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• Wallingford crews responding to fire in elderly apartment complex; one hospitalized

  24-02-2017 23:41
  
  WALLINGFORD — Crews are responding to a fire in an elderly housing complex on Center Street in Wallingford Friday afternoon. One person was hospitalized, fire officials said. The fire is in the second floor of the Silver Pond Apartments. At least 47 people are displaced following the blaze. FOX61’s Al Terzi happened to be nearby and said traffic is backed up in the area. He added that a large portion of Center Street is blocked off. First calls came in […]
  
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• ICE confirms Bridgeport murder and Amber Alert suspect was previously deported

  24-02-2017 23:29
  
  BRIDGEPORT — The Bridgeport man accused of killing his girlfriend and sparking an Amber Alert when he took off with their 6-year-old daughter, was previously deported, immigration officials said. “Oscar Obedio Hernandez, a citizen of El Salvador, was issued a Final Order of Removal by an immigration judge on Oct. 29, 201,” said spokesman Shawn Neudauer. “He was removed from the United States by ICE officers in Hartford, CT on Nov. 27, 2013. He has prior felony convic
  
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• Keidel: Why Not A Mayweather-McGregor Fight?

  24-02-2017 23:26
  
  By Jason Keidel
  As much as purists of their respective sports want a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor to vanish into the ether, it refuses to leave the social media crucible.
  Especially once word leaked out that Mayweather visited famed trainer Freddy Roach at his Wild Card Gym, to ask if McGregor had enlisted Roach’s services. Once Roach assured Maweather that McGregor had not, the loquacious retired champion urged him to take McGregor on in case he does.
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• FBI Dunkin' Donuts Park Investigation Underway

  24-02-2017 23:20
  
  The FBI has launched an investigation into the troubled Dunkin' Donuts Park project in Hartford.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• FBI investigating Yard Goats baseball stadium Dunkin Donuts Park project

  24-02-2017 23:12
  
  HARTFORD — The FBI is launching an investigation into the Dunkin Donuts Park project. According to the Hartford Courant, FBI agents have been contacting people with ties to the long-delayed stadium project in recent weeks. They’ve also been gathering information on expenditures of public funds towards its $71 million cost so far. The park is supposed to be home to the Hartford Yard Goats baseball team but was delayed at least a year from when it was supposed to open. […]
  
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• Hartford Yard Goats Hold National Anthem Auditions Saturday

  24-02-2017 23:09
  
  The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club will hold auditions for the National Anthem over the weekend. Singers will try out at the Spotlight Theatres on 39 Front Street in Hartford at 9 a.m.Photo Credit: Hartford Yard Goats
  
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• Cloudy night leads to a stormy Saturday

  24-02-2017 23:05
  
  So much for Winter…for now! We hit 70 at Bradley today, more reminiscent of Mid May weather than late February. Clouds roll in tonight, and by tomorrow, an incoming storm brings clouds, scattered showers, and more steady rain late into the evening. I’m not ruling out the opportunity for thunderstorms either! Highs on Saturday reach the lower 60s, but behind the front, we’ll only top out in the mid 40s, underneath sunshine. Mild weather for next week, with still no […]
  
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• 6 Arrests In October UCONN Owned Vehicle VS Pedestrian (Student) Death

  24-02-2017 22:30
  
  Storrs, Ct.  (CBS Connecticut)   In October 2016, troopers from Troop C reponded to the UCONN Fire Department on Eagleville Road, in Storrs, to assist with a traffic accident involving a fire truck and a pedestrian.
  The vehicle involved was a 2010 Chevy Tahoe and was found to be owned by the University of Connecticut and was being operated by the fire departments shift commander. The pedestrian, a university student, had been sitting on the ground with her back against the exterio
  
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• 6 people facing alcohol related charges in connection with death of UConn student in October 2016

  24-02-2017 22:20
  
  STORRS — Six men are facing alcohol related charged in connection with the death of a UConn student back in October. Jeffny Pally of West Hartford was killed on October 16 when she was run over by a campus fire department SUV. Pally, 19, was sitting propped up against the glass garage doors on the public safety complex when the UConn fire department received reports that an alarm had been activated. The fire department opened the doors and an SUV […]
  
