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• Police Investigating Assault With A Motor Vehicle

  20-08-2015 23:55
  
  (VERNON,Conn./CBS Connecticut) –  A 31 year old  Manchester man was  struck by a vehicle  on Orchard Street , near Union Street in the Rockville section of Vernon early Thursday morning.Police say the victim was fleeing an altercation on nearby West Main Street.It began in an  apartment and spilled into the street, where a vehicle had its tires slashed.
  The victim was taken to Rockville General Hospital  and then was transferred to Hartford Hospital , where he
  
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• Man Hit by Car While Running From Fight in Vernon: Cops

  20-08-2015 23:48
  
  A man running from a dispute involving several other people was struck by a car in Vernon early Thursday morning.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Person Taken to Hospital After Falling Near Route 85 in Hebron

  20-08-2015 23:43
  
  A person was taken to the hospital late Thursday afternoon after falling near Route 85 in Hebron, prompting police to shut down the road for about an hour and a half.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Child seriously injured after being struck by truck in Ansonia

  20-08-2015 23:33
  
  ANSONIA – Ford Street is closed in Ansonia after a child was struck by a truck.
  Police say the child’s injuries are serious.
  First-responders are on the scene.
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• 6-year-old struck by truck in Ansonia

  20-08-2015 23:33
  
  ANSONIA – Ford Street is closed in Ansonia after a 6-year-old child was struck by a truck.
  First-responders are on the scene.
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• 6-year-old seriously injured after being struck by truck in Ansonia

  20-08-2015 23:33
  
  ANSONIA – Ford Street is closed in Ansonia after a 6-year-old child was struck by a truck.
  Police say the child’s injuries are serious.
  First-responders are on the scene.
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• City of Waterbury to save taxpayers $750k with new oil deal

  20-08-2015 23:29
  
  WATERBURY–The city of Waterbury is trying to save its residents some money on oil.
  Oil prices have recently dropped, and the city jumped on the opportunity to lock in fuel prices of less than $2 per gallon for gas and diesel for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
  Mayor Neil O’Leary said this will save Waterbury taxpayers $744,200.
  “We are always looking for new ways to save money for our taxpayers,” O’Leary said.
  The city purchased 630,000 gallons of diesel and 23
  
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• City of Waterbury locks in $2 per gallon gas prices for 2016-2017

  20-08-2015 23:29
  
  WATERBURY–The city of Waterbury is trying to save its residents some money on oil.
  Oil prices have recently dropped, and the city jumped on the opportunity to lock in fuel prices of less than $2 a gallon for gas and diesel for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
  Mayor Neil O’Leary said this will save Waterbury taxpayers $744,200.
  “We are always looking for new ways to save money for our taxpayers,” O’Leary said.
  The city purchased 630,000 gallons of diesel and 230,
  
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• Getting a kick out of a schoolyard favorite – kickball in Hartford

  20-08-2015 23:04
  
  HARTFORD – What adult wouldn’t want to return to the carefree days of their youth even for a short stress free time? WAKA sports offers you a chance, even if it is for only one night a week. During the summer, every Thursday night, 500 players converge on Colt Park in Hartford to partake in this schoolyard favorite – kickball.
  
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• Getting a kick out of a schoolyard favorite

  20-08-2015 23:04
  
  HARTFORD – What adult wouldn’t want to return to the carefree days of their youth even for a short stress free time? WAKA sports offers you a chance, even if it is for only one night a week. During the summer, every Thursday night, 500 players converge on Colt Park in Hartford to partake in this schoolyard favorite – kickball.
  
