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• Mohegan Tribe Details Plans For Former Norwich State Hospital Site

  14-01-2017 23:56
  
  PRESTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has outlined its plans to re-develop the former site of the Norwich State Hospital in Preston.
  The centerpiece of the plan is a $600 million non-gambling resort with amenities including  an indoor water park, hotels, restaurants, retail outlets, time share units, marina, and senior living center.
  “We announced late last year we had a number of world-class ideas for the multi-million dollar complex,” sai
  
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• R&B musicians hit by train

  14-01-2017 23:40
  
  EMBARCADERO, CA — Two members of the funk-rock band Tower of Power are recovering after being hit by a train, the group’s representative said. “In an unfortunate accident…drummer David Garibaldi and current bassist Marc van Wageningen were struck by a train in California,” said their PR agent Jeremy Westby in a statement to CNN. Both men are responsive and being treated at a hospital, according to Westby. CNN affiliate KRON reports that the accident happened while
  
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• UConn Women Cruise To 91st Straight Win

  14-01-2017 23:18
  
  STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Basketball Writer
  DALLAS (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Top-ranked UConn broke its own NCAA record with its 91st consecutive victory, scoring the first 21 points and romping past SMU 88-48 on Saturday.
  Coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies (16-0, 4-0 AAC) broke the record of 90 wins in a row that his team first accomplished more than six years ago. They matched that mark with a 65-point rout of No. 20 South Florida last Tuesday.
  The four-time defending national champion Huski
  
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• Uconn women’s basketball soar past SMU to break record, win 91 games in a row

  14-01-2017 22:54
  
  DALLAS  — Top-ranked Uconn broke its own NCAA record with its 91st consecutive victory, 88-48 at SMU on Saturday. The Huskies (16-0, 4-0 AAC) scored the game’s first 21 points on way to breaking the record of 90 wins in a row coach Geno Auriemma’s team first accomplished more than six years ago. They matched that mark with a 65-point rout of No. 20 South Florida last Tuesday. Katie Lou Samuelson scored 28 points, Naphessa Collier added 19 points and a […]
  
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• School employee fired for tweet aimed at student’s spelling

  14-01-2017 22:38
  
  FREDERICK, Md.  — A school system employee in Maryland who had a lighthearted quarrel with a student on Twitter over the student’s spelling has been fired. Katie Nash tells The Frederick News-Post  that she was fired on Friday afternoon from her $44,000-a-year job. A Frederick County Public Schools spokesman confirmed that Nash had been let go, without providing details. Nash ran the school district’s Twitter account. On Jan. 5, a student tweeted to the account, askin
  
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• Adidas Rereleases Highly Coveted Sneaker, Chaos Ensues

  14-01-2017 22:24 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NYPD officers witnessed the chaos first hand as officers responded to calls for crowd control at Adidas' Fifth Avenue location Saturday morning.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Georgetown Rallies Past Former Big East Rival UConn 72-69

  14-01-2017 20:38
  
  By BENJAMIN STANDIGAssociated Press
  WASHINGTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) – L.J. Peak scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half and Georgetown overcame a 14-point deficit for a 72-69 win over former Big East rival Connecticut on Saturday.
  Jesse Govan had 15 points and Rodney Pryor 14 for the Hoyas (10-8). Trailing 59-58, Georgetown scored the next seven points with Pryor’s layup putting the Hoyas up 65-59 with 3:29 remaining. The Huskies missed two potential game-tying 3-pointers o
  
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• UConn Pitcher, 6-Year-Old Linked By Cancer Fights

  14-01-2017 18:58
  
  By PAT EATON-ROBBAP Sports Writer
  STORRS, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – It started as a team effort to help a sick child.
  Now UConn pitcher Ryan Radue says the boy from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, showed him how to approach battling cancer.
  The Huskies welcomed 5-year-old leukemia patient Grayson Hand to the team as part of program called Project Impact, which links teams and seriously ill children. Grayson got to hang out with the players and be introduced at the annual alumni game with
  
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• Jennifer Holliday backs out Trump inauguration performance

  14-01-2017 18:49
  
  NEW YORK  — Singer Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week’s presidential inaugural, saying she did not realize that her participation would be interpreted as a statement of support for President-elect Donald Trump. Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning role in Broadway’s “Dreamgirls,” faced pressure from her gay, lesbian and black fans when it was announced she would sing at Thursday’s concert at Washington’s Lincoln Memori
  
