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• Police: Man who killed fundraising firefighter mad over traffic delay

  14-09-2015 23:49
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Court records show a motorist accused of deliberately and fatally striking a firefighter told police he was angry with the firefighters collecting money for charity and slowing traffic.
  The Lansing State Journal reports Monday that Grant Taylor told officers during an interview that he expressed his anger with firefighters last Wednesday on a Lansing street.
  He added that their response to his frustrations didn’t satisfy him. He said he drove away, then turn around a
  
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• FBI Involved In Search For Bank Robber

  14-09-2015 23:40
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ The FBI is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man authorities say is responsible for seven bank robberies in Connecticut since August.The suspect is described as a white male, 30 to 40 years old, from 5-feet-9 to 6-feet tall, with a thin build. He wears a baseball cap and talks on a cellphone and has been seen with and without facial hair.
  The most recent robbery occurred last Wednesday at the Webster Bank in Rocky Hill.
  The FBI thinks the same man is respon
  
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• Men Smash Burger King Drive-Thru Window, Steal Cash

  14-09-2015 23:10
  
  Police are searching for two men who smashed the drive-thru window of a Burger King in Watertown and stole cash from four registers.Photo Credit: Watertown Police Department
  
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• Elderly Man Dies After Driving Off Boat Launch in Greenwich

  14-09-2015 23:08
  
  An elderly man from New York has died after driving off a Greenwich boat launch in what police are calling a "terrible accident."Photo Credit: Greenwich Police Department/Twitter
  
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• Warm weather with lots of sun will last throughout the rest of the week

  14-09-2015 22:56
  
  Now that we got the “cool” day of the week out of the way, we go right back to summertime temperatures for the middle to the end of the week. High temperatures will be in the 80s with abundant sunshine.
  This won’t be the stifling heat that we had last week, and we certainly won’t have the oppressive humidity levels either. Overall, although it’ll be warmer, this will be a very pleasant stretch of weather!
  
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• Fire Forces 2 Families From Berlin Motel

  14-09-2015 22:52
  
  A two-alarm fire forced two families from their rooms at an extended-stay motel in Berlin, according to the fire chief.
  
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• Suspected Drug Dealer Considered Armed, Dangerous

  14-09-2015 22:46
  
  Police are searching for a Stratford resident whose home on Yarwood Street was the scene of a drug investigation and officer-involved shooting last week.Photo Credit: Stratford Police Department
  
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• Back-to-School Fashion Trends: The Hot List

  14-09-2015 22:41
  
  If your like most parents, you’ve waited till the dog days of summer to take advantage of last minute deals, and with so many options, how do you know if you’re shopping the right trends?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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• Watertown police search for 2 suspects after Burger King drive-thru theft

  14-09-2015 22:25
  
  WATERTOWN–Police are searching for suspects after a Burger King drive-thru robbery.
  Around 6:48 a.m. on September 12, Watertown police responded to the Burger Kind located at 1258 Main St. on reports of a break-in and theft.
  The investigation revealed that at 4:02 a.m. that morning, two people walked up to the drive-thru window, and one of them used a 5-pound hammer to smash the window and gain entry. The two suspects entered the store and tried to pry four cash registers open.
  Around 4:10
  
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• This Week In Golf: PGA’s Young Superstars Lead FedExCup Playoffs

  14-09-2015 22:24
  
  By Ron Patey
  Rickie Fowler played it as cool as a polar bear’s toe nails in his one-shot win over Henrik Stenson at the Deutsche Bank Championship a week ago. Doing so lifted him 19 spots to number three in the FedExCup standings. It also set some tongues wagging about the PGA’s Big 4 (rather than Big 3) group of young superstars. Fowler’s three wins this season stack up well with Jordan Spieth’s four titles, Jason Day’s four titles and Rory
  
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• WATCH: Waterspout Comes Ashore in Milford

  14-09-2015 22:06
  
  Downpours moved through Connecticut on Sunday and in one Milford neighborhood, a waterspout formed over the ocean and came ashore.
  
