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today. we'll see you next time. [applause] we begin at four with breaking news...a federal court says voting districts in wisconsin..drawn by republicans..are unconstitutional. that ruling a huge victory for state democrats. democrats.cbs 58's mike strhelow is live in the newsroom with the details...mike. in fact assembly democratic leader peter barca cas 'historic victory' for voters. 3 a year after winning the assembly, senate and the governor's office....republican s redrew the voting maps in 2011 claiming it was their right and it the election demonstrated voters were trending republican. a group of 12 democratic voters sued saying democrats were put into districts that already favored them and gave republicans the advantage in areas that were once swing dist. districts.today, the 3-judge
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unconstitutional and will hold off on recommending any changes until they hear some ideas over the next month or so. this is a case being watched closely nationally and could end up in the u.s. supreme court. in the newsroom mike strehlow cbs 58 news. new today at four...a woman is attacked on her way to the bus city leaders want answers. they say the suspect punched the woman in the head after making unwanted advances. advances.cbs 58's christine flores joins us live with the story...christine. we spoke with the victim's sister who says by now she simply feels like a walking target because this is not the first or second time she's been a victim of this kind of violence but third. according to milwaukee police, the female victim was g to her bus stop on teutonia avenue sunday morning just
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officers she was approached by a male who was making unwanted advances, when the victim said she wasn't interested he struck her several times before fleing. supervisor moore omokuunde held a press conference this afternoon, at the site of the attack, and said incidents like this are all too common and need to be stopped. while the victim survived and is left with bruised ribs, her loved ones say it's the emotional damage that has left the most lasting impression. it's frustrating. transportation is the city bus. so to know that she's traumatized and feels like she can't leave her homeit's frustrating. and it scares me. 3 the victims sister says, at this time she simply wants justice. the family, along with city officials, are asking anyone who may have seen anyting or have any information on this case to step forward. reporting live from police headquarters,
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a 17-year-old girl was killed in a crash early this morning in pewaukee. pewaukee.police have identified that young victim as brielle beres from lisbon. and cbs 58 has learned she attended arrowhead high school. the teen was headed east on capitol drive when the car left the road and hit a lightpole. two passnegers from hartland, a 17-year-old girl and 20 -year-old man, were taken to the hospital with non- life threatening injuries. 3 milwaukee police are asking for help identifyin historic mitchell street last friday. you see him here hand a demand note to the teller. police say he implied he had a weapon in his pocket. the teller handed over some cash and he ran away. if you know anything or recognize this man call milwaukee police at 414-935-7360. 3 a building demolition on farwell avenue in milwaukee didn't go quite as planned this morning. morning.the area around the the office building on farwell and kane was gated off... but one of the walls of the building fell into the
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gated area.debris damaged the sidewalk...and parking meters. and broke windows at a neighboring business. no one was hurt. meterologist rebecca schuld joins us now to get you ready for your evening...rebecca. 3 tonight...increasing late. lows in the mid 20s. northeast winds up to 5 mph. tuesday...mostly cloudy. a 20 percent chance of isolated showers in the afternoon. highs in the lower 40s. southeast winds up to 15 mph. tuesday night...not as cool. light rain, mix possible. lows in the upper 30s. southeast
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made..now.last night's loss to washington puts green bay at 4 and 6 for the season. sports director, kevin holden joins us now with what coach mac had to say this afternoon. 3 yes, the packers season and their playoff hopes are on the brink of collapse thanks to four straight losses and a two game deficit with just six games to play. but there are two different approaches - those on the outside who are ready to make immediate changes in the coaching staff and front office - changes that look more likely than ever after the season. but inside the walls of 12-65 lombardi, mccarthy emphasizes that the packers still have six games to play, and his only focus is getting them ready for the next game - a tough one at philadelphia. 3 3 3 mccarthy: definitely, i mean this has been a difficult four weeks, make no question about it. i'm not going to sit here and get into big picture stuff. these last four weeks have not gone the way we'd like, and we're fully aware of the things we need to do better. just focus on the things we can control. but our process as far as getting
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3 the biggest heat has been on the defense and coordinator dom capers. scott grodsky has more with capers at 5. by the way, the last in-season head coaching change we could find for the packers happened in 19-53. there's a ripple effect to the packers poor performance...ticket-sellers say prices are falling for the final games of the season. season.cbs 58's jacob kittilstad has been talking to people dealing in packers gear. gear.he joins us with that part of the story..jacob. you've probably thought about it yourself. this is the week people start thinking about holiday gift-giving...and of course many people have packer-related-items on their lists. people who sell the stuff say when there's a bad season - you can see an impact. 3 "when it comes to packer novelties we have 3-to-400 different ones. actually
