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• Gene Michael Dies

  07-09-2017 23:39
  By RONALD BLUM   AP Baseball Writer
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Gene Michael, the slick-fielding shortstop nicknamed Stick who went on to manage the New York Yankees and then as an executive built a power that won four World Series in five years, died Thursday. He was 79.
  Michael had a heart attack and died at his home in Oldsmar, Florida, his wife, Joette, said.
  At 6-foot-2 and about 180 pounds in his playing days, Michael hit just .229 with 15 home runs in 10 big league seasons, seven wit
  
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• 3 deaths reported in US Virgin Islands following Hurricane Irma

  07-09-2017 23:21
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —  Authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands say three people have died after Hurricane Irma caused what they described as “catastrophic” damage. Governor spokesman Samuel Topp said Thursday that the deaths occurred in the St. Thomas and St. Johns district. Officials say crews are clearing many roads that remain inaccessible. Irma also killed four people and injured about 50 on the French side of St. Martin, an island split between Dutch and French contr
  
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• Worth The Wait For The Yankees

  07-09-2017 23:18
  By DAVID GINSBURG   AP Sports Writer
   
  BALTIMORE (AP) _ Aaron Judge and Chase Headley hit two-run homers, Starlin Castro and Todd Frazier added solo shots and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 Thursday for their first series win at Camden Yards in four years.
  Didi Gregorius had three hits and scored twice for the Yankees, who closed within 3 1/2 games of AL East-leading Boston and fortified their grip on the top AL wild card.
  Sonny Gray (9-9) gave up one unearned
  
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• Bronin: With no state budget, Hartford to run out of money in 60 days

  07-09-2017 23:16
  HARTFORD —  The mayor of Hartford said the city would seek permission to file for bankruptcy if it doesn’t get the state aid it needs by early November because of state budget gridlock. Mayor Luke Bronin sent a letter Thursday to legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy.  Lawmakers haven’t been able to agree on a budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 and the following year. Malloy is running the government under his limited spending authority. He&r
  
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• Equifax data breach could impact 143 million US consumers

  07-09-2017 23:13
  NEW YORK — Credit reporting firm Equifax announced on Thursday nearly half of the US population could be impacted by a data breach incident that happened earlier this year. The information obtained in the breach includes names, social security numbers, birth dates, address, and some driver’s license numbers. Equifax said 143 million consumers could be impacted. According to census.gov, the US population is just over 325 million. The company discovered the breach on July 29
  
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• PD: Body found outside Marlborough gas station

  07-09-2017 22:00
  MARLBOROUGH —  Police are investigating after a body was found outside a gas station Thursday morning. Police said they found Jesse Petronio, 32, of Newington “unresponsive” outside of the Citgo gas station located at 394 North Main Street around 11:15 a.m. Police said Petronio was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said there was no criminal aspect to the death of Petronio and the The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to de
  
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• White Christians No Longer A Major Of U.S. Population, Study Finds

  07-09-2017 21:35
  CBS Local — As the demographics of the United States continues to change, a large religious and ethnic combination is no longer representing the majority of the country. According to a study by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), the number of white Christians now makes up less than half of America’s population.
  The institute says only 43 percent of the 101,000 people surveyed identified themselves as both white and Christian. Less than 50 years ago, that number was r
  
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• Governor’s New Budget Plan Restores Some State Aid To Towns

  07-09-2017 21:30
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s new budget plan would restore some state aid to cities and towns that he slashed in a previous proposal.
  The Democratic governor announced Thursday that the new plan would increase municipal aid by nearly $900 million compared with the proposal he issued last month. His plan would go into effect only if the state budget impasse isn’t resolved by the end of the month.
  Malloy previously called for eliminating or r
  
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• Ex-Juvenile Detention Officer Sentenced On Drug Charge

  07-09-2017 21:09
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A former Connecticut juvenile detention officer has been sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a drug distribution ring that involved several people who worked in law enforcement.
  Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Jeffrey Gentile, of Ansonia, was sentenced Thursday in Hartford for using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of amphetamine.
  Gentile, who was a juvenile detention officer at the time of the offense, was among 10
  
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• Essex Attorney Accused of Embezzling $300K From Client

