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• Student Charged Following Food Court Fray

  06-10-2015 23:55
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ A UConn student faces criminal charges after a confrontation over macaroni and cheese that was captured on what has become a viral video.The 9-minute, obscenity-laced clip shows 19-year-old Luke Gatti, of Bayville, N.Y., arguing with and eventually shoving a manager at a food court inside the school’s student union on Sunday night.He had been attempting to purchase some mac and cheese with bacon and jalapeno peppers, but was refused service for carrying an open alcohol
  
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• Man Has Seizure at While Fishing at Valley Falls Park in Vernon: Police

  06-10-2015 23:41
  
  Vernon police responded to Valley Falls Park in Vernon after a man had a seizure while fishing.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Connecticut announces keno agreement with 2 tribes

  06-10-2015 23:24
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut has reached a deal with the two federally recognized Indian tribes that will allow the state to begin offering the gambling game keno in the coming year. Under the agreement with the Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegans, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation would be able to offer the game of chance at the lottery’s […]
  
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• Police Respond to Valley Falls Park in Vernon

  06-10-2015 23:20
  
  Vernon police have responded to Valley Falls Park in Vernon.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• New London soup kitchen may be forced to close

  06-10-2015 23:19
  
  NEW LONDON – For 30 years, the New London Community Meal Center has been counted on by the community. “We get a lot of people saying ‘thank you for the meal’ and ‘glad you’re here,'” said Peta Madry, the kitchen manager. However, if an influx of cash doesn’t come in soon, it will close within […]
  
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• Mostly sunny and mild over the next few days

  06-10-2015 23:19
  
  Sunshine continues to dominate the forecast, and with it a warming trend is emerging. We have some more great weather on tap for the next few days, as high pressure is parked over New England. Wind won’t be much of an issue at all, with just a fairly light breeze from the north helping to bring […]
  
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• Agreement With Tribes Paves Way for Keno in CT

  06-10-2015 23:17
  
  An agreement between the state and Mashantucket Pequote and Mohegan tribes has paved the way for keno to come to Connecticut.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Cops: Parents Arrested in "Worst Neglect Case They've Seen"

  06-10-2015 23:10
  
  Stamford Police have arrested the father and mother of a 14-month-old boy in what they are calling one of the of the worst neglect cases they have ever seen.Photo Credit: Stamford Police
  
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• Shaq Gets Stuffed In Phone Booth With Several Celebrities

  06-10-2015 23:05
  
  New York, NY (CBS Hartford) – Last night Jimmy Fallon played “Phone Booth” with Hugh Jackman and Shaquille O’Neal.
  The object of the game is to answer trivia questions and if you answer incorrectly more celebrities will join you in the booth.
  Watch how many questions Shaq got wrong and how many celebrities ended up in his booth.
  
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• Keno Memoranda Reached With Tribes

  06-10-2015 22:54
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut – The state has reached final agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes that will pave the way for keno in the next year.
  That word today from the state Office of Policy and Management.
  The deal allows for each tribe to receive 12.5% the gross operating revenues.
  The tribes can also run keno within their reservations, as well as be authorized to sell state lottery tickets.
  OPM Secretary Ben Barnes says “these agreements are the result
  
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• Diners give nasty note to family, accuse them of ‘ruining their dinner’

  06-10-2015 22:51
  
  BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho woman says she received a nasty note from two diners accusing her 10-month-old son of “ruining” their dinner. Katie Leach told KTVB her family was dining at a Texas Roadhouse when her son began to yell. “He will yell when I tell him no, when he’s super excited and happy […]
  
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• Defense Department ‘deeply regrets’ Afghanistan hospital airstrike

  06-10-2015 22:37
  
  KUNDUZ, Afghanistan— Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Defense Department “deeply regrets the loss of innocent lives” from a U.S. military airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan. Responding to what officials said was an Afghan request, a U.S. gunship on Saturday fired on a medical clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz. Afghans are […]
  
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• Route 7 Closed After Serious Crash

  06-10-2015 22:32
  
  Route 7 south is closed in Norwalk after a serious crash, police said.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police Department
  
