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• Customers at Cromwell Stop & Shop Forced to Evacuate: Police

  10-02-2017 23:44
  
  Police on the scene said a customers and workers inside a Cromwell Stop & Shop were forced to evacuate.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Shia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump live stream shut down after museum claims it’s a ‘public safety hazard’

  10-02-2017 23:31
  
  NEW YORK —  Shia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump live stream has been shut down. The Museum of the Moving Image in New York announced Friday that they decided to close the “HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US,” exhibit because it poses an “ongoing public safety hazard for the Museum, its visitors, staff, local residents, and businesses.” The actor had installed a camera at the museum to run a continuous live stream for the duration of Donald Trump’s presidency and had invited
  
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• Amid legal setback, President Trump says he’s considering signing a ‘brand new order’ on immigration

  10-02-2017 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says that he’s considering signing a new executive order on immigration as the one he signed suspending the nation’s refugee program and barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries is held up in court. Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to Florida that he’s confident he’ll win his court battle. But he says, “we also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand new order.”
  
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• Report: Hartford Public Schools failed to respond to child abuse and neglect complaints

  10-02-2017 23:20
  
  HARTFORD —  A state report released Friday revealed that Hartford Public Schools have failed to respond to child abuse and neglect allegations for several years. On February 10, Sarah Eagan, State Child’s Advocate, released a report after a nine-month review of the policy, procedures and practices of the Hartford Public Schools district following the case of a Hartford School official, Eduardo Genao, 57, of Hamden. Genao has pleaded not guilty for allegedly sending exp
  
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• Four Arrests In Anti-John C. Calhoun Protest

  10-02-2017 23:09
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Four people were arrested in a rally calling on Yale officials to rename Calhoun College, which is named after a pro-slavery vice president and senator from the nineteenth Century.
  John C. Calhoun was a Yale alumnus.
  The arrests were a planned act of civil disobedience.  The demonstrators refused to leave the intersection of Elm Street and College Street.
  Today and tomorrow, the Yale Corporation is meeting.  Among other things, the corporation may consider ren
  
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• ‘We found the calm in the storm’ – Blizzard baby born at Hartford Hospital

  10-02-2017 23:02
  
  HARTFORD — Not even a blizzard was going to keep little Charlotte from making her grand entrance! West Hartford parents Jessica Hamilton and Cruger Dunn-Flanagan didn’t mind the snow Thursday, as they welcomed a new addition to their family, Charlotte Flanagan. Charlotte was born at 3:25 p.m. at Hartford Hospital, during the height of the storm weighing in a healthy 9 lbs. She is 21 inches, said Rebecca Stewart, spokesperson for Hartford Hospital. The new parents weren&rsqu
  
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• Protesting the name of Yale’s Calhoun College, 4 people arrested for blocking traffic

  10-02-2017 22:47
  
  NEW HAVEN — Four people were arrested Friday afternoon in New Haven in an act of “civil disobedience.” Protesters are trying to get Yale University to change the name of Calhoun College. Dozens of people came out to protest and blocked traffic at Elm and College Streets. The protest started around 4 p.m. and the protesters were removed from the road by 4:15 p.m. “Those four had planned to deliberately defy the lawful order and had made their intentions known to [&hel
  
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• Firefighter Charged With Selling Cocaine And Other Drugs

  10-02-2017 22:30
  
  NORWALK, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A firefighter in Norwalk faces dozens of drug charges after police say he was selling cocaine while on duty.
  Police arrested 45-year-old Mark Monroe without incident Thursday following a months-long investigation.
  Police say Monroe sold cocaine to undercover officers on at least four separate occasions.  Two of those times were while he was on duty.
  Investigators executing search warrants on Monroe’s home and car recovered cocaine, illeg
  
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• How To Keep Your Family Safe From Foodborne Illness

  10-02-2017 22:16
  
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Hank Parker, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Medical Center where he teaches a course on biological threats to food and agriculture. He formerly served as a research manager and Acting Director of Homeland Security for the Agricultural Research Service of USDA. His debut novel, Containment, a bioterror thriller, is available now from our sister company Simon & Schuster/Touchstone.
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• WWE Insiders Pick Elimination Chamber 2017

  10-02-2017 21:59
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  There is a pay-per-view (if you can still call it that) this weekend. SmackDown Live! has its final PPV before WrestleMania 33. As always, I’m bringing in the WWE insider crew to make some picks.
  Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) – Pro wrestling contributor, Miami Herald and Channel Guide Magazine
  Pick record: 6-2
  Chuck Carroll (@ChuckCarrollWLC) – Pro wrestling contributor, CBS Local Sports
  Pick record: 4-4
  Aaron Oster (@TheAOster) – Pro wre
  
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• 2 Students Caught Using Cocaine in Staples HS Bathroom: PD

  10-02-2017 21:50
  
  Two students were caught using cocaine in the Staples High School bathroom, police said.
  
