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• Goodwin Park Golf Course renovated and ready

  16-10-2015 23:58
  
  HARTFORD – It might be late in the season but the golfing is good at  Goodwin Park. The golf course looks like a million bucks, and that only makes sense. After years of neglect and mismanagement, the 110-year-old golf course is back in the swing of things, thanks to a million-dollar renovation project that is […]
  
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• Sex Assault Suspect May Have Had More Victims: Police

  16-10-2015 23:50
  
  New Britain Police said there could be more children that are victims of the man accused of peering through kids’ windows and even sexually assaulting one of them.
  
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• LifeStar Called to Respond to ATV Crash in Guilford

  16-10-2015 23:36
  
  There is an accident involving an ATV at Route 77 and Great Hill Road in Guilford, according to dispatchers from the police department, and LifeStar has responded.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• CCSU: Student expelled for sexually assaulting campus visitor

  16-10-2015 23:32
  
  NEW BRITAIN–A Central Connecticut State University student has been expelled after an on-campus sexual assault. The university received the allegation of the assault, which occurred on October 12. Resident Life staff members responded, and the Office of Student Conduct began an investigation as soon as the complaint was received. The student, who lived in on-campus […]
  
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• Sex Assault Reported at CCSU

  16-10-2015 23:31
  
  Police at Central Connecticut State University are investigating an allegation of a sex assault that took place on campus.
  
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• Huskies First Night has hoop fans excited for season

  16-10-2015 23:27
  
  STORRS – Students were lining up for UConn First Night, the official tip-off to the Huskies season. Doors at Gampel Pavilion open at 6 p.m. and the men’s and women’s team are offering autographs between 6-7. Showtime starts at 7:30 The event is free and open to the public.
  
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• Full house as Huskies First Night has hoop fans excited for new season

  16-10-2015 23:27
  
  STORRS – Students lined up for UConn First Night, the official tip-off to the Huskies season. Doors at Gampel Pavilion opened at 6 p.m. and the men’s and women’s team were offering autographs between 6-7. Showtime starts at 7:30 The event is free and open to the public. The UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams […]
  
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• See It Share It: Fall Foliage Reaching High Color Levels

  16-10-2015 23:11
  
  A beautiful fall foliage season is underway across Connecticut. We've received hundreds of photos. Send your photos to [email protected]!Photo Credit: Mariliana Alduen
  
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• 5 NFL Games You Can’t Miss This Weekend (Week 6)

  16-10-2015 23:08
  
  Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports
  I think last night’s game between the undefeated Atlanta Falcons and the seemingly all-but-defeated New Orleans Saints was the least surprising, surprising outcome of the season thus far. We all kind of knew that the Falcons weren’t as good as their undefeated 5-0 record might have suggested. Either way, the Saints showed some spunk and their usually awful defense did a pretty impressive job of keeping the Falcons off balance. Scratch that, they did a g
  
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• Wolcott Police seize 40+ cats from home

  16-10-2015 23:03
  
  WOLCOTT–Police took dozens of cats from a Wolcott home on Friday. Police are at the scene, where at least 40 cats were seized. They are still trying to catch the cats. The Wolcott Animal Control facility is closed, so it’s unclear where the cats will be taken. Stay with Fox CT as the story develops.
  
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• Patriots Injury Report: Solder’s Bicep Forces Changes Along Offensive Line

  16-10-2015 23:00
  
  By Gregory Hunt
  Coming off of a bye week, the New England Patriots were an incredibly healthy team going into its Week 5 game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. That all changed in the first half of that game when starting offensive left tackle Nate Solder went to the sidelines with what was initially described as an elbow injury. Three days later, after it was announced that Solder was actually suffering from a torn bicep muscle, the fifth-year player from Colorado was pl
  
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• WestConn employee sues school, state for gender discrimination in pay

  16-10-2015 22:44
  
  DANBURY–A former 31-year employee of Western Connecticut State University is suing the school for several discrimination claims. In July 2014, Lynne Paris-Purtle, of New Fairfield sued State of Connecticut, Connecticut Board of Governors of Higher Education, Connecticut Board of Regents. She also named Western Connecticut State University; Mary Alexander, the dean of arts and sciences; Carolyn Lanier, who works in WCSU affirmative […]
  
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• Frost Expected Saturday Night

  16-10-2015 22:34
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Gardeners beware…  A killing frost is expected Saturday night into Sunday morning.
  Details are available on our weather page.
  
