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• Investment Adviser Admits Defrauding Clients

  23-02-2017 23:59
  
   NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ A 36-year-old investment adviser from Haddam has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he defrauded clients of more than $600,0.
  Aaron Johnson, who was the president and chief investment officer at J. Capital Advisors, entered a guilty plea Thursday to a single count of mail fraud.
  Prosecutors say that beginning in 2010 Johnson skimmed excessive and unearned fees from clients while working as a registered investment adviser with Trade PMR, a Florida company.They sa
  
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• Justice Department to continue using private prisons, reversing Obama adminstration stand

  23-02-2017 23:57
  
  WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has rescinded guidance from August that discouraged the use of private prisons. “This will restore (the Bureau of Prison’s) flexibility to manage the federal prison inmate population based on capacity needs,” the Justice Department said in a statement. In August, then-deputy Attorney General Sally Yates directed the Bureau of Prisons to reduce its use of private prison contracts. In the August memo, she said private prisons had been
  
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• Governor Proposes Bail Reform

  23-02-2017 23:54
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is proposing a package of legislation aimed at reducing the number of people detained in Connecticut jails because they can’t afford to post bail.
  The Democrat announced Thursday he wants to prohibit judges from setting a monetary bail for anyone charged with a misdemeanor. There would some exceptions, such as when a judge determines the accused poses an immediate threat or the accused has a history of failing to appear for court dates.
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• Governor Issues Executive Order On Transgender Rights

  23-02-2017 23:46
  
   HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed an executive order to ensure transgender students in Connecticut can still use the bathroom or locker room of their chosen gender.
  The Democrat on Thursday ordered that bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and institutions of higher education be considered places of public accommodation, therefore making discrimination based on sex or gender identity expression illegal under Connecticut law.
  Malloy’s executive order come
  
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• Blind 14-year-old female wrestler headed to Washington state tournament

  23-02-2017 23:43
  
  AUBURN, Wash. — A 14-year-old wrestler from Auburn, Washington, is dominating her sport without being able to see her opponents. “I started wrestling in sixth grade, it was hard,” said 14-year-old Goddess Ma’alona-Faletogo, who is blind. “I had to get used to all of the conditioning. It was stuff I later learned to love.” She is a freshman wrestler competing in the 225 pound weight class for Thomas Jefferson High School. “I didn’t believe
  
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• Elderly man left with nothing after apartment fire in Waterbury, surprised by community

  23-02-2017 23:35
  
  WATERBURY — An elderly Waterbury man who lost everything in an apartment fire last month was surprised by his community Thursday. Richard Hupprich’s apartment went up in flames in January leaving him with only the clothes on his back. This week, Hupprich moved into a new apartment, but without any of his personal possessions. When the community heard of his situation, several caregivers provided Hupprich with some in-home assistance. He was given $1,000 worth of h
  
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• Penny by penny, 3rd graders raise money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

  23-02-2017 23:31
  
  WEST HARTFORD — Third graders of West Hartford‘s St. Brigid-St. Augustine School arranged a special ceremony Thursday where they presented a check to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Connecticut. The students along with their teacher, Karen Hurley, raised money for the organization over the course of three weeks, calling the fundraising drive “Pennies for Patients.” The funds were made up mostly of pennies but a few cash donations we
  
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• LA and Paris remain after Budapest drops 2024 Olympic bid

  23-02-2017 23:18
  
  By Meg Wagner Half of Hungarians wanted out Amid waning popularity for hosting the games, Budapest plans to drop its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, leaving just Paris and Los Angeles vying for hosting duties. Hungary’s government announced its plan to pull out of the race as public opinion turned against the prospect of hosting the massive event. A Wednesday poll showed that half of Hungarians wanted the capital city to withdraw its bid, and on Friday, Budapest voters […]
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for Missing Prospect Teen

  23-02-2017 23:10
  
  Police have issued a Silver Alert for 16-year-old Brandon Filippone, of Prospect.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• DeLauro, Murphy call on Trump to take a stronger stand against anti-Semitic threats

