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• East Lyme, Boating Community Keeping A Close Eye on Jose

  15-09-2017 23:58
  
  People in southeastern CT are closely monitoring Hurricane Jose, waiting to see if they’ll stay in its path.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Democratic Budget Goes Down In Flames

  15-09-2017 23:23
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – In a startling turn of events at the State Capitol this afternoon, a Republican-backed state budget was passed in the Senate on a 21-15 vote.
  Three conservative Democrats broke ranks with their party to back the GOP proposal.
  Senator Paul Doyle of Wethersfield said while his party might not be happy with him, the state of the state’s fiscal health is critical, adding that he’s “sick of threats” from those who may be beside themsel
  
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• Runners Rescue Stranded Bicyclist at West Hartford Reservoir

  15-09-2017 23:21
  
  As a long time runner at the West Harford Reservoir, Lynch has seen his share of surprises but what he and his friend Mike came across early Thursday morning beat them all.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Republican budget passes state Senate with help from three Democrats

  15-09-2017 23:21
  HARTFORD — The Republican’s state budget proposal passed in the Senate Friday afternoon, after three Democrats switched sides. There were two competing proposals being debated on the Senate floor Friday afternoon, one introduced by Democrats and another by Republicans. The Democratic proposal was initially expected to prevail over its Republican  counterpart. Three moderate Democratic senators then announced they would not be voting for their party’s version of the state b
  
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• Father shoots, kills man trying to break into sleeping children’s room

  15-09-2017 23:16
  SEATAC, Wash. – A father shot and killed a burglary suspect trying to break into the room where the Washington state homeowner’s young sons were sleeping Thursday, authorities said. “Two people tried to break into the the house,” Mona Shade, the mother of the unidentified homeowner, told KCPQ. “First, (her son) said they knocked on the door, and then he didn’t hear anything until someone was coming through the back window.” She said her grandchildren, ag
  
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• East Lyme Keeping A Close Eye on Jose

  15-09-2017 23:12
  
  People on the shoreline are closely monitoring Hurricane Jose, waiting to see if they’ll stay in its path.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• DEEP investigating sea plane landing in Sherman

  15-09-2017 23:07
  SHERMAN — State Troopers are assisting DEEP in sea plane that had a “rough” landing Friday evening. Officials said that the plane landed into Candlewood Lake around 4:30 p.m. Pictures supplied by State Police show the plane almost fully submerged into the water. Officials could not say if there were any injuries from the landing. Troopers assist DEEP after sea plane has "rough" landing on Candlewood Lake in Sherman. No injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/2Tq4Q7oIav — CT St
  
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• Hurricane Jose re-strengthens into Category 1 far off the coast of North Carolina

  15-09-2017 22:55
  MIAMI  — Jose re-strengthens into Category 1 hurricane far off the coast of North Carolina. No current threat to land. This story is developing and will be updated as soon as more details become available.
  
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• Fire chief steps down amid son’s sexual assault case

  15-09-2017 22:17
  PLAINFIELD–  Plainfield’s fire chief has resigned his position after his son was charged with sexually assaulting a junior member of the volunteer department. The Norwich Bulletin reports Chief Ralph Wells resigned Wednesday and Deputy Chief Larry Loomis has been appointed interim chief. Wells’ son, Kevin Wells, is a captain in the department. He was charged in August with three counts of second-degree sexual assault. Prosecutors say the 28-year-old had sex with a 17-
  
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• 3rd Trial Nets Guilty Verdict In Murder Case

  15-09-2017 22:16
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man has been convicted of killing and dismembering his college student girlfriend after a third trial.
  Jermaine Richards was convicted of murder Friday after four hours of jury deliberations over two days.
  The remains of Alyssiah Wiley, a 20-year-old Eastern Connecticut State University student, were found in Trumbull, about a month after she was last seen with Richards outside her Willimantic dorm in April 2013.
  Two previous trials had ended with dea
  
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• 1 dead in New Hartford motorcycle crash

  15-09-2017 22:06
  NEW HARTFORD —  One person is dead following a fatal motorcycle crash Friday. Around 11:30 a.m., State Police responded to the area of Reservoir Road on calls of a motorcycle crash. Police said the driver of the motorcycle was transported to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. They were later pronounced dead. The road was closed for four hours while State Troopers investigated. Stay with FOX61 NEWS as the story develops.
  