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• Sex Assault Victim Had No Phone and Ran Mile to Call Cops

  16-10-2015 22:23
  
  A woman who was out for a jog in Stamford early Friday morning was sexually assaulted multiple times after a man grabbed her, then had to run more than a mile home to report the attack to police because she did...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• It’s expected to drop below freezing over the weekend for the first time this season

  16-10-2015 22:06
  
  A second cold front will swing through Connecticut early Saturday, reinforcing a shot of chilly air in time for your weekend. In fact, by Sunday and especially Monday morning, we could experience our first widespread frost and hard freeze statewide. That’s not unusual; the average date for the first freeze in Windsor locks is October 10, […]
  
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• South Windsor Police searching for suspect after armed robbery at liquor store

  16-10-2015 21:55
  
  SOUTH WINDSOR–Police are warning residents to be careful after an armed robbery at a liquor store Friday morning. At 10:12 a.m. South Windsor Police responded to the Kap-n-Keg, located at 575 John Fitch Blvd. The suspect showed a handgun before fleeing in a dark-colored sedan with the partial Connecticut license plate of “4AL—.” No one […]
  
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• Lamar Odom opened his eyes and was able to communicate, according to report

  16-10-2015 21:49
  
  NEW YORK — Lamar Odom opened his eyes and communicated with someone who spoke to him in his hospital room Thursday, Entertainment Tonight is reporting. It’s not clear whether Odom spoke or used gestures, but he reportedly confirmed that he wanted to see his children.  The former NBA star has two children, Lamar Odom Jr., 13, and […]
  
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• 3 Busted With Fake Licenses & Credit Cards Charged With ID Theft: Cops

  16-10-2015 21:49
  
  Old Saybrook police arrested three people accused of having more than 30 fake licenses and credit cards after a woman used an elderly Clinton woman’s identity to try and buy more than $1,200 worth of cell...Photo Credit: Old Saybrook
  
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• New Barbie YouTube Video Empowering Young Girls To Go After Careers

  16-10-2015 21:17
  
  New York, NY (CBS Hartford) –  Barbie just released a video through her YouTube channel asking, “What happens when girls are free to imagine they can be anything?”
  In this video it captures several different scenes where young ladies are portraying college professors, veterinarians, soccer coaches and so many more occupations. As these young ladies are taking care of business they are watched by adults that are amazed at how much knowledge they know.
  At the end of the comm
  
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• Here are the 10 best cities for retirement in America

  16-10-2015 21:17
  
  Looking to settle down, empty nesters? Choosing a place to retire sounds easy — everyone has a dream city where they’ve always wanted to live. Sometimes, though, it isn’t as simple as packing up and moving to that beachfront property you’ve always dreamt of. Maybe it shouldn’t be. After all, retirement will (hopefully) represent a […]
  
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• Student With Knife Prompts Lockdown At Vernon High School

  16-10-2015 21:16
  
  VERNON, Conn. (AP) — Vernon police say a high school was locked down briefly after staff reported a student with a pocket knife inside a classroom.
  Police say there was no indication that the student wanted to hurt anyone other than himself.
  Authorities say students were evacuated from the classroom and a school resource officer persuaded the 16-year-old boy to turn over the knife after about 30 minutes.
  The student was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation with minor cuts on h
  
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• Teller Asks Bank Robber if He Has Account

  16-10-2015 21:12
  
  Police are searching for the man who robbed a Santander Bank on Thursday afternoon and the bank is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest.
  
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• Rockville High Was Locked Down as Officer Convinced Teen to Hand Over Knife

  16-10-2015 21:02
  
  Rockville High School was briefly locked down on Friday afternoon and a classroom was evacuated as a school resource officer convinced a teenager with self-inflicted cuts to turn over the small pocket knife...Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Rockville High School briefly locked down due to student with knife

  16-10-2015 21:00
  
  ROCKVILLE–Police were able to talk down a high school student who had a knife on campus. Around 1:35 p.m. on Friday the Vernon Police School Resource Officer assigned to Rockville High School was told that a student with a knife was in a classroom. Students in that classroom were able to be quickly evacuated without […]
  
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• Motorcyclist seriously injured in “side-swipe” collision

