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• Woman Arrested with 45 Cloned Credit Cards: Police

  01-10-2016 23:59
  
  Clinton police have arrested a woman accused of making illegal copies of credit cards.Photo Credit: Clinton Police Department
  
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• Woman Charged With Cloning Credit Cards

  01-10-2016 23:57
  
  CLINTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Clinton police have charged a New York woman with using cloned credit cards to buy merchandise at the Clinton Cross Premium Outlets.
  Police say they caught Kumarie Patel, 27, of Far Rockaway, NY with 45 cloned credit cards and more than $2,800 in merchandise and gift cards from various stores at the outlet mall. Merchants became suspicious when, if during a transaction a card was declined, Patel would simply pull out another from a stack of cards, said po
  
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• Lee Brice gives shout out to Windsor Locks couple getting engaged during concert at Big E

  01-10-2016 23:36
  
  WEST SPRINGFIELD — A proposal during a concert Friday night at the Big E got a shout out from country music star Lee Brice. Mike Barile popped the question and Tran Nguyen said yes in the front row of the concert. Brice appears to notice the Windsor Locks couple from the stage during one of the final songs of the concert. “We just got to be a part of somebody getting engaged up here,” Brice said from the stage as rain fell […]
  
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• Lee Brice gives shout out to couple getting engaged during concert at Big E

  01-10-2016 23:36
  
  WEST SPRINGFIELD — A proposal during a concert Friday night at the Big E got a shout out from country music star Lee Brice. Brice appears to notice the couple from the stage during one of the final songs of the concert. “We just got to be a part of somebody getting engaged up here,” Brice said from the stage as rain fell on the crowd. He then asked the crowd to sing to them. The couple hugged, then danced […]
  
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• Hundreds Of Gallons Of Diesel Spilled In Montville

  01-10-2016 22:58
  
  MONTVILLE, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Some 600 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a backup generator at a Norwich Public Utilities water treatment plant in Montville Saturday.
  The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says the spill was largely contained and the rest of the diesel was being recovered through soil excavation. There is no threat to drinking water supplies, said officials.
  A contractor was called in to clean up the spill. Work continued Saturday aftern
  
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• 19-Year-Old Reported Missing from Ellington Found Safe

  01-10-2016 22:50
  
  Connecticut State police said they have located the 19-year old woman who was the subject of a Silver Alert Saturday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Hartford Hosts 6th Annual Community Health and Wellness Fair

  01-10-2016 22:44
  
  Over a thousand people attended the 6th Annual Community Health and Wellness Fair in Hartford Saturday.Photo Credit: Andrea Austin-Thompson
  
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• Mets Clinch Playoff Spot

  01-10-2016 22:26
  
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The New York Mets clinched a playoff spot Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 to secure the top National League wild card.
  The defending NL champions will host San Francisco or St. Louis on Wednesday night at Citi Field, with the winner advancing to face the Chicago Cubs.
  James Loney hit a two-run homer to back 43-year-old Bartolo Colon (15-8), and Jeurys Familia closed for his major league-high 51st save. T.J. Rivera, Jose Reyes and Asdr
  
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• Boy, 6, dies days after South Carolina school shooting

  01-10-2016 22:21
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — A coroner says a 6-year-old boy has died days after he was critically wounded in a school shooting in South Carolina. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Jacob Hall died about 1 p.m. Saturday. Jacob had been fighting for his life at a hospital since the shooting Wednesday at Townville Elementary School. A bullet struck Hall in a main artery in his leg, causing him to lose a lot of blood. Authorities say another student and a […]
  
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• No Deathbed Confession Expected In Gardner Museum Art Heist

  01-10-2016 22:18
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The lawyer for a Connecticut mobster suspected to have ties to the notorious 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist says he doesn’t expect a deathbed confession from his client.
  Hartford attorney A. Ryan McGuigan tells the Boston Globe he visited the hospital where 80-year-old Robert Gentile is in failing health on Friday to see if he’d talk about the artwork.
  But Gentile, who has steadfastly insisted he has no knowledge of the
  
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• Mets beat Phillies 5-3 to clinch top NL wild card

