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• Hartford raid results in 8 arrests; drugs, gun, cash seized

  22-10-2016 23:59
  
  HARTFORD — Police raided an apartment on Zion Street Friday night, arresting eight people and seizing a large quantity of drugs, a gun and cash. Hartford Police executed a search warrant for an apartment at  535/537 Zion St., 2nd floor north apartment. Detectives had information that there were several people selling illegal narcotics from the apartment and they had of firearms. Police said security cameras outside the building tipped off the people inside that off
  
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• Seymour Police Seek Liquor Store Burglary Suspect

  22-10-2016 23:36
  
  Seymour police have released a surveillance photo of a suspect in a burglary at a local liquor store.Photo Credit: Seymour Police Department
  
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• Water Main Break Closes Dyer Avenue in Canton for Hours

  22-10-2016 23:07
  
  Dozens of residents in Canton woke up without water Saturday morning after a water main break on Dyer Avenue.An ambulance company spotted water leaking out onto the street near a fire hydrant around 4...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police mistake doughnut glaze for meth, man sues over arrest

  22-10-2016 23:07
  
  ORLANDO, Fla.  — A Florida man arrested last year after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth is suing the city of Orlando and a drug-testing kit company. The Orlando Sentinel  reports Daniel Rushing filed a lawsuit last week, claiming negligence by the city and the kit’s manufacturer. Rushing was arrested on drug charges last December when Orlando police officers spotted four tiny flakes of glaze on his floorboard and thought they were pieces of crystal methamp
  
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• Firefighter races to fiery fatal crash, discovers his son is the victim

  22-10-2016 23:01
  
  ADA, Minn. — It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, but it was even worse for Randy Peterson. The volunteer firefighter from Ada, Minnesota, was rushing to a fiery car crash and desperately trying to reach his 16-year-old son, Carter. That was Peterson’s routine whenever he got called to an emergency and knew one of his children wasn’t home. Peterson called and called but got no answer. When he got to the scene of the crash Sunday night, he knew why. “Seeing [&h
  
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• Piano Guys musician asks fans to help find missing 21-year-old daughter

  22-10-2016 22:54
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. – A member of the viral pop group from Utah, The Piano Guys, is asking for help finding his missing daughter, who was last seen near Portland, Oregon. Officials said 21-year-old Anna “Annie” Schmidt was reported missing Oct. 19 and was last seen by her roommate on Oct. 16. Father Jon Schmidt wrote on Facebook: Friends, I need your help. My daughter, Annie, went missing this week. We are searching in the “tooth rock” area of Portland, Or
  
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• Man’s quick swim turns Into 4-hour nightmare

  22-10-2016 22:43
  
  A swimmer who vanished off a Massachusetts beach was found safe and sound Tuesday after treading water for 4 1/2 hours. Randall Hackett, 58, and his 28-year-old son-in-law, Alexander Auerbach, had decided to swim part of the 4-mile distance of Crane Beach in Ipswich around 5pm Tuesday, report the Salem News and WCVB. Both are strong swimmers, and they were clad in wetsuits, but family members were nonetheless concerned when neither had returned to shore after an hour and a […]
  
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• Stafford Intersection Closed After Car Strikes Pole

  22-10-2016 22:26
  
  A Stafford intersection was closed for hours after an accident on Route 190.
  
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• Massive cyberattack turned ordinary devices into weapons

  22-10-2016 22:09
  
  LONDON — A cyberattack that took down large swaths of the internet around the world on Friday was carried out, in part, by unsuspecting devices connected to the internet. Security firm Flashpoint said it believes that digital video recorders and webcams in people’s homes were taken over by malware and then, without owners’ knowledge, used to help execute the massive cyberattack. Hundreds of thousands of devices appear to have have been infected with the malware. It was a distri
  
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• UConn falls to UCF 24-16

  22-10-2016 21:46
  
  EAST HARTFORD — McKenzie Milton threw for a season-high 317 yards and three touchdowns to lead UCF to a 24-16 win over UConn. The freshman completed 29 of 45 passes and the Knights (4-3, 2-1 American) moved over the .500 mark by scoring 17 unanswered points and holding the Huskies (3-5, 1-4) scoreless in the second half. Arkeel Newsome ran 21 times for 101 yards and Noel Thomas had his fifth straight 100-yard receiving game for UConn, catching nine passes […]
  
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• AT&T-Time Warner mega-deal is near

  22-10-2016 21:37
  
  NEW YORK — The boards of AT&T and Time Warner are meeting on Saturday afternoon to vote on an $80 billion deal that would bring the two companies together, according to sources familiar with the matter. The acquisition of Time Warner could be announced by Saturday night. Time Warner is the parent company of CNN, TNT, HBO, the Warner Bros. studio, and a number of other TV channels and websites. AT&T is one of the country’s providers of wireless phone […]
  