  16-10-2015 20:41
  
  BRISTOL  —  Lifestar air lifted a man with serious injuries to the hospital on Friday after his motorcycle struck another vehicle. Bristol Police were called to the intersection of East Road and Willis Street just before noon after reports that a four-door sedan “side-swiped” a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The motorcyclist sustained severe injuries and trauma after […]
  
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• UConn, USF, Both Coming Off Wins, Meet In East Hartford

  16-10-2015 20:06
  
  PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated PressSTORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn and South Florida are coming off wins and looking for more signs that their rebuilding efforts are coming together.
  The Huskies (3-3, 1-1 American) already have more victories this season than they managed all of last year. UConn hasn’t had a winning record this late in the season since 2010.
  The Huskies are off a 40-13 conference win at UCF, which coach Bob Diaco acknowledges was a much-needed moral boost after three consecuti
  
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• Hundreds of Campaign Signs Taken or Damaged in East Lyme

  16-10-2015 20:02
  
  With just weeks to go until the election, hundreds of campaign signs have disappeared or been defaced in East Lyme.
  
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• 6 injured after massive scaffolding collapse in Houston

  16-10-2015 19:56
  
  Six construction workers were hurt when a large amount of scaffolding collapsed Friday outside a building under construction in Houston, a city firefighter said. Video from the scene showed piles of metal lying on the ground outside a roughly seven-story building. The collapsed scaffolding appeared to cover a large section of a city block. Senior […]
  
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• Search Underway for Man Who Sexually Assaulted Jogger

  16-10-2015 19:48
  
  A woman who was out for a jog in Stamford early Friday morning was sexually assaulted multiple times after a man grabbed her off the jogging track at Cove Island Park, according to police, and they are searching...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Motorcyclist Flown from Scene of Bristol Crash

  16-10-2015 19:45
  
  A motorcyclist was flown to the hospital after colliding with a car at Willis Street and East Road in Bristol on Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Zoo meerkat expert sentenced over assault on monkey handler

  16-10-2015 19:41
  
  LONDON — A former meerkat expert at London Zoo has been ordered to pay compensation to a monkey handler she attacked with a wine glass in a love spat over a llama-keeper. A judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court said Wednesday that Caroline Westlake must pay 800 pounds ($1,235) to Kate Sanders for assaulting her in a […]
  
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• Top 5 Wildest Sports Callers Of The Week: October 12th-October 16th

  16-10-2015 19:32
  
  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 Terrance from New York who joined Boomer and Carton on WFAN to tell the guys he would be commuting all the way to LA for Game 5 of Mets-Dodgers. The guys were impressed. 
  Number 4: Checking in at four is Gabriel from Cuba who called in to the Dallas Cowboys Post Ga
  
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• Cold Case: Jakeem Tully

  16-10-2015 19:30
  
  HARTFORD — It was a little after 2 a.m. on July 20, 2008 and 15-year-old Jakeem Tully was standing in front of the 24 hour store located at 485 Albany with a group of other young men. A vehicle drove by with several men inside, one of the men inside the vehicle fired several shots at […]
  
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• Report: Erin Andrews Seeking $75 Million Over Peephole Video

  16-10-2015 19:02
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) — Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews is seeking $75 million in damages for being secretly recorded while naked inside a Tennessee hotel room, according to court documents.
  The correspondent and co-host of ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” revealed the amount Tuesday in a court filing, as reported by The Smoking Gun.
  The 37-year-0ld filed a lawsuit in December 2011 accusing Marriott International and others of negligence and invasion of pri
  
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• Freeze Watch Posted For Sunday Morning

  16-10-2015 18:58
  
  The jet stream is plunging to the south and that means the coldest air so far this season will move into Connecticut over the weekend.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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• Murphy Goes From Controversy To Playoff Star For Mets

  16-10-2015 18:47
  
  BETH HARRISAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mets fans chanted “Re-sign!” in a boisterous hint to management to bring back playoff star Daniel Murphy. Seven months ago, much of New York was calling for his departure after he said he disagrees with the lifestyle of gay people.
  Murphy stole an uncovered third base and went on to score the tying run in the fourth inning Thursday night of a decisive Game 5 in the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two innings late
  
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• Jogger Assaulted On Stamford Trail

