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• Store Clerk Shot and Killed in New Haven

  18-10-2016 23:44
  
  New Haven police are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon at the E&M Smoke Shop on Ferry Street in the Fair Haven section of New Haven.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• MDC May Suspend Releases from Goodwin Dam Amid Drought

  18-10-2016 23:44
  
  The Metropolitan District may have to suspend releases from the Goodwin Dam due to ongoing drought conditions throughout the state.Photo Credit: NBc10.com
  
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• Indiana teen protecting siblings from intruder accidentally shoots himself, little sister

  18-10-2016 23:33
  
  ELKHART, Ind. – A 14-year-old in northern Indiana was trying to protect his siblings from an intruder when he accidentally shot himself and his little sister, the Elkhart Truth reports. The 14-year-old boy was home with his 9-year-old brother and 6-year-old sister when they heard someone yelling and banging on their door. The teen grabbed his mother’s handgun to protect his siblings from what they believed was an intruder, Elkhart Police Department spokesman Sgt. Chris Snyder to
  
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• Temporary water pipeline being built in southwest corner to alleviate drought emergency

  18-10-2016 23:26
  
  HARTFORD — The Department of Public Health has announced a temporary plan to bring relief to the drought-striken southwest corner of the state. Following the end of September declaration of a public water supply emergency for four Fairfield County towns served by Aquarion Water Company, the Department of Public Health announced on Tuesday that it was bringing in two new sources of water. The towns affected are Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and New Canaan, and Aquarion will now
  
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• Man wins storage unit at auction, finds 40 frozen cats inside

  18-10-2016 23:25
  
  NEW YORK — The winner of an auctioned storage facility made a grisly discovery when he came across the frozen bodies of cats inside his new prize on Monday afternoon. The NYPD said they were called at about 5:26 p.m. at American Self Storage in Long Island City after a man said he found multiple dead cats inside a unit he had won in a bid, according to WPIX. Officers responded to location and discovered at least 40 frozen corpses of cats inside, according to p
  
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• Bicycle computer alerts man he’s having dangerous heart problem during ride

  18-10-2016 23:18
  
  WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – You can probably tell by looking at his bike that Michael Kim is an avid bicyclist. But a couple Saturdays ago while riding he started getting some weird readings from his Garmin bike computer, which monitors his ride and things like his heart rate and other vital signs. “I was going for a little bike ride to Rockwood Reservation,” Kim told Fox2Now on Monday. He described the Garmin bike computer which gave him advance warning somethi
  
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• 4 in Custody After Stolen Car Crashes in New Haven

  18-10-2016 23:16
  
  Four people are in custody after a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle in New Haven Tuesday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Order Allows Temporary Pipeline to Supply Water to 4 Towns

  18-10-2016 22:57
  
  The state Department of Health has issued an amended emergency order to allow for the construction of a temporary pipeline to supply water to four towns in Fairfield county amid drought conditionsPhoto Credit: NBC Bay Area
  
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• Man arrested on 15 counts of voyeurism on UConn Law campus

  18-10-2016 22:37
  
  STORRS–A person has been arrested for allegedly photographing people, unknowingly, on UConn’s Law campus. On October 12, UConn Police arrested Yiyan Wang, 30, and charged him with 15 counts of voyeurism, one count of disorderly conduct–which encompasses “peeping Tom” incidents in the state of Connecticut–and one count of attempt to commit voyeurism. According to UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz, Wang is not a UConn student, and she was not awar
  
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• Connecticut House Democratic Leadership Team Is Taking Shape

  18-10-2016 22:36
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The likely leadership of the Connecticut House of Representatives is beginning to take shape.
  Following a meeting Tuesday, it appears House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz of Berlin will be the next Speaker of the House and Hartford Rep. Matthew Ritter will become the new majority leader.
  Both are expected to win re-election in November to their respective seats.
  Aresimowicz is expected to be elected by Democratic and Republican House members as t
  
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• State Supreme Court to rule if gas expansion plan needed environment study

  18-10-2016 22:22
  
  HARTFORD — The state Supreme Court is considering whether Connecticut officials were wrong not to study the potential environmental impacts of a major natural gas expansion plan they approved in 2013. The court’s review comes in a lawsuit filed by an association representing gasoline and heating fuel marketers. The association alleges state environmental officials and utility regulators violated state law by approving the gas expansion plan without performing an environmental impact
  
