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• Sprague superintendent accepts new job after months of turmoil with parents

  18-11-2016 23:41
  
  SPRAGUE – The superintendent of schools in Sprague is resigning effective December 1, something some residents have been clamoring for. Dr. Judy Benson-Clarke informed the Board of Education that she has accepted another position. Her resignation comes after months of efforts by a parent-led group called the Residents of Sayles School Committee to have the superintendent removed. Last summer, the group filed a petition over a number of concerns and their fight has continued ever since
  
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• Vet Discharged in 1948 for 'Homosexuality' Files Lawsuit

  18-11-2016 23:37
  
  A 91-year-old veteran who was discharged from the U.S. Air Force because of his sexual orientation filed a lawsuit in Federal Court on Friday seeking a change to his military record.Photo Credit: Ed Spires
  
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• Route 44 in Bolton Closed Following 2-Car Accident

  18-11-2016 23:33
  
  Route 44 is closed in both directions following a two car accident that happened on Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police still seeking clues in 2014 Simsbury homicide of insurance executive

  18-11-2016 23:32
  
  SIMSBURY — Almost two years later and police are still looking for the person responsible for the fatal stabbing of a Simsbury mother. Sunday will mark two years since Melissa Millan, 54, a Mass Mutual Executive and mother of two, went for an evening jog on the side of Iron Horse Boulevard and was fatally stabbed in the chest. “You don’t have the answers that people are looking for,” said Sergeant Tom Sheehan, a detective with Simsbury Police. “It’s
  
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• Gay Veteran Seeks Upgrade Of Discharge Status

  18-11-2016 23:28
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ A 91-year-old veteran who was dismissed from the U.S. Air Force as “undesirable” in 1948 because he is gay is suing to have his discharge status upgraded.
  The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Connecticut by H. Edward Spires against the secretary of the Air Force asks for his discharge status to be changed to “honorable.”After the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010, Spires said he applied for an upgrade but was
  
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• Man Attacks Woman With Protective Order at Groton Hotel: PD

  18-11-2016 22:59
  
  A man was arrested for attacking a woman at a Groton hotel who had an active protective order against him, police said.Photo Credit: Groton Town Police
  
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• Wilton High School apologizes to Danbury High School after ‘Build the wall’ incident

  18-11-2016 22:58
  
  WILTON–After athletes yelled offensive comments at players on the opposing team, one school has issued an apology to the other. On November 11, Wilton High School and Danbury High School faced each other on the gridiron. During the game, a few of the Wilton students changed “build the wall” directed towards players of the other team. On Friday, Wilton High School’s principal, Robert William O’Donnell, emailed a letter of apology to Danbury High School’s princi
  
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• Trump University lawsuits settled for $25M

  18-11-2016 22:27
  
  NEW YORK–New York’s attorney general says President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to a $25 million settlement to resolve three lawsuits over Trump University, his former school for real estate investors. The deal announced Friday by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would settle two class-action lawsuits in California and a civil suit filed by Schneiderman. The suits had alleged that Trump University failed to deliver the quality real estate investing education it promised. Schneide
  
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• Keidel: Are Redskins Really A Playoff Contender?

  18-11-2016 21:54
  
  By Jason Keidel
  In a league that promotes parity, the NFL couldn’t ask for a more mixed-up playoff picture than what they have this year.
  That’s particularly true in the NFC East, where it seems everyone has taken a turn as division darling except the team that actually won it last season. The Washington Redskins have become lost in the high-grade parity of a four-team race.
  The Philadelphia Eagles dashed out the gate with three-straight wins, rebranding their commonwealth into
  
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• UN agency lifts Zika emergency, prepares for long-term fight

  18-11-2016 21:45
  
  GENEVA  — Acknowledging Zika is here to stay, the United Nations health agency is lifting a 9-month-old emergency declaration against the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected. The World Health Organization is instead shifting to a longer-term approach against a virus that has spread across Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond. Dr. David Heymann, head of a WHO emergency committee on Zika, cited a “significant and endurin
  
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• Police arrest father who allegedly abandoned 5-year-old daughter at Port Authority

