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• Pilot Dies Practicing Stunts

  28-08-2015 23:52
  
  State police say a pilot has died after his propeller-driven stunt plane crashed while he was practicing tricks for a weekend air show in New York's Hudson Valley. Trooper Steven Nevel said the plane crashed...Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• TSA officer accused of molesting passenger at airport

  28-08-2015 23:50
  
  NEW YORK — A Transportation Security Administration officer has been accused of luring a passenger into a bathroom at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and molesting her.
  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police spokesman Joe Pentangelo says TSA officer Maxie Oquendo was arrested Thursday.
  Prosecutors say Oquendo approached the woman Tuesday as she was coming off a flight from Salt Lake City. They say he told her she needed to undergo a “secondary security screening.”
  
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• Woman Hit By Foul Ball Sues Red Sox Owner

  28-08-2015 23:36
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A fan struck by a foul ball that went behind home plate last year during a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park has sued the team’s principal owner.
  Brookline, Massachusetts, resident Stephanie Taubin says in her lawsuit filed Wednesday against John Henry that she was above home plate in the EMC Club on June 17, 2014, when a ball came through an area usually protected by glass and hit her. The glass had been removed for renovations.
  The suit says Taubin suffered fac
  
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• Former Brookfield Superintendent Sues for Wrongful Termination

  28-08-2015 23:36
  
  A former superintendent held responsible for the Brookfield school district's $1.2 million overspending is suing the board of education for wrongful termination.
  
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• Lucie Safarova advances to Connecticut Open final

  28-08-2015 23:16
  
  NEW HAVEN — Fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic held off lucky-loser Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) on Friday in the Connecticut Open semifinals.
  Second-seeded defending champion Petra Kvitova, also from the Czech Republic, faced third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the second semifinal.
  “It’s going to be a tough finals match, which it should be,” Safarova said.
  Safarova, from Czech Republic, had a 4-1 leads in the second before Tsure
  
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• Sessions Woods trails closed in Burlington after woman encounters black bears

  28-08-2015 23:03
  
  BURLINGTON–The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has shut down a hiking trail after a woman encountered some bears.
  The trails at Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area in Burlington will be shut down due to the bold behavior of a black bear that followed and approached the female hiker Friday afternoon.
  The male bear is about 1 1/2 years old and weighs about 150 pounds. It approached the woman and circled her before touching her leg with his mouth, as you can see in
  
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• Sessions Woods trails closed, black bear to be euthanized after encounter with woman

  28-08-2015 23:03
  
  BURLINGTON–The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has shut down a hiking trail after a woman encountered some bears.
  The trails at Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area in Burlington will be shut down due to the bold behavior of a black bear that followed and approached the female hiker Friday afternoon.
  The male bear is about 1 1/2 years old and weighs about 150 pounds. It approached the woman and circled her before touching her leg with his mouth, as you can see in
  
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• The Real Story: CT’s health exchange

  28-08-2015 22:57
  
  HARTFORD –  Jim Wadleigh, the CEO of Connecticut’s health exchange (Access Health CT), explains why so many customers have been told that they no longer have coverage, or that they are in danger of losing their coverage, and what they need to do.
  
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• All New Haven Church Street South apartments to be inspected by HUD

  28-08-2015 22:48
  
  NEW HAVEN – After years of complaints and dozens of recent work orders from the New Haven Building Department, the owners of the Church Street South low-income apartments are finally fixing thing the right way, according to some tenants.
  Yomaly Rivera, a mother of five, received a notice from the property managers on Wednesday saying her apartment needed to be available to contractors from August 27 through October 1. Shortly after contractors arrived Thursday, she was skeptical. Before an
  
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• Knocking on doors to improve New Haven residents’ health

  28-08-2015 22:44
  
  NEW HAVEN — Residents of New Haven suffer from higher rates of chronic diseases than the national average. Now, Yale University is assisting the city in getting a handle on its health through an upcoming survey.
  The effort is part of a long-term project that seeks to reverse worsening rates of chronic disease in the city. The survey will reach approximately 1,300 adults in the city’s Dixwell, West River/Dwight, Fair Haven, Hill North, Newhallville and West Rock neighborhoods.
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• Knocking on doors to improve New Haven resdients’ health

