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• Jeremy Clarkson: Amazon show is ”Top Gear’ in witness protection’

  23-11-2016 23:49
  
  NEW YORK — Jeremy Clarkson is on top once again with his new Amazon show, “The Grand Tour.” Clarkson, the former co-host of the globally popular and long running BBC show, “Top Gear,” told CNN’s “Quest Means Business” that the new series is “‘Top Gear’ in witness protection.” “That’s what a friend of mine said the other day, a reviewer. [This show] is different because it moves around the world, that’s real
  
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• UConn’s Larrier Out For Season

  23-11-2016 23:44
  
  By The Associated Press
   Connecticut sophomore forward Terry Larrier is out for the rest of the season after tearing his left ACL at the Maui Invitational.
  UConn said in a statement Wednesday that Larrier will consult with doctors about a timeframe for surgery and that recovery is about eight months.
  Larrier was injured midway through the first half against Oklahoma State on Monday night when he was stripped of the ball on a drive. He was unable to put any weight on his leg and stopped by t
  
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• Governor Calls For Unity In Thanksgiving Message

  23-11-2016 23:36
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is using his annual Thanksgiving message to urge residents to “remember who we are and what we believe” following the contentious presidential election season.The Democrat’s message, released Wednesday, says Connecticut believes in fairness, diversity, inclusivity, compassion and second chances and how “democracy is more important than our political parties.”
  A strong supporter of Democratic presidential conte
  
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• State Police increasing presence during Thanksgiving Weekend

  23-11-2016 23:04
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut State Police are ramping up their plans to keep highways safe for all during the holiday rush. From November 23 through November 27, Connecticut State Police will supplement its normal routine patrol personnel with additional troopers throughout the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  Across the state, troopers will patrol roads and highways and will focus on aggressive drivers, unsafe drivers and drunk drivers. Troopers will also be looking for v
  
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• Black Friday: Here’s when Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, other major stores will open

  23-11-2016 22:58
  
  As Black Friday draws closer, stores are releasing their plans for the most frenzied day of the holiday shopping season. Here’s a look at the schedules released by major retailers so far. JCPenney JCPenney will begin its Black Friday sale at 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, and will stay open Friday until 10 p.m. Online sale prices begin a day earlier, at midnight Nov. 23. Wal-Mart Most Wal-Mart stores are already open 24 hours. But the big box retailer will begin […]
  
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• 1 of 2 suspects in Stamford man’s death released on bail on day of victim’s funeral

  23-11-2016 22:42
  
  NEW YORK — One of two men who are facing charges related to the brutal killing of Joseph Comunale was released from jail on bond on Wednesday, according to the New York Department of Corrections. Larry Dilione, 28, posted the $300,000 bond that was set when he was charged with hindering prosecution, concealment of a human corpse and tampering with physical evidence. The other man charged in connection to Comunale’s death, James Rackover, remains in jail after being formally
  
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• State tax commissioner says he has no power to waive interest in tax mix-up

  23-11-2016 22:16
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut’s tax commissioner says he has no authority to waive interest penalties on taxpayers whose 2015 tax returns were miscalculated by his office. In March, the state Department of Revenue Services said there was an error in calculating property taxes for thousands of state income returns. Approximately 7 percent, or 120,000 income tax returns processed may have resulted in a higher credit to the resident’s tax liability. DRS failed to notify CPAs and tax
  
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• State regulators trim proposed United Illuminating electric rate increase

  23-11-2016 22:07
  
  NEW BRITAIN — Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has trimmed approximately $40 million from the rate increase requested by electricity distributor United Illuminating Company. PURA released its proposed final decision Wednesday. Commissioners will issue a final ruling Dec. 14. UI requested a rate increase to address operating deficiencies. The company proposed increasing residential customer rates by roughly 5 percent in each of the next three years, beginning Jan. 1
  
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• Tax Commissioner: No Power To Waive Interest In Tax Mix-Up

  23-11-2016 21:26
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s tax commissioner says he has no authority to waive interest penalties on taxpayers whose 2015 tax returns were miscalculated by his office.
  House Republican Leader Themis Klarides is calling it “patently unfair” that affected taxpayers are now being told they must pay the difference by Dec. 31 or face additional costs. The interest rate for normal tax deficiencies is 12 percent.
  She asked Commissioner Kevin Sullivan
  
