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• CT Apple Crop Could Produce Record Harvest: Officials

  14-09-2017 23:55
  
  After a lackluster apple harvest last year, Connecticut growers said the crop is bouncing back in a big way.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New Haven Group Seeks Ideas to Improve Wooster Square

  14-09-2017 23:53
  
  Residents in New Haven are getting the chance to use city funding to improve one neighborhood.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 6th Grader Creates Fundraiser for School Affected by Harvey

  14-09-2017 23:36
  
  In the halls of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is a heart that sees well beyond classroom walls.
  
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• Week 2 Fantasy Football Starts and Sits

  14-09-2017 23:14
  By Matt Citak
  Week 1 of the 2017 NFL season brought us some big surprises. Rookie running back Kareem Hunt put together the highest-scoring fantasy football debut in history, while fantasy stalwarts such as Le’Veon Bell and Rob Gronkowski started the season with poor performances. NFL’s opening weekend also saw consensus no. 1 pick David Johnson dislocate his wrist, an injury that will force him to miss most (if not all) of the fantasy season, while wide receiver Allen Robinson tore
  
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• Healthier Connections: Hartford’s new ‘Melanoma and Skin Care Center’

  14-09-2017 22:47
  HARTFORD  — Dr. Omar Eton recently arrived in Connecticut after working at Cancer Institutes in New York, Texas and Massachusetts. Now, he will lead Hartford healthcare’s new Melanoma and Skin Care Center. Cases of melanoma, a cancer of the skin, are on the rise. More than 87,000 new cases will be diagnosed this year. “If you notice, melanoma is number five for women,” said Dr. Eton. But survival rates are improving – a testament to aggressive, effective treatm
  
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• Friday will be a repeat of today’s weather

  14-09-2017 22:47
  Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue the rest of today and into tonight. Areas of fog could develop later tonight. After midnight, the radar will settle down a bit and then we’ll do it all over again on Friday! Friday will be almost a repeat performance of today’s weather. Expect mild 70s to near 80 degrees with high humidity, lots of clouds, some hazy sun and the chance for a few showers or a thunderstorm (especially in the afternoon). […]
  
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• Ansonia Woman Puts Feces on Estranged Husband's Toothbrush

  14-09-2017 22:43
  
  A woman in Ansonia is accused of smearing feces on her soon-to-be ex-husband's toothbrush, police said.Photo Credit: Ansonia Police
  
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• Trumbull police investigating shooting

  14-09-2017 22:35
  TRUMBULL — Police are investigating a shooting Thursday afternoon. Police said the shooting happened on Old Town Road at Quarry Rd around 3:30 p.m. Authorities said a short time later, a victim was brought in to a local hospital by car. Officers on Old Town Road located a crime scene and are currently conducting an investigation. Police said Old Town Road is closed between White Plains Road (Route 127) and the intersection of Seltsam Road (Bridgeport) and Route 25 southbound […]
  
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• Law Talk: Getting Legal Fees Paid By The Other Side

  14-09-2017 22:30
  This episode of LawTalk featured tips on getting legal fees paid by the other side in cases which originated in the Small Claims Court, the lack of a remedy for private health care records released negligently by a healthcare provider, and time limits to perform testing in DUI arrests
  Plus, how can gun owners do estate planning in a way that your executor/trustee won’t go to prison for violating the National Firearms Act or similar state laws after you die?
  
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• 'What Time Is It?': Top Google Searches in Connecticut

  14-09-2017 22:25
  
  Google compiled a list for NBC Connecticut on the top searches in the state with its most recent data.Photo Credit: AP Photo/Alan DiazThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Pedestrian hit on I-91 North in Middletown, lanes closed

  14-09-2017 22:16
  MIDDLETOWN — A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on I-91 in Middletown Thursday afternoon. The crash happened around 4 p.m. in the northbound lanes near exit 20. The right two lanes are closed. State Police said the victim had minor injuries. For more information on traffic conditions, go here. 
  