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• Truck Containing Water Softener Crashes in Salem

  20-08-2015 23:03
  
  Police, firefighters and members of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to Old New London Road in Salem on Thursday after a box truck carrying water softening chemicals crashed...Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Could Face Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Crash, Police Say

  20-08-2015 22:46
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS Connecticut/AP) — Sheriff’s investigators will present evidence to prosecutors for a vehicular manslaughter charge against Caitlyn Jenner for her role in a fatal car crash last February, officials said Thursday.
  Investigators found that Jenner was driving “unsafe for the prevailing road conditions” when her SUV rear-ended a Lexus, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said.
  Jenner was hauling an off-road vehicle on a tra
  
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• Route 85 closed after person falls onto rocks in Hebron dam

  20-08-2015 22:32
  
  HEBRON–Route 85 is closed in Hebron after an incident.
  The road is closed near Holbrook Pond Road, near RHAM middle and high schools.
  A person fell 12 feet onto rocks in a dam, injuring his or her head and face.
  LifeStar was called to the scene to transport the victim to he hospital.
  
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• LifeStar called after woman falls onto rocks in Hebron pond

  20-08-2015 22:32
  
  HEBRON–Route 85/Gilead Street was closed in Hebron after an incident.
  An older woman from Manchester fell 12 feet onto rocks in the state-owned Holbrook Pond, injuring his or her head and face.
  The road was closed near Holbrook Pond Road, near RHAM middle and high schools, for a short period of time, but has since reopened.
  LifeStar was called to the scene to transport the victim to he hospital.
  
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• LifeStar called after person falls onto rocks in Hebron dam

  20-08-2015 22:32
  
  HEBRON–Route 85 was closed in Hebron after an incident.
  A person fell 12 feet onto rocks in a dam, injuring his or her head and face.
  The road was closed near Holbrook Pond Road, near RHAM middle and high schools, for a short period of time, but has since reopened.
  LifeStar was called to the scene to transport the victim to he hospital.
  
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• Scattered downpours and thunderstorms Friday

  20-08-2015 22:29
  
  We have a tropical flow in place and Friday looks like our best chance for rain as a slow moving front stops by for a visit.Rain will fall heavily at times, but the day does not look like a complete washout.
  This weekend will be okay, with partly cloudy skies and the chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms.
  
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• 22-year-old dies after crashing John Deere Gator into storage trailer

  20-08-2015 21:56
  
  NORTH BRANFORD–Police are investigating after a fatal  accident involving a farm vehicle.
  At 8:32 a.m. on Thursday North Branford police responded to the Country Farm, which is located at 1038 Middletown Ave. in Northford for reports of an accident.
  Credit: Deere.com
  The investigation revealed that a 22-year-old man was driving a John Deere Gator and crashed with a large farm storage trailer.
  The 22-year-old was seriously injured and was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he late
  
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• Squatter Likely Started 3-Alarm Factory Fire in Danbury

  20-08-2015 21:54
  
  A squatter staying in a vacant building may have started a three-alarm fire in a vacant Danbury factory Thursday afternoon, according to officials at the scene.Photo Credit: NBC 7
  
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• Willimantic PD: bad synthetic marijuana sends 6 to the hospital

  20-08-2015 21:44
  
  WILLIMANTIC – Police said they have responded to 6 overdoses in the past 24 hours.
  Five of the overdoses are confirmed as coming as result of using synthetic marijuana, or K2, and the sixth is suspected of being from the use of K2.
  All six victims have been taken to Windham Hospital, where five were treated and released, and one remains in serious condition.
  Three of the six overdoses happened Thursday morning.
  Police said that K2 is an obvious ongoing problem in their
  
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• ‘Bad batch’ of synthetic marjuana sends 6 to the hospital: Willimantic PD

  20-08-2015 21:44
  
  WILLIMANTIC – Police said they have responded to 6 overdoses in the past 24 hours.
  Five of the overdoses are confirmed as coming as result of using synthetic marijuana, or K2, and the sixth is suspected of being from the use of K2.
  All six victims have been taken to Windham Hospital, where five were treated and released, and one remains in serious condition.
  Three of the six overdoses happened Thursday morning.
  Police said that K2 is an obvious ongoing problem in their
  
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• ‘Bad batch’ of synthetic marijuana sends 6 to the hospital: Willimantic PD

