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• Yard Goats Will Name Hot Dog After Fan With Best Recipe Monthly

  16-03-2017 23:05
  
  You could have a hot dog named after you at the new Dunkin' Donuts stadium in Hartford.Photo Credit: Yard Goats
  
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• UConn Star Recruit Watching March Run, Waiting For Her turn

  16-03-2017 22:03
  
  PAT EATON-ROBB, AP Sports Writer
  STORRS, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Megan Walker is not your average UConn fan.
  The 6-foot-1 consensus national high school player of the year from Chesterfield, Virginia, says she’ll be rooting hard for the Huskies in the NCAA Tournament, while thinking about what it will be like to be playing with them next March.
  “I’m part of the team now,” Walker said after picking up her Gatorade Player of the Year award on Wednesday night.
  
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• WTIC’s Closing Bell Stock Report: March 16, 2017

  16-03-2017 22:00
  
  See where the market closed today with WTIC’s Closing Bell Report, brought to you by Toomey Investment Management, Inc.
  
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• Funniest WWE Stories Ever With Mean Street Posse’s Pete Gas

  16-03-2017 21:47
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  Pete Gas will be remembered in WWE for his argyle sweaters and khaki pants. His illustrious run with the Mean Street Posse and two reigns as WWF Hardcore Champion live in infamy among fans of the Attitude Era. But the lasting memory I will have of Pete Gas is that he blew off Shane McMahon to do this interview. Just before we started recording, the new author told me that his boyhood friend and current SmackDown Live commissioner was calling. I asked Pete whether he wanted to ca
  
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• Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne And Jon Pardi Take Home New Artist ACM Awards

  16-03-2017 21:27
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  Maren Morris’ year keeps on getting bigger and better. After winning the GRAMMY for Best Country Solo Performance (for her single “My Church“), the young country singer won the ACM Award for New Female Vocalist of the Year. 
  Related: ACM Awards Watch: Who Will Win Single, Song and Album of the Year?
  The Academy of Country Music announced its three new artist category winners today (March 14th) and besides Morris, Brothers Osborne took home th
  
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• Connecticut Democrats Seek To Toughen Hate Crimes Laws

  16-03-2017 21:06
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Some Connecticut lawmakers want to toughen the state’s hate crimes laws, such as increasing penalties and creating a hotline and text line so people can report incidents of harassment or intimidation of minority groups.
  Democrats in the General Assembly unveiled their proposed legislation Thursday. They say it’s in response to an uptick in hate-related crimes, including murders, assaults, bomb threats and vandalism targeting different
  
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• 30 Players: Royals Deciding How To Utilize Top Prospect Matt Strahm

  16-03-2017 21:00
  
  By Rich Arleo
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
  2016 season (Minors): 22 G, 18 GS, 102 1/3 IP, 4.13 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 3 W, 107 SO, 23 BB
  2016 season (Majors): 21 G, 0 GS, 22 IP, 1.23 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 2 W, 30 SO, 11 BB
  Tommy John surgery is never something you want associated with a young pitcher. In the rare case of Matt Strahm, however, his best has come after undergoing the
  
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• Pizza Delivery Driver Robbed at Gunpoint in Bridgeport

  16-03-2017 20:59
  
  A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint on Westfield Avenue in Bridgeport earlier this week and police are investigating.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Tractor-Trailer Turns Over on I-84 in Union

  16-03-2017 20:35
  
  A tractor-trailer turned over on Interstate 84 in Union on Thursday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Police Identify Dead Mother Of Left-Alone Child

  16-03-2017 20:34
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP)  – Police have identified an East Hartford woman who was dead for days while her 3-year-old daughter was alone and survived on cereal inside their home.
  Authorities said Thursday that the woman was 37-year-old Twanna Toler. Her body was discovered Monday in a bedroom of her East Hartford apartment when a social worker went to check on the child because she missed day care.
  Police say the girl was dehydrated but healthy. She was taken to a
  
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• Police ID Suspect in West Hartford Road Rage Incident

  16-03-2017 19:58
  
  West Hartford police have been searching for a man they said was involved in a road rage incident and they said they have identified a suspect.Photo Credit: West Hartford 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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• West Hartford Police ID Road Rage Suspect

