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A 65-year-old grandmother said she didn't have time to think when she pulled out her .32-caliber handgun and shot a man who tried to mug her outside her south Manchester apartment building late Monday night. The woman, who recounted the incident to news media Tuesday, said she had a funny feeling once a dark-colored car started following her car as she pulled away from the Mobil on the Run and headed home to 640 South Porter St., a three-story, garden-style apartment building. She had just gotten off work as a poker dealer. It was about 11:30 p.m. As she made...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Stressed Miami drivers speed, tailgate and cut off other drivers so frequently that it has earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. Norwalk, Conn.-based AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston among the top five cities for rude driving in its first "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey." "The advent of road rage is part of every day life," said Todd Smith, director of corporate communications for AutoVantage's parent company, Affinion Group, which has offices in...

The hunt continues this morning for the gunman who shot and killed a bodyguard of hip-hop star Busta Rhymes. It happened as the rap star was shooting a music video in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. Eyewitness News reporter Lisa Colagrossi is live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with the story. Police say Busta Rhymes isn't talking about the violence that took place during the making of the video early Sunday morning. Police took footage that had been shot during the video and are also looking at whether security cameras outside may have captured the murder. The Brooklyn soundstage was crawling with rap...