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• Diaco: Huskies Are Built To Play Close Games

  20-09-2016 23:56
  
  STORRS, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — UConn coach Bob Diaco says his Huskies are built to play close games.
  Since the start of last season, 10 of UConn’s 16 contests have been decided by a single score (eight points or fewer), including all three this season. The latest was a 13-10 win over Virginia (0-3) last Saturday that wasn’t secured until Virginia’s walk-on kicker, Alex Furbank, missed a 20-yard field goal as time expired.
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• Mystery in Wallingford after mannequin dressed in KKK clothing appears on building

  20-09-2016 23:48
  
  WALLINGFORD — Who put it there and how did it get there? That’s what people in Wallingford are trying to figure out after a mannequin dressed in KKK clothing was spotted in town over the weekend. Police were called around 7:30 a.m. Saturday to what the caller thought was a person on top of a building […]
  
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• Mystery in Wallingford after manikin dressed in KKK clothing appears on building

  20-09-2016 23:48
  
  WALLINGFORD — Who put it there and how did it get there? That’s what people in Wallingford are trying to figure out after a manikin dressed in KKK clothing was spotted in town over the weekend. Police were called around 7:30 a.m. Saturday to what the caller thought was a person on top of a building […]
  
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• Malloy, Lockheed Martin Strike Sikorsky Deal

  20-09-2016 23:40
  
  STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) – The office of Connecticut’s governor says Sikorsky Aircraft has committed to keeping its headquarters in the state and adding jobsin an agreement that involves $220 million in state incentives.
  The agreement was announced Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Maryland-based Lockheed Martin.
  It remains subject to approval from the Sikorsky workers’ union and the state Legislature.
  The deal calls for Sikorsky to build nearly 200 CH-53K King Stall
  
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• Man suspected in 2 sex assaults, kidnapping in Norwich

  20-09-2016 23:26
  
  NORWICH–Police are investigating two sexual assaults linked to one person, who is now in custody. On September 17 and September 18, two women in Norwich reported that they were sexually assaulted while walking down the street. On September 18, a 19-year-old woman reported to police that she had been beaten and sexually assaulted by a […]
  
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• Sikorsky Headquarters to Stay in Connecticut: Gov. Malloy

  20-09-2016 23:21
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy and Lockheed Martin, parent company of Sikorsky, have reached a deal to keep the company's headquarters in Connecticut until 2032.
  
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• Foxwoods Patron Shot by PD Fell Off 4th Floor Parking Garage

  20-09-2016 23:07
  
  Connecticut State police are assisting the Mashantucket Tribal Police after a fatal officer-involved shooting at Foxwoods Resort Casino, state police said.Photo Credit: Evan CumminsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• State reaches deal to keep Sikorsky headquartered in Stratford for 16 more years

  20-09-2016 22:40
  
  STRATFORD–After recent news of layoffs and a major project leaving the state, Gov. Dan Malloy announced some positive news regarding Sikorsky’s future in the state. On Tuesday, Malloy said that he had reached a deal with Lockheed Martin, the overhead company of Sikorsky, to keep the headquarters in Stratford through 2032. The deal is subject […]
  
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• State reaches $220 million deal to keep Sikorsky headquartered in Stratford for 16 more years

  20-09-2016 22:40
  
  STRATFORD — After recent news of layoffs and a major project leaving the state, Gov. Dan Malloy announced some positive news regarding Sikorsky’s future in Connecticut. On Tuesday, Malloy said that he had reached a deal with Lockheed Martin, the overhead company of Sikorsky, to keep the headquarters in Stratford through 2032; it has already […]
  
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• Humidity breaks overnight, warmth continues through the end of the week

  20-09-2016 22:40
  
  Summer warmth continues through the end of the week with lots of sun and a return to low humidity. That means it will be a warm start to fall on Thursday’s autumnal equinox. There is a chance for a few showers Friday night into Saturday morning. This will be followed by cooler fall weather for […]
  
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• Suffield School Put on Lockdown Following Bank Robbery

  20-09-2016 22:37
  
  Suffield Public Schools were briefly put on lock down Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a bank robbery.
  
