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• Cadaver Dogs Search New Haven for Dismembered Limbs

  28-07-2015 23:56
  
  State police are returning to New Haven Tuesday with cadaver dogs to continue searching for evidence along the railroad tracks near State Street after a pair of human legs was found near near the station earlier...Photo Credit: New Haven POlice
  
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• New Haven Police Reward Drivers Who Yield to Pedestrians

  28-07-2015 23:45
  
  Police in New Haven are rewarding drivers who follow the law and yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
  
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• Nick Fradiani discusses the road to fame two months after being crowned an ‘Idol’

  28-07-2015 23:41
  
  WORCESTER, Mass.–Time flies when you’re singing nonstop! On Tuesday, Fox CT’s own “American Idol” correspondent Lauren Victory caught up with America’s newest “Idol” on tour in central Massachusetts. Nick Fradiani is currently traveling the country with the top 5 “American Idol” season 14 finishers for the “American Idol” tour, and he’s finally circling his old […]
  
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• Norwich Issues Power Alert as Temperatures Climb

  28-07-2015 23:36
  
  Norwich Public Utilities has issued a power alert this week, urging customers to conserve energy as temperatures climb into the 90s.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Deterioration Prompts Closure of Southbury Bridge

  28-07-2015 23:22
  
  Southbury's Spruce Brook Bridge is closed until further notice because the metal culverts that support it have deteriorated significantly over the past several months, according to a press release from...Photo Credit: Town of SouthburyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Jail releases more video of Sandra Bland before her death

  28-07-2015 23:03
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities in Waller County, Texas, released hours of jail video on Tuesday in an effort to knock down the idea that Sandra Bland was dead before she was brought to jail. Bland, 28, was found dead in her cell three days after she was arrested for allegedly failing to use her turn signal on […]
  
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• CT Cooling Centers

  28-07-2015 22:47
  
  Dangerous heat is with us for the next few days.  Staying cool in important.  Here is a list of cooling centers reported to WTIC.  To report cooling centers in your town email [email protected].   Bloomfield […]
  
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• Heat Wave Possible, Air Quality Concerns Arise

  28-07-2015 22:35
  
  Connecticut is on target for our first heat wave of the summer and state officials are warning of the possibility of poor air quality.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Turning up the heat over the next several days

  28-07-2015 22:29
  
  The next few days are going to be hazy, hot and humid, and just unstable enough for a few isolated showers and storms. Not everyone is going to get wet, but if you do, you may get a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Even if you miss the rain, you won’t […]
  
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• The heatwave will only get worse over the next several days

  28-07-2015 22:29
  
  The next few days are going to be hazy, hot and humid, and just unstable enough for a few isolated showers and storms. Not everyone is going to get wet, but if you do, you may get a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Even if you miss the rain, you won’t […]
  
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• Deteriorating Culverts Prompt Closure of Southbury Bridge

  28-07-2015 22:16
  
  Southbury's Spruce Brook Bridge is closed until further notice because the metal culverts that support it have deteriorated significantly over the past several months, according to a press release from...Photo Credit: Town of SouthburyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• NFL Upholds Brady’s Four-Game Suspension

  28-07-2015 22:06
  
  NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled on Tom Brady’s appeal, deciding to uphold his four-game suspension. Brady’s unwillingness to cooperate with Ted Wells’ investigation, and the fact the quarterback ordered his cell phone destroyed during the […]
  
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• Serious Crash Stalls Traffic on I-84 East in Southington

  28-07-2015 21:41
  
  Traffic is jammed up on Interstate 84 eastbound in Southington while police respond to a crash that seriously injured at least one person.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Dad, Young Son Killed in Fiery Truck Crash on I-95

  28-07-2015 21:33
  
  A 31-year-old father and his 7-year-old son were killed when a tractor-trailer went off the highway on Interstate 95 North in Stonington on Monday night and burst into flames, according to state police.Photo Credit: Carolyn Conigliaro Ferrara
  
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• Pollard to be paroled in November for spying for Israel

  28-07-2015 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Jonathan Pollard say the U.S. government is granting him parole after 30 years in prison for spying for Israel. He is due to be released in November. They say the decision followed a parole hearing earlier this month before the U.S. Parole Commission. Pollard, who is 60, has been imprisoned since […]
  
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• 1 Resident, 3 Firefighters Hurt in Overnight Hartford Fire

  28-07-2015 21:19
  
  One resident and three firefighters were hurt in a three-alarm fire that raged from Monday night into Tuesday morning in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford, according to the fire department.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• WATCH: Tom Brady's 4-Game Suspension Upheld

  28-07-2015 20:59
  
  Tom Brady's four-game suspension in regards to "Deflategate" has been upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Goodell has concluded that Brady was aware of, and took steps to support, the actions of...Photo Credit: FILE - Getty Images
  
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• Jailed Hartford Man Charged in Second Recent Shooting

  28-07-2015 20:58
  
  A Hartford man behind bars on an attempted murder charge from earlier this month has been arrested in connection with a second shooting.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Incarcerated Man Arrested in Second Shooting

  28-07-2015 20:47
  
  A Hartford man has been arrested in connection to a second shooting that happened a few months ago.
  