  28-08-2015 22:44
  
  NEW HAVEN — Residents of New Haven suffer from higher rates of chronic diseases than the national average. Now, Yale University is assisting the city in getting a handle on its health through an upcoming survey.
  The effort is part of a long-term project that seeks to reverse worsening rates of chronic disease in the city. The survey will reach approximately 1,300 adults in the city’s Dixwell, West River/Dwight, Fair Haven, Hill North, Newhallville and West Rock neighborhoods.
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• Beloved West Hartford sports shop closing its doors after 44 years

  28-08-2015 22:38
  
  WEST HARTFORD–A popular sports store is shutting its doors after 44 years of business.
  Herb’s Sport Shop in West Hartford has been in its La Salle Road location for decades, but will say goodbye to its fans by the end of October.
  Andrew Sheintop, the owner of Herb’s, says the store’s location is just too expensive to maintain/
  “The retail climate in the [West Hartford] center is very difficult,” Sheintop said. “It is not an inexpensive place to do
  
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• Man, 86, spared prison in sex assault conviction of young Bridgeport girl

  28-08-2015 22:24
  BRIDGEPORT — An 86-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a Bridgeport girl has been spared prison time, but was barred from Cape Verde, the African country where he was from.The Connecticut Post reports that Joseph Livramento was sentenced Friday to a five-year suspended sentence and three years’ probation. Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin cited his age and ill health.
  Livramento was charged with sexual assault in the first degree with the use of threat or force;
  
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• Crash Stalls Traffic on Route 5 North in Enfield

  28-08-2015 22:24
  
  Traffic was diverted around a crash on Route 5 northbound in Enfield on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Pilot Dies in Crash While Practicing Stunts for NY Air Show

  28-08-2015 22:08
  
  State police say a pilot has died after his propeller-driven stunt plane crashed while he was practicing tricks for a weekend air show in New York's Hudson Valley.
  
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• Pleasant weekend, prior to a potential heat wave

  28-08-2015 22:07
  
  Headed into the weekend, the weather is still providing some great conditions, with sunshine and low humidity.
  High pressure will gradually shift off the East Coast this weekend and become anchored offshore next week.
  That will keep storms at bay, but pump in the heat and humidity, with temps getting back into the upper 80s to near 90.
  No rain in sight for now – but the heat and high humidity levels may come into play through all of next week.
  
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• TSA Agent Accused of Bathroom Sex Abuse at NYC Airport

  28-08-2015 21:46
  
  A Transportation Security Administration screener at LaGuardia Airport has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 22-year-old foreign exchange student when she arrived in Queens this week, Port Authority...Photo Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images
  
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• Investigation into blown transformer at St. Francis continues

  28-08-2015 21:45
  
  HARTFORD – The cause of a transformer failure at St. Francis Hospital is still under investigation Friday, though operations have returned to normal.
  Patients told Fox CT smoke could be seen coming out of the ventilation system Thursday night after a transformer behind the John T. O’Connell Tower on Ashley Street failed. The building houses the Emergency Department, as well as other patient care areas.
  After the explosion all emergency ambulances were diverted to Hartford Hospital, a
  
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• Route 5 North in Enfield Closed After Crash

  28-08-2015 21:42
  
  Route 5 North in Enfield is closed by King Street and Parkway Drive because of a motor vehicle accident and will be closed for at least three hours, according to the town’s web site.
  
