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• Neutral End Zones This Weekend At Met Life Stadium

  14-12-2016 23:58
  
   EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) _ With the New York Jets playing a Saturday night game and the Giants kicking off early Sunday afternoon, MetLife Stadium will go with an interesting look for the first time: neutral end zones.
  No team names.
  Although the Meadowlands facility has had quick turnarounds on events before, this one is specifically challenging.
  “We are always prepared to host two consecutive football games, whether college or NFL,” said Ron VanDeVeen, president and CEO of
  
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• Caught on camera: Fiery gas station crash in Rhode Island leaves 2 teens dead

  14-12-2016 23:24
  
  JOHNSTON, R.I. — A serious crash at a gas station in Johnston, Rhode Island, has left two teens dead and at least 2 injured. On Tuesday around 4:10 p.m., police responded to reports of a multiple-vehicle crash near the intersection of Route 6 and Bishop Hill Road in Johnston, Rhode Island. Two people were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, and both have since died. Two others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police say Andrea D’Agostino, […]
  
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• Yahoo says hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts

  14-12-2016 23:18
  
  NEW YORK — Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013. The Sunnyvale, California, company says it’s a different breach from the one it disclosed in September, when it said 500 million accounts were exposed. That new hack revelation raises questions about whether Verizon will try to change the terms of its $4.8 billion proposed acquisition of Yahoo. Yahoo says the information stolen may include names, email addresses, phone number
  
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• Police determine that Hamden fatal pedestrian crash was a hit-and-run

  14-12-2016 22:16
  
  HAMDEN — Though Hamden Police did not originally believe it to be a hit-and-run, they are now investigating a fatal pedestrian crash as such. On Sunday, police responded around 2 a.m. to reports of a crash on Dixwell Avenue. They found Harris Tendler, 58, of Hamden, dead. They said on Sunday he was trying to cross the road when he was hit by a car driving north. On Sunday, police said the driver, a 70-year-old from Bridgeport, stopped immediately and […]
  
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• CBS’ Dan Fouts Discusses Key AFC Games With Playoff Implications In Week 15

  14-12-2016 22:13
  
  By Rick Brown
  It has been a fun and exciting 2016 NFL season and there are several key AFC contests in Week 15 that have far-reaching playoff implications. To begin with, the division-leading Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5) will play the Cincinnati Bengals on the road in an AFC North showdown. With the Baltimore Ravens one game back of the Steelers, it’s imperative for Pittsburgh to beat their division rival in order to remain in the driver’s seat in the AFC North. 
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• State activates cold weather protocol as forecast calls for high winds, single-digit temps

  14-12-2016 21:58
  
  HARTFORD — With below-freezing temperatures forecasted and a High Wind Watch in effect for the northern part of the state, Gov. Dan Malloy announced he was activating the state’s cold weather protocol. We are anticipating highs only reaching the low-20s Thursday, with overnight lows dipping to just single digits by Friday morning. In addition, it will be incredibly windy — a High Wind Watch was issued for the entire state from Thursday into Friday. The strongest winds are expec
  
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• Malloy To Activate Cold Weather Protocol

  14-12-2016 21:52
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will activate the state’s severe cold weather protocol in anticipation of single-digit temperatures and below-zero wind chills that are forecast over the next couple of days.
  The protocol will be activated beginning Thursday evening and continue through Saturday morning. They call for state police and other state agencies to coordinate efforts with shelters and community groups to ensure that the mos
  
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• 5 Course Christmas Dinner Recipes For Your Big Get Together

  14-12-2016 21:32
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Which means it’s also the busiest time of the year. You’ve probably had your hands full with holiday shopping, decorating and planning for the big celebration on the 25th. Save yourself a little bit of time with these simple Christmas recipes. Now you can spend more time with family and less time at the grocery store. Call it an early Christmas present!
  Related: 6 Best Cookbooks To Help With Your Holiday Gatherings
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• Niagara Bottling Hires 66 Workers for Bloomfield Facility

  14-12-2016 21:19
  
  A bottled water plant planning to open in Bloomfield has announced 66 hires.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Governor Activates Severe Cold Weather Protocol for First Bitter Cold Weather of the Season

