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• Yale May Be NIT-Bound After Loss To Harvard In Ivy Playoff

  14-03-2015 23:55
  
  By DAVE ZEITLIN,  Associated Press  PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Steve Moundou-Missi hit a 15-foot jumper with 7.2 seconds left, Wesley Saunders scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half and Harvard beat Yale 53-51 […]
  
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• Sox Fall To Pirates Despite Two Home Runs For Napoli

  14-03-2015 23:30
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Mike Napoli hit two solo home runs for the Boston Red Sox in a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. Napoli connected in his only two at-bats, both […]
  
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• SMU Defeats Temple To Move Into AAC Finals

  14-03-2015 23:17
  
  By PAT EATON-ROBB,  AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Markus Kennedy scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half to lead No. 20 SMU into the finals of the American Athletic Conference […]
  
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• CDC: Americans being flown home from Sierra Leone for Ebola concerns

  14-03-2015 22:46
  
  ATLANTA, GA–(CNN) – An unspecified number of Americans are being flown back to the United States as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigates the possibility they might have been exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone, the health agency said Saturday. The news comes one day after an American health care worker who came […]
  
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• Rain, Dense Fog Could Cause Visibility Issues for Drivers

  14-03-2015 22:43
  
  Rain and dense fog could cause some visibility issues overnight if you're driving.
  
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• Hartford Mayor Gets New Campaign Manager

  14-03-2015 22:21
  
  Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra announced Saturday that he has a new campaign manager for his mayoral run to reclaim his post.
  
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• NCAA Tournament: 5 Best “Cinderella” Runs

  14-03-2015 22:04
  
  Selection Sunday is tomorrow. That means the bracket analyzing and breakdown will begin in earnest late tomorrow night into Monday. The best part of the tournament, is the Cinderella team, let's look at the 5 best in NCAA History.
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to pushing man onto subway track

  14-03-2015 22:00
  
  QUEENS, NY –(CNN)-The Queens, New York, district attorney called it “every subway commuter’s worst nightmare.” A man waiting for a train was pushed off the subway platform into the path of an arriving train on December 27, 2012. He died instantly. Erika Menendez of Queens, was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime. Menendez […]
  
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• Yale Plays Harvard for Chance at NCAA Tourney

  14-03-2015 21:17
  
  The Yale Bulldogs are just one game away from a birth to the ‘Big Dance,’ facing rival Harvard.
  
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• New bird flu strain has poultry farmers scrambling

  14-03-2015 21:08
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A dangerous new bird flu strain has affected poultry flocks in Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. That’s sending experts and farmers scrambling to determine how it arrived and to stop it from spreading. Avian influenza is common in wild waterfowl and doesn’t normally hurt them. But this strain, H5N2, is deadly when […]
  
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• Homes Evacuated in Lisbon Due to Hazmat Incident

  14-03-2015 19:52
  
  A few homes are being evacuated on Rimek Road in Lisbon due to a hazmat situation.
  
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• Famed New Haven Pizzeria Expands To Mass.

  14-03-2015 18:50
  
  Pepe's Pizza, founded in New Haven's Wooster Square in 1925, will expand into Massachusetts in the fall.
  
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• Famed New Haven Pizzera Expands To Mass.

  14-03-2015 18:50
  
  Pepe's Pizza, founded in New Haven's Wooster Square in 1925, will expand into Massachusetts in the fall.
  
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• Social Security has no death records for 6.5 million people at least 112 years old

  14-03-2015 18:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the ripe old age of 112. In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire […]
  
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• Gym Evacuated During Roof Fire

  14-03-2015 18:27
  
  A Southport gym was evacuated Saturday morning as a fire raged on the roof.
  
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• I-95 Drivers Report Fire At Former Racquet Club

  14-03-2015 18:16
  
  Firefighters in Fairfield say they received calls from drivers on Interstate 95 Saturday morning about a fire at the former Southport Racquet Club , now known as The Gym at Southport Athletic even before there was smoke inside the building.
  
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• Roof fire causes evacuation of former Southport Racquet Club

  14-03-2015 17:59
  
  FAIRFIELD – On Saturday, March 14 around 7:30 a.m., the fire department responded to multiple reports from 1-95 commuters saying they were spotting flames coming from a roof of a building near the Delamar Hotel. An additional phone call from the manager of the Gym at Southport Athletic, formerly known as Southport Racquet Club, alerted […]
  
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• Person Extricated From Car After Crash

  14-03-2015 17:54
  
  Shelton firefighters extricated at least one person pinned in a vehicle after a crash on Route 8 south near exit 12 Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Watch: First teaser of FOX’s horror-comedy ‘Scream Queens’

  14-03-2015 16:53
  
  HARTFORD – FOX’s upcoming horror-comedy Scream Queens is a new series anthology from Ryan Murphy about a series of murders around a school campus, and it has an increasingly star-studded cast. Newest to the cast is Oliver Hudson (Nashville), who will be replacing True Blood‘s Joe Mangianiello according to Deadline.   Manganiello had to pull out due […]
  
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• Springfield Man Fatally Stabbed In Hartford Nightclub

  14-03-2015 16:46
  
  Police say a 24-year-old Massachusetts man has died after being stabbed at a Hartford nightclub.
  