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• Roaming Pig Reunited With Owner

  28-08-2015 21:42
  
  Moto, a pet pig, is back home after a wild morning in Wethersfield.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Andover murder suspect still at large, police release photo

  28-08-2015 21:20
  
  ANDOVER – State police have released a photo and are still seeking the publics’ help to identify the suspect in a deadly shooting that happened in Andover in July.
  The suspect is described as a man wearing dark clothing, with red riding gloves, and riding a smaller style red and white dirt bike.
  A distinctive helmet and shoe style can be observed in the photo released Friday.
  According to State Police, eyewitness accounts, and relatives, at approximately 9:15 p.m. on July 3, a m
  
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• Andover murder suspect still at large

  28-08-2015 21:20
  
  ANDOVER – State police have released a photo and are still seeking the publics’ help to identify the suspect in a deadly shooting that happened in Andover in July.
  The suspect is described as a man wearing dark clothing, with red riding gloves, and riding a smaller style red and white dirt bike.
  A distinctive helmet and shoe style can be observed in the photo released Friday.
  According to State Police, eyewitness accounts, and relatives, at approximately 9:15 p.m. on July 3, a m
  
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• Route 5 north re-opened in Enfield near King Street after crash

  28-08-2015 21:13
  
  ENFIELD – A crash caused the town of Enfield to shut down Route 5 temporarily Friday afternoon.
  The road was closed in the northbound direction near King Street/Parkway Drive.
  It was closed for a just over an hours and the town asked drivers to seek an alternate route.
  Stay with FoxCT as this story develops.
  
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• Route 5 north closed in Enfield near King Street after crash

  28-08-2015 21:13
  
  ENFIELD–A crash has caused the town of Enfield to shut down Route 5.
  The road is closed in the northbound direction near King Street/Parkway Drive.
  It will be  closed for at least three hours, as of 2:49 p.m. The town is asking drivers to seek an alternate route.
  Stay with Fox CT as the story develops.
  
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• Roaming Pig Reuinited With Owner

  28-08-2015 20:29
  
  Moto, a pet pig, is back home after a wild morning in Wethersfield.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Defending Champion Kvitova Advances In Connecticut Open

  28-08-2015 20:28
  
  WILLIAM S. PAXTONAssociated PressNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Second-seeded defending champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat seventh-seeded Agnieska Radwanska of Poland 7-5, 6-4 on Thurday night to reach the Connecticut Open semifinals.
  “She’s a smart player,” Kvitova said. “She know where the ball will go probably before I know where it’s going to be. She’s a very good mover actually. I think that the serve is kind of the weakness of her game
  
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• Police ID Driver Killed in Crash on Route 9 in Haddam

  28-08-2015 20:25
  
  A 56-year-old East Hampton man was killed when the tractor-trailer he was driving went down an embankment on Route 9 North in Haddam on Friday morning and hit a tree, according to state police.
  
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• Boxing Analyst Steve Farhood: ‘I’d Put Floyd Between Top Ten And 15 All Time’

  28-08-2015 20:24
  
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  Steve Farhood, whose career as a boxing pundit goes back to cigars and fedoras, has been a writer, editor, and ringside reporter for nearly four decades.
  Having been a boxing analyst on the endless buffet of cable sports stations, Farhood will be in his familiar post for Showtime next month, mike in hand, endless opinions on his mind.
  Farhood spent a few moments with CBS Local Sports, musing over Floyd Mayweather Jr’s final fight on the network, on Septemb
  
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• Ex-senior at elite New Hampshire prep school acquitted of felony rape, guilty of misdemeanors

  28-08-2015 20:14
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — A former senior at a New Hampshire prep school has been acquitted of felony rape but convicted of misdemeanor sex charges regarding a 15-year-old freshman.
  The jury of nine men and three women on Friday found Owen Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, not guilty of raping the girl in an academic building at St. Paul’s School two days before he graduated last year.
  They did find  him guilty of three misdemeanor sex assault charges.
  Labrie said he and the girl h
  
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• Woman hit by foul ball behind home plate sues Red Sox owner

  28-08-2015 20:04
  
  BOSTON — A fan struck by a foul ball that went behind home plate last year during a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park has sued the team’s principal owner.
  Brookline, Massachusetts, resident Stephanie Taubin says in her lawsuit filed Wednesday against John Henry that she was above home plate in the EMC Club on June 17, 2014, when a ball came through an area usually protected by glass and hit her. The glass had been removed for renovations.
  The suit says Taubin suffered facial fractur
  
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• Fewer lifeguards at state parks as fall approaches

