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• NFL Suspends Brady 4 Games For Deflated Footballs

  11-05-2015 23:59
  
  The NFL suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the season, fined the New England Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks Monday as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game.
  
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• First Responders in Naugatuck Search for Child in Water

  11-05-2015 23:55
  
  Authorities in Naugatuck are searching for what they believe to be a young girl in the river at Linden Park, according to an officer at the scene.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Tom Brady suspended for first 4 games of Patriots season after ‘deflategate’

  11-05-2015 23:39
  
  NEW YORK — The NFL suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games, without pay, on Monday for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in the AFC title game. The league also fined the Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks, including next years’ first-round choice. The NFL […]
  
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• Tom Brady for first 4 games of Patriots season after ‘deflategate’

  11-05-2015 23:39
  
  NEW YORK — The NFL suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games on Monday for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in the AFC title game. The league also fined the Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks, including next years’ first-round choice. The NFL also indefinitely […]
  
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• Woman Selling Bakery For $75, An Essay, And A Cupcake Recipe

  11-05-2015 23:33
  
  A Vermont bakery owner is selling her business — for $75 and an essay.
  
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• Officials searching Rhode Island coast for beluga whales

  11-05-2015 23:23
  
  JAMESTOWN, R.I. — Officials from Mystic Aquarium and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries are working with local authorities to check on the health of three beluga whales spotted off the coast of Rhode Island. The team is searching Narragansett Bay to determine if they need to help the whales. The aquarium’s lead veterinarian Dr. […]
  
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• Man Arrested 2nd Time After Following Teens in Car: Cops

  11-05-2015 22:57
  
  A 27-year-old man who followed a 14-year-old in his car in an attempt to pick her up last Tuesday, ran into a teen during a fight with a group of her friends and hit a car on a nearby street has been arrested...Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police Department
  
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• Teen Charged in Knife Fight at Behavioral Health Center

  11-05-2015 22:55
  
  Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a fight involving a knife at the Children's Center, a behavioral health facility in Hamden.
  
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• 4 Additional Bodies In New Britain; One Confirmed ID

  11-05-2015 22:45
  
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – New Britain police say they have removed the remains of four additional victims found in the rear of a Hartford Road strip mall. That brings to seven, the number of […]
  
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• Missing Seymour Woman Among Victims of New Britain Serial Killer

  11-05-2015 22:14
  
  Police have identified four of the seven people whose remains have been uncovered behind a New Britain shopping center and said one of the bodies found this month is that of a Seymour woman and mother of two who...Photo Credit: National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems
  
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• Hernandez Facing Additional Charges In 2012 Killings

  11-05-2015 21:55
  
  BOSTON (AP)  – Former New England Patriots player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez is facing another criminal charge: witness intimidation. Hernandez was convicted last month of killing a man in June 2013. He also faces […]
  
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• Yale Receives $150 Million For Campus Center

  11-05-2015 21:54
  
  Yale University has received a $150 million gift to fund a new student and campus center.
  
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• Shelton Supt.: 6 or 7 Prom Gowns Considered Questionable

  11-05-2015 21:39
  
  Administrators from Shelton High School will hold a news conference this afternoon on the dress code for prom after students complained about last-minute changes to it that would bar them from wearing dresses...Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Shelton Supt: Says 6 or 7 Prom Gowns Deemed Inappropriate

  11-05-2015 21:36
  
  Administrators from Shelton High School will hold a news conference this afternoon on the dress code for prom after students complained about last-minute changes to it that would bar them from wearing dresses...Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Teen Charged in Knife Fight at Hamden Behavioral Health Center

  11-05-2015 21:30
  
  Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a fight involving a knife at the Children's Center, a behavioral health facility in Hamden.
  
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• Waterbury drug suspect wants case tossed after arresting officer fired

  11-05-2015 21:30
  
  WATERBURY — An attorney for a Waterbury man who pleaded guilty to drug and weapons crimes is seeking to have his conviction thrown out after the arresting officer was fired. Attorney Ioannis Kaloidis tells the Republican-American newspaper he believes the August 2012 police report filed against 24-year-old Michael Green was “full of lies.” Arresting officer […]
  
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• Aaron Hernandez Facing New Charge in 2012 Double Murder

  11-05-2015 21:21
  
  Former New England Patriot and convicted killer Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on a new charge in connection to a 2012 double murder.Hernandez has been charged with witness intimidation for allegedly...Photo Credit: necn
  
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• Aaron Hernandez charges with witness intimidation in shooting of Hartford man

  11-05-2015 21:17
  
  BOSTON – Former New England Patriots player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez is facing another criminal charge: witness intimidation. Hernandez was convicted last month of killing a man in June 2013. He also faces two counts of murder in Boston, where he’s accused of gunning down two men in 2012 after one caused him to […]
  
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• Aaron Hernandez charged with witness intimidation in shooting of Hartford man

  11-05-2015 21:17
  
  BOSTON – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was indicted Monday in Boston for shooting a friend in the face in Florida in 2013, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office told The Boston Globe. Hernandez has been charged under the state’s witness intimidation statute. Alexander Bradley, of Hartford, is expected to be a […]
  
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• Aaron Hernandez Facing New Charge

  11-05-2015 21:08
  
  Former New England Patriot and convicted killer Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on a new charge in connection to a 2012 double murder.Photo Credit: necn
  
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• Playoff Update: The Biggest Stories In The NBA, NHL Playoffs

  11-05-2015 20:45
  
  Here's a look at the latest and most important storylines from around the NBA and NHL Playoffs.
  