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• School cafeteria worker quits job over ‘lunch shaming’

  20-09-2016 22:35
  
  PITTSBURGH — A school cafeteria worker in Pittsburgh quit her job over what she calls a new “lunch shaming” policy. Stacy Koltiska, who worked at an elementary school in the Canon McMillan School District for two years, told KDKA some students are being denied hot lunches to force parents to pay for overdrawn lunch accounts. She says the policy, […]
  
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• Route 9 North Reopens in Middletown After TT Crash

  20-09-2016 22:18
  
  Route 9 north is closed in Middletown after an accident involving a tractor trailer, according to the Department of Transportation.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transporation
  
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• Coast Guard: Search For 2 Missing Boaters From Middletown Continues

  20-09-2016 22:16
  
  BOSTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching the waters south of Long Island, New York, for two boaters from Middletown reported missing off the coast of Rhode Island.
  The Coast Guard said Tuesday the search for 54-year-old Linda Carman and her son, 22-year-old Nathan Carman had shifted to an approximately 11,000-square-mile area about 115 miles south of Montauk, New York.
  The Coast Guard was informed Sunday that the pair failed to return from an offshore fis
  
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• Coast Guard on third day of search for missing Middletown mother and son

  20-09-2016 22:09
  
  MIDDLETOWN–The Coast Guard is searching for a mother and son who are supposed to be out boating. On Sunday at 6:30 p.m., the Coast Guard got a report that Linda Carman, 54, and her son Nathan, 22, both from Middletown, Connecticut, didn’t return from an offshore fishing trip. They left from Ram’s Point Marina in […]
  
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• West Haven Man Arrested on Gun Charges in New Haven

  20-09-2016 21:56
  
  New Haven police arrested a man on gun charges after an off-duty New Haven police officer reported hearing gunshots.Photo Credit: New Haven Police Department
  
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• Connecticut Supreme Court To Review Landmark School Ruling

  20-09-2016 21:21
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Connecticut Supreme Court will hear an expedited appeal of a landmark court ruling declaring the state’s education funding system unconstitutional.
  Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers on Tuesday approved the appeal request by state Attorney General George Jepsen.
  Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled earlier this month in an 11-year-old lawsuit that the state must submit plans to overhaul its education system and change its school fundi
  
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• Suffield School Buses Delayed After Lockdown

  20-09-2016 21:15
  
  Suffield Public Schools were lock down Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a bank robbery.
  
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• Memo To College Football Players: Stop Dropping The Ball Before The End Zone

  20-09-2016 21:06
  
  Ryan Mayer
  A few years ago, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson made one of the all-time boneheaded plays in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. You probably remember it, but in case you had forgotten, go ahead and fast forward to the number one play in the below video.That play happened in 2008. Yet, in the past three weeks of college football we’ve seen three different players make the same mistake as Jackson in celebrating before they actually scored
  
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• Route 9 North Closed in Middletown

  20-09-2016 21:00
  
  Route 9 north is closed in Middletown after an accident involving a tractor trailer, according to the Department of Transportation.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transporation
  
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• Tractor trailer accident closes Route 9 Northbound in Middletown

  20-09-2016 20:58
  
  MIDDLETOWN — Route 9 Northbound is closed between exits 11 and 12 in Middletown Tuesday afternoon because of a tractor trailer accident, according to the Department of Transportation. A tractor trailer collided with at least two other cars. Injuries are reported, State Police said. The crash was reported around 2:30 p.m. Drivers are asked to seek […]
  
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• Backups linger on Route 9 Northbound in Middletown following accident

  20-09-2016 20:58
  
  MIDDLETOWN — Route 9 Northbound was closed between exits 11 and 12 in Middletown Tuesday afternoon because of a tractor trailer accident, according to the Department of Transportation. A tractor trailer collided with at least two other cars. Injuries are reported, State Police said. The crash was reported around 2:30 p.m. The road reopened but traffic […]
  
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• Armed Foxwoods Patron Shot Dead in Confrontation With Police

  20-09-2016 20:49
  
  Connecticut State police are assisting the Mashantucket Tribal Police after a fatal officer-involved shooting at Foxwoods Resort Casino, state police said.Photo Credit: Evan CumminsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Route 9 Accident In Middletown

  20-09-2016 20:48
  
  (Middletown, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A portion of Route 9 in Middletown is closed this afternoon due to a tractor trailer crash.
  The accident, reported around 2:30, is on the northbound side of the highway between exits 11 and 12.
  A tanker truck and two other vehicles are involved.
  The truck is blocking all lanes of the highway at the scene.
  No word on any injuries or what the truck was carrying.
  
