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• Connecticut Reacts to Changes in Miss America Competition

  05-06-2018 23:37
  
  Miss America has scrapped its swimsuit competition as the organization announced it will no longer judge the women on their appearances.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• ​Sara Bareilles And Josh Groban To Host 72nd Annual Tony Awards

  05-06-2018 23:30
  Who better to host Broadway’s Biggest Night than a pair of uber-talented Tony Award®-nominated performers?
  Tony Award nominees Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will host The 72nd Annual Tony Awards®, live from the historic Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 10 at 8/7c on CBS and CBS All Access.
  This will mark both Bareilles’ and Groban’s first time hosting the show. They each starred in Broadway shows last year—Bareilles in the hit show&
  
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• Fire Department Issues Warning About Kids Getting Burned By Garden Hoses Left In The Sun

  05-06-2018 23:26
  (CBS) — Las Vegas emergency officials are warning parents about a summertime risk to children in hot climates.
  Two years ago, a baby in Las Vegas was scalded by burning water that came from a garden hose that had been left sitting out in the sun.
  Knowing this could be a recurrent danger as the weather warms, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue issued a fresh warning about the risk Tuesday.
  Officials posted a photo of the scalded child, who suffered blistering burns on his back and arms. The incide
  
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• Mountains of Mulch: Hamden Storm Cleanup Continues

  05-06-2018 23:21
  
  Piles of mulch stretching the length of a football field are left in Hamden – the remnants of hundreds upon hundreds of trees ripped from their roots when a tornado rolled through last month.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police: Deputy Takes Down Armed Suspect With Can Of Beans

  05-06-2018 23:19
  YOUNGSTOWN, FL (CBS Local) – A Florida deputy is being praised for his expert aim after stopping a hammer-wielding suspect with a can of baked beans.
  Officers arrived at a Rainbow Food Store in Youngstown on May 31 after police were called to confront a man who was allegedly carrying a gun. When Sheriff Tommy Ford, Deputy Chief Joel Heape, and Maj. Jimmy Stanford found the suspect in the store, he was actually carrying a hammer and began attacking the officers.
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• 72nd Annual Tony Awards: The Complete List Of Nominees

  05-06-2018 23:16
  The following plays, musicals, casts, and crew members are nominated for a coveted brass medallion statue at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards®, which will be hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, and broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 10 at 8/7c on CBS and CBS All Access.
  Check out the full list of nominees for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards:
  Best PlayThe ChildrenFarinelli and The KingHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and TwoJunkLatin
  
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• 3 State Swimming Areas Closed Due to Water Quality Concerns

  05-06-2018 23:14
  
  Three state swimming areas are closed due to high bacteria levels in the water, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Sues CVS For Telling His Wife He Had A Viagra Prescription

  05-06-2018 22:41
  LONG ISLAND, NY (CBS Local) – A man in New York is suing CVS after the pharmacy giant revealed that he had a prescription for Viagra to his wife.
  The Details:A Long Island man is suing CVS for telling his wife he had a Viagra prescription
  Michael Feinberg was reportedly paying for the drug out of pocket and didn’t want his wife to know
  Feinberg claims in court documents that the information ruined his marriageAccording to the New York Post, Michael Feinberg claims a wo
  
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• Body Found in Vehicle in Norwich Walmart Parking Lot

  05-06-2018 22:39
  
  A body was found in a vehicle at the Walmart parking lot in Norwich Tuesday.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Graduating 8th Graders Get Ballistic Shields For Backpacks

  05-06-2018 22:09
  CHADDS FORD, Pa. (AP) – Graduating eighth graders have received a parting gift from their Pennsylvania school: ballistic shields for their backpacks.
  A company that makes the bulletproof inserts gave them to students during a ceremony Monday at St. Cornelius School in Chadds Ford, outside Philadelphia. Faculty members also received the 10-by-12-inch inserts.
  Unequal Technologies says the shields resist many types of bullets, shotgun blasts, shrapnel and knives. However, the lightweight pan
  
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• NBA Playoff Talk Turns To Trump And White House Visits

  05-06-2018 22:05
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James knows there’s one thing that is certain, no matter who wins this year’s NBA title.
  There will be no White House visit for the champions.
  President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his Tuesday ceremony celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory after many players declined to show up.
  The White House accused the players of abandoning their fans, and Trump quickly scheduled a “Celebration of Amer
  