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• Bronin: Report Details ‘A Decade-Long Failure To Protect Children’

  10-02-2017 21:08
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Hartford officials are promising changes to how city educators handle suspected cases of child abuse and neglect as mandated reporters.
  The pledge follows a nine-month investigation by the Office of the State Child Advocate, which found, among other issues, that the school district failed to review and update its mandated reporting policy– as legally required, failed to provide adequate training, and that employees sometimes failed to report suspec
  
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• Two Shots of Wintry Weather This Weekend

  10-02-2017 21:07
  
  Much of the state is still digging out from yesterdays nor'easter. Snowfall totals varied from 9.5 inches at the shore to nearly 20 inches in parts of Hartford and Tolland counties. We have even more snow in thePhoto Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Hundreds of Delays and Closures After Blizzard

  10-02-2017 21:04
  
  There are hundreds of school delays today, the day after a blizzard brought more than a foot of snow to several Connecticut towns and roads remain slick.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Joshua Komisarjevsky Seeks New Trial

  10-02-2017 20:56
  
  One of the two men convicted in the slayings of a mother and her two daughters during a home invasion in Cheshire is seeking a new trial and a brief was filed with the appellate clerk, according to court...Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Correction
  
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• 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Live On CBS This Sunday

  10-02-2017 20:52
  
  The 59th annual GRAMMY awards will take place this Sunday, February 12th at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT. The ceremonies will be hosted by James Corden, host of The Late Late Show, and will broadcast live on CBS.
  This year’s show will feature live performances from some of the biggest names in music including Adele, The Weeknd, Metallica and Carrie Underwood.
  As far as nominations go, Beyonce leads the pack this year with nine including “Album Of The Year” and “Song Of The
  
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• Trial begins for Middletown man accused of tossing infant from Arrigoni Bridge

  10-02-2017 20:33
  
  MIDDLETOWN — Testimony has begun in the trial of a man accused of throwing his 7-month-old son to his death from a bridge over the Connecticut River. Tony Moreno has pleaded innocent to charges of murder and risk of injury to a child. He had been working out a custody agreement with the boy’s mother when he sent her a text on the night of July 5, 2015, saying “He’s dead.” Aaden Moreno‘s body was recovered from the river two […]
  
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• Vogue’s ‘diverse’ March cover slammed as not so diverse

  10-02-2017 19:57
  
  Vogue has been around for 125 years, but critics say not all that much has changed. The iconic magazine’s March cover celebrates “the modern American woman” by featuring models of different ethnicities, skin tones and body types. Readers aren’t convinced. Across social media, they’re criticizing Vogue for staying inside the fashion industry’s narrow parameters. With Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Ashley Graham, Vittoria Ceretti, Imaan Hammam, Adwoa Aboah and Liu
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Connected to 2011 Drug Murder

  10-02-2017 19:52
  
  A 28-year-old West Haven man has pleaded guilty to federal robbery and firearm charges that federal officials said are related to the murder of 27-year-old Joseph Zargo during a drug deal on Dec. 23, 2011.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• President Trump renews US security guarantees to Japan

  10-02-2017 19:13
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday his White House will unveil new security measures to keep America safe next week, and said his administration will continue to pursue efforts to lift the freeze on his immigration ban. “We will be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country. You will be seeing that sometime next week,” Trump said at a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, without elaborating on wh
  
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• Watch: Neighbors help victims escape massive fire in New Britain

  10-02-2017 18:58
  
  NEW BRITAIN —  An incredible video caught by an eyewitness and shared with FOX 61 shows a neighbor helping people escape a massive fire in New Britain on Thursday. The video also shows people helping one another escape through windows by using ladders. On Friday, the fire marshal was back on the scene of at the apartment building at 116 West Street. Fire crews on scene at the time of the fire said the fire was under control at about 9:20 […]
  
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• Connecticut woman visits every country on Earth in record time