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• Southwest Flight Diverted to Bradley Amid Mechanical Problem

  14-09-2015 21:55
  
  A Southwest Airlines flight heading from Rhode Island to Florida was diverted to Bradley Airport on Monday because of a mechanical issue, according to officials from Bradley.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• 2 Charged in Brutal Dog Attack of Health Care Worker

  14-09-2015 21:50
  
  Police have arrested two people in connection with the vicious dog attack that injured a health care worker in Plainfield in December.Photo Credit: Brittany Allen/NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Milford bank robbery suspect arrested in Rhode Island

  14-09-2015 21:33
  
  MILFORD–A suspect has been arrested after a bank robbery.
  On August 19, the People’s United Bank located at 1636 Boston Post Rd. was robbed at about 4:15 p.m. Police say a man entered the bank through the front door, and passed a note to the teller stating he had a weapon and demanded money from the drawer. The suspect never showed his weapon, and after he was given the money he ran away towards Woodruff Road.
  The suspect was described at the time as a thin white man wearing an over-
  
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• EMT Shortage Causes Budget Deficit in Canton

  14-09-2015 21:32
  
  The town of Canton is facing a budget deficit because of the lack of volunteer emergency medical technicians and town officials are looking for solutions to the shortage.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Groton Stabbing Victim Suffers Punctured Lung

  14-09-2015 21:31
  
  Police have arrested the man accused of stabbing another person in the city of Groton and leaving him with a punctured lung.
  
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• Doctors warn that more children are getting drunk on hand sanitizer

  14-09-2015 21:12
  
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  ATLANTA — Nhaijah Russell’s parents had no idea what was wrong with their daughter when she was rushed to an emergency room from school.
  The 6-year-old was slurring her words and was unable to walk.
  Doctors soon learned that Russell had swallowed three to four squirts of liquid hand sanitizer at school.
  She said that it tasted like strawberries, but she had no idea it contained enough alcohol to make her dangerously drunk.
  Since 2010, poison control center hotlines across
  
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• Naugatuck Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Girl

  14-09-2015 21:11
  
  A Naugatuck man who is accused of sexually assaulting a girl in 2007 has been arrested and charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child.Photo Credit: NBC
  
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• Car Crashes Into Wall at Rocky Hill Apartment Complex

  14-09-2015 20:59
  
  Police are investigating after a car crashed into a rock wall at an apartment complex in Rocky Hill on Monday morning.
  
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• Connecticut court bars release of arsenic killer’s records

  14-09-2015 20:48
  
  HARTFORD — The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that records related to the incarceration in a mental hospital of a serial killer who inspired the 1944 play and movie “Arsenic and Old Lace” do not have to be made public.
  In a decision released Monday, the justices ruled unanimously that a trial court improperly backed the Freedom of Information Commission, which said Amy Archer Gilligan’s privacy rights ended with her death in 1962.
  Author Ron Robillard requested
  
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• Navy Sailor Arrested After TSA Finds Loaded Gun in Carry-On

  14-09-2015 20:42
  
  A Norwich, Connecticut man and member of the United States Navy was arrested after TSA agents found a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at a Syracuse Hancock International Airport checkpoint on Sunday, according to...Photo Credit: TSA and Syracuse Police
  
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• FBI Asks for Help Identifying Serial Bank Robber

  14-09-2015 20:40
  
  The FBI is trying to identify the man believed to have committed seven bank robberies in Connecticut in the last month.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Two arrested in vicious dog attack, mauling of healthcare worker in Plainfield

  14-09-2015 20:26
  
  PLAINFIELD — Two people have been arrested months after a healthcare worker was mauled by dogs in Plainfield.
  On December 3, 2014 around 11 a.m. members of the Plainfield Police Department along with Plainfield Animal Control were called to a dog attack on Putnam Road.
  Lynne Denning, 56, a self-employed home healthcare worker, was viciously attacked by two rottweilers while caring for an elderly patient at the home. Six dogs lived in the home at the time, five rottweilers and a Labrad
  
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• Jared Fogle shown wearing ankle monitor in new video; whistleblower breaks her silence

  14-09-2015 19:44
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- A new video from Crime Watch Daily shows Jared Fogle apparently wearing an ankle bracelet while under house arrest in Indiana.
  Fogle is shown at his parents' home in southern Indiana while he awaits sentencing later this year for child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges.
  Matt Doran, host of Crime Watch Daily, knocked on the door to Fogle's parent's house and tried to confront him. Fogle initially goes to open the door, however he walked away from the door aft
  
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• FBI issues warning for man accused in 7 bank robberies, asks public to help identify him

  14-09-2015 19:31
  
  HARTFORD — The FBI has issued a warning and is asking the public to help identify a serial bank robber who has robber seven banks in Connecticut in the last month.
  During each of the bank robberies, the suspect has worn a baseball hat and is talking on the phone.  The suspect has been seen with and without facial hair.
  The most recent robbery was at the TD Bank on Route 81 in Killingworth on Friday, September 11. Investigators say he is suspected in robberies at the following loc
  
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• Reward Offered for Information in Manchester Bank Robbery

  14-09-2015 19:21
  
  A man with a gun robbed a Webster Bank in Manchester on Monday morning and a $2,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to a conviction in the case.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com and Manchester Police
  
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• Gas Prices Falling in Connecticut

  14-09-2015 19:20
  
  You may have noticed something exciting the last time you went to fill your tank… cheaper gas!
  In Connecticut, gas prices have been falling since mid-July according to AAA.
  