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• 6 Arrests in UConn Fatal Fire Truck Accident

  24-02-2017 22:14
  
  Six people linked to the death of a UConn student, who was struck by a university fire department vehicle in October, were arrested.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• East Hartford Man Gets More Than 8 Years For Selling Heroin

  24-02-2017 22:00
  
  Hartford, Ct – (CBS Connecticut)  Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY JERRICK, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 94 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
  According to court documents and statements made in court, this
  
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• Malloy's Proposed Budget to Shut Down 7 Rest Stops

  24-02-2017 21:50
  
  The proposed state budget is looking to shut down seven rest areas in Connecticut.For people like Robert Cohen, a truck driver from Meriden, the cuts can hurt.Cohen has been a truck driver for 25...Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Hartford Temperature Just Short Of Record High

  24-02-2017 21:48
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A new record for warmest temperature in February has been set inBoston.The National Weather Service says the city reached 71 degrees just after noonon Friday. February’s previous record high of 70 degrees was set in 1985.The highest temperature recorded in Massachusetts for the month was 73 degreesin 1985.Other parts of southern New England are also enjoying unseasonably warmtemperatures. The weather service says Hartford, Conn. and Providence, RhodeIsland registered 71
  
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• J Adams Earns Player Of The Week Honors

  24-02-2017 21:43
  
  American Athletic Conference – WEEKLY HONORS
  PLAYER OF THE WEEK
  Jalen Adams ∙ Sophmore∙ Guard ∙ UConn ∙ Roxbury, Mass.Adams earns his first career player of the week honor after
  leading UConn to a 2-0 week to climb into a tie for third in The
  American.Adams opened the week by leading the Huskies
  back from a 15-point deficit in the final 15:44, scoring 17 of his
  19 points in the second half, including the go-ahead basket
  with 1:59 remaining.At Temple, Adams posted 1
  
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• Don't Get Used to the Record Warmth

  24-02-2017 21:40
  
  Today was the second warmest February day on record for inland Connecticut. Absolutely remarkable warmth today! The question so many are asking is whether or not we're done with winter.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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• The Latest: Allred Wishes More Cosby Accusers Could Testify

  24-02-2017 21:36
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Lawyer Gloria Allred says she appreciates a court ruling Friday that lets one of her clients testify against Bill Cosby at his sex assault trial, though she wishes more of the accusers could join her.  The Allred client says Cosby drugged and molested her at a Los Angeles hotel in 1996 when she a 29-year-old assistant to the comedian’s late agent.
  Allred says she supported the prosecution effort to have 13 other accusers testify. The judge Friday says he will
  
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• Drugs And Weapons Found During Traffic Stop In Clinton

  24-02-2017 21:19
  
  (CLINTON,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  A 25 year old Deep River man stopped for speeding  on  Route 81 in Clinton shortly before 12:30 Friday morning is facing numerous charges after Clinton Police officers   detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
  Officers found 1.2 pounds of marijuana in a large plastic bag on the back seat, a marijuana  cigarette in the front passenger compartment, five assorted knives,a machete, a lock pic set and&nb
  
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• Rory McIlroy Commits To 2017 Travelers Championship Tourney

  24-02-2017 21:17
  
  RORY MCILROY COMMITS TO 2017 TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIPHARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 24, 2017 – The Travelers Championship today announced Rory McIlroy, the reigning FedExCup champion, four-time major winner and No. 3 player in the Official World Golf Rankings, has committed to play in the 2017 tournament. This will be his first appearance at TPC River Highlands.“We’re thrilled that fans throughout the region will have the opportunity to see one of golf’s brightest stars,” said
  
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• Contractor Arrested For Larceny

  24-02-2017 21:00
  
  Milford, Ct. – (CBS Connecticut) – In early October of 2016, A victim signed a proposal with contractor Jeffrey Chirillo of Chirillo Contracting, for remodeling work.
  The victim paid Chirillo $32,579.00 in cash and check. As of mid-January, Chirillo had not started any work at the victim’s residence nor has he provided any of the material the victim has paid him for.
  Following an investigation a warrant was submitted to Norwalk Court for Chirillo’s arrest. On Thursday, We
  