  07-09-2017 20:51
  
  An Essex attorney who is accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from clients and fleeing to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and San Diego, California has been arrested in Connecticut and charged with embezzlement.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Woman Sentenced To Prison For Relationship With Teen

  07-09-2017 20:27
  GROTON, Conn. (AP) — A 35-year-old Connecticut woman will serve one year in prison for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy.
  The Day reports that Dawn Kerr, of Groton, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to risk of injury to a minor in July.
  A judge sentenced Kerr to seven years in prison, suspended after one year served. Kerr does not have to register as a sex offender, but she must submit to sex offender evaluation and treatment.
  The victim’s mot
  
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• College Football 2017: Week 2 Games To Watch

  07-09-2017 20:00
  Ryan Mayer
  College football certainly didn’t disappoint on its opening weekend. There were upsets galore, including multiple FCS over FBS teams, Texas’ Tom Herman era getting off to a rocky start, and a 35-point comeback for the Bruins over the Aggies. Needless to say, the marquee match-ups (outside of FSU-Bama) largely lived up to expectations.
  This week, we’ve got another slate of really good games to offer you. The problem is, four of them will start within an hour of each o
  
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• ‘We Are Never Going To Evacuate Animals’: How Zoos And Aquariums Prepare For A Hurricane

  07-09-2017 19:28
  CBS Local — When you work with ferocious jungle cats, massive sea creatures, and countless insects, it’s easy to see how mapping out a hurricane disaster plan for all of them will become a problem.
  The one-two punch of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the southern states is not the first major weather event to force animal care facilities to get creative with their storm prep. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated much of the Miami area.
  MORE: Latest Hurricane Irma Updates From CBS
  
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• Who Will Be The NFL’s Most Surprising Team?

  07-09-2017 19:26
  By Matt Citak
  The start of the 2017 NFL season is finally here. It is reasonable to expect teams like the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers to have strong years, as these franchises tend to be regulars in the playoffs. However it is a lot more difficult to predict which under-the-radar clubs will find their way to postseason play come January. Who will be this year’s Oakland Raiders or Dallas Cowboys? We asked several members of the NFL on CB
  
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• East Haven Chamber of Commerce Collecting Donations for Shelter Dogs from Texas

  07-09-2017 19:08
  
  The East Haven Chamber of Commerce is collecting donations to help the Shore Haven Veterinary Hospital, which will be receiving shelter dogs from Texas on Saturday.Photo Credit: Getty Images/Hero Images
  
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• Florida Sheriff says those with warrants should go to jail; not a hurricane shelter

  07-09-2017 18:31
  WINTER HAVEN, Florida — “If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we’ll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail.” These are the words of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Winter Haven, Florida, which tweeted out a series of confusing warnings as the state prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Irma. The string of four tweets at first seemed to claim officers will be checking IDs at […]
  
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• ‘Panic buying’ sparks gas shortages in Florida – and it’s likely to get worse

  07-09-2017 18:23
  MIAMI — Florida residents racing to get out of Hurricane Irma’s destructive path have encountered a serious obstacle: gasoline shortages. At least 40% of gas stations in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale region are without fuel, according to estimates from crowdsourcing platform GasBuddy. About one-third of the gas stations in the West Palm Beach and the Fort Myers-Naples regions are in the same position. Central population centers like Tampa are also being affected, as well as the northern
  
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• College Students Fleeing Irma Return to Connecticut

  07-09-2017 18:22
  
  As Hurricane Irma takes aim at Florida, thousands of people are evacuating the state, including some Connecticut residents who go to school there.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Golfers finish a round as massive Oregon wildfire rages behind them

  07-09-2017 18:05
  PORTLAND, Oregon — Everybody knows golfers just hate to stop a good round. So, when the Eagle Creek fire, a 31,000-acre blaze burning near Portland, Oregon, encroached on the nearby Beacon Rock Golf Course, things didn’t exactly grind to a halt. Staff at the golf course — located in Washington state, just across the Columbia River from the fire — posted pictures on Wednesday to Facebook of golfers carrying on as the massive wildfire raged through trees on a near
  
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• Random Dog Attack Story A Lie, Say Police

