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• Cops: Dentist treated patients while drunk, staff called 911 

  07-08-2017 23:57
  MARS, Pa.— Police say a dentist in Pennsylvania tried to work on patients while drunk, and after his staff called 911 he told responding officers he’d had an entire bottle of vodka. The Butler Eagle reports Gregory Bellotti is charged with public drunkenness and reckless endangerment. Police say his staff at Refresh Dental Management in Mars called authorities on March 23 to report someone with an “altered level of consciousness.” When officers arrived, they found Bellott
  
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• Danbury Mayor to Undergo Surgery to Remove Brain Cyst

  07-08-2017 23:52
  
  Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton will be undergoing brain surgery to remove a cyst doctors discovered during a recent check-up, the mayor’s office announced Monday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Legal battle continues for Litchfield chabad center

  07-08-2017 23:48
  LITCHFIELD — A lawsuit dragging on for 10 years and counting continued its legal battle in New Haven federal court on Monday. Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County is suing the Litchfield Historic District Commission, alleging religious discrimination. Chabad Lubavitch has owned the building at 85 West Street for 15 years, but the property sits vacant. The Borough of Litchfield said the chabad’s plans to expand the existing building are not in keeping with the district’s charac
  
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• Trump, Blumenthal Clash on Twitter Over Russia Investigation

  07-08-2017 23:38
  
  President Donald Trump again took aim at Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Twitter, criticizing Connecticut’s senior senator Monday morning for passing judgment on the Russian collusion investigation and claiming that...Photo Credit: Getty Images/ NBCThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Money Wisdom: Everything You Need To Know About 401ks

  07-08-2017 23:30
  Joel Johnson shares everything you need to know about your 401K–withdrawals, rollovers, mistakes and best practices.
   
  
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• Danbury mayor, expected gubernatorial candidate having surgery for brain cyst

  07-08-2017 23:23
  DANBURY — Danbury mayor and likely Republican candidate for governor Mark Boughton says he will have surgery to remove a benign cyst in his brain and expects to make a full recovery. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The News-Times reports the epidermoid cyst was discovered during recent tests after Boughton suffered dizzy spells and headaches. He says the cyst is about the size of a lemon. The 53-year-old [&
  
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• CCM Director: Sales Tax Hike Should Benefit Municipalities

  07-08-2017 22:44
  (New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The executive director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities says a sales tax hike like the one pitched in a proposed state budget by House Democrats won’t work.
  Joe DeLong says if there’s going to be a sales tax increase, it should be a component to lessening the tax burden on cities and towns.
  Saying the current system is broken, delong adds they’re suggesting what he calls a “revenue intercept”.
  DeLong says tha
  
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• State police investigating bomb threat in Willington

  07-08-2017 22:42
  WILLINGTON — State police are investigating a bomb threat at a truck stop in the northeastern part of the state. State police said around 2:45 p.m., troopers  were called to TA Willington truck stop on I- 84, exit 71 in Willington for a bomb threat. Police said the truck stop employees made the decision to evacuate the building with the assistance of troopers. Troopers remain on scene investigating. State police K-9 units are assisting with the investigation.
  
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• Potential Bomb Threat Reported in Willington: Troopers

  07-08-2017 22:32
  
  State troopers are investigating a reported bomb threat in Willington on Monday.
  
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• School Counselor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Students

  07-08-2017 22:26
  
  A former counselor at a school for children with emotional, psychological and learning vulnerabilities had been arrested on accusations that he sexually assaulted students.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• August 7 to August 11

  07-08-2017 22:19
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• Trump, Blumenthal exchange jabs on Twitter

  07-08-2017 22:08
  Sen. Richard Blumenthal called President Donald Trump out on Twitter for “bullying” after a Twitter attack from the President accused the senator of lying and being a “phony Vietnam con artist.” Trump’s tweets were apparently prompted by Blumenthal’s appearance on CNN’s “New Day” Monday morning when he spoke to Brianna Keilar about several topics, including the Trump administration’s pursuit of leaks, sanctions on North Korea and Justic
  