  10-02-2017 18:26
  
  Her eyes teared up as a North Korean soldier gripped her hand in the hardest handshake she’d ever felt. “We’re going to destroy you, America,” he said. Over the past year and a half, American traveler Cassie De Pecol has visited every country in the world, and the greetings she received weren’t always gracious. She had set out to promote peace in her own small way, by meeting people from every country in the world — and she did so […]
  
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• Keidel: Falcons’ Super Bowl Win Next Season Unlikely

  10-02-2017 18:17
  
  By Jason Keidel
  With the ADD nature of the world these days, the machine-gun clatter of clicks and double-clicks and the entire galaxy summoned to your mobile phone, it’s now natural that we’ve already forgotten Tom Brady’s fifth ring while computing odds on his sixth.
  To that end, our dear friends in Las Vegas are already on it. The Patriots — shocking, I know! — are the early chalk to win Super Bowl 52 (or LII, if you’re fond of the Romans). Opening at
  
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• UConn coach Geno Auriemma speaks on immigration, President Trump’s travel ban

  10-02-2017 18:15
  
  CINCINNATI — UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma was earnest and emotional when reacting to recent politics. During an interview with WCPO on the road in Cincinnati, Auriemma was asked about President Trump‘s travel ban. He reflected on the fact that he is an immigrant. “When you think about all of the opportunists that exist in this country and that we would be going down a path where we want to deny those opportunities to others,” he said. “Eve
  
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• Trump accuses Blumenthal of lying, Murphy defends colleague

  10-02-2017 17:17
  
  President Donald Trump‘s White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday Trump “absolutely” stands by his Supreme Court selection. Trump falsely accused Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal Thursday of misrepresenting his Supreme Court nominee’s words, according to several familiar with the incident. Blumenthal said Wednesday that Judge Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s nominee, told him he found Trump’s attack on a federal judge on Twitter “disheartening&rdq
  
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• Take A Stunning Two Minute Trip Around The World With This Video

  10-02-2017 17:10
  
  CBS Local — Thanks to Google Maps, you can virtually be just about anywhere around the world. Now, someone has put together a grand video comprised of images from Google Maps, Street View and Earth to take a two minute and thirty second extravagant virtual tour around the world.
  When the video suggests the use of headphones, take them seriously. It’s wonderful.The video begins in Italy where you start with seeing some of the most breathtaking images the beautiful
  
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• Nor’easter Makes For “Exceptional” Ski Conditions

  10-02-2017 17:05
  
  (New Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – It’s the winter Connecticut’s ski areas have been waiting for.
  Over a foot of fresh, new snow fell across much of the state Thursday.  And with two opportunities for more snow this weekend, conditions couldn’t be better.
  At Ski Sundown in New Hartford, marketing director Lori Shield says with last winter’s unseasonably mild temperatures, skiers had a hard time getting in the mood.
  She says while man-made snow is good, the
  
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• Firefighter Accused of Selling Drugs While on Duty

  10-02-2017 17:05
  
  A Norwalk firefighter is accused of dealing cocaine and prescription drugs, including from the parking lot of the fire station while he was on duty, according to police.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police
  
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• Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Throwing Son Off Arrigoni Bridge

  10-02-2017 17:01
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — The murder trial of Tony Moreno got underway this morning.
  Moreno is accused of throwing his 7-month-old son off the Arrigoni Bridge in July, 2015.
  Little Aaden Moreno died in the resulting plunge into the Connecticut River. His body was found in the water several days later.
  Jurors were sworn in about 10:30 am.
  The judge thanked jurors for their diligence in arriving in Court after yesterday’s snow storm.
  
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• Six Flags New England looking to fill over 3,000 jobs this weekend

  10-02-2017 16:44
  
  AGAWAM, Mass. — Looking for a job? Six Flags New England is looking to fill more than 3,000 jobs for the 2017 season. Six Flags is holding its annual job fair on Friday and Saturday at the Human Resources building at 1756 Main Street in Agawam, Massachusetts. Positions range from admissions, culinary services, games, lifeguards, loss prevention, park services, EMT, security, entertainment, retail and rides. “Our employees are our most valuable asset and the company’s
  
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• National Guard to send 300 Conn. Airmen to the Middle East

  10-02-2017 16:27
  
  HARTFORD — Around 300 members of the Connecticut Air National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing are heading to the Middle East. Maj. Gen. Thaddeus J. Martin, the Adjutant General and commanding officer of the Connecticut National Guard, made the announcement Friday. A send-off ceremony will be held at the Bradley Air National Guard Base Hangar in East Granby on Saturday at 3 p.m. Based in East Granby, the 103rd Airlift Wing will be responsible for supporting ongoing Expeditionary Comba
  
