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• Man Arrested In Connecticut For 1992 Slaying of Mass. Teacher’s Aide

  18-09-2017 23:51
  BOSTON (AP) — A man has been charged with the 1992 killing of a middle school teacher’s aide after testing confirmed that his DNA matched evidence found at the crime scene, authorities said Monday.
  Gary Schara, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was taken into custody in Connecticut and charged with the abduction, rape and killing of 24-year-old Lisa Ziegert, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni told reporters.
  “Through the determined and skilled work of many investigato
  
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• Nancy O’Dell On The 2017 Emmy Awards: “It Just Felt Bigger”

  18-09-2017 22:44
  The 69th annual Emmy Awards took place last night on CBS and delivered a night filled with the greatest stars in entertainment today. Stephen Colbert of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert assumed hosting duties and the night also featured performances and a surprise cameo from former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
  Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell was working the red carpet and watched all the events unfold live and in-person from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. Ea
  
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• Tropical Storm Watch for Parts of CT

  18-09-2017 22:39
  
  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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• Dad behind viral post wants parents to ‘feel my heartbreak’ after son is bullied, called a monster at school

  18-09-2017 22:32
  AMMON, Idaho — When Dan Bezzant heard what happened to his son at school Thursday, he broke down crying. The Ammon father was sitting in his driveway when he received a phone call from his ex-wife explaining what had occurred during school breakfast. “Jackson was eating and three older boys started picking on him. They were saying he looked like a monster and kept calling him names,” Bezzant told EastIdahoNews.com. “Luckily an aide caught it, but hearing this I just
  
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• Dad in clown mask who chased daughter as ‘punishment’ faces child endangerment charges

  18-09-2017 22:19
  BOARDMAN, Ohio — An Ohio father was arrested after he allegedly chased his 6-year-old daughter around a neighborhood while wearing a clown mask as punishment, resulting in another man firing a gun, according to WKBN. 25-year-old Vernon Barrett Jr. is accused of wearing the mask and chasing his daughter around a neighborhood in Boardman Saturday night, according to the report. According to police, the girl jumped into a woman’s car. The woman then called 911 and said the man
  
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• Keidel: The Patriots Are Just Fine

  18-09-2017 22:15
  By Jason Keidel
  The Twitter tough guys had quite a time of it.
  After Week 1 of the NFL season, the online gangsters jumped those of us who publicly pondered if the New England Patriots could or should go 16-0 this season. Then the Pats opened with a dud and the Brady-haters loved it.
  But as the Twitter Eggs and cubicle kings often do, they went well overboard, assuring us that the Pats weren’t just 0-1, the Brady-Belichick empire was crumbling in epic style. Then Brady competed 30 of 39 pa
  
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• What if Netflix were a broadcast network? Check out their fall 2017 schedule

  18-09-2017 22:03
  Netflix has successfully changed the way a lot of people watch television with its streaming service and all-at-once release model. What it hasn’t changed, however, is the kind of programming it thinks people want to watch. Delivery system aside, Netflix is at heart a broadcaster: The company’s goal is to keep growing its subscriber base with enough programming to justify the $10 or $12 monthly subscription fee. That means attempting to be all things to all people as best it [&hellip
  
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• Malloy Says Time Has Come For A Bipartisan Budget Plan

  18-09-2017 21:57
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he’s willing to compromise with Republicans on a bipartisan budget plan, but will veto the GOP-backed budget that passed the legislature over the weekend.
  Malloy, a Democrat, told reporters Monday that he is willing to accept a budget that includes Republican ideas he does not like, but that Republicans must be willing to adopt some ideas they don’t like.
  Malloy says his office is currently vettin
  
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• Malloy Promises to Vet GOP Budget, but Vows to Veto It

  18-09-2017 21:42
  
  Governor Dannel Malloy renewed his vow Monday to veto the Republican-backed budget that passed the General Assembly, but also promised it a “full vetting.”Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Antidepressants Linked To Elevated Risk Of Death, Study Says

  18-09-2017 21:37
  CBS Local — Antidepressants are known for having various side-effects and are warned to only be used while under a doctor’s care. A new study has found that the drugs may also be contributing to a higher risk of death for their users.
  The findings, published by researchers at McMaster University in Canada, concluded that the risk of death was 33 percent higher among people taking antidepressants.
  “We are very concerned by these results. They suggest that we shouldn’t
  
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• MGM Pitches Park City Casino

  18-09-2017 21:16
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – MGM Resorts International has announced plans for a $675 million waterfront casino in Connecticut’s largest city.
  MGM and development company RCI Group revealed the MGM Bridgeport proposal on Monday.
  They said the casino would be privately funded, add more than 7,000 jobs to the Bridgeport area and result in $50 million in licensing fees for the state thisfiscal year.
  The casino would include 2,000 slot machines, 160 table games and a 300-room hotel.
  The move
  
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• HealthCare Matters: What Should Healthcare Learn From Retail?