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• Loneliness, Social Isolation A Bigger Health Issue Than Obesity, Study Says

  07-08-2017 22:08
  CBS Local — According to a new study, loneliness and social isolation is a greater public health problem for Americans than obesity. Researchers say people with a greater social connection cut their risk of premature death in half.
  “Being connected to others socially is widely considered a fundamental human need — crucial to both well-being and survival,” says Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. “An increasing portion of t
  
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• Law Talk: The Life Span Of Liens

  07-08-2017 22:00
  Law Talk focuses on appealing real estate assessments, and the life span of liens encumbering the title to real property.
  Plus, learn how to stop or modify a garnishment upon one’s wages, and service of process at one’s “usual place of abode.” And precisely what one’s “usual place of abode” is for such purposes anyway?
   
  
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• Stew Leonard’s pulls imitation crab meat from shelves after customer finds metal in product

  07-08-2017 21:58
  DANBURY— Stew Leonard’s pulled all imitation crab meat from the shelves after a customer found razor blades in one of the containers. The customer shared images of the contaminated crab meat on FaceBook. The customer purchased the product on Sunday at Stew Leonard’s in Danbury. “For the record this post was not intended to deter anyone from shopping at any of Stews facilities. As this happened to my family and I, we will continue to shop at Stews. I simply […]
  
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• Police: Man Hit Girlfriend With Truck

  07-08-2017 21:49
  HAMDEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Hamden police have arrested a local man after he allegedly ran over his girlfriend’s leg with his pickup truck.
  Police say it started Sunday afternoon at a home on Constanzo Court with a verbal dispute between 49-year-old Michael Cancel and his 51-year-old girlfriend. Cancel allegedly pushed the woman, slapped her 11-year-old son in the face, pushed her son’s 12-year-old friend and hopped in his Dodge Ram. Police say Cancel sped across the lawn
  
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• Pet Talk: Coughing Cats and Dogs

  07-08-2017 21:20
  Pet Talk spotlights coughing in Cats and Dogs. What causes this? What does it mean? And what can be done?
   
  
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  07-08-2017 21:13
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• Budget Impasse Prompts School Delays, Layoffs And Cutbacks

  07-08-2017 21:10
  By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press
  TOLLAND, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – With no state budget in sight and the first day of school just around the corner, local education officials are making big cost-saving moves and hoping more won’t be necessary.
  At least one district has delayed opening day. In Tolland, 15 teachers and staff have been laid off. Other districts have delayed ordering books and supplies, put off repairs and frozen non-payroll expenses.
  Connecticut has been limping a
  
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• Don Baylor, former MVP and manager of year, dead at 68

  07-08-2017 21:07
  AUSTIN, Texas — Don Baylor, the burly slugger who once held the Major League Baseball record for being hit a pitch and later guided the expansion Colorado Rockies to the playoffs for the first time as manager of the year, died Monday of cancer. He was 68. The 1979 American League MVP died in his hometown of Austin, Texas, after a 14-year battle with multiple myeloma, Baylor’s family said in a statement released by the Angels, the franchise for which […]
  
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• The Connection: Combatting Homelessness

  07-08-2017 21:01
  On this program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa Dematteis-Lepore, are joined by Dr. Mary Ann Haley, Deputy Director at the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. They discuss combatting the complex problem of homelessness throughout Connecticut.
   
