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• 2 Dead In Lebanon Crash

  06-05-2017 17:40
  
  (Lebanon, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Two people were killed in a Friday afternoon crash in the town of Lebanon.
  State Police say a vehicle traveling east on Kick Hill Road just after 2:30 veered over the westbound lane and hit several trees in the shoulder.
  The car, a 2011 Hyundai Sonata, wound up on its roof.
  The three people inside were ejected from the vehicle.
  Troopers say 42-year-old Alejandro Rentas and 43-year old Levorio Guerrio of The Bronx, New York died.
  Another person was injured
  
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• Riders Honoring Newtown Victims Due Sunday

  06-05-2017 16:42
  
  NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) – A team of 26 bicyclists is set to arrive in Newtown this weekend, putting a new twist on an annual ride to honor the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.
  The riders have peddled from Newtown to Washington D.C. every year since the shooting at the elementary school to push for national gun control legislation.
  This year the riders, one for every victim, have decided to do the ride in reverse.
  They are set to arrive in Newtown on Sunday.
  Ride organizer Monte
  
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• Archdiocese To Discuss Parish Reorganization

  06-05-2017 15:50
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Details have been released on a plan to reorganize the Hartford Archdiocese.
  Ahead of a Sunday news conference, the plan is for the Archdiocese to reduce to 127, the number of parishes, down from the current 212.
  In a statement, the Archdiocese says 68 parishes will remain as is and 59 will merge.
  Those mergers would involve unions of anywhere from two-to-six parishes apiece.
  In addition 186 buildings would remain open with 26 closing, with scheduled mas
  
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• Banged-Up Mets Battle Back

  06-05-2017 04:50
  By MIKE FITZPATRICK   AP Baseball Writer
   
   
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ T.J. Rivera homered early and hit a two-run double to tie the score in a five-run seventh inning that rallied the New York Mets past the Miami Marlins 8-7 on Friday night.
  Wilmer Flores drew a four-pitch walk from Kyle Barraclough with the bases loaded and two outs to force in the go-ahead run. New York opened the inning with six straight hits off normally reliable reliever Brad Ziegler (1-2), who did not ret
  
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• Mets Add d’Arnaud To Disabled List

  06-05-2017 02:32
  
  By MIKE FITZPATRICK  AP Baseball Writer
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud was placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday with a bruised right wrist, the latest setback for a New York team beset by several key injuries already this season.
  The oft-injured d’Arnaud is expected to wear a splint for at least seven days and then rest his wrist until he can resume baseball activities. He is likely to be sidelined at least a couple of weeks.
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• School Bus Crashes In West Hartford

  06-05-2017 02:18
  
  (WEST HARTFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  – A school bus carrying  students from the Hebrew High School of New England  rear-ended a passenger vehicle on Simsbury  Road in West Hartford  shortly before  3  o’ clock  Friday afternoon.
  The driver of the vehicle  rear-ended  complained of neck pain. No students were injured.Both  vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
  The bus driver was  issued an infraction for failure to 
  
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• Westbrook Bank Robbery Suspect Being Sought

  06-05-2017 01:36
  
  (WESTBROOK,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  The search continues for the man who robbed the Key Bank at  1238 Boston Post Road in Westbrook Friday afternoon.
  The suspect entered the bank shortly after  4:30 and implied he had a weapon, but none was displayed.He fled with an undetermined amount of cash.He may have fled in a gray SUV type vehicle parked behind an adjacent business.
  No one was injured.
  Anyone with information about the robbery or suspect is asked to contact Stat
  
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• Man Charged Fatal Hit And Run In Waterbury

  06-05-2017 01:28
  (WATERBURY,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  Waterbury Police   have charged a  local man  they say fled the scene after striking a  pedestrian Thursday night on Cooke Street.47 year old Alton Staton of Waterbury was crossing  Cooke Street  near Gordon Street when he was struck.Staton was then struck by another car and dragged down the street, before breaking free.
  Staton was taken to Waterbury Hospital where he died a short time later.
  The driver of t
  
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• New Haven Death Ruled A Homicide

  06-05-2017 01:19
  (NEW HAVEN,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –  The death of a 52 year old woman in New Haven has been ruled a homicide.Midday Thursday  New Haven Police ,Firefighters and EMT’s  responded to  the report of a deceased person  inside  39D Jennings Way.
  The person has been identified as  Sherri Ann Ruffin, who  lived at that address.
  Police are asking anyone with information  that may help in the investigation to  call New Haven Police Detec
  
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• Clutch Clout For Yankees In Chicago

  06-05-2017 00:25
  By ANDREW SELIGMAN   AP Sports Writer
   CHICAGO (AP) _ Brett Gardner lined a slider from Hector Rondon into the right-field bleachers with two outs in the ninth inning for a three-run homer that lifted the New York Yankees over the World Series champion Chicago Cubs 3-2 in a dramatic series opener Friday.
  Home runs by Kris Bryant in the first and Kyle Schwarber in the sixth off Michael Pineda staked the Cubs to a 2-0 lead on a 45-degree afternoon with the wind blowing in.
  Chase Hea
  
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