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• Appeals Court Hears Case For Texas Inmate Who Ate His Eye

  05-06-2018 21:29
  HOUSTON, TX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Attorneys for a North Texas death row inmate who removed his only eye and ate it in a bizarre outburst several years ago are arguing to a federal appeals court that he’s too mentally ill to be executed.
  Lawyers for Andre Thomas also contend his trial attorneys were deficient when a North Texas jury in 2005 convicted him of killing his estranged wife’s 13-month old daughter.
  His estranged wife, Lauren Boren Thomas, and their 4-year-old son, And
  
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• Disabled Dad’s Heartwarming Gift To Daughter Goes Viral

  05-06-2018 21:02
  KATY, TX (CBS Local) – A father’s touching gift to his daughter has become a viral sensation and is helping a Texas family raise awareness about the staggering costs of caring for the disabled.
  Jim Porterfield was seriously injured by a drunk driver in 1981. Although he was reportedly told he may never walk again, Porterfield went on to become a father of four and provided for his family with an office job he held for more than 30 years.
  His daughter, Morgan Porterfield, says he
  
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• Stolen Credit Cards Were Used to Buy $4K Worth of Gift Cards

  05-06-2018 20:17
  
  Credit cards that were in a wallet that was stolen from the PF Chang’s restaurant at Westfarms mall were used to buy more than $4,000 worth of credit cards at Target stores in Southington and Waterbury...Photo Credit: Clinton Police
  
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• Police: Wrong-Way Driver On LSD Thought He Was Playing ‘Grand Theft Auto’

  05-06-2018 20:01
  GRANTS PASS, OR (CBS Local) – An Oregon man accused of stealing a car and driving for miles the wrong way claims he thought he was playing the popular video game “Grand Theft Auto” while high on LSD.
  Local authorities say Anthony Joseph Clark was stopped with several other people during a DUI arrest on June 2. While deputies were waiting for tow trucks to arrive, the 23-year-old allegedly jumped into one of the impounded cars and drove off.
  Clark was eventually stoppe
  
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• Man With Down Syndrome Gets Promotion From Boss

  05-06-2018 19:59
  (CBS NEWS/CBS LOCAL)– Trevor Jefferson is a barista, a “dance machine,” and he has Down syndrome. Trevor, 23, works at Bitty & Beau’s Coffee in Wilmington, North Carolina, a coffee shop that brews up opportunity for people with disabilities.
  Bitty & Beau’s Coffee prides itself on hiring great people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Trevor’s boss Amy Wright, the co-founder of Bitty & Beau’s, wanted to recognize his talent &mda
  
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• White House: Philadelphia Eagles ‘Decided To Abandon Their Fans’

  05-06-2018 18:52
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — The White House claims the Philadelphia Eagles abandoned their fans when they tried to reschedule their visit to meet President Donald Trump to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl victory.
  According to the White House, the Eagles notified them on May 31 that 81 people, including players, coaches, management and personnel would attend the White House event.
  “On Friday, the Secret Service cleared them for participation. These individuals, along with more than
  
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• Budget dispute may force early school closure in Ansonia

  05-06-2018 18:43
  ANSONIA — The Board of Education for the town of Ansonia says schools may have to close nearly two weeks early amid a dispute over funding.
  An attorney for the board says it will be half a million dollars short of what it needs to meet payroll obligations because of budget cuts imposed by the city.
  The attorney informed the state Department of Education a week ago that without that money, the board will have to close schools by June 6 due to insolvency. That would leave the district in dan
  
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• Couple Gets Engaged While Surrounded By Deadly Alligators

  05-06-2018 18:37
  ORLANDO, FL (CBS Local) – A Florida tourist decided to add some excitement to his proposal by popping the question in an alligator-infested theme park.
  In a state where local communities have been regularly invaded by the terrifying reptiles, Sam van Reeth of Belgium chose to invade Gatorland Orlando for his wedding proposal to Chana Vranken. Luckily, the gators in the Florida reptile habitat behaved themselves and Vranken said yes.“A friend of mine told me G
  
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• Travelers announces lineup for Celebrity Pro- Am