  18-11-2016 21:41
  
  NEW YORK CITY — Police have arrested the father who allegedly abandoned his five-year-old daughter in a busy New York train station according to WPIX.  Police took Elmer Gomez Ruono, 32,  into custody Friday in Brooklyn, according to police sources. The 5-year-old girl was found abandoned inside the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan Monday. Port Authority police found the girl on the second floor concourse just after 10 a.m. Monday. Surveillance video shows she was dr
  
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• Mom Of Infant Tossed From Bridge Loses Home In Fire

  18-11-2016 21:37
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A woman whose infant son died last year after he was allegedly thrown from a bridge now has seen her home severely damaged by a fire.
  Middletown’s mayor said Adrianne Oyola and her mother “lost everything” in a fire that broke out in the kitchen of their apartment Wednesday night. Mayor Daniel Drew asked on Facebook for donations from residents to help the family recover from the fire.
  Oyola’s 7-month-old son, Aaden, died
  
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• CT Agencies Plan For Possible Budget Cuts Next Year

  18-11-2016 21:35
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Governor Dannel Malloy will not reveal his proposed two-year state budget until February 2017, but in the lead-up to that the Governor is advising state agencies to prepare for possible cuts, up to as much as 10 percent.
  In response to a letter from Malloy’s budget chief, state department heads have reportedly submitted detailed plans about what a 10 percent cut in funding to their specific agency might look like. The proposals offer a glimpse at t
  
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• Police Investigate Gun Theft from Wallingford Gun Shop and Range

  18-11-2016 21:33
  
  A Bloomfield man accused of stealing a gun from a gun shop and range in Wallingford has been arrested and police said he is suspected in several gun thefts.Photo Credit: Wallingford Police
  
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• Senators Working on Loans to Help Fix Crumbling Foundations

  18-11-2016 21:32
  
  Two state senators have a plan to help Connecticut homeowners whose home foundations are crumbling and said they are working on giving towns the ability to float bonds so they can give homeowners loans...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• More Funding Made Available For Electric Car Rebates

  18-11-2016 21:27
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – An additional $2.7 million is being made available to encourage Connecticut consumers to purchase electric vehicles.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the extra funding for the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate Program on Friday during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Connecticut International Auto Show in Hartford.
  Under the program, residents, businesses and municipalities that purchase or lease a battery elec
  
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• Shoplifter Crashed Into Lowe’s Employee: Police

  18-11-2016 21:04
  
  A man who shoplifted at the Lowe’s store in Dayville hit a store employee with his car while fleeing from the scene, according to state police.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Trump taps hardliners for national security team

  18-11-2016 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday three key members of the national security team for his administration — signaling he will make good on the hard-line agenda on which he campaigned. Unveiled Friday were nominations of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general, Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo as CIA director, and retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security advisor. Sessions and Pompeo would be subject to Senate confirmation, while the position of na
  
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• Two Arrested In Death Of Connecticut Man Now Face Lesser Charges

  18-11-2016 20:53
  
  NEW YORK (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Two men arrested in the stabbing death of a Connecticut man who had attended a party at a luxury apartment in New York City are now charged with concealing a corpse and hindering prosecution.
  James Rackover, of New York City, and Lawrence Dilione, of Jersey City, New Jersey, were arrested on charges that initially included murder. They were arraigned only on the lesser charges.
  Nonetheless, during the hearing late Thursday, Assistant District Attorney An
  
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• Complaint Reveals Chilling Details in Stamford Man Death Mystery

  18-11-2016 20:53
  
  Two men have been arraigned in the case of a missing Hofstra graduate from Stamford, Connecticut, who prosecutors say was stabbed 15 times in the chest in a luxury Manhattan apartment and then buried in...
  