  16-10-2015 18:14
  
  (Stamford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Stamford police are looking for a man wanted in an early morning sexual assault on a city jogging trail.
  They say the incident occurred around 5:30 this morning as the 30-year-old female victim was jogging along the track at Cove Island Park.
  The victim reported a Hispanic man grabbed her from behind, said he had a knife, and assaulted her.
  Police say she was then dragged to the water line and assaulted again.
  The suspect is between 35-and 40-years-old,
  
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• 5 Things: Championship Series’ Set

  16-10-2015 18:03
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  Baseball’s final four is set: Blue Jays and Royals in the American League and Mets and Cubs in the National League. The fun continues tonight in Kansas City.
  Ridiculousness at the Rogers Centre
  Let’s be real, all “Five Things” could have been about the seventh inning of Game 5 in Toronto—and the column still would have left out approximately 97 crazy things that happened in that inning. Here’s a video that includes Russell Martin hitting batter
  
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• Police Investigate Liquor Store Robbery in South Windsor

  16-10-2015 18:01
  
  Police are investigating an armed robbery at a South Windsor liquor store this morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Shots Fired Outside Bridgeport Mayoral Candidate’s HQ

  16-10-2015 17:54
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut mayoral candidate who has made reducing violence a theme of his run for office says he does not think gunfire outside one of his offices was targeting his campaign.
  Tom Coble, who was staffing Bridgeport mayoral candidate Joseph Ganim’s campaign office Thursday, tells the Connecticut Post (http://bit.ly/1QzTUPG ) he heard 10 to 15 shots.
  There were no injuries, but the rear window of a campaign worker’s car was shot out.
  There was also evi
  
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• Jogger Sexually Assaulted in Stamford

  16-10-2015 17:51
  
  A woman was sexually assaulted multiple times early Friday morning when a man grabbed her off the jogging track at Cove Island Park in Stamford, according to police, and they are searching for the attacker.
  Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Woman sexually assaulted while jogging in Cove Island Park in Stamford

  16-10-2015 17:39
  
  STAMFORD–Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on a jogging trail in Cove Island Park. Around 5:20 a.m. Friday a 30-year-old woman was running when a man came up from behind her, grabbed her and pulled her off the track. The attacker said he had a knife, and he sexually assaulted her near the […]
  
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• Woman sexually assaulted twice while jogging in Cove Island Park in Stamford

  16-10-2015 17:39
  
  STAMFORD–Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on a jogging trail in Cove Island Park. Around 5:20 a.m. Friday a 30-year-old woman was running when a man came up from behind her, grabbed her and pulled her off the track. The attacker said he had a knife, and he sexually assaulted her near the […]
  
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• Greenwich waiter pleads guilty to dragging woman under car

  16-10-2015 17:17
  
  STAMFORD — A Greenwich waiter accused of dragging a Middlebury woman under his vehicle for more than 900 feet has pleaded guilty to a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The Advocate reports police said 28-year-old Vyacheslay Cherepov left a Byram restaurant around 2 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2013. […]
  
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• Firefighter, EMS mass to cause road closures in Norwich on Saturday

  16-10-2015 17:13
  
  NORWICH — Police are warning the public about road closures and parking bans during a mass for emergency personnel  Saturday afternoon. The Pontifical Mass for Firefighters and Emergency Medical Service Personnel at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Broadway will take place from 5 to 6 p.m.  People attending the mass are asked to park in the […]
  
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• Do annual physicals do more harm than good?

  16-10-2015 17:11
  
  Every year, one-third of Americans head into their doctor’s office to be prodded and poked, weighed and tested. It’s a ritual known as the annual physical and is the most common reason Americans visit the doctor. But more doctors are saying the annual physical is unnecessary — and can even be harmful. Questioning the conventional […]
  
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• Man in Critical Condition After Meriden Crash

  16-10-2015 17:10
  
  A 61-year-old man is in critical condition after losing control of his Jeep on the Berlin Turnpike in Meriden on Thursday night and being thrown from the vehicle.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Judge grants motion to dismiss in case of Hartford ‘Scarborough 11’

  16-10-2015 17:06
  
  HARTFORD — A federal judge has granted the city of Hartford’s motion to dismiss a constitutional case, saying the “Scarborough 11” did not exhaust all city options to resolve a zoning dispute before resorting to a federal challenge. Officials said eight adults and three children were violating zoning laws limiting the number of unrelated residents […]
  
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