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• Giants Beckham Moving Closer To Return

  14-09-2017 22:14
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has practiced on a limited basis for the first time since spraining his leftankle more than three weeks ago.
  The three-time Pro Bowler took two steps in his recovery on Thursday.
  He took part in some individualized drills and followed that by participating in some team drills in preparation for Monday night’s home opener against the DetroitLions.
  Beckham believes he is making progress, but he said his injur
  
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• Man Injured In West Hartford Bike Fall

  14-09-2017 21:56
  (West Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – West Hartford police say a man is in the hospital after apparently falling off his bicycle at an MDC reservoir and spending the night in the area at 1420 Farmington Avenue.
  Police say they were dispatched around 6:00 a.m. on a report of a medical emergency.
  They say the 34-year-old man called 911 himself and was apparently there overnight.
  Officers and those with the West Haven Fire Department located his vehicle and found the victim lying in a gras
  
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• Young Bucks: Ring Of Honor Champions, Pro Wrestling Sherpas

  14-09-2017 21:54
  By Chuck Carroll
  More than a few wrestling fans are fed up with the status quo. The PG-era has been and will continue to leave a vanilla taste in their mouth when they want chocolate, strawberry or heck, even rocky road. That is why on Monday or Tuesday night, when you flip on WWE Raw or SmackDown Live!, you’ll see the crowd populated by Bullet Club t-shirts. The faction that originated in New Japan Pro Wrestling represents a growing wrestling counterculture.
  Nick and Matt Jackson, better
  
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• Interview: Drew Carey On The New Season Of ‘The Price Is Right’

  14-09-2017 21:48
  The Price Is Right returns for a new season on Monday, September 18th at 8 AM PT/11 AM EST on CBS. This premier is particularly special as it marks the ten year anniversary for Drew Carey hosting the show.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss caught up with Carey to discuss his tenure on the show and even got some advice for future audience members interested in a shot at the big time!
  MW- Good morning Drew, how are you?
  DC- Great Matt, how are you?
  MW- Just fine! Congratulations on
  
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• Sales And Income Tax Hike Not In Budget, Says Malloy

  14-09-2017 21:37
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a new state budget being finalized by lawmakers would cut hundreds of millions of dollars in spending,not increase the sales or income taxes and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to cities and towns.
  Legislative leaders say they expect to vote on a tax and spending plan Thursday night, which would end a months-long impasse over a new budget for a two-yearcycle that began July 1. Lawmakers are grappling with an estimated budget
  
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• Man Injured at Reservoir Was There All Night: Police

  14-09-2017 21:27
  
  A man who was injured when he fell off his bike Wednesday night was taken to the hospital this morning after being out at a reservoir in West Hartford all night, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 2nd Annual Touchdowns Against Cancer Begins Today

  14-09-2017 21:08
  By Matt Citak
  MaxPreps, the online high school sports leader and CBS Sports Digital property, and Pledge It, the country’s leading performance-based crowdfunding platform, are joining forces for the second consecutive year for an amazing cause. Touchdowns Against Cancer is a program that helps empower high school football teams around the country to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Its aim is to unify high school teams all across the country for a common cause:
  
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• Police Union Files Complaint Against Carrying Naloxone

  14-09-2017 21:01
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police union has filed a labor complaint because officers have been told to carry an overdose reversal drug, a directive not included in their contract.
  The Stamford Advocate reports that the Stamford Police Union filed an unfair labor complaint last week with the state Board of Labor Relations.
  Union President Kris Engstrand says officers are not opposed to carrying naloxone, but he says it is an additional workload that requires bargai
  
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• When I Was Nominated: Emmy Awards Edition- Jim Parsons

