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• Yankees Allow 1 Hit To Top Rangers 3-1

  09-09-2017 23:50
  SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Aroldis Chapman entered in the ninth inning of a save situation for the first time since he was removed as the New York Yankees’ closer last month.
  The hard-throwing left-hander made it look as easy as 1-2-3.
  Chapman struck out two in a perfect ninth to finish a one-hitter in the Yankees’ 3-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
  Tyler Austin hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning for the wild car
  
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• CT Residents Raising Funds for Puerto Rico's Irma Relief

  09-09-2017 23:19
  
  As Florida prepares for the wrath of Hurricane Irma, people in our state are already stepping up to help storm victims in Puerto Rico.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Connecticut National Guard Part Of Irma Relief

  09-09-2017 20:58
  EAST GRANBY, Conn, (CBS Connecticut) – The Connecticut National Guard is deploying to help victims of Hurricane Irma.
  A C-130H cargo plane and eight airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing left East Granby Saturday morning bound for Puerto Rico.
  The pilots, crew members, loadmasters and maintainers planned to pick up supplies before heading to the island to assist in relief efforts. The crew will remain these for follow-up missions. No timetable was announced for their return.
   
  
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• Connecticut Sends National Guard Airmen to Puerto Rico

  09-09-2017 20:46
  
  Connecticut is sending National Guard Airmen and a cargo plane to Puerto Rico to assist in Hurricane Irma relief efforts, the governor’s office announced Saturday.Photo Credit: State of Connecticut
  
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• Former WNBA Star Buys Block Of Tickets For Children

  09-09-2017 18:56
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Two-hundred children will get to see Sunday’s WNBA playoff game between Connecticut and Phoenix thanks to a former WNBA star.
  Katie Douglas, who played 14 years in the league, including five in Connecticut, has purchased and donated a block of tickets for the second-round game between the Sun and Mercury at the Mohegan Sun arena.
  Douglas, who retired after the 2015 season, still holds the record for most 3-pointers in a Sun uniform with 38
  
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• Man Dead In Hartford

  09-09-2017 17:21
  (Hartford, Conn.CBS Connecticut) – Police in Hartford are investigating the death this morning of a 23-year-old man.
  Officers say they were dispatched to the Trinity Towers complex on Vernon Street on a report of an unresponsive man.
  He was seated in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle, suffering from a single gunshot wound.
  Police say the victim was taken to Hartford Hospital and pronounced dead.
  Right now, investigators haven’t yet released the man’s name nor have the
  
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• Local Eversource Crews Head to Florida Ahead of Irma

  09-09-2017 17:20
  
  Lending a hand to our neighbors in the south, Eversource has sent some of its utility crews down to Florida to help restore power after Hurricane Irma hits.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police Investigating Untimely Death in Hartford

  09-09-2017 17:19
  
  Hartford police are investigating the death of a man found in a car at the Trinity Towers parking lot early Saturday, and police say the death is suspicious.
  
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• 2 Dead In Somers Crash

  09-09-2017 17:11
  (Somers, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Police say a Friday afternoon crash in Somers left two women from Massachusetts dead.
  Troopers say it was around 2:15 p.m. when a vehicle driven by 72-year-old Ruth Chake of Springfield left the travel portion of Turnpike Road in Somers and struck a tree.
  Chake was first taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to Hartford Hospital where she died.
  A passenger identified as 69-year-old Bette Bradsley of East Longmeadow was rushed to John
  
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• Philadelphia dad killed while protecting 2-year-old from carjackers

  09-09-2017 15:53
  PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia father died while trying to protect his young daughter from two would-be carjackers Thursday, according to police. Gerard Grandzol, 38, had just parked around 8 p.m. when the two suspects confronted him. He handed over his wallet, but he refused to hand over the keys to his vehicle with his 2-year-old daughter inside, according to WPVI. Grandzol was shot at least once in the face and died at a nearby hospital. Residents told KYW Grandzol was […]
  
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• 2 Mass. Women Killed in Somers Crash

  09-09-2017 15:52
  
  Two women were killed in a crash on Turnpike Road in Somers Friday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• These Floridians aren’t leaving as Irma nears: ‘We need everybody’s prayers’