  23-02-2017 22:57
  
  WOODBRIDGE  – Sen. Chris Murphy and Representative Rosa DeLauro Thursday called on President Donald Trump to take a stronger stand against anti-Semitic threats nationwide. The FBI is investigating threats a rash of threat to dozens of Jewish community centers around the country, two of them in Connecticut. Last month, both the JCC of Greater New Haven and of Greater Hartford were evacuated due to threats that were eventually determined to be hoaxes. Murphy and DeLauro met with members
  
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• White House Press Sec. calls out Gov. Malloy on immigration letter sent to Connecticut police, schools

  23-02-2017 22:53
  
  HARTFORD — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer called out Connecticut’s Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy during Thursday’s press briefing. Wednesday, Gov. Malloy and other state officials sent a letter to police chiefs and school superintendents with guidance on how to respond to President Donald Trump‘s executive order on immigration matters and subsequent memos from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The letters were sent Wednesday to heads of all law e
  
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• Spring weather continues Friday, possible thunderstorms Saturday

  23-02-2017 22:43
  
  Warm temps all over New England, including here in CT – but not records. We missed the record by 3 degrees at Bradley, and fog in place for an extended period of time today kept the temps at the shore way lower than expected. It’s still warm Friday, with a mix of sun and clouds, and more clouds, with some rain Friday night, in advance of scattered showers Saturday that leads to possible thunderstorms Saturday night, and a big cool […]
  
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• CBS Sports’ Jim Spanarkel On #13 Florida-#11 Kentucky SEC Rematch

  23-02-2017 22:33
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The conversation surrounding SEC basketball has largely centered on Kentucky since John Calipari arrived in Lexington in 2009. The Wildcats, who annually have one of the nation’s best collections of young talent, have been to four Final Fours and two national championship games with one title win in that time. Kentucky was once again well stocked this season, with the nation’s number two recruiting class, and looked to be the conference’s best team.
  Mike White a
  
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• PD Investigating 2 Off-Duty Troopers After Report of Assault

  23-02-2017 22:25
  
  Wethersfield Police are conducting a criminal investigation into two off-duty state troopers.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• East Haven Plane Crash Survivor Identified

  23-02-2017 22:17
  
  A 31-year-old East Haven man is dead and another person is in critical condition after a small two-seater airplane crashed in East Haven Wednesday morning and NBC Connecticut has learned that the owner of...Photo Credit: East Haven Mayor's Office and Family PhotoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Family Said Student Pilot Killed in East Haven Crash Devoted Himself to Flying

  23-02-2017 21:36
  
  The man who was killed in the plane crash in East Haven on Wednesday was a student pilot who loved being in the skies, according to those who knew him.Photo Credit: Family photos
  
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• Recommendations for HFD Following Bell's 2014 Death: NIOSH

  23-02-2017 21:28
  
  It’s been more than two years since Hartford Firefighter Kevin Bell was killed while battling a massive blaze in the city's North End and a final report reveals what factors contributed to his death.
  
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• Warm for Some, Cool and Dreary for Others

  23-02-2017 21:22
  
  If you love warm weather living along the shoreline can be frustrating in the end of winter and beginning of spring. The reason? Long Island Sound's cold water.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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• D'oh! Man Tries to Rob Closed Bank

  23-02-2017 20:38
  
  Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a Connecticut bank Wednesday afternoon, but ran off when he realized it was closed.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Crews Respond to Fire at Auto Care Center in Wolcott

  23-02-2017 20:38
  
  Firefighters have responded to a fire at Jerry's Auto Care Center in Wolcott.Photo Credit: Rick Kulmann
  
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• Tribes Say They Are Days Away from Announcing Site of New Casino

  23-02-2017 20:16
  
  Officials from Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes say they're days away from announcing a location for their proposed jointly owned casino near the Massachusetts border.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 16 Hartford Police Begin Training at Police Academy

