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• Assault of elderly woman just the latest trouble for Seymour Housing Authority

  17-07-2015 23:20
  
  SEYMOUR – A distraught daughter is blaming a vicious attack against her 95-year-old mother on a state law that allows disabled residents, of all ages, to live with senior citizens in public housing. “My mom sustained an open fracture of her right humerus and six fractures to the capsule of her shoulder,” said Gail Sokolnicki, whose […]
  
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• Clear the Shelters Animal Adoption Event on August 15

  17-07-2015 23:14
  
  Hundreds of organizations across the country are coming together to #CleartheShelters on Aug. 15.
  
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• Route 3 Northbound to Close This Weekend

  17-07-2015 22:57
  
  Route 3 northbound will close Friday night as construction continues on the Putnam Bridge, which connects Glastonbury and Wethersfield.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Man Stole Golf Clubs From 10 Glastonbury Homes: Cops

  17-07-2015 22:47
  
  A Glastonbury man is accused of stealing high-end golf clubs from 10 homes in town late last year.Photo Credit: Glastonbury Police Department
  
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• Police: no indication anyone missing in Fairfield lake

  17-07-2015 22:47
  
  FAIRFIELD — Police, fire and dive teams responded to Lake Mohegan in Fairfield for a water rescue around 4 p.m. on Friday. Police said they received reports of a missing child in the water but police said they were clearing the scene at the lake just after 7 p.m. as the search did not indicate anyone […]
  
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• Police dive teams respond to report of missing child in Fairfield lake

  17-07-2015 22:47
  
  FAIRFIELD — Police, fire and dive teams responding to Lake Mohegan in Fairfield for a water rescue. Police say they received reports of a missing child in the water. Officers would not release any more details at this time. This post will be updated when we receive more information.
  
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• Crews Respond to Report of Child Missing in Fairfield Lake

  17-07-2015 22:33
  
  Police and medical personnel are responding to the report of a child missing in the water at Lake Mohegan in Fairfield, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Humidity returns Saturday afternoon

  17-07-2015 22:26
  
  There will be heat, humidity, clouds, and a chance for some showers this weekend as a warm front approaches. Saturday will be the transition day as a warm front will approach the region with a few early showers followed by a mix of sun and clouds with increasing levels of humidity by the afternoon. Sunday […]
  
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• New tax at state parks begins Saturday

  17-07-2015 22:15
  
  MADISON, Conn. — If you’re spending time outdoors, pack some spare change with your beach bags and picnic baskets. State sales tax will be added to parking fees at three shoreline state parks for the first time this weekend. Beginning Saturday, a 6.35 percent sales tax will be added to the bill at Sherwood Island, […]
  
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• Passerby Helps Free Trapped Driver in Weston

  17-07-2015 22:15
  
  A passerby helped free a driver trapped in a rolled-over car on Route 53/Newtown Turnpike in Weston early Friday morning, according to the fire officials.Photo Credit: Weston Volunteer Fire Department
  
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• Method Man Believes 50 Cent Bankruptcy Claim Is A ‘Tactic’

  17-07-2015 22:03
  
  The other night Method Man paid a visit to Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" and played the game Plead The Fifth.
  
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• Milford Youth Center Employee Accused of Assaulting Child

  17-07-2015 21:29
  
  Police have arrested a New Haven man accused of assaulting a child in his care at a youth center in Milford.
  
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• Police Fire Gun, Taser After Driver Nearly Runs Over Trooper

  17-07-2015 21:18
  
  Police have arrested a driver who they say led troopers on a chase from Interstate 84 in Newtown to Route 7 in New Milford early Friday, almost running over one of them and prompting police to fire a gun...
  
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• Connecticut Democrats won’t override Gov. Malloy’s 9 vetoes

  17-07-2015 20:48
  
  HARTFORD — The Democratic leaders of the Connecticut General Assembly say they’ve decided not to try and override any of Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s nine vetoes. House Speaker Brendan Sharkey issued a statement Friday saying the “general consensus among our members, and in light of some of the governor’s concerns, is that these issues would be […]
  
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• Pre Game Playlist: Titans’ Dexter McCluster’s Music Is A ‘Jack-Of-All-Trades’

  17-07-2015 20:27
  
  Dexter McCluster shares his wide taste in music, his appreciation of Jamie Foxx and his hidden talent.
  