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• Meriden man sentenced to 15 years for producing child porn

  23-11-2016 21:08
  
  BRIDGEPORT — A Meriden man  was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years behind bars for producing child pornography . Mark W. Irvin, 65, of Meriden, was sentenced to 15 years in prison of imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for producing child pornography. Officials said Irvin indicated in court statements that between 2012 and August 2015, he had in sex with three males who were under the age of 18.  He also installed and operated a video camera and
  
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• Avoiding House Fire Risk While Cooking For Thanksgiving

  23-11-2016 21:06
  
  WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Fire officials in Connecticut are reminding Thanksgiving cooks to stay alert to prevent kitchen fires.
  According to reports, Americans are three times more likely to set fire to their homes on Thanksgiving. The number one cause of cooking fires is leaving food unattended on the stove, and more of those fires take place in November than any other month, according to Alan Zygmunt of the Connecticut Fire Academy in Windsor Locks.
  Zygmunt says it is imp
  
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• How To Play The Perfect Thanksgiving Day Football Game

  23-11-2016 21:01
  
  By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports
  That wonderful time of the year is here once again. The one day for you to try and recapture that former athletic glory and show off to your friends and family before eating an ungodly amount of food. Before you lace up those shoes or pull on your pair of replica NFL receiver gloves, here’s a few things you should prepare to ensure that your Thanksgiving day game will be the best.
  1) Pick A Location
  This is crucial. Sure, it’s fun to play the game in y
  
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• Waterbury Man Faces Gun, Drug Charges After Search

  23-11-2016 20:56
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Waterbury man is facing drug and weapons charges after police say he unlawfully had assault rifles, handguns and silencers, as well as cocaine and heroin.
  The Republican-American reports 32-year-old John Grandpre has been jailed on $750,000 bond following a search of his home on Monday.
  Grandpre was convicted of assault in 2012 and police say he isn’t allowed to have firearms.
  Police say they found eight silencers, two assault rifles, sev
  
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• New Haven Restaurant Prepares 500 Thanksgiving Meals for the Less Fortunate

  23-11-2016 20:42
  
  A New Haven restaurant is getting ready to open its doors on Thanksgiving to provide the homeless and less fortunate with a traditional turkey dinner.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Metro Hartford Alliance: Leading the change

  23-11-2016 20:28
  
  HARTFORD — Metro Hartford Alliance is hoping to bring new awareness of the importance of leadership with a program at it’s Rising Star Breakfast Nov. 29. The theme of this year’s breakfast is “Leading the Change: Changing the Lead,” which will feature a panel discussion with three prominent leaders, each of whom will address leadership strategies, working in an environment with change and disruptors, and looking ahead to the future of leadership and innovation.
  
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• Girl spots discarded winning lottery scratcher, spends money on Thanksgiving for those in need

  23-11-2016 20:15
  
  INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — In this season of giving thanks, one student shows what generosity is all about. When one young lady from Missouri found a financial windfall, she gave it to others in need, overlooking her own needs. 7-year-old Phoebe Brown says she knew exactly what she’d found, and how best to use it. The second grade student from Sycamore Hills Elementary School in Independence was shopping with her mother at the Hy-Vee store on U.S. Highway 40 on November […]
  
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• Former Glastonbury Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  23-11-2016 20:09
  
  (CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut State Police have arrested on a former Glastonbury resident on child pornography charges.
  Troopers began investigating Darin Redding, 46, last December after files containing suspected child pornography were discovered as being shared from the internet account assigned to Reddining’s home, said police. Authorities say investigators found suspected child pornography on computer equipment seized during a search of the home in March.
  Redding, who police s
  
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• Man leaves Irish waiter $750 tip so he can bring his family home

  23-11-2016 20:04
  
  HOUSTON – An Irishman working at a Texas restaurant received a whopping $750 tip from a diner who wanted to help him get home over the holidays. The waiter, identified by the Irish Mirror as 22-year-old Ben Millar, wants his family back home to meet his girlfriend Taryn Keith and their son, Killian, once Taryn gives birth, Keith said on Facebook. “My boyfriend got this tip last night at work,” Keith wrote in the post. “Thought I would share it to show every
  