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• California Panhandlers Caught Driving Rental Car, Traveling Around Town To Solicit Cash

  18-11-2016 20:47
  
  SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA.com) — From the San Fernando Valley to the Santa Clarita Valley, CBS2’s David Goldstein’s undercover cameras captured similar looking groups of panhandlers with children.
  Some were holding kids small enough to even be breastfeeding, and all were holding signs claiming to be down and out.
  But are they as needy as they seem?
  Goldstein watched them outside shopping areas all over town, with similar signs reading “Please help,”, “Lost my job,&
  
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• Dad of Girl Abandoned at Bus Terminal Cuffed in NYC: Sources

  18-11-2016 20:42
  
  Authorities have arrested the father of a 5-year-old girl who was found abandoned inside the Port Authority Bus Terminal Monday morning after her mother was discovered dead in Connecticut, law enforcement...Photo Credit: NBC 4 NY/Stamford PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Waterbury police looking for 2 suspected burglars caught on camera

  18-11-2016 20:21
  
  WATERBURY — Police are looking for two suspected burglars who were caught on camera. Waterbury Police are attempting to identify two  burglary suspects that were seen on camera in a home that was broken into on November 8. If anyone recognizes either of the 2 individuals please contact police at 203-574-6941 or 203-755-1234.
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: The Manchester Road Race

  18-11-2016 20:20
  
  Andy Gresh talks with Jim Balcome and Jim Harvey about the 80th Annual Manchester Road Race for 2016.
  WTIC News Talk 1080 will be broadcasting live Thanksgiving morning at the race, as Ray Dunway brings live race updates on-site during Connecticut’s oldest and greatest sports tradition!
  Tune in to WTIC NewsTalk 1080 or stream live by clicking here starting Thursday, November 24th 2016 at 5:30am!
  Powered by Cucina di Carla authentic handmade pastas and pestos
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: What Voters Think of the Media

  18-11-2016 20:14
  
  Tim Graham, Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center, announced the findings of a new post-election poll on what actual voters thought about the media’s influence on the 2016 presidential race.
  The MRC/YouGov poll was conducted on November 9 and 10.
  Find out what the results said:
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: UConn Football at Boston College Preview

  18-11-2016 20:14
  
  Coach Bob Diaco, UConn Football Head Coach, previews the UConn Huskies game at Boston College on Saturday in the first meeting between the two schools since 2004.
  Kickoff is 1 pm in Chestnut Hill, pregame at 11:30am with Bob Joyce.
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: How is Capitol Hill Post-Election?

  18-11-2016 20:14
  
  David Lightman, National political correspondent and veteran congressional reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, asks how Capitol Hill is faring after the election?
  Get the latest:
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Rasmussen Report Called It Right

  18-11-2016 20:13
  
  Managing Editor Fran Coombs shares the latest Rasmussen Polls.  Should Trump Still Investigate Clinton? Daily Presidential Tracking Poll? Most say the Presidential vote will be based on controversies, not issues. The Rasmussen Reports called it right this election.
  
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• Lab Closed After Chemical Release at Boehringer Ingelheim

  18-11-2016 19:48
  
  Crews from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have responded to Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company on the Danbury-Ridgefield line, after chemicals were released in a...Photo Credit: AP Images
  
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• School Sweep Nets Troopers One Arrest

  18-11-2016 19:45
  
  (Montville, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Police say a joint effort between them and surrounding towns police forces in eastern Connecticut was conducted today and turned up one arrest.
  The purpose was to root out any drug activitiy at Montville High School, they said.
  Troopers say K-9 teams swept the school in order to bring awareness to students and create a drug free environmental.
  Several of the canines wre used in order to detect the presence of drugs.
  Police say one juvenile was arr
  
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• Islamic Association to Hold Solidarity Rally After Election

  18-11-2016 19:32
  
  The Islamic Association of Greater Hartford will be holding a rally this afternoon to promote healing after the presidential election and a tumultuous political season.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Senators Propose Plan To Help Homeowners With Crumbling Foundations

  18-11-2016 19:27
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Two state senators are proposing a plan to help Connecticut homeowners– largely in the eastern part of the state– who are grappling with failing foundations from the mineral pyrrhotite in the concrete.
  East Hartford Senator Tim Larson and Sprague Senator Cathy Osten are proposing legislation which would give municipalities the option of authorizing bonds to help homeowners pay for repairs– which can run into the hundreds-of-thousands of
  