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owner of jeff's sports inc. says business is best when the packers are headed to the play- offs.this year..."the people who are in their 20s don't even know what a losing season is. so they don't even know. for us, a little older, we remember the 80s and stuff when it was a struggle. so this is what we had for many years.""but another thing we see - if the current team isn't doing well people will still look to purchase packer items but they might stick more with the lombardi-era guys."a shift is also happening with ticket prices... later season games are going service" in milwaukee reports prices have come down slightly as packer play-off chances diminish.if you're looking to give tickets as gifts...you might only have two chances: the christmas eve home game against the vikings...and the news years day ?away? game against the lions. ticket-sellers say these might be more budget-friendly games for people who've never been... a silver lining as other people turn to nostalgia-based gifts."actually my number one selling autograph item in my store is related directly to brett favre. brett favre's my
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item." connections ticket service also says there's an ebb and flow to ticket prices...when the team is doing worse - tickets get cheaper...but if they start winning again - they'll start going up .just something to think about if you're trying to time out when to buy packers tickets. live in brookfield...jk cbs 58 news. 3 so what's your take on the pack? visit our cbs 58 facebook page and join the conversation. 3 coming up ...a major shift on how the cali abortion... 3 and airport workers at chicago o'hare are threatening a work stoppage...we'll tell you if it could impact your holiday travel plans. 3 plus --- meterologist rebecca schuld will return with your
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it was a slower start to the gun deer hunt season in wisconsin than last year. hunters bagged about 75- hundred fewer deer on opening d. day. hunters collected about 68- thousand-800 deer on saturday. the decline could be because there weren't as many hunters out there as there were last year. the d-n-r says about 17- thousand fewer hunters had purchased gun licenses by opening day. 3 a huge shift from the catholic church today on abortion. pope francis now says that priests
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women who get them can be forgiven. cbs 58's kyle avermann reports. catholic leaders say this is a historic moment, but not really surprising given pope francis' history. history.while rules have been somewhat laxed for years, only bishops were allowed perform or delegate forgiveness when it comes to abortions.but that all changes now with pope francis saying priests can forgive those who ask for forgiveness.in his statement, pope francis still calls abortion a grave sin but said quote there is no sin t announcement is actually an extension for permission he had granted in 2015 for the holy year of mercy. which ended on sunday.this morning i spoke with father paul hartmann who says this could have a positive impact. combining both the church and society. "when the church fosters someone being more comfortable to return, being more comfortable to feel that sense of forgiveness, to hear the words 'you are forgiven,' that actually helps us
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society where abortion is so so common." common."while not perminant, the pope's announcement will last indefinitely. 3 good news for those of you who planning to travel through chicago's o'hare airport. hundreds of workers planning a work stoppage announced today it won't happen until ?after? the thanksgiving holiday. non- unionized janitors, baggage handlers, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants want a plus union rights. o'hare is one of the busiest airports in the country, handling 77-million passengers last year. san antonio police have intensified their search for the gunman they believe ambushed a police officer yesterday morning...leaving him dead. dead.police have released this surviellance video of the man they believe is responsible. officials say he visited police headquarters hours before the incident. here's how it unfolded...detective benjamin marconi pulled over a driver in front of police
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suspect pulled up behind his squad...got out and shot marconi twice in the head while he sat in his vehicle. the driver then got back in his car and sped away. i think the uniform was the target.. and the first person in a uniform that happened along was the target. target. there's now a 25-thousand reward for information in this shooting. at least four police officers were shot in a wave of unrelated attacks around the country this weekend. in those other cases, the officers are expected to a stream of high profile candidates continue to come and go from trump tower as president-elect donald trump works to fill his cabinet posit. positions.among them is former massachusetts senator and army national guard member, scott brown. a potential choice for secretary of veterans affairs. oklahoma governor mary fallin is a possible pick for interior secretary. texas governor rick perry is being considered for the same position.over the weekend, the president-elect met with chris christie and mitt romney.
