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• CT shore and Long Island Sound under tropical storm watch Tuesday into Wednesday

  17-09-2017 23:46
  It’s been a beautiful day with highs in the 80s and abundant sunshine (after the fog burned off). Monday will be a repeat with ares of fog to start, followed by a mix of sun & clouds with a slight breeze picking up in the afternoon.  Clouds will increase Monday night, with the potential effects of Jose that could deliver bands of rain and gusty winds Tuesday into Wednesday. Hurricane Jose Hurricane Jose has turned to the north today and […]
  
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• Tropical Storm Watch in Effect for Parts of Connecticut

  17-09-2017 23:32
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are continuing to monitor the very latest on the track of Hurricane Jose.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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• Pats Beat Saints in New Orleans 36-20

  17-09-2017 23:28
  
  For no less than the zillionth time, rumors of the Patriots demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  
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• Four Boston College students attacked with acid in France

  17-09-2017 23:19
  Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in Marseilles, southern France, a spokeswoman for the Prefecture of Police of Bouches-du-Rhône said. All four are women in their early 20s. Two of them were taken to a hospital and two were in shock, police said. Boston College said Sunday the young women were students who were studying abroad. Three of the students, identified as Courtney Siverling, Charlotte Kaufman and Michelle Krug, are juniors who are [&h
  
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• Patriots Shine in First Half Against Saints

  17-09-2017 22:55
  
  The Patriots have already surpassed their season-high in points with a 30-13 lead on the New Orleans Saints at the half.
  
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• Unresponsive Teen Pulled From Pond in Fairfield

  17-09-2017 21:09
  
  An unresponsive teen was rushed to the hospital after being rescued from Perry's Mill Pond in Fairfield on Saturday.
  
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• NASCAR Drivers, Racetracks React to Death of Ted Christopher

  17-09-2017 19:17
  
  NASCAR fans across the country are mourning the death of champion Ted Christopher.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Fairfield Police: Unresponsive teen pulled from pond

  17-09-2017 19:12
  FAIRFIELD — Police are looking into the cause of a teenager that was found underwater in a pond Saturday. Officers were dispatched to Perry’s Mill Pond around 6:10 p.m. Saturday and soon began a water rescue. Almost an hour later, Police pulled an unresponsive teenage boy from the water. Police said that life saving efforts were immediately started as he was brought to a local hospital. Details of the boy’s name, age, and medical condition, are being withheld by police [&hellip
  
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• Fairfield: Police investigating drowning at local pond

  17-09-2017 19:12
  FAIRFIELD — Police are looking into the cause of a teenager that drowned in a pond Saturday. Officers were dispatched to Perry’s Mill Pond and soon began a water rescue. Almost an hour later, Police pulled an unresponsive teenage boy from the water. Police said that life saving efforts were immediately started as he was brought to a local hospital. Details of the boy’s name, age, and medical condition, are being withheld by police as the investigation is ongoing.
  
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• The Connection: National Recovery Month

  17-09-2017 18:16
  On this program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa Dematteis-Lapore discuss the fact that this is National Recovery Month. They discuss Ann’s experience as an alcoholic, her journey to recovery from alcohol and how important this month is for her.
  
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• A Look Back on Ted Christopher's NASCAR Career

  17-09-2017 17:36
  
  Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
  
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• St. Louis sees second night of protests over ex-cop’s acquittal

  17-09-2017 17:25
  ST. LOUIS, MO — Protesters blocked roads in St. Louis on Saturday night on a second day of demonstrations after the acquittal of a former police officer who was charged with first-degree murder. Saturday’s demonstrations started as Friday’s did, with a few hundred people marching peacefully in streets near downtown and heated up as they continued into the night. A pocket of protesters threw bricks, rocks and projectiles with paint at police as officers tried to disperse the cro
  
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• Second man arrested over London terror attack

  17-09-2017 16:48
  LONDON, UK — British authorities have arrested a second man in connection with the attack on a train a London Underground Station on Friday, authorities said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night by detectives from the London Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command. The incident at Parson’s Green station injured 30 passengers. “He was arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act and taken to a south London police station where he
  
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• 2nd Victim in Plane Crash With NASCAR's Ted Christopher ID'd

  17-09-2017 16:38
  
  Modified championship racer Ted Christopher was one of two people killed when a small plane crashed in the woods in Connecticut on Saturday, NASCAR officials said.The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed...Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
  
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• Hurricane Jose Trending Further East

  17-09-2017 15:56
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are continuing to monitor the very latest on the track of Hurricane Jose.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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• Bicyclists get free roadside assistance in Connecticut city

  17-09-2017 15:34
  HARTFORD — The city is offering free roadside assistance to bicyclists when they suffer a flat tire or other minor mechanical problems. The program in Hartford is run by the city’s business improvement district and is touted as the first of its kind in the nation. It is designed to encourage bicycle commuting. Six district employees have been trained to fix flats, repair broken chains, adjust brakes and do other minor bicycle repairs. They patrol the streets on bikes and […]
  
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• Police Looking for Missing 2-year-old

  17-09-2017 14:16
  
  State police have issued a silver alert for a 2-year-old boy missing from Jewett City.Police said they are looking for Aceion Grant who has been missing since September 16.Police said his mother is...
  
