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• Giants alerted NFL that Steelers used deflated balls

  11-12-2016 23:04
  
  NEW YORK — The NFL says no formal complaint was filed last week by the New York Giants, who reportedly alerted the league that the Pittsburgh Steelers were using deflated footballs during their game. Fox reported Sunday that after the Giants forced two turnovers during their 24-14 loss last Sunday , they tested the footballs on their sideline. After both of the footballs tested below the NFL standards for PSI, according to the report, the Giants sent them to the […]
  
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• ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson leading candidate for secretary of state

  11-12-2016 22:56
  
  WASHINGTON — ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson is the leading candidate for Secretary of State in a Donald Trump administration, multiple sources familiar with the transition process tell CNN. The final announcement is expected to be made in the middle of this week, according to a source close to the campaign. A source also said Mitt Romney is still in the running, at the urging of ReincePriebus, who will be Trump’s chief of staff. Tillerson, who met with Trump […]
  
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• Hamden Woman Turns Herself in for 2009 Dine and Dash: PD

  11-12-2016 22:31
  
  A Hamden woman has turned herself in to answer accusations she dined and dashed at an Orange restaurant nearly eight years ago.Photo Credit: Orange Police Department
  
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• Cousins leads Redskins over Eagles 27-22

  11-12-2016 22:30
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Chris Thompson’s 25-yard touchdown run with 1:54 remaining lifted the Washington Redskins to a 27-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes, including an 80-yard toss to DeSean Jackson, and had a pick-six. The Eagles took a 22-21 lead when Caleb Sturgis hit a 41-yard field goal with 4:59 left after holder Donnie Jones got the high snap from third-string long snapper Trey Burton down in time. Carson Wentz drove Philadelph
  
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• Police Seek 'Armed and Dangerous' Suspect in Groton Shooting

  11-12-2016 22:27
  
  A 24-year-old man is dead after a shooting outside Ryan’s Pub in Groton overnight and police have secured an arrest warrant for an "armed and dangerous" suspect in the crime.Photo Credit: Groton Town Police Department
  
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• Hartford police issue Silver Alert for missing 12-year-old

  11-12-2016 21:59
  
  HARTFORD — Police issued a Silver Alert for a missing 12-year-old Sunday afternoon. Destiny Falcon was last seen in Hartford on Saturday. She is 5’2″ tall and weighs 100 lbs. She was last seen wearing a multi colored flower shirt, blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and brown boots. Possibly carrying a green backpack. If located, please contact the Hartford Police Department at 860-757-4000. Silver Alerts are issued by law enforcement agencies for missing people of all ages
  
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• 12-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing from Hartford

  11-12-2016 21:54
  
  Police have issued a silver alert for a 12-year-old girl missing from Hartford.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• UConn to delay openings at Storrs, Gr. Hartford, Waterbury, School of Law locations on Monday

  11-12-2016 21:24
  
  STORRS — The University of Connecticut will delay openings at several locations Monday morning due to expected bad weather. The UConn campuses at Storrs, Greater Hartford, the School of Law and Waterbury will open at 10 a.m. Monday morning due to anticipated poor driving conditions around the regular opening time. For a complete list of closings and delays, click here. Non-essential employees at those UConn campuses will report to work at 10 a.m. Monday, and final exams scheduled
  
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• UConn Announces Delayed Openings for Some Locations Monday

  11-12-2016 21:01
  
  The University of Connecticut has announced a delayed opening for several locations Monday morning in anticipation of dangerous road conditions brought on by snow.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Trump: US doesn’t ‘have to be bound’ by ‘one China’ policy

  11-12-2016 20:23
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump again signaled Sunday a willingness to confront Beijing, questioning whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of “one China.” “I fully understand the ‘one China’ policy, but I don’t know why we have to be bound by a ‘one China’ policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade,” Trump said on “Fox News Sunday
  
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• Trump says he’s turning away ‘billions’ but has ‘the right’ to do business deals