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florida estate for the thankskgiving holiday. vice president elect mike pence trying to stay out of the fray after getting booed and then criticized from stage by an actor while taking in the broadway hit "hamilton." but as cbs roana saberi shows us..the controversy is getting a second act as the actor is taking his case beyond the stage. it was the actor who plays aaron burr who delivered the message to mike pence as the vice president-elect was leaving friday's performance of hamilton. america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect uspresident-elect donald trump took to twitter, calling the show "overrated" and accusing the cast of "harassment." on cbs this morning, brandon victor dixon rejected trump's call for an apology.conversation is not harassment.//there's nothing to apologize for for"hamilton" is considered a breakthrough in part because of its diverse cast. the show's producer has called the election "painful and
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dixon says cast and crew agreed they needed to send a me. message.the resonant nature of the show//demands that we make statements when there are important issues facing us as a community. we wanted to stand up and spread a message of love and of unity considering all the emotional outpour since the election pence responded to the controversy on face the nation. nation.i wasn't offended by what was said. i'll leave it to others whether it was the appropriate venue to say it dixon invited both the president and vice-president elect backstage to meet with to bring people together.rs for cbs news, new york 3 your full readycast with
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? tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto?- a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. nt to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto? was proven to help more people ay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto?. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto? with if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto?. the most serious side effects are anoedema,
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band music music 3 a big thank you to everyone who turned out yesterday for the star spangled christmas parade in downtown waukesha. hundreds of kids bundled up with bags at the ready for holiday treats.drew and i thank the city of waukesha chamber of commerce for the invite and mustang g-t from griffin ford made for a fun ride.plenty of oohs and aahhs when the sun went down and the floats glowed in all the splash of red white and blue. division 3 football champs catholic memorial also on hand! we know it's not even thanksgiving..but the crow in waukesha says-- we need a little christmas..right this
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3 3 tonight...increasing clouds late. lows in the mid 20s. northeast winds up to 5 mph. tuesday...mostly cloudy. a 20 showers in the afternoon. highs in the lower 40s. southeast winds up to 15 mph. tuesday night...not as cool. light rain, mix possible. lows in the upper 30s. southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. chance of rain 90 percent. wednesday...light steady rain. highs in the mid 40s. south winds 5 to 15 mph. chance of
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3 we visited with catholic memorial already so coming up visit with those other state champs in local high school football..the first ever championship sparts from brookfield east..that's next.. and aurora family services prepares to hand out groceries to thousands of families in need...those stories and more need...those families in
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brookfield east high school is celebrating its historic win at state! the ?entire school? got together this morning to celebrate the champs... champs..."cheers as football players reveal their trophy!" trophy!"the brookfield east football players showed off their new trophy to the school. the spartans won the divisionwo football championship in school history.brookfield east beat monona grove 42 to 36 friday. 3 3 "it feels really good to set a goal and accomplish that goal, especially your senior year to go out on top. 3 "it still hasn't sunk in. i just know it's incredible though and i hope it sinks in sooner because it's amazing." 3 cbs 58 morning news anchor jessica tighe... led today's all-school assembly. she's a brookfield east grad herself.
