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• Milford firefighters find a submerged car in pond

  15-01-2017 23:58
  
  MILFORD — Firefighters along with department’s dive team arrived at the scene to find a car fully submerged in an icy pond. At 2 p.m. Sunday, Milford firefighters received a call saying a car was in a pond behind a house on Tomahawk Lane. The Milford Fire Department Dive team enter the pond to search the car but found nothing inside. A heavy duty wrecker soon arrived and pulled the vehicle onto dry land. Divers re-entered the icy pond to look […]
  
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• Drunk Man Caught Stealing Liquor Bottles From Clinton Home

  15-01-2017 23:19
  
  A drunk man was caught trying to steal liquor bottles from a Clinton home, police said.Photo Credit: Clinton Police
  
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• Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka, hall of fame WWE wrestler dead at 73

  15-01-2017 22:46
  
  STAMFORD — Jimmy Snuka, famous ex-wrestler and WWE hall of famer has died. Dual announcements came from former wrestler Dwayne Johnson’s and his daughter Tamaria Snuka’s twitter accounts. I LOVE YOU DAD #FOREVERMYDAD #RestWell #FamiliesAreForever #BestDad #SnukaLegacy https://t.co/Fo6n6gPkZH — Tamina Snuka (@TaminaSnuka) January 15, 2017 Our family @TaminaSnuka asked me to share the sad news that her dad Jimmy Snuka has just passed away. Alofa atu i le aiga atoa
  
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• Former pro wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka dies at 73

  15-01-2017 22:46
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, a former professional wrestler who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has died. He was 73. A lawyer representing Snuka said family members told him that Snuka died Sunday afternoon at his son-in-law’s home near Pompano Beach, Florida. A Lehigh County judge on Jan. 3 dismissed the murder case against the retired WWE star in the&nbs
  
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• Car Submerged in Icy Milford Pond

  15-01-2017 21:43
  
  A rescue operation is underway after a car went through the ice of a Milford pond on Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC connecticut
  
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• Cutest captain: Sea lion caught in fishing gear hops on boat

  15-01-2017 21:11
  
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif — Officials say a juvenile sea lion was so happy to be rescued after getting hooked by fishing gear off Southern California, it jumped into a Coast Guard boat. The Coast Guard says a Los Angeles-area crew on patrol pulled the sea lion free Saturday near Newport Harbor. Officials say after a little persuasion, the sea lion hopped aboard the boat and posed for photos. The animal was handed off to a crew from the Pacific Marine Mammal […]
  
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• Mohegan Tribe details plans for former hospital site

  15-01-2017 20:48
  
  PRESTON — The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is unveiling its plans to redevelop the site of a former psychiatric hospital in Connecticut. Tribal officials announced plans Saturday for a $600 million non-gambling resort on the property of the shuttered Norwich State Hospital. The resort is to include a large performance venue, a water park, hotels, a senior living center, a sports complex and other attractions. Residents in the town of Preston voted unanimously last year to support the pr
  
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• Packers pull off upset in Big-D

  15-01-2017 19:49
  
  ARLNGTON, TX — The first major upset of the NFL playoffs has occurred and the victims are the Dallas Cowboys, the top seed in the NFC. The Green Bay Packers stunned Dallas 34-31. The Cowboys  have won just two playoff games since 1996. Mason Crosby boomed a 51-yard field goal at the final gun to send the Packers to the NFC title game against Atlanta. Crosby had hit a 56-yarder with 1:33 left before the Cowboys tied it. The big play in Green […]
  
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• Green Bay Packers keep the win streak alive; Dallas rookies shine in loss

  15-01-2017 19:49
  
  ARLINGTON, TX — The Green Bay Packers enter this match up riding a seven game win streak while questions marks surrounded the Dallas Cowboys and how their star rookie tandem of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliot would handle big game pressure. Though the rookies played well during the game, the Cowboys fell to the Packers who extended their win streak to 8 games. Aaron Rodgers again stood out as he passed for over 300 yards and 2 touchdowns. Green Bay will […]
  
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• New England Patriots Team Grades: Texans Unable To Capitalize On Patriots’ Sloppy Play In Divisional Round Match-Up