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• Hundreds of whales dead after mass stranding in New Zealand

  10-02-2017 16:00
  
  Desperate efforts are underway to save dozens of pilot whales still alive after hundreds stranded themselves on a New Zealand beach, in the third largest mass stranding in the country’s history. At least 250 whales were already dead of 400 found beached on Farewell Spit in Golden Bay on the tip of the South Island Friday, the Department of Conservation said in a statement. Rescuers attempted to refloat more than 100 whales mid-morning, of which about 50 returned to sea. […]
  
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• Norwich church has a Tiffany treasure

  10-02-2017 15:11
  
  NORWICH — Rev. George Blair III is grateful to have Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass windows in his church. “We have the good fortune to have had Tiffany himself come here and make these windows, which on Sunday morning, makes the church come to life,” said Blair. Built in the 1870s, the stain glass windows in Norwich’s United Congregational Church are some of Tiffany’s early works, specifically built for his daughter who was married in the church. A
  
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• Sasquatch made of marijuana leaves shows up during reporter’s live shot

  10-02-2017 15:09
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass.  – You never know what might happen during live television in western Massachusetts! While WWLP meteorologist Jennifer Pagliei was reporting live on Thursday’s snowstorm in Springfield, Massachusetts, something moved in behind her. A person dressed as a Sasquatch made of marijuana seemed to be having a great time photobombing her at the busy Springfield intersection. Just as she started to deliver her live update, the Pot Sasquatch creeped into the shot, surpr
  
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• 3 Hospitalized After House Fire in Roxbury

  10-02-2017 14:47
  
  Three people were taken to the hospital after fire broke out at their single-family home in Roxbury early Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Suit: Hospital Staff Used Same Insulin Pens On Patients

  10-02-2017 14:34
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A judge won’t toss a class action lawsuit alleging employees at a Connecticut hospital used the same insulin injection pens on multiple diabetic patients, putting them at risk of HIV or other blood-borne diseases.
  The Connecticut Post reports the Superior Court judge ruled that a jury will decide whether Griffin Hospital is liable for the staff’s alleged negligence. A trial date hasn’t been set.
  In 2014, hospital CEO Patrick Cha
  
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• At Least 4 Hospitalized After New Britain House Fire

  10-02-2017 14:30
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Fire officials say at least four people have been hospitalized after a fire at a New Britain home.
  Firefighters responded to the scene on West Street Thursday afternoon. About eight to 10 people were rescued.
  Four people were taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. Their injuries are not considered life-threatening.
  The American Red Cross is assisting at least a dozen people who have been displaced.
  It’s unclear what spa
  
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• Police: Man Stole The Snacks He Served At Super Bowl Party

  10-02-2017 14:26
  
  TORRINGTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police say a Torrington man stole the snacks he fed his guests at the Super Bowl party he hosted.
  Police say 31-year-old Richard Tenore, of Torrington, faces a misdemeanor sixth-degree larceny charge.
  The Republican-American reports that it was one of the guests at Sunday’s party who tipped off authorities.
  The guest told police that Tenore said he swiped cheese, pepperoni and liverwurst from a Stop & Shop supermarket. She took a photo
  
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• Valentine’s Day shopping suggestions for your sweetheart

  10-02-2017 14:24
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut Post Mall has everything you need this Valentine’s Day – cards, gifts, outfits, restaurants, entertainment options and more for all of your Valentines. Danielle Consiglio brought some terrific gift ideas to FOX 61’s Good Day Connecticut. $150 and under FitBit Get your loved one’s heart racing this Valentine’s Day with a FitBit. The Fitbit Alta is $129.99 at Dick’s Sporting Goods and doesn’t only track steps but will remind yo
  
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• Bridgeport Man Dies in Freak Snow Accident in Manhattan

  10-02-2017 14:16
  
  A Bridgeport, Connecticut man died in a gruesome accident in New York Thursday morning after slipping while shoveling snow, family members and law enforcement sources said.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Hartford opens warming centers

  10-02-2017 13:49
  
  HARTFORD -– With temperatures forecast to remain well below freezing with severe wind chill, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin has announced that warming centers in the City of Hartford will be open Friday. Centers will provide temporary comfort and shelter during regular business hours. Any residents in need of overnight shelter accommodations are encouraged to call 211. “Due to today’s cold temperatures and strong wind gusts, I’m urging residents to try to stay indoors and tak
  
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• Still digging out? Enjoying another snow day from school? Either way – send us your photos!