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• Legal wrangling slows lawsuit over Newtown school shooting

  14-09-2015 19:09
  
  HARTFORD — Lawyers for Newtown and the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are locked in legal wrangling in a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging lax security at the school.
  Newtown’s attorney is seeking to subpoena a state marshal for a deposition to determine whether the lawsuit was filed before the two-year statute of limitations expired Dec. 14, 2014. That’s two years after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at the school.
  
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• Organizers gear up for 15th annual Camp Courant ‘Buddy Bash’ fundraiser

  14-09-2015 18:57
  
  HARTFORD -- The 15th annual Camp Courant's 'Buddy Bash' annual fundraiser is set for Friday, September 18. McKinley Albert, Executive Director of Camp Courant stopped by Fox CT Monday morning to talk about the event.
  You can learn more and buy tickets here.
  Buddy Bash is Camp Courant's annual end of camp season celebration. Now in its 15th year, the Buddy Bash brings together donors, supporters, colleagues and friends to help raise funds so that Camp Courant can continue to provide a FREE
  
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• Breezy and Cool Today, then Warm Weather Returns

  14-09-2015 18:51
  
  Summer-like warmth is ahead
  
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• Off-duty officer stops man trying to jump fence at new Yard Goats stadium construction zone

  14-09-2015 18:43
  
  HARTFORD — A Manchester man is facing several charges after police say he tried to break in to the under construction Dunkin Donuts stadium.
  An off-duty Hartford Police Officer was on his way into work and saw the suspect climbing the northeast fence of the future home to the Hartford Yard Goats baseball team.
  Police say the ballpark has recently been plagued with burglaries from the site, and its construction trailers. Patrol units were dispatched to the area. A Hartford Police Sergeant f
  
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• Navy Man Arrested After TSA Agents Finds Loaded Gun in Carry-On

  14-09-2015 18:42
  
  A Norwich, Connecticut man and member of the United States Navy was arrested after TSA agents found a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at a Syracuse Hancock International Airport checkpoint on Sunday, according to...Photo Credit: TSA and Syracuse Police
  
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• Professor shot and killed at Delta State University; active shooter sought

  14-09-2015 18:31
  
  CLEVELAND, Miss. -- A male professor was shot and killed at Mississippi's Delta State University Monday, according to Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Murray Roark.
  The victim was in his office at the time of the shooting and the shooter remains at large, according to WREG.
  Delta State, which is in Cleveland, Mississippi, had earlier tweeted that at least one person was killed in a shooting.
  The school tweeted on its official account that the campus was on lockdown and advised that every
  
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• Shortage of Trained EMTs Causes Budget Deficit in Canton

  14-09-2015 18:11
  
  The town of Canton is facing a budget deficit because of the lack of volunteer emergency medical technicians and town officials are looking for solutions to the shortage.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• September 14 – September 18

  14-09-2015 18:11
  
  Monday, September 14
  Huntington’s Disease Society of America
  
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• Conn. BBB: Start your search now if you are looking for seasonal employment

  14-09-2015 18:05
  
  CROMWELL — If you are looking for a part-time holiday job, Connecticut Better Business Bureau recommends starting your search now, with the reminder that a part-time position can easily become full-time employment.
  Stores both large and small need to hire extra help for the holidays, however, some companies last year found they were shorthanded because of a strategy that saw many retail sales begin after Halloween and continue until December 31.
  There are a number of reasons to begin
  
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• Woman Charged in Stolen Debit Card Scheme

  14-09-2015 17:19
  
  South Windsor police have arrested a woman accused of taking part in a scheme to use a stolen credit card.Photo Credit: South Windsor
  
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• Utah twins pregnant again with 2nd set of twins

  14-09-2015 17:13
  
  LINDON, Utah — Kerri Bunker and Kelli Wall know a thing or two about twins.
  The two women are identical twins who already each have one set of twins. Now, they are getting ready to each have a second set of twins next spring.
  KSL-TV reports that the two women found out this summer that they were having twins gain. They are due two weeks apart next spring.
  These twin moms are both pregnant with their second set of twins http://t.co/8YFpJXJUyM pic.twitter.com/epm2wDmVKb
  — New York
  