  15-01-2017 19:18
  
  By Danny Cox
  While many thought the divisional round match-up against the Houston Texans was going to be an easy win for the Patriots, the playoffs have a way of bringing out the best in teams while causing others to falter under pressure. The Houston Texans may not have brought their best, but they forced the Patriots to make mistakes; New England looked nowhere near as dominant as they had all season.
  Still, the Patriots used strengths in other positions even when some of their more dominating
  
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• SpaceX returns to flight, nails rocket landing

  15-01-2017 18:56
  
  VANDENBURG AFB, Calif. — SpaceX returned to flight Saturday after a 4½-month hiatus. The private space exploration company headed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:54 a.m. PT, taking 10 satellites into space for voice and data company Iridium. It marked the company’s first launch since a Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in September. The launch’s success Saturday was made even swee
  
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• Fire Destroys Wethersfield Home While Family is on Vacation

  15-01-2017 18:29
  
  A house in Wethersfield appears to be a total loss after a fire ripped through the home Sunday morning.Photo Credit: Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department
  
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• Mike Pence: No contact between Trump campaign and Russia

  15-01-2017 17:46
  
  WASHINGTON  — Vice President-elect Mike Pence flatly denied communication had taken place between President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia after repeated questions in interviews on Sunday. Asked by Fox News’ Chris Wallace about contact between Trump or Trump’s team and the Kremlin, and the former Indiana governor denied there had been any, writing off the whole line of questioning as a “distraction.” “Of course not. Why would there be any
  
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• Secretary of State John Kerry visits site where he killed a Viet Cong soldier

  15-01-2017 16:54
  
  WASHINGTON  — Secretary of State John Kerry visited on Saturday the very site where he killed a Vietnamese soldier in battle almost 50 years earlier, when his Swift Boat was attacked by the Viet Cong. Kerry was a young US Navy officer at the time, in his mid-twenties, and the battle in the Mekong river earned him a Silver Star. In his fourth visit to Vietnam as secretary of state, Kerry met with Vo Ban Tam, a 70-year-old veteran who […]
  
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• Facebook to begin warning users of fake news before German election

  15-01-2017 16:40
  
  NEW YORK — With a federal election looming in Germany, Facebook is beginning to attach warning labels to made-up stories seen by German users of the web site. The effort, an attempt to curb the spread of “fake news” and hoaxes on the site, started in the United States last month. Now it is expanding to other countries. The choice of Germany is notable because the country’s own intelligence agency has raised alarms about a disinformation campaign, including fraudulent stor
  
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• Vigil for Sterling Teen Who Was Found Stabbed to Death

  15-01-2017 16:25
  
  Dozens of people in Sterling came together for a vigil to remember the teen who went missing the day after Christmas and was found stabbed to death this week.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The Real Story – What’s Putin’s endgame?

  15-01-2017 16:01
  
  HARTFORD — Russia’s use of hacking, to meddle in the US presidential election. The claim that Russia has a dossier containing compromising information on President-elect Trump. What is Vladimir Putin’s end game? We gain insights from an expert on Russian affairs. Guest: Matthew Schmidt, Assistant Prof. of National Security and Political Science, University of New Haven
  
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• The Real Story — It’s the towns vs Malloy over the budget

  15-01-2017 16:00
  
  HARTFORD —Governor Malloy’s $50M midyear cut in aid to cities and towns is hitting them hard. Money they need for local schools, money they had budgeted for, is no longer there. Leaders are also worried about his plan to revise the formula for doling out state aid. It would give poorer municipalities a lot more, and richer ones, a lot less. They warn that layoffs of teachers and staff could result. Guests: Patrice McCarthy, Deputy Director and General Counsel for […]
  
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• Fatal Fire Lawsuit Going To Connecticut Supreme Court

  15-01-2017 15:37
  
  By DAVE COLLINS  Associated Press
   
   HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The Connecticut Supreme Court is taking up the question of whether Bridgeport officials can be sued in connection with a fire at a public housing complex that killed a mother and her three children in 2009.Tiana Black, her 4-year-old twin daughters and her 5-year-old son died in the early morning fire in their apartment at the P.T. Barnum complex, which is run by the city’s Housing Authority. Black’s mother, T
  
