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• UConn Orders Shelter in Place on Storrs Campus

  29-03-2017 23:44
  
  University of Connecticut (UConn) has ordered a shelter in place on its Storrs campus as police investigate a complaint, the university tweeted.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• WTIC’s Closing Bell Stock Report: March 29, 2017

  29-03-2017 23:00
  
  See where the market closed today with WTIC’s Closing Bell Report, brought to you by Toomey Investment Management, Inc.
  
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• Mets Closer Suspended For 15 Games

  29-03-2017 22:54
  
  By RONALD BLUM   AP Baseball Writer
   New York Mets All-Star reliever Jeurys Familia accepted a 15-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, discipline stemming from an altercation last October.
  The suspension, announced Wednesday, is the fourth and least severe under the policy, which was agreed to in August 2015: New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman (29 games), Colorado shortstop Jose Reyes (51 games) and Atlanta outfielder Hector Olivera
  
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• Trooper Charged With Assault, Kidnapping Pleads Not Guilty

  29-03-2017 22:48
  
  One Connecticut State Police officer accused of being involved in the kidnapping and assault of a man who says two troopers beat him for hours in a Wethersfield home has pleaded not guilty.Photo Credit: Wethersfield Police
  
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• Phil Keoghan On ‘The Amazing Race’ Season 29

  29-03-2017 22:39
  
  The Amazing Race returns for its 29th season on Thursday, March 30th at 10:00 PM ET/PT on CBS. This season will take the 10-time Emmy Award winning series in a brand new direction as the racers will be teamed up with complete strangers. After an initial challenge, contestants will pair up and head out to travel the world in the hopes of winning a one million dollar grand prize!
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to the show’s longtime host, Phil Keoghan, to discuss the upcoming season
  
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• Joe D & Gresh Talk To New UConn Associate Head Basketball Coach Raphael Chillious

  29-03-2017 22:14
  
  Raphael Chillious, the new Associate Head Basketball Coach for UConn Men’s Basketball, joined Joe D & Gresh today.
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• Greatest Game-Winners NCAA Tournament History

  29-03-2017 21:03
  
  by Rob Joyce
  On some level, this has been a relatively tame March Madness. Only one team seeded 1-through-5 (Minnesota) lost in the opening round, and there have only been two game-winning shots in the final seconds or at the buzzer. One was Chris Chiozza of Florida, whose wild runner from three pushed the Gators past Wisconsin in overtime in the Sweet 16.
  The other came in the Elite 8 on Sunday. Kentucky’s Malik Monk hit a contested three to tie things up against North Carolina with just
  
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• Card Skimmers Found in Willimantic

  29-03-2017 21:01
  
  Willimantic police are warning of card skimmers after the department received several reports of the devices from local businesses.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Pomfret Woman Killed In Ashford Crash

  29-03-2017 20:57
  
  ASHFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A two-vehicle head-on crash Wednesday morning in Ashford claimed the life of a Pomfret woman
  State police say Ashley Ryba, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene after her Toyota Prius slammed into a guardrail and then struck an oncoming heavy-duty truck as she traveled west on Route 44, said state police. The driver of the other vehicle, a 53-year-old Tolland man, was not injured.
  The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m., at the intersection with Route 89.
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• Pomfret Woman Killed in Crash on Route 44 in Ashford

  29-03-2017 20:47
  
  A 24-year-old Pomfret woman was killed in a crash on Route 44 in Ashford on Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: 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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• State Offers Guide for Planning in Event of Deportation

  29-03-2017 20:13
  
  The state of Connecticut is providing a guide for parents to come up with a plan that includes “standby parents” in the event that a mother father gets deported or is detained.
  
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• State Compiles ‘Toolkit’ For Families Worried About Immigration Action

  29-03-2017 20:12
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Joined by the mayors of Hartford and New Haven, Governor Dannel Malloy Wednesday announced the state has developed a toolkit to help families worried about immigration enforcement.
  The Family Preparedness Plan includes step-by-step guidance for how undocumented parents can designate a relative or friend to care for their children, in the event that they are detained or deported by immigration authorities.
  “We want to make sure that people have a pl
  
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• Cats Prefer Interacting With People Over Food, Study Finds

  29-03-2017 19:52
  
  CBS Local – Cats do care about their humans. Really. According to a new study, cats care about people even more than food.
  The study took both domestic and sheltered cats and gave them different choices of stimuli. The cats could choose between food, toys, scent or humans. In a surprising twist to most, the cats chose that human interaction over food. Though food came in second.
  “Increasingly cat cognition research is providing evidence of their complex socio-cognitive and problem so
  
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• Tracking Phones: Insurers Deny Claims Based On Doubtful Data

  29-03-2017 19:19
  
  DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — It took Jaclyn Bentley nearly three years to prove she didn’t burn her house down for the insurance money, allegations she and her lawyer say were born of the junk practice of analyzing cellphone tower data.
  She was camping with her husband and co-workers at least 17 miles from her Iowa home in May 2014 when it burned down, she says. An investigator for State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. said cell tower data showed
  
