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• Tom Brady: 'Next Year Is Not Going to Be My Last'

  15-02-2017 23:48
  
  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady spoke openly about his future plans and how long he wants to play for in an interview this week with Peter King of Sports Illustrated.Photo Credit: CSN Bay Area staff
  
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• Bottles of Alcohol Found in Postal Worker's Vehicle in Vernon: Police

  15-02-2017 23:22
  
  Bottle of alcohol were found in a postal worker's vehicle in Vernon on Tuesday, police said.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Suspects Crash Into Tree Following North Canaan Bank Robbery

  15-02-2017 23:04
  
  Two suspects crashed into a tree after allegedly robbing a bank in North Canaan, police said.
  
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• Police identify Newington shoplifting suspect who dragged officer

  15-02-2017 22:52
  
  NEWINGTON — Police have identified and arrested a suspect wanted for dragging an officer with his car through several streets in Newington on February 11. On February 11, around 2:05 p.m., Newington Police responded to a report of a shoplifting in progress at the Best Market located at 175 Lowrey Place. An employee of Best Market saw a man and woman leaving the store without paying for $190 worth of beer. Officers say suspect, Joshua Coonradt, 37, had already
  
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• Man In Custody After Dragging Of Police Officer In Newington Incident

  15-02-2017 22:52
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — A man accused of dragging a police officer has been taken into custody.
  Joshua Coonradt was arrested by Hartford Police in the Elliott Street area of the city.
  Coonradt and a woman allegedly stole $190 worth of beer from the Best Market in Newington.
  Police captured the woman at the store, but Coonradt allegedly drove away.
  Police pulled him over a short time later, but he had a gun and police say he fought with an officer.
  Investigators say Coonradt tried to drive away
  
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• Suspected Beer Shoplifter Who Dragged Cop Arrested: Police

  15-02-2017 22:48
  
  A man police said stole almost $200 worth of beer from a Newington market, then dragged a police officer with his car has been arrested.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Falls Village Bank Robbery Suspects Injured In Crash

  15-02-2017 22:34
  
  (FALLS VILLAGE,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  Two suspects in a  robbery at   the Torrington Savings  Bank  in Falls Village  were apprehended after their vehicle  sped  away from a   Trooper who spotted it on Route 44. It slammed into a tree.Both suspects were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
  They have not  been  arrestED,but charges are pending once they are released from the hospital.
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• American Bulldog Bit 5-Year-Old, Teacher at Hamden School

  15-02-2017 22:33
  
  An American bulldog bit a 5-year-old child and a teacher at a Hamden school on Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Mild Temperatures for President's Day Weekend

  15-02-2017 22:21
  
  Temperatures will be more seasonable tomorrow and Friday with high temperatures in the middle 30s.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Escaped Dog Enters Hamden School, Bites Student And Teacher

  15-02-2017 22:20
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — A child and a teacher were bitten by a bulldog at an elementary school in Hamden today.
  Police say 46-year-old Leon Mitchell was bringing his child to school, when the Hamden man’s 7-month-old American bulldog escaped from his vehicle.
  The dog got into the Helen Street School and bit a 5-year-old student in the leg.
  Two teachers tried to get control of the dog.  One of them was bitten and injured in the finger, the other got the bulldog away from the child.
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• Office of Chief Medical Examiner Loses Full National Accreditation

  15-02-2017 21:54
  
  The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said it has lost its full national accreditation.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• COMPUTER TALK with TAB: Snowden Extradition, Phone Scammers, and Wireless Charging for the New iPhone 8.

  15-02-2017 21:43
  
  Erik and Bob tackle your technology questions. Overseas, a Moscow based security firm discovers Apple devices retain search history in iCloud, and an Austrailian phone company uses cool technology to defeat phone scammers. Also, the controversial NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, may be extradited to the United States from Russia.
  Back home, a University finds its own network has turned against itself as refrigerators and light bulbs make internet searches for seafood. During a Springfield networ
  
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• 5 Notable Heel Turns in Sports

  15-02-2017 21:30
  
  by Rob Joyce
  Last week the Bruins followed through on long-forming rumors that they might be moving on from head coach Claude Julien. Indeed, Boston fired their head man after nearly a decade behind the bench. What came on Tuesday, though, was out of left field. In first place, the Canadiens – the Bruins’ biggest rival – dumped their coach Michel Therrien and brought in Julien.
  Of course, Julien was fully within his rights to go to Montreal – if the organization received
  
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• OCME Loses Full Accreditation

  15-02-2017 20:55
  
  (Farmington, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been notified that it has lost full accreditation with the National Association of Medical Examiners.
  Inadequate body storage and a shortage of medical examiners are two reasons NAME gave for the move.
  In a letter dated January 31 to chief medical examiner James Gill, NAME says the OCME has been placed on provisional accreditation.
  NAME says that’s due to results of an on-site review an
  