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• Manchester man arrested after slamming into utility pole, two people critically injured

  15-01-2017 15:24
  
  MANCHESTER — Police are investigating after an early morning crash on Sunday sent two people to the hospital in critical condition. Around 5:07 a.m., Manchester Police responded to a crash in front of 482 West Middle Turnpike. A car had crashed into a utility pole, heavily damaging both the pole and the car. Both the front seat and rear seat passengers sustained serious and life-threatening injuries. They were not wearing seatbelts. They were treated t the scene then taken to […]
  
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• Fire Heavily Damages Home

  15-01-2017 14:47
  
  (WETHERSFIELD,Conn./CBS Connecticut) –  Wethersfield firefighters responded to a blaze in a house on Nott Street around  3  o’clock Sunday morning.The home was  fully engulfed in flames by the time the arrived on the scene.
  Fire fighters had to battle the blaze from  outside after the first floor collapsed.Wethersfield  fire Captain Jim Ritter says the fire was a difficult one to fight  because flames  got into the walls  and  conceal
  
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• Fire Destroys Home

  15-01-2017 14:47
  
  (WETHERSFIELD,Conn./CBS Connecticut) –  Wethersfield firefighters responded to a blaze in a house on Nott Street around  3  o’clock Sunday morning.The home was  fully engulfed in flames by the time the arrived on the scene.
  There apparently was no one inside at the time.
  The Wethersfield Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the   blaze.
  
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• Clinton man arrested after overnight burglaries

  15-01-2017 14:30
  
  CLINTON — Clinton police arrested a man after they say he burglarized a couple homes in the area, all while highly intoxicated. Around 12:38 a.m., Clinton police recieved a call from a resident on Brush Hill Road. The caller reported she was woken up by an unknown male intruder inside her home. She confronted him and he fled the house before police could arrive. Then, around 1:45 a.m., police recieved another call from a resident on Carriage Drive. That caller […]
  
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• Fire Destroys Wethersfield Home

  15-01-2017 12:51
  
  A house in Wethersfield is a total loss after an early morning fire ripped through the home Sunday morning.
  
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• Slain Orlando officer Debra Clayton remembered as a difference-maker

  15-01-2017 12:35
  
  ORLANDO — On the day she was laid to rest, Orlando police officer Debra Clayton received one final honor from her department. She was promoted to lieutenant. Clayton, 42, was killed Monday as she tried to confront a murder suspect at a Walmart. The suspect is still at large. Her chief, John Mina, told thousands of people gathered Saturday for a memorial service that Clayton did not die alone. “She was surrounded by blue,” he said. With fellow officers, family […]
  
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• Mostly sunny Sunday and Monday, seasonable temperatures

  15-01-2017 12:22
  
  The light snow that fell across southern Connecticut, Saturday evening delivered a half inch to an inch in the New Haven area.   Skies have cleared out overnight and high pressure will dominate our weather for the rest of weekend and Monday with plenty of sunshine and seasonal temperatures. Our next storm will once again move into California, through the mid-section of Country and track into the Great Lakes that will drag a warm front  and rain Tuesday afternoon into […]
  
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• Arrest Made In Two Home Burglaries

  15-01-2017 12:22
  
  (CLINTON,Conn./CBS Connecticut)   –  Clinton Police have arrested a local man and charged him in  connection with two  early Sunday morning burglaries,at homes on Brush Hill Road and Carriage Drive.
  Police received their first call from  a resident on Brush Hill Road shortly after  12:30 about an intruder inside of her home.Just over an hour later  a resident on Carriage  Drive reported   someone was in the  basement/garage of the
  
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• Early morning Wethersfield fire tears through home

  15-01-2017 11:25
  
  WETHERSFIELD — The Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department tackled a house fire in the early morning hours on Sunday. Crews were dispatched to a home at 605 Nott Street around 3:07 a.m.. When firefighters arrived, they found the house heavily involved in fire with heavy smoke conditions throughout the house. Captain James Ritter confirms no one was in the house at the time. Fire fighters initially went into the house for search and rescue, along with fighting the fire inside but […]
  
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• Early morning Wethersfield fire prompts search and rescue