  14-12-2016 21:10
  
  The governor is activating the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol from Thursday evening through Saturday morning because of the forecast for extreme cold and wind chills below zero.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Police Search for Chevy Silverado in Enfield Fatal Crash

  14-12-2016 20:54
  
  Enfield police are still looking for the driver who hit and killed a skateboarder early on the morning of Friday, Dec. 2 and believe the person responsible was behind the wheel of a 2003 to 2007 Chevy Silverado...Photo Credit: Enfield Police
  
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• President Obama, Sens. Murphy & Blumenthal react to 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook tragedy

  14-12-2016 20:50
  
  NEWTOWN — Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, when 26 children and educators were killed. In honor of the anniversary, several prominent people released their thoughts and memories of the day. President Obama, who has previously said it was one of the worst days of his presidency, posted a message on Facebook Wednesday afternoon: Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, who has been a huge advocate for gun control legislation, especially
  
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• Enfield Police Release More Details In Deadly Hit-And-Run

  14-12-2016 20:42
  
  ENFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Police in Enfield are continuing to investigate a fatal pedestrian-versus-motor vehicle collision earlier this month along Route 5 in town.
  Now, investigators are releasing more information about the suspect vehicle that struck 20-year-old Jeremy Mercier while he was riding his skateboard and took off in the wee hours of December 2.
  Police say they’re looking for a 2003-2007 Chevy Silverado.  They think the pickup may have right, front-end dama
  
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• Enfield Police ask for help in finding suspect car in fatal hit-and-run pedestrian crash

  14-12-2016 20:33
  
  ENFIELD – Enfield Police are asking for the public’s help to find a silver Chevy Silverado with damage to the front passenger’s side, which they believed killed a young man. On December 2 around 1 a.m., a man’s body was found along Route 5, near the intersection with Orbit Drive. Police told FOX 61 the victim, Jeremy Mercier, 20, of Enfield. was killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident. Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said Mercier was skateboarding at the time
  
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• Federal Reserve hikes interest rate, signifying confidence in improving US economy

  14-12-2016 20:13
  
  WASHINGTON — We officially have a Federal Reserve rate hike, the second increase in more than 10 years. Fed officials ended their final meeting of 2016 by raising the federal funds rate — what banks charge each other for short-term loans — to a range of 0.50 percent to 0.75 percent. The Fed previously increased rates at the December 2015 meeting from a near-zero level, an unprecedented low that was set in 2008 amid the fallout from the housing bust […]
  
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• 5 Best U.S. Cities To Ring In 2017

  14-12-2016 20:00
  
  By Randy Yagi
  With New Year’s Eve fast approaching, cities around the country are already getting ready to put out the welcome mat for the last big party of the year. While everyone has a favorite American city to ring in the New Year, some destinations stand out just a little more than others, whether it’s because it has the best family-friendly events, it has the most extravagant pyrotechnic shows or even has the best weather. If you’re still looking for a place to celebrate
  
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• Bloomfield bottling plant hires 66 new employees

  14-12-2016 19:58
  
  BLOOMFIELD – A controversial Bloomfield bottling plant announced Wednesday that it hired 66 new employees. Niagara Bottling announced the new hires will work out of the Bloomfield facility on Woodland Avenue, and about half of them come from Bloomfield and the eight member towns of the Metropolitan District Commission. The California-based company said the plant begins production this month and more job openings will be filled by January. The Bloomfield bottling plant has so far
  
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• New Haven Police Warn of 'Warm-Up' Car Thefts

  14-12-2016 19:48
  
  With cold temperatures moving in, New Haven police want to remind drivers to never leave a running car unattended.Photo Credit: NBC10.com
  
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• East Hartford Man Has Been Missing Over a Year

  14-12-2016 19:26
  
  East Hartford police are renewing a call for the public's help to find a man that's been missing since last year.Photo Credit: East Hartford Police Department
  
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• Amazon makes its first drone delivery in the U.K.