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• Greenwich Town Employee Accused of Stealing Petty Cash

  15-09-2017 22:02
  
  A Greenwich town employee is accused of stealing the department’s petty cash and has been charged with second-degree larceny.Photo Credit: Greenwich Police
  
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• Son’s Sex Assault Case Leads Plainfield Fire Chief To Step Down

  15-09-2017 21:42
  PLAINFIELD, Conn. (AP) – Plainfield’s fire chief has resigned his position after his son was charged with sexually assaulting a junior member of thevolunteer department.
  The Norwich Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/2jvqwUR ) Chief Ralph Wells resigned Wednesday and Deputy Chief Larry Loomis has been appointed interimchief.
  Wells’ son, Kevin Wells, is a captain in the department.
  He was charged in August with three counts of second-degree sexual assault.
  Prosecutors say the 28-ye
  
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• After Breach, Jepsen, AGs Want Equifax To Nix Fee-Based Services

  15-09-2017 21:36
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Count state Attorney General George Jepsen as among those who want to disable links to fee-based credit monitoring being offered by Equifax in wake of a breach that impacted over 140 million U.S. citizens.
  Equifax disclosed the breach last week, after which it offered those affected credit monitoring. Jepsen and the other AGs say Equifax is using its own data breach to sell its services.
  Jepsen also says even though Equifax has also agreed to waive fees
  
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• Red Cross Honors Lifesaving Heroes

  15-09-2017 21:07
  
  Tom Brown and Patrick Mainolfi are Red Cross Lifesaving Heroes. They are staff members are New Canaan High School and used the Heimlich maneuver to save the life of a student who was choking at school.
  
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• Keidel: Is Adrian Peterson This Season’s Worst Free-Agent Signing?

  15-09-2017 20:56
  By Jason Keidel
  Let’s understand this.
  The New Orleans Saints have been known for a decade as a team that short-circuits the scoreboard with a pyrotechnic passing attack, behind the arm, smarts and savvy of Drew Brees, with quick, sharp passing downfield and smart, agile backs blocking then darting into the flat. The Saints signed Adrian Peterson and wonder why it didn’t pop in Week 1?
  This team spent time and much money to acquire a player who doesn’t fit into the contours of
  
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• Congress Passes First Measures to Help Homeowners With Crumbling Foundations

  15-09-2017 20:45
  
  Two Connecticut congressmen said Thursday they have made progress in getting help for homeowners dealing with crumbling foundations.
  
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• Multiple Sculptures Line New London as Part of ‘The Sculpture Mile’

  15-09-2017 20:41
  
  The Sculpture Mile is a mile worth of professional sculptures starting around the courthouse and Garde Arts Center, continuing to Broad Street, onto Williams Street, all the way to the Lyman Allyn Art Museum...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• AG Urges Equifax to Disable Fee-Based Monitoring

  15-09-2017 20:11
  
  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and attorneys general around the country are asking the credit reporting firm Equifax to disable links for enrollment in fee-based credit monitoring service in...
  
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• Man Accused of Posing as Police Officer, Sexually Assaulting Woman

  15-09-2017 19:56
  
  A Stamford man who is accused of posing as a police officer to the woman he was dating online is also accused of sexually assaulting the woman in Westport and has been arrested.Photo Credit: Westport Police
  
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• East Haven Police Make Arrest on Robbery of Gas Station

  15-09-2017 19:37
  
  East Haven Police have arrested a suspect in a robbery at a Sunoco Gas Station in July and said he is also suspected of a burglary the same day in Branford.Photo Credit: East Haven Police
  
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• UConn Releases 2017-18 Men’s Basketball Schedule

  15-09-2017 19:30
  (CBS Connecticut) – American Athletic Conference newcomer Wichita State will get its first taste of AAC play against UConn when the men’s basketball Huskies play host to the Shockers on Saturday, Dec. 30, at noon at the XL Center in Hartford.
  The game is part of UConn’s 18-game conference schedule, which was released Friday.
  Combined with the 13-game non-conference schedule previously released, the Huskies will play a 31-game slate before the American Athletic Conference Champi
  
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• Man Dead In Motorcycle Crash