  23-02-2017 19:54
  
  After years of a dwindling police force, the Hartford Police Department is turning a corner. A new class of 16 recruits is beginning the rigorous six-month police academy training.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Tribes Say They’re ‘Days’ Away From Unveiling Casino Site

  23-02-2017 19:43
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials from Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes say they’re days away from announcing a location for their proposed jointly owned casino near the Massachusetts border.
  The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes own and operate the state’s only casinos in southeastern Connecticut. They joined forces 15 months ago to combat competition from the new MGM Resorts International casino that is opening in late 2018 in nearby Springfield, Massa
  
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• Two State Troopers Under Investigation For Off-Duty Incident

  23-02-2017 19:41
  
  WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Two Connecticut State Police troopers have been reassigned pending an investigation by Wethersfield police.
  Details were not released but police say it involved an incident that occurred while the troopers were off duty.
  No names were released but state police say one trooper was assigned to Troop C barracks in Tolland and the other worked for Troop K in Colchester.
  Investigators from the state police Bureau of Professional Standards and Compliance are conductin
  
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• Near Record Breaking Warmth for Parts of Connecticut

  23-02-2017 18:35
  
  Sprink-like weather has arrived for most of the state. Temperatures will approach record breaking highs by this afternoon.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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• No Powerball Jackpot Here, But 49,000 Smaller Prizes in CT

  23-02-2017 18:23
  
  You might not have won the $435 million Powerball jackpot, unless you happened to buy your ticket in Indiana, but almost 50,000 tickets bought in Connecticut are winners, to some extent.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Commissioner to Recommend Adding 4 Conditions to Medical Marijuana Program

  23-02-2017 17:54
  
  The commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection is recommending that the state add four conditions to the list of debilitating conditions medical marijuana can legally be used to treat in the state of...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• New Yale Law Dean Stresses Standing Up For Rule Of Law

  23-02-2017 17:28
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — As the next dean of Yale Law School, Heather Gerken says a key challenge will be figuring how best to stand up for the rule of law.
  Gerken, a constitutional law expert, was appointed this week as the 17th dean of the law school and the first woman to serve in the role.
  “It’s a hard time right now in politics and law and figuring out how Yale can continue to play a leading role in protecting the value of the rule of law in a turbulent
  
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• Councilman Proposes Selling Hartford’s New Ballpark

  23-02-2017 17:08
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Hartford City Councilman Larry Deutsch says the capital city’s new minor league ballpark should be sold, to relieve taxpayers of decades of debt service.
  The Yard Goats, have yet to play a game at Dunkin’ Donuts park, thanks to construction delays. There have also been cost overruns. The current price tag of the stadium is more than $70 million, though that could grow.
  While Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin agrees that the city should never have un
  
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• Police ID Survivor Of Plane Crash

  23-02-2017 16:37
  
  EAST HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – East Haven officials, Thursday morning, identified the man who survived the deadly crash of a small plane near Tweed-New Haven Airport Wednesday. Police said Rafayel Hany Wassef, 20, of New London remained in critical condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
  Police say the man killed in the crash was Pablo Campos Isona of East Haven.
  The plane, from a local flight school, crashed in a swampy area near the end of Runaway 2 around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Fire Breaks Out Vacant House in Hartford

  23-02-2017 16:26
  
  Crews responded to fire at a vacant house in Hartford this morning and the fire captain said no one was home when the fire started.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• State Considers Tax on Plastic and Paper Bags

  23-02-2017 16:25
  
  The Connecticut Legislature is considering a proposed bill would put a 5-cent tax on every single-use carryout paper and plastic shopping bag and shoppers had mixed opinions on the idea.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Police Search for Man After Attempted Break-in at Watertown Bar

  23-02-2017 16:23
  
  Watertown police are searching for the man who they said tried to rob a local bar.Photo Credit: Watertown Police
  