  05-06-2018 18:34
  HARTFORD – The  lineup for the Celebrity Pro-Am at the Travelers Championship will have its share of sports and entertainment names.
  The pro am will take place on Wednesday, June 20, at TPC River Highlands.
  Celebrities  include:• Ray Allen – NBA and UConn All-Star• Chris Berman – ESPN broadcaster• Nick Bonino – Nashville Predators• Jim Calhoun – Former UConn men’s basketball coach, currently at University of St. Joseph•
  
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• Iconic fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in her NYC apartment

  05-06-2018 18:11
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  Kate Brosnahan Spade, the fashion designer and businesswoman, hanged herself with a scarf in an apparent suicide Tuesday at a New York City apartment, according to a New York Police Department source.
  A suicide note was found, a second NYPD source said, adding that the call came in at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  The designer started Kate Spade New York in 1993 and opened the first shop in the city three years later, the company’s website states.
  Best known for its colorful ha
  
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• Ground Beef Shipped to Schools in Connecticut Recalled

  05-06-2018 18:02
  
  A recall has been issued for cooked ground beef shipped to schools, including in Connecticut, because it might contain hard pieces of plastic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  
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• ‘World Is A Better Place Without Her’: Woman’s Obituary Stuns Readers

  05-06-2018 17:55
  REDWOOD FALLS, MN (CBS Local) – A mother’s obituary in a Minnesota newspaper took an ugly turn when the writer chose to air the woman’s dirty laundry after her death.
  The five-paragraph memorial to 80-year-old Kathleen Dehmlow began like most obituaries, but quickly turned into an attack on Dehmlow and her past. The obituary alleges that the mother of two walked out on her children and had another child with her husband’s brother.
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• High School Athletes Sidelined After Smoking Cigars At Graduation

  05-06-2018 17:44
  SAUGUS, MA (CBS Boston/CBS Local) – It was Kevin Cucuzza’s winning goal that sent the Saugus High School varsity lacrosse team to postseason tournament play in a come from behind win. Then he learned Sunday that he and five other teammates have been suspended.
  “It hurts me a little more knowing that I helped get the team there. I’ve been with the coach and team for four years and we’ve gotten so much better since freshman year,” Cucuzza tells WBZ-TV.
  But when
  
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• Double Amputee Coming Off Two-Year Cocaine Suspension Is One Of Best Sprinters In America

  05-06-2018 17:30
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  Blake Leeper, a 28-year-old sprinter for the United States Paralympic team, dominated the field at the Josef Odlozil Memorial meet in Prague, Czech Republic running the 400 meters in 44.42 seconds. The time, a personal best for Leeper, is even more impressive when you consider that Leeper is a double amputee and is coming off a two-year suspension by USA Track and Field for testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine. Video of the race has surfaced online and it’s impressive.Th
  
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• 67-year-old stroke victim fights off knife-wielding robber with cane

  05-06-2018 17:29
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - John Reed’s home on Mulberry Street in Winston-Salem has long been an oasis for he and his wife, as well as a safe haven for people in the neighborhood who run into trouble. But, on Sunday, trouble came knocking at their front door.
  “My dog went crazy, barking,” Reed told WGHP. “I hear somebody beating, so I went to the door to see who it was.”
  It was around 4:40 a.m. Reed, who will turn 68 within the month, opened the door. He was met by two
  
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• Great-grandmother shot while protecting children from nearby gunfire

  05-06-2018 17:28
  PETERSBURG, Va. - A bullet remained lodged near Sherry Dabney's heart while she recovered Monday afternoon, one day after the 63-year-old great grandmother was shot outside her Petersburg, Virginia home.
  Her family was outside their Melville Street home Sunday afternoon when two vehicles raced down the road. As the people in those cars fired gunshots, Dabney's family hurried to get the children - and themselves - inside the house.
  "They said 'they're shooting, they're shooting,'" Sherry's siste
  
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• Saudi Arabia issues its first driver’s licenses to women

  05-06-2018 17:27
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  Saudi Arabia has issued its first driver’s licenses to 10 women ahead of June 24, when the Kingdom’s due to end the world’s only ban on women drivers.
  Officials expect another 2,000 women to seek licenses in the coming week, according to a news release from the country’s Ministry of Media.
  Activists have long called for the lifting of the ban, and there was some celebration when the Kingdom said last September that the ban would end. However, in recent weeks a
  
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• Suspect in Death of Southington Woman is Dead: Police

