that God made him gay and that his sexuality “does not matter.”
  Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse, spent three days with Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, in which he discussed his sexuality and the abuse he suffered at the hands of a Chilean priest.
  Describing his encounter with the Pope to CNN, Cruz said: “You know Juan Carlos, that does not matter. God made you like
  
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• These are the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting

  21-05-2018 11:29
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  SANTA FE, Texas — Ten people were killed in Friday’s shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. At least 13 others were wounded.
  All 10 of those killed have been identified, according to a statement from First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Petroff in Galveston County. Initially, authorities said nine students and one teacher were killed. They updated that information Saturday, saying two teachers and eight students were killed.
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• NYC Mayor de Blasio tells police to end arrests for marijuana smoking

  21-05-2018 11:23
  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has told top brass at the city’s police department to stop arresting people who are caught smoking marijuana in public, according to a City Hall aide.
  Currently, smoking in public can lead to arrest, while possession of small amounts of marijuana can lead to a summons.
  This weekend, the mayor told the NYPD to issue summonses for smoking pot in public, instead of making arrests.
  The NYPD has already begun a working group to evaluate its ma
  
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• Starbucks: You don’t need to buy anything to hang out in our stores

  21-05-2018 11:19
  (CNN Money) — Starbucks stores are now open to all — no purchase necessary.
  The company informed US employees on Friday that people can gather in their cafes and patios even if they don’t buy drinks, and that store bathrooms are available to everyone.
  “Any person who enters our spaces, including patios, cafes and restrooms, regardless of whether they make a purchase, is considered a customer,” Starbucks said in an email to employees.
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• Southington fire leaves one dead

  21-05-2018 03:47
  SOUTHINGTON — A late night fire Saturday left one person and a pet dead.
  The fire, at 640 Prospect St. broke out Saturday night about 10 pm. The victim was taken to the hospital where they later died.
  A pet also died in the fire.
  The state fire marshal’s office and Southington Fire are investigating.
  
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• Clinton ribs Trump with Russian cap at Yale’s Class Day

  21-05-2018 03:40
  NEW HAVEN  — Hillary Clinton returned to Yale University this weekend, warning the graduating class of the "tumultuous times" that await them and using the school's tradition of over-the-top headwear to rib President Donald Trump with her own unusual hat: a Russian fur cap.
  The audience laughed as she said, "If you can't beat them, join them."
  Clinton says she's concerned about the country's political polarization but believes the current crop of graduates is prepared to rise to the c
  
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• 4 arrested after Mother’s Day brawl at Outback Steakhouse in Orange

  21-05-2018 03:26
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  Police said on Mother’s Day, May 13 at about 9:50 pm they received multiple 911 calls about a fight in progress at Outback Steakhouse, 132 Marsh Hill Road, Orange.  When they arrived, officers found that restaurant staff had separated the combatants.  Officials said two families had been seated in
  
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• Blumenthal, Esty promise help as they tour damaged homes in New Fairfield

  21-05-2018 03:11
  NEW FAIRFIELD -- When Douglas Tice looks at his home, he sees a caved in garage, destroyed chimneys, destroyed walls and back deck.
  And when it rains, now it rains inside.
  On Sunday he gave a tour of the home to Senator Richard Blumenthal and Representative Elizabeth Esty.
  "I've got over 100 trees down on my property. and I'm missing half of my house, said Tice.
  He is hoping for federal relief from FEMA, "It would be years for me to clear everything out of here if I had to do it on my own. So w
  
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• Police body camera footage tells a different story from So. Carolina NAACP chapter president’s claims

  21-05-2018 02:33
  TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. – A local president of the NAACP’s claim of racial profiling posted on Facebook have been contradicted by police body cam footage released by the department.
  SCnow.com reported,  “The Rev. Jerrod Moultrie, whose Facebook page says he is still the chapter’s president, posted on April 13 that he was racially profiled by a Timmonsville officer because he was ‘driving a Mercedes Benz and going home in a nice neighborhood.’ It is unclea
  
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• Towns warn of dangers with generator use

  21-05-2018 02:12
  HAMDEN — Towns still recovering from Tuesday’s storm are warning about problems resulting in the improper use of generators.
  New Fairfield warned that generators should not be set up inside buildings or near windows, because carbon monoxide in the exhaust could result in CO poisoning. “Generators should ALWAYS be placed outside and far away from living spaces and any windows, doors and vents. It is critical to understand placement and usage of a generator along with the benefit
  
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• New Britain suspect steals car with kids inside

  21-05-2018 01:32
  NEW BRITAIN -- Family members said a car theft suspect got more than they bargained for Sunday when they stole a vehicle with two children inside.
  According to the family, around 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon a woman was fueling a Toyota Sierra mini van at a gas station at 342 Columbus Blvd. Her two grandchildren were inside the van. When she went inside the store to pay, a suspect jumped in the van and sped away with the two children still in the back seat. Another car followed the stolen van.
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• Storm damage complicates response to house fire in New Fairfield

  21-05-2018 00:34
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  Missing AttachmentNEW FAIRFIELD — Damage in the wake of Tuesday’s storm complicated the response to a house fire Saturday.
  Officials said firefighters were called to a fire at 27 Lloyd Ave.  A firefighter that was at Ball Pond firehouse grabbed an extinguisher and responded down the street and saw that the fire had spread to the home. The house’s occupants got
  
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• Giuliani says Mueller could end probe of Trump by September

  21-05-2018 00:04
  Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller is aiming to finish the probe into potential wrongdoing by President Donald Trump by September.
  Giuliani, Trump’s attorney, confirmed to CNN that Mueller’s office shared its timeline with him about a month ago. The New York Times first reported on Mueller’s time frame.
  The former New York mayor said, however, that Mueller gave him the information within the context of a discussion about whether Trump would do an inte
  
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