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• Blumenthal: McMahon Could Be ‘Voice of Sanity and Stability’ In Trump Admin

  15-02-2017 20:38
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — They sure weren’t fans of Linda McMahon during her two contentious U.S. Senate bids in Connecticut.
  But the state’s top Democrats, including McMahon’s two former political opponents, now have high praise for the former professional wrestling executive, a potential ally in Republican President Donald Trump’s administration.
  McMahon is now the highest ranking member from this blue state.
  Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal each endorsed M
  
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• Chick-fil-A Coming to Newington

  15-02-2017 20:36
  
  It appears that another Chick-fil-A restaurant is coming to Connecticut. The fast-food chain leased the site of the former Ruby Tuesday restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington, according to the minutes...Photo Credit: Chick-fil-A Del Sur/Facebook
  
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• Bill Requiring Adults To Wear Motorcycle Helmets Under Discussion

  15-02-2017 20:30
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A bill proposing to reinstate Connecticut’s motorcycle helmet law is being discussed today. Many motorcyclists attended a General Assembly hearing of the Transportation Committee  to urge lawmakers to reject a proposed helmet requirement from the Capitol.
  Some of the motorcyclists say they ride for “personal freedom,” and they want to keep the freedom of what kinds of safety gear they use.  Middletown resident Bob Vincent says
  
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• 5-year-old student and teacher bit by dog at Hamden elementary school

  15-02-2017 20:01
  
  HAMDEN — Police are investigating a dog that bit a student and a teacher at a school Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called to Helen Street School in Hamden at 8:30 a.m. for the report of a dog bite. Police said Leon Mitchell, 46, of Hamden, was bringing his child to school. When they got there, police said Mitchell’s 7 month-old American Bulldog escaped from his vehicle and got into the school. Police said when the dog was inside, it bit a 5 yea
  
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• SOUND OFF: Real Reforms And Willful Blindness

  15-02-2017 19:42
  
  Jim is joined by Don Pesci to discuss real reforms And willful blindness. Forbes magazine asked last March “Can Connecticut Be Saved?”
  The bone-crushing statistics provided were telling: Connecticut’s job-growth rate is a meager 1.1%… compared with the national average of 5.1%.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: The Right Fights Back

  15-02-2017 19:38
  
  Scott Wong, Senior Reporter for the Hill, will discuss his post about the Right set to fight back on town hall protests.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Should the IRS Commissioner Be Removed?

  15-02-2017 19:37
  
  Juliegrace Brufke, Capitol Hill Reporter for Daily Caller, explains why House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady said he would like to see IRS Commissioner John Koskinen removed from his post on Monday.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Dismantling the ACA

  15-02-2017 19:37
  
  Betsy McCaughey, senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, looks at the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Joe Courtney vs. Northeast Rail Plan

  15-02-2017 19:36
  
  Congressman Joe Courtney vows to block federal funding for a Northeast rail plan.  Why?
  
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• Russian Spy Ship Spotted Near Navy Submarine Base In Groton

  15-02-2017 19:27
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Members of Connecticut’s delegation to Congress are weighing in after a Russian intelligence ship was spotted about 30 miles off the southeastern Connecticut coastline and the Groton Sub Base.
  On the floor of the House today, Congressman Joe Courtney, whose district includes the base, called it part of a pattern not just here but overseas when last Friday the USS Porter was buzzed by a Russian aircraft, coming within 200 yards.
  Senator Chris Murphy
  
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• Mother of burned child arrested in Rocky Hill case

  15-02-2017 19:24
  
  ROCKY HILL — The mother of a two-year-old who was seriously burned earlier in the month, has been charged in connection with the case. Shamique Martin, 26, of Rocky Hill, was charged with falsely reporting an incident, false statement, risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons, in connection with the burns suffered by her two-year-old earlier in the month. On Saturday, February 4, the Fire Marshal’s office informed police that a two-year old was brought to Hartf
  
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• Chicago gun violence: Toddler dies after being shot while riding in car

  15-02-2017 19:10
  
  CHICAGO — A toddler and a 26-year-old man riding in a car were shot and killed in Chicago on Tuesday, the police department said, marking the second fatal shooting of a child in the city in a four-day period. The 2-year-old was sitting in a car driven by the child’s aunt and was shot in the head, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The child was pronounced dead at a hospital. The man, who was in the passenger seat in […]
  
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• Foxwoods Offers Free Concerts for 25th Anniversary

  15-02-2017 18:49
  
  This is the 25th anniversary of Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Ledyard and there are two free concerts tonight to celebrate the milestone.
  