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• Tom Brady's 4-Game Suspension Upheld

  28-07-2015 20:42
  
  Tom Brady's four-game suspension has been upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Photo Credit: Patriots/Twitter
  
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• Tom Brady’s 4-game suspension upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

  28-07-2015 20:38
  
  NEW YORK — Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in using underinflated footballs during the AFC championship game last season has been upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league announced the decision Tuesday. The New England Patriots’ star quarterback was suspended by NFL executive Troy Vincent in May following a league-sanctioned investigation by […]
  
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• NFL upholds Tom Brady’s four-game ‘Deflategate’ suspension

  28-07-2015 20:38
  
  NEW YORK — The National Football League has upheld a four-game suspension of New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady for his role in the football tampering scandal known as “Deflateglate,” the league announced in a news release Tuesday. Commissioner Roger Goodell, in affirming the suspension he handed down in May, said new information about the […]
  
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• Price Chopper Supermarkets and Balise Auto Present Little City Sprouts

  28-07-2015 20:36
  
  With funding from Price Chopper Supermarkets and Balise Auto, CBS Radio Hartford and CBS EcoMedia are partnering with the National Recreation and Park Association, Hartford Early Learning Centers, Hartford Food System and the City of Hartford Department of Families, Children, Youth and Recreation to take part in an initiative the first of its kind in our area, the Little City Sprouts program!
  
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• Part of Route 83 in Vernon Closed

  28-07-2015 20:25
  
  Route 83 in Vernon is closed at the intersection of Loveland Hill Road after a crash.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Trump adviser Michael Cohen apologizes for rape comment

  28-07-2015 20:02
  
  WASHINGTON — A top adviser to Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for comments he made in an explosive interview while defending the Republican presidential candidate from a decades-old rape accusation. Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump and an executive vice president at The Trump Organization, asserted in an interview published Monday in the Daily Beast that […]
  
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• American Safari tourist suspected in killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe

  28-07-2015 19:55
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean police said Tuesday they are searching for an American who allegedly shot a well-known, protected lion with a crossbow in a killing that has outraged conservationists and others. The American allegedly paid $50,000 to kill the lion named Cecil, Zimbabwean conservationists said. Authorities on Tuesday said two Zimbabwean men will appear in […]
  
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• Route 4 Reopens in Farmington After Crash

  28-07-2015 19:50
  
  Route 4 in Farmington has reopened after a crash Wednesday, Farmington police dispatchers said.
  
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• East Hill Road to Be Closed in Canton Wednesday Morning

  28-07-2015 19:47
  
  East Hill Road will be closed from Route 454 to Colony Drive in Canton on Wednesday, July 29.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Police Arrest Second Suspect in Hartford Shooting

  28-07-2015 19:34
  
  Hartford police have arrested a second suspect in a shooting that injured two people back in September.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Raven-Symone On Caitlyn Jenner: ‘It’s Too Fast, Too Soon’

  28-07-2015 19:27
  
  On Monday the ladies of The View sat down to discuss their hot topics of the day according to Hello Beautiful.
  
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• This Week In Baseball: Coaches, Young Ballplayers Should Heed Smoltz’s Plea

  28-07-2015 19:10
  
  Smoltz's Hall of Fame speech illuminated a growing problem at the youth level of the sport.
  
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• Senator Urges “Made in U.S.A” Investigation After Troubleshooters Investigation

  28-07-2015 19:06
  
  U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is calling on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate fraudulent or misleading claims companies make about products being “Made in the U.S.A.” and said it follows an NBC...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• False claim of racial profiling leads to arrest: Police

  28-07-2015 18:42
  
  WETHERSFIELD – State police arrested a woman for making a false statement after they say she made an untrue complaint of racial profiling when she was stopped for a traffic violation. Minati Roychoudhuri, of Storrs was stopped by a State Trooper on May 9 in Wethersfield and issues an infraction for an unsafe lane change. […]
  
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• Heat Wave Possible, Concerns Rise About Air Quality

  28-07-2015 18:22
  
  We’ve had a bit of a cool summer so far, but the state is on target for our first heat wave of the summer and state officials are issuing a warning about poor air quality for today and tomorrow.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Traffic moving again on Route 4 in Farmington after accident

  28-07-2015 18:16
  
  FARMINGTON – Traffic is moving on Route 4 in Farmington after being  closed due to an accident. Police said  Farmington Avenue was closed for time just east of the former site of Parson Buick, between Pilgrim Path and Mountain Spring Road. Delays in the area should be expected. Check back for more details as they […]
  
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• Route 4 in Farmington closed due to accident

  28-07-2015 18:16
  
  FARMINGTON – Route 4 east of Farmington is closed due to an accident. Police said the Farmington Avenue was closed east of the former site of Parson Buick, between Pilgrim Path and Mountain Spring Road. Check back for more details as they become available.
  