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• 5 Best European Ski Resorts

  23-11-2016 20:00
  
  The ski season has begun and if you hope to hit the slopes this winter, you should start planning your trip very soon. But instead of going to your usual place, why not make your next trip a real adventure by skiing in Europe! After all it’s the birthplace of the popular winter sport and many of the world’s best ski resorts are all within a single train ride from one another. To save you valuable time to figure out where to go, here are five of the best ski European ski resorts for
  
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• Mom-to-be still CrossFitting while 8 months pregnant

  23-11-2016 19:59
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa – Working out is a lifestyle for Caitlin Eliopoulos. From deadlifts to burpees, CrossFit is anything but easy and for Caitlin, working out is twice as hard. That’s because she’s lifting for two. At 33 weeks pregnant, Eliopoulos is still a CrossFit regular at CrossFit OC3  in Davenport, where she’s been going  for more than four years. When she got pregnant, Eliopoulos knew she wanted to stay active for herself and her baby. “For the lo
  
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• Regulators Trim Proposed UI Rate Hike

  23-11-2016 19:56
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut utility regulators, in a draft decision, have trimmed a proposed series of electricity distribution rate increases totaling $98 million dollars over three years requested by United Illuminating.
  The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority reduced the request by $40 million, the agency announced Wednesday. If the decision is finalized, the average customer’s distribution rate is expected to increase between 2.1 and 2.7 percent in Januar
  
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• Drought Causing Wells to Run Dry in Connecticut

  23-11-2016 19:36
  
  Imagine going 113 days without running water in your home. That’s been life for Laura Halloran, of Morris, and her two daughters. Their well ran dry on July 27, leaving them without water.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Reunited at Bradley airport – a love story 55 years in the making

  23-11-2016 19:33
  
  WINDSOR LOCKS — Who doesn’t love a good love story? If you were moving quickly through Bradley Airport the day before Thanksgiving, you might have just missed it! Amid all those travelers, was a love story 55 years in the making. Richard Lanham, of Connecticut, waited eagerly Wednesday morning with a dozen roses by his side. “I’m not nervous. I’m excited,” he said. That excitement has been building for decades. He was there to meet his fiance – a woman [
  
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• NFL Picks Week 12: Lions, Redskins And Steelers Win On Thanksgiving Day

  23-11-2016 19:16
  
  Bryan Altman
  This year’s Thanksgiving Day slate is it.
  It’s the snowball’s chance in hell.
  It’s the 99-1 shot coming through at the track.
  It’s the one turkey at the slaughterhouse (sorry for the imagery) that gets pardoned by the President and gets to live another day.
  For the first time in 81 years, all six teams playing on Thanksgiving Day are over .500 and for the first time in as long as I can remember, we’re going to have three great games to watch
  
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• Suspected Driver in Drive-By That Injured Girl Charged in Another Shooting

  23-11-2016 19:12
  
  A 22-year-old Bloomfield man who is suspected of driving during a hit-and-run that injured a 10-year-old girl in Hartford earlier this month has been charged in another shooting on Blue Hills Avenue in October.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Scooter driver hit by college student identified by New London police

  23-11-2016 18:59
  
  NEW LONDON – Police said they have identified the man who they said was hit by a college student who was driving under the influence. Police said they arrested the student after she hit a scooter on Route 32 in New London early Tuesday morning. On Tuesday at around 12:15 a.m., police said they were called to a car versus scooter accident with injuries. The man driving the scooter, Zachary E. Chesebro, 36, was taken to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital with serious injuries
  
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• Meriden Man Who Took Video of Boys During Sexual Slumber Parties Sentenced to 15 Years

  23-11-2016 18:44
  
  A 65-year-old Meriden, Connecticut man who federal officials said set up cameras around his house to record explicit video of teenage boys who he invited over for slumber parties that turned sexual has...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Milford 5th-Grader Chosen As Next Connecticut ‘Kid Governor’

  23-11-2016 18:43
  
  MILFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A fifth-grader at Milford’s John F. Kennedy School has been chosen as Connecticut’s “kid governor.”
  Jessica Brocksom was presented with a ceremonial sash as the results of a statewide election were announced. The mayor and state lawmakers attended the event Wednesday inside the school’s gymnasium.
  Jessica ran on a platform promoting humane treatment of animals. Some 4,400 fifth-graders from 45 cities and towns voted in
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Pomona’s Paid Protestors?