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big accomplishment. students working with teachers to help hunger task force this holiday season. season.foor weeks now they've been collecting food in those familiar blue bins at upper iowa university.today was collection day ahead of the annual drive thru food drive at miller park to keep pantries full throughout the upcoming winter months.this is a tradition for the school which is doing something extra this time around. "we've had collection bins throughout the center so our students can contibute but th extra effort, we'll have a lot of our staff will be there on the 23rd to help collect the cans through the drive thru food drive." drive." we can't wait to see them.cbs 58 news will be broadcasting from five until six the day before thanksgiving to personally thank folks who stop by with their donations. rain or shine--you don't have to get out of your car and will drive off with some goodies from the brewers
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the 23rd! 3 thousands of families in milwaukee will have enough food to prepare a full thanksgiving meal this year...thanks to aurora family services. they prepared bags of groceries for pre-registered families. they each get all the standard side dishes and a 12-pound turkey for thanksgiving dinner. all of these groceries were purchased because of donatoins made to the program. "it's the time families get together, put a meal together, feels like they can tell their stories, their history and really feel the warmth. even en gets you through another day." 3 this is the 20th anniversary of the program, which has helped over 58-thousand milwaukee-area families in the last two decades. 3 we've got much more news and weather headlines...coming up as the cbs 58 news at four
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killed by a wauwatosa police officer have been waiting five months for any word on possible charges for the officer involved. involved.but today it's not the wait they're upset about. about.cbs 58's marshanna hester joins us live to explain...marshanna. bill and michele- the family of jay anderson is upset about how the car was returned to them and its condition. the windows were broken, blood
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stains on the seats, glass was on the floor and bullet holes. attorney jon safran says he's seen cars in crime scenes returned both ways before-- either cleaned up or as is. safran says he preferred it be this way because it allowed his own investigators to examine the car and take their own pictures. jay anderson junior was shot dead in his car by a tosa police officer in june and return of the car sheds new light on the case for safran. we know that the passenger side front window was down where the office shoot through. we know the rear drivers side window was up because that's the one that was shattered. we know some of the trajectory of the bullets because of the bullet holes in the seat including the headrest. 3 safran does not believe
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a decision on charges in the case will be made soon coming up at 5 -- why the family decided to publish the pictures of the car. live in downtown mke mh cbs 58 news a man accused of sexually assaulting a teen boy learned his sentence today. jermarro dantzler used to run a home for troubled teens in milwaukee. he was later slapped with more charg him.cbs 58's amanda devoe joins us live with the update...amanda. yes, it was definitely an emotional day for jermarro dantzler, and now he will spend the next 18 years behind bars. 38-year-old jermarro dantzler broke down in tears during his sentencing today, saying he's embarrassed by his actions. dantzler was charged with 2nd degree sexual assault of a child, after milwaukee police say he held the teenage boy at gunpoint and raped him in a vacant parking lot on brown
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happened, we reported on other boys who also say they were molested by dantzler during their time at his group home in the past. the state argues that the defendant was a married man living a double life. dantzler claims his male lover set him up, but the judge wasn't buying that story saying his acts were horrific. "this situation is by far the biggest mountain i must climb. your honor, i'm confident the support and friends i have in the community and that i will make it back to the top." top." dantzler will also be registered as a sex offender. live in milwaukee ad cbs 58 news. chilling details today about a string of sexual assaults in milwaukee. cbs 58's julie parise has the details on the long list of charges 20- year-old jonathan brown is now
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500 thousand dollars cash bail for a series of alleged assaults that took place earlier this month. this is brown's mug shot. the 21-year-old is accused of violently forcing three different women to have both oral sex and sexual intercourse with him. according to the criminal complaint, one woman was attacked when she was on her way to work the polls on election day. another woman was attacked after stopping to pick up a birthday card and roses for her mother. all three told police that brown grabbed them and then they didn't have sex with him. the criminal complaint also says brown admitted to these assaults. he told police he wanted to hurt these women because he is angry about his mother dying over 15 years ago. he is expected to appear in court for his first hearing next monday. reporting in mke i'm jp cbs 58 3 the man who cut off his g-p-s bracelet and fled in the middle of his trial was back in court today and sentenced to 15 years in prison. 31- year-old robert dorgay is