  07-09-2017 18:00
  PLAINFIELD, Conn. (AP) – Police say a Connecticut couple lied about a random dog attack that left a woman with dozens of stitches.
  Nicholas Guarneri told The Norwich Bulletin earlier this week that he and 21-year-old Jade Santiago were walking in Plainfield on Saturday when a roamingdog came up and bit Santiago’s chin. She needed about 45 stitches.
  The newspaper (http://bit.ly/2xRK2OD ) reports that police said Wednesday that the woman was actually attacked by a pet belonging to anot
  
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• Hurricane Irma Creates Travel Chaos, Cancels Flights And Cruises

  07-09-2017 17:54
  CBS Local — As millions of Floridians brace for Hurricane Irma, travelers all over the country are also feeling the impact of the Category 5 storm.
  Several flights out of the state and many cruise ship companies have already canceled their trips due to the potentially disastrous weather. According to CBS News, major cruise lines like Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival, and Disney Cruise Lines have all canceled or altered the itinerary for trips set to leave from Miami and Tam
  
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• Global Force Wrestling On The Ropes

  07-09-2017 17:52
  By Chuck Carroll
  And then there were two?
  One of WWE’s top two competitors, Global Force Wrestling, faces an uncertain future. After a brief respite from chaos, turbulence has returned in significant fashion to the company formerly known as TNA Wrestling. In short: new owner, same story.
  The wrestling promotion was thrust back into disarray this week after removing Jeff Jarrett from his position as Chief Creative Officer. GFW’s parent company, Anthem Media, released only a vague stat
  
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• Dad Hired Man So Daughter’s Boyfriend Would Go to Jail: PD

  07-09-2017 17:44
  
  A Shelton father who did not like his daughter’s boyfriend is accused of hiring a man to file a complaint against the beau in the hopes that he’d be sent to prison, according to Shelton police.Photo Credit: Seymour Police
  
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• Pet of the Week: Violet

  07-09-2017 17:43
  Here’s a cutie! Violet is a female Pit Bull mix with a smile as bright as the sun! She is 5-6 years old and spayed. She was rescued from a local pound. She was originally found roaming and was never claimed. It’s evident that Violet has been a mother at least a couple of times and it seems to be in her nature! Violet is very sweet and friendly. Violet also acts like a puppy, bouncing around, happy and having […]
  
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• Man Charged With Hatching Fake Armed Robbery

  07-09-2017 17:28
  (Shelton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Shelton Police are charging a Seymour man with making a false armed robbery complaint, all to keep his daughter away from a man she’d been dating.
  Officers say in July, 20-year-old Thomas Owen filed the complaint and picked the man out of a lineup.
  Shelton police say they later learned through their investigation that 47-year-old Philip Prokop and his mother had paid off Owen to make the false claim.
  Detectives say Prokop hatched the plan to have th
  
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• Seymour man arrested following for fake armed robbery report

  07-09-2017 17:26
  SHELTON — Shelton Police say they’ve arrested a Seymour man by the name of Philip Prokop, 47, after he paid someone to file a fake armed robbery report. On July 13th, Thomas Owen, 20, went to the Shelton Police Department to file an armed robbery complaint against a Shelton man. Owen stated that he was robbed a knife point by the man and gave a sworn written statement and even picked him out of a line up. Shelton detectives investigated […]
  
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• Kahn: No Such Thing As Meaningless Baseball

  07-09-2017 17:26
  By Andrew Kahn
  We were fascinated by the pigeons. A dozen or so had congregated in center field, just shy of the warning track. At various points they took flight—thus becoming a “kit,” I’ve since learned—but kept returning to the Citi Field outfield grass. We sat in our second-level seats offering elaborate potential scenarios. As it turned out, their outcome was predictable yet delighted us just the same: A hitter led off the ninth with a drive to deep center, cha
  
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• Greatest Comebacks in College Football History

  07-09-2017 17:21
  by Rob Joyce
  The official opening Saturday of college football wasn’t overly exciting compared to most weeks. There were only two games (Maryland vs. Texas and Louisville vs. Purdue) decided by 10 points or fewer, and only a handful more brought drama into the later stages of the fourth quarter.
  Then Sunday happened, with both games coming down to the wire. Virginia Tech and West Virginia renewed their rivalry after a dozen years, with the Hokies holding off a potential game-tying WVU driv
  