  09-09-2017 15:24
  FORT MEYERS, Fl. — As other Florida residents flee north to escape the monstrous Hurricane Irma, Peggy Monahan has remained behind despite numerous warnings to leave. More than 5.6 million people have been ordered to evacuate in the state, according to Gov. Rick Scott. Monahan, who lives in Fort Pierce, said she’s staying to take care of her farm. She grows citrus fruits and raises cattle on the farm, which has been in her family for generations, she said. Irma was […]
  
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• Massachusetts unveils new Patriots championship license plates

  09-09-2017 15:13
  BOSTON — Though it may have been a rough start to the new season for the New England Patriots, the team has another reason to celebrate their victory in Super Bowl LI. The MassDOT Registry of Motor Vehicles unveiled a new, redesigned New England Patriots license plate Wednesday, available now for purchase for Massachusetts residents. The new license plate highlights the team’s five Super Bowl championships, bearing a “5X Champions” logo, along with each of the individual
  
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• Fan Essentials: Which Team Will Have The Most Formidable Offense?

  09-09-2017 15:00
  Ryan Mayer
  Last year, the Atlanta Falcons offense ran roughshod over the league en route to an appearance in Super Bowl LI. It seemed even in the big game to be unstoppable as they jumped out to a 28-3 lead before the Patriots staged a comeback for the ages to win in overtime.
  Heading into this season, the Falcons have most of those same guys back, but they did lose their offensive coordinator in Kyle Shanahan, who is now the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers. Will that knock the Falcons of
  
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• Two people killed after a car crashed into a tree in Somers

  09-09-2017 14:42
  SOMERS — State Police say two people from Massachusetts are dead after their car crashed head-on into a tree Friday afternoon. around 2:15 p.m., Ruth Chake, 72, of Springfield, was driving northbound on Turnpike Road  in Somers with her passenger, Bette Bradsley, 69, of East Longmeadow.  For an unknown reason, Chake left the road off, off the shoulder, and struck a tree head one. Due to the impact, Chake had to be extricated from the car. Chake was rushed to […]
  
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• SILVER ALERT: Joyce Moore out of Manchester

  09-09-2017 12:57
  MANCHESTER — Manchester Police need help finding a woman with severe dementia who was last seen in the overnight hours Friday into Saturday. Police say Joyce Moore is 70 years old, black female, around 150 pounds. Family members say that she was sleeping when they last saw her around 1:26 a.m. Moore has severe dementia and has been deteriorating. She is not a danger to her self or to others, and has no other major medical issues. She was last […]
  
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• Mexico’s strongest earthquake in a century leaves at least 61 dead

  09-09-2017 12:49
  OAXACA STATE, Mexico — At least 61 people have died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the southern coast. The magnitude 8.1 quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, was registered off Mexico’s southern coast just as heavy rains from Hurricane Katia lashed the east. The epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, some 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) southeast of the capital and 74 miles (120 kilometers) off the coast. P
  
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• Hurricane Irma, now a Category 3 storm, begins lashing Florida

  09-09-2017 12:32
  FORT MEYERS, Fl. — Hurricane Irma was expected to restrengthen after weakening late Saturday morning into a Category 3 storm, its strong winds and rain bands already lashing the Florida Keys as dire warnings predicteddevastating gales and potentially deadly storm surge. Packing sustained winds of 125 mph as it continued to batter Cuba, the storm was due to bring hurricane conditions by Saturday night to southern and central Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. Irma&r
  
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• Hurricane Irma begins lashing Florida after slamming Cuba

  09-09-2017 12:32
  FORT MEYERS, Fl. — Hurricane Irma battered northern Cuba then made a turn for Florida, where it’s expected to hammer the state with whistling winds, heavy rain and surging waves. Florida authorities went door-to-door warning residents of the massive hurricane, sending crowds jamming highways as they fled north. The Category 4 storm had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph Saturday morning. Before it was slightly downgraded, it made landfall on Cuba’s
  
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• Sun & clouds today; mostly sunny, slightly warmer Sunday

  09-09-2017 11:54
  Temperatures will stay in the 60s with a fall feel to the air under partly cloudy skies today.  There is a slight chance for an afternoon sprinkle but most towns will stay dry, as an upper level trough swings through the area. High pressure will dominate our weather with sunshine and seasonably cool temperatures on Sunday with a bit of a warming trend on tap Monday and Tuesday with temperatures in the 70s to near 80 degrees. In fact, we […]
  