  18-09-2017 20:00
  On this episode of Health Care Matters, Retail Health: The new healthcare experience. What should healthcare learn from retail?
  Hosts Elliot Joseph and Rebecca Stewart welcome Gary Weatherford, COO of Go Health Urgent Care, who spent years in customer-focused retail operations. Together they will tackle the toughest topics and your questions on Health Care Matters.
   
  
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• Game On! Navy Submarines’ Periscopes Will Soon Operate Using Xbox Controllers

  18-09-2017 19:59
  CBS Local — As futuristic technology continues to make modern warfare look more like a video game, the U.S. Navy has revealed it’s bringing the video game world to its submarines.
  According to a report on Military.com, the Navy is installing Xbox 360 game controllers onto its Virginia-class submarines. The handheld controllers will operate the periscopes on board the nuclear-powered vessels.
  “The Navy got together and they asked a bunch of J.O.s (junior officers) and junio
  
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• Gary Schara, charged with rape, abduction and murder of Lisa Ziegert in 1992

  18-09-2017 19:47
  VERNON — Gary E. Schara of West Springfield, Massachusetts has been charged with murder, aggravated rape and kidnapping in connection with the 1992 slaying of Lisa Ziegert in Agawam, Mass. Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni told reporters Monday afternoon that  Schara’s DNA was found at the crime scene.   He also said a tipster told state police that they had handwritten documents where Schara admitted to the rape, abduction and murder of Lisa Ziegert.  The Dist
  
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• Ex-Wolcott PTO Treasurer Stole $88K from Accounts: PD

  18-09-2017 19:40
  
  The former PTO treasurer of the Alcott School in Wolcott is accused of stealing over $88,000 for personal use.Photo Credit: Wolcott Police Department
  
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• Fundraiser Held in Memory of Branford Boy

  18-09-2017 19:31
  
  More than 200 people gathered in Branford on Sunday to help raise money for a foundation named in honor of a 10-year-old boy who drowned earlier this summer.Photo Credit: Callahan Family Photo
  
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• Video captures Chicago man attempting to sexually assault worker at perfume store

  18-09-2017 19:17
  CHICAGO — A man was captured on surveillance video allegedly attempting to sexually assault a female store clerk near Chicago, according to WGN. The incident happened at a perfume store on Thursday, according to the report. The suspect pretended to be a customer, and initially said he wanted to buy perfume for his girlfriend. The employee, 26-year-old Dulce Carreon, quickly realize the awkward situation was not an attempted robbery situation but rather a sexual assault attempt. She ran fro
  
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• Contractor Arrested In Check Cashing Scheme

  18-09-2017 18:46
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut contractor has been charged with theft after police say he cashed checks written in the name of a dead man.
  The Stamford Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/2yk60dl ) police were alerted after the brother of 62-year-old John Shugure noticed suspicious withdrawalsfrom Shugure’s checking account after his death in July 2016.
  Police say the brother found three checks totaling $84,000 written by Shugure to 37-year-old John Gallo that were cashed the follo
  
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• Police Release Names Of Fatal Crash Victims

  18-09-2017 18:32
  FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) – Police say the two people who died in a head-on crash in Connecticut last week were from Canada.
  Police on Monday identified the victims of the Thursday night crash on Route 6 in Farmington as 66-year-old Rejean St. Pierre and 66-year-old Benoit Boislard.
  Both are from Quebec. Police did not list hometowns.
  Both victims were rear-seat passengers in a car driven by 46-year-old Angelique Michaud, who suffered minor injuries.
  A front-seat passenger, 60-year-old Lizett
  
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• Man Charged in Coventry KeyBank White Powder Incident

  18-09-2017 18:28
  
  Coventry police have arrested a man accused of leaving a white powder substance in a night deposit box at KeyBank, which prompted a hazardous material response and forced the business to close for several days.Photo Credit: Coventry Police Department
  
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• President Trump, Israel’s Netanyahu meet on Iran

  18-09-2017 18:25
  When US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, the conversation itself will be private, but Netanyahu has made it very clear what he wants to discuss: Iran. Netanyahu’s first dire warning about Iran came more than two decades ago. In 1996, Netanyahu, then in his first term as Prime Minister, delivered his maiden speech before Congress. In it, he warned that Iran “has wed a cruel despotism [&h
  
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• Meriden Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash

  18-09-2017 18:18
  
  A 47-year-old Meriden man was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday, according to Meriden police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Arrest Made In New Britain Triple Shooting

  18-09-2017 18:08
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – After a months long investigation, an arrest has been made in a triple shooting in New Britain.
  It was March 18th of this year when three people, a woman and two juveniles, were gunned down in a home on Newington Avenue.
  The shootings were not fatal.
  Now, under arrest is 37-year-old Jermaine Scott of New Britain.
  Police say he was arrested without incident in Middletown by U.S. marshals on the Violent Fugitive Task Force.
  There was another child in th
  
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• US considering closing Havana embassy

  18-09-2017 18:03
  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that the US was considering closing its embassy in Havana, Cuba. “We have it under evaluation,” Tillerson said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” A group of five Republican senators wrote to Tillerson, requesting the US declare Cuban diplomats unwelcome and shutter the embassy in Cuba, which the US opened near the end of former President Barack Obama’s second term. US government officials have said State Depar
  