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• Man Stole High-End Golf Clubs From 10 Glastonbury Homes: Cops

  17-07-2015 20:11
  
  A Glastonbury man is accused of stealing high-end golf clubs from 10 homes in town late last year.Photo Credit: Glastonbury Police Department
  
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• Man Stole Golf High-End Clubs From 10 Glastonbury Homes: Cops

  17-07-2015 20:11
  
  A Glastonbury man is accused of stealing high-end golf clubs from 10 homes in town late last year.Photo Credit: Glastonbury Police Department
  
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• Huffington Post to cover Trump as an entertainer, not a politician

  17-07-2015 20:02
  
  NEW YORK — The Huffington Post will continue to cover Donald Trump, but the popular news site is done treating him like a legitimate presidential candidate. In a note to readers on Friday, two top editors for HuffPost said that coverage of the brash billionaire’s campaign will be a part of the site’s entertainment section. […]
  
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• Hartford Police make arrest in March homicide

  17-07-2015 19:57
  
  HARTFORD — Police made an arrest in a deadly shooting that happened on Blue Hills Avenue in March. James Canidate, 38, of Hartford was charged with Murder and criminal use of a firearm. He was already in police custody when the new arrest warrant was signed. Canidate was arrested back in March for a separate […]
  
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• Increasing Humidity Means Chance of Passing Storms This Weekend

  17-07-2015 19:41
  
  High pressure in command will make for an great finish to the work week today, but humidity ramps up this weekend and could bring a passing storm.
  
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• Route 53/Newtown Turnpike Closed in Weston

  17-07-2015 19:30
  
  Route 53/Newtown Turnpike is closed in Weston between Valley Forge Road and Tudor Road while authorities respond to a crash, according to the Department of Transportation.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Teen dies days after being shot by pellet gun in Berlin

  17-07-2015 19:29
  
  BERLIN — Police are investigating the death of a teenager after he was injured by a pellet gun in Berlin. The 15-year-old boy died Thursday after being shot four days earlier, police said. The boy was shot on Sunday by a 17-year-old. Since the people involved are children, police are not releasing their names. Police continue to […]
  
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• Berlin Teen Shot With Pellet Gun Dies 4 Days Later

  17-07-2015 19:15
  
  A 15-year-old boy from Berlin has died four days after a 17-year-old relative shot him with a pellet gun, according to police.
  
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• Hartford Police Arrest Suspect in March 19 Murder

  17-07-2015 19:13
  
  Hartford police have arrested a suspect in the city's fifth homicide of 2015.
  
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• Man facing charges for assaulting child he cared for at Milford youth facility

  17-07-2015 19:00
  
  MILFORD — A New Haven man is facing charges after police said he assaulted a child that he was caring for while working at a youth facility in Milford. Aaron Virgo, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault and risk of injury to a minor. Virgo was an employee at Boys and Girls Village, […]
  
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• School Committee Chairman Solicited Girls for Sex: Cops

  17-07-2015 18:54
  
  The Cohasset, Massachusetts, school committee chairman has been arrested in a sex sting, according to Cambridge Police.
  
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• Berlin Teen Dies 4 Days After Pellet Gun Shooting: Cops

  17-07-2015 18:53
  
  A 15-year-old boy from Berlin has died four days after a 17-year-old relative shot him with a pellet gun, according to police.
  
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• Berlin Teen Dies After Pellet Gun Shooting: Cops

  17-07-2015 18:50
  
  A 15-year-old boy from Berlin has died four days after a 17-year-old relative shot him with a pellet gun, according to police.
  
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• CVS warns photo website likely hacked, credit card data ‘may have been compromised’

  17-07-2015 18:38
  
  NEW YORK — CVS Photo, the popular website where you can upload digital images and pick up prints at the pharmacy, appears to have been hacked. Customer credit card data “may have been compromised,” the pharmacy explained. In cases like these, it’s typically hackers who break in and steal large batches of payment information. On Friday, […]
  
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• LifeStar Responding to Crash in Washington

  17-07-2015 18:37
  
  State police and a LifeStar medical helicopter are responding to Washington, Connecticut, after two cars collided early Friday afternoon.
  
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• Outages in Norwalk After Crash Brings Down Wires

  17-07-2015 18:24
  
  Hundreds of people are without power in Norwalk after a crash brought live wires down across Ward Avenue, according to police and Eversource.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 1,200 Outages in Norwalk After Crash Brings Down Wires

  17-07-2015 18:24
  
  Some 1,200 people are without power in Norwalk after a crash brought live wires down across Ward Avenue, according to police and Eversource.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• The skinny on Instagram banning #curvy

  17-07-2015 18:17
  
  LOS ANGELES — The battle over how Instagram will allow women’s bodies to be portrayed rages on. According to reports, the popular social photo service has banned the hashtag #curvy because it was used for porn and therefore violated the site’s terms of service. As you can imagine, some folks are not happy. Madeline Jones, […]
  
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• New Haven's Ferry Street Bridge to Close Next Week

  17-07-2015 18:16
  
  New Haven's Ferry Street Bridge will close down for a week while crews complete an electrical upgrade, according to a city spokesman.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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• The holy grill: A guilt-free superfood that’s tasty