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• Pet of the Week – Annie

  23-02-2017 16:14
  
  HARTFORD — Annie is a Lhasa Apso, Miniature Schnauzer mix. She is a spayed female who is a year or two old. She is described as a medium/high energy dog, but is manageable in size. She loves to play, loves to fetch, and actually loves long hikes! While she can also be a lap dog, she is no couch potato! She was found roaming and never claimed, and was adopted once through the local pound, but returned a few months later […]
  
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• Betances STEM Magnet School offers unique path to tech future

  23-02-2017 15:52
  
  HARTFORD — As part of FOX 61’s mission of HOPE — Helping Organizations Promote Education — Good Day Connecticut is exploring options for students in the Hartford area. In Thursday’s segment, we look at Betances Magnet School and the unique program they have to offer. Principal Tyrone Richardson and engineering teacher Michelle DeLisle talked with Amanda Raus about what sets their school apart from other schools in the area and their partnership with Pathways Academy
  
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• Hartford Welcomes New Police Recruits

  23-02-2017 15:42
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Sixteen new Hartford Police Department recruits have begun their work at the city’s training academy.
  The recruits will spend six months at the academy learning all facets of policing, before starting field training.
  The class– the most diverse in the city’s history– is expected to be the first of three in 2017, as the city seeks to replenish its ranks amid a staffing shortage which is likely to get worse with more officers due to
  
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• Should you use expired medicine?

  23-02-2017 15:33
  
  HARTFORD — We all have them: medications in our drawers that expired but we still keep them around and wonder if we should take them. We don’t want to waste them but we also want to be safe. Manufacturers affirm that a drug stored properly will have at least 90 percent of its initial potency when the expiration date comes. Some may have 99 percent potency and others barely 90 percent. In one large assessment, 122 medications (tablets and capsules) […]
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway February 23, 2017

  23-02-2017 15:22
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Michael Barbaro, 2017 President of the Connecticut Association of REALTORS® looks at Connecticut home sales and median prices which were on the rise in January. Connecticut REALTORS® reports that the single-family residential home median sales price is $235,000 which reflects a 2.2% increase from $230,000 in that same time period last year.
  7:50-  Scott Trenholm, President of The Hartford Club, previews the res
  
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• Tom Brady shares hilarious ‘suspect board’ for missing Super Bowl jersey

  23-02-2017 15:10
  
  Tom Brady has said his missing Super Bowl jersey is disappointing and that he hopes it turns up some day. There are no leads on the $500,000 jersey and the Houston Police Department remains on the case. Now, the future hall-of-famer has taken matters into his own hands by posting this hilarious “suspect board” on his Facebook page. Could it be “Prison Mike,” Michael Scott’s alter ego from The Office, his dog Scooby, or could Julian Edelman be the culprit?
  
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• Low-Cost Norwegian Air Promises Bargain Flights To Europe

  23-02-2017 15:04
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle is promising cheap trans-Atlantic flights when it starts service to Europe this summer from Connecticut, and Rhode Island and New York’s Hudson Valley.
  There will be flights to Scotland from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.
  Norwegian announced Thursday that it’s opening new flight crew bases at Rhode Island’s T.F. Green Airport and Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N
  
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• Police: Woman Fears Losing Potential Lover, Lies About Rape

  23-02-2017 14:51
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A New York woman is facing charges after police say she lied about being raped by two football players from a Connecticut university due to fears a third student would lose romantic interest in her.
  Nikki Yovino, of South Setauket, New York, has been charged with falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
  The 18-year-old Yovino said two Sacred Heart University football players sexually assaulted her in a bathroom in October
  
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• Man Gets 13 Years In Prison For Accidentally Killing Friend

  23-02-2017 14:48
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Hartford man who admitted in a plea deal that he accidentally shot and killed his friend has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
  The Hartford Courant reports Daniel Morales pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced on Wednesday.
  Prosecutors say 23-year-old Angel Vasquez handed Morales a loaded handgun during a drug deal in December 2013.
  Morales said he didn’t know the gun was loaded when he pulled the trigger. Vasquez was shot in the back of the he
  
