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• Connecticut tax-free shopping week begins today

  20-08-2017 23:54
  HARTFORD — Connecticut’s sales-tax-free week kicks off this weekend as parents and students get ready for the new school year. The 17th annual tax holiday begins Sunday and runs through Saturday. Most clothing and footwear priced under $100 will be exempt from Connecticut’s sales tax of 6.35 percent. Officials say the state will lose an estimated $4 million in tax revenue during the week. State Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin Sullivan says the tax holiday offers an importan
  
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• Interfaith Group Hosts Rally Against Hate at State Capitol

  20-08-2017 23:28
  
  Dozens of people from various faiths rallied against hate outside the State Capitol in Hartford on Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 'Black Lives Matter' Sign Vandalized in Hamden

  20-08-2017 23:10
  
  Hamden police are investigating after someone vandalized as “Black Lives Matter” sign outside a local church.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Drunk Driver Slams into Pole in West Hartford: Police

  20-08-2017 22:09
  
  West Hartford police arrested a drunk driver who crashed into a utility pole and knocked out power on South Main Street Sunday, according to police.Photo Credit: West Hartford Police Department
  
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• Jerry Lewis, comedian,telethon host, dies at 91

  20-08-2017 20:01
  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died. Publicist Candi Cazau says Lewis  passed away Sunday morning of natural causes at age 91 in Las Vegas with his family by his side. Lewis first became a star in a duo with Dean Martin, entertaining audiences in nightclubs, on television and in the movies. After their split in 1956, he starred in and directed a slew of […]
  
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• Eastford woman arrested following attempted robbery outside Plainfield High School

  20-08-2017 18:06
  PLAINFIELD — Plainfield Police say they’ve arrested Mary DeJesse, 19, of Eastford, on a warrant stemming from an attempted robbery back in June. The incident happened on June 12th as a juvenile was walking hom from Plainfield High School. DeJesse, Deontae Alston, 18, of Brooklyn, and two juveniles attempted to rob the victim. Alston was arrested on August 16th, and the two juvenile suspects were arrested on July 20th. DeJesse was found in Thompson by State Police and turned over [&he
  
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• Steven Mnuchin to Yale classmates: “I stand by Trump”

  20-08-2017 17:08
  NEW HAVEN — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin released a full-throated defense of President Trump on Saturday. In a written statement, Mnuchin responded to a letter co-signed by nearly 300 of his former Yale classmates calling on him to leave the administration. “I believe that your letter and these comments raise several important issues and misconceptions that I am prepared to address,” Mnuchin wrote on Saturday. The letter from his Yale classmates was posted to the
  
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• Connecticut tax-free shopping week begins!

  20-08-2017 16:30
  HARTFORD — Connecticut’s sales-tax-free week kicks off this weekend as parents and students get ready for the new school year. The 17th annual tax holiday begins Sunday and runs through Saturday. Most clothing and footwear priced under $100 will be exempt from Connecticut’s sales tax of 6.35 percent. Officials say the state will lose an estimated $4 million in tax revenue during the week. State Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin Sullivan says the tax holiday offers an importan
  
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• Interfaith Group Plans Rally Against Hate in Hartford

  20-08-2017 16:28
  
  Groups across the country continue to rally against racism, and Sunday an interfaith rally is scheduled at the capitol in Hartford, with organizers hoping to send a message of unity after the violence in...
  
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• 23-Year-Old Killed in Norwich Motorcycle Crash

  20-08-2017 15:27
  
  A 23-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Norwich Saturday, according to Norwich police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Shot on Hillside Avenue in Waterbury

  20-08-2017 15:21
  
  Waterbury police are investigating after a 43-year-old man was shot on Hillside Avenue Saturday night.
  
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• The Solar Eclipse is a big deal, so here are more deals to go along with it!

  20-08-2017 15:09
  HARTFORD — As with most extraordinary days in America, when they roll around so do the deals. But although the eclipse will only last a few hours, these deals will last all day! Business Insider has a list of a Solar Eclipse deals ready to go to help make Monday even that much more fun for you and your family: Dairy Queen is offering a buy one get one deal on their popular Blizzard treats with the second Blizzard just 99 […]
  
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• Money Wisdom: 7 Successful Financial Habits

  20-08-2017 15:07
  What can you learn from America’s most successful retirees? Joel of Johnson Brunetti Investments shares seven of their most important financial habits.
  