  16-03-2017 19:25
  
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – West Hartford police say they are pursuing criminal charges in connection with a road-rage incident Wednesday.
  Police say a vehicle heading southbound on New Park Avenue accidentally splashed a man with snow and slush as it drove by him. The man allegedly got in his car and chased the driver of the other vehicle– exiting his car, grabbing a crow bar from his truck and striking the woman’s vehicle several times. Police say the attacker wa
  
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• Police Urge Caution After Several OfferUp Robberies and Carjackings

  16-03-2017 19:24
  
  Hartford police are investigating several robberies and carjackings targeting people looking to buy items on sites, such as OfferUp, and police are urging people to conduct transactions in the front parking lot...Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• String Of Robberies Connected To Online Purchases

  16-03-2017 19:17
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Hartford Police say there have been at least eight robberies in the city in recent months, targeting people who arranged to buy items through the web site OfferUp.com.
  Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley says when the victims arrived at predetermined locations to purchase the items, the supposed sellers turned out to be criminals.
  “People come into the city from out of town, unsuspecting, into the neighborhoods, and they get robbed at gunpoint of their car sometimes,
  
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• Stamford Dental Practice Manager Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

  16-03-2017 19:04
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The office manager of a Stamford dental practice has pleaded guilty to using a retired dentist’s records to charge insurance companies almost $600,000 for work that was never performed.
  Elena Ilizarov pleaded guilty in federal court this week to wire fraud.
  Prosecutors say that from 2005 to 2016 while working at Advanced Dentistry, she billed insurance companies for services supposedly performed by the dentist who retired in 2011. The dent
  
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• Police ID Woman Found Dead in East Hartford Home

  16-03-2017 18:53
  
  Police are investigating after finding a woman dead and her 3-year-old daughter living alone in an apartment on Silver Lane in East Hartford, where the toddler survived by eating cereal she found on the...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• First Alert: Snow to Impact Weekend Plans

  16-03-2017 18:15
  
  NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a 'First Alert' for accumulating snow possible this weekend.
  
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• March Madness: Big Shots

  16-03-2017 16:59
  
   
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
  Connecticut (CBS) – If you haven’t already, check out my article on the biggest upsets of the past 5 years. It is the first in a four part series to gear up for the first 4 days of March Madness. In the 2nd part we bring you a compilation of the biggest shots in the more recent NCAA Tournaments. Or in other words whatever YouTube has available for me to show you. This should get the juices flowing before tip-off this afternoon. Coming tomorrow
  
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• Suspect in Newington Gas Station Assault Cooperating: Police

  16-03-2017 16:58
  
  The day after releasing surveillance photos of a man police were looking for in connection with the assault of a person at a gas station last week, Newington police said they have a suspect.Photo Credit: Newington Police
  
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• AAA Dealing With Many Dead Batteries, Stuck Cars

  16-03-2017 16:55
  
  More than 1,500 people called AAA Wednesday because their car batteries died or they got stuck in the snow and ice.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• DRS Halts Electronic Filings From 3 Local Preparers

  16-03-2017 16:17
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut’s revenue services commissioner is halting electronic tax filings at three tax preparer businesses in the state.
  DRS Commissioner Kevin Sullivan says he’s taking the action based on what he’s calling the high volume of questionable returns and suspicious filings received.
  Sullivan says electronic filings are suspended at Liberty Tax Service in East Hartford and Perfect Preparer outlets in New Haven and Ansonia.
  The commissio
  
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• The Women’s Beat: Annnnnnd Away We Go!!

  16-03-2017 16:02
  
  by Bob Joyce
  One of the best weekends of the sports calendar– the first four days of the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament… Just FYI, I filled out the Men’s bracket today with some upsets included, but ultimately my Final Four is Duke, Arizona, Kansas, and North Carolina… with ‘Zona beating the Heels in the finals.
  But if you want my take on the Women’s tournament, where we all know who’s trying for a fifth consecutive national c
  
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• WATCH: 5-Year-Old Stratford Boy to Appear on Ellen DeGeneres

  16-03-2017 15:57
  
  Nate Seltzer, a 5-year-old from Stratford, is an expert on geography and he’ll be showing off his skills this afternoon on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”Photo Credit: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
  