  14-12-2016 19:01
  
  WASHINGTON – Amazon has kicked off a private trial of its highly anticipated drone delivery program. For now, there are only two U.K. customers in the program. Amazon said it would expand to dozens of customers near its British facility in the coming months and later grow to hundreds. The trial is limited to daytime deliveries during suitable weather. Amazon is making the deliveries in 30 minutes at no extra cost. A week ago in Cambridge, Amazon used one of […]
  
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• Brother and Sister Dead After Crash in Fairfield

  14-12-2016 18:52
  
  A brother and sister are dead after a crash in Fairfield on Interstate 95 early Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: News 12
  
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• Ashley Madison agrees to $1.7 million settlement

  14-12-2016 18:43
  
  NEW YORK – The cheater dating website Ashley Madison, which got hacked and exposed the secret lives of millions of Americans, has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement with several U.S. states and the federal government. The settlement, announced Wednesday by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is a scathing admission of fraudulent business practices. Government investigators in New York State and elsewhere found that Ashley Madison created fake dating profiles that duped
  
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• Deal To Spare Historic UConn Houses

  14-12-2016 18:41
  
  (Storrs, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A deal has been struck to preserve a pair of historic houses in a historic district on the UConn Storrs campus.
  The agreement between the university, the State Historic Preservation Office, and the Trust for Historic Preservation will see UConn maintain two of the nine houses on faculty row.
  The other seven are slated for demolition, after which the land will be developed for reuse within the next five years.
  A previous agreement didn’t require UConn
  
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• Why closing old accounts can damage your credit score

  14-12-2016 18:23
  
  If you’re trying to get a handle on your finances and dig your way out of a bad credit score, getting your accounts in order is essential. You need to know what, and where, credit is available to you, but while it might be tempting to pay down and close old accounts, this could actually damage a credit score. Rebuilding your credit score can be difficult, especially if you are starting near rock bottom. You’re stuck in a Catch 22 […]
  
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• State Approves Change in UI Rate

  14-12-2016 18:18
  
  State regulators have approved a rate change for United Illuminating that is expected to give customers more control over how much they spend on electricity by using less of it.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Doctors Say Dress in Warm Layers When Temps Dip to Frigid Levels

  14-12-2016 18:12
  
  Temperatures are expected to reach zero degrees with a wind chill of -10, even -20 on Friday morning and doctors warn people to cover as much skin as possible and dress in warm layers.Photo Credit: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA
  
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• MLB Owners, Player OK New Deal

  14-12-2016 18:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball owners and players have ratified the sport’s new collective bargaining agreement, extending their labor peace to 26 years through2021.
  The sides announced their approvals Wednesday, a day after holding votes in separate telephone meetings.
  Teams voted 29-1 to approve, and Tampa Bay Rays managing general partner Stuart Sternberg was the lone dissenting vote, a person familiar with that meetingtells The Associated Press.
  The person spoke to the AP on the condit
  
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• Enfield school board votes to close elementary school

  14-12-2016 18:08
  
  ENFIELD – Enfield‘s Board of Education voted to close the Nathan Hale Elementary School Tuesday night. At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting in Enfield, members voted 5-4 to close the school at the end of this year. About 230 students will have to be relocated to the town’s three remaining elementary schools. According to The Hartford Courant, one parent tried to submit a 300-signature petition to the school board during the public hearing at the meeting. Scho
  
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• Regulators Approve New UI Rates

  14-12-2016 18:06
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut utility regulators have approved new rates for United Illuminating customers.
  The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, says UI had sought a $98 million revenue increase over three years– a request regulators trimmed by $39 million.
  PURA estimates the overall monthly rate impact on an average residential customer will be approximately 3.25% beginning in 2017. Under UI’s original proposal, residential customer rates were estima
  
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• Indiana town left without a police department after every officer quits

  14-12-2016 18:01
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -– A small Indiana town is without a police department after the town marshal and four reserve deputies resigned over complaints the Town Council mismanaged the department and asked officers to perform illegal actions, according to WXIN. “We have had issues with the town board and there are some activities there where I felt like they were serving their own agenda,” said former Bunker Hill Town Marshal Michael Thomison. Thomison served as town marshal for fou
  
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• Newtown Marks 4th Anniversary Of Sandy Hook Massacre

  14-12-2016 17:54
  
  NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Newtown held a moment of silence and flags were flying at half-staff across Connecticut to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
  It was Dec. 14, 2012, when 20 children and six educators were killed by a troubled 20-year-old gunman who shot his way into the Connecticut schoolhouse. Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother before driving to the school, and then killed himself after the rampage.
  The town typically does no
  