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• Joe D’s Notebook: The Virginia Recap

  20-09-2016 20:42
  
  A win is a win. Team sports are not figure skating or synchronized swimming. There are no style points. And so UConn’s narrow 13-10 win over Virginia carries the same value as a 45-10 win would be. It goes in the all-important left column in the standings.
  UConn again had to play from behind and yes, that’s a disturbing trend. In fact, in their three games, the Huskies have led for only 10 minutes and 42 seconds. For the third straight game, the opposition scored first. But the Virgi
  
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• 'Burnt Toast' Forces Evacuation of Granby Middle School

  20-09-2016 20:27
  
  Granby Middle School was evacuated after some burnt toast caused smoke in the building, school officials said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Officer-Involved Shooting at Foxwoods: State Police

  20-09-2016 20:01
  
  Connecticut State police are assisting the Mashantucket Tribal Police after an officer-involved shooting at Foxwoods, state police said.Photo Credit: Evan CumminsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Officer-Involved Shooting Reported At Foxwoods

  20-09-2016 18:58
  
  MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – State police have been called in to assist in an investigation into an officer-involved shooting at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.
  Authorities say the incident occurred late Tuesday morning in a parking garage.
  Troopers are assisting the Mashantucket Tribal Police in investigating the incident.
  State police disbanded their casino unit and transferred all law enforcement responsibilities on the reservation to tribal police last year.
  
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• Officer-Involved Shooting At Foxwoods

  20-09-2016 18:58
  
  MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut authorities say an armed casino patron was shot by a tribal police officer and fell from the fourth floor of a parking garage at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.
  The shooting happened at around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Fox Tower parking garage at the Mashantucket resort.
  State police say there was an outstanding arrest warrant for the patron, whom authorities haven’t named. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal police confronted the pat
  
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• House Dems Outline Policy Proposals For Next Year

  20-09-2016 18:40
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Democrats in the State House of Representatives and candidates who hope to be there next year outlined their policy agenda Tuesday at Goodwin College’s Business and Manufacturing Center in East Hartford.
  Calling it a “vision for investing in Connecticut’s future,” the 14-page proposal calls for investing more in vo-tech schools and community colleges, exempting social security payments and the earnings of new college graduate
  
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• State police called to officer-involved shooting in garage at Foxwoods Casino

  20-09-2016 18:30
  
  LEDYARD —  Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting at Foxwoods Casino Tuesday, State Police Trooper Kelly Grant confirmed. Mashantucket Tribal Police have requested the major crimes unit to the scene, a spokesperson for the Mashantucket Communications office tells FOX 61. The shooting happened in the garage of the Fox Tower sometime after 11:30 a.m. No word yet […]
  
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• Person killed during confrontation with police serving arrest warrant at Foxwoods Casino

  20-09-2016 18:30
  
  LEDYARD, Conn. —  A person with an outstanding arrest warrant is dead following an officer-involved shooting at Foxwoods Casino Tuesday, State Police Trooper Kelly Grant confirmed. “The assailant was a patron of Foxwoods with an outstanding arrest warrant,” Trooper Grant said. “The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Police confronted the assailant on the 4th floor of the […]
  
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• Foxwoods Casino shooting: Person killed during confrontation with police serving arrest warrant

  20-09-2016 18:30
  
  LEDYARD, Conn. —  A person with an outstanding arrest warrant is dead following an officer-involved shooting at Foxwoods Casino Tuesday, State Police Trooper Kelly Grant confirmed. “The assailant was a patron of Foxwoods with an outstanding arrest warrant,” Grant said. “The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Police confronted the assailant on the 4th floor of the parking […]
  
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• Teacher accused of secretly recording girls changing inside closet

  20-09-2016 18:27
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn – A teacher was arrested for allegedly making more than 50 videos of girls changing clothes inside a closet at a Nashville elementary school. Police arrested Jarrett Jones, 30, on Monday after hundreds of images of young girls and the videos were found on a hard drive at his Antioch home, according to […]
  
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• Police: Traffic Stop Leads To Heroin, Firearm

  20-09-2016 18:23
  
  (Norwalk, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Norwalk police are charging a convicted felon with weapons possession after they say he was observed conducting a drug transaction during a surveillance operation.
  Police say they observed Hopeton “Hot Daddy” Marsh conduct the sale in Ryan Park.
  After he drove from the scene, officers pulled Marsh over, after which they say 16 bags of heroin were seized.
  They also confiscated a loaded 9mm pistol in the vehicle.  Police say the gun’s
  
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• Americans waste $2 billion a year on pricey premium gas