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trial last july, dorgay cut off his g-p-s bracelet, ditched it in a cemetary...and took off. he was captured a few weeks later in mississippi. meterologist rebecca schuld joins us now to get you ready for your evening...rebecca. 3 tonight...increasing late. lows in the mid 20s. northeast winds up to 5 mph. tuesday...mostly cloudy. a 20 percent chance of isolated showers in the afternoon. highs in the lower 40s. southeast winds up to 15 mph. tuesday night...not as cool. light rain, mix possible. lows in the upper 30s. southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. chance of
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highs in the mid 40s. south winds 5 to 15 mph. chance of rain 90 percent. wednesday night...cloudy with a 50 percent chance of light rain. lows in the mid 30s. thanksgiving day...mostly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. 3 just in time for holiday travel...the d-o-t is making progress on two big projects. cbs 58's lindsey branwall... branwall...joins us live with
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and on 794 without a detour...it's right outside summerfest's front gates. and could bring a lot of change to downtown. "794 eastbound offramp here to lincoln memorial drive allows traffic to come down here" here" take a look at all of the traffic flowing along these new roads ... it means the 1st phase of the project is done. the biggest change was a re-located memorial drive and clybourn. the construction also consolidated space, leaving room for another building to go up in the downtown area... the dot saying whatever's built there could rival the northwestern mutual or us bank buildings. but the project manager is most excited about how the ramp opening affects drivers. "the clybourn intersection with lincoln memorial drive opened and we're -- barrells are off the road and all
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open." now there is a new driving guide explaining just how the lanes in this intersection work..to take a closer look at that and what else has changed, visit our website ...cbs58.com and click newslinks.reporting live in milwaukee county, lindsey branwall, cbs 58 news "insurance companies say one in five accidents happen in a parking lot, more than 500 people a year die in those crashes, i'm kris van cleave parking lot can be, coming up." up." 3 the cost of putting a thanksgiving dinner on the table is going down...that's coming up 3 plus..and a local expert on when those holiday blues might be something more
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phones abruptly shut down for no apparent reason. apple says a very small number of devices are affected. and there are ?no? safety concerns with this problem. the battery replacement offer is worldwide. 3 thanksgiving travelers have low gas prices to be thanksful for. prices are expected to drop a penny a day leading up to the holiday. the average price for a gallon in milwaukee is below two dollars...at 1-96. 96.nationally...this is one of the cheapest years to travel on record. slightly from last year. prices are expected to continue to drop through the end of the year because of more supply and less demand. it's cheaper to travel and less epensive to get food on the table this year as well. according to the american farm bureau federation, the average meal serving 10 people will cost just under fifty dollars. it dropped about 25 cents since last year. that's because some of the key ingredients are priced lower this year like...turkey, milk and pumpkin pie mix. 3 walmart is trying to compete
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black friday and cyber monday deals. amazon will begin discounts at 12-01 on black friday. while amazon is staring its online deals on thanksgiving day. i sometimes joke that the most dangerous part of my journey at holiday time is in the mall parking lot.but as kirs van cleave reports, distracted driving in packed lots is a real problem. and he's got video evdience from a case in wisconsin to prove it. video captured the moment a speeding driver struck a mother pushing her 15 month old baby's stroller last month. 24 year old maria cruz gonzales-cortes died. her baby survived.wisconsin police released this video of a driver who lost control of his vehicle, slamming into 9 cars before coming to a stop...amazingly no one was seriously injured. but the national safety council found on average at least 60- thousand are injured and 500 or more die in the 50-thousand plus crashes in parking lots