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• Stamford Police arrest parents of toddler in “one of the worst cases of neglect” they’ve seen

  06-10-2015 22:28
  
  STAMFORD — Police have arrested a mother and father after their child was found living in deplorable conditions. On September 28, Stamford Police responded to a home on Myrtle Avenue for a medical call. They found a woman who was severely dehydrated and malnourished, and she was caring for a 14-month-old boy. The woman, Marina Vouk, 27, needed to […]
  
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• Police Find No Criminal Wrongdoing in School Duct Tape Incident

  06-10-2015 22:24
  
  Police have ruled that a Southington High School English teacher accused of duct taping a student's desk to discipline him in class did not break the law.
  
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• Roughly 6,000 federal inmates to be released

  06-10-2015 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON — Roughly 6,000 federal inmates will be released at the end of the month, the largest one-time release of federal prisoners, the Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday. Bureau spokesman Edmond Ross said that the inmates are all drug offenders. They became eligible for release after going through an appeals process following the recent restructuring […]
  
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• Awesome teachers walk students home from school every day

  06-10-2015 21:21
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Teachers at a Memphis school are getting a lot of praise for something they do outside the classroom. Photos showing Carl Schneider, a special education teacher at Whitney Achievement School, walking students home from school went viral on Tuesday. According to WREG, six teachers volunteer to walk students home each day. Some of the students live a […]
  
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• Research group: Home sales in Connecticut rise, prices fall

  06-10-2015 21:11
  
  HARTFORD — A real estate research group says sales of single-family homes in Connecticut rose more than 20 percent in August over the same month last year, though the median price fell 5.5 percent. The Warren Group said Tuesday that 3,295 homes were sold in August, up from 2,741 in August 2014. The median price was […]
  
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• CBS Sports Fantasy Football: Around the League: Week 4 Recap

  06-10-2015 20:31
  
  World’s Best Cheerleader
  (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images)
  Vincent Jackson was probably in Coach Kevin Mccrewell’s doghouse after last week’s 4 point ‘performance’. He might be let out now. Blind Luck gave Jay’s team a 85 to 63 point drubbing behind 20 points from Jackson. He overperformed his expectations by more than any other player.
  In addition to Jackson, Blind Luck also got nice games from Rashad Jennings and T.J. Yeldon. Blind Luck got the win desp
  
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• UConn Student Arrested When Mac-and-Cheese Quest Gets Physical

  06-10-2015 20:12
  
  A UConn student was arrested at an on-campus dining hall on Sunday night and video of the wild exchange, presumably over the quest for mac-and-cheese, is generating some widespread attention.Photo Credit: Amherst, Massachusetts Police
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• Photo of Alabama deputy comforting baby after multi-vehicle crash goes viral

  06-10-2015 19:33
  
  LEEDS, Ala. — A photo showing a deputy comforting a baby following a multi-vehicle crash in Alabama has gone viral. The rush-hour crash happened on Interstate 20 near Leeds, Alabama, around 7:50 a.m. Tuesday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office posted a photo on Facebook that shows Deputy Ric Lindley comforting an infant at the scene of the crash. The […]
  
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• FanDuel Weekly Roundup: Who To Play, Pass On For NFL Week 5

  06-10-2015 19:00
  
  By Stephen Dolan
  Missed field goals were killers on Sunday afternoon, but viewers got their fair share of football with two games needing overtime with five others being decided by three points or less. Week 5 features a number of great games and we have a good feeling about the guys who are going to be studs and who will be the duds.
  Quarterback
  Play: Peyton Manning (vs. OAK)
  Cost: $8,200
  Manning isn’t quite putting up the prolific numbers we have seen from him in the past. He completed j
  
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• Vermont train accident victims released from hospital

  06-10-2015 18:46
  
  MONTPELIER Vt. — All the victims of Monday’s Amtrak accident have been released from the hospital. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin said the seven people injured had been released.   Very pleased to announce that all 7 of those injured in yesterday's train derailment have been released from the hospital #vt — Peter Shumlin (@GovPeterShumlin) October […]
  