  11-12-2016 19:46
  
  NEW YORK  — President-elect Donald Trump, saying he “has the right” to still do business deals, told Fox News he’s turning down “billions of dollars of deals” to avoid potential conflicts of interest. “I’m not going to be doing deals at all,” Trump said in an interview with Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday.” “I have the right to do it. I just don’t want to do it.” Trump also said he turned down “seven
  
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• Bipartisan group of senators calls for probe of Russian role in 2016 US elections

  11-12-2016 19:15
  
  WASHINGTON  — A bipartisan quartet of high-profile senators said Sunday that “recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American,” as President-elect Donald Trump sharpened his unprecedented attacks on US intelligence agencies. The group — two Republicans and two Democrats — called for an investigation into American intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russian hacking was intended to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. Joi
  
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• Webster Bank President to Lead Business Group’s Board

  11-12-2016 17:50
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut’s largest business organization has chosen the president of Webster Bank to lead its board of directors.
  John Ciulla last week was elected chairman of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s board. He succeeds Bob Sobolewski, the CEO of ebm-papst, a Farmington-based designer and manufacturer of fans and motors.
  Ciulla, who is president of the bank and Webster Financial Corporation, says he’s honored to lead the board of directors &
  
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• Newtown Plans 15 Minutes of Silence to Remember Sandy Hook Shooting

  11-12-2016 17:48
  
  NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) _ Newtown will mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre with 15 minutes of silence.
  First Selectman Pat Llodra has asked town employees to refrain from doing any work including answering phones between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday to mark when the shootings took place.
  The town also will lower its flags to half-staff.
  Llodra says the town is committed to remembering the 20 children and six educators shot to death when a gunman entered the Sandy Ho
  
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• Fatal Shooting Outside Groton Pub

  11-12-2016 17:45
  
  Groton, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A shooting at a bar in Groton leaves a man dead.
  Police say officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot by Ryan’s Pub on Fort Hill Road shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
  Police say detectives are following leads as they search for the shooter, and ask anyone who may have information to call Groton Police.
  
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• Pedestrian hit and killed in Hamden identified

  11-12-2016 17:13
  
  HAMDEN — Hamden Police have identified a man who was struck and killed in the early morning hours on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden. Police say they responded around 2:00 a.m. to the accident.  Harris Tendler, 58, of Hamden, was trying to cross Dixwell avenue when he was struck by a motor vehicle which was travelling northbound. When police and fire crews arrived, they attempted medical assistance but Tendler was declared dead by paramedics. He was taken to the Office of the […]
  
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• Local media: Blast near Cairo cathedral kills at least 25

  11-12-2016 16:05
  
  CAIRO, Egypt — An explosion near a key Coptic cathedral in the Egyptian capital has left at least 25 people dead and 31 others injured, local media reported. The blast occurred in Cairo’s Abbassyia district early Sunday morning, according to the government-sponsored Al-Ahram news outlet, citing the health ministry. “Security forces are searching and screening the area,” Al-Ahram’s website reported. The explosion took place in the small church of St. Peter and St. Pa
  
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• The Real Story – Comptroller controversy

  11-12-2016 16:02
  
  HARTFORD – State Comptroller Kevin Lembo, taking heat from a Mississippi-based conservative Christian organization, the American Family Association, for having sent a letter inquiring about its policies on discrimination against gays, lesbians and other groups, which is prohibited under Connecticut law. Lembo, a gay father, believes AFA should be removed from the list of approved charities for the state employee giving campaign. “I’m getting about
  
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• The Real Story – New leadership in the House

  11-12-2016 16:01
  
  HARTFORD —Democrats in the General Assembly are approaching a new session with a much slimmer majority, after Republican gains in last month’s election. Will that make it easier, or harder, to find common ground on the budget and other legislation? GUEST: Representative Matt Ritter (D) Hartford, incoming House Majority Leader
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Northern Parts of State

  11-12-2016 16:00
  
  Winter weather advisories have been issued for northern Connecticut as the season's first widespread wintry mix is expected to move in Sunday night into Monday. The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The Real Story – Crumbling foundations

  11-12-2016 16:00
  
  HARTFORD — Homeowners, by the thousands, in Northeastern Connecticut, dealing with crumbling foundations due to tainted concrete.  So far, insurance companies have denied coverage for the necessary repairs, and help from the government (state and federal) has no yet materialized.  How are they coping? GUEST:  Jim Williams, Tolland Homeowner
  