  01-10-2016 22:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA  — The New York Mets clinched a playoff spot Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 to secure the top National League wild card. The defending NL champions will host San Francisco or St. Louis on Wednesday night at Citi Field, with the winner advancing to face the Chicago Cubs. James Loney hit a two-run homer to back 43-year-old Bartolo Colon (15-8), and Jeurys Familia closed for his major league-high 51st save. T.J. Rivera, Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera each [
  
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• Paris Motor Show goes electric

  01-10-2016 21:59
  
  PARIS  — Electric cars are having a moment in Paris. Several automakers unveiled plug-in cars at this week’s Paris Motor Show, some of which will hit the market very soon. Others won’t be on the market for a few years, but still show manufacturers believe that EVs are on the cusp of becoming serious business. Volkswagen: The company unveiled a concept car called the I.D., which is expected to go on sale in 2020, VW projects that it will cost […]
  
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• “Pure joy:” Cedarburg High School students with Down syndrome voted to homecoming court

  01-10-2016 21:46
  
  CEDARBURG, Wis. — Each year high schoolers wonder who will be crowned homecoming king and queen and who will be on the court standing next to them. More often than not it’s a big surprise, and this year for two junior students at Cedarburg High School in Wisconsin, it was a surprise only to them. Hang out with Chad and Angela for one minute and it’s easy to see they’re a class favorite, according to WITI. “They’re kind of the […]
  
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• Woman Arrested In Alleged Sexual Assault Of Teen In Her Home

  01-10-2016 19:56
  
  GROTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A 34-year-old woman is being charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a 14 year old teen in her home this summer.
  Groton Police say 34-year-old Dawn Kerr faces a second degree sexual assault charge and a charge of risk of injury to a minor.
  She was arrested at her home Friday and was being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond as of late Friday. It couldn’t immediately be determined if she has a lawyer.
  Police haven’t released any details abo
  
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• Suspects brandish handguns, rob store clerk in Manchester

  01-10-2016 19:56
  
  MANCHESTER — Police are searching for two male suspects responsible for a gas station armed robbery early Saturday. Manchester Police learned that a store clerk was working at the Sunoco Gas Station, located on 330 Tolland Turnpike, around 4:30 a.m. when a pair of male suspects entered the building, demanding cash. The two masked individuals brandished handguns as they ordered the clerk to open the cash register and safe. The suspects, described as two Hispanic males who kept their faces [
  
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• Medical marijuana, criminal justice changes among new laws

  01-10-2016 19:36
  
  HARTFORD — A batch of new laws is taking effect in Connecticut. Beginning Saturday, qualified minors with certain debilitating conditions will be allowed to use the state’s medical marijuana program and obtain the drug from one of Connecticut’s dispensaries. Many of the new laws were passed during the recent regular session of the General Assembly and are criminal justice-related. For example, one new law increases the criminal penalty for driving under the influence of drugs o
  
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• Middletown Non-Profit Works to 'Knock Out' Domestic Violence

  01-10-2016 18:31
  
  Women and men filled 9 Round Kickboxing and Fitness in Middletown Saturday hoping to not just break a sweat, but also break the silence that surrounds domestic violence.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Funds Available To Boost Fishing Among Hispanics

  01-10-2016 18:28
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is providing $15,000 in matching grants to organizations that want to help boost interest in recreational fishing within the Hispanic community.
  The funds stem from a national initiative to support state and local efforts to educate and engage families in high-density Hispanic communities through programs, classes and fishing activities. The George W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Educati
  
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• Diesel Fuel Leaked Into Wetlands near Montville Reservoir

  01-10-2016 18:24
  
  The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is on scene in Montville after hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel leaked into wetlands, according to Montville dispatch.Photo Credit: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  
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• 2 Sought In Armed Robbery

  01-10-2016 17:44
  
  (Manchester, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Two suspects are being sought following an early morning armed robbery in Manchester.
  Police say two Hispanic men entered the Sunoco gas station on Tolland Turnpike around 4:30 this morning.
  They say both suspects were brandishing guns and robbed the clerk on duty of an undisclosed amount of cash, before fleeing the scene.
  No injuries were reported.
  Police are asking anyone who may have information on the robbery to contact them.
  The number is (860) 64
  