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• Judge: Mentally Ill Murder Suspect Can Be Forcibly Medicated

  23-02-2017 14:43
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has ordered a mentally ill man charged with killing a Yale University doctor to be forcibly medicated so he can stand trial.
  Superior Court Judge Thomas O’Keefe Jr. originally ordered Lishan Wang to be forcibly medicated in November 2015, but Wang’s attorneys appealed, calling it “cruel and unusual punishment.”
  The state Supreme Court upheld the ruling in September, and the defense appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The
  
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• Investigators return to site of small plane crash that killed East Haven man during training flight

  23-02-2017 14:42
  
  NEW HAVEN — The National Transportation Safety Board is back on the scene investigating a plane crash that happened Wednesday morning, and they will begin to remove the plane from the crash site. A plane on a training flight went down near Tweed-New Haven Airport Wednesday morning just before 10 a.m. Pablo Campos, 31, of East Haven, died in Wednesday’s crash. Police said Campos and another man were on board the single-engine Piper PA-38-112, but off
  
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• Hartford Police Department welcomes new recruits

  23-02-2017 14:14
  
  HARTFORD — Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin joined Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella to address a new class of 16 police recruits joining the Hartford Police Department Thursday morning. The recruits were welcomed when they arrived at the Hartford Police Academy at 50 Williams Street at around 8 a.m. According to FOX 61 media partner The Hartford Courant, the class represents the first portion of ultimately 70 new officers promised by Bronin in his first mayoral budget, which was passed [&h
  
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• New Hampshire teenager’s name shows up on terror watch list

  23-02-2017 13:50
  
  What was supposed to be a simple trip to Florida for a baseball tourney turned into confusion when a New Hampshire teen’s name popped up on a terror watch list. Peter Haas is still in braces, not even old enough to drive and known as “the rule follower” in his family of four, yet when he was passing through Logan International Airport last week to fly to Florida on a baseball trip, he was immediately taken aside. “They said my […]
  
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• Man found naked, hanging upside down from Mississippi tree

  23-02-2017 13:31
  
  BLUE SPRINGS, Miss. – Firefighters freed a Mississippi man Tuesday night after he somehow wound up hanging upside down from a tree. Authorities said they found Shawn Treadaway, of New Albany, completely naked with a cable wrapped around him. WTVA reports that he was left dangling from the tree in a wooded area of Blue Springs for more than four hours. Treadaway’s girlfriend knocked on doors until she found a resident named Jerry Feathers who agreed to help. “I was […]
  
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• Utah teens who allegedly shot girl in head during robbery kept ‘memento,’ police say

  23-02-2017 13:23
  
  SMITHFIELD, Utah — A 14-year-old Utah girl found in a dry canal with a gunshot wound to the head was allegedly attacked by two teenage boys who had initially planned to murder her using knives, then rob her. Charging documents filed in court Tuesday shed new light on the attack that sent 14-year-old Deserae Turner to a hospital with serious injuries. Police began investigating after Deserae, who lives in Amalga, was reported missing last week after she failed to return home […]
  
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• Video shows off-duty California cop fire weapon in struggle with 13-year-old

  23-02-2017 13:13
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. – Cellphone video captured a physical struggle between an off-duty police officer and a 13-year-old boy in Anaheim, California, that led to the officer firing his weapon and the teen being placed in police custody. The incident happened around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday near the Loara High School in Anaheim, according to the Anaheim Police Department. Anaheim police said that they were called to the scene where an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer had discharged his fir
  
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• Tesla makes renewed push to sell cars directly in state

  23-02-2017 12:11
  
  HARTFORD — Electric car-maker Tesla Motors is making another push to sell its vehicles directly to Connecticut consumers. The General Assembly’s Transportation Committee is considering a bill this session that would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner to issue new or used car dealer’s licenses to electric vehicle manufacturers without a franchise agreement in the state. Tesla has been lobbying for several years to open retail outlets in the state. State law curr
  
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