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• Over 125 try out to sing national anthem for Yard Goats home games

  26-02-2017 23:40
  
  HARTFORD — Some top-notch singers took center stage Saturday for the Hartford Yard Goats national anthem auditions. Over 125 singers of all ages auditioned for a chance to sing during this upcoming baseball season. The Hartford Yard Goats will play their home opener at Dunkin` Donuts Park on Thursday April 13th. There will be 70 home games, but some school groups and performers have already been booked.
  
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• Residents Voice Concerns About Trump at Blumenthal Town Hall

  26-02-2017 23:32
  
  About 1,000 people gathered at the Central Connecticut State University campus in New Britain to make their voices heard about President Donald Trump at a town hall event Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Route 10 in Granby closed 8 pm to 2 am for bridge reinforcement

  26-02-2017 22:48
  
  GRANBY — Police said Route 10, Salmon Brook Street, will be closed in the area of Canton Road Sunday night. A detour will be in place from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Granby police said the closure is due to the installation of bridge shoring related to a heavy load move being escorted by the State Police. Delays should be expected and police advise to avoid the area. Police said traffic bound to or from Bradley International Sunday night should consider I-91 […]
  
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• Driver arrested for failure to move over in Bridgeport crash

  26-02-2017 22:32
  
  BRIDGEPORT —  The driver of an SUV was arrested after they hit a dump truck in a construction zone Sunday morning.   State Police said around 10:45 a.m. a Toyota 4Runner collided with a DOT dump truck which was parked in the right shoulder of I-95 southbound, just before the exit 29 off-ramp, in Bridgeport. The state truck was parked in the right shoulder with its emergency lights at active construction zone.  Police said the driver of the Toyota was trav
  
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• Route 10 in Granby Closed Ahead of 'Super Load' Transport

  26-02-2017 22:31
  
  Route 10 in Granby will be closed Sunday night into early Monday morning while crews install a bridge shoring for a “super load” move.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Driver Arrested After Fleeing Accident Scene in Hartford: PD

  26-02-2017 21:56
  
  A driver was arrested after he crashed through a fence and took down two telephone poles in Hartford Sunday morning, according to Hartford police.
  
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• Christie to lawmakers avoiding town halls: Go do your job

  26-02-2017 21:56
  
  WASHINGTON – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Republican lawmakers should hold town halls even if that means confronting hundreds of angry progressive constituents. “Welcome to the real world of responsibility,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” Sunday. The governor’s comments come after a week in which massive crowds turned up at GOP town halls to protest President Donald Trump and Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Afford
  
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• Daytona 500: More NASCAR stars knocked out due to crashes

  26-02-2017 21:46
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Latest on the Daytona 500 (all times local): 5:20 p.m. NASCAR’s biggest stars continue to crash out of the Daytona 500. Seven-time and defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson wrecked, and at least 16 other cars suffered some sort of damage. Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Danica Patrick and Clint Bowyer were involved, ending their race. SHR drivers Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick were involved in the melee but stayed on the track. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch [&h
  
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• Daytona 500: Kurt Busch wins NASCAR’s season-opener

  26-02-2017 21:46
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Latest on the Daytona 500 (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Kurt Busch has won the Daytona 500, surviving a crash-filled season opener to win the race for the first time in 16 tries. Busch passed Kyle Larson final lap before cruising to the victory. Larson ran out gas shortly after passing Chase Elliott, who also came up short on fuel. Busch led only one lap — the only one that mattered. He won in the […]
  
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• CT DOT Truck Struck by SUV on I-95 in Bridgeport

  26-02-2017 21:25
  
  Move over and slow down for emergency and construction vehicles. Connecticut state police are again spreading that message after a state Department of Transportation vehicle was struck by another vehicle...Photo Credit: Connecticut State 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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• Judge Joseph Wapner dead at 97

  26-02-2017 21:19
  
  LOS ANGELES — Judge Joseph Wapner, of the popular reality television program “People’s Court,” died at age 97 on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, California, according to his son Judge Fred Wapner. He died of natural causes.
  