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• San Francisco man returns 100-year overdue library book

  14-01-2017 18:42
  
  SAN FRANCISCO  — A book of short stories titled “Forty Minutes Late” has been returned to a San Francisco library — 100 years late. The San Francisco Chronicle reports  that Bay Area resident Webb Johnson returned the book Friday. There was no fine. Johnson’s great grandmother had checked it out from the city’s old Fillmore branch in 1917. She passed away a week before the due date, and the Fillmore branch is no longer around. Johnson found the 1909
  
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• One dead, others injured after car drives through crash scene in Salem: Police

  14-01-2017 18:25
  
  SALEM — Connecticut State Police are investigating after a serious car accident in Salem Friday night left one woman dead, and others injured. Police say it all started around 5:30 p.m. with a three car crash. A car was attempting to pass when it struck one car, and hit another head on. It was unclear what injuries resulted in that crash, because while they were out of their cars, another car traveling southbound didn’t acknowledge the crash scene ahead of […]
  
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• Diaco New Nebraska Defensive Coordinator

  14-01-2017 18:11
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Former UConn head coach Bob Diaco has been named the new defensive coordinator at Nebraska.
  UConn fired Diaco last month after three straight losing seasons. Nebraska coach Mike Riley hired Diaco to take over a Nebraska defense that struggled in the most important games. He replaces Mark Banker, who was fired Wednesday.
  Riley said Saturday that Diaco “is an energetic coach and is ready to get started immediately, beginning with hitting the rec
  
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• Flint homes tainted by city’s water crisis to get new faucets

  14-01-2017 17:30
  
  FLINT, Mich. — Thousands of Flint, Michigan, residents who were exposed to high levels of lead in the city’s water supply will be getting new faucets free of charge — the state announced Friday. In response to the city’s ongoing water woes, Michigan has the money available to replace old brass faucets in as many 4,000 homes. Properties that tested positive for high levels of lead between September, 2015, and December, 2016, will be part of the project’s first p
  
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• 1 Dead After Jumping From Burning Building in Shelton

  14-01-2017 17:28 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One man has died following a Shelton fire that sent the victim and a firefighter to the hospital, police said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Light Snow, Flurries Heading to Parts of Connecticut

  14-01-2017 17:08 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A weak storm will come close enough to brush the state with light snow and flurries on Saturday evening.
  
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• State Capitol Rally To Save ACA

  14-01-2017 16:49
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are holding a rally to save the Affordable Care Act.
  Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are scheduled to join Democratic Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney and Elizabeth Esty Sunday on the steps of the Connecticut state Capitol in Hartford. The rally is slated to begin at 1 p.m.
  The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a measure that prevents Senate Democrats fro
  
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• Trump rips ‘all talk,’ ‘no action’ civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis

  14-01-2017 16:42
  
  WASHINGTON  — President-elect Donald Trump harshly responded to civil rights icon John Lewis on Saturday, calling him “all talk” and “no action” after the Georgia congressman said Trump was not a “legitimate” president. “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All tal
  
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• 1 Dead In Shelton Fire

  14-01-2017 16:23
  
  (Shelton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – One person is dead following an early morning fire in Shelton.
  Police say they received several 911 calls to a fire on 33 Hull Street in the city around 5:00 a.m.
  Upon arrival fire, police, and emergency personnel found the commercial building fully engulfed in flames.
  They also found 69-year-old Randol Rios of Shelton at the foot of the building, badly burned.
  Rios was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Authorities say the victim
  
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• Multiple Injured in Fatal Salem Crash

  14-01-2017 15:43 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a serious crash on Old Colchester Road in Salem, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 1 Dead, Firefighter Injured Following Shelton Fire

  14-01-2017 15:33 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One man has died following a Shelton fire that sent the victim and a firefighter to the hospital, police said.Photo Credit: Alex Sferrazza
  
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• Edsall Taps Villanova’s Crocker As DC

  14-01-2017 15:19
  
  (Storrs, Conn.CBS Connecticut) – UConn has named a new defensive coordinator for the football team.
  Billy Crocker is joining Randy Edsall’s staff.
  Crocker comes by way of Villanova, were he worked a dozen years, including the last 5 as defensive coordinator.
  His 2016 Wildcats defense led the nation in total defense yielding just shu of 260 yards per game.
  Edsall says he’s excited about the latest edition to his staff.
  Crocker is a native of Waterford.
  