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• ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ actress Lisa Lynn Masters found dead in Peru

  18-11-2016 18:56
  
  LIMA, Peru – Actress Lisa Lynn Masters was found dead inside a room at the Nuevo Mundo hotel in Lima, Peru, on Tuesday, Peru21 reports. The 52-year-old actress was reportedly found inside the closet of her room after she apparently hung herself with a skirt. Officials say they found anti-depressants in her room. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Lisa Lynn Masters has died at age 52 after an apparent suicide: https://t.co/HroorzHDvZ pic.twitter.com/b5xcgEth89 — E! News (@enews) No
  
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• Identity Thieves Laying Traps At Gasoline Pumps

  18-11-2016 18:53
  
  (CBS Chicago) — Identity thieves are always looking for the easiest places to steal your credit card information.
  Now, they’re targeting the one place many of us can’t avoid: the gas pump.
  CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports on how your next fill-up could empty your wallet.
  Jeff Tubacki, an inspector with the Illinois Bureau of Weights and Measures, showed Tucker how thieves get credit card information – by installing a “skimmer” in the pump.
  You’d neve
  
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• Denver Driver Experienced Exploding Sunroof

  18-11-2016 18:20
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  WESTMINSTER, Colo (CBS4) – A Colorado driver says the sunroof on her SUV exploded unexpectedly while she was driving last month. Reports of similar, spontaneous explosions happening to drivers across the U.S. are raising concerns about safety.
  Linda Spry (credit: CBS)
  On Oct. 11, Linda Spry was driving her 2012 Nissan Murano from her home in Highlands Ranch to her workplace in Westminster. Spry said that it was a clear day. Traffic was not heavy and she was traveling be
  
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• Suspect Sought After Home Improvement Store Hit

  18-11-2016 18:05
  
  (Dayville, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Police a store associate at Lowes in Dayville was injured after being struck by a vehicle following an apparent shoplifting incident Thursday.
  Troopers says it started when a man entered the store at Killingly Commons just before 3:00 p.m.
  He then left the store with an unknown amount of merchandise, triggering an alarm.
  When the associate attempted to obtain the suspect vehicle’s license plate number, troopers say the driver drove directly a
  
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• Teenager who died of cancer wins battle to be cryogenically frozen

  18-11-2016 18:02
  
  LONDON — A British teenager who died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the United States after winning a court case before her death. The girl — who can’t be identified and is referred to only as “JS” — suffered from a rare form of cancer and expressed a hope to be brought back to life and cured in the future. She died on October 17 but details of the case at London’s High Court were not allowed to […]
  
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• “You can’t hit a girl like that!” Police officer punches detained woman in the face

  18-11-2016 17:47
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – Cell phone video captured the punch that has landed an Arizona Police Officer under investigation. Officer Jeff Bonar is now on administrative leave after he and another law enforcement official were attempting to arrest Marissa Morris Wednesday afternoon. Morris’ boyfriend, Jimmy Sedillo, said the officers arrived to oversee the couple’s eviction and, as they were moving their belongings across the street, Bonar informed Morris that she had a warrant for h
  
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• State Child Advocate looking into death of Meriden 8-year-old in fire

  18-11-2016 17:42
  
  MERIDEN— Connecticut officials are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of an 8-year-old boy who was killed in a house fire this week. The Record-Journal reports the state child Fatality Review Panel has asked the Office of the Child Advocate to conduct the review after the death of Elijah Ziolkowski in Meriden. Firefighters had pulled the boy and his mother, 40-year-old Karin Ziolkowski, from the home on Monday morning. They were brought to the hospital to be treated for smok
  
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• 11-year-old girl finds wanted man hiding in her closet

  18-11-2016 17:39
  
  ARDMORE, Okla. – An Oklahoma girl got quite the scare when she found a stranger hiding in her closet. 11-year-old Presley Brown was playing on her phone when she said a man popped out from between her clothes. “I started screaming bloody murder, and he said ‘Don’t be scared, little girl’ and I just started running,” Presley told KFOR. “We hear her scream,” said Monica Brown, her mother. “We come flying around the corner. We meet her in the ha
  