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• Hackers Have Successfully Hidden Malware In Popular PC Cleanup Tool

  18-09-2017 17:49
  CBS Local — A computer program used to help your PC run faster has reportedly become the latest victim of hackers looking to breach the security of millions of its users.
  CCleaner, the computer-optimizing tool made by software company Piriform, was successfully infected by malware, according to security firm Cisco Talos. The malware reportedly tried to connect to unregistered websites in order to remotely download even more harmful programs to users’ computers.
  Security experts
  
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• Authorities Arrest Man Wanted in New Britain Triple Shooting

  18-09-2017 17:44
  
  Police have arrested a suspect in a New Britain triple shooting that left a woman, a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old injured back in March, according to New Britain police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/New Britain Police Department
  
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• New Britain triple-shooting suspect captured after months-long manhunt

  18-09-2017 17:33
  NEW BRITAIN — After a months-long manhunt, New Britain fugitive Jermaine Scott has been captured. Police said that on Monday morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., Jermaine Tywane Scott, 37, of 134 Newington Avenue in New Britain was arrested without incident by the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force at an address on Dove Lane in Middletown. The Marshals were assisted by the Middletown Police Department. Scott was taken back to New Britain where he was charged by warrant with three [&h
  
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• New Britain fugitive captured

  18-09-2017 17:33
  NEW BRITAIN — On Monday morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., Jermaine Tywane Scott, 37, of 134 Newington Avenue in New Britain was arrested without incident by the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force at an address on Dove Lane in Middletown. The Marshals were assisted by the Middletown Police Department. Scott was taken back to New Britain Police Headquarters where he was charged by warrant with three counts of Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder, one count of Criminal Possession of [&h
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: Pats Bounce Back To True Form With Rout Of Saints

  18-09-2017 16:45
  By Danny Cox
  Defense is not something that the New Orleans Saints have been known for in a very long time, but there were flashes of hope during the preseason in The Big Easy. Those hopes were dashed a little bit in an opening season loss to the Minnesota Vikings and in Week 2, Tom Brady may have completely crushed them as he put on a clinic in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
  Not only did Brady lead the New England Patriots to an impressive 36-20 victory over the Saints on Sunday, but he did it wit
  
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• Stamford Woman Killed in Crash on Merritt Parkway

  18-09-2017 16:28
  
  A Stamford woman was killed in a crash on the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) in Stamford Sunday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Dramatic Images: Buses Collide in NYC

  18-09-2017 16:22
  
  Three people died and 15 people were hurt, some of them badly, when an MTA bus and a private tour bus collided in Queens early Monday -- a dramatic wreck that sent at least one of the vehicles careening into...Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Police ID 2 Victims Killed in Head-On Crash in Farmington

  18-09-2017 16:18
  
  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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• Computer Talk: Tesla Talk, New iPhone Details & More

  18-09-2017 16:18
  Erik flies solo answering your computer questions.
  Some Tesla electric car models travel farther on a charge during hurricane Irma– we tell you how this can happen. And new iPhone models will charge faster, but there is a catch. Apple’s new facial recognition is more secure… for a sleeping user.
  Google will delete your Android backups if the phone or tablet is unused for two months… why? What are the minimum processor and RAM recommendations for a new computer? We&rsquo
  
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• Waterbury Furniture Store Devastated by Fire

  18-09-2017 16:07
  
  Fire ripped through a Waterbury furniture store Monday morning, causing heavy damage and compromising the building.Photo Credit: Contributed Photo
  
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• MONDAY AM UPDATE: Tropical Storm Watch for Parts of CT

  18-09-2017 15:46
  
  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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• Trump’s childhood home becomes showcase for refugees

  18-09-2017 15:45
  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees. They were there sharing their stories to draw attention to the refugee crisis just as the United Nations General Assembly convenes this week with the Republican president in attendance. The Queens, New York, house that Trump’s father built is now a rental available on Airbnb that anyone can stay in for $725 a night. The international anti-poverty organization
  
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• Iran, North Korea expected to dominate President Trump’s first UN General Assembly

  18-09-2017 15:24
  NEW YORK, NY— President Donald Trump will tote his “America First” stance this week to the United Nations General Assembly, the annual inundation of diplomats and world leaders who this year await the new US leader with uneasy anticipation. The summit in Trump’s hometown — New York City — has become the quickest-paced diplomatic event on the calendar for an American president. Trump arrives to the soaring, green-hued assembly hall facing open questions about h
  
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• Knowing Position Limits For Your League Comes In To Play With Two Weeks Left

  18-09-2017 15:16
  By Sam McPherson
  Standard fantasy baseball leagues often have position limits to ensure sneaky owners do not exploit rules loopholes in order to unfairly win a league title. About this time of year, with just two weeks left in the baseball season, is a great time to make sure you’re not going to go over your league’s position limits—or fall way short of them, for that matter. You want to make sure you maximize all your opportunities in fantasy baseball.
  Rotisseries leagues gene
  
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