  15-01-2017 11:25
  
  WETHERSFIELD — The Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department tackled a house fire in the early morning hours on Sunday. The fire at 605 Nott Street started around 3:15 a.m.. When firefighters arrived, they found the house heavily involved in fire with heavy smoke conditions throughout the house. Captain James Ritter says that the fire crews immediately attacked the fire, and began search and rescue efforts. It’s unknown if anyone was inside, or if there are any injuries. Stay with
  
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• Town of Sterling holds vigil for murdered teen Tj Allen

  15-01-2017 05:51
  
  STERLING — Many from the community came out to show their support for TJ Allen’s family, who has lost their son at 18 years-old. “I feel the town has been shaken up definitely and it’s a very small town and everybody knows everybody,” said Candace Eno, who lives in the town. But people shuffled in to remember the good times. Coming up to the podium one by one. Mike Parrollo, who was TJ’s math teacher in middle school said TJ was […]
  
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• New England Black Wolves lacrosse falls in overtime against Colorado Mammoth

  15-01-2017 05:44
  
  DENVER, CO — The New England Black Wolves faced off against the Colorado Mammoth for their second game of the season. The Black Wolves contested a close first quarters as the lead the Mammoth by a slim margin of 3-2. By the halftime Colorado jumped to a 7-3 lead. By the third quarter, the Mammoth’s extended their lead to 9-6. New England finally caught up to Colorado in the fourth quarter causing the game to head into overtime, where the Black Wolves […]
  
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• Lewis leads Pats over Texans 34-16 in playoffs

  15-01-2017 05:33
  
  ion Lewis became the first player in NFL postseason history to score touchdowns by rushing, receiving and a kickoff return, leading New England to a 34-16 victory over the Houston Texans and pushing Tom Brady and the Patriots within two more wins of another title. The Patriots (15-2) weren’t perfect on Saturday night, but they didn’t let their bye week throw them off their game on their way to a sixth straight appearance in the AFC championship game. They intercepted B
  
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• SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket prepares for blast off

  15-01-2017 05:21
  
  HAWTHORNE, CA — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday, the company website said. The launch window for the Iridium-1 Mission opens on January 14 at 9:54 a.m. PST or 5:54 p.m. UTC. The rocket — part of a private company space race spearheaded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, — will attempt to take 10 commercial satellites into space for the voice and data company Iridium. Seventy Iridium NEXT […]
  
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• Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years

  15-01-2017 04:37
  
  ELLENTON, Fla. — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end “The Greatest Show on Earth” in May, following a 146-year run. Kenneth Feld, the chairman and CEO of Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus, told The Associated Press declining attendance combined with high operating costs are among the reasons for closing. Feld said when the company removed the elephants from the shows in May of 2016, ticket sales declined more dramatically than expected. The c
  
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• Atlanta moving on after beating Seattle 36-20

  15-01-2017 01:53
  
  ATLANTA, GA –The Atlanta Falcons have advanced to the NFC championship game for the fourth time in franchise history, beating the Seattle Seahawks 36-20 in the NFC divisional playoff game on Saturday. Matt Ryan threw for 334 yards and three touchdowns as Atlanta won just its second playoff game since 2004. Atlanta  last played in the NFC title game four years ago, losing to San Francisco at home. The Falcons will face either Dallas or Green Bay in the NFC championship g
  
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• Adidas Rereleases 'OG' NMD Sneaker

  15-01-2017 01:40
  
  It's well-known that New Yorkers are crazy for fashion. NYPD officers witnessed the chaos first hand as officers responded to calls for crowd control at Adidas' Fifth Avenue location Saturday morning. A line ofThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Glastonbury and State Police Investigate Suspicious Death

  15-01-2017 00:54
  
  Glastonbury and State Police are at a home on Candlewood Road in Glastonbury for what they are calling an "untimely, suspicious" death.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police investigating a suspicious death in Glastonbury

  15-01-2017 00:52
  
  GLASTONBURY — Connecticut State police and Glastonbury police are investigating a suspicious untimely death in Glastonbury. Glastonbury police along with State Police Major Crimes unit were at the scene on Candlewood road in Glastonbury.  Police say there is no danger to the public and more information will be released as the investigation continues. Stay with Fox61 as the story develops  
  
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