  23-11-2016 18:37
  
  David Randall, Director of Communications at the National Association of Scholars, says Pomona College is paying students to protest the new president-elect.
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Donald Trump vs. The Media

  23-11-2016 18:33
  
  Rich Hanley, Associate Professor/Journalism at Quinnipiac University, will discuss president-elect Donald Trump’s conflict with the media and his choice to use YouTube rather than a traditional news conference to outline his plans for his first 100 days in office.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Travel Tips From Orbitz

  23-11-2016 18:32
  
  Marita Hudson Thomas, Travel Expert at Orbitz.com, offers travel updates for your local airport on “The Busiest Travel Day of the Year.”
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Trump & Climate Change – A Combustible Combo?

  23-11-2016 18:31
  
  Oren Cass, Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he focuses on energy, the environment, and antipoverty policy. He was domestic policy director of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign in 2011–12.  Trump will reverse a policy that isn’t working anyway. Given the emotional reactions that Donald Trump and climate change each trigger separately, they offer an especially combustible combination.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Sen. Rob Kane Talks CT’s Budget Crisis

  23-11-2016 18:30
  
  Sen. Rob Kane, the Deputy Minority Leader Pro Tempore and Caucus Chairman, Sen. serves as the lead Republican senator on the legislative panel which oversees state government spending.  Kane joins Ray to discuss the state’s budget crisis.
  
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• Thursday Breakdown: Vikings, Lions Dig In On Thanksgiving Day

  23-11-2016 17:50
  
  By Danny Cox
  It’s a tradition for the Detroit Lions (6-4) to play on Thanksgiving Day. But this year will differ from years past, because the Lions are contenders. Detroit currently sits on top of the NFC North, holding the tiebreaker over the rival Minnesota Vikings (6-4), their Turkey Day opponents.
  The Lions started the season slowly, losing three of their first four games before winning five of the next six. What first appeared to be another woeful Lions team seems to have found their
  
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• MSG Company Alerts Customers of Data Breach

  23-11-2016 17:47
  
  Madison Square Garden Company says there has been a data breach affecting customers who may have used cards at merchandise and food and beverage locations at its properties in the last...Photo Credit: NBC 4 NY
  
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• Police Dog Dies After Chasing Kidnapping Suspect

  23-11-2016 17:33
  
  A Wethersfield Police dog has died from injuries sustained while pursuing a kidnapping suspect on Monday night.Photo Credit: Wethersfield 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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• Uncasville school hosts Thanksgiving celebration for seniors

  23-11-2016 17:27
  
  UNCASVILLE — It was a special Thanksgiving celebration in Uncasville. Students from Saint Bernard school visited and shared a Thanksgiving meal with seniors at the city’s senior citizens center. Kids from the National Spanish Honor Society brought homemade food, and some holiday-themed decorations for the celebration. “We’re so privileged, and we’re so blessed with so much at our school, and, you know, sometimes we forget about that. I think it’s rea
  
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• Facebook could pay heavy price if it censors news to please China

  23-11-2016 17:26
  
  HONG KONG – Facebook‘s latest signal that it’s willing to play ball with China? It has quietly built a censorship tool that would keep certain posts out of people’s news feeds, according to The New York Times. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made no secret of his desire to get the giant social network unblocked in the world’s most populous nation. He has traveled to China repeatedly, meeting with the country’s propaganda chief during a visit earlier this year and taki
  
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• Connecticut Business Spotlight November 22, 2016: EDAC Machinery Group

  23-11-2016 17:00
  
  One of the many things that makes Connecticut great is its local businesses! WTIC Newstalk 1080, along with Merritt Scanning support local businesses in Connecticut and want to thank them for the wonderful work they do.
  This week’s Connecticut Business Spotlight is EDAC Machinery Group.
  EDAC Machinery designs, manufactures, repairs and refurbishes grinding machines and spindles. EDAC machinery also provides grinding process development and contract grinding services. An industry leade
  
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• Prosecutors Drop Windsor Man’s Sex Trafficking Charges