  15-09-2017 19:23
  (Bristol, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man is dead after an early morning crash in Bristol.
  Police say they began receiving 911 calls around 6:45 a.m. about the crash on Middle Street.
  Investigators say the motorcycle operator, 45-year-old William Tillotson of Bristol, collided with a Toyota Tacoma that was turning into a gas station parking lot at the time.
  Tillotson was rushed to Bristol Hospital where he later died.
  The driver of the other vehicle has been identified as 64-year-old Leopol
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Motel 6 ends Phoenix policy working with ICE

  15-09-2017 19:13
  Motel 6 said its employees in Phoenix will no longer work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following news reports that its workers were providing guests’ names to agents who later arrested 20 of the people on immigration charges. In a tweet about reports first published in the Phoenix New Times, Motel 6 said Wednesday the procedure was implemented at the local level without the knowledge of senior management. The company said the practice was discontinued when executive
  
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• Jermaine Richards convicted of killing, dismembering CCSU student Alyssiah Wiley at 3rd trial

  15-09-2017 18:49
  BRIDGEPORT — A man has been convicted of killing and dismembering his college student girlfriend after a third trial. Jermaine Richards was convicted of murder Friday after four hours of jury deliberations over two days. The remains of Alyssiah Wiley, a 20-year-old Eastern Connecticut State University student, were found in Trumbull, about a month after she was last seen with Richards outside her Willimantic dorm in April 2013. Two previous trials had ended with deadlocked juries. The 34-y
  
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• Police ID Motorcyclist Killed in Crash in Bristol

  15-09-2017 18:27
  
  A 45-year-old Bristol man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a pickup.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fingerprints Lead Police to Norwich Burglary Suspect

  15-09-2017 18:21
  
  Police have arrested a man suspected in a burglary at a Norwich home in July when a woman and two children were home and said they identified him through fingerprints on an air conditioner he allegedly...Photo Credit: Norwich Police
  
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• Marinas Warn Boat Owners Ahead of Tropical Storm Jose

  15-09-2017 17:52
  
  Residents of Connecticut’s shoreline are keeping a close eye on the path of Tropical Storm Jose, which now could include Connecticut, according to the National Hurricane Center.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Shelton Police Investigate Serious Motorcycle Crash

  15-09-2017 17:48
  
  Shelton police are investigating a crash involving a motorcycle and a motor vehicle on Thursday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ohio mom allegedly stabs boyfriend after finding him naked on top of daughter

  15-09-2017 17:45
  CLEVELAND — An Ohio woman stabbed her boyfriend several times after she found him naked on top of her 12-year-old daughter, according to Cleveland.com. According to records obtained by the paper, the mother found the 31-year-old man on top of her daughter early Tuesday morning. She grabbed a pocket knife and stabbed him five times in the chest and once in the back of his head. They fought over the knife and eventually ended up outside where she screamed for help. According [&hell
  
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• Don’t take selfies with bears, Aspen police warn

  15-09-2017 17:34
  ASPEN, Colo. — Video of a mother bear and her two cubs climbing down a tree in the middle of Aspen, Colorado went viral earlier this week, prompting police to issue a warning about trying to photograph the wild animals. When the bears came down from the tree on the Hyman Avenue mall, police said there was a “fairly large crowd of photo-takers and those that insisted on trying to get close enough to take selfies.” Police said one woman […]
  
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• Proposed State Budget Provides Millions for Help Hartford

  15-09-2017 17:15
  
  The proposed state budget could be a game changer for Hartford because it calls for the state to provide more than tens of millions of dollars to the cash-strapped city.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• WATCH LIVE: St. Louis prepares as former cop found not guilty of murder

  15-09-2017 16:55
  A St. Louis judge on Friday found former police officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of black motorist Anthony Lamar Smith. “This Court, in conscience, cannot say that the State has proven every element of murder beyond a reasonable doubt, or that the State has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense,” St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson wrote in his ruling. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly [
  
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• 2 Dead, 3 Injured in Head-On Crash in Farmington

  15-09-2017 16:54
  
  Two people are dead and three other people have serious injuries after a head-on crash on Route 6 in Farmington late Thursday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Arson Detectives Investigating 2-Alarm Fire in Hartford

  15-09-2017 16:48
  
  Hartford firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a three-story vacant building on Gillett Street in Hartford and Hartford police major crimes arson detectives have been called in to investigate.
  Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash in Bristol