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• Seymour man accused of stalking teen arrested a second time in a week

  11-05-2015 20:30
  
  NAUGATUCK – A Seymour man, already arrested and accused of stalking a 14-year-old girl has been arrested a second time. On Friday, May 8 police arrested Brendan Burns, regarding incidents that occurred on Tuesday, May 5. He was initially arrested after he approached a a teen and repeatedly followed her in his vehicle and tried […]
  
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• Man Arrested 2nd Time After Following Multiple Teens in Car: PD

  11-05-2015 20:29
  
  A 27-year-old man who followed a 14-year-old in his car in an attempt to pick her up last Tuesday, ran into a teen during a fight with a group of her friends and hit a car on a nearby street has been arrested...Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police Department
  
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• Mom discovers her 2-year-old has cancer after noticing something strange in photo

  11-05-2015 20:09
  
  ROCKFORD, Ill. – Avery Fitzgerald is a typical toddler, but his mother noticed something strange a couple of months ago. “I would notice when I was looking at Avery in a light, I would see something in the back of his eye… and I thought ‘eh,” Julie Fitzgerald, Avery’s mother, told WREX. Fitzgerald researched what could […]
  
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• Serial Killer Linked to 7 Victims in New Britain

  11-05-2015 20:01
  
  Two weeks after finding remains behind a New Britain shopping center, multiple law enforcement sources said they have found remains of seven people since 2007 and the suspected serial killer is behind bars.
  
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• 2016 GRAMMY Awards To Be Held On Monday, Feb. 15

  11-05-2015 19:58
  
  The ceremony will be held on a Monday rather than its usual Sunday.
  
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• Mother Arrested After Leaving Child, 4, Alone in Walmart: PD

  11-05-2015 19:57
  
  Police arrested a mother after she left her 4-year-old behind in a Newington Walmart for at least an hour, police said.Photo Credit: Newington Police Department
  
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• George Zimmerman shot, injured in shooting incident in Florida

  11-05-2015 19:54
  
  LAKE MARY, Fla. — George Zimmerman was involved in a shooting incident in Florida on Monday afternoon, Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell confirmed to WESH-TV. The shooting happened in Lake Mary, Florida, on Monday afternoon. Officers said it appeared Zimmerman suffered a minor gunshot wound during the incident. “He walked normally into the ambulance, so […]
  
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• George Zimmerman shot, injured in ‘road rage incident’ in Florida

  11-05-2015 19:54
  
  LAKE MARY, Fla. — George Zimmerman — acquitted by a Florida jury over the death of Trayvon Martin — was involved in a shooting in Lake Mary, Florida, on Monday, police spokeswoman Bianca Gillett said. Zimmerman apparently suffered a minor gunshot wound, CNN affiliate WESH-TV reported, citing the police chief. The affiliate spoke with one witness, […]
  
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• George Zimmerman involved in Florida shooting

  11-05-2015 19:54
  
  LAKE MARY, Fla. – George Zimmerman, the man acquitted by a Florida jury over the death of Trayvon Martin, was involved in a shooting in Lake Mary, Florida, on Monday, police spokeswoman Bianca Gillett said. Zimmerman apparently suffered a minor gunshot wound, CNN affiliate WESH-TV reported, citing the police chief. In January, Zimmerman was accused […]
  
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• Girl Brought BB Gun to School and Loaded It: Police

  11-05-2015 19:50
  
  Hamden police have arrested a 12-year-old girl who they said brought a BB gun to school, pulled it out during class and loaded it in front of other students.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 3 p.m. New Conference on Shelton Prom Dress Code

  11-05-2015 19:44
  
  Administrators from Shelton High School will hold a news conference this afternoon on the dress code for prom after students complained about last-minute changes to it that would bar them from wearing dresses...Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Family Accepts Medals in Honor of Soldier Killed in WWI

  11-05-2015 19:39
  
  An Enfield family accepted two service medals, including a Purple Heart, Monday on behalf of a relative who died while fighting for the U.S. Army in World World I.Photo Credit: Congressman Joe Courtney's Office
  
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• Macaroni salad trail leads police to suspected burglars in NY

  11-05-2015 19:09
  
  MT. MORRIS, N.Y. — A trail of macaroni salad led police to three suspected burglars in western New York on Sunday. Livingston County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Build-A-Burger in Mt. Morris around 6:30 a.m. after the owners reported their surveillance system and cash was missing from the restaurant. The investigation led to a nearby greenway trail […]
  