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• Saturday party cloudy, some snowflakes along the shore

  14-01-2017 13:33
  
  Winter is back this weekend, thanks to Friday’s plunging temps. We started last night in the 50s, so that’s what will go in the books for highs today, but temps have been sliding through the 40s and 30s this afternoon, and won’t stop dropping until they reach the teens tonight. Add to that a NW breeze and you get a cold forecast for the weekend. Clouds come in Saturday, part of an offshore storm that at worst will bring a […]
  
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• Increasing clouds, some snowflakes this evening

  14-01-2017 13:33
  
  Winter is back this weekend, thanks to a cold front and high pressure from Canada that brought an end to our January Thaw Part 1  when temperatures were in the 50s during the last several days.  That high pressure system will keep the cold in place and also serve to keep accumulating snows from moving into Connecticut this evening.   A frontal system will enable clouds to move in this afternoon, that at worst will bring flurries and a little […]
  
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• Shelton fire rips through building, person jumps to safety

  14-01-2017 13:24
  
  SHELTON — Shelton fire companies responded to a fire at 33 Hull Street early Saturday morning. Shelton Fire Marshal James Tortora says the call came in around 5 a.m. to a 6 story commercial building with a fire on the top floor.  Fire crews from Derby and Monroe also assisted on scene. There was a person who jumped to safety from the fire. His condition is unknown at this time. The fire is currently under investigation by Shelton Fire, police, […]
  
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• One person dead, firefighter injured after Shelton fire

  14-01-2017 13:24
  
  SHELTON — A person has died after a fire ripped through a Shelton building at 33 Hull Street early Saturday morning. Shelton Fire Marshal James Tortora says the call came in around 5 a.m. to a commercial building with a fire on the 4th floor.  Fire crews from Derby and Monroe also assisted on scene. Randol Rios, 69, of Shelton, was discovered at the foot of the building. He was badly burned and injured. He worked at the Machine Builders […]
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show — Obama’s term comes to an end  

  14-01-2017 11:30
  
  HARTFORD — President Obama signs off on his presidency. What is his legacy?  Political science Professor Stephen Balkran talked to Stan about the Obama legacy and his new book “Broken Promises, Broken Dreams.” “The nation’s first African-American President has not elevated any racial tensions and misconceptions, but has perpetuated the continued racial divide that continue to define us and who we are. The dream that America would transcend race,
  
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• ‘I lost my mummy too’: Prince William comforts grieving little girl

  14-01-2017 11:20
  
  LONDON – Prince William rarely speaks about the death of his mother Princess Diana, but he thought it might help a 9-year-old girl he met at a London charity Wednesday. The child lost her father to pancreatic cancer, and was still grieving about his death. William sat with the little girl, Aoife, and told her about how he lost a parent. “You know I lost my mummy when I was very young too. I was [15] and my brother was […]
  
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• Sterling Teen Stabbed to Death in Drug Deal: Arrest Warrant

  14-01-2017 05:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 19-year-old former classmate of missing Sterling teen Todd Jeremiah Allen has been charged with murder after admitting to police he stabbed Allen to death and led investigators to the body, according to...Photo Credit: Connecticut State PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 1 Dead, Others Injured After Serious Crash in Salem

  14-01-2017 05:28 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a serious crash on Old Colchester Road in Salem, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man Charged with Manslaughter, DUI in Fatal Newington Crash

  14-01-2017 05:08 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A man wanted on manslaughter and DUI charges in connection with a fatal Newington crash in October turned himself in to police Friday, police said.Photo Credit: Newington Police Department
  
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• East Hartford maintains an unbeaten season

  14-01-2017 05:06
  
  The East Hartford Hornets extended their unbeaten season to 8-0 on Friday night against the Tolland Eagles. The first quarter was close with both teams utilizing the long range game but in the second quarter the Hornets defense and speed started to look over. Steals leading to fast break buckets gave East Hartford a 32-18 lead at the half. In the second half the Hornet’s defensive pressure caused more turnovers and lead by Kingsley Cockburn, who lead all scores with […]
  