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• Perez Wins 7th in a row; Rangers Rally to Beat Yankees 11-5

  09-09-2017 08:41
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas left-hander Martin Perez has gained confidence from his recent success. Plus, the Rangers always seem to score a lot of runs when he’s on the mound.
  Perez won his seventh straight start even after two early four-run deficits as the playoff-hopeful Rangers rallied for an 11-5 victory Friday night over the AL wild card-leading New York Yankees.
  “I’m just trying to stay in the game because we’ve been up the last month. We’re hi
  
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• Floridians Flee to Connecticut to Escape from Hurricane Irma

  09-09-2017 06:20
  WINDSOR LOCKS – Floridians have spent the past week boarding up their homes in preparation for Hurricane Irma that is expected to make landfall in some parts of Florida starting Saturday with the rest of the state being hit the hardest on Sunday morning. Several flights that were supposed to leave Florida late Friday night were cancelled. The last flight coming in from Ft. Lauderdale to Connecticut arrived shortly after 9 p.m. when its arrival time was supposed to be […]
  
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• Milford Native Living on St. John Recalls Irma

  09-09-2017 06:00
  
  As hurricane Irma closed in on the tiny island of St. John, Jenn Manes took to Facebook live show friends and family back home what she was facing.
  
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• Connecticut Natives Living in Florida Hunkering Down

  09-09-2017 05:33
  
  People from Connecticut now living in Florida are hunkering down ahead of Hurricane Irma.Photo Credit: John Bazemore/AP
  
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• 75-year-old couple named Harvey and Irma, amazed by hurricanes bearing their names

  09-09-2017 05:13
  SPOKANE, Wash. —  A Washington couple are amazed by the hurricanes that bear their names. The Washington state couple, married 75 years now, are wondering how it was possible that two major hurricanes bearing their names, have aimed to strike the U.S. back-to-back. According to The New York Times, the explanation is, since 1979, the World Meteorological Organization has alternated men’s and women’s names for tropical storms born over the Atlantic. Six master list
  
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• Hundred Lined Streets in Suffield to Honor Fallen Hero

  09-09-2017 05:11
  
  Strangers and friends of U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class Dustin Louis Doyon held American flags and waited for the somber procession to begin.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Cowboys’ Elliott wins injunction, likely to play full season

  09-09-2017 04:55
  DALLAS —  A federal judge has blocked Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension over a domestic violence case, setting the stage for a potentially lengthy legal fight with the NFL. Last year’s league rushing leader was already cleared to play in the opener against the New York Giants on Sunday night before the ruling by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant on Friday. Mazzant agreed with union lawyers that Elliott didn’t receive a “fundamentally fair
  
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• New Haven Mom Worries About Daughter in St. Maarten

  09-09-2017 04:49
  
  A New Haven mom is praying for the safe return of her daughter and friends stranded on St. Maarten.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Pomeranz, Betts power Red Sox past Rays 9-3

  09-09-2017 04:46
  BOSTON  — Drew Pomeranz did not allow a hit until the fifth inning and gave up two runs over six, Mookie Betts hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox routed the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 on Friday night. It was the third straight victory for the Red Sox, who entered the game with a 3 1/2-game lead over the second-place New York Yankees atop the AL East. Tampa Bay came in 3 1/2 games behind Minnesota for […]
  
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• Red Sox Rough Up Rays

  09-09-2017 04:41
  By GETHIN COOLBAUGH  Associated Press
   
  BOSTON (AP) _ Drew Pomeranz did not allow a hit until the fifth inning and gave up two runs over six, Mookie Betts hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox routed the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 on Friday night.
  It was the third straight victory for the Red Sox, who entered the game with a 3 1/2-game lead over the second-place New York Yankees atop the AL East. Tampa Bay came in 3 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the second AL wild card spot.
  Pomeran
  
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• Target to slash prices on ‘thousands’ of items