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• No Injuries in Wethersfield Pavilion Fire

  11-12-2016 15:53
  
  Wethersfield firefighters knocked down a fire at a large outside pavilion at a home on Goff Road Saturday night.Photo Credit: Wethersfield Fire Department
  
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• Water Main Break Impacts Rocky Hill Businesses

  11-12-2016 15:30
  
  A water main break on the Silas Deane in Rocky Hill caused issues for area businesses and residents Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• One Killed in Groton Shooting

  11-12-2016 15:27
  
  One person is dead after a shooting at Ryan’s Pub in Groton overnight.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Lindsey Graham: Russia’s ‘trying to undermine democracies all over the world’

  11-12-2016 14:46
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Saturday that Russia is trying to “is trying to break the backs of democracies.” “Russia is trying to break the backs of democracies — and democratic movements — all over the world,” the South Carolina Republican said in a series of tweets criticizing the Kremlin. President Barack Obama ordered Friday a review of Russia’s involvement in election-related hacking after Intelligence agencies reported that the
  
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• Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Hamden

  11-12-2016 13:48
  
  A man was struck and killed by a car in Hamden early Sunday morning.
  
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• Nigeria church collapse kills 50 worshipers

  11-12-2016 13:46
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria  — As many as 50 people were killed after a church in Uyo, Nigeria, collapsed on worshippers Saturday, officials said. Akwa Ibom Gov. Udom Emmanuel was at Reigners Bible Church when it collapsed and narrowly escaped injury, He has declared Monday and Tuesday as days of mourning in the state. “I was present at the church during the incident and shared in the agony of the moment,” he tweeted. Authorities did not provide any reasons for the church’s [&hel
  
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• Snow tonight with a messy Monday commute

  11-12-2016 13:37
  
  It’s cold out there! We’re starting off with clear skies and frigid temperatures in the teens. That sun will fade behind increasing afternoon clouds ahead of a storm approaching from the mid-west. Light to moderate snow could accumulate fairly quickly around midnight through the pre-dawn hours. Snow will change over to a wintry mix and rain before ending Monday afternoon. The shore will change to sleet and rain first, then that snow /rain line moves along I-84 (be
  
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• Shooting in Groton leaves one man dead, police investigating

  11-12-2016 12:18
  
  GROTON — Groton Town Police are investigating after a shooting outside a Groton pub early Sunday morning. Around 1:36 a.m., police recieved a report of shots fired near “Ryan’s Pub”, 112 Fort Hill Road in Groton. Officers arrived a short time later and found a male in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was treated at the scene by Groton Ambulance and Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department crews. He was taken to L&M Hospital where he was [&he
  
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• Service restored after water main break in Rocky Hill

  11-12-2016 11:48
  
  ROCKY HILL  —  Water has been restored after a major water main break caused traffic problems along  the Silas Deane Highway Saturday afternoon. All service has been restored as of 2:30 a.m., according to MDC. Road restoration is underway and will continue throughout the morning. The break happened in a 12 inch pipe on Town Line Road which is on the border of Rocky Hill and Wethersfield. The break caused another line to be shut down as well. The fire department rep
  
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• Lamar Jackson Scores Heisman

  11-12-2016 08:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lamar Jackson is the first Louisville player to capture the Heisman Trophy. The sophomore quarterback accounted for a whopping 51 touchdowns this season, throwing for 30 and running for 21. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson finished second in the balloting despite being the only Heisman finalist to lead his team into the college football playoff semifinals.
  
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• Boots for the winter distributed in Hartford

  11-12-2016 03:54
  
  HARTFORD — Children and adults got fitted with proper snow boots ahead of the winter weather Saturday in Hartford. They also got their feet checked out by podiatrists at Holy Trinity Church. Community organizations, including the Hartford Police Department and Fleet Feet teamed up for the event. More than 300 pairs of shoes were given out.
  