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• East Windsor Gas Station Closed Due to Fuel Spill

  01-10-2016 17:14
  
  The Sunoco Gas Station on Route 5 in East Windsor is closed while crews work to clean up a fuel spill.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police Department
  
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• Suspect Tried to Break Into Shop by Backing Into Door: PD

  01-10-2016 17:02
  
  Connecticut State police said a suspect driving pickup tried to break into a motorcycle shop in Andover by backing into the garage door.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Manchester Police Seek Armed Robbery Suspects

  01-10-2016 16:37
  
  Manchester police are looking for two suspects that robbed a gas station at gunpoint Saturday morning.Photo Credit: Manchester Police Department
  
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• State Labor Department Receives Tech Grant

  01-10-2016 16:23
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s Department of Labor has received nearly $1 million from the federal government to help modernize its technology systems and redesign portions of the agency’s website.
  The $924,509 in funding comes from the National Dislocated Worker Grant.
  Commissioner Scott Jackson says the funds will ultimately help the state agency provide “real-time data to better meet the needs of today’s jobseekers andemployers.”
  While the state alrea
  
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• 22-Year-Old Killed in Old Saybrook Accident Friday Night

  01-10-2016 16:21
  
  A 22-year-old woman was killed in a car accident in Old Saybrook Friday night.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Bees placed on endangered species list for first time in U.S.

  01-10-2016 16:16
  
  HONOLULU, HI — The United States is on a mission to save some of its busiest workers: bees. In a first for bees in the nation, seven bee species native to Hawaii are now protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it added the yellow-faced bee species to the federal list of endangered species Friday night after years of research. Scientists have since concluded that the pollinators are gravely threatened by the prospect […]
  
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• The Real Story – Keeping Sikorsky in Connecticut

  01-10-2016 16:03
  
  This week saw the overwhelming passage of a bill designed to keep helicopter-maker Sikorsky in Connecticut through 2032. Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, Democrat, representing Norwalk and Darien, joined Al and Jenn The bill calls for the state to provide $220M in tax credits and grants, to aid Sikorsky in fulfilling a Pentagon order for 200 new heavy-lift helicopters for the U.S. Navy.  The bill also requires that the company
  
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• The Real Story – Looking at the Clinton-Trump debate

  01-10-2016 16:02
  
  Prof. Gary Rose, Political Science, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield joined Al and Jenn for an analysis of the first Clinton–Trump debate, and what each candidate needs to do more of (or less of) in the second “town forum”-style debate, in St. Louis, on October 9. Anticipation for Monday’s presidential debate partly centered on what was different about it: Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be a major party’s nominee, versus Donald Trump, who honed
  
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• Hurricane Matthew weakens as it churns toward Jamaica

  01-10-2016 15:59
  
  MIAMI, Fla. — Hurricane Matthew weakened as it churned across the Caribbean — threatening Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas. Matthew strengthened into a Category 5 late Friday, becoming the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean since Felix in 2007, the National Weather Service said. However, by early Saturday, it had downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h). “Many land areas are at least threatened by the system,” said
  
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• New State Laws Taking Effect October 1

  01-10-2016 15:57
  
  Dozens of bills passed during this year’s legislative session take effect Saturday.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Woman Dead In Old Saybrook Crash

  01-10-2016 15:54
  
  (Old Saybrook, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A woman is dead following a one-vehicle crash and Old Saybrook police are investigating.
  The 22-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police say they responded just after 10:30 Friday night to Middlesex Turnpike and Bokum Road.
  Two officers attempted to pull the victim from the vehicle, which had caught fire.
  The officers were treated at Middlesex Medical Center and later released.
  That portion of roadway was shut for about five hours, re
  
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• Hartford Firefighters Rescue Woman From Burning Home

  01-10-2016 15:27
  
  Hartford firefighters pulled a woman from a burning home on Sherbrooke Avenue early Saturday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Teddy Ruxpin, the iconic ’80s toy bear, is back