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• Dancing the night away for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

  14-01-2017 04:56
  
  BLOOMFIELD — They were dancing for a good cause Friday night. Dancers took to the floor at the Arthur Murray Ballroom and Dance Center in Bloomfield to raise money for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The event was a 24-hour Teach-a-thon on that started Friday and goes through to Saturday. The event was be a filled with non-stop dancing, group classes, food and fun. A portion of the cost of the dance lessons will benefit Connecticut Children’s Medi
  
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• In Wallingford, it’s father vs. son, and the grandfather calling the game

  14-01-2017 04:40
  
  WALLINGFORD– While the game schedule says Sheehan vs Guilford, many people stepped on this court to see dad vs son. A ball and the court stood between a dad coaching for Guilford and his son playing for Sheehan. As the family faced off against each other for the first time. Dad had to coach against his very own son who played on the opposing team. Sam DeMaio, who’s a senior shooting guard said a lot of emotions were going through […]
  
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• Moody’s to pay $864M to settle claims it inflated ratings; $31 million for Conn.

  14-01-2017 03:57
  
  NEW YORK — Moody’s Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $864 million to settle federal and state claims it gave inflated ratings to risky mortgage investments in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Connecticut was the first state to sue Moody’s in 2010 and will receive $31,519,461 million in the settlement, which will go to the state’s general fund. The deal announced Friday was struck among the New York-based rating agency, the Justice Department and the attorneys ge
  
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• Senate probe into election hacking to review possible links between Russia, campaigns

  14-01-2017 03:50
  
  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee’s review of Russian meddling in the 2016 election will include a look at any intelligence “regarding links between Russia and individuals associated with political campaigns.” Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, the committee’s chairman, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, the committee’s vice chairman, said in a joint statement that the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the election also will focu
  
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• Woman who didn’t know she was pregnant gives birth to healthy girl

  14-01-2017 03:31
  
  SAGINAW, Mich. — Local first responders received a call unlike any they’ve received before. On Thursday they received a big thank you from the new mother whose baby they helped bring into the world. “It was just crazy,” Deadriannae Harris told WNEM-TV. It was a trip to the bathroom Harris will never forget. She thought she had to relieve herself, but it turns out she was in labor. “I was just stuck, just stuck and the baby ended up coming […]
  
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• Connecticut A.G. Leads Coalition In Settlement With Moody’s

  14-01-2017 03:20
  
  (HARTFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut) –  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen  announced Friday that Connecticut, the U.S. Justice Department ,20 other states and the District of Columbia  have reached a settlement agreement with Moody’s  resolving allegations the credit  rating agency   gave inflated  ratings to risky mortgage investments in the years leading up to  the financial crisis.
  The settlement calls for $437.5 million to go to t
  
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• Mets Settle Contracts With Half Dozen Players

  14-01-2017 02:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) _ All-Star closer Jeurys Familia got a sizable raise from the New York Mets on Friday while still waiting to find out whether he’ll be suspended by Major League Baseball under the sport’s domestic violence policy.
  Familia will make $7,425,000, up from $4.1 million last season.
  Starters Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom, who both had season-ending surgery, also settled for one-year contracts and averted arbitration. Harvey got a raise to $5,125,000 from $4,325,000 and deGrom&
  
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• Malloy, DGA chair to attend Trump inauguration

  14-01-2017 02:20
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, says he will attend next week’s presidential inauguration even though his “first inclination was to decline” the invitation. An active surrogate for Democrat Hillary Clinton during the campaign, Malloy noted Friday how President-Elect Donald Trump was not his preferred candidate or that of most Connecticut voters. And while Malloy says Trump’s recent conduct hasn&rsqu
  
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• Australian news anchor berates colleague over top in viral video

  14-01-2017 02:07
  
  Never wear white after Labor Day or, if you’re an Australian newscaster, on the same day that your co-worker is. Nine Network’s Julie Snook found this out the hard way when she was verbally attacked while the cameras were rolling (but before they went on the air) by colleague Amber Sherlock after both women showed up for their segment donning white outfits. A third white-wearer, psychologist Sandy Rea, also appears in the clip, which went viral after someone leaked it […]
  
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• New Haven Schools Prepare for Possible Immigration Raids