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• Man Shot at Waterbury City Employees: Police

  24-02-2017 20:48
  
  Waterbury police have arrested a man who is accused of shooting at city employees and damaging the lawn at the Fulton Park Pool House, as well as city vehicle.Photo Credit: Waterbury Police
  
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• White House blocks news organizations from press briefing

  24-02-2017 20:37
  
  WASHINGTON — CNN and other news organizations were blocked Friday from a White House press briefing. There was no immediate explanation from the White House. The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Politico were also excluded from the meeting, known as a gaggle. The Associated Press and Time magazine boycotted the briefing because of how it was handled. The White House Correspondents Association is protesting. CNN was blocked from WH @PressSec's media gaggle today. This is our respo
  
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• Record Breaking Warmth Today

  24-02-2017 20:33
  
  Temperatures have surged into the upper 60s and low 70s through areas of inland Connecticut.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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• New Haven police: Convicted felon shot estranged wife while infant slept nearby

  24-02-2017 20:19
  
  NEW HAVEN — A convicted felon is facing several charges after police said he shot his estranged wife inside her New Haven apartment early Friday morning. New Haven Police say they arrested Tyrell Brown, 31, just two and half hours after the shooting occurred. Around 1:30 a.m., police were called to Dixwell Avenue for a domestic dispute. While they were on the way, the call was updated to involve a shooting, police said. The victim, who is expected to be […]
  
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• Medical Examiner: Overdose Deaths In Connecticut Up 25 Percent

  24-02-2017 20:00
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A new report from the Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner’s office shows a 25 percent increase in accidental drug overdose deaths in 2016. Much of this increase was driven by an explosion in the number of fentanyl-related deaths.
  Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network President Patricia Rehmer says this increase was larger than expected. “I was stunned at how much this [number] went up,” she said.  “I am approached prob
  
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• Girl Found After Multi-State Amber Alert

  24-02-2017 19:57
  
  A 6-year-old Bridgeport, Connecticut girl who sparked a multi-state Amber Alert was been found safe in Pennsylvania with her father more than hours later. The father is suspected of stabbing and killing...Photo Credit: WJAC and PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Bridgeport Amber Alert Canceled – Child Safe

  24-02-2017 19:16
  
  Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (CBS Connecticut) – An Amber Alert was issued in Bridgeport CT. Law enforcement was looking for Oscar  and Aylin Sophia Hernandez driving a silver 2017 Hyundai Sonata.
  At approximately 11:00 AM, a Trooper from PSP Philipsburg observed the vehicle along Interstate 99 and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Hernandez refused to pull over and a pursuit began with other PSP troopers becoming involved. Hernandez was travelling at a high rate of
  
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• New Haven Man Shot Estranged Wife as Baby Slept: Police

  24-02-2017 18:58
  
  A New Haven man is accused of shooting his estranged wife and police took him into custody two and a half hours later.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com and New Haven Police
  
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• Domestic violence advocates speak out after Bridgeport murder that led to Amber Alert

  24-02-2017 18:58
  
  HARTFORD — Domestic violence advocates in Connecticut are speaking out after a woman was stabbed to death in Bridgeport early Friday morning. The man suspected of killing her, Oscar Hernandez, took off with his 6-year-old daughter sparking an Amber Alert and multi-state search. They were found just before 11:30 a.m. in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence released a statement that the woman’s death marks the state’s first &ldq
  
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• Rory McIlroy Commits to 2017 Travelers Championship

  24-02-2017 18:48
  
  Reigning FedExCup champion Rory McIlroy will be playing in the 2017 Travelers Championship.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Acupuncture shows promise in migraine treatment, study says

  24-02-2017 18:48
  
  When most people get a headache, a simple over-the-counter pain reliever and a few moments of quiet can usually do the trick.For millions of Americans suffering from debilitating migraines, the pain can be so intense that relief may seem out of reach. Faced with a growing demand for solutions, researchers, drug companies and medical providers have sought out new treatment options. A widening class of medications, devices and alternative therapies is presenting those who suffer from moderate to s
  
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• Waterbury City Employees Shot At By Suspect

