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University Blames Student for Choking To Death in School Pancake-Eating Contest

Matthew McDonald

A 20-year-old college student who choked to death during a school-sanctioned pancake-eating contest has only herself to blame, a lawyer for the school said.

Caitlin Nelson was eating as many pancakes as she could during the March 2017 charity contest at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut when she began struggling to breathe, according to the Connecticut Post. Emergency responders said the pancake paste in her throat was "like concrete" and that they couldn't dislodge it, the Connecticut Post reports.

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Left-Leaning Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Shooting Parents To Sue Gun Manufacturer

Matthew McDonald

The Connecticut Supreme Court has decided 4-3 to allow the families of victims of a mass-shooting at an elementary school to sue the manufacturer of the gun the killer used in the attack.

Adam Lanza shot to death 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, including 20 children, using an AR-15 manufactured by Remington.

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