  28-08-2015 19:49
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut officials are advising visitors to state parks that there will be a smaller number of lifeguards on duty as the end of summer approaches.
  The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says many lifeguards leave their positions this time of year to return to school.
  Officials say swimming areas will be guarded wherever possible through Labor Day weekend but most of the state park swimming areas will not be attended by lifeguards on weekdays between now and Lab
  
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• Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: August 24th-August 28th

  28-08-2015 19:44
  
  The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation.
  Number 5: In this week’s episode we start with Rob from Garden City who called in to Beningo and Roberts on WFAN to discuss the difference between men’s and women’s tennis players. 
  Number 4: Checking in at four is Jermaine from Baltimore who joined the Norris and Davis show on 105.7 The Fan to
  
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• South Windsor Church Fire Was Arson

  28-08-2015 19:42
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — A fire earlier this month at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in South Windsor was intentionally set.
  That finding was announced today by town police.
  The fire caused significant damage at the church on Saturday, August First. It started in an office area, near a multipurpose room and a cafeteria.
  Police are hoping someone may come forward with information about the church fire, or about an earlier incident in a barn nearby, in which gasoline spilled, a fire started
  
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• TSA Agent Accused of Bathroom Sex Abuse at NYC Airport: Sources

  28-08-2015 19:38
  
  A Transportation Security Administration screener at LaGuardia Airport has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 22-year-old foreign exchange student when she arrived in Queens this week, Port Authority...Photo Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images
  
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• State releases first education scores from new test

  28-08-2015 19:35
  
  HARTFORD – The first results from Connecticut’s new standardized Smarter Balanced exams appear mixed. While more students than expected are excelling at English language arts, the scores show a need for improvement in math.
  While the math scores matched state estimates, Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell said Friday there’s “significant room for improvement” and announced a new council to assist teachers.
  This year, the Smarter Balanced tests replaced the Connec
  
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• First Scores From New Standardized Tests Show Mixed Results

  28-08-2015 19:28
  
  SUSAN HAIGHAssociated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The first round of results from Connecticut’s new standardized exams show more students than expected are excelling at English language arts, but math skills remain a challenge, according to scores released Friday.
  The math scores matched state estimates, but Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell said there is “significant room for improvement” and announced a new council to assist teachers that will be made up of educato
  
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• Meet Patches, the crossing guard dog

  28-08-2015 19:13
  
  JERSEY SHORE — A rather unique-looking crossing guard greets kids each day in Lycoming County.
  His name is Patches, and he tags along with his owner, retired contractor Brad Curtis, to make sure children make it to school safely.
  Curtis is required to wear a safety vest on the job. He tells WNEP it was only appropriate that his pup wore one, too.
  Curtis says he’ll bring Patches along with him to work until the winter weather hits.
  
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• Bridgeport Police Investigating Carjacking

  28-08-2015 19:00
  
  Bridgeport Police are investigating a carjacking and they are asking to identify a suspect.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police
  
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• Study: Goth Teens More Likely To Be Depressed

  28-08-2015 18:46
  
  HARTFORD (CBS Hartford) – Goth has been one of the more easily recognized teen subcultures since it emerged from the punk scene in the 1980s. Those who identify it dress mostly in black, put on black makeup, and adapt religious symbols as jewelry.
  A new study finds teens who call themselves Goth were more likely than their non-goth peers to suffer from depression, reports The Guardian.
  “Our study does not show that being a goth causes depression or self-harm
  
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• Bridgeport police seek carjacking suspect

  28-08-2015 18:16
  
  BRIDGEPORT – Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a carjacking suspect.
  On Friday, August 21, at around 3 p.m., police say a man flagged down a Bridgeport police officer and explained that he was the victim of a carjacking at gunpoint.
  The victim said that he was out of his wife’s vehicle at Wood Avenue and Olive Street when a car pulled around his car and parked up ahead.
  The suspect, a man the victim knows as “Boobie,” jumped out of that car an
  
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• South Windsor Church Fire Was Set: Police

  28-08-2015 17:50
  
  Someone set fire to a South Windsor church earlier this month and a reward is being offered for information as police search for the person who set it.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Stamford police seek burglary suspect