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• Music concert to benefit Sandy Hook victim’s foundation

  26-02-2017 20:16
  
  NEWTOWN — The principal cellist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra is organizing a concert to benefit a foundation set up by the family of a victim of the Connecticut school shooting. Carter Brey and other orchestra members will perform at the “Chasing the Music” event June 4 at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. The concert will benefit CMAK Foundation, which runs the Race4Chase kids triathlon program. The foundation was set up by the family of 7-year-old Chase Kowalski, w
  
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• Naugatuck Police Seek Missing 34-Year-Old Man

  26-02-2017 18:24
  
  Naugatuck police are trying to locate a missing 34-year-old man who was last heard from on Wednesday.Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police Department
  
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• DNC Chairman Perez: Need to investigate whether presidential election was ‘rigged’

  26-02-2017 18:12
  
  WASHINGTON DC — New Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is joining calls for an independent investigation into reported contacts between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russians known to US intelligence. “What we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin,” Perez said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” on Sunday. Perez argued that Attorney General J
  
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• Roller Coaster Weather Gets Mixed Reviews from Residents

  26-02-2017 18:08
  
  Sunday morning, the temperature was 20 degrees colder than the day before. The wind chill made it feel like the mid-20s outside.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Report warns of state money fallout from health law repeal

  26-02-2017 18:05
  
  WASHINGTON — A report to governors about the potential consequences of repealing the Obama-era health care law warns that federal spending cuts likely would create funding gaps for states and threaten many people with the loss of insurance coverage. The Affordable Care Act has two main components for expanding coverage: subsidized private health insurance available in all 50 states, and an optional Medicaid expansion that’s been accepted by 31 states and the District of Columbia. Tho
  
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• Actor Bill Paxton, known for “Twister”, “Apollo 13”, dies at 61

  26-02-2017 17:07
  
  HOLLYWOOD — TMZ is reporting that Bill Paxton died suddenly on Saturday. They were told the actor died due to complications from surgery. He was 61 years old. The actor was well known for several roles including “Twister”, “Titanic”, “Aliens”, and “Apollo 13”. Paxton also won an Emmy for “Hatfields and McCoys”. He was on a CBS show called “Training Day” at the time of his death. The family said to TMZ that “Bill&
  
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• One Dead After Car Crashes into Saugatuck River in Westport

  26-02-2017 17:01
  
  One person is dead and a second was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into the Saugatuck River in Westport Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Loved Ones Mourn Mother Fatally Stabbed in Bridgeport

  26-02-2017 16:26
  
  Oscar Hernandez-Carranza, the father suspected in a fatal stabbing who prompted a multi-state AMBER Alert when he took off with his young daughter, is locked up on a $1.25 million bond in Pennsylvania as...Photo Credit: Centre County Correctional Facility
  
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• Pioneer Valley or West Mass? Regional rebranding is fraught

  26-02-2017 15:59
  
  BOSTON  — A new nickname for the river valley in western Massachusetts isn’t sitting well with some residents. Tourism and economic development officials last week rebranded “Pioneer Valley” as “West Mass.” They say the region’s old moniker, which originated in the early 20th century, is outdated and confusing. But an online petition is calling on officials to abandon the new name. The debate is the latest reminder that rebranding can often be a fra
  
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• New York, North Carolina: When should a teen be tried as adult

  26-02-2017 14:14
  
  ALBANY, N.Y.  — New York and North Carolina are the last states that still prosecute all 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in criminal court, but changes may be coming. Both states are considering proposals to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18. Backers say the measures could save millions of dollars by providing rehabilitative services that young people need to keep from offending again. The proposal also would allow young offenders to avoid adult records that can affect the
  
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• One Dead After Vehicle Plunges Into River