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• Firefighters Knock Down 2-Alarm Fire in New Haven

  18-10-2016 22:09
  
  Firefighters knocked down a two-alarm fire on Chapel Street in New Haven Tuesday afternoon.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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• Church Calls for Members to Honor Parishioner Who Passed Away

  18-10-2016 22:02
  
  Sandra Maturo, of West Haven, was the caretaker for her mother and father, then cared for her younger sister when she needed assistance.Photo Credit: West Haven Funeral Home
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Sound Off Connecticut – New Notes On Clinton’s Email Scandal

  18-10-2016 21:55
  
  Hans von Spakovsky is an authority on a wide range of issues– including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration, the rule of law and government reform– as a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
  From NBC News, a newly-released FBI document indicates that a bureau employee claimed a colleague had discussed a “quid pro quo” in 2015 with a top State Department official regarding for
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Mayor Mark Boughton On Gubernatorial Racing

  18-10-2016 21:49
  
  Mayor Mark Boughton shares his thoughts on running for Governor of Connecticut.
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Dunkin’ Donuts Stadium Update

  18-10-2016 21:49
  
  Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin shared an update on the work being done on Dunkin’ Donuts Stadium with Ray Dunaway.  Last week, Bronin announced that $4.75 million in federal public safety grants are being awarded to the City of Hartford, helping the state’s capital city make its streets safer for kids and families.
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: The Full-Fledged War Against TB

  18-10-2016 21:48
  
  Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UConn Health, comments on a piece in the Huffington Post, which stated “We Cannot Deny It Anymore. TB Is The New Global Health Emergency, In order to end TB, we need to fight a full-fledged war.”
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Republicans Aren’t Running On Issues

  18-10-2016 21:46
  
  Chris Powell, Managing Editor of Journal Inquirer, says Republicans aren’t running on issues in their campaign for the General Assembly. What impact will this have on the election?
  
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• Classes Canceled After Fire at UConn Life Sciences Building

  18-10-2016 21:43
  
  Classes at UConn’s Torrey Life Sciences Building were canceled Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out in the basement.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bus driver sexually assaulted Bridgeport girl for 12 years, starting when she was 5: Police

  18-10-2016 21:20
  
  BRIDGEPORT–A man has been arrested after years of alleged abuse of a child. On Monday, Ricardo Julien, 39, of Bridgeport, was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child in the first and fourth degree and risk of injury to a minor. According to Bridgeport’s spokesperson, Julien began sexually assaulting the victim, who lives in Bridgeport, when she was 5 or 6 years old, and continued sexually assaulting her until the present day. The arrest comes after the victim’s
  
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• Reports of People Possibly Trapped in Burning Building

  18-10-2016 21:14
  
  Firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire on Chapel Street in New Haven and said people might be trapped.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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• Department of Mental Health Client Placed at Hotel Accused of Sexually Assaulting Maid: Police

  18-10-2016 21:13
  
  A Connecticut Mental Health client placed at the Best Western Hotel in West Haven was arrested and charged with sexual assault after he was accused of groping a maid, choking her and putting his hand over...Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• Big 12 Not Expanding Should Surprise No One

  18-10-2016 21:08
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The Big 12 conference ended it’s long audition process for new members yesterday by announcing that they had decided not to accept any new members. In his press conference, commissioner Bob Bowlsby said that the decision wasn’t one of not expanding so much as it was an “endorsement and reinvestment in the 10 that we had.”
  So, here we are, after three months of pageantry and presentations and whispers of as many as 20 different schools being under consideration
  
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• Watertown Police Seek Shoplifting Suspect

  18-10-2016 21:04
  
  Watertown police are looking for a man accused in several shoplifting incidents around town.Photo Credit: Watertown Police Department
  
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• M&M’s gets a trendy new filling: Caramel