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• Harwinton Bull Back Home After Four Days on the Run

  29-03-2017 19:10
  
  A young bull is back home after four days of wild adventures in Harwinton, according to animal control.Photo Credit: Harwinton Animal ControlThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Greenwich High School on Lockdown Due to Threat

  29-03-2017 19:08
  
  Greenwich High School is on lockdown due to some kind of threat, according to Greenwich police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut,cin
  
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• Retired East Hartford Police Dog Dies

  29-03-2017 19:06
  
  A retired East Hartford police dog died on Sunday, two years after retiring from the department.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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• Dramatic Rescue: Firefighters Pull Man From Burning Building

  29-03-2017 19:02
  
  A firefighter was hospitalized after crews rescued an 82-year-old man from a burning apartment building on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• 30 Players: Athletics Hope Ryon Healy Is For Real

  29-03-2017 16:31
  
  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): 85 G, 337 AB, .326 BA, 14 HR, 64 RBI, 1 SB, .940 OPS
  2016 season (Majors): 72 G, 269 AB, .305 BA, 13 HR, 37 RBI, 0 SB, .861 OPS
  One of the biggest (and also one of the most under-the-radar) surprises of last season was the sudden emergence of Ryon Healy in the second half of the year. Healy, a Mino
  
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• Best Active Coaches Without a Championship

  29-03-2017 16:10
  
  by Rob Joyce
  The Final Four on the men’s side has an interesting dynamic this season. You have a pair of teams making their debuts in the national semifinals: Gonzaga finally managed to get over the hump, while seventh-seeded South Carolina is on a dream run. Oregon made the very first Final Four in 1939 and hasn’t been back since. Then there’s North Carolina – they’ve been here once or twice, trying to finish the job after last season’s heartbreaker in a cham
  
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• Sandy Hook Denier Court No Show

  29-03-2017 16:03
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida woman charged with threatening the parent of a boy killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, was a no-show at change-of-plea hearing.
  The lawyer for 57-year-old Lucy Richards told a federal judge Wednesday that she refused to come to court. The judge issued a warrant for her arrest.
  Richards lives in Brandon, about four hours from the Fort Lauderdale courthouse.
  She was set to plead guilty to a charge of interstate transmis
  
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• Police Seek Suspect In Shooting Near School In New Britain

  29-03-2017 15:19
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP)/CBS Connecticut – Two women and a child have been shot in a domestic dispute in New Britain that forced the lockdowns of a school and a hospital emergency department.  New Britain Police say all of the victims are expected to survive.
  A fourth child was found in the home, but was not injured.
  Police are looking for 36-year-old Jermaine Scott of New Britain.  Scott lives on the same road where the shooting took place, but police did not give his address.
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• Route 10 in Granby Closed For Another 'Super Load' Transport

  29-03-2017 15:11
  
  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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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway March 29, 2017

  29-03-2017 15:06
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20-Ken Dixon, writes about Connecticut politic for the Connecticut Post, and takes a look at Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr.’s possible run for Governor of Connecticut.
  8:20- Deb Polun, Director of Government Affairs/Media Relations for Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, talks about the need to protect the state’s HUSKY insurance program for lower-income individuals.
  8:30- Ed Leavy, president of the State Voca
  
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• Woman Accused of Leaving 2 Young Children Alone in Car

  29-03-2017 14:02
  
  Milford police have arrested a woman accused of leaving two young children alone in the car.
  
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• Arrest Made In Wallingford Robbery

  29-03-2017 03:44
  
  (WALLINGFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  – A Bristol man has been arrested in connection with  a  Saturday   morning robbery at  the Parkway Mobil gas station  and convenience store  on North Colony  Road in Wallingford.On Sunday North Haven Police  responded to a robbery at a gas station in their town .The suspect and  vehicle description were similar to those in the Wallingford  robbery
  With the assistance of the North Haven Police
  
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• New Associate Head Coach For UConn Men’s Basketball

  29-03-2017 02:24
  
   STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ The University of Connecticut has announced the hiring of a new associate head coach on the same day a second player announced he is leaving the program.
  Raphael Chillious, who has been serving as associate head coach at the University of Washington will replace Glen Miller, whose departure from UConn was announced last week.
  Miller was part of Jim Calhoun’s original staff in the 1980s and returned in 2010. No reason was given for his departure.
  Chillious, whom t
  
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• Stadium Authority May Need More Money From City For Debt Payments

  29-03-2017 00:03
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — More money could be needed from the city of Hartford to support Dunkin’ Donuts Park in 2017 and 2018.
  Hartford Stadium Authority Chairman I. Charles Mathews says Centerplan, the former developers of the long-delayed ballpark, still have the rights to the rest of the DoNo Hartford retail, office, and housing development.
  With the rest of the project still not built, it is not generating revenue for the city.
  Mathews says the authority will have to get more money fr
  
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