  26-02-2017 13:17
  
  (WESTPORT,Conn./CBS Connecticut)   – A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized   after being rescued from the Saugatuck River in Westport last evening. The  victim’s vehicle plunged into the river around 7:40. Customers at a nearby restaurant heard the woman’s cries for help and called 911.
  Westport Police and Fire responded.They used a civilian boat on the side of the river to   get to the woman .She was taken to Norwalk Hospital. A man in th
  
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• Truck rams New Orleans crowd during Mardi Gras parade; 28 injured

  26-02-2017 13:01
  
  NEW ORLEANS — One man is in custody after an accident at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans injured at least 28 people, five seriously, officials said. Police Chief Michael Harrison said the suspect, who was driving a pickup truck that hit two cars before running into the crowd, appeared to be highly intoxicated. Among the injured, the youngest is 3 and the oldest are in their 40s. None of the injuries was life-threatening, officials said. The incident occurred near […]
  
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• Mostly sunny and colder Sunday, another storm approaches early in the week

  26-02-2017 11:13
  
  High pressure builds in for your Sunday with sunshine and much colder air; but keep in mind, this cool down is what you would expect for this time of year with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s, under a partly to mostly sunny sky.  High pressure hangs on across the area Monday with a lighter wind and milder temperatures. Our next storm approaches the region late Tuesday into Wednesday with periods of rain and showers.  Since the storm […]
  
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• What makes a black conservative tick?

  26-02-2017 06:15
  
  At this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) outside of Washington, D.C., black attendees tend to stand out in the mostly white crowd. While 80 percent of black Americans self-identify as Democrats, 86 percent of self-identified Republicans are white — indicating clear political divides along racial lines. While these racial divides were exposed by the 2016 election, African-Americans did vote in larger numbers for Donald Trump than for any other Republican candidat
  
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• Backers hold rally in New Britain in support of universal healthcare

  26-02-2017 05:40
  
  NEW BRITAIN —  A healthcare rally took place at Central Park in New Britain today, where supporters held up signs backing universal health care programs. It was spearheaded by the Central Connecticut chapter of ‘our revolution’, a group that fights for progressive, grassroots change in the United States. One supporter held a sign reading “FACT: 22 million Americans are covered”, where others read “TRUMP: Keep Your Tiny Hands Off Healthcare”. Th
  
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• Senator Blumenthal hosts healthcare town hall meeting

  26-02-2017 05:16
  
  NEW HAVEN —  Senator Richard Blumenthal addressed several serious issues on Saturday at a town hall meeting at Wilbur Cross High School. The senator expressed his frustrations involving the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency and President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. He also addressed a President Trump supporter, who is frustrated over illegal immigration in Connecticut, where he referred to Oscar Obedio Hernandez, the man accused o
  
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• Truck rams crowd during Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans; many injured

  26-02-2017 04:30
  
  NEW ORLEANS, LA — One man is in custody after an accident at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans injured at least 21 people, five seriously, officials said. Police Chief Michael Harrison said it appeared the suspect, who was driving a pickup truck that hit two cars before running into the crowd, was likely highly intoxicated. Among the injured, the youngest is 3 and the oldest are in their 40s. None of the injuries was life-threatening, officials said. The […]
  
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• Man pronounced dead after car lands in Saugatuck River, woman survives

  26-02-2017 03:17
  
  WESTPORT —  One person has been pronounced dead after first responders received a call from witnesses involving a woman screaming for help in a river. On February 25, around 7:40 p.m. Lt. David Farrell of Westport Police Department said people at the restaurant, The Whelk, located on 575 Riverside Avenue in Westport, heard a woman screaming for help in Saugatuck River. Farrell said first repsonders responded immediately, jumping in a boat to save the woman. Farrell said the woman
  
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• East Windsor rolls out proposed agreement for third Connecticut casino