  18-10-2016 20:52
  
  NEW YORK — Just in time for Halloween! Milk chocolate, peanut and peanut butter are the stalwart M&M’s flavors, but soon there will be a new option vying for your taste buds’ attention. For the first time in the 75-year history of the brand, the candy company is embracing a caramel filling that will become a permanent member of the M&M family. Called M&M’s Caramel, each bite-sized “lentil” of the candy has a soft caramel center covered in milk
  
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• 7-year-old’s inspiring video on Down syndrome: ‘It’s not scary, it’s so exciting’

  18-10-2016 20:47
  
  LOS ANGELES — A 7-year-old girl’s video spreading awareness about Down Syndrome Awareness Month is inspiring thousands. According to FoxNews.com, little Sofia, who has Down syndrome, was abandoned at birth and spent the first year of her life at an orphanage in Russia. Jennifer Sanchez told Fox News her family decided to adopt Sofia in 2010 after their youngest of three sons was born with Down syndrome. Since then, Sofia has become a hit on Instagram, where she shares heart
  
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• Multiple Crews Respond to Brush Fire at Nepaug Reservoir

  18-10-2016 20:43
  
  Multiple departments are on scene at a large brush fire near the Nepaug Reservoir, according to the Burlington volunteer fire department.Photo Credit: Getty Images/File
  
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• Men Made Obscene Comments, Approached Children in West Haven

  18-10-2016 20:40
  
  Police have received several reports in the last few days of men making obscene comments to people in West Haven, as well as approaching children and asking them if they wanted candy.
  
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• Convenience store owner shot & killed in New Haven; 3 in custody, search underway for 4th suspect

  18-10-2016 20:35
  
  NEW HAVEN — A store clerk was shot and killed in New Haven Tuesday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. Police said the homicide happened at 545 Ferry Street. The victim was the owner of the E & M Smokeshop and Convenience Store, according to New Haven police. Three people are in custody, police said, but they are looking for a fourth suspect. At this time police do not have a motive for the shooting. Police identified the victim was 22-year-old Mohammed […]
  
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• Win Tickets To The Capitol Steps at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

  18-10-2016 20:26
  
  Washington DC-based comedy troupe The Capitol Steps are coming to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on October 28th, and we want you to see the show.
  Whether you lean to the left or lean to the right, if you have any interest in our presidential election, you absolutely must see Capitol Steps! They’ve been putting politics and scandal to music for over 30 years. From tongue-in-cheek spoonerisms to cutting-edge political satire and clever song parodies, they hurl unbiased barbs a
  
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• Case Continued for Wethersfield Principal Accused of Following Children at Wal-Mart

  18-10-2016 20:26
  
  A Wethersfield elementary school principal who is accused of following young girls around a Hartford Wal-Mart and sneaking photos of them on a phone that belongs to the school district made a brief court...Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• School Bus Driver Accused of Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old

  18-10-2016 20:23
  
  A school bus driver is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl in his car while driving her home from a friend’s house in January, according to police and online court documents.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police: Shots Fired In Domestic Incident

  18-10-2016 20:18
  
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man is being held after New Britian police say he was involved in some type of domestic disturbance this morning in which shots were fired.
  The victim reported being kicked, punched and pistol whipped after 2 o’clock this morning by 24-year-old Craig Salva.
  The victim wasn’t struck by any of the rounds discharged and medical attention on scene was declined.
  Salva took off but was later captured in Durham with assistance from Central Conn
  
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• Emotional grandpa gets a big surprise at gender reveal party

  18-10-2016 20:14
  
  WESTERVILLE, Ohio — After years of battling infertility, an Ohio couple is finally expecting their first child. Kerstin Barnette and her husband recently held a gender reveal party where they shared the big news with everyone — it’s a boy. But Kerstin had a special surprise for her father, Robert Paul. She wrote: “August 27th, we had our 3D/4D ultra sound done to determine the sex of our little nugget. My father, Robert Paul, was there for the ult
  
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• Pregnant Manatee Flown To Florida From New England

  18-10-2016 20:08
  
  MYSTIC, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A pregnant manatee that was rescued off Cape Cod is being flown from Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium to Florida.
  The manatee, named Washburn after the island where she was rescued, is being moved Tuesday to SeaWorld in Orlando, where she will be cared for until she can be released back into the wild.
  Manatees are mammals and are sometimes referred to as “sea cows.” Dale Wolbrink, a spokeswoman for Mystic Aquarium, says it is very rar
  