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• Make-A-Wish Builds 'Fantasy Fenway' in Windsor Family’s Yard

  22-10-2016 19:35
  
  Hundreds of people came together to grant the wish of a 10-year-old baseball fan.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Memorial Set For Connecticut Trooper Killed In 2010 Crash

  22-10-2016 19:33
  
  WINDSOR, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Family and friends will be gathering at a memorial service for a Connecticut state trooper killed in a highway crash in 2010.
  The service for Trooper First Class Kenneth Hall is set for Sunday at Grace Baptist Church in Windsor. Plaques of appreciation will be presented to Hall’s widow and Connecticut State Police.
  Hall was killed on Sept. 2, 2010, on Interstate 91 northbound in Enfield. The 22-year state police veteran and former Marine was
  
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• Connecticut Town Becomes Stars Hollow For The Weekend

  22-10-2016 19:00
  
  WASHINGTON DEPOT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A real Connecticut town is being transformed into the fictional Stars Hollow from the TV show “Gilmore Girls” for the weekend.
  The town of Washington Depot is hosting a “Gilmore Girls” fan festival.
  The show’s producers have said Washington Depot served as an inspiration for the fictional town.
  There will be several events inspired by the show, which is being revived next month with four new episodes on Netfli
  
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• Bill Murray crashes White House press briefing, gives Cubs NLCS prediction

  22-10-2016 18:54
  
  WASHINGTON — Bill Murray, wearing Cubs gear head to toe, made a surprise visit to the White House press briefing room Friday afternoon. Known for his unexpected guest appearances, the comic legend crashed the press conference and fielded questions from reporters. “I feel very confident that Clayton Kershaw is a great, great pitcher, but we got too many sticks, we got too many sticks,” Murray said. “At home, our crowd, the weather. We get a little bit of aut
  
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• Police: Oklahoma woman jumps to death from moving car, allegedly to escape husband

  22-10-2016 18:22
  
  OKLAHOMA – An Oklahoma woman died after jumping from a moving car, allegedly to escape her husband, who her friends say had abused her for years. “She had a big heart, and she was always smiling when I saw her. We were her family,” friend Samantha Searle said of Brianne King, who died early Tuesday. Early that morning, King was in the passenger seat with her husband, Michael Muller, behind the wheel when she opened the door and threw herself from […]
  
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• Family of Bristol Man Killed in Shooting Speaks Out

  22-10-2016 18:19
  
  Saturday Dan Caron was remembered as a man who would do anything for his family and friends. It was a friend, that Caron’s family says killed the 63-year old father of four Friday evening.Photo Credit: Family photo/ NBC Connecticut
  
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• Teen wakes from coma speaking fluent Spanish after blow to head

  22-10-2016 18:07
  
  GWINNET COUNTY, Ga. – A Georgia teen who nearly died after suffering a concussion during a soccer game awoke from a coma speaking only in Spanish, his parents told WSB Radio. High school sophomore Reuben Nsemoh, 16, plays goalie for an elite, traveling soccer team. During a recent game, another player kicked him in the head during a skirmish in front of the goal. “I was in shock and panic,” Nsemoh’s coach, Bruno Kalonji, told WSB-TV. Kalonji said Nsemoh stopped breat
  
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• Two teen girls arrested after 62-year-old man attacked in Facebook video

  22-10-2016 17:48
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Police arrested two teenage girls accused of attacking a 62-year-old man in front of his Syracuse, New York home. The man told police he was assaulted Wednesday afternoon after politely asking a group of teens sitting on his lawn to leave. What happened before the video was recorded is not clear. Cellphone footage of the resulting confrontation, which has since gone viral on social media, shows one of the girls punching the man twice in the head, […]
  
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• Free Health and Wellness Festival Set for Sunday

  22-10-2016 17:33
  
  The date has been set for NBC Connecticut's 2016 Health & Wellness Festival! Join NBC Connecticut for the event on Sunday, Oct. 23 at the XL Center in downtown Hartford. The Festival will take place from 10 a.m....Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Drugs, Cash Seized In Hartford

  22-10-2016 17:03
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hartford police on Friday night busted up a city drug operation in which they seized drugs, cash and weapons.
  Vice and narcotics and other officers executed the warrant at 535/537 Zion Street.
  The home, police say, was equipped with surveillance cameras that tipped off those inside.
  As police made entry, the suspects fled out a rear door into a neighboring apartment or an adjoining yard.  A female was located inside the targeted apartment, police sa
  
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• Yale Plans Admissions Expansion