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• ‘The Graduate,’ ‘9 to 5′ actress Elizabeth Wilson dead at 94

  11-05-2015 18:48
  
  NEW HAVEN — Tony award-winning actress Elizabeth Wilson, who built a career playing character roles in films such as “The Graduate” and “9 to 5,” has died. She was 94. Wilson, who lived in Branford with her sister, died Saturday at Yale-New Haven Hospital, according to actress Elizabeth Morton, who is serving as a spokeswoman for […]
  
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• Character actress Elizabeth Wilson dead at 94

  11-05-2015 18:48
  
  NEW HAVEN — Tony award-winning actress Elizabeth Wilson, who built a career playing character roles in films such as “The Graduate” and “9 to 5,” has died. She was 94. Wilson, who lived in Branford with her sister, died Saturday at Yale-New Haven Hospital, according to actress Elizabeth Morton, who is serving as a spokeswoman for […]
  
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• EnCon Police Dog Detects Illegal Fishing Activity

  11-05-2015 18:42
  
  A Labrador retriever recently trained in detecting illegally caught fish helped Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation police catch two Bridgeport men violating state...Photo Credit: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  
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• Spending Mother’s Day Becoming a Mom Again

  11-05-2015 18:37
  
  Some moms spent Mother’s Day at brunch with family, others enjoyed breakfast in bed, but Velinda Ortiz spent Mother’s Day becoming a mom for the second time.Photo Credit: Hospital of Central Connecticut
  
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• Dog Fishes Out Illegal Fish

  11-05-2015 18:37
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A dog with an apparent nose for fish helped snag two Bridgeport fishermen trying to make off with an illegal stash of striped bass this weekend. Saydee the labrador retriever is […]
  
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• Girl Brought BB Gun to School at Loaded It: Police

  11-05-2015 18:13
  
  Hamden police have arrested a 12-year-old girl who they said brought a BB gun to school, pulled it out during class and loaded it in front of other students.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 12-year-old girl arrested for bringing Air Soft gun to Hamden Middle School

  11-05-2015 18:10
  
  HAMDEN – A 12-year-old girl is facing charges after police say she brought an Air Soft gun to school. Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 7 police were called to Hamden Middle School regarding an incident with a student. Police say the student displayed the weapon during class and loaded it in front of other […]
  
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• Man Threatened Former Employer and Family: Police

  11-05-2015 17:58
  
  Milford police have arrested a man accused of threatening the life of his former employer and her family.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Specially trained dog detects fishing violations in Milford

  11-05-2015 17:49
  
  MILFORD – A canine with special training in detecting fish demonstrated her new skills Friday evening leading to charges for fishing violations against two Bridgeport men who were out on the Housatonic River in Milford. “Saydee,” a Labrador Retriever, had just completed training in the detection of illegally caught fish by the Department of Energy […]
  
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• Campaign Encourages Carpooling, Biking to Work in Connecticut

  11-05-2015 17:36
  
  A commute spent behind the wheel fighting traffic is considered miserable by many, but this week the group CTrides is urging drivers to try a different way of getting to work.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bodies Found in New Britain Were More Victims

  11-05-2015 17:32
  
  The human remains found behind a New Britain shopping center around two weeks ago, nearly a decade after the remains of three women were discovered there, belong to an additional four victims, according...
  
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• Woman loses job after apparently celebrating murders of police officers

  11-05-2015 17:13
  
  LAUREL, Miss. — A Mississippi woman is without a job after apparently celebrating the murders of two Mississippi police officers on social media. Two police officers were shot Saturday night while making a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After hearing the news, Sierra McCurdy took to Facebook to celebrate. “2 police officers was shot in […]
  
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• The Rock shows his softer side with touching Mother’s Day post

  11-05-2015 17:05
  
  HARTFORD – Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, showed his softer side this Mother’s Day. In a post on Instagram, he wrote about a conversation he had over breakfast with his mom. He talks about the struggles his family faced when he was young and how much their lives have changed since then. You […]
  
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• Crews Responded to Minor Gas Leak in Hartford

  11-05-2015 16:58
  
  One northbound lane of Franklin Avenue in Hartford is getting by after a minor gas leak on Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• New London Main Street’s Annual Food Stroll – Chef Jen’s shrimp & grits

  11-05-2015 16:51
  
  NEW LONDON – New London Main Street’s Annual Food Stroll will be held on Wednesday, May 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the streets of downtown New London Jennifer Spaulding, the Executive Chef at the Thames Club joined the Fox CT Morning News to cook the recipe that won last year, “Chef Jen’s […]
  
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• Minor Gas Leak Closes Part of Franklin Avenue in Hartford

  11-05-2015 16:50
  
  A section of Franklin Avenue in Hartford is shut down because of a minor gas leak.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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