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• Families in Connecticut Trying to Reach Loved Ones in Puerto Rico

  07-09-2017 17:17
  
  Hurricane Irma has killed at least 100 people in the Caribbean and knocked out power to more than half of Puerto Rico and many Connecticut residents are trying reach family and friends in Puerto Rico.
  Photo Credit: AP
  
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• 90 Days For Woman Who Held Ex-Husband Hostage

  07-09-2017 17:10
  PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut woman who held her ex-husband hostage at gunpoint until he could be rescued from a second-floor window by a SWAT team has been sentenced to 90 days in prison.
  The Bristol Press (http://bit.ly/2xRaAzn ) reports that 54-year-old Diane Markeveys was sentenced Wednesday after accepting a deal that required her toplead guilty to first-degree threatening. In exchange, prosecutors dropped several other charges.
  She pleaded under the Alford doctrine, meaning s
  
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• School Stabbing Lawsuit Settled

  07-09-2017 16:43
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man who stabbed a high school classmate to death after she rejected his prom invitation has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the victim’s mother.
  A court document filed last week says 20-year-old Christopher Plaskon and his parents reached agreements with Donna Cimarelli-Sanchez.
  Details have not been disclosed, and the settlement still needs to be approved in a probate court.
  Plaskon fatally stabbed 16-year-old Maren Sanchez in
  
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• Delta flight braves Irma for quick stop in Puerto Rico

  07-09-2017 16:24
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— A daring Delta Air Lines crew that flew in and out of Puerto Rico as Hurricane Irma’s wind and rain approached is garnering kudos. The flight-tracking website FlightRadar24 shared a radar image showing the plane heading into San Juan from New York just before noon Wednesday as the swirling storm was set to engulf the island. Where others have turned back, Delta #DL431 presses on. #Irma 📡 https://t.co/XN6E2TcXUN pic.twitter.com/YRXxEduTok &mdas
  
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• Bronin Ups The Ante In State Budget Stalemate

  07-09-2017 16:12
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – With no state budget deal, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin says the city will seek permission to file for bankruptcy, unless it gets needed aid from the state.
  In a bluntly-worded letter to legislative leaders and the governor, Bronin says Hartford won’t be able to meet its financial obligations in roughly 60 days, and expects to seek permission to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy at that time, if the state continues to operate under an executive order tha
  
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• Pats Fan Who Helped Recover Brady Jerseys Attending Opener

  07-09-2017 15:38
  
  Dylan Wagner, the man who helped the FBI find Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jerseys, was at Gillette Thursday morning, waiting in line for Nike Patriots sneakers that go on sale at 9 a.m.
  
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• NFL Picks Week 1: Patriots Pick Up Where They Left Off

  07-09-2017 15:30
  Ryan Mayer
  You’ve made it. The long offseason that got you excited about your favorite team’s acquisitions is now over as is the preseason. The NFL season officially begins on Thursday night as we pack away our beach chairs and find our favorite spot on the couch.
  With its return comes the return of our weekly NFL picks against the spread column. Previously handled by my colleague Bryan Altman, he has graciously handed the reigns to me this year to try and guide you through the NFL s
  
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• Drunken Woman Shot and Killed Birds on Birdfeeder: Police

  07-09-2017 15:18
  
  A Ledyard woman has been charged with cruelty to animals after she was found drunk with a pellet rifle in her garage, which was littered with feathers from birds she admitted to shooting, according to Ledyard...Photo Credit: Ledyard Police
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Help From New Economy Firms?

  07-09-2017 15:06
  Daniela Altimari, statehouse reporter at The Courant, looks at why the state is looking to new economy firms for tax dollars.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Gas Prices After Harvey

  07-09-2017 15:05
  Michael Fox, Executive Director of the Gasoline & Automotive Service Dealers Of America, Inc., discusses gas prices resulting from Hurricane Harvey hitting Texas.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: De-Escalating North Korea

  07-09-2017 15:05
  Dr. Howard Stoffer, associate professor at University of New Haven, talks North Korea.  What can we do to de-escalate the situation?
  
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