  26-02-2017 02:44
  
  EAST WINDSOR — The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes are proposing a third casino to the state of Connecticut and East Windsor is listed as a potential destination. The community got a first look at the development proposal between the town and MMCT Venture, Saturday, which the board of selectmen unanimously backed. It maps out a 200,000 square foot commercial casino gaming facility, including 100,000 square feet of gaming floor and space designated to hospitality
  
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• East Windsor residents agree to casino proposal; MGM doesn’t

  26-02-2017 02:44
  
  EAST WINDSOR — The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes are adding a third casino to the state of Connecticut and East Windsor is listed as a potential destination. The proposal issued Saturday, states 200,000 square feet of commercial casino gaming facility, including 100,000 square feet of gaming floor and 100,000 feet designated to hospitality services like restaurants, shops, and entertainment. Also the casino will hold 2,000 slot machines and 50 to 150 gaming tables. The t
  
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• All For a Good Cause: Close to 100k raised in Middletown Penguin Plunge

  26-02-2017 02:14
  
  MIDDLETOWN —  It was a record setting fundraiser this year in Middletown where close to $100,000 was raised. Hundreds of people got together Saturday morning for the 17th Annual Middletown Penguin Plunge, a fundraiser to benefit the Special Olympics of Connecticut. Special Olympics coordinator, Debbie Horne, said 332 people took part in the water plunge, from adults to kids. Horne said the largest group donation came from the Polish Falcons Club, a nonprofit fraternal benefit soc
  
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• UConn Extends Streak To 103 With Rout Of Memphis

  26-02-2017 01:14
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson broke out of a shooting slump on Saturday, scoring 29 points to lead top-ranked UConn to a 91-48 win over Memphis that extended the Huskies record winning streak to 103 games.
  The sophomore star, who was just 13 of 40 from the field during her previous three games, hit 11 of her 14 shots against the Tigers. She was 5 of 8 from 3-point range.
  Nepheesa Collier added 19 points and senior Saniya Chong had 14 points and seven assists in her final regula
  
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• Putnam woman charged after troopers find 110 bags of heroin in vehicle

  26-02-2017 01:11
  
  WOODSTOCK —  A Putnam woman is facing criminal charges after police found numerous bags of heroin in her car. On February 25, State Police of Troop D, said they pulled over Alicia Marando, 35, of Putnam, on Senexet Road for committing several traffic violations. Police said, when they spoke to Marando and the two passengers, they suspected criminal activity that involved illegal narcotics. Mirando admitted to police that she had heroin on her. Police said they recovered over
  
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• Strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, heavy rain and lightning this evening

  26-02-2017 00:29
  
  Expect a line of strong to severe thunderstorms to move through the state during the next couple of hours.  Storms have a history producing strong, damaging winds in excess of 50 mph, heavy rain and lightning.  The thunderstorms will quickly move out of Connecticut by 8-9 pm this evening. Our weather calms down on Sunday with sunshine and much colder air; but keep in mind, this cool down is what you would expect for this time of year with highs […]
  
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• Showers ending, partial clearing, much colder after midnight

  26-02-2017 00:29
  
  The line of severe weather has weakened considerably this evening now that the front is through Connecticut.  Much colder air already moving into parts of the state late this evening, may spark a few flurries before the precipitation comes to an end.  Skies will clear out after midnight and temperatures will plunge into the upper 20s to low 30s by sunrise Sunday. High pressure builds in for your Sunday with sunshine and much colder air; but keep in mind, this […]
  
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• Lots of sun, much colder Sunday

  26-02-2017 00:29
  
  High pressure builds in for your Sunday with sunshine and much colder air; but keep in mind, this cool down is what you would expect for this time of year with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s, under a partly to mostly sunny sky.  High pressure hangs on across the area Monday with a lighter wind and milder temperatures. Our next storm approaches the region late Tuesday into Wednesday with periods of rain and showers.  Since the storm […]
  
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