  14-09-2017 21:00
  Being nominated for an Emmy Award is no small feat, winning four of them is beyond most actor’s wildest imaginations. Yet, Jim Parsons is on the short list of actors to achieve such an honor.
  Parsons, who has starred as the unique Sheldon Cooper on CBS’ Big Bang Theory since 2007, has a very unique story of his own when it comes to the first time he was nominated for one of television’s highest honors.
  “Well I actually first heard I was nomin
  
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• When I Was Nominated: Emmy Awards Edition- Bertram van Munster And Elise Doganieri

  14-09-2017 20:50
  The Amazing Race aired its first episode in 2001. Since then it has won 15 Emmy Awards and captivated audiences across the U.S. This year, the show has received another four Emmy nominations and looks to set the record for most Emmy Awards by a reality television show. Despite all of the show’s success, co-creators Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster still remember what it was like to find out they were Emmy Award nominees for the very first time.
  “It was early in the morning and
  
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• Tracking Jose for Impacts Here in Connecticut

  14-09-2017 20:32
  
  We continue to keep a close eye on Tropical Storm Jose for possible impacts here in Connecticut.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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• Suicide Attempts On The Rise In U.S., Study Finds

  14-09-2017 20:25
  CBS Local — A disturbing new study has revealed that suicide attempts are on the rise in the United States. Younger adults were even more prone to self-destructive behavior than other groups.
  The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that suicide attempts increased by two percent over a 10-year stretch from 2004 to 2014. Researchers at Columbia University say that for every 100,000 people in the country, the attempted suicide rate rose to 13
  
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• Man proposing on bridge drops ring, friends go diving in pond to look for it

  14-09-2017 20:23
  MISSOURI —  A marriage proposal has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. After four years of dating, Seth Dixon brought Ruth Salas to their favorite spot in Kansas City’s Loose Park. But before Seth could put the ring on Ruth’s finger, it slipped out of his hands and fell through the cracks of the bridge into the water. Seth immediately looked into the camera in shock. The couple’s friends returned to the bridge in search of the ring but came up […]
  
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• State Police Cruisers Collide While Chasing Speeding Car: Police

  14-09-2017 20:18
  
  Two state police cruisers were involved in a crash on Interstate 95 South in Bridgeport Thursday morning while chasing a speeding vehicle, according to state police.
  
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• South Windsor Police Officers Help Deliver Baby

  14-09-2017 20:08
  
  South Windsor police officers helped deliver a baby last night when they responded to a home on Oak Street.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Jay Feely: Stanford Has To Play Sound, Assignment Defense To Stop Rashaad Penny

  14-09-2017 20:00
  Ryan Mayer
  The college football season enters its third week having already delivered us plenty of marquee match-ups. Last week, Stanford met USC in a Pac-12 conference game, and the Trojans dominated the Cardinal 42-24, while racking up over 600 yards of offense on the day. That’s not an effort we typically see out of a David Shaw-coached squad. Heading into this week, the Cardinal will face another physical offensive team when they head to San Diego to take on Rocky Long and the San Dieg
  
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• Charlottesville mayor: ‘I changed my mind about Confederate monuments’

  14-09-2017 19:44
  CHARLOTTESVILLE —  Earlier this year, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer voted against moving the Robert E. Lee statue out of a city park. Instead, he wanted to create “a new context” around the statue of the Confederate general. Now Signer has changed his mind. He wants Lee gone ASAP. “I think everything changed last weekend,” Signer said Friday on CNN’s “AC360,” referring to the violence that broke out when white supremacists and neo-Nazis ca
  
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• Fast-food worker charged with trying to kill baby in toilet

  14-09-2017 19:41
  SAN FRANCISCO— California prosecutors say a fast-food restaurant cashier gave birth to a baby girl while at work and then tried to kill her by flushing her down a toilet. The San Mateo County district attorney said Wednesday that 25-year-old Sarah Lockner has been charged with attempted murder after the child survived. Prosecutors say Lockner went to work Sept. 4 at a Redwood City McDonald’s complaining of stomach pains and visited the bathroom numerous times. A concerned co-worker d
  