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• Rocky Hill Mother Charged After Toddler Seriously Burned

  15-02-2017 18:46
  
  A Rocky Hill mother have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation after her toddler was brought to the hospital with serious burns earlier this month.Photo Credit: Rocky Hill Police Department
  
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• ‘Everybody has their own choice’ says Brady of White House visit

  15-02-2017 18:38
  
  WASHINGTON — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Tuesday he is OK with his teammates’ decision to skip the Super Bowl winning team’s White House visit because “everybody has their own choice.” Six of his teammates — Devin McCourty, Martellus Bennett, Chris Long, LeGarrette Blount, Alan Branch, Dont’a Hightower — have said they plan on skipping the expected upcoming visit. Bennett, McCourty and Blount directly cited their opposition to T
  
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• Two Charged With Weapon, Drugs In Hartford

  15-02-2017 18:16
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hartford police say they’ve arrested two men on weapons and drug charges after the suspects were spotted Tuesday.
  Those with the department’s Focused Violence Reduction Team spotted the vehicle carrying the two in the area of Greenfield Street.
  After the vehicle pulled into a lot after being tailed by a police vehicle, the investigation turned up a loaded Glock 23 .40-caliber handgun along with cocaine.
  Under arrest are 25-year-old Edward Per
  
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• United Bank relocating headquarters to downtown Hartford

  15-02-2017 18:03
  
  HARTFORD — In a major move, United Bank is relocating its headquarters from Glastonbury and South Windsor to downtown Hartford. United Bank will be Goodwin Square’s signature tenant, giving the bank some major advertising visibility in the central business district. “I think it’s a vote of confidence in the future of Hartford,” Mayor Luke Bronin said. “That as we work to confront our challenges head on and put the city on a path to sustainability were also mak
  
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• Americans Would Choose Money Over True Love, According To A Survey

  15-02-2017 18:01
  
  CBS Local – Does love really conquer all? If it’s up against cold, hard cash – true love may be choice number two.
  According to a survey conducted by Survey Monkey and Money magazine, more people would choose the cash over love.
  Predictably, those happily married are the least likely to choose money over true love. Alarmingly, though, barely more than half would choose true love over one million. The majority shifts to money when asking single, never married participants a
  
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• President Trump: Israeli PM Netanyahu should ‘hold back’ on settlements

  15-02-2017 17:56
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday that the US is going to push for a peace deal with the Palestinians and asked Israel “to hold back” on settlement construction. “I’d like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit,” he said, a stronger opposition to the controversial building in the West Bank than he’s previously articulated. Trump made the statements at a news conference welcomin
  
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• Should helmets be required by law when riding a motorcycle?

  15-02-2017 17:39
  
  HARTFORD — Should people be required to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle in Connecticut? A hearing Wednesday is discussing a bill proposing to reinstate Connecticut’s motorcycle helmet law. As it stands now, the law only requires riders under age 18 to wear helmets. For adults driving or riding as a passenger, it is their choice. The Connecticut Motorcycle Riders Association is publicly against the bill and urging members to speak out against it. The group says “[Let] th
  
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• New Haven Man Convicted Of Fatal Shooting During Pot Deal

  15-02-2017 17:32
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A New Haven man has been found guilty of murder for shooting another man in the face during an argument over a bag of marijuana.
  The New Haven Register reports that Jaquwan Burton was convicted by a jury on Tuesday for the 2014 slaying of Kyle Brown-Edwards.
  Prosecutors say the 22-year-old Burton shot Brown-Edwards as the victim stood in the front hallway of his family home during what witnesses said was an arranged drug deal. The suspect was also linked to the vic
  
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• Nick Faldo On Genesis Open: ‘I Love The Course’

  15-02-2017 17:30
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  One of the most popular venues among players on the PGA TOUR, Riviera Country Club provides the perfect curtain call for the West Coast Swing at this week’s Genesis Open.
  Opened in 1927, Riviera, designed by George C. Thomas, is a pure shot-making challenge with its numerous doglegs and tilted greens. Ben Hogan won the 1948 U.S. Open and two L.A. Opens in a span of 18 months, thus it is called “Hogan’s Alley.” Today the par-71 layout measures 7,322 yards
  
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• Chiropractor Gets 4 Years For Fatal Drunken Driving Crash

  15-02-2017 17:30
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut chiropractor has been sentenced to four years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that resulted in the death of another man.
  The Connecticut Post reports that 28-year-old Jonathan Rosa-Whitlock, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle and second-degree assault.
  He was sentenced to serve four years of a 10-year sentence and five years’ probation.
  Authorities say Rosa-Whitlock was drivi
  
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• Suspect arrested over death of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother