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• NASCAR Driver, Pilot Killed in North Branford Plane Crash

  17-09-2017 12:27
  NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Modified championship racer Ted Christopher was one of two people killed when a small plane crashed in the woods in Connecticut on Saturday, NASCAR officials said.
  The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that two people were aboard a Mooney M20C plane that went down near the North Branford-Guilford border shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, but they didn’t release the names of the victims.Brian France, NASCAR chairman and CEO, said Christopher, 59, and the pl
  
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• Silver Alert: State Troopers looking for missing 2 year-old from Jewitt City

  17-09-2017 12:22
  JEWITT CITY —  State Police Officers have release a Silver Alert for a missing two year-old boy from Jewitt City, Griswold Sunday. The Alert, release around 5:30 a.m., describes the boy as black  with brown eyes. Police said he was last seen wearing a Blue Paw Patrol t-shirt and a diaper. The boy’s name is name is Aceion Grant. He went missing Saturday. Police are asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of Aceion Grant to please contact State Police […]
  
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• Silver Alert: State Troopers looking for missing 2 year-old from Jewett City

  17-09-2017 12:22
  JEWITT CITY —  State Police Officers have release a Silver Alert for a missing two year-old boy from Jewett City, Griswold Sunday. The Alert, release around 5:30 a.m., describes the boy as black  with brown eyes. Police said he was last seen wearing a Blue Paw Patrol t-shirt and a diaper. The boy’s name is name is Aceion Grant. He went missing Saturday. Police are asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of Aceion Grant to please contact State Police […]
  
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• 2 men charged in killing of bears in Connecticut

  17-09-2017 11:36
  WILTON — Connecticut authorities say two men have been arrested and charged in connection with illegally killing bears. Environmental officials received an anonymous tip Saturday that an archery hunter had illegally shot and killed two black bears on private property in Wilton. Authorities say environmental conservation officers found 28-year-old Antonio Lio carrying a bear skin, head and paws in a backpack. Thirty-three-year-old Daniel Moran was with him. Lio told the officers he shot a b
  
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• DeGrom Reaches Career High With 15 Wins As Mets Beat Braves

  17-09-2017 05:09
  ATLANTA (AP) _ Jacob deGrom set a career high in wins, Dominic Smith and Gavin Cecchini each drove in two runs and the New York Mets snapped a five-game skid with a 7-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
  DeGrom (15-9) allowed five hits, one run and two walks in seven innings. He struck out seven while topping his personal mark of 14 victories in 2015.
  The Mets had lost eight straight on the road and had just four wins in their last 18 games away from Citi Field, but they led 5-0
  
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• Porcello Sharp, Betts Homers To Lift Red Sox Over Rays 3-1

  17-09-2017 04:29
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ Rick Porcello took a shutout into the eighth inning, Mookie Betts hit his 22nd home run and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Saturday night.
  The win reduced Boston’s magic number for clinching a playoff spot to six and kept its AL East lead over the New York Yankees at three games. It was the eighth win in 10 games for the Red Sox.
  Porcello (10-17) gave up one unearned run in 7 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and a walk to win for the sixth time
  
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• Yankees Hit 3 HRs, Back Montgomery In 9-3 Win Over Orioles

  17-09-2017 04:28
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Didi Gregorius and Greg Bird both homered for the second straight game, rookie Jordan Montgomery pitched six shutout innings and the New York Yankees downed the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Saturday for their fourth win in a row.
  The Yankees (82-66) extended their stretch of winning seasons to 25, the second-longest such streak in major league history behind their own 39 straight from 1926-64.
  The Yankees began the day three games behind AL East-leading Boston. New York was atop the wil
  
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• Saturday Afternoon House Fire In Westport; No Injuries Reported

  17-09-2017 04:23
  Westport, Ct (CBS Connecticut)  A passing motorist reported a house fire in Westport on Saugatuck Avenue just before 2:30 this afternoon. Firefighters found smoke and fire coming from the roof and within minutes the fire had spread through the second floor. There was no one home at the time and no injujries were reported. Companies initiated an interior attack on the fire and began searching the residence. A family cat was missing but was located unharmed after the fire was extinguished.
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• Fugitive murder suspect taken back to Connecticut from Missouri