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• South Windsor Man Charged With Choking and Restraining Woman

  16-03-2017 15:37
  
  South Windsor police have arrested a resident who is accused of choking, restraining and threatening a woman during a domestic dispute at his home.Photo Credit: South Windsor Police
  
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• Man Charged With Choking Woman

  16-03-2017 15:30
  
  (South Windsor, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – South Windsor police are charging a man stemming from an incident earlier this year in which he allegedly choked a woman.
  They say 50-year-old Jani Hatika is facing charges in the incident last month.
  According to police, Hatika was involved in a disupute with the alleged victim that became physical.
  That’s when they say he choked her at his home on Glenwood Road in South Windsor.
  Hatika faces a list of charges including assault, strangulation
  
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• Fast Food Helps Lead To Suspect In Fatal Hit-And-Run

  16-03-2017 13:41
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police say trash from a fast food restaurant helped them make an arrest in a hit-and-run traffic crash that left a motorcyclist dead.
  Police said Wednesday that Roger Sullivan Jr. faces charges including negligent homicide in the October 8 death in New Haven of 31-year-old Garry Gulledge.
  Witnesses told police that an Acura SUV struck Gulledge’s motorcycle, and then sped away. Gulledge died at the hospital.
  A piece of the SUV recovered at t
  
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• March Madness: Top 10 Upsets of the Last 5 Years

  16-03-2017 13:20
  
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
  Connecticut (CBS) – The men’s basketball tournament is referred to as “March Madness” for a reason. It’s simply mad. 67 games full of crazy upsets, overtimes and buzzer beaters, all in 20 days. The Cinderella’s and the David’s vs. the Goliath’s, it’s all that makes sports, and especially college sports, great. To get you ready for the excitement and possible upsets that could occur today, I will rank the top 1
  
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• Police: Girl, 3, Lived Alone With Dead Mom For Several Days

  16-03-2017 13:19
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Authorities in East Hartford say a 3-year-old girl was found living alone with her dead mother and with nothing to eat but cereal for several days in an apartment.
  Police said Wednesday the 37-year-old woman’s body was discovered Monday in the bedroom of an apartment when a social worker went to check in on the child, who had missed day care.
  Lt. Joshua Litwin says the girl survived by eating cereal spilled on the floor. Police don&rsqu
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway March 16, 2017

  16-03-2017 11:24
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- David Cadden, a professor emeritus at Quinnipiac University’s School of Business discusses Alexion Pharmaceuticals in New Haven, which announced plans to lay off 210 employees.  Cadden reminds us, this is not the first time a company that is part of the First Five program has undergone layoffs.
  8:20- Walter Olson of Overlawyered.com looks at the new Seattle law which strips landlords of choice of tenants. Pl
  
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• 3-Year-Old Found Alone with Mother's Body in East Hartford

  16-03-2017 04:03
  
  Police are investigating after a woman was found dead and her 3-year-old daughter was found living alone in an East Hartford home, police said Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The Big Dig: No Easy Task

  16-03-2017 03:42
  
  Areas of Connecticut were digging out from anywhere from 1-2 feet of snow on Wednesday, and with freezing temperatures, that was no easy task.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Suffield Police Issue Warning After 2 Dogs Bitten by Raccoon

  16-03-2017 03:25
  
  Suffield police issued a warning about rabies after two dogs were bitten by a raccoon Monday.
  
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• Congress votes to allow states to drug-test the unemployed

  16-03-2017 02:20
  
  Undoing an Obama-era regulation WASHINGTON —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign off on a new law that will likely subject more unemployed Americans to drug tests before they can claim jobless benefits. The resolution — approved by the Senate on Tuesday after passing in the House in February — nixes a Labor Department regulation that limited how many unemployment-benefit applicants states could test for drugs. The old rule, implemented under former President Barack
  
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• Bills on Proposed Third Casino Sail Through Committee

  16-03-2017 02:10
  
  A pair of bills that would expand casino gambling Connecticut sailed through a General Assembly committee Wednesday, setting the stage for a heated debate between warring ideologies on how the state should...Photo Credit: Tecton ArchitectsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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