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• Police seize a brick of fentanyl worth $1 million in Old Lyme

  14-09-2017 19:24
  OLD LYME — Connecticut State Police say they seized 2.2 pounds of the powerful opioid fentanyl with a street value of $1 million during a traffic stop. Police discovered the narcotics during a stop on Interstate 95 in Old Lyme on Wednesday. Officials say they stopped the car because they received information that it contained illegal narcotics. Police say the 26-year-old driver and his 28-year-old passenger, both of Providence, Rhode Island, consented to a vehicle search. Officers say they
  
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• 15 solders injured in explosion at Fort Bragg

  14-09-2017 19:23
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An explosion during a training exercise injured a number of U.S. special operations forces at Fort Bragg on Thursday. The soldiers were taken to the Army base’s Womack Army Medical Center for treatment, said Lt. Col. Rob Bockholt, a spokesman for the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Command, which is based at Fort Bragg. Bockholt didn’t yet know the number of soldiers injured or the extent of those injuries. He also could not say what exactly caused [&hel
  
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• Brooklyn man arrested for crack cocaine during traffic stop in Killingly

  14-09-2017 19:21
  KILLINGLY — State police said they arrested Branden Langlois, 22, of Brooklyn, after pulling him over and finding crack cocaine in his car. Police said around 9 p.m., members of the State Police Quality of Life Task Force, conducted a traffic stop on Snake Meadow Road, where they pulled Langlois over for failing to have a front license plate. State police said when they approached Langlois, he was “sweating profusely” and was nervous. Police, along with K-9, searched the car, [
  
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• Access Health CT Extends Open Enrollment Period

  14-09-2017 19:19
  
  Access Health CT has extended the end of open enrollment from Dec. 15 to Dec. 22.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Summer may be getting longer in waters off New England

  14-09-2017 19:06
  PORTLAND, Maine  — A group of scientists says summer is getting longer in the waters off New England. They say the warming of the Gulf of Maine has added up to 66 days of summer-like temperatures to the body of water. The Gulf of Maine stretches from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia and is warming faster than almost all of Earth’s oceans. University of Maine Professor Andrew Thomas is the lead scientist. He says the expansion of summer-time temperatures has significant […]
  
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• Hillary Clinton: ‘It’s time to do away with the Electoral College’

  14-09-2017 19:05
  Hillary Clinton told CNN on Wednesday that it is time to abolish the Electoral College, part of a sweeping interview where the former Democratic nominee sought to explain why she lost the 2016 election. Clinton, in the interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, displayed her animus for fired FBI Director James Comey, reflected on her love for the people — namely former President Bill Clinton — who helped her get through the crushing loss and blasted the arcane election bod
  
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• Attention pasta lovers: Olive Garden’s Pasta Pass is back, this time with a trip to Italy

  14-09-2017 19:04
  NEW YORK — Olive Garden’s Pasta Pass is back, and it goes on sale today! There will be 22,000 regular passes on sale that let diners eat as much pasta as they want for eight weeks for $100. It also includes unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks. The restaurant chain is adding an extra twist this year – for an additional $100, 50 people will be able to buy a pasta pass that also includes an eight-day trip to Italy for […]
  
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• SpaceX releases fail video of all of its rocket explosions

  14-09-2017 19:03
  Boom! While we may be used to watching SpaceX successfully land its Falcon 9 rocket boosters on land and sea, the company wasn’t always so successful. Elon Musk’s company lost many boosters as it tried to figure out how to make a successful landing. On Thursday, Musk posted a compilation video of all those explosions – or as the video jokingly calls them ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ – with new footage that had never been released. In the description, M
  
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• 69th Annual Emmy Awards: 69 Seconds With Stephen Colbert

  14-09-2017 19:01
  In honor of the 69th Emmy Awards, CBS sat down with Stephen Colbert, host of the Emmy nominated The Late Show With Stephen Colbert for a speed round of questions from his most memorable guest to his surprising answer for the funniest person he knows and more!
  Who has been the most memorable guest on your show?
  Josh Brolin was pretty great. I drew chest hair on him with a Sharpie because he was kind of bloated and hairless which was surprising because I think of him as being lean and hairy.
  