  22-10-2016 16:45
  
   NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Yale University will be accepting more undergraduate students this year, but don’t expect it to be any easier to get in.
  Freshmen classes will be larger by about 200 students beginning next year under a long-planned expansion that will see the Ivy League college’s student bodygrow by about 15 percent, to 6,200.
  Admissions counselors say the competition for a spot at Yale is so intense the school will not have to be any less selective.
  “When y
  
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• Man shot and killed in driveway of Bristol home

  22-10-2016 16:33
  
  BRISTOL — A suspect was arrested after killing another man at his own home late Friday afternoon. Bristol Police responded to 240 Woodland Street at approximately 5:30 p.m. after 9-1-1 reports indicated gunshots had went off in the area. Upon reaching the property, police quickly located a victim out in the open, lying in the driveway and bleeding out from what first responders realized was a gunshot wound. 63-year-old Bristol resident Daniel J. Caron was rushed by ambulance to Bristol [&h
  
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• Hartford Police Arrest 8 During Drug Bust

  22-10-2016 16:26
  
  Hartford police executing a search warrant arrested eight people on drug-related charges during an operation on Zion Street Friday.Photo Credit: Hartford Police Department
  
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• Police Identify Driver Killed in Crash on I-91 in Meriden

  22-10-2016 15:23
  
  One person died following a crash on I-91 in Meriden Friday afternoon.Photo Credit: @luisdhendez
  
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• Man Dies In Bristol Shooting

  22-10-2016 14:19
  
  (Bristol, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man is dead and a suspect is in custody as police investigate after the victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest on Friday.
  Officers were called to the scene on Woodland street a little before 5:30 p.m.
  Sixty-three-year-old Daniel Caron was transported to Bristol Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Under arrest is 35-year-old Chad Couture of Bristol.
  Police processed the scene, recovering evidence including a handgun.
  Couture is in custody,
  
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• Periods of rain, raw and chilly today

  22-10-2016 14:10
  
  Finally the state has picked up some decent rainfall.  I know what you’re thinking, and yes – sadly, it won’t be enough to put the brakes on the drought; nor will it be enough to end those water restrictions that some of you are dealing with these days. We saw the rain start to brush through both the far eastern and western corners of the state, but what came down wasn’t typical for this time of year. Rainfall rates Friday […]
  
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• Cool, breezy and rainy for most areas on Saturday

  22-10-2016 14:10
  
  Finally the state is going to see some decent rainfall. I know what you’re thinking, and yes – sadly, it won’t be enough to put the brakes on the drought; nor will it be enough to end those water restrictions that some of you are dealing with these days. We saw the rain start to brush through both the far eastern and western corners of the state, but what came down wasn’t typical for this time of year. Rainfall rates […]
  
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• Bristol Police Investigating Deadly Friday Evening Shooting

  22-10-2016 13:42
  
  Bristol Police are investigating a fatal Friday evening shooting that police say has resulted in the death of one man.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Future of Obamacare

  22-10-2016 11:32
  
  HARTFORD — Since it was adopted six years ago, the Affordable Care Act – better known as “Obamacare” — has provided over 20 million people with insurance.  But Obamacare has been plagued by rising costs, insurers leaving the program — and diminishing options. In other words the “Affordable” Care Act is fast becoming unaffordable. Frances Padilla,  President of the United Healthcare Foundation of CT,  will joins Stan for a frank discu
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Improving Obamacare

  22-10-2016 11:31
  
  HARTFORD — What can be done to improve the Affordable Healthcare Act – better know as “Obamacare?” Costs are rising, insurance companies are fleeing, and options are diminishing. People regularly move in and out of Obamacare as they gain or lose jobs, get married or divorced or have babies, so enrollment figures change from month to month. Aware of the importance of enrollment season, which runs Nov. 1 to Jan. 31, administration officials are trying harder to reach the un
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – What will happen to UConn Athletics without a move to the Big 12?

  22-10-2016 11:30
  
  HARTFORD — What will happen now that the Big 12 – and its big revenues – has decided not to expand? It leaves UConn with limited options for financial growth. The Courant’s Dom Amore joins us for a chat. University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst says she expected the Big 12 would decide not to expand and is not disappointed that UConn wasn’t invited to join the conference. Herbst, who also serves as chairman of the board of directors for […]
  
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• Middletown Blue Dragons and Capital Prep Trailblazers lead high school football week 6

  22-10-2016 05:06
  
  MIDDLETOWN–The high school football season has reached week six and may games are becoming do-or-die for playoff births. One team poised for a deep play off run is the Middletown High School Blue Dragons, who came into the week undefeated at 5-0. They easily handled the Farmington Indians by a score of 40-0 to stay perfect to move to 6-0 on the year. Cheney Tech Beavers hosted a battle of 4-1 teams as the hosted the Trailblazers of Capital Prep. […]
  