  20-08-2015 21:44
  
  WILLIMANTIC – Police said they have responded to 6 overdoses in the past 24 hours.
  Five of the overdoses are confirmed as coming as result of using synthetic marijuana, or K2, and the sixth is suspected of being from the use of K2.
  All six victims have been taken to Windham Hospital, where five were treated and released, and one remains in serious condition.
  Three of the six overdoses happened Thursday morning.
  Police said that K2 is an obvious ongoing problem in their
  
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• Native American Imagery Pulled From West Hartford Logos

  20-08-2015 21:42
  
  When some students in West Hartford head back to class, they will find new logos on the signs out front, stripped of any Native American imagery. The old logos at Conard and Hall high schools have been replaced...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Identify Man Who Drowned at Middletown Quarry

  20-08-2015 21:41
  
  Police have identified the man pulled from the waters of an abandoned Middletown quarry Wednesday as a 26-year-old Portland resident.
  
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• Middletown Police identify man who drowned in quarry

  20-08-2015 21:37
  
  MIDDLETOWN–Police have identified the man who drowned in a quarry Wednesday afternoon.
  Andrew Frizzen, 26, of Portland, died after drowning in the water off of Bow Lane, along the Jeep Trail.
  A 911 call around 3:15 p.m. reported that a man had jumped from the quarry into the water and had not resurfaced. Dive teams from the Middletown Police Department, Middletown Fire Department and South Fire District all responded to search for Frizzen.He was pulled from the water about an hour and 10 m
  
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• Man Killed in Farm Equipment Accident in North Branford

  20-08-2015 21:32
  
  Police responded to some sort of an accident on Route 17 in North Branford, near John’s Refuse and Recycling, just after 9 a.m. on Thursday.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Community to Mourn Death of Young Hartford Mother at Vigil

  20-08-2015 21:26
  
  Community members will gather Thursday night to remember the 23-year-old Hartford mother who was found dead in the woods in Bloomfield a week after she disappeared.
  
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• ‘I’m not blue, and I’m not gigantic’: Couple banned from Facebook over last name

  20-08-2015 21:24
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Facebook is one of the most popular social media services around, but an Arizona couple says Facebook has banned them from using the site.
  KTVK reports, The man’s name is Boa, short for Balizar Orion Avatar. Boa said his name is very special to him.
  “My dad told me that my name in Sanskrit is ‘May the Lord protect the king, son of light in deity human form,'” Avatar said.
  But Avatar said it’s his last name with which Facebook all of a sudden
  
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• Report: Atlanta, Dallas, Westchester possible options for GE relocation

  20-08-2015 21:08
  
  FAIRFIELD — Ever since news was released that the new state budget would increase corporate taxes, General Electric, which is headquartered in Fairfield, has been vocal about exploring other states to relocate to.
  According to a report from Bloomberg News, the company has held exploratory talks about moving its headquarters to Atlanta.
  GE may meet with developers in the coming weeks to discuss moving to the Three Alliance Center, a 30-story building going up in Atlanta&rsquo
  
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• Scientists find how obesity gene makes people fat

  20-08-2015 20:58
  
  Scientists have figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat.
  Since 2007, researchers have known that a gene called FTO was related to obesity, but they didn’t know how, and could not tie it to appetite or other known factors.
  Now, experiments reveal that a faulty version of the gene causes energy from food to be stored as fat rather than burned. And genetic tinkering in mice and on human cells in the lab suggests this can be reversed.
  Study leader Melina Claussnitzer is a
  
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• Sheriff’s investigators to recommend manslaughter charge for Caitlyn Jenner in fatal crash

  20-08-2015 20:48
  
  LOS ANGELES — Sheriff’s investigators plan to recommend prosecutors file a vehicular manslaughter charge against Caitlyn Jenner for her role in a fatal car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu last February.
  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says investigators found that Jenner was driving “unsafe for the prevailing road conditions” because her SUV rear-ended a Lexus, pushing it into oncoming traffic.
  The Lexus driver, 69-yea
  