  01-10-2016 14:43
  
  NEW YORK — Teddy Ruxpin, the iconic talking bear from the late ’80s, is back — and he’s flaunting some timely upgrades. The toy bear made a splash when he launched in 1985. He was a first-of-its-kind animatronic toy with a motorized mouth and eyes. He told stories through a cassette player (remember those?) in his back. “Kids adored Teddy Ruxpin so much that he  became a multi-billion dollar product in five years,” said Jeremy Padawer, co-president of Wic
  
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• New State Laws Take Effect Today

  01-10-2016 14:25
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A batch of new laws is taking effect in Connecticut.
  Beginning Saturday, qualified minors with certain debilitating conditions will be allowed to use the state’s medical marijuana program and obtain the drug from one of Connecticut’s dispensaries.
  Many of the new laws were passed during the recent regular session of the General Assembly and are criminal justice-related.
  For example, one new law increases the criminal penalty for driving under the influenc
  
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• Fiery overnight crash in Old Saybrook leaves woman dead

  01-10-2016 14:23
  
  OLD SAYBROOK — Police are investigating after a fiery single-car crash took the life of a young woman late Friday night. First responders encountered a vehicle fully consumed by an inferno upon arriving to the intersection of Middlesex Turnpike and Bokum Road at about 10:45 p.m. Two police officers fearlessly ran up to the burning vehicle and attempted to pull the operator out of the driver’s seat. Despite their honorable efforts, the victim’s life could not be saved. A 22-year
  
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• Drizzle, fog expected through much of Saturday

  01-10-2016 13:25
  
  We got some much-needed rainfall across the state and, with a majority of the state in a severe drought, it is tough to complain about the wet weather. The only problem is that, with median rainfall totals of around 1/5th of an inch, we aren’t going to see real relief to the drought conditions any time soon. Most of the showers went off towards the east, hitting most of Rhode Island and extending up through the Boston metropolitan area. Today […]
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Analyzing the Clinton – Trump debate

  01-10-2016 11:32
  
  Round One of the presidential Great Debate is over.  The consensus is that Hillary Clinton outpointed Donald Trump. But there is a rematch Oct. 9th in St. Louis. What does Trump have to do to get momentum — and what does Clinton have to do to build up more points? Hamden Mayor Tim Herbst, one of the state’s rising Republican leaders and Kenneth Kennedy, a former longer Hartford city councilman joined Stan Simpson to talk about the debate. Hillary Clinton […]
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show — Who won the debate?

  01-10-2016 11:31
  
  Hamden Mayor Tim Herbst, one of the state’s rising Republican leaders and Kenneth Kennedy, a former longer Hartford city councilman joined Stan Simpson and continues to talk about Round One of the presidential Great Debate is over. For more information on the 2016 election, click here.  Clinton has 7-point edge in New Hampshire post-debate Clinton is ahead of Trump by 7 points in New Hampshire, according to another new poll taken after the first presidential debate. The WBUR poll, rel
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show — What wasn’t discussed at the debate?

  01-10-2016 11:30
  
  Hamden Mayor Tim Herbst, one of the state’s rising Republican leaders and Kenneth Kennedy, a former longer Hartford city councilman joined Stan Simpson to talk about the topics that were not discussed in the first presidential debate – and how that might influence the second debate Oct. 9. Donald Trump‘s supporters in Congress are urging him not to bring up Bill Clinton’s personal infidelities as he looks to rebound after the first presidential debate. Trump was self-cong
  
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• Big Papi Power

  01-10-2016 05:12
  
  By JIMMY GOLEN   AP Sports Writer
   
   BOSTON (AP) _ Opening his final weekend with yet another game-winning homer, David Ortiz lined a two-run shot into the right-field stands to break a seventh-inning tie and help the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Friday night.
  The AL East champion Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak and stayed one game ahead of Cleveland in the race for home-field advantage for the playoffs.
  The Blue Jays fell one game behind Baltim
  