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• New Britain Man Has Been Missing Since January

  18-11-2016 17:36
  
  New Britain police are asking for help to find a 32-year-old New Britain man who has been missing since January.Photo Credit: New Britain Police
  
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• An off-road adventure awaits in the hills of the Catskills

  18-11-2016 17:31
  
  Ellenville, NY – It is a place that looks to be in the middle of nowhere, which is part of the reason people go there. Northeast Off-Road Adventures has a business model that is  built around the road less traveled – they have 68 acres worth of those. “We are an off-road driving school with trails, anything from beginner to intermediate to advanced,” said Scott Trager, the owner of Northeast Off Road Adventures. With a fleet of suped-up Jeeps, Trager and [&helli
  
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• Plea Deal Rejected In Teacher Sex Assault Case

  18-11-2016 17:29
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A former teacher’s aide in a Connecticut school system who’s charged with having sexual relationships with two teenage boys has rejected a plea deal and will go to trial.
  The Connecticut Post (http://bit.ly/2g3oyWs ) reports that 46-year-old Kyle Damato-Kushel, of Stratford, was in court Thursday where she turned down a deal that would have sent her to prison for a maximum of four years.
  Damato-Kushel and her attorney refused comment as they left court.
  
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• Snow Showers Sunday and Monday

  18-11-2016 17:19
  
  High pressure is in control of Connecticut's weather through Saturday, meaning dry, sunny weather. But big changes are in sight.
  
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• These 35 retailers will not open on Thanksgiving Day

  18-11-2016 17:09
  
  With the holiday season in full effect, many major retailers have decided to close their doors on Thanksgiving Day this year. According to the New York Times, the decision for these retailers to remain closed on this holiday is part of the latest evolution in retail industry’s scramble to figure out how to compete with the high demands of the holiday shopping season. After in-store Thanksgiving Day sales sagged in recent years, many companies have decided the bad publicity attached [&helli
  
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• Woman Gets Screeching Washing Machine Replaced

  18-11-2016 16:48
  
  When Lisa Marchitto bought her Kenmore washing machine in 2007, she also purchased an extended protection agreement to keep it running as long as possible.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Complaint Reveals Chillings Details in Stamford Man Death Mystery

  18-11-2016 16:47
  
  Two men have been arraigned in the case of a missing Hofstra graduate from Stamford, Connecticut, who prosecutors say was stabbed 15 times in the chest in a luxury Manhattan apartment and then buried in...
  
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• Recipe: Healthy Thanksgiving desserts

  18-11-2016 16:43
  
  HARTFORD – Jenna Strong, the baker at Popover Bistro & Bakery in Simsbury came by FOX 61’s Good Day Connecticut to share her healthy twists on Thanksgiving pies . Her delectable deserts that are wholesome, delicious, and allergy conscious. Cookie Pie: 2 cans of drained chick peas 2 cups of gluten-free oats 1.5 cups I brown sugar 2 tbls of ground flax 1/4 cup water 3 tbls any baking oil 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla […]
  
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• Man arrested a second time for heroin sales: Wallingford Police

  18-11-2016 16:42
  
  WALLINGFORD — A man facing charges of selling heroin in June was arrested again on similar charges Thursday. Wallingford police, with the help of Meriden officers, arrested Todd Constantini, 32, at his home in Meriden, on two counts of sale of narcotics and two counts of possession of narcotics. Constantini was held on a $75,000 bond and is expected to be arraigned at Meriden Superior Court Friday. During the month of October, Wallingford police said they 
  
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• Teacher impregnated by 13-year-old she had sex with ‘on almost daily basis’ takes plea deal

  18-11-2016 16:27
  
  HOUSTON – A former Texas middle school teacher who said she became pregnant after having sex with a 13-year-old student “on almost a daily basis” pleaded guilty this week in a plea-bargain deal. Alexandria Vera, 24, was facing a felony charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child, but reached a plea agreement on a lesser charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Vera was an eighth grade English teacher at Stovall Middle School. By pleading guilty, she lowered […]
  
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