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• Police: 2 Teens Hurt After Crashing Go-Carts During Break-In

  20-08-2015 20:47
  
  SALISBURY, Conn. (AP) — State police say two teens were injured in go-cart crashes after they allegedly broke into the Lime Rock Park race track in Salisbury.
  Police say the crash happened at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after five people broke into the park and started up five go-carts.
  Police say a 15-year-old girl was hospitalized at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford with head and torso injures. A 15-year-old boy was taken to Sharon Hospital with injuries to his head and ar
  
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• Trespassing Teens Crash at Lime Rock Park Racetrack

  20-08-2015 20:45
  
  Two teens were rushed to the hospital on Wednesday night after trespassing at a racing track in Salisbury and racing go-carts on the track, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Recorded Victim in Milford YMCA Locker Room: Police

  20-08-2015 20:45
  
  A 71-year-old Shelton man has been arrested after being accused of videotaping a student inside a locker room at a Milford YMCA in May, according to Milford police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Robbers Tried to Hit Pizza Shop Owner With Bottle

  20-08-2015 20:38
  
  Police are investigating a robbery at a Hamden pizza shop after two men stole liquor from an office and attempted to hit the shop owner with a bottle.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 1 Hospitalized After Fight, Crash in Vernon

  20-08-2015 20:35
  
  Vernon police are investigating a car crash and fight in Rockville early Thursday morning that sent one person to the hospital.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• VIDEO: ‘Friends’ Deleted Scene Resurfaces After Being Pulled Following 9/11 Attacks

  20-08-2015 20:08
  
  NEW YORK (CBS Hartford) – A clip from an October 2011 “Friends” episode called “The One Where Rachel Tells Ross” is resurfacing on the Internet, according to Entertainment Tonight.
  Although you can watch re-runs on Nick at Nite, TBS or binge every season of the hit show, you won’t see this part because it’s a deleted scene.
  This particular scene was cut after the 9/11 tragedy after an airport bomb joke was made.
  In the scene, newlyweds Chandler and
  
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• After blast, RI asks Coast Guard to remove old power lines

  20-08-2015 19:53
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo wants the Coast Guard to remove abandoned power cables near state beaches after a corroded copper cable was named the likely cause of an explosion that injured a beachgoer.
  Scientists determined that the July 11 explosion at Salty Brine Beach in Narragansett was probably caused by the combustion of hydrogen that had built up around the cable.
  The cable was installed under the sand in the 1950s. It powered navigational lights before it was
  
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• Study: Happy friends could help teenagers beat depression

  20-08-2015 19:33
  
  For teenagers, surrounding themselves with friends — particularly friends in a good mood — could significantly reduce their risk of developing depression, and improve their ability to recover from it.
  In a study published this week, scientists analyzed the data of more than 2,000 high school students in the United States to investigate whether the moods of students influenced one another and if this could in turn impact levels of depression among teens. The teams modeled the spread o
  
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• Researchers Deem Modafinil World’s First Safe ‘Smart Drug’

  20-08-2015 19:24
  
  Cambridge, Mass. (CBS Hartford)– A drug that’s typically prescribed for narcolepsy has been deemed safe to improve focus in the short-term, according to a comprehensive review by researchers.
  Researchers at Harvard and Oxford universities have said that Modafinil is the world’s first safe “smart drug,” as reported by The Guardian. The review suggests that the drug, which is typically prescribed for narcolepsy, is capable of improving decision-making, probl
  
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• Police Find 92 Marijuana Plants Outside Hartford Home

  20-08-2015 19:22
  
  Hartford police found a marijuana garden while investigating reports of a marijuana growing operation in Hartford on Wednesday night.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Woman dances during labor to alleviate pain, does ‘Tootsie Roll’ to entertain nurses