  10-02-2017 11:17
  
  HARTFORD — With snowfall amounts reaching more than 18 inches, many communities have canceled school for Friday, and hundreds of parking bans are still in effect as cities and towns across the state continue to dig out. Whichever you’re doing today — maybe both? — snap a photo and send it to us! Check out the latest forecast here. Click here for school closings and delays. If you want your photos included in our gallery or if you want us to […]
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway February 10, 2017

  10-02-2017 11:00
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Sen Len Fasano, Republican member of the Connecticut Senate, representing the 34th District since 2003, was sworn in as Senate Republican President Pro Tempore in January 2017.  Fasano will expand on his statement on the Governor’s 2018-2019 State Budget Proposal.
  8:20- John “JV” Venable, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, is a senior research fellow for defense policy at Heritage Foundation who
  
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• Frigid temperatures and winds persist as snowstorm cleanup continues

  10-02-2017 10:29
  
  The clouds are gone but the winds and the cold temperatures persist. With clearing skies, and windy conditions, the wind chill will be close to zero this morning. A lot of roads still need to be cleared, and that will take some time, after snowfall amounts in the double digits across the state. Friday brings everything from to clouds to more snow showers Friday evening. Highs will be in the upper 20s. The weekend is mostly quiet, but another storm may be […]
  
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• Schools closed or delayed Friday, parking bans still in effect

  10-02-2017 10:18
  
  HARTFORD —  With snowfall amounts reaching more than 18 inches, communities have canceled school for Friday, and hundreds of parking bans are still in effect. The storm started at around 5 a.m. Thursday morning and began tapering off Thursday afternoon. The Department of Motor Vehicles said it will give extensions to people whose licenses, ID cards, registrations and other similar DMV credentials expired Thursday and during the next few days. The extensions will run through Wedne
  
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• Skiers don’t have to take the easy way down at Ski Sundown

  10-02-2017 06:46
  
  NEW HARTFORD — Now that there’s snow on the ground, all eyes are on the slopes. And some people in New Hartford are headed up the hill and not exactly taking the most direct route down. A few years ago Ski Sundown set out to distinguish themselves in Connecticut by offering an expert mogul run. “We`re not the biggest ski area but we pack a big punch,” said Lori Shield, Ski Sundown’s Marketing Manager. That`s the pitch here and the […]
  
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• Long hours, snow, cold: Tow truck drivers work through storm

  10-02-2017 05:22
  
  NEW HAVEN — Tow truck operators had their hands full during the Thursday’s snow storm. “It’s been real busy from light duties to heavy duties all day long.” Michael Colman of Fountain’s Garage in New Haven has been at work all day pulling cars out of snow banks and towing cars to safe locations–something that he’s been doing for the past 15 years. It’s a job that has several positives–like spending time with his co-workers. “
  
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• Garage fire breaks out in Middletown

  10-02-2017 04:17
  
  MIDDLETOWN —  Middletown Fire Department responded to a fire that caused damage to a garage Thursday night. Around 8:45 p.m. a fire broke out to an attached garage of a home on 137 Bell Street. According to Middletown’s Fire Marshal, a wood stove became engulfed in flames and spread fire to the rest of the garage. The fire marshal said the garage was damaged but did not have to be torn down. There were no injuries reported.
  
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• ‘The best days of my life’ come from firefighter adopting baby he delivered

  10-02-2017 04:13
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, SC — An emergency call resulted in a first responder taking a baby home to keep as his own. “I will never forget that day. It was a day when a lot of things came full circle,” Marc Hadden told CNN. Someone had called 911. A woman was suffering severe abdominal pain. When he arrived at the scene, Hadden discovered the woman’s discomfort was actually labor pains. Time slipped away. Hadden and his partners calculated she was minutes […]
  
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• Ex-husband: Judy Garland was groped by Munchkins on ‘Wizard of Oz’ set

  10-02-2017 04:06
  
  Judy Garland’s third husband has a posthumous memoir out, and parts of it will be very uncomfortable reading for Wizard of Oz fans. In Judy and I: My Life With Judy Garland, Sid Luft claims that the 16-year-old Garland was groped by Munchkins on set, People reports. “They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small,” he wrote. “They would make Judy’s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress. The men were […]
  
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