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• Ohio State Defeats UCONN Men 64 – 60

  11-12-2016 03:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Trevor Thompson’s matching double-double _ 17 points and 17 rebounds _ pushed Ohio State past Connecticut, 64-60 on Saturday night.
  Adams made a 3-pointer with 26 seconds left and converted a 3-point play eight seconds later to pull UConn within three, but Ohio State’s Marc Loving’s free throw put the lead back to four. The Huskies missed their final three shots.
  UConn shot 54.2 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes, including 4 of 9 from 3. Adams
  
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• Louisville’s Jackson wins Heisman Trophy

  11-12-2016 03:08
  
  NEW YORK — Lamar Jackson, a sophomore quarterback at the University of Louisville, has won the Heisman Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in college football. Jackson, who amassed 4,928 yards of total offense and 51 total touchdowns, is youngest player ever and the first player from Louisville to win the Heisman. Wearing a school-color red coat with a black lapel, Jackson seemed a bit overwhelmed by winning. “Oh my God,” he said several times. Among those he thanked [
  
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• Istanbul explosions: 29 killed, 166 wounded in twin blasts

  11-12-2016 01:32
  
  ISTANBUL, Turkey — Twenty-nine people were killed and 166 wounded in Saturday’s twin bombings in Istanbul, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said in a press conference Sunday. Twenty-seven of those killed were police officers, Soylu added. Six of the victims are in intensive care. Ten suspects have been detained in connection with the bombings, the minister said. The explosions, one large blast followed by a smaller one, occurred about 11 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET)
  
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• Istanbul explosions: 15 killed, 69 wounded in twin blasts

  11-12-2016 01:32
  
  ISTANBUL, Turkey — A senior Turkish official who can’t be named due to government protocol has told reporters that 15 people are dead and 69 wounded following the twin blasts in Istanbul on Saturday. The explosions, one large blast followed by a smaller one, occurred after a football game, CNN Turk reported. Turkish President Erdogan confirmed “we have injured citizens and martyrs, unfortunately” in a televised address broadcast on CNN Turk. The first explosion at Ma
  
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• Cherokee Nation attorney general OKs same-sex marriage

  11-12-2016 01:05
  
  TAHLEQUAH, Okla — Kelli King was driving home from work Friday, listening to the news on the car radio, when she got a very nice surprise. A ban on same-sex marriage involving members of the Cherokee Nation was overturned by the tribe’s attorney general in an opinion issued Friday. King called her girlfriend, Brittany Nunley, who is Cherokee and shared the good news. “I think its awesome,” Nunley told CNN. “I have been really proud of my Cherokee heritage and [&hell
  
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• Ansonia wins 20th state title; Hillhouse, New Canaan, Darien also win

  11-12-2016 00:40
  
  NEW BRITAIN — Time and time again, Ansonia has come out victorious. Saturday at Willow Brook Park in New Britain was no different. The Chargers (13-0) captured their 20th state championship –a state record –in the Class S finals, besting Rocky Hill, 28-21. Ansonia was led by running back Markell Dobbs, who finished with 191 yards rushing on 34 carries and two touchdowns, while quarterback Bryson Cafaro added a go-ahead touchdown pass to Jake Butler, and the game winning score [
  
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• New London Police Investigating Untimely Death

  11-12-2016 00:13
  
  New London, Ct. (CBS Connecticut) – On Saturday morning, December 10, 2016, at approximately 6:47 a.m.., the New London Emergency Communications Center received a call from 206 Shaw St., 2nd
  Flr., New London, CT reporting a possible untimely death. City of New London Emergency Service personnel were immediately dispatched to the location. Upon arrival on scene, a deceased male was located.
  The scene was immediately secured and detectives from Investigative Services Division responded to pr
  
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• Meriden Dentist Arrested, Again

  11-12-2016 00:10
  
  Meriden, Ct. (CBS Connecticut) – On Friday, December 9th, 2016 at approximately 10:00 PM, the Meriden Police Department responded to a report of a burglary in progress.  As officers arrived in the
  area of the Burglary officers observed a vehicle fleeing from the area.  The vehicle was subsequently found to be registered to a Jeffrey Krahling.  Officers were unable to stop the vehicle during the initial sighting.
  The Officers were able to obtain the current address of the afo
  
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