  23-11-2016 16:58
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Prosecutors have dropped sex trafficking-related charges against a Windsor man due to a lack of evidence.
  Dwayne Hairston and another man were arrested in January on drug and sex trafficking charges. Authorities alleged at the time that the men kidnapped an 18-year-old woman and forced her into prostitution and heroin use.
  The Journal Inquirer reports that the 32-year-old Hairston pleaded guilty to the drug charge on Tuesday and was sentenced to t
  
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• Wethersfield Police mourn K9 Thor, killed in line of duty; suspect still on the loose

  23-11-2016 16:57
  
  WETHERSFIELD — The Wethersfield Police Department is mourning the loss of a K9 who died after he was injured in the line of duty. Thor died Tuesday night as a result of injuries he sustained chasing a kidnapping suspect Monday. According to Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran, they don’t know exactly how Thor died yet. He was involved in a search for a suspect, but police lost sight of both Thor and the suspect for quite some time. When they did find Thor, […
  
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• Apple hints at a foldable iPhone once again

  23-11-2016 16:40
  
  SAN FRANCISCO – Apple may be nostalgic for the bygone days of the flip phone. Apple has been granted a patent for a flexible iPhone that can fold in half and grip your clothes. This would potentially cut down on the need to stuff devices into pockets. While Apple often files for patents for technology that never see the light of day, it often provides a glimpse into what the company is thinking for the future. The patent for “flexible […]
  
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• Major Delays on Wilbur Cross Northbound in Meriden

  23-11-2016 16:38
  
  There are major delays on the northbound side of the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Meriden.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police ID Victims of Hit-and-Run in Stamford

  23-11-2016 16:31
  
  Two pedestrians were injured and one was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Stamford Saturday evening and now Stamford police are looking for the driver.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 5 Biggest College Football Games This Weekend

  23-11-2016 16:18
  
  by Rob Joyce
  For everyone except for the Big 12, it’s the final weekend of the regular season in college football. For some, it represents the end of the season regardless of the outcome, for others it could be the difference between going bowling and not, while for a select few, it could mean vying for a conference championship – if not more.
  Of all the games on tap for this weekend (all 62 of them), here are the five biggest:
  5) Alabama vs. Auburn:(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Image
  
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• Dunkin’ keeps the Manchester Road Race running

  23-11-2016 16:16
  
  HARTFORD – Molly Loh, Dunkin’ Donuts Field Marketing Manager,  joined FOX 61’s Good Day Connecticut to talk about Dunkin’ Donuts samples, cheer cards, and more being offered during Thursday’s Manchester Road Race. Dunkin’ will be keeping the road race running on Thanksgiving Day with free samples of Crème Brûlée Hot Coffee and Oreo Hot Chocolate to warm runners after the race or those cheering from the sidelines. They’ll also hav
  
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• State Police to Patrol from Roads and Sky Over Thanksgiving Weekend

  23-11-2016 16:14
  
  Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year and Connecticut State Police will be watching from the sky, with a Cessna focusing on Interstate 84, to keep drivers safe.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 5 Athletes in their 50s

  23-11-2016 16:14
  
  by Rob Joyce
  History was made in South Carolina on Saturday. On Senior Day at South Carolina State, Joe Thomas Sr. recorded four carries for minus-1 yard, and that’s that for his collegiate career. For most this would be a nice gesture for years of hard work as a walk-on for a young man in his 20s – only Joe Thomas Sr. is no millennial. The 55-year-old is pursuing a degree in engineering, and his son is a Bulldog alum and current linebacker with the Packers.
  Thomas has garnered all s
  
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• State Police With Extra Patrols For Thanksgiving Period

  23-11-2016 16:01
  
  (Middletown, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – With more drivers on the roads this Thanksgiving period, Connecticut State Police are reminding drivers to slow down and budget enough time to get to and from their holiday destinations.
  Troopers will operate out of marked and unmarked cruisers looking for the usual suspects: speeders, impaired or reckless drivers, and those not wearing their seatbelts.
  Spokeswoman Trooper Kelly Grant says this year, State Police will have assistance from the air.
  They
  
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• Executive Director of New London Housing Authority Out of Office

  23-11-2016 15:31
  
  The embattled New London Housing Authority’s executive director is now out of office.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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