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• Man Tried to Trade Gun for Drugs: PD

  14-09-2015 17:10
  
  Hartford police arrested a Pomfret man accused of coming to the capital city to make an illegal gun trade for narcotics, police said.Photo Credit: Hartford Police Department
  
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• Woman Finds Armed Intruder in South Windsor Condo

  14-09-2015 17:05
  
  A woman found an armed intruder in her South Windsor condo early Sunday morning and police are searching for the man.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• NFL Week 1 Injuries & How They Affect Your Fantasy Season

  14-09-2015 17:00
  
  By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports
  The first Sunday of the NFL season is in the books which means joy for some fan bases, misery for others, and of course potentially season altering injuries for fantasy football team owners. In case you missed any of yesterday’s action as you were yelling at your home team for doing something stupid (looking at you Giants, how do you not run the ball?) let’s look at the major injuries from yesterday and how they could affect your fantasy team.
  Terrell
  
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• Man Charged in Hartford 4th of July Shooting

  14-09-2015 17:00
  
  Hartford police arrested a man in connection to a 4th of July shooting.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Week Two Recap

  14-09-2015 16:59
  
  Some technical issues are solved and now it’s time to get back to writing the notebook.Good to have another football season underway. College… not pros.
  Two workmanlike performances have earned UConn two wins. Nothing spectacular in the wins over Villanova or Army, both of whom are not as good as they were a year ago. But that’s not the Huskies problem. They did what they had to do in both games.
  Several players have stood out to me thru the first two games. Obviously, one is
  
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• West Haven woman arrested, accused of price switching at Whole Foods

  14-09-2015 16:54
  
  MILFORD — A West Haven woman was arrested Thursday accused of price switching at Whole Foods. Police responded to the Whole Foods grocery store on Boston Post Road around 6:30 p.m. when employees called police.
  Police say Maryanne Radzion, 61, place false price tags on items and then bought them. They say she bought $86.28 worth of food for $20.71 then drove off.
  Officers stopped her car and took her into custody. Police say she was also in possession of more than 20 Xanax pills which she
  
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• Route 147 Reopens in Middlefield Due to Crash

  14-09-2015 16:53
  
  Route 147 has reopened in Middlefield after a one-car crash on Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Miss America Chair Apologizes To Vanessa Williams

  14-09-2015 16:44
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.(AP) – She wore the crown — briefly — 32 years ago, but Vanessa Williams got her moment of Miss America redemption Sunday night.
  Sam Haskell, executive chairman of the Miss America pageant, apologized to the entertainer for the way the pageant’s predecessors handled a controversy involving nude photos of Williams. The photographs were published in Penthouse several months after she became the first African-American Miss America. Will
  
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• Manchester Police Investigate Armed Robberies

  14-09-2015 16:44
  
  (Manchester, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Manchester police are investigating a pair of weekend armed robberies from Sunday and a bank holdup this morning.
  They say around 9:30 this morning, a lone suspect walked into the Webster Bank branch on Main Street and displayed a handgun.
  He fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
  The suspect is described as a thin black male, six-feet tall, wearing a gray hoodie and a Yankees cap.
  No injuries were reported.
  Sunday morning around 12:30, officers say
  
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• Man With Ski Mask, Bullets Arrested at Yard Goats Ballpark

  14-09-2015 16:28
  
  An off-duty Hartford Police Officer arrested a man who was climbing the fence at the new Yard Goats baseball park and said the suspect had a ski mask and a sock full of ammunition, according to a news release...Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Stonington teacher, facing 2 drunken driving allegations, resigns

  14-09-2015 16:03
  
  STONINGTON — A teacher at a Stonington elementary school has resigned following two drunken driving allegations in less than a year.
  The Board of Education was informed by the principal of the West Vine Street School that Anne Collette had submitted her resignation last week for personal reasons.
  Collette taught first grade and has been in Stonington for 18 years.
  The Day reports that Collette, charged in connection with a crash on U.S. Route 1 last October, had been charged with driv
  
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• Police Investigate Manchester Bank Robbery

  14-09-2015 16:03
  
  A man with a gun robbed a Webster Bank in Manchester on Monday morning and police are looking into whether this case is connected to two armed gas station robberies on Sunday.Photo Credit: Manchester Police/Facebook
  
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