  17-07-2015 18:02
  
  CORVALLIS, OR — Food lovers might no longer have to choose between tastiness and healthiness. As will be familiar to anyone miserably chewing through leaf after leaf of kale in a beleaguered attempt to shed a few pounds, it’s hard to banish thoughts of cheeseburgers, pizza or — many a dieters’ Achilles’ heel — bacon. […]
  
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• Malloy Tours Prison; Touts Second Chance

  17-07-2015 17:49
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy spent Thursday touring the Hartford Correctional Center, which houses nearly 1,000 inmates, in an effort to market new criminal justice reforms that lawmakers approved during the Special...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Naked baristas? Free coffee? Nestle wants your attention

  17-07-2015 17:45
  
  VEVEY, Switzerland — Nestle is going natural – with its creamer and its baristas. The Swiss company cast “nude” baristas — male and female actors covered only in body paint — to draw attention its Coffee-Mate creamer. Nestlé took over a Manhattan coffee shop for a day and offered free coffee — and Natural Bliss […]
  
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• Lawsuit In Disabled Daughter’s Fiery Death Heads To Trial

  17-07-2015 17:42
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The lawsuit filed by an Ohio father whose disabled daughter died in a Connecticut fire last year will go to trial. Connecticut Post reports a Bridgeport judge Thursday refused to throw […]
  
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• Gale Drops Hartford Mayoral Bid to Endorse Bronin

  17-07-2015 17:37
  
  Luke Bronin, a mainly unknown political quantity several months ago, has picked up a major endorsement in the race for Hartford mayor.
  
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• Expert: Loch Ness Monster ‘Most Likely’ 880-Pound Catfish

  17-07-2015 17:34
  
  Is the Loch Ness monster really just a catfish? That’s what one expert says.
  
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• $656,000 Stolen by Stamford Woman Overseeing Elderly Aunt’s Finances

  17-07-2015 17:28
  
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Police say a Connecticut woman who was supposed to be watching her elderly aunt’s finances gambled them away instead. Stamford Police say 62-year-old Barbara Pyne, of Bethel, turned herself in Thursday […]
  
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• Milford Youth Center Employee Assaults Child in His Care: Police

  17-07-2015 17:26
  
  Police have arrested a New Haven man accused of assaulting a child in his care at a youth center in Milford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Friday weather: Mostly sunny, temperatures near 80

  17-07-2015 17:15
  
  We are starting off with another cool and comfortable morning with bright sunshine to start your Friday. Expect a beautiful day with high pressure nearby supplying the sunshine and low humidity. The shoreline will be cooler this afternoon as a sea breeze will kick off the cooler Long Island Sound waters. That’s where the streak […]
  
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• Family of Slain Teen Calls Arrests 'Relief, But Not Victory'

  17-07-2015 17:12
  
  The family of a New Haven teen slain in 2014 said during a press conference Friday the arrests of three young suspects come as a "relief, but it's not a victory to us" because they know the suspects' families...Photo Credit: Family Photo/New Haven Police Department
  
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• Family of Slain New Haven Teen Calls Arrests 'Relief, But Not Victory'

  17-07-2015 17:01
  
  Family members of a slain New Haven teen said during a press conference Friday the arrests of three young suspects come as a "relief, but it's not a victory to us" because they know the suspects' families...Photo Credit: Family Photo/New Haven Police Department
  
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• Sandy Hook Mom Cheers Passage Of Social Legislation

  17-07-2015 16:59
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A woman whose young son was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting and Sen. Richard Blumenthal are cheering passage in the U.S. Senate of legislation that would boost training of […]
  
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• Malloy offers state aid as Hartford homicides increase to 17

  17-07-2015 16:59
  
  HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he’s happy to work with Hartford officials to help fight the rising number of city homicides. The fatal shooting early Tuesday morning of a man outside his Pliny Street home marked the city’s 17th homicide. Malloy called it “serious business” when there have been two fewer homicides so […]
  
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• Eric Garner’s daughter says ‘still no answers, still no justice’, 1 year later

  17-07-2015 16:48
  
  NEW YORK — On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner spoke his last words on a city block near his home on Staten Island. “I can’t breathe.” Cell phone video showed the 43-year-old lying motionless on the ground after being put in an apparent chokehold by a New York City police officer. Several officers had approached […]
  
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• General Electric Reporting Larger Profits

  17-07-2015 16:36
  
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — General Electric is reporting larger profits in the second quarter as orders and backlog both improved for the Connecticut-based company. The industrial segment’s operating profit, which is its primary focus with […]
  
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• Sandy Hook mom hails US Senate passage of education bill

  17-07-2015 16:29
  
  HARTFORD — A woman whose young son was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting and Sen. Richard Blumenthal are cheering passage in the U.S. Senate of legislation that would boost training of teachers in social and emotional learning. A bill named for 6-year-old shooting victim Jesse Lewis was introduced earlier this year to dedicate […]
  
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