  09-09-2017 04:29
  NEW YORK – Target is kicking the retail wars up a notch by lowering prices. The retailers said Friday that it’s slashing prices on “thousands” of items, “from cereal and paper towels to baby formula, razors, bath tissue and more.” Target said in a blog post that its aim is to focus on making items cheaper permanently — and doing fewer temporary sales promotions. That means shoppers could start seeing fewer fire engine red “Sale” ban
  
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• Rush Limbaugh evacuates after linking Irma to media hoax, ‘climate change agenda’

  09-09-2017 04:29
  PALM BEACH, Fla. – Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh appeared to indicate that he was evacuating his Florida home, just days after expressing skepticism about the seriousness of Hurricane Irma and floating unfounded theories about why media outlets were aggressively covering the looming storm. “May as well announce this. I’m not going to get into details because of the security nature of things, but it turns out that we will not be able to do the program here tomorrow,
  
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• Long-lost siblings meet after 50 years when they discover they’re neighbors

  09-09-2017 04:29
  ROCKFORD, Mich. – After more than 50 years, long-lost siblings Philip Osborn and Marilyn Meyers met for the first time after becoming neighbors at a Michigan retirement community. Unknown to them, Osborn and Meyers had the same mother. Meyers was put up for adoption after birth and Osborn lived with various family members throughout life. It wasn’t until last month that the two met each other for the very first time. “I heard a couple months ago that the house […]
  
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• Illinois father dies along same stretch of river that killed his sons

  09-09-2017 04:29
  NEW BOSTON, Ill. – Friends and family are mourning an Illinois father who died in the same river that killed both of his sons, according to WQAD. Jesse Bullock lost his life Thursday morning when his truck went off the road, landing in the Edwards River. “He was just a nice fella, you know, he’s a family guy,” said his friend John Kokos. The Edwards river has already been the scene of family tragedy, it’s the same place where his […]
  
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• Power And Pitching Carry Mets To 3rd Win In A Row

  09-09-2017 04:23
  By SCOTT ORGERA  Associated Press
   
   
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Jose Reyes homered twice, Seth Lugo pitched six shutout innings and the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 on Friday night for their third straight win.
  Travis Taijeron got the Mets started when the 28-year-old rookie led off the second with his first major league home run. New York, which leads the National League in homers, has won 17 of its last 19 games against the Reds _ including eight straight at Citi Fiel
  
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• Medical examiner rules SCSU student died from accidental overdose

  09-09-2017 04:18
  NEW HAVEN — Officials say a Southern Connecticut State University student found unresponsive in his campus apartment died of a drug overdose from a substance similar to the opioid fentanyl. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. James Gill said Ray Lucas, a junior and sports management major from New Jersey,  died from the effects of para-Fluorobutyryl Fentanyl, which is a fentanyl analog. Gill tells the New Haven Register the drug is like fentanyl, but its chemical attachments make it struc
  
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• Downed Trees Damage Little League Fenway in New London

  09-09-2017 03:58
  
  It’s anything but a home run for the New London Little League after Wednesday’s winds and heavy rain uprooted a tree, snapped another one and caused a lot of damage to their Fenway Field.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 'Been Through Hell': Amputee's Stolen Wheelchair Recovered

  09-09-2017 03:36
  
  George Simmons, a Lewiston, Maine, man whose leg was recently amputated, came home from the hospital to find his motorized wheelchair, batteries and charger had all been stolen.
  
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• Escaping Florida: CT Dad, Daughter Have Emotional Reunion

  09-09-2017 02:18
  
  Norwich native Rikaasha Patel is a student at the University of Tampa.She is one of the many people who flew into Bradley International Airport to get out of Hurricane Irma’s way.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Putnam Dispatcher Fails to Report Complaint About Son: PD

  09-09-2017 01:36
  
  A Putnam dispatcher has been arrested after failing to report a complaint about her son over the summer, police said.Photo Credit: Putnam Police
  
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• Eversource Sending Help For Post Irma Power Restoration

  09-09-2017 00:53
  (BERLIN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Approximately 100 Eversource employees will be leaving Saturday morning and will head south to assist in the power restoration effort that will follow Hurricane Irma.A convoy of close to 30 lineworkers and support personnel, equipment and trucks , including the company’s Mobile Command Center will begin the trip to Florida from Eversource Headquarters in Berlin.
  Using the industry’s Mutual Aid Network, many energy companies in the path of Hurric
  
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