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• 69th Annual Emmy Awards: 69 Seconds With Phil Keoghan

  14-09-2017 19:01
  In honor of the 69th Emmy Awards, CBS sat down with Phil Keoghan, host of the Emmy nominated The Amazing Race for a speed round of questions from the last movie he saw to the best piece of advice he’s ever received and more!
  What’s the most beautiful place you have ever shot The Amazing Race?
  It’s almost impossible to pick the most beautiful place on Amazing Race because just when you think you’ve seen it all, just when you think you’ve had the perfect day on A
  
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• 69th Annual Emmy Awards: 69 Seconds With Jeff Probst

  14-09-2017 19:01
  In honor of the 69th Emmy Awards, CBS sat down with Jeff Probst, host of the Emmy Award winning show Survivor for a speed round of questions from his favorite place to shoot the show, where his iconic wardrobe came from and more!
  Do you get nervous during live finale shows?
  I definitely don’t get nervous. The minute that little red light goes on everything gets very calm and you’re back in control.
  Where was your favorite place to shoot Survivor?
  For Survivor we’ve tr
  
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• Bald Men Perceived As More Attractive, Dominant, Study Says

  14-09-2017 18:55
  CBS Local — According to a new study, bald really is beautiful. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have released the results of a survey that found that men who have shed their hair are more attractive.
  The study was composed of three major tests given to students on campus. Male and female students were asked to rate photos of men according to attractiveness, confidence, and dominance. Some of the photos also digitally removed hair from some of the pictures to show the same per
  
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• The Connection: Breakthroughs In Affordable Housing

  14-09-2017 18:48
  On this program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa Dematteis-Lapore are joined by the Connecticut Department of Housing Commissioner Evonne Klein. They discuss the progress made throughout the state in terms of affordable housing and what that means for those struggling with addiction or mental health problems.
  
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• 69th Annual Emmy Awards: 69 Seconds With Bertram van Munster And Elise Doganieri

  14-09-2017 18:45
  In honor of the 69th Emmy Awards, CBS sat down with Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, co-creators of 15 time Emmy Award winning The Amazing Race for a speed round of questions. Doganieri and van Munster were quizzed on
  What’s The Most Beautiful Place You Have Ever Shot The Amazing Race?
  ED- The first places that comes to mind is Mauritius, it was an unexpected surprise. When I got there it was so tropical and beautiful with white sand beaches and beautiful sail boats and a
  
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• Life-Saving Match: How The Organ Transplant Process Works

  14-09-2017 18:30
  CBS Local — Music star Selena Gomez is making headlines after the revelation that the singer underwent a kidney transplant. Gomez’s ongoing struggles with lupus, a disease which causes the immune system to attack your own body, brought on the need for the surgery.
  Gomez’s friend Francia Raisa provided the vital organ this summer in a procedure the 25-year-old called, “the ultimate gift and sacrifice.” The news-making surgery is making people ask: if I
  
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• When I Was Nominated: Emmy Awards Edition- Stephen Colbert

  14-09-2017 18:11
  Stephen Colbert is a nine-time Emmy Award winner as well as the host of CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. On Sunday, September 17th, Colbert will add host of the 69th Annual Emmy Awards to his resume. Colbert finds himself in rare air as he will be both a host and a nominee at this year’s awards. When asked about pulling double duty, Colbert responded with his trademark sense of humor.
  “I’ve never been the host of something that I was also
  
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• Sound Off CT: Debates and Negotiations

  14-09-2017 18:00
  Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie, talks state budget debate and negotiations.
  
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