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• Barnes Drops Suspension Appeal

  26-04-2017 23:46
  
  BOSTON (AP) _ Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes has dropped his appeal of a four-game suspension for throwing behind the head of Baltimore’s Manny Machado and will begin serving it Wednesday night.
  Barnes was suspended and fined Monday and had originally said he’d appeal. Manager John Farrell said before the team’s home game against the New York Yankees that the right-hander would start his suspension on Wednesday.
  Boston hosts the Yankees for a rain-shortened, two-game series befor
  
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• Anthony Joshua: ‘Wladimir Klitschko Is Underrated’

  26-04-2017 23:05
  
  Bryan Altman
  On Saturday afternoon, 90,000 spectators will pack Wembley Stadium in London, England to watch local boy and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) defend his title against 41-year-old boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) in the biggest heavyweight bout in quite some time.
  The highly anticipated fight will air live on Showtime on Saturday, April 29 beginning at 4:15 p.m. ET from Wembley.
  After losing his WBO heavyweight belt to Tyson Fury in 2015, and havi
  
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• Attorney: Hernandez Hinted At Suicide Weeks Before His Death

  26-04-2017 22:49
  
  PHILIP MARCELOAssociated PressBOSTON (AP) — Aaron Hernandez hinted about suicide weeks before he was found hanging by a bedsheet in prison last week, according to a jailhouse friend who once sought to share a cell with the former NFL star.
  Lawrence Army Jr., an attorney for inmate Kyle Kennedy, said Wednesday that Hernandez told his client: “I think I’m going to hang it up.”
  Army said Hernandez made the remark in March, during his trial in the killings of two men in
  
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• Malloy Invites Lawmakers To Discuss Budget Next Week

  26-04-2017 22:38
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking battling legislative leaders to meet with him next week to “chart a course together” for reaching an agreement on a new, balanced state budget.
  Malloy extended the invitation Wednesday, a day after the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee abruptly adjourned without taking a vote on a proposed $40.3 billion, two-year spending plan. The move prompted Democratic and Republican legislative leaders to bl
  
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• Layoffs At Bristol-Based ESPN

  26-04-2017 22:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Some 100 on-air personalities at ESPN, including former athletes-turned-broadcasters Trent Dilfer, Len Elmore and Danny Kanell, have lost their jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring that emphasizes a more digital future.
  The sports network has been squeezed by increased rights fees paid to broadcast live events at the same time as millions of cord-cutting TV viewers are abandoning the company.
  ESPN chief John Skipper said Wednesday the company wants to provide distin
  
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• NFL Teams Announcing Day 3 Draft Picks From Grand Canyon, A Zoo, And Outer Space

  26-04-2017 21:57
  
  Bryan Altman
  NFL fans that usually just tune in for the first round of the NFL Draft, and nothing more, might want to rethink that strategy for this year’s draft festivities.
  In an effort to spruce up the usually boring third day of the NFL Draft — which includes teams’ fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh-round selections — the league has announced that a number of NFL teams will be revealing their draft picks from some unbelievable locations.
  >>MORE: CBS Loc
  
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• Suspected Human Remains Found In Greenwich

  26-04-2017 21:22
  
  (Greenwich, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Greenwich police say remains found this morning in town are not related to any current event.
  The discovery was made in the southwest area of Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park, police said.
  Park workers made the discovery as they cleared debris from a wooded section of the park.
  The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was contacted and police say they began their own investigation.
  They’re asking anyone with any information to contact them via th
  
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• Connecticut Business Spotlight April 26, 2017: Seventy2 Architects

  26-04-2017 20:57
  
  One of the many things that makes Connecticut great is its local businesses! WTIC Newstalk 1080, along with Joseph Merritt Company Construction Documents Technology support local businesses in Connecticut and want to thank them for the wonderful work they do.
  This week’s Connecticut Business Spotlight is Seventy2 Architects.
  Insight and imagination-that’s the slogan for seventy2 architects.  Specializing in commercial and residential buildings, seventy2 architects can help
  
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• TODD FEINBURG: Interview with House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz

  26-04-2017 20:45
  
  Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz talks with Todd on how the state budget is (or is not) coming together, and what he hopes will happen in the legislature over the next few days and weeks.
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Florida Charged In Bridgeport Homicide

  26-04-2017 20:24
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Bridgeport police say the man suspected in a fatal shooting at a local restaurant last year was arrested in Florida on Tuesday.
  An arrest warrant was issued for 34-year-old Douglas Rivas the day after Cristobal Hernandez was shot and killed in El Paraiso Restaurant. U.S. Marshals conducted a multi-state manhunt but initially could not find him. Bridgeport police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald says new information lead U.S. Marshals to Rivas in Florida.
  Rivas has been charg
  
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• Man Killed In East Hartford Crash

  26-04-2017 10:49
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A man is dead following a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Oak Street in East Hartford.
  Around 7:15 p.m., authorities say two vehicles heading in opposite directions collided– one of them ending up in the backyard of a home. The driver of that vehicle was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. The victim’s name was not immediately available.
  Two people in the other vehicle were not injured.
  Oak Street was closed overni
  
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• Reports Of Dog Attacks Interrupt Mail Service In Manchester

  26-04-2017 09:41
  
  MANCHESTER, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Some residents of a Manchester neighborhood aren’t receiving their mail at home anymore because a local dog is reportedly biting the mailmen.
  A notice obtained by WVIT-TV from a local post office says that, due to repeated attacks on letter carriers by a local dog, the postal service will now only deliver mail in a Manchester neighborhood curbside or to the post office.
  The letter explains that this is so mailmen won’t have to get ou
  
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• Pizza Delivery Driver Assaulted And Robbed

  26-04-2017 04:16
  
  (VERNON,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –   A pizza  delivery driver was assaulted and robbed Tuesday evening in Vernon. It happened  shortly after 6  pm on Spring Street.
  A Vernon  Police K9 attempted to track the suspect,but  the suspect was not found.
  The victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
  Anyone with information regarding the robbery is asked to call Vernon Police at 860-872-9126.
  
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• Mets And Braves Rained Out

  26-04-2017 00:11
  
  By MIKE FITZPATRICK  AP Baseball Writer
   
   NEW YORK (AP) _ The series opener between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets has been postponed by rain.
  The game was rescheduled Tuesday as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sept. 25 at 4:10 p.m. The twinbill will mark the start of New York’s final home series during the regular season.
  Atlanta, which has lost six straight games, pushed back scheduled starter Julio Teheran to Wednesday night and former Mets knuckleballer
  
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