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• Hearing Planned For Assisted Suicide Bill

  14-03-2015 16:23
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers are revisiting legislation that would allow physicians to prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients to end their lives. The General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a […]
  
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• Hartford businesses continue to boom after UConn win

  14-03-2015 16:18
  
  HARTFORD – Businesses are saying they are pleased with both the ability to host so many great teams for AAC Tournament, as well as UConn’s win last night. 11 Hartford restaurants have become team headquarters for this tournament, and city officials are estimating a $4 million boost to the city economy by the time the games leave. […]
  
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• Livestream your life with Meerkat

  14-03-2015 16:02
  
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — For those who’ve tired of sharing photos on Instagram or texting emojis, livestreaming your life could be your next move. Meerkat, a new San Francisco-based app that launched February 27, hopes to lead that charge. Users can “meerkat” (yes, it’s become a verb) by downloading the free iOS app, which connects […]
  
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• Watch: Body camera captures incredible video of baby rescued from car in Utah river

  14-03-2015 15:21
  
  SPANISH FORK, Utah — Police have released video of the incredible rescue of an 18-month-old girl found in a crashed car in a Utah river on March 7. <em>Editor’s note: The videos in this story contain raw footage of emergency crews responding to a crash that left a woman dead and her daughter in critical condition. […]
  
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• HPD Probes Fatal Stabbing

  14-03-2015 15:17
  
  (Hartford, Conn/CBS Connecticut) - An overnight stabbing in hartford is now a homicide investigation. The call came in to the Club Symmetry Vine on Union Place around 1:30 this morning. When they arrived, police were […]
  
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• Candle Sparks Wall Fire at Torrington Apartment

  14-03-2015 15:11
  
  A neighbor saw flames coming from an apartment in Torrington Friday afternoon and extinguished the fire sparked by a candle, according to Torrington firefighters.
  
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• Stabbing at Hartford Nightclub Ruled a Homicide

  14-03-2015 14:49
  
  A Springfield, Massachusetts man died after he was stabbed early Saturday morning in Hartford and police have ruled it a homicide, according to police.
  
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• Two-Car Crash in South Windsor

  14-03-2015 14:30
  
  Two drivers sustained minor injuries after a crash in South Windsor on Friday night.
  
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• New U.S. stealth bomber shrouded in mystery

  14-03-2015 14:23
  
  ATLANTA (CNN) — Nearly 30 years after the first U.S. stealth bomber took flight, the Air Force’s aging fleet is primed for a makeover; albeit an expensive one. The Pentagon is looking to upgrade its stealth aircraft for the first time since the 1970s, developing a high-priority, super-classified, next-generation bomber. The Air Force plans to […]
  
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• South Windsor fire department respond to two vehicle car crash

  14-03-2015 14:16
  
  SOUTH WINDSOR – The fire department responded to a car crash at Ellington Road and Lipman Drive on Friday, March 13 just after 7 p.m. South Windsor Police are investigating the crash, although there were extremely minor injuries and neither driver required ambulance transport.
  
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• Capital Prep girls basketball defeat Farmington Indians

  14-03-2015 14:07
  
  HARTFORD – The Capital Prep girls basketball team survived a second half rally by the Farmington Indians to win their semi-final 68-61. The Trailblazers move on to the finals trying to repeat as Class L champions.
  
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• Michelle Obama, Ellen, and SYTYCD dancers dance to ‘Uptown Funk’

  14-03-2015 13:45
  
  LOS ANGELES – Promoting the fifth anniversary of her health and fitness campaign, “Let’s Move!” Michelle Obama was on The Ellen Show on Friday, March 13. She also announced that at this year’s White House Egg Roll, the So You Think You Can Dance all-stars will teach a dance to “Uptown Funk.” She and Ellen then promptly […]
  
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• Doctors claim first successful penile transplant

  14-03-2015 13:31
  
  CAPE TOWN (CNN) — South African doctors have achieved what they call the world’s first successful penile transplant operation. The nine-hour operation occurred on December 11, 2014, involving a team of doctors at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town and others from Tygerberg Hospital. The young man, whose identity “is being protected for ethical reasons,” has […]
  
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• Moderate to heavy rain for Saturday; Clouds with scattered showers for Sunday