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• Brother And Sister Killed In Fairfield Crash

  14-12-2016 17:43
  
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) – A brother and sister were killed when their car went off the road and crashed in Fairfield.
  Police say 33-year-old Brandon Dupee, of Bridgeport, was driving early Wednesday. His 31-year-old sister, Lindsay, of Stratford, was in the passenger seat.
  Authorities said the Honda had just exited Interstate 95 around 1:30 a.m. when it went off the road traveling at a high rate of speed and went into trees.
  Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police say the reason the c
  
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• UConn: Drug Combination Could Be New Alternative To Chemotherapy

  14-12-2016 17:31
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — An ongoing national study that includes UConn Health has found a combination of drugs that seems to keep several forms of cancer under control, and could provide an option to grueling chemotherapy for some patients.
  UConn Health Professor Jeffrey Wasser says the drugs could give patients and alternative to chemotherapy.
  “In order to grow, the cancer has to use an invisibility cloak so the immune system can not see the cancer,” Wasser said. “These drugs
  
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• The Worst Teams in NFL History

  14-12-2016 17:30
  
  by Rob Joyce
  The Browns are officially three losses away from doing something they’ve never done before – and this is Cleveland we’re talking about here. At 0-13, the Browns are games against the Bills, Chargers and Steelers away from finishing the year with no wins, a lowlight only done twice before in NFL history.
  In the first few weeks of the season there was hope – a big early lead against the Ravens in Week 2, overtime losses to the Titans and Jets in the early half
  
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• Car Hits Houses, Fence; Man Charged

  14-12-2016 17:25
  
  (New London, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – New London Police are charging a man after they say he struck two houses, a fence and a utility pole with his vehicle Tuesday night.
  Officers were called and dispatched a little after 10 p.m. to the area of Chappell Street near Griswold Court.
  The suspect, 48-year-old Herbert Brown, was located near the scene.  They say Brown was involved in some type of verbal disturbance beforehand.
  They say a preliminary investigation determined Brown had been
  
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• Hartford Police To Begin Carrying Narcan

  14-12-2016 17:14
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Officials today announced that Hartford police officers will soon begin carrying the anti-overdose drug Narcan.
  Officers are expected to begin carrying the drug, also known by its generic name naloxone, in the coming weeks.
  Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley says there used to be more homicides than overdoses in the city — But now there are three times as many overdoses as killings.  Foley says giving officers the drug will help save lives.
  In line with policy c
  
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• Teen Brought Air Gun to Meriden School: Police

  14-12-2016 17:11
  
  A 13-year-old old boy was arrested at Lincoln Middle School in Meriden Tuesday after bringing a realistic looking air gun to school, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Connecticut Business Spotlight December 14, 2016: Express Kitchens

  14-12-2016 17:00
  
  One of the many things that makes Connecticut great is its local businesses! WTIC Newstalk 1080, along with Merritt Graphics Big Colorsupport local businesses in Connecticut and want to thank them for the wonderful work they do.
  This week’s Connecticut Business Spotlight is Express Kitchens.
  Express Kitchens is the source for all your cabinet needs and now they proudly announce their own Star brand cabinets! Built right here in Connecticut, Star Cabinetry allows Express Kitchens to of
  
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• Police: Drunk New London man only cuts lip after crashing into 2 houses, fence and pole

  14-12-2016 16:56
  
  NEW LONDON – New London Police said a man crashed into two houses, a fence and a telephone pole Tuesday night. Police said Herbert Brown, 48, of 7 Griswold Court in New London left his home and crashed into a cement pole, then through a fence into the porch of a house, just after 10 p.m. He then crashed into another house on Chappell Street.   Police said Brown had been involved in some type of argument before he drove his car. Police […]
  
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• Victim In Fire Truck Crash Identified

  14-12-2016 16:52
  
  ESSEX, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut State Police have identified a man who died in a crash with a firetruck in Essex as an 80-year-old from Deep River.
  Police say the firetruck was stopped on the highway responding to an accident when it was hit by the vehicle around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday on state Route 9 southbound.
  William Spitzschuh was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Fire crews say a firefighter suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
  The highway was closed and reop
  