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• Part of Route 4 in Farmington Closed Because of Crash

  28-07-2015 18:10
  
  Route 4 in Farmington is closed between Mountain Spring Road and the entrance to Interstate 84 after a crash, according to dispatchers for Farmington Police.
  
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• Over fifty weapons found in home of man involved in Torrington standoff

  28-07-2015 18:02
  
  TORRINGTON – Police said the man who held them at bay for 14 hours had a small arsenal in his home. Torrington police said Timothy Ventry, 60, had 41 long guns and 15 handguns in the house. Ventry was in court Monday for charges related to the Friday standoff which closed roads in the area for […]
  
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• Over 50 weapons found in home of man involved in Torrington standoff

  28-07-2015 18:02
  
  TORRINGTON – Police say a man who held them at bay for 14 hours Friday had a small arsenal in his home. Timothy Ventry, 60, had 41 long guns and 15 handguns in the house, according to police. Ventry appeared in court Monday for charges related to the Friday standoff which closed roads in the area […]
  
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• Windsor Locks Native Engaged to "The Bachelorette"

  28-07-2015 17:56
  
  A Connecticut native received the final rose, proposing to Kaitlyn Bristowe on the finale of "The Bachelorette" Monday night.Photo Credit: GC Images
  
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• City of New Haven extends beach and pool hours during hot week

  28-07-2015 17:51
  
  NEW HAVEN — The City of New Haven Department of Parks, Recreation, and Trees is extending hours at the Lighthouse Point Park beach, and at city pools located in Career, Hillhouse, Martinez and Wilbur Cross schools. This is due to the projected, excessively hot weather forecast for this week. Officials say they will reevaluate conditions each day, but the plan […]
  
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• Old Lyme golfer gets chance of a lifetime

  28-07-2015 17:50
  
  OLD LYME – Adam Rainaud the assistant golf pro at Black Hall Club Old Lyme just got one more great line on his resume. In late June, Rainaud placed high enough in the PNC Golf Championship to qualify for the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.
  
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• Windsor Locks Personal Trainer Engaged to "The Bachelorette"

  28-07-2015 17:49
  
  A Connecticut native received the final rose, proposing to Kaitlyn Bristowe on the finale of "The Bachelorette" Monday night.Photo Credit: GC Images
  
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• Heat Wave Possible, Concerns Rise About Air Qualit1st y

  28-07-2015 17:42
  
  We’ve had a bit of a cool summer so far, but the state is on target for our first heat wave of the summer and state officials are issuing a warning about poor air quality for today and tomorrow.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Windsor Locks Personal Trainer Gets Final Rose and Proposes to "The Bachelorette"

  28-07-2015 17:40
  
  A Connecticut native received the final rose, proposing to Kaitlyn Bristowe on the finale of "The Bachelorette" Monday night.Photo Credit: GC Images
  
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• Two Items For This Tuesday

  28-07-2015 17:33
  
  Forget the false claim that 97 percent of scientists agree that climate change (oh wait! This week, it’s global warming) is both real and anthropogenic. No, ex-DEP head and present boss of the EPA, one […]
  
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• Joyce Mitchell pleads guilty to helping N.Y. inmates escape

  28-07-2015 17:11
  
  NEW YORK — A woman charged with helping two murderers escape from an upstate New York prison last month pleaded guilty Tuesday to two charges in the case. Joyce Mitchell, 51, was charged with promoting prison contraband, a felony, and criminal facilitation, a misdemeanor. Before her plea, Mitchell’s handcuffs were removed so she could sign […]
  
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• Cardinals hire first female NFL coach

  28-07-2015 16:59
  
  Another barrier has been broken in the NFL — and for women in sports. On Monday, the Arizona Cardinals announced the hiring of Jen Welter to the team’s coaching staff. It is believed that she is the first woman to hold a coaching position of any kind in the NFL. Welter will work with the […]
  
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• Arizona Cardinals hire first female NFL coach

  28-07-2015 16:59
  
  Another barrier has been broken in the NFL — and for women in sports. On Monday, the Arizona Cardinals announced the hiring of Jen Welter to the team’s coaching staff. It is believed that she is the first woman to hold a coaching position of any kind in the NFL. Welter will work with the […]
  
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• Hernandez Lawyer Wants To Question Tipster

  28-07-2015 16:53
  
  A lawyer for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is asking a judge to let him question under oath a woman who called him anonymously and raised questions about a member of the jury that convicted his client of murder.
  
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