  
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• Romance Novel Model Denies Robbing Banks, Convenience Store

  07-08-2017 20:53
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A tattooed romance novel cover model from California has pleaded not guilty to robbing two banks and a convenience store in Connecticut.
  The Hartford Courant reports that 34-year-old David Byers, of Solano Beach, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Friday in Hartford federal court.
  Police say Byers robbed a Chase Bank twice and a Citgo gas station in Greenwich in April.
  Police say Byers evaded officers in Connecticut, New York and Pen
  
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• New London: Police seize gun, multiple rounds of ammunition following investigation

  07-08-2017 20:29
  NEW LONDON— Police located and seized a “357” Smith & Wesson revolver and 11 rounds of ammunition on Monday. Police acquired a search and seizure warrant for 115 Blinman St., New London, where they arrested Ariel Quinones, 61, New London. Quinones is a convicted felon and currently on probation for domestic violence, police said. Quinones was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
  
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• Strange sea creatures leave teen’s legs bloody after swim

  07-08-2017 20:17
  If Jaws left you fearful of going into the water, this story about a much, much smaller predator may only reinforce your fright. The Australian Associated Press reports on the case of Sam Kanizay, a Melbourne 16-year-old who spent about a half-hour soaking his legs, sore from sports, at Dendy Street Beach in Brighton on Saturday. He emerged with his legs dripping in blood. “As soon as we wiped [his legs] down, they kept bleeding,” Sam’s father, Jarrod Kaniza
  
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• Indiana police officers caught sleeping in patrol car

  07-08-2017 20:14
  RICHMOND, Ind. – An Indiana police chief says his department launched an internal investigation after photos turned up on social media showing two officers sleeping in their car at a local cemetery. The incident came to the attention of the Richmond Police Department after someone posted photos of the officers on Facebook Saturday morning with the caption, “Check out what we found this morning.” The photos showed two people asleep in the front seats of a marked Richmond police
  
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• Court Hearing For Boater Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously

  07-08-2017 20:10
  MICHELLE R. SMITHAssociated Press
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Lawyers for a former Middletown man suspected of killing his millionaire grandfather in 2013 met with a judge Monday in a lawsuit over the sinking of his boat with his mother onboard.
  Nathan Carman’s boat sank last year during a fishing trip with his mother. He was rescued after a week on a life raft, but his mother was never found and is now presumed dead. Since then, Carman has been at the center of a num
  
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• Former School Counselor Charged With Sex Assault

  07-08-2017 19:54
  BETHLEHEM, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Following nearly an eight-month investigation, a former counselor at a private school in Bethlehem has been charged with sexual assault.
  State police say they launched an investigation into Michael Capozzi, 26, of Bethlehem after two female students at the Arch Bridge School at Wellspring alleged in December 2016 that Capozzi had sexually assaulted them the prior June. The girls were 15 and 16, said police. The school serves children in grades 1 through
  
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• Customer Finds Metal in Stew Leonard's Imitation Crab Meat

  07-08-2017 19:54
  
  Stew Leonard’s pulled its imitation crab meat from the shelves after a customer at the Danbury store reported finding metal shards in the product Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• State police make arrest in road rage investigation near Shelton

  07-08-2017 19:24
  SHELTON — State police have arrested one man in connection to a road rage incident in Shelton. He is being charged with assaulting a police officer. On August 5, State Police Troop I investigated a road rage incident that occurred on Route 8. Police say that incident resulted in an altercation between two people and through their investigation they arrested Mark Wingster. Wingster, 30, is being charged with assault on a police officer, resisting/interfering with police officer, reckless dr
  
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• Moderate Rain into the Evening

  07-08-2017 19:20
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are forecasting moderate rain for the afternoon and evening commute.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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• Copper Cocktail Mugs Could Give You Food Poisoning, Health Officials Say

  07-08-2017 19:11
  CBS Local — Copper mugs used in trendy cocktails like Moscow Mules may be giving people more than a hangover. Health officials in Iowa say the popular copper cups can give their users food poisoning.
  The state’s Alcoholic Beverages Division made the declaration after examining the poisonous nature of copper and copper alloys mixing with food. According to the Food and Drug Administration’s Moral Food Code, copper is prohibited from coming into direct contact with foods tha
  
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• British Model Was Allegedly Kidnapped To Be Sold On The Dark Web