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• Viral video shows UConn student getting arrested after mac and cheese dispute

  06-10-2015 18:40
  
  STORRS — The video of an apparently drunk student being abusive to employees at the University of Connecticut has gone viral. The video shows the student arguing with the staff and refusing to leave without getting some mac and cheese. University of Connecticut police arrested Luke Gatti, 19, of Bayville, New York Sunday night around 10 […]
  
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• First Lady To Visit Connecticut

  06-10-2015 18:37
  
  GROTON, Conn. (AP) – First lady Michelle Obama is visiting Connecticut this weekend to christen a submarine named after her home state.
  Obama is the sponsor of the attack submarine that will become the USS Illinois.
  At the ceremony Saturday morning at the Groton shipyard of Navy contractor Electric Boat, Obama is expected to deliver remarks and christen the submarine by breaking a bottle of sparkling wine against its hull. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is also expected to speak at the ceremony.
  
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• Dive Teams Pull SUV from Water in Waterbury

  06-10-2015 18:06
  
  The driver of a BMW SUV crashed into Lakewood Lake in Waterbury on Monday night and called police after getting out of the car.Photo Credit: NBCConnnecticut.com
  
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• Report suggests this week is ‘secret week’ to book cheap holiday airfare

  06-10-2015 17:54
  
  Looking to travel around the holidays this year? Then this week might be the best time to book your airfare. A report from Orbitz suggests Oct. 5-12 is the “secret week” to buy tickets before airfares increase for travel around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Orbitz says Oct. 6 is the best day to book Thanksgiving fares, […]
  
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• Stratford coal tower to be demolished Wednesday

  06-10-2015 17:50
  
  STRATFORD – It’s been an unsightly feature on the landscape for years and it’s about to be only a memory. A reminder of the days when many buildings were heated with coal, the start of the demolition of the Mercer Coal towers is scheduled for Wednesday. The work is expected to start at 10 a.m. […]
  
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• First Lady Michelle Obama to christen nation’s newest sub in Groton on Saturday

  06-10-2015 17:24
  
  GROTON – First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to break the traditional bottle of champagne over one of the newest subs in the Navy’s fleet. On Saturday, Oct. 10, First Lady Michelle Obama take part in the christening ceremony for the submarine Illinois on the Thames river at Electric Boat. The company said the Illinois […]
  
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• Patrick Kennedy memoir exposes rift among his relatives

  06-10-2015 17:21
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ex-congressman Patrick Kennedy’s mother says she didn’t know her son was writing a book and she didn’t help him with it in any way. Kennedy’s memoir, “A Common Struggle” came out Monday and details family secrecy, substance abuse and mental illness in himself and relatives, including his father, late Massachusetts Sen. Edward […]
  
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• Watch: Fire ants work together to survive South Carolina flooding

  06-10-2015 17:07
  
  DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — Not even record flooding can stop the fire ants in South Carolina. Video recorded by WSAV photojournalist Chris Murray shows what appears to be a floating island of fire ants on top of the water in Dorchester County, South Carolina. The video is fast on its way to becoming viral. According to […]
  
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• Young man spared by Oregon shooter given two tasks in exchange for his life

  06-10-2015 17:04
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. — The killer called him “the lucky one.” For reasons he might never understand, Matthew was chosen to live by the gunman in last week’s Oregon community college shooting that left nine people dead. But the 18-year-old had to perform two tasks to save his life: deliver the gunman’s message to police, and […]
  
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• Bomb Threat Forced Evacuation of Wilby High School

  06-10-2015 17:03
  
  A bomb threat led to an evacuation of Wilby High School in Waterbury on Tuesday morning, but the evacuation is over.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Addressing The Serious Issues Of The Day

  06-10-2015 16:57
  
  The college years are a time when the (mostly) young have the time and the luxury of dealing with the serious issues of the day.In my years at Trinity- the late 60’s and early 70’s- the big cause was getting the U.S. out of Vietnam, and meeting hot women, and peace marches were a great way to address both.But there were other ways to take up the banner of righteous indignation. My favorite was the “student strike” in which my fellow students both on Summit Street and acro
  