  15-09-2017 16:39
  
  A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a pickup in Bristol, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Home of Distinction: Nicolock Paving Stones

  15-09-2017 16:34
  HARTFORD — The countdown is on! Construction at the FOX61’s “Home of Distinction” in Southington is almost complete, in advance of tours The outdoor living space  of the home, showcases the latest in materials, designs and decorating trends, just like the rest of the Lovely Development project. The show home’s front walkway and back patio boast paving stones from Nicolock. The paving stones have become a lifestyle product, helping homeowners who enjoy outdoor l
  
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• Naugatuck Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Young Child

  15-09-2017 16:33
  
  A Naugatuck man is accused of sexually assaulting a child who is under the age of 6.Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police
  
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• Hostage Situation Report Was to Get Husband Arrested: Police

  15-09-2017 16:10
  
  Trumbull police have arrested a woman who is accused of falsely reporting that a woman was being held captive at gunpoint and they said she did it to try and get police officers to arrest her estranged husband.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• West Haven to Crack Down on Dangerous Stunts by Seizing Bikes

  15-09-2017 15:47
  
  The West Haven City Council has approved an ordinance aimed at curtailing dangerous bike riding by youth in the city. Tthe council’s new ordinance is meant to curb that kind of behavior by seizing the bicycles...
  
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• Arson Detectives Probe Hartford Fire

  15-09-2017 15:44
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Hartford police arson detectives are investigating a fire on Gillette Street that broke out early Friday morning, said Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley.
  The multi-family home at 9 Gillette was vacant when the fire broke out shortly before 4:30 a.m., said authorities.
  The fire went to two alarms before it was extinguished.
  There are no reports of injuries.
   
  
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• CBS Sports’ James Lofton On Week 2 Browns-Ravens Matchup, More

  15-09-2017 15:39
  By Matt Citak
  Week 1 of the 2017 NFL season was full of surprises, one of which was the close game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cleveland ran out rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer to start under center, yet the Browns were in the game until the very end, losing by a final score of 21-18.
  Kizer found some success against the Pittsburgh defense, completing 20 of 30 passes for 224 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. The rookie quarterback out of Notre Dame also p
  
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• Tropical Storm Jose now expected to generate large swells, dangerous rip currents, along the East Coast

  15-09-2017 15:15
  Tropical Storm Jose continues to churn over the open waters of the Atlantic, well to the south of Bermuda.  Jose is moving to the west northwest now and will eventually turn to the northwest Friday. Jose will remain far enough away from land that it will not have any direct impacts on land for the next few days. In the longer range, Jose is expected to pass west of Bermuda later this weekend and early next week. The system will be […]
  
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• A museum of blood-sucking nightmares: the US National Tick Collection

  15-09-2017 15:13
  To get to the US National Tick Collection, visitors to the campus of Georgia Southern University must descend into the bowels of the Math/Physics Building, where sunlight is absent and locked doors with unpronounceable signs prohibit entry. Curator Dr. Lorenza Beati, a smiling woman in wire-rimmed glasses and blue jeans, a woman who radiates the same vibe as a kindly, eccentric aunt, welcomes anyone who has daring enough spirit. Inside the collection, an elaborate camera for shooting closeups of
  
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• Joe D’s Notebook: Scouting The Cavaliers

  15-09-2017 14:56
  Much like UConn in 2016, Virginia struggled. The Cavaliers were just 2-10 in the first year under Bronco Mendenhall, who surprised many by leaving BYU to come to Charlottesville. Like the Huskies, who endured a six game losing streak to end the season, Virginia lost its final seven games.
  But that is ancient history. Thus far in 2017, Virginia has beaten William and Mary 28-10 and last week lost at home to Indiana 34-17. In the loss to the Hoosiers, quarterback Kurt Benkert threw the ball 66 tim
  
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• Berlin Fair features food, music, attractions, and more

  15-09-2017 14:35
  BERLIN — The 69th Annual Berlin Fair kicks off Friday night with the usual agricultural attractions, music, and especially – the food. Fair visitors will be able to enjoy over 20 amazing food booths run by local organizations who use it as an opportunity to raise money. Some of the highlights include the butterfly potatoes from the Kiwanis Club and the fried veggie booth put on by the Berlin Lions Club. They serve fried pickles, fried broccoli and cheddar bites, […]
  
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