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• Orioles Pound Pineda

  01-10-2016 04:50
  
  By RONALD BLUM   AP Baseball Writer
   NEW YORK (AP) _ Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 47th home run, Jonathan Schoop and Adam Jones also went deep in a six-run fifth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 8-1 in steady rain Friday night to maintain their AL wild-card lead.
  Baltimore began the night tied with Toronto for the AL’s two wild cards at 87-72, with Detroit 1 1/2 games back and Seattle trailing the Tigers by a half-game.
  Trumbo and Jones
  
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• Mets Chill Phils

  01-10-2016 04:13
  
  By ROB MAADDI  AP Sports Writer
   
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Jay Bruce homered for the third straight game and drove in three runs, Robert Gsellman threw six sharp innings and the New York Mets moved closer to securing a wild-card berth with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
  The defending NL champions reduced their magic number to one. The Mets began the night atop the wild-card race, with San Francisco one game back and St. Louis two behind.
  Gsellman (4-2) scattered s
  
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• Amanda Knox documentary takes media to task

  01-10-2016 03:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — Filmmakers Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn can’t remember the exact moment when they decided to do a documentary about Amanda Knox, but it was sometime around 2011. At that point, it was about four years after British college student Meredith Kercher was killed in an Italian villa she shared with her American roommate Knox. It was a four-year-old story that was still making front page news. “For us that was just a confusing thing. We couldn’t understand [&he
  
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• Illinois to yank billions from Wells Fargo amid scandal

  01-10-2016 03:45
  
  NEW YORK  — The Illinois treasurer plans to yank billions of dollars worth of business from Wells Fargo in the wake of the bank’s fake account scandal. State treasurer Michael Frerichs said in a media advisory that he plans to “suspend billions of dollars in investment activity.” His office described the action as a “moratorium,” and said more details are expected to be announced Monday. It’s the latest blow to Wells in the ongoing backlash over a m
  
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• 102-year-old St. Louis woman checks ‘arrest’ off bucket list

  01-10-2016 03:40
  
  ST. LOUIS – As the police cruiser pulled up to the Five Star Senior Center in South St. Louis, the 102-year-old woman inside was able to check off another item from her bucket list. “Oh yes, handcuffs and all,” laughed Edie Simms, who received the courtesy trip from police. “We’re more than happy to do these type of things,” St. Louis Police Department Sgt. John McLaughlin told KTVI. “We love it and we get more out of it than the seniors […]
  
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• Jury awards family over $200k in Hartford dog shooting case

  01-10-2016 03:34
  
  HARTFORD – A federal jury has awarded a Hartford  family thousands of dollars in damages after their dog was killed by two police officers in 2006. Glen Harris and his young daughter, identified only by her first initial, are to receive $200,000 in compensatory and punitive damages under a verdict filed in Hartford federal court Friday. Harris’ lawyer said the judgment should “act as a deterrent to police misconduct.” Lawyers for the city and officers didn&
  
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• Shelton student mourned by classmates

  01-10-2016 03:26
  
  SHELTON — A high school student who was found dead Thursday night was remembered by his classmates and teachers. Shelton School Superintendent Chris Clouet said in a statement on the school system’s website, “With deep sorrow I must communicate to the community that a well-liked student at SHS, Jonathan Sabo, passed away last night. His untimely death is a family tragedy first and foremost, and it is a shock to his friends and the entire school community –as well as [&hel
  
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• David Ortiz Weekend At Fenway

  01-10-2016 02:51
  
  By JIMMY GOLEN  AP Sports Writer
   BOSTON (AP) _ Big Papi is in the field.
  No, longtime Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz hasn’t decided to play a few more games of defense before he retires. Instead, groundskeeper David Mellor mowed Ortiz’s likeness into the center field grass for the three-time World Series champion’s final regular-season series at Fenway Park.
  The image showed Ortiz pointing to the sky with both hands, the way he did when he crossed the plate fo
  
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• Missing Teen Found Dead

  01-10-2016 02:40
  
  (SHELTON,Conn./CBS Connecticut)–  The body of a  15 year old boy has been found in a wooded area  bear Booth Hill Road in town.The teen was reported missing  Thursday night.He was a student at Shelton High School.A crisis team has been established at the school to  help students cope   with the  death of  their classmate.
  The death is still being investigated, but foul play is not suspected.
  
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