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• Crews in New Haven responding to large fire, everyone out safely

  18-10-2016 20:04
  
  NEW HAVEN — A large fire is burning at 1187 Chapel Street in New Haven, Tuesday afternoon. The New Haven Fire Dept. tweeted about the blaze and started feeding out live video from the fire. Multiple engines were called in to battle the fire that officials called a 2nd alarm blaze. New Haven fire officials first tweeted that people were trapped inside, but later said that everyone made it out safely. LIVE on #Periscope: Working fire new haven https://t.co/sEZoHZbVVx — […]
  
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• Insurance Company Takes Over Yard Goats Ballpark Project

  18-10-2016 20:03
  
  The City of Hartford has officially signed a deal with Arch Insurance for it to take over construction and management of the minor league baseball stadium project.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Court To Rule If Gas Expansion Plan Needed Environmental Study

  18-10-2016 19:48
  
  By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The state Supreme Court is considering whether Connecticut officials were wrong not to study the potential environmental impacts of a major natural gas expansion plan they approved in 2013.
  The court’s review comes in a lawsuit filed by an association representing gasoline and heating fuel marketers.
  The association alleges state environmental officials and utility regulators violated state law by approving th
  
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• What No One Tells You About Medicare Coverage — Glen (Vol. 1)

  18-10-2016 19:39
  
  The following is an excerpt from Phillip Moeller’s Get What’s Yours For Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs, out now on Simon & Schuster. This is the first of a three-part series on Medicare coverage.Glen didn’t retire until he turned 70 in 2010. He and his wife, Margie, were covered until then by his employer’s health plan. Glen read the annual Medicare & You guide put out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). His clear unde
  
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• NAACP: Closing Hartford Schools Would Violate Student Rights

  18-10-2016 19:08
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The local branch of the NAACP is telling Hartford leaders that proposals to close schools in the city’s north end would violate the rights of black and Latino students.
  Greater Hartford NAACP branch President Imam Abdul-Shahid Muhammad Ansari says recommendations to close schools named for figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. would show disregard for black and Latino culture and reflect a pattern of neglect of neighborhood schools.
  The Har
  
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• Hartford officials sign completion agreement for Dunkin Donuts Park

  18-10-2016 18:33
  
  HARTFORD – With an agreement now signed between the city of Hartford and Arch Insurance, work is expected to begin again on Dunkin’ Donuts Park, according to the Hartford Courant. Brett Broesder, spokesman for Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, confirmed Tuesday that the takeover agreement had been signed. The signing of the agreement explains the six-week delay since Bronin announced that an agreement had been reached in principle for Arch to take over the project The agreement is intended
  
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• New Haven Man Charged With Attacking Hotel Housekeeper

  18-10-2016 18:21
  
  WEST HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A New Haven man is under arrest on charges that he sexually assaulted and choked a hotel housekeeper in West Haven Monday.
  Police say Paul Stephen Lake, 22, allowed the woman into his room at the Best Western on Sawmill Road to clean it, and he came up behind her and grabbed her breasts. Police say the two struggled as Lake continued to grope and grab the woman, and also put his hands around her neck and over her mouth in an attempt to quiet her scream
  
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• Vigil to be held for West Hartford woman killed on UConn campus

  18-10-2016 18:04
  
  STORRS – A vigil in memory of Jeffny Pally will be held on the UConn campus on Tuesday night. The vigil will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday on Fairfield Way on the Storrs campus at UConn. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington on Tuesday said the cause of her death was “blunt injury of torso and head accident” after she was  run over by vehicle at UConn Fire Department Public Safety complex on campus Sunday mo
  
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• Agreement Signed To Resume Work On Stadium

  18-10-2016 18:01
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin says the city has signed the formal “takeover agreement” with Arch Insurance, allowing work to resume in earnest on Dunkin’ Donuts Park.
  Broin tells WTIC’s morning show, the agreement was signed Monday and subcontractors should be returning Tuesday to the work site north of downtown to complete the taxpayer-funded stadium.
  Work was stopped in June after the city fired developer Centerplan Cos. for multip
  
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