  14-01-2017 01:47 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The New Haven Public School District is preparing for potential immigrant deportation raids during the President Donald Trump administration.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Monroe police make arrest in 2012 theft of $93,000 worth of jewelry

  14-01-2017 01:23
  
  MONROE — Police have arrested a New Haven man in connection with the 2012 burglary of a Wells Road home where over $93,000 of jewelry was stolen. Monroe Police said the home owner reported a burglary on April 19, 2012 and $93,225 worth of jewelry was taken from the house. Authorities said new information was developed last year that lead to the arrest of David Sullivan, 39, of Lloyd Street in New Haven. Sullivan was charged with larceny, and burglary. He is currently [&helli
  
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• Man charged with manslaughter in fatal Newington crash

  14-01-2017 01:08
  
  NEWINGTON — Police have made an arrest of a man in connection with a crash that caused the death of a woman in October, 2016. Theresa Castagna, 76, of Newington,died from her injuries at Hartford Hospital after the crash on October 19, 2016. Police were called to Webster Court around 2:30 p.m. for a two car head on crash. Jake Ciccaglione, 25 of Rocky Hill, was charged with manslaughter 2nd degree, manslaughter 2nd degree with a motor vehicle, driving under th
  
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• Coats Donated to Students in Waterbury

  14-01-2017 01:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Waterbury firefighters, Cigna and MacDermid Performance Solutions donated 100 coats to students at Driggs Elementary School in Waterbury Friday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Yankees Reach Contract Agreements With 6 Players

  14-01-2017 00:55
  
  By RONALD BLUM  AP Baseball Writer
   NEW YORK (AP) _ Right-hander Michael Pineda and shortstop Didi Gregorius were among six Yankees who agreed to one-year contracts Friday, leaving reliever Dellin Betances as the only remaining player remaining eligible for salary arbitration.
  Betances asked for a raise to $5 million and was offered $3 million by the Yankees. Betances made the minimum $507,500 last year after the team renewed his contract. He is eligible for free agency after the 2019
  
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• Man charged in UConn Law School voyeurism case arrested again

  14-01-2017 00:47
  
  VERNON — A Hartford man was arrested for allegedly videotaping over a dozen women in the unisex bathroom at UConn’s Law School law library has been arrested on similar charges in Vernon. Yiyan Wang, 30, was arrested on voyeurism charges for offenses that happened on June 15 and 26 in 2016. He was arrested on Wednesday. He was released on $5,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on January 24. On October 12 Wang was charged with 15 counts of voyeurism,
  
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• Red Sox Sign 7 Players

  14-01-2017 00:42
  
  BOSTON (AP) _ Shortstop Xander Bogaerts agreed to a $4.5 million salary and outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to $3.6 million as seven Boston players avoided arbitration by agreeing to one-year deals with the Red Sox.
  Boston also reached agreements with infielder Brock Holt, catcher Sandy Leon and pitchers Joe Kelly, Robbie Ross Jr. and Tyler Thornburg. Left-handers Fernando Abad and Drew Pomeranz are the team’s only arbitration-eligible players remaining.
  Bogaerts posted career highs last yea
  
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• PETA offers up to $5,000 reward for info about East Haven dog abandoned in cage near dumpster

  14-01-2017 00:40
  
  EAST HAVEN — The animal rights group PETA is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the person who abandoned a dog in a crate near a dumpster on Tuesday. A two or three-year-old male pitbull was found Tuesday morning in a bottomless cage near a dumpster on Coe Avenue, in East Haven. Temperatures at the time were below freezing. Animal control officers said the dog was aggressive and children in the area were […]
  
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• Connecticut's Kid Governor Sworn into Office

  14-01-2017 00:31 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The state’s new kid governor was sworn in at the Old State House in Hartford on Friday. The ceremony focused around 10-year old Jessica Brocksom of Milford, who is now the 2017 Connecticut Kid Governor.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• State Police Investigating Multi-Vehicle Crash

  14-01-2017 00:23
  
  (SALEM,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  State Police responded to a  3  vehicle crash in Witter Road in Salem  shortly before  5:30 pm  Friday.Prior to the arrival of State Troopers,another vehicle  drove through the crash scene  and struck the occupants of the  3 crash vehicles  who were standing outside.
  Two Life Star  helicopters  responded to the scene to transport one adult and one child to  the hospital
  It is still unkno
  
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