  28-08-2015 17:46
  
  STAMFORD – Police have released surveillance video of a car leaving an interrupted daytime burglary of an occupied Cummings Point Road house.
  The homeowner chased an unidentified black man out of the house and he jumped into the car seen in the video, taking off north on Cummings Point Road.
  Police are trying to identify the driver of the car, which appears to be a light pale green Nissan Sentra, and is missing a bumper, with some other dis
  
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• How a 15-year-old changed his life, lost 165 pounds in one year

  28-08-2015 17:42
  
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  He weighed 315 pounds at 15, but didn’t run into trouble with bullies or pressure from family and friends.
  But he knew that he was not living the life of most teenagers. He didn’t go swimming or sleep at friends’ houses. He wouldn’t get on rides at the fair, feeli
  
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• Hog Wild Morning in Wethersfield

  28-08-2015 17:40
  
  It was a hog wild morning in Wethersfield for a pig that was on the lam.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Calif. man bitten while taking selfie with rattlesnake

  28-08-2015 17:30
  
  LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — A California man could lose his hand after being bitten by a rattlesnake he was holding and taking pictures with, family members said Thursday.
  Alex Gomez found the 4-foot long snake behind his home on Monday and decided to pick it up. The 36-year-old could be seen holding the snake and even wrapping it around his neck in photographs provided to KTLA.
  At some point after the photos were taken, the rattlesnake attacked Gomez, biting him in the hand.
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• Couple treats guests to 13 different strains of marijuana at their wedding

  28-08-2015 17:12
  
  WEST LINN, Ore. — Guests attending John Elledge and Whitney Alexander’s August 8 wedding were surprised to find a familiar, pungent aroma coming from one of the tents—marijuana.
  The happy couple had set up a smoke tent with an open bar and 13 different strains of marijuana for guests to sample with the help of a budtender, according to reports.
  Guests were thrilled. According to Elledge, “The oldest person in the tent was an 81-year-old woman who hadn’t smoked weed
  
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• Fire at South Windsor church ruled arson

  28-08-2015 16:59
  
  SOUTH WINDSOR – A reward is being offered for information about fire that damaged a church earlier in the month which has been ruled an arson.
  Fire damaged the back part of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 109 Sand Hill Rd.,on August 1. It did not damage the sanctuary.
  The town fire marshal’s office and police ruled the fire an arson on Friday. Officials are offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to a conviction.
  Police believe the fire may be related to a crim
  
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• CEO of Ashley Madison stepping down after hack that impacted 37 million customers

  28-08-2015 16:38
  
  NEW YORK — Noel Biderman, the CEO of Ashley Madison and Avid Life Media, is stepping down in the wake of hack that left 37 million customers and their personal information exposed.
  Avid Life Media issued a statement on Friday:
  “Effective today, Noel Biderman, in mutual agreement with the company, is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Avid Life Media Inc. (ALM) and is no longer with the company. Until the appointment of a new CEO, the company will be led by the existing senio
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer dance on Billy Joel’s piano at Wrigley Field concert

  28-08-2015 16:12
  
  CHICAGO — Billy Joel fans got a big surprise Thursday night at his Wrigley Field concert according to WGNtv.com
  Amy Schumer and Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence joined Billy Joel on stage and danced barefoot on top of his grand piano during the classic hit, “Uptown Girl.”Uptown girls pic.twitter.com/zBY0q1wVB1
  — Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 28, 2015It’s a song that’s used in Schumer’s summer hit movie, “Trainwreck.”
  The two rehea
  
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• 7 Years For Hartford Man In Drunk Driving Death

  28-08-2015 16:09
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Hartford man who was driving drunk and hit and killed man in March faces seven years in prison.
  The Hartford Courant (http://cour.at/1MSCtcX) reports that Luis Acosta on Thursday was found guilty after entering a plea under the Alford doctrine to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle.
  While he did not agree with the prosecution’s case, he did not walk to risk a longer prison sentence at trial.
  Authorities say the 37-year-old Acosta swerved around st
  
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