  05-06-2018 17:25
  
  Southington police are investigating the shooting death of a woman Sunday morning and they said the suspect, her ex-boyfriend, has died a day after shooting himself outside the Naugatuck Police Department.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Car Suspended on Cable on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford

  05-06-2018 17:24
  
  A person who was driving on a learner's permit got a car suspended on a cable along Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford Tuesday, according to fire officials.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Goose rescued from snapping turtle by man on unicorn pool toy

  05-06-2018 17:23
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - A heroic story involving a turtle, goose, and a unicorn played out this weekend in West Des Moines, Iowa, and the whole thing was caught on video.
  A video posted by Cary Coppola on Twitter over the weekend shows the events. Coppola told WHO he was driving past a pond when his wife noticed a goose struggling in the water. Coppola went to his brother's house, changed into swim gear, and grabbed the first flotation device he could find: a giant unicorn.
  He sw
  
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• 6,000 Gallons of Liquid Manure Fall Off Truck in Ellington: 911

  05-06-2018 17:23
  
  Around 6,000 gallons of liquid manure fell off a tractor-trailer in Ellington this morning and rolled over into a field along Frog Hollow Road, according to Tolland County 911.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bride’s mother snaps pic of wedding crasher suspected of stealing newlyweds’ gifts

  05-06-2018 17:22
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A real life wedding crasher stole gifts from a couple's wedding at an oceanfront hotel in Virginia Beach, police say.
  It all happened on May 6 at the Hilton Garden Inn on Atlantic Avenue, according to police. An uninvited woman went up to the second floor, took gift envelopes off the gift table, and left, police say.
  Auttumn and Rusty  Waddell (Courtesy: WTKR)
  "It's pretty wild on a person-to-person level," said Rusty Waddell, the groom. "I don't understand how you co
  
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• Man connected to homicide of Southington woman dies of his self-inflicted injuries

  05-06-2018 16:50
  SOUTHINGTON — Robert Desantis, a suspect in connection with the death of a Southington woman, has died as a result of his self-inflicted injuries.
  Naugatuck police called Southington police around 6 a.m. Sunday, asking they stop by a 58 Manor Road, Southington, for a welfare check on Michelle Barrett, 41.
  When Southington police arrived, they found Barrett dead in the backyard with a gunshot wound.
  Naugatuck police said the suspect, Robert DeSantis, 40, of Naugatuck, went into the Naugatuc
  
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• Photo Of Firefighter Holding Little Girl After Car Accident Goes Viral

  05-06-2018 16:24
  (CBS News/CBS Local)– On Saturday, Captain Chris Blazek of the Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a car accident involving a pregnant woman, who was driving with her three children in the back seat.
  Blazek was likely tired, as he said he had just gotten back from handling a house fire and was in the shower when Engine 6 was called to the scene of the car accident.
  When he and the rest of the Engine 6 crew arrived at the crash on Highway 58, the mother and one of her children wer
  
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• Cubs Bullpen Has Them In Prime Position To Win World Series

  05-06-2018 15:20
  By Matt Citak
  The Chicago Cubs have been one of the strongest teams in the National League over the last three seasons.
  The club’s accomplishments include a World Series title, three consecutive trips to the NLCS, two straight NL Central crowns, a Cy Young Award (Jake Arrieta), a Rookie of the Year Award (Kris Bryant), a Manager of the Year Award (Joe Maddon), and a Most Valuable Player Award (Bryant). The team has also won 292 games total in the last three seasons, averaging just ove
  
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• Los Angeles mayor picks 36-year veteran as police chief

  05-06-2018 15:19
  LOS ANGELES — A 36-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, who has seen it grapple with some of its toughest times from the 1991 beating of Rodney King by four officers to the more recent erosion of trust in law enforcement, is expected to become the next chief of police in the nation’s second-largest city.
  Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday that he has chosen Michel Moore as the 57th police chief of the department, calling it “the most important personnel decision
  
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• Capitals T.J. Oshie Came Up 35 Cents Short On His Metro Ride To Game 4

  05-06-2018 15:09
  Ryan Mayer
  One of the benefits for athletes playing in major metropolitan areas is the existence of mass transit to get them to the games if they don’t feel like making the drive to the arena. Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie decided to take advantage of D.C.’s public transportation to get to Monday night’s Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, but he hit a little snag on the way there: he was short 35 cents.
  @russianmachine Oshie was on the Metro again (Gallery Place). Was sh
  
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