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to be distracted in a parking lot going 5 mph as it is going 50 mph."deborah hersman runs the national safety council. "people have their heads down they're on their phones whether they're behind the wheel or whether they are pedestrian they're just a lot of inattention out there." a recent survery found 66 percent felt comfortable making calls while driving in a parking lot, more than half would text. roughly half of drivers were ok emails, using social media, taking pictures or watching videos. 42 percent said they would video chat! on average 51 deaths a year occur in parking lots and garages when a driver is backing up...especially with it getting dark so early right now pedestrians can be hard to see. it's worth a second look. kris van cleave, cbs news, arlington, virginia. 3
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3 we're following some breaking news...a tsunami warning has been issued for parts of japan after a 7 point 3 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast.officials say waves may be as high as 10 feet.this is not far from the same area where a tsunami killed about 18-thousand people in 20-11.no word on damages or injuries at this hour... we will continue to monitor the situation. 3
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northeast winds up to 5 mph. tuesday...mostly cloudy. a 20 percent chance of isolated showers in the afternoon. highs in the lower 40s. southeast winds up to 15 mph. tuesday night...not as cool. light rain, mix possible. lows in the upper 30s. southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. chance of rain 90 percent. wednesday...light steady rain. highs in the mid 40s. south winds 5 to 15 mph. chance of rain 90 percent. wednesday night...cloudy with a 50 percent chance of light rain. lows in the mid 30s. thanksgiving day...mostly
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sight to avoid becoming thanksgiving dinner. this is miss toni. she moved into the green bay neighborhood and befriended pets and people alike. she's often seen perched on top of cars...which annoys ?some? neighbors. but they say for the most part...having miss toni around is something they're thanksful for.
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? tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto?- a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever,
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more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto?. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto? with an ace inhibitor or or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto?. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. tomorrow, i'm gonna step out with my favorite girl. ask your heart doctor about entresto?. and help make the gift
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"open" 3olattd ter tug aman'advances. advances.no leaders are urging that man to turn himself in.. joins us livoutside thr police admistration building with the plea.. christine? we spoke with the sister who says that in broad daylight her sister was beat to the ground and kicked several times, by a man who was making unwanted advances. she also says her sister now feels like a target since this is her third time being a victim of this kind of assault. young: the only reason he stopped was because she was reaching for her purse. she had a taser in her purse and he thought she was reaching for a gun. i truly believe that if she didn't have something to reach for that he probably would have continued
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broad daylight. 3 according to milwaukee police, the woman was walking to her bus stop on teutonia avenue just after 7:30 sunday morning. this afternoon supervisor moore omokuunde and other community leaders came togehter.. calling the attack an all too common problem that needs to be stopped. shawn muhammad/muhammad mosque rep.muhammad; injustice coming from any angle is unacceptable. we won't accept it from systems and we will not accept it from rs so i'm here as a representative to hold our community accountable, to hold black men accountable. this manifestation of hatred must stop. 3 supervisor moore omokuunde is calling on the community to say something if they see something. they are asking anyon who may have seen the attack or know anything about it to step forward. reporting live from police headquarters, christine flores cbs 58 news.
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new at five -- milwaukee police need your help finding this teen..junior z. moreno. he's wanted for burlgary, car theft and bail jumping.police say he's a suspect in more than 20 cases in milwaukee.if you know where he is -- call police at 414-935-7221. we're following breaking news tonight.a federal court ruled today the current wisconsin redistricting maps which were drawn up by republicans -- are . unconstitutional. gop leadership redrew the voting maps in 20-11 the election demonstrated voters were trending republican. but a group of 12 democratic voters sued saying the changes gave republicans an unfair advantage in areas that were once swing districts. districts.today, a group of 3 federal judges 3-judges agreed.. but say they'll will hold off on recommending any changes until they hear some ideas over the next month or so. brad schimel said late today plans on filing an appeal. republican speaker robin vos
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