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• Man loses job after Facebook post about 3-year-old boy

  06-10-2015 16:51
  
  ATLANTA — A man was fired from his job after posting a photo and racially-charged comments to Facebook. WAGA-TV reports Gerod Roth posted a photo with his co-worker’s son to the social media site, and Roth’s Facebook friends made several racist comments on the photo that has since gone viral. Sydney Shelton, a single mother to 3-year-old Cayden Jenkins, says she brings […]
  
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• August Home Sales Up In Connecticut

  06-10-2015 16:37
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – On the homes front in Connecticut, single family home sales were up a whopping 20.2% for the month of August.
  A new report from the Warren Group shows there were nearly 3,300 home sales for the month, an increase from just over 2,700 in August of 2014.
  Warren Groups CEO Tim Warren, Jr. says there are a couple of reasons for the increase..
  He says real estate is popular because the economy and job markets are strong and that consumers are feeling confiden
  
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• Alleged East Haven Bomb Threat Not Credible

  06-10-2015 16:37
  
  EAST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Police say a comment made during school wasmisinterpreted as a bomb threat and circulated through a Connecticut high schoolthrough text messages and social media.
  Principal Vincent DeNuzzo says students and faculty at East Haven High Schoolwere evacuated Monday afternoon after the school received word of “an allegedbomb threat.” He says a third party called Monday morning saying a student wasmaking threatening comments. Authorities deemed there was no threat
  
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• 11-Year-Old Boy Killed in New Britain Fire

  06-10-2015 16:35
  
  An 11-year-old boy died in a two-alarm fire that engulfed a multi-family home in New Britain, Connecticut this morning that also injured a firefighter and forced a resident to jump from a window.
  
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• The role of genetics in breast cancer

  06-10-2015 16:30
  
  HARTFORD — Dr. Kristen Zarfos, the Surgical director at the Comprehensive Breast Health Center for The Hospital of Central Connecticut joined the Fox CT Morning News to talk about genetic screening and the role of family history in breast cancer detection. Previously scheduled for Thursday, October 1, Pink Party will now take place Wednesday, October […]
  
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• Pet of the Week – Skipper

  06-10-2015 16:28
  
  HARTFORD – Skipper is a two-month-old domestic short hair kitten. He’s a special kitten and his deformed front legs do not stop him from being like all the other kitties. If you are interested in Skipper, or other pets that need homes, contact the CT Humane Society. And don’t forget the CT Humane Society Gala […]
  
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• Hernandez lawyers argue for dismissal of murder charges

  06-10-2015 16:27
  
  BOSTON — Lawyers for former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez will ask a judge to dismiss murder charges against Hernandez in a 2012 double slaying. A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court on a motion from Hernandez’s lawyers to drop the charges. Prosecutors say Hernandez killed Daniel de Abreu and Safiro […]
  
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• Accused Teen Arsonist Denied Bail

  06-10-2015 16:23
  
  ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ A judge has denied a reduced bail request for aConnecticut teenager accused of setting five arson fires.
  Davidson Izzo lives near vacant buildings in Enfield that have been set ablazeat least eight times since August 2014.
  The defense last month asked a Hartford Superior Court judge to reduce the17-year-old Izzo’s bail, saying it was unreasonably high and that prosecutors donot have solid evidence.
  The Hartford Courant reports the judge denied the request Monday.
  Izzo
  
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• Donald Trump OK with assault weapons

  06-10-2015 16:17
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said Tuesday he supports allowing Americans to legally buy and own assault weapons. “You have to be because the bad guys are going to have them anyway,” Trump told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day.” “What happens when the bad guys have the assault weapons and you don’t in a confrontation?” […]
  
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• Dive teams enter pond in Waterbury after car went under

  06-10-2015 16:11
  
  WATERBURY — Emergency crews are responding to a car that went in the water Tuesday morning. The incident happened in the area of Farmwood Road and Lakewood Road. Area dive teams are preparing to go into the pond. Check back for more details as they develop.
  
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