  24-02-2017 18:26
  
  Waterbury, Ct. – (CBS Connecticut)  On February 24, 2017, at 0915 hours, the Waterbury Police Department responded to Fulton Park Pool House located on Greenwood Avenue in this City on a shot fired complaint. Upon officers arrival they located two City workers who stated a white male, later identified as Joshua Thompson (02-02-1996) was driving a blue Nissan Altima parked on the lawn in front of the Pool House.
  The City workers told Thompson he could not park on the lawn and asked him
  
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• New Haven Police Make Arrest In Overnight Domestic Shooting

  24-02-2017 17:55
  
  New Haven, Ct. (CBS Connecticut)  Two and a half hours after a thirty-one year old woman was shot in her Dixwell Avenue Apartment, the suspect, her husband, was under arrest and charged with her assault.   At 1:29 AM, Officers were dispatched to a domestic dispute at an apartment on the seven-hundred block of Dixwell Avenue.
  While en route, the call was updated to involve a shooting. The victim told officers it was her estranged husband, Tyrell L Brown (5-24-1985), of New Haven, w
  
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• Shirt tucked over woman’s windshield was a ‘random prank’

  24-02-2017 17:53
  
  FLINT, Mich. — The 19-year-old woman who posted a Facebook warning after finding a shirt laid over her windshield was the victim of a “random prank,” police say. On Feb. 16, Ashley Hardacre had just finished working at the Genesee Valley Mall in Flint, Michigan, and walked across the dark parking lot to her car – when she found a blue flannel shirt thrown over her windshield and tucked underneath a windshield wiper. “There were two cars near me and one [&hellip
  
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• College: Feces Swastika Found In Gender-Neutral Bathroom

  24-02-2017 17:51
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — One of the top art schools in the U.S. is investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti made out of human waste was found in a gender-neutral bathroom.
  WJAR-TV reports that the Rhode Island School of Design told students the swastika was discovered over the weekend in a dormitory bathroom.
  The college, known as RISD, says in a statement that the level of “disrespect and vitriol is completely unacceptable.” Public safety officials are investigating it as an
  
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• Child Found After Multi-State Amber Alert

  24-02-2017 17:45
  
  A 6-year-old Bridgeport, Connecticut girl who sparked a multi-state Amber Alert has been found safe in Pennsylvania with her father. Police say the father is accused of stabbing and killing the girl’s mother and...Photo Credit: Police and NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Trial Delayed For Woman In Sandy Hook Parent Death Threat

  24-02-2017 17:44
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Trial has been delayed until April for a Florida woman accused of threatening the parent of a boy killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, because she thought it was a hoax.
  The attorney for 57-year-old Lucy Richards said in court papers she has been hospitalized recently and unable to work on her case, which had been set for trial Monday. A Fort Lauderdale federal judge postponed the trial until April 3.
  Richards has pleaded not g
  
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• Bridgeport Amber Alert cancelled: Girl OK, father in custody accused of killing mother

  24-02-2017 17:41
  
  BRIDGEPORT — An Amber Alert issued Friday morning for Aylin Sofia Hernandez, 6, from Bridgeport, has been cancelled. Police say her 26-year-old mother was stabbed to death in a domestic dispute with her father. The mother’s female friend is in critical condition and in surgery after the double-stabbing, police said. The suspect, Oscar Hernandez, is the girl’s father and was captured on I-99 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. He was previously spotted in the Bronx, New York
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: What NASA’s Planetary Discovery Means

  24-02-2017 17:33
  
  Kristine Larsen is a physics and astronomy professor at CCSU.  NASA has found 7 new Earth-like planets according to a new study published in the journal Nature, and Larsen will explain what this discovery could mean for science.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Danbury Stands With Trump’s Deportation Plans

  24-02-2017 17:31
  
  Mayor Mark Boughton criticized Gov. Malloy’s action, and said that the city of Danbury stands ready to help ICE with Trump’s crackdown and mass deportation plans.
  He estimated that Danbury has approximately 5,000 undocumented residents, and he discusses his stance with Ray.
  