  07-08-2017 18:53
  CBS Local — A 20-year-old British model says she was kidnapped by a gang that was planning to sell her as a slave on the dark web. Chloe Ayling was reportedly abducted during a trip to Milan, Italy on July 11 and spent a week in the hands of the cyber-crime group known as “Black Death.”
  “Attacked, drugged, handcuffed and closed inside a suitcase, that’s how a 20-year-old English model was kidnapped on July 11 in Milan to be sold to the best offer,” Milan
  
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• Hamden Man Ran Over Girlfriend with Pickup: Police

  07-08-2017 18:48
  
  Hamden police have arrested a man accused of running over his girlfriend with a pickup and slapping her 11-year-old son in the face.Photo Credit: Hamden Police Department
  
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• Jillians Michaels: I was on a horror vacation in Italy

  07-08-2017 18:45
  In a tense argument, Jillian Michaels held her ground with a yacht crew who demanded more money because the ‘mafia in Capri’ had depleted their fuel money, despite already paying them $60,000 to sail the Amalfi Coast, reported the Daily Mail. Michaels said she feared for her safety after chartering a pricey yacht to cruise around the Italian coast for 12 days, only to be ‘held hostage’ for more money. The Biggest Loser star said she booked a luxury boat […]
  
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• Save Big Bucks on Back-to-School During Tax Holiday: BBB

  07-08-2017 18:15
  
  While several stores offer back-to-school deals throughout the summer, the Connecticut Better Business Bureau says wait until the state’s tax holiday to capitalize on savings.Photo Credit: Getty Images/Scott Olson
  
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• Danbury Mayor Boughton Will Have Brain Surgery

  07-08-2017 18:02
  DANBURY, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut mayor and likely Republican candidate for governor says he will have surgery to remove a benign cyst in his brain andexpects to make a full recovery.
  Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
  The News-Times reports the epidermoid cyst was discovered during recent tests after Boughton suffered dizzy spells and headaches. He says the cyst is aboutthe size of a lemon.
  The 53-year-old
  
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• Don Baylor, Former Red Sox, Yankee Dead At 68

  07-08-2017 17:47
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Don Baylor, the 1979 AL MVP with the California Angels who went on to become manager of the year with the Colorado Rockies in 1995, has died. He was 68.
  Baylor died Monday at a hospital in Austin, Texas, his son, Don Baylor Jr., told the Austin American-Statesman.
  His wife, Rebecca Baylor, confirmed the death in a statement posted on Major League Baseball’s website.
  He battled multiple myeloma for more than 10 years.
  Baylor played in all 162 games in 1979 and fin
  
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• Keidel: Mayweather-McGregor, Who Has More To Lose?

  07-08-2017 17:36
  By Jason Keidel
  When it comes to Conor McGregor against Floyd Mayweather Jr., how do you handicap a fight between fighters who have mastered different arts of fighting? When one man steps into another man’s world, realm and home, it’s hard to measure the advantage or disadvantage. Vegas can nudge the needle of wagering one way or another, but they don’t know any better than we do.
  Even more so, what metric measures each man’s risk? How do you gauge risk and reward beyond
  
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• State Police Arrest Man in Shelton Road Rage Incident

  07-08-2017 17:34
  
  Connecticut State Police arrested a 30-year-old Ansonia man after a road rage incident on Route 8 southbound in Shelton Saturday morning.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Farmington PD looking to identify person involved with credit card fraud

  07-08-2017 17:33
  WEST HARTFORD— Farmington police are investigating a credit card fraud involving the probable skimming of an ATM card. Police are looking to identify the person shown in the attached photos which show the person using a duplicated ATM card at a bank located at Bishops Corner in West Hartford on May 22, 2017. Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Sean Fritz at 860-675-2400 or by emailing [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be made by calling 860-675-2483.
  
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• Average mom works equivalent of two full-time jobs, study says

  07-08-2017 17:11
  The average mom works the equivalent of two full-time jobs per week, according to a new study commissioned by Welch’s. The study revealed that if you add up the time the average working mom spends at her paid position and her work at home, it totals 98 hours per week, Working Mother reports. That’s more than two full-time jobs – a 14-hour shift per day. The study also found that working moms still take on the bulk of household chores, especially […]
  
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• Manpower, Overtime a Concern for New London Police Union

  07-08-2017 17:05
  
  The president of the New London Police Union said there is a manpower shortage and officers being forced to work overtime can impact how efficient police are on the street.
  
