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• CT Humane Society Heads to Houston for Animal Rescue Efforts

  03-09-2017 23:36
  
  Four members of the Connecticut Humane Society are heading to Houston where they will help with the rescue and rehabilitation efforts for animals separated from their families during Hurricane Harvey.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Found With Drugs in Car After Salisbury Crash: CSP

  03-09-2017 19:23
  
  State police arrested a North Haven man on drug charges after they say troopers found a variety of drugs in his vehicle while they were responding to a rollover crash in Salisbury Friday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Man Injured in Shooting Outside New Haven Restaurant

  03-09-2017 18:06
  
  New Haven police are investigating after a man was shot near a restaurant on Park Street shortly after midnight Sunday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Motorcycle and Minivan Collide in Bristol

  03-09-2017 17:20
  
  A 21-year-old from Bristol suffered life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle accident on Divinity Street in Bristol Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Person Found Dead In New Britain Apartment

  03-09-2017 16:49
  (NEW BRITAIN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – New Britain Police responded to 93 Tremont Street Saturday morning on the report of a deceased male.He was found in a first floor apartment shortly after 8:30.He was pronounced  dead at the scene and the death was deemed suspicious in nature.
  New Britain Police, State Police ,the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the New Britain State’s Attorney’s Office are investigating.
  
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• Police Search For Two Suspects After Shooting in Manchester

  03-09-2017 04:36
  
  Police are looking for two suspects after a man was shot in Manchester Saturday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Prosecutor Won’t Answer Questions About Lawyer Death Probe

  03-09-2017 03:45
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut prosecutor is citing executive privilege in declining to answer questions about how he concluded there was no evidence of a homicide in the 2014 case of a lawyer found fatally shot in a wrecked sport utility vehicle.
  Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky III invoked the privilege during a deposition in July in a lawsuit against Redding police officials over their handling of the investigation into the death of Gugsa Abraham “Abe” D
  
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• Add Injury To Insult As Mets Drop 2

  03-09-2017 03:20
  By KRISTIE RIEKEN  AP Sports Writer
   HOUSTON (AP) _ The Houston Astros entered Saturday hoping to provide some cheer to a city ravaged by Hurricane Harvey in their first games at home since the storm.
  They left the ballpark feeling encouraged after sweeping a day-night doubleheader over the New York Mets in front of a combined crowd of more than 60,000 fans in the first professional sporting event in the city since the storm.
  “It was a long day but a productive day for us,”
  
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• NTSB Releases Report On Plane Crash That Killed Instructor

  03-09-2017 03:15
   
  NEW MILFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on a small plane crash that killed a Connecticut flight instructor and injured two other people.
  The report issued Friday says there were no witnesses to the Aug. 11 crash in New Milford that left 57-year-old co-pilot Anthony Morasco dead. Authorities said the single-engine Cessna 172 crashed near a small private airport after taking off from nearby Danbury Municipal Airport.
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• Man Gets Prison For Role In Heroin Trafficking Ring

  03-09-2017 03:13
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Federal authorities in Connecticut say a man is headed to prison for his role in a heroin trafficking ring.
  The U.S. attorney’s office says Erison Peralta was sentenced Friday to more than three years behind bars. He pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin.
  Court documents say Peralta was arrested in January after he and others were found inside a Hartford home where a search turned up more t
  
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• Remnants of Harvey Make for Rainy Sunday Forecast

  03-09-2017 02:12
  
  The Labor Day Weekend weather forecast will start out and end on a good note however there are some weather issues for Sunday.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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• Holliday Returns With 3-Run HR, Yankees Beat Red Sox 5-1

  03-09-2017 01:16
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Matt Holliday once again became a bruising designated hitter against his former designated sitter.
  Holliday made a smashing return to the Yankees’ lineup after being sidelined a month, launching a three-run homer that led Masahiro Tanaka and New York over the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox 5-1 Saturday.
  “We’ve missed that,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
  The Yankees, already holding the top spot in the wild-card race, pulled within 41/2 games of Boston.
  
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