  15-02-2017 17:23
  
  By Meg Warner An assassin in an ‘LOL’ T-shirt? Malaysian police arrested a woman on Wednesday in the suspected murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother in an airport — an apparent assassination that some experts believe was ordered by the supreme leader. Kim Jong Nam, who was either 45 or 46, was attacked Monday in a shopping concourse at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. He died on the way to the hospital; he told medics that he […]
  
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• Russian Spy Ship Spotted in Waters Miles from Groton

  15-02-2017 17:23
  
  The U.S. Navy is actively monitoring a Russian spy ship that has been operating in international waters along the East Coast of the United States, according to a senior United States official, and Connecticut...Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 100 Game Win Streaks in Divison-I

  15-02-2017 17:07
  
  by Rob Joyce
  Even by UConn’s standards, this is unprecedented. Monday’s win over No. 6 South Carolina was the 100th straight win by the Huskies, the first time an NCAA program (men or women) has hit the century mark in a win streak. By any measure the streak is among the most impressive in college athletics’ history, and the numbers are mind-boggling: 98 wins by double-digits, 56 by 40 or more points, and 28 coming against ranked opponents.
  Whenever the streak ends, it will go
  
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• No Arrests in Danbury High School 'Harassment' Incident

  15-02-2017 17:00
  
  A court declined to approve an arrest warrant for a man accused of shouting expletives at Danbury high school students in what the mayor described as verbal harassment, and getting into a fight with students in...Photo Credit: Hugo
  
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• Connecticut Business Spotlight February 15, 2017: Tancerti Construction

  15-02-2017 17:00
  
  One of the many things that makes Connecticut great is its local businesses! WTIC Newstalk 1080, along with Joseph Merritt Company Construction Documents Technologies support local businesses in Connecticut and want to thank them for the wonderful work they do.
  This week’s Connecticut Business Spotlight is Tancerti Construction.
  If you’re looking for a general contractor who features quality work from the ground up, check out Tancerti Construction.  Owner operated and servi
  
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• Kidnapping survivor: ‘He cannot destroy who I am, and I won’

  15-02-2017 16:57
  
  The woman held captive on a South Carolina farm said she prayed often while chained inside a metal container and refused to lose hope she would be freed. Kala Brown, of Anderson, South Carolina, said the captivity started after Todd Kohlhepp shot her boyfriend on August 31 when the couple went to do work on his farm. Brown was kept in the dark container for two months before authorities rescued her. Kohlhepp was charged with kidnapping Brown and in the […]
  
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• Top House Democrats fall for fake Flynn Twitter account

  15-02-2017 16:37
  
  NEW YORK — Two of the top Democrats in the House of Representatives were fooled by a fraudulent Twitter account on Tuesday. The New York Times fell for it, too. At a lunchtime press conference to castigate the Trump administration, Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Elijah Cummings both cited former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn’s comment about being the “scapegoat.” The problem was that Flynn hasn’t actually called himself a “scapegoat.” The quote came from
  
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• CTE Could Become A Problem For Soccer, Study Finds

  15-02-2017 16:35
  
  CBS Local– Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more commonly referred to as CTE, is a disastrous brain disease that is currently plaguing the National Football League, but a study shows that soccer is not impervious to CTE.
  CTE stems from repetitive blows to the head, lending it to be a natural concern for soccer. It’s not as violent a sport as football, but the regularity of heading sown into the fabric of the game gives the sport a reason for trepidation going forward.
  The
  
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• Willimantic Woman Has Been Missing Since Sunday Night

  15-02-2017 16:32
  
  Police are asking for help to find a Willimantic woman who has been missing since Sunday night.Photo Credit: Willimantic Police
  
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• SOUND OFF: Failed Attempts To Disrupt Trump’s Administration

  15-02-2017 16:30
  
  John Hinderaker, President of the Center of the American Experiment, a think tank headquartered in Minnesota, says that ever since Donald Trump was inaugurated, the Democrats have tried hysterically– but with a stunning lack of success– to frustrate his ability to assemble an administration.  And Mike Walsh, Journalist for PJ Media, says “Boo-Hoo II” as Obama bureaucrats are disconsolate over regulation repeal.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Tech Companies vs. the Immigration Ban

  15-02-2017 16:26
  
  Matt Grange, Staff Writer for Forbes covering Technology, talks about one of his latest pieces, discussing technology companies and their opposition to the president’s Immigration Ban.  As of right now there are over 100 companies signed on.  Why are they doing this?
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Fairness In Malloy’s State Budget?

  15-02-2017 16:24
  
  Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, looks into Governor Malloy’s state budget proposal, and why it has raised some interesting questions about fairness.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: The Value Of Entertainment

  15-02-2017 16:23
  
  Tom Condon writes about urban and regional issues for the Mirror, including planning, transportation, land use, development and historic preservation.  He says the plan for the XL Center will test the value of entertainment. Find out why.
  
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