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• Woman hides pregnancy from mother-in-law until day before delivery

  24-02-2017 17:24
  
  ROY, Utah – A Utah couple managed to keep a big secret from members of their own family for nearly nine months. When Tannin and Katie Pease found out Katie was pregnant with their third child, they decided to wait as long as possible to tell Tannin’s mom. In fact, they managed to keep it a secret until the day before Katie was set to deliver, according to KUTV. The family recorded the moment they revealed the news to Tannin’s mom, […]
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Restaurant of the Week – The North House

  24-02-2017 17:23
  
  Our Restaurant of the Week is The North House in Avon, and Ray is joined by Nicholas Chabot and Executive Chef Nicolas Indino.
  WTIC has a special offer at The North House– purchase a $100 gift card for only $50!  The offer starts today (Feb 24) at 10am, and supplies are limited. Click Here to learn more and purchase your certificate!
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: What To Do With Your Tax Return

  24-02-2017 17:22
  
  Joel Johnson of Johnson Brunetti joins Ray to talk Tax Season.  People may be getting their tax returns back… what would be the best thing to do with that return if you are getting one?
  Pay off bills, invest it, spend it on home improvements, or anything else… What might be the best thing for people to do?
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Hartford Police’s New Recruits

  24-02-2017 17:20
  
  Hartford Police Chief James Rovella will discuss this new class of recruits, the first of three planned for 2017.
  
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• Women line up to get ‘nevertheless, she persisted’ tattoo

  24-02-2017 17:12
  
  Seconds after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell uttered the phrase, it became a battle cry for Democrats. Judging from the line outside a Minneapolis tattoo parlor earlier this week, “nevertheless, she persisted” is still resonating strongly. On Tuesday, more than 100 women — and a few men — waited in line at Brass Knuckle Tattoo Studio to get a tattoo of the quote. Blogger Nora McInerny accidentally ignited the movement when she created a Facebook event set to publi
  
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• March Madness: Tournament Watch 2/24

  24-02-2017 16:40
  
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
  Connecticut (CBS) – What a crazy night Wednesday was. A little bit of February Madness to serve as the appetizer to March. Not only were there many exciting games that came down to the last second, but all of those games involved teams fighting to get in to the NCAA tournament. More on that in each team’s revised write up below.
  In = The team could lose all of the rest of their games between now and March 12th and they would still be in the tournament
  
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• JCPenney to close almost 150 stores

  24-02-2017 16:36
  
  JCPenney plans to shutter as many as 140 stores in the coming months, the latest traditional retailer to announce closings. The department store chain did not disclose how many jobs would be cut, but it said it is also offering early retirement to 6,000 full-time employees. Because it will hire to fill those buyout positions, the company said it expects a net increase in hiring, even counting the job cuts from closed stores. The closings should take place by the […]
  
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• Graduate Students Vote To Unionize At Yale University

  24-02-2017 16:25
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Graduate students from a half dozen departments at Yale University have voted to form unions.
  Elections were administered Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board for graduate students in nine departments.
  Organizers say students from the departments of English, geology and geophysics, history, history of art, math, and sociology voted in favor of unionization. Students in the physics department voted against it. Ballots were still to be counted for graduate assista
  
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• Tom Brady: The Movie? Fans Divided And Foes Say They’ll Pass

  24-02-2017 16:22
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A new book and a movie are in the works about Tom Brady and the “Deflategate” suspension he overcame to earn an unprecedented fifth Super Bowl ring.But Patriots Nation seems ambivalent, and the superstar quarterback’s foes say they’ll take a pass.Author Casey Sherman and Boston writer Dave Wedge are collaborating on the book under the working title “Let’s Go!” – Brady’s rallying cry.The pair co-authored “Boston Stron
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Restoring The Hartford Club

  24-02-2017 16:20
  
  Scott Trenholm, President of The Hartford Club, previews the restoration project to bring the Club back to its roots in 1903… but updated to attract new, younger members.  This is especially important with UConn Hartford moving in.
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: Technology Use and Stress Levels

  24-02-2017 16:18
  
  Dr. Vaile Wright, director of Research and Special Projects at American Psychological Association, shares new data on American’s stress levels of technology use and social media as part of its Stress in America Survey. This release is a follow up to their report on election-related stress.
  
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