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• Star Sheehan football player switches positions but still shines

  22-10-2016 04:59
  
  WALLINGFORD–Senior running back Zach Davis is putting up video game-like numbers for the Sheehan Titans on the grid iron this season. Six games into his final season, he has rushed for close to 2,000 yards and has found the end zone 28 times. Davis moved to tail back full time this season after spending most of his high school career at receiver. He also plays corner back, where he has recorded several tackles and picked up an interception. In fact, […]
  
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• Rocky Hill firefighters honored with road named after them

  22-10-2016 04:59
  
  A special ceremony was held in Rocky Hill on Friday to honor the town’s dedicated Fire Department. A portion of Route 160 will now be known as the Rocky Hill Fire Department Memorial Highway, in honor of the men and women who risk their lives every day. State Rep. Antonio Guerrera, a Democrat who represents District 29, where Rocky Hill is, was at the ceremony and praised the firefighters for their hard work. “At any given moment, they’re willing to […]
  
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• 1 Dead Following Serious Crash Closes I-91 North in Meriden

  22-10-2016 04:48
  
  One person died following a crash on I-91 in Meriden.Photo Credit: @luisdhendez
  
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• Tenants Fed up With Mold, Roaches at New London High-Rises

  22-10-2016 04:41
  
  Mold, cracks in the foundation and roach infestations are just some of the conditions the tenants of the Thames River Apartments are living in.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• One Dies In Meriden Crash

  22-10-2016 04:36
  
  (MERIDEN,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  One person was killed in a crash on Interstate 91 in Meriden Friday afternoon.The crash closed all lanes on  the northbound side of the highway for more than  4 hours, backing up traffic well into Wallingford.Only one  southbound lane was closed.
  State Police   continue to investigate, they have not released the name of the victim.
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• Job Losses Reveal Struggling State Economy

  22-10-2016 04:06
  
  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state of Connecticut has lost more than 5,000 jobs over the past three months. Overall, the state has seen gains of more than 12,000 jobs over the past twelve...
  
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• ‘Gilmore Girls’ superfans swarm Washington Depot, Conn. for series-inspired festival

  22-10-2016 02:45
  
  WASHINGTON DEPOT–Where you lead…the fans will follow you anywhere that you tell them to. And in this case, “Gilmore Girls” fans near and very, very far definitely followed the trail to the makeshift Stars Hollow. The seminal TV show that ran from 2000 to 2007 is being revived in a four-part Netflix series this November, which has renewed interest in fans old and new–you know, the ones who binge watched the seven season on Netflix in preparation for what’s to
  
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• 2 Dead After Hydrant Collapse Floods Street

  22-10-2016 02:40
  
  The bodies of two construction workers have been recovered after a hydrant collapse flooded a construction site in Boston's South End.Photo Credit: David HenckThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Stubborn fire still burning in Cornwall after a month

  22-10-2016 01:49
  
  CORNWALL, Conn. — A stubborn, low-grade fire is still burning in northwestern Connecticut after more than a month. The slow-moving Flat Rock Fire has been burning mostly underground, affecting more than 80 acres in the Wyantenock State Forest in Cornwall, the Hartford Courant reports. Christopher Martin, director of the forestry division at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, says smoke from the fire has drifted over the town line into Sharon and Warren. He says the fire
  
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• Battle over downtown Norwich historic building continues

  22-10-2016 01:35
  
  NORWICH–On October 17, the Norwich City Council voted 5-2 to approve funding for demolition of the historic Reed & Hughes building downtown. The building — which the city owns — was built in 1869, and mostly served as a department store. It has been vacant since 1989. Norwich Alderman Tucker Braddock said the city has unsuccessfully tried to sell the building for years. Braddock said the building is now a safety concern, and the only option the city can afford […]
  
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• School Buses Hit By BB or Pellet Gun Fire

  22-10-2016 01:28
  
  (MADISON,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  – Madison Police are investigation after  it appears someone fired a BB or pellet gun at four school buses leaving Daniel Hand High School Friday afternoon.
  In a letter sent to  parents, Superintendent of Schools Thomas Scarice   said a window on one bus was   damaged and two students  sustained minor injuries.They did not require medical attention.Students were eventually taken home on a different bus.
  Scarice assure
  
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• Travelers utilizing new technology to assess dangerous situations

  22-10-2016 01:23
  
  WINDSOR — Help from above comes in many different ways, and now Travelers Insurance is using drone technology to assist with insurance assessments. The company has 60 FAA certified drone operators spread across the country — 20 of those employees are helping customers in the hard-hit areas of the Carolinas in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. “It really can help speed up inspections, the payments and then the process of getting damage repaired,” said Patrick G
  
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