  20-09-2016 18:11
  
  NEW YORK — Americans wasted over $2 billion last year putting expensive premium gasoline into cars that don’t need it, the automobile ownership group AAA said Tuesday. Most car engines in America are designed to run on regular gasoline and, despite the superior-sounding name, premium gasoline provides no benefit over cheaper regular gasoline in those […]
  
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• 6-Time Convicted Felon Arrested on Heroin Charges in Norwalk

  20-09-2016 18:07
  
  Norwalk police arrested a man on heroin charges after conducting a surveillance operation on Monday.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police Department
  
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• Pokemon Go player streams assault, robbery in Central Park

  20-09-2016 17:58
  
  MANHATTAN – Police are searching for the mugger who stalked a Pokemon Go player and stole his three cellphones. The entire attack was captured on video. Ricky Yaneza showed PIX11 the three iPhone devices he was holding to livestream his Pokemon Go search when he was viciously attacked by someone inside Central Park early Monday. […]
  
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• Jolie, Pitt Are Splitsville

  20-09-2016 17:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Brangelina is no more. Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world’s most star-studded, tabloid-generating romances.
  An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday that she has filed for the dissolution of the marriage.
  Offer said the decision was made “for the health of the family.”
  The couple has six children together: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne.
  Though together for 1
  
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• Suspects Broke into Cars, Stole Credit Cards: Police

  20-09-2016 17:29
  
  Stratford police said at least two people broke into numerous cars and used stolen credit cards this past Thursday.Photo Credit: Stratford Police Department
  
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• ‘Desperate’ dad who dragged teen through Groton school faces prison

  20-09-2016 17:29
  
  NEW LONDON — A Mashuntucket man who gave his 13-year-old daughter bruises and rug burns when he dragged her through school has been convicted of risk of injury to a minor and faces up to 10 years in prison. The Day of New London reports that a six-member jury deliberated for about four hours before […]
  
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• Dry Stretch of Weather Ahead

  20-09-2016 17:16
  
  A long stretch of dry weather has taken hold of Connecticut and it will last into the upcoming weekend.
  
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• West Hartford dentist accused of prescribing pills to suspected bank robber appears in court

  20-09-2016 17:12
  
  HARTFORD – A West Hartford dentist charged with illegally prescribing oxycodone and other drugs to people was in court Tuesday morning. Peter Delaney was charged with 45 counts of illegally prescribing controlled medications to people who were not treated at his office or have legitimate reasons for the painkillers. Prosecutors said the 47-year-old was a flight risk because he […]
  
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• Middletown Mother, Son Missing Off Block Island Coast

  20-09-2016 17:00
  
  Authorities are searching for a Middletown mother and son who did not return from a fishing trip off Block Island, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.Photo Credit: United States Coast Guard
  
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• Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt, report says

  20-09-2016 16:50
  
  HOLLYWOOD — One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband of two years Brad Pitt, a source familiar with the filing told CNN Tuesday morning. TMZ also reported the news. The couple has six children together. Jolie was married to Billy Bob Thorton from 2000 to 2003 […]
  
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• Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

  20-09-2016 16:50
  
  HOLLYWOOD — One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt, a source familiar with the filing confirmed to CNN. Pitt and Jolie got married in 2014 but their relationship became the subject of speculation in 2004, when they co-starred in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” At the […]
  
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• Insurance refuses to cover woman’s $54K bill because of alcohol use

  20-09-2016 16:39
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. — There’s nothing illegal about having a few drinks in one’s own home – but when a Colorado woman tripped and fell on her face, that’s when her problems began. Carol Mullins, of Loveland, says her insurance company refused to cover her medical bills because she was legally drunk. Now Mullins has a $54,000 medical bill […]
  
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• Granby Middle School Evacuated Due to Smoke in the Building

  20-09-2016 16:21
  
  Granby Middle School was evacuated because of smoke in the building, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Pet of the Week: Yeti

  20-09-2016 16:19
  
  HARTFORD – Yeti is a 2-month-old spayed female kitten. Yeti is a domestic medium-hair mix, white with light grey marking on her head. Yeti would do best in a single family home, condo or apartment. Yeti would like to live with adults and kids of any age who are gentle and respectful of pets. Yeti […]
  
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• Hamden Police Investigate Armed Street Robbery

  20-09-2016 16:17
  
  Hamden Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who allegedly robbed and threatened to shoot an individual on Monday evening.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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