  17-09-2017 03:25
  NORTH STONINGTON — Connecticut State Police said they have arrested the man wanted for the murder of a man in North Stonington in April. James Armstrong, 30, of New London, was charged Friday with murder in the April 12 shooting of Ralph Sebastian Sidberry, 31, at the victim’s home on Lantern Hill Road in North Stonington, according to police. State police said that Armstrong was  extradited back to Connecticut from Missouri, where police learned he may have been
  
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• Connecticut Governor Vows Veto Of GOP-Backed Budget Plan

  17-09-2017 03:22
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut House and Senate Democrats have broken with party leadership, stunning the political establishment, to pass a Republican-backed state budget plan that calls for large spending cuts but no tax hikes.
  The House voted 78-72 early Saturday to approve the $40.7 billion plan. Six Democrats were swayed to support it. Hours earlier, on Friday afternoon, the plan passed in the Senate on a 21-15 vote, stunning the political establishment. Three Democrats voted for it.
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• Police: 5 arrested, 2 hospitalized at memorial for slain Bridgeport man

  17-09-2017 01:53
  BRIDGEPORT — Police said five people were arrested at a memorial for a man who was shot and killed in Bridgeport. Police said 19-year-old Eric Diaz was found shot in the stomach Thursday night and later declared dead. People had been stopping by a corner where a memorial was set up for Diaz on Friday. Police said some people showed up with alcohol. Capt. Roderick Porter said one officer was pepper sprayed at the scene as police and community leaders […]
  
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• 2 Dead in Plane Crash in North Branford

  17-09-2017 01:25
  
  Two people were killed in a small plane crash in North Branford, near the Guilford line, Saturday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 2 Hunters Arrested For Illegal Hunting Of Black Bear

  17-09-2017 01:07
  Wilton, Ct. – (CBS Connecticut) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection received an anonymous report this afternoon that an archery hunter had illegally shot and killed two black bears on private property in Wilton.
  Officers from DEEP’s Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police responded to the area and Antonio Lio, age 28, of Wilton was observed exiting the woods allegedly carrying a bear skin, head and paws stored in his backpack. He was accompanied by a second person
  
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• Crayola’s new color name draws criticism

  17-09-2017 00:57
  Color no one surprised: These days, even a new crayon name draws criticism. Crayola announced the name of a new blue crayon this week: “Bluetiful,” which beat out four other names with 40% of the vote in an online naming contest launched in July. But critics say the name will teach children a nonword. It prompted a hue and cry (pun intended) on Twitter. “Of thousands Eng & foreign words for new blue hue, @Crayola mangles real word, fails at […]
  
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• Man Files Wrongful Conviction Suit After 2015 Prison Release

  17-09-2017 00:40
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ A man who was sentenced to prison for the slaying of an elderly man and released almost a decade later after his case was dismissed has filed a wrongful murder conviction lawsuit against a Connecticut city.
  Bobby Johnson took a plea deal in 2007 that called for a 38-year sentence in the 2006 killing of 70-year-old Herbert Fields in New Haven. Authorities had alleged Johnson was 16 when he fatally shot fields.Johnson was released from prison in 2015.
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• Police: 5 Arrested, 2 Hospitalized At Memorial For Slain Man

  17-09-2017 00:35
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) _ Police say five people were arrested at a memorial for a man who was shot and killed in Connecticut.
  Bridgeport police say 19-year-old Eric Diaz was found shot in the stomach Thursday night and later declared dead.
  The Connecticut Post reports that people had been stopping by a corner where a memorial was set up for Diaz on Friday. Police say some people showed up with alcohol.
  Capt. Roderick Porter says one officer was pepper sprayed at the scene as police and community
  
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• Benkert’s Record Day Lifts Virginia Over UConn 38-18

  17-09-2017 00:30
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) _ Kurt Benkert passed for a school-record breaking 455 yards and Virginia avenged a heartbreak loss last season with a 38-18 victory over Connecticut on Saturday.
  Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall praised his signal caller for his ability to direct a vertical offense.
  “I think our quarterback had a very strong day, not only in accuracy completion percentage, but on the downfield throws, which we had talked about from a week ago,” Mendenhall said of his senior
  
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• Missouri teenager says teacher told her she was too ‘busty’

  17-09-2017 00:15
  JOPLIN, Mo. — A Missouri teenager says a high school teacher told her she was too “busty” and that “plus-sized women” need to shop at stores that sell larger clothing. An attorney for Kelsey Anderson said in a statement released Tuesday that the confrontation happened last Friday when the 17-year-old was sent to the office at Joplin High School for a dress code violation. The statement says the teacher also told Kelsey that “smaller busted women could get away
  
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