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• Second officer dies in Kissimmee Florida police shooting

  20-08-2017 13:50
  KISSIMMEE, Florida — A second Florida police officer has died from wounds he suffered in a shooting Friday night, Kissimmee police said on its Facebook page. Sgt. Richard “Sam” Howard died Saturday afternoon, a day after Officer Matthew Baxter died at the scene of a shooting in the central Florida city near Orlando. Earlier, Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said Everett Glenn Miller, 45, had been charged with first-degree murder in Baxter’s killing. The officers were in an
  
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• Mets Big Inning Ends Losing Streak

  20-08-2017 13:19
  By CHARLES O’BRIEN  Associated Press
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Rafael Montero pitched six strong innings in his best effort of the season, Wilmer Flores and Kevin Plawecki each hit long two-run homers to help the New York Mets snap a five-game losing streak with an 8-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.
  Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Conforto each drove in a run for the Mets, who scored seven runs in the sixth _ their season high for an inning _ after being held to just three ba
  
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• Norwich police investigate deadly motorcycle crash

  20-08-2017 13:12
  NORWICH — Norwich Police have identified the man who was killed in a late night motorcycle crash Saturday. Police say Anthony Caruso, 23, was killed after a motorcycle accident. Police responded to the area of Chelsea Harbor Drive to investigate several reports of a motorcycle accident with injuries. When officers arrived, they found a motorcycle and Caruso lying on the sidewalk. Caruso was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say a preliminary investigation into the crash found that Carus
  
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• No Glasses? No Problem! Other Viewing Options for Solar Eclipse

  20-08-2017 11:32
  HARTFORD — Time is running out before the 2017 solar eclipse, and so is the availability of the special safety viewing glasses. That should not stop you from seeing the maximum eclipse on Monday. Viewers calling into Newswatch 16 in Pennsylvania want to know if it is true that a welder’s mask is a safe section option. It technically is true, but you will want to make sure the lens is a dark enough shade. A 12 or 14 shade lens […]
  
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• Sunny, delightful today; slightly warmer Monday with low humidity

  20-08-2017 11:23
  Today is absolutely beautiful: sunny skies and comfortable temperatures with highs averaging in the low to mid 80s.  Our beautiful Sunday will set the stage for a clear comfortable Sunday night with temps dropping in the upper 50s to low 60s. Then it looks like things heat up early next week with highs approaching 90 degrees Monday and Tuesday. Of course, the big solar eclipse is on Monday, and the good news is that it looks like we’ll have abundant sunshine […]
  
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• Yankees Welcome Back CC And Beat Red Sox 4-3

  20-08-2017 07:45
  BOSTON (AP) — CC Sabathia thought about retiring after a knee injury put the 37-year-old left-hander out of commission earlier this month.
  He didn’t, and his return to the New York Yankees’ rotation was perfect timing for a team fighting to stay in the AL East race.
  Tyler Austin hit a three-run home run, Todd Frazier added a solo homer and Sabathia retired 13 of the first 14 batters he faced as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Saturday night.
  Sabathia (10-5), re
  
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• Police investigating shooting in Waterbury

  20-08-2017 05:13
  WATERBURY — Police are investigating a shooting Saturday evening, involving a  Waterbury man. At 10:25 p.m. police received calls of a shooting at the corner of Pine Street and Hillside for calls of shots fired and a person down.  Police said when they arrived, they found a 43 year-old Hispanic man on the ground. The man had two gun shot wounds, one in the chest and one in the groin area. He was transported to Waterbury Hospital. His condition is […]
  
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• Bristol’s distracted driving simulator shows the dangerous of texting and driving

  20-08-2017 04:56
  BRISTOL — Allstate’s Reality Rides simulator made a stop at the Rockwell Park Summer Festival in Bristol  Saturday, to teach people the dangers of distracted driving. The Reality Rides simulator is a stationary vehicle with a virtual reality curved LED screen across the windshield, displaying animated scenarios drivers often encounter. Using the steering wheel, gas and brake pedals, operators try to navigate those situations while also attempting to text message, answer phone ca
  
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• Religious community leaders to host peace rally in Hartford Sunday

  20-08-2017 04:28
  HARTFORD — The Interfaith Coalition Against Racism will peacefully unite against hate in Hartford Sunday afternoon. The organizers of the rally said multiple religious leaders as well as the NAACP and Senator Richard Blumenthal, will meet at the State Capitol at 2 p.m.,  in direct response to the Charlottesville, VA protest that happened last weekend. The leaders of the coalition say they were formed following an act of vandalism, when over 60 grave stones of a Jewish cemetery were ti
  
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• Tow Motor Operator Critically Injured

  20-08-2017 04:27
  Ansonia, Ct.  (CBS Connecticut)  On 8/19/17 at 8:45 A.M., the Ansonia Police Department was notified
  of an accident involving a tow motor on North Prospect Street Extension. The first officer on scene found
  an overturned tow motor and a 47-year-old male suffering from a severe head wound and possibly in
  cardiac arrest. The victim was working for a subcontractor for Lowes Home Improvement making a
  delivery of wood at the time of the incident. The victim was operating the tow motor at th
  
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• Bodies Of Two Fishermen Recovered In Long Island Sound

  20-08-2017 00:23
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ Authorities in Connecticut say rescuers have recovered the bodies of two
  fishermen who went missing on Long Island Sound. Fairfield police Chief Gary McNamara tells The
  Connecticut Post that the two bodies were recovered after 4 p.m. Saturday. He identified the victims as
  32-year-old Victor Paulino and 40-year-old Jose Cruz, both of Yonkers, New York. The U.S. Coast Guard
  suspended a search for the missing men around 2 p.m. after searching a 22-square mile area
  surroundin
  
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