  20-08-2015 19:21
  
  BOSTON — On Tuesday, a soon-to-be mom found a creative and entertaining way to beat the pains of labor.
  While awaiting the birth of their second child at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Connell Cloyd uploaded this video to Facebook where Yuki Nishizawa is shown doing the butterfly, the side shuffle, the “Tootsie Roll,” the two step and other dance moves to the delight of the nursing staff.
  Recorded by her husband, Yuki is seen looking radiant as she laughs a
  
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• Pet of the week — Radar

  20-08-2015 19:15
  
  Radar is an Italian Greyhound/Chihuahua Mix. He is a 1-year-old neutered male.
  Radar is happy, dynamic, buzzing little guy who never stops wiggling. He’s super-high energy, but at around 7 lbs, he’s very manageable. He’s like a little gnat — buzzing around your face for kisses, and constantly in motion.
  He’s very cute, and a great little dog. But, Radar can be fresh at times — he likes to act like he’s Mr. Tough Guy in charge, and needs to be remin
  
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• Man Recorded Victim in Y Locker Room: Police

  20-08-2015 18:45
  
  A 71-year-old Shelton man has been arrested after being accused of videotaping a student inside a locker room at a Milford YMCA in May, according to Milford police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Willimantic Police Respond to Rash of K2 Overdoses

  20-08-2015 18:40
  
  Willimantic police have responded to six drug overdoses in the last 24 hours and three have been within the last hour.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Connecticut unemployment rate falls to 5.4 percent

  20-08-2015 18:25
  
  HARTFORD — The Connecticut Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4 percent.
  The department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday the state added 4,100 jobs in July. Officials say the state has grown 30,600 nonfarm jobs over the last year and has now recovered 97 percent of the private sector jobs lost during the recession.
  The unemployment rate dropped from 5.7 percent a month earlier. The state’s jobless rate had been a full percenta
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Announces Second Pregnancy During Concert

  20-08-2015 18:23
  
  By Annie Scaramuzzino
  Kelly Clarkson has another baby on the way and she spontaneously let the world know during a concert in Los Angeles last night.
  After taking the stage at the Staples Center, the 33-year-old superstar singer became emotional as she introduced her song “Piece By Piece,” which chronicles her rocky relationship with her father and also acts as a tribute to her husband Brandon Blackstock.
  Related: Watch Kelly Clarkson Cover Tay
  
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• Hartford Police Bust Up Drug Operation

  20-08-2015 18:18
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hartford police say they have made several arrests and broken up a large scale drug operation.
  They say around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, detectives with the vice and narcotics division launched an undercover operation near 139 Babcock Street.
  They were watching out for drug buyers and sellers in the vicinity of that address, police said.
  Four arrests were made.  The suspects, 22-year-old Raymond Sanders of Hartford, 23-year-old Reinardo Otero of New
  
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• State Unemployment Rate At 5.4%

  20-08-2015 17:53
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The jobless rate in Connecticut is at its lowest level in seven years.
  Numbers today from the state Department of Labor show a gain of 4,100 for the month of July.
  That brought the unemployment rate down to 5.4%, a three-tenths of a percent drop from the June figures and one-tenth of a percentage point higher than the national average of 5.3%.
  Labor Department research director Andy Condon says the most gains were made in professional and business servic
  
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• Study: Working Long Hours Could Pose Serious Risk To Heart

  20-08-2015 17:43
  
  HARTFORD (CBS Hartford)– Nobody enjoys the stress and strain of putting in extended hours at the office and new research shows those long days and nights could even pose a serious risk to your heart.
  Researchers found that working 55 hours or more each week is linked to a 33 percent higher risk of stroke and a 13 percent higher risk of developing heart disease, compared to those who work 35 to 40 hours a week, as reported by CBS News.
  The University College London study evaluated data from
  
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• Water Rescue off Branford Harbor

  20-08-2015 17:28
  
  Officials are conducting a water rescue off Branford Harbor, according to the Branford Fire Department.Photo Credit: NBC 7
  
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