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• Sikorsky Reaches Settlement Over Fatal ’14 Navy Copter Crash

  14-12-2016 16:47
  
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  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Connecticut-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has agreed to settle wrongful death and negligence claims in a lawsuit filed over the 2014 crash of a Navy helicopter that killed three of the five crew members on a training exercise off the coast of Virginia.
  Sikorsky has reached a “settlement in principle” with the widows of the three crewmen and a survivor of the crash who filed the lawsuit in federal court in C
  
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• Bristol Myers-Squibb To Leave Connecticut By End Of 2018

  14-12-2016 16:40
  
  (CBS Connecticut) – Governor Dannel Malloy is downplaying news that pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers-Squibb plans to end all operations in Connecticut and close its Wallingford facility by the end of 2018.
  The announcement dashes hopes that the company might keep up to 500 jobs in the state.
  Malloy told reporters on Wednesday that the news should not come as a surprise based on an announcement the company made in 2015.
  Malloy said the announcement is not an indicator of the overall healt
  
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• Study Finds The Struggle To Lose Weight May Not Be Your Fault

  14-12-2016 16:35
  
  (CBS Local) – The struggle to lose those extra few pounds is something everyone may face in their lifetime. And we all want to hear that it’s not our fault when we’re carrying more weight than we’d like. And according to one study, it’s true that it’s not all our fault and there’s no one way that’ll work for everyone.
  Dr. Frank Sacks, a professor of nutrition at Harvard, conducted a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine&n
  
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• Wind Chills 10 to 20 Below Zero Friday

  14-12-2016 16:29
  
  A bitter blast of dangerous cold is headed for Connecticut.
  
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• Firefighter’s Family Settles Lawsuit

  14-12-2016 16:22
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The family of a Hartford firefighter who died when he ran out of air while battling a house fire in 2014 has settled its wrongfuldeath lawsuit against the city for $350,000.
  The Hartford City Council approved the settlement Monday night.
  An attorney representing Kevin Bell’s estate tells The Hartford Courant both sides agreed not to comment further.
  Bell’s family had filed suit last year, saying they were seeking answers about why Bell was left behind for
  
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• New species of spider named after enchanted ‘Harry Potter’ sorting hat

  14-12-2016 16:10
  
  INDIA – Scientists in India have taken inspiration from J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series of books and movies in naming a distinctive new species of spider. The triangular creature resembles the Hogwarts “sorting hat” that’s used to place young wizards and witches into their respective school “houses.” The spider has been named Eriovixia gryffindori, a nod to Gryffindor house, into which Harry Potter himself was sorted on his first day as
  
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• Man Charged with DUI After Hitting 2 Houses with Car: Police

  14-12-2016 16:09
  
  A New London man faces DUI charges after he allegedly crashed his car into two houses Tuesday night.Photo Credit: New London FF'sThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Milford Teen Has Been Missing Since Saturday

  14-12-2016 16:08
  
  Police are looking for a 17-year-old Milford girl who has been missing since Saturday and they are asking for help from the public to find her.Photo Credit: Milford Police
  
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• Recipe – Comfy Belly Pumpkin Pies

  14-12-2016 15:58
  
  HARTFORD – The average American gains one and a half pounds of weight or more during the holidays and a Connecticut doctor believes it’s due to S.A.D., the Standard American Diet. Dr. Eileen Comia of Advance Biomedical Treatment Center in Bloomfield visited FOX 61’s Good Day Connecticut to show how to bake a healthy pumpkin pie and give us tips to avoid holiday weight gain and start the New Year off right. Comfy Belly Pumpkin Pies (gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo and […]
  
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• Suspect In Groton Shooting Captured Near Canada

  14-12-2016 15:52
  
  GROTON, Conn. (AP) – A man suspected in the killing of a good Samaritan who intervened in an assault outside a bar has been detained at the Canadian border.
  Groton Police Chief L. J. Fusaro says 30-year-old Dante Hughes was detained on Tuesday in Canada by Canadian Border Services.
  He says Hughes is being held pending legal procedures to bring him back to the United States.
  Police are working with the States Attorney’s Office, U. S. Marshal’s Services and Canadian authorities t
  
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