  14-03-2015 13:20
  
  HARTFORD –  Allow a little extra time and slow down as pockets of freezing rain have developed across our area. Temperatures are near the freezing mark this morning with rain developing across the region, thus a freezing rain advisory is in effect through mid-morning.  Expect moderate to heavy rain to continue throughout your Saturday with […]
  
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• Freezing Rain Advisory through mid-morning; Expect moderate to heavy rain for Saturday

  14-03-2015 13:20
  
  HARTFORD –  Allow a little extra time and slow down as pockets of freezing rain have developed across our area. Temperatures are near the freezing mark this morning with rain developing across the region, thus a freezing rain advisory is in effect through mid-morning.  Expect moderate to heavy rain to continue throughout your Saturday with […]
  
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• IRS scam costing victims $15 million

  14-03-2015 13:00
  
  WASHINGTON — They are very convincing when they call. They have a Washington phone number and can cite your financial history down to the cent. They say you’re under investigation, in danger of losing your home, or worse, your freedom — unless you pay thousands of dollars on the spot. But they’re not real. And […]
  
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• Police respond to stabbing at local Hartford club

  14-03-2015 12:55
  
  HARTFORD – Police responded to the report of a stabbing around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 14 inside Symmetry Lounge at 70 Union Place. Once on scene, police were brought to a side room where the victim was.  The victim, a 24 year-old male from Springfield, MA, had sustained a stab wound to the upper right […]
  
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• Police respond to fatal stabbing at local Hartford club

  14-03-2015 12:55
  
  HARTFORD – Police responded to the report of a fatal stabbing around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 14 inside Symmetry Lounge at 70 Union Place. Once on scene, police were brought to a side room where the victim was. injured, but alive.  The victim, a 24 year-old male from Springfield, MA, had sustained a stab wound […]
  
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• Stabbing at Hartford Nightclub

  14-03-2015 12:30
  
  A Springfield, Massachusetts man is in the hospital after he was stabbed early Saturday morning in Hartford.
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Mental health in minority communities

  14-03-2015 10:32
  
  Mental illness is a growing problem in minority communities. Dr. Gary Rhule has a unique perspective on the issue – and some solutions. He has written a book about his journey as a doctor — and as a caregiver for a family member who suffers from mental illness.
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Well known people challenged by mental health issues

  14-03-2015 10:31
  
  Dr. Gary Rhule talks about well known people who have been challenged by mental illness.
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Recovery from mental illness

  14-03-2015 10:30
  
  Dr. Gary Rhule gives some tips on recovery talk about those trials and tribulations – and the recovery strategies that are in his new book: “Sailing on Broken Pieces.”
  
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• Boatright’s Buzzer-Beater Leads UConn Over Cincinnati 57-54

  14-03-2015 04:45
  
  By: Pat Eaton-Robb Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)  Ryan Boatright hit a step back 3-pointer with two-tenths of a second on the clock Friday to keep defending national champion UConn’s NCAA Tournament hopes alive with […]
  
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• 4 Arrested in Enfield Drug Bust

  14-03-2015 04:11
  
  Four Enfield residents are facing charges after police found 256 bags of heroin, 10.6 grams of cocaine and $8,000 cash at a home on Pearl Street.
  
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• Sex Offender Stalking UHart Student: School

  14-03-2015 04:06
  
  A 51-year-old registered sex offender has been banned from the University of Hartford campus after allegedly harassing and possibly stalking a student, according to the public safety department.
  
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• Sex Offender Accused of Harrassing, Stalking UHart Student

  14-03-2015 03:36
  
  A 51-year-old registered sex offender has been banned from the University of Hartford campus after allegedly harassing and possibly stalking a student, according to the public safety department.
  
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• Kansas officials: 3 dead after listeria linked to ice cream products

  14-03-2015 02:49
  
  BRENHAM, Texas — Three people died in the past year from a listeria outbreak that has been potentially linked to Blue Bell Creameries products, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The ice cream company issued a recall for several frozen snacks but said many of its other products are not affected. A total […]
  
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• Raise the smoking age? Report predicts big health benefits if we do

  14-03-2015 02:26
  
  (CNN) — The public health benefits of barring people under age 21 from buying cigarettes could be tremendous, including “4.2 million fewer years of life lost” among the next generation of American adults, according to a report released this week by the Institute of Medicine. Setting the minimum age at 21 nationwide, the report estimates, […]
  
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• Want to be a CIA spy? Be careful on Facebook.

  14-03-2015 02:23
  
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Oversharing on Facebook is posing a unique challenge for the CIA’s recruitment of future spies. Every year, the agency has to drop five or six stellar candidates because of things they said on social media networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, the CIA’s top recruiter said in an exclusive interview with […]
  
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• Firefighters Suspended Over On-Duty Fight: Report

  14-03-2015 02:21
  
  Two New Haven firefighters have been suspended after allegedly getting into a fight at the scene of a fire on Winthrop Avenue last Wednesday.
  
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