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• Ready To Play: Vikings TE David Morgan Discusses Finding The Right Balance In Training

  07-08-2017 17:00
  It’s a long and tough road to get to the NFL for most players, but it might be an even more difficult task to get yourself mentally and physically “Ready To Play” in the NFL week in and week out. As we work our way towards the start of the NFL season, we’re speaking with a different NFL player each week and getting a first-hand account from them on how they get themselves ready for all of the rigors that come with competing at the NFL level. Here’s Minneso
  
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• Success Story: Teddy the Barbershop Dog

  07-08-2017 16:51
  
  In South Windsor there’s a celebrity who spends his days at a Paulie’s Professional Barber Shop. Just below the front door bell of the barber shop, there is a doggy in the window - he’s a star named Teddy.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bethlehem man arrested following sexual assault investigation

  07-08-2017 16:50
  BETHLEHEM — State police have arrested a Bethlehem man for the alleged sexual assault of two teenage girls. State police say they began their investigation into the allegations in December of 2016, when they received reports from the Arch Bridge School at Wellspring in Bethlehem. Two teenage girls said that they had been sexually assaulted by a man Milieu Counselor in June of 2016.  The Arch Bridge School is a private school serving children, grades 1-12, with emotional, psycholo
  
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• Connecticut’s upcoming ‘Tax-Free Holiday’ helps keep back-to-school expenses under control

  07-08-2017 16:46
  HARTFORD— Connecticut’s annual week-long tax-free holiday will run Sunday, August 20 through Saturday, August 26. The National Retail Federation said the average family with elementary and high-school children spend an average of $690 on back-to-school items each year. The temporary tax exemptions apply to footwear and other clothing items costing less than $100 per item. Some items include sleepwear, footwear, athletic clothing, and rain jackets. For a complete list of tax-exempt it
  
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• Missing California kindergarten teacher found alive weeks after crash

  07-08-2017 16:39
  MODESTO, Calif. – A kindergarten teacher missing from Modesto, California has been found alive, her father confirmed to KTXL. Jamie Tull was found Friday morning by family and friends who went looking for her near where her car was found crashed in Merced County. She had been missing for nearly three weeks. According to Tull’s father, she has bipolar disorder. He says she had not taken her medication for about six months because a pastor and his wife told her that […]
  
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• Trump Raps Blumenthal As Phony ‘Con Artist’

  07-08-2017 16:02
  WASHINGTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, calling him a “phony Vietnam con artist” after the lawmaker expressed concerns about the Justice Department’s pursuit of leakers and embraced a special counsel’s probe of Russia meddling in the election and possible collusion with Trump campaign officials.
  In a series of tweets from his vacation in New Jersey, Trump dismissed the “hoax Russi
  
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• Mounting Injuries Can Mess Up Your Fantasy Baseball Team Down The Stretch

  07-08-2017 15:59
  By Sam McPherson
  We are now in the final third of the fantasy baseball season, and if your team is like everyone else’s team, the injuries are starting to pile up on your roster. This can be devastating to the owner’s mentality, watching stars like Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw or Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer suffer injuries right when your team is ready to put the league title away.
  This happens to every owner, every year, and if it doesn’t happen to
  
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• Windsor Police ID Tree Worker Killed In Accident

  07-08-2017 14:35
  WINDSOR, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Windsor police have identified the worker killed in a tree-cutting accident Friday in a wooded area along Bloomfield Avenue.
  Police say Shawn Varley, 33, of Harwinton was killed when he was struck in the head by a tree branch.
  Varley had been working for J&J Lumber Corp. of Dover Plains, New York, said police.
  Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the accident, which occurred in the area of 777 Bloomfield Avenue shortly after noon on Fr
  
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