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• Tick that causes food allergy discovered in CT

  21-09-2017 23:55
  NEW HAVEN —  There is a tick that is becoming more prominent in Connecticut. And, if you are bitten, you might become allergic to a certain food. Officials from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) in New Haven, said it is seeing an increased number so called Lone Star ticks being brought in for testing. With the name Lone Star, one would assume it has to do with where it was first discovered. “It’s not from Texas,” said State Entomologist […
  
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• Former Meriden dentist previously arrested for sexual assault, stalking; arrested for child pornography

  21-09-2017 23:28
  MERIDEN —  Jeffrey Krahling has been placed under arrest Thursday after police said he was sharing child pornography over the internet. Meriden police said following an investigation, they traced internet activity located at a residence on 94 Summerhill Road in Wallingford. Police said on July 17, officers executed a search warrant to the home where they seized several items. After a review of the items, they located files of child pornography. Krahling is charged with possession of c
  
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• Wallingford Man Charged With Possession of Child Pornography

  21-09-2017 23:09
  
  Connecticut State Police have arrested a Wallingford man charged with illegal possession of child pornography after investigators uncovered he was sharing child porn files on a peer-to-peer computer network...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Hartford Fundraiser Planned To Assist Storm-damaged Puerto Rico

  21-09-2017 23:05
  (CBS Connecticut) — Puerto Ricans in Greater Hartford are working to help the island recover from Hurricane Maria.
  A Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief network fundraiser is planned for October 1 from noon to 7 pm at the Center for Latino Progress on Park Street in the Capital City.
  Hartford Puerto Rican Parade Co-chair Ana Valentin-Jackson says Connecticut has one of the largest Puerto Rican populations off the island.
  “It’s not like we are from there or from here, we are part of Co
  
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• Tests Confirm Hernandez Had CTE

  21-09-2017 22:46
  BOSTON (AP) – Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer says the former New England Patriots tight end’s brain showed severe signs of the degenerative brain disease chronictraumatic encephalopathy.
  In a news conference at his offices, attorney Jose Baez says testing showed that Hernandez had a severe case of the disease.
  CTE can be caused by repeated head trauma and leads to symptoms like violent mood swings, depression and other cognitive difficulties.
  Hernandez killed himself in April in the
  
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• Aaron Hernandez lawyer: Brain showed ‘severe’ case of CTE

  21-09-2017 22:21
  BOSTON  — Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer says the former New England Patriots tight end’s brain showed severe signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy. In a news conference at his offices, attorney Jose Baez says testing showed that Hernandez had a severe case of the disease. CTE can be caused by repeated head trauma and leads to symptoms like violent mood swings, depression and other cognitive difficulties. Hernandez killed himself in April in th
  
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• Man Accused of Attacking Ex-Girlfriend in Victim's Home

  21-09-2017 22:20
  
  A Danbury man is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Stratford home, attacking her and trying to rob her and her new boyfriend at gunpoint.Photo Credit: Stratford Police Department
  
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• Bus Company Collecting Supplies for Victims in Puerto Rico

  21-09-2017 22:11
  
  A bus company is looking for donations to fill up school buses with needed supplies for the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• UConn’s President Herbst On WTIC

  21-09-2017 21:49
  UConn President Susan Herbst joined Jim Vicevich and Will Marotti this morning to explain why $300million in cuts to UConn would not be in the state’s best interest.
  Listen to the interview here.
  
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• Union Demonstrators Call On Governor To Veto GOP Budget

  21-09-2017 21:32
  (CBS Connecticut) — Outside the state capitol today, demonstrators organized by unions urged the governor to follow through on his statements and veto the Republican budget.
  They chanted “Veto! Veto!” and held signs describing the proposal as toxic.
  AFSCME local president Mark Krauchik represents custodians in the Seymour school system.
  “The Republican budget that just got passed is disgraceful and disgusting,” Krauchik said to cheers.  “It recklessly dam
  
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• Newington Police Investigating Woman's Death as Homicide

  21-09-2017 21:26
  
  A woman was found dead at a Newington home Thursday morning, a man was found seriously injured inside and police are treating the woman's death as a homicide.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 3 Starts And Sits

  21-09-2017 20:55
  By Matt Citak
  The 2017 NFL season has been rather unpredictable thus far. From a slew of injuries to significant fantasy football players, to rookie running backs bursting onto the scene, to average veteran quarterbacks suddenly looking like studs, it feels like we have seen it all in the first two weeks of the season. And yet, we still have 15 weeks to go. Strap in folks, it’s going to be an interesting season.
  Here are Week 3’s Fantasy Football Starts and Sits.
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  QB: Cam Newto
  
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• Couple Injured When Mobile Home Explodes in Clinton

  21-09-2017 20:41
  
  A husband and his wife are at Bridgeport Hospital with severe burns and serious injuries after their mobile home in Clinton exploded this morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Airport in Bethlehem for Sale

  21-09-2017 20:23
  
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• BYU to sell caffeinated sodas on campus for first time since 1950s

  21-09-2017 20:12
  PROVO, Utah — In a surprise announcement on Thursday, Brigham Young University announced it would begin selling caffeinated sodas on campus, according to KSTU. It is a cultural shift for a campus that has been “caffeine-free” since the 1950s. “Until more recently, dining services rarely received requests for caffeinated soda. Consumer preferences have clearly changed and requests have become much more frequent,” the university said in an FAQ announcing the change. B
  
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• Couple asks guests to help pay for dream wedding

  21-09-2017 20:11
  Derbyshire, U.K. — Weddings are expensive and many couples have trouble paying for everything before the big day arrives. So, one couple in England decided to cut costs and ask their guests to cover some of the wedding expenses. Ben Farina and Clare Moran plan to marry in June 2018 and their venue is going to cost about $13,500, according to the BBC. To help cover expenses, the couple is asking the 60 adult guests to pay $203 each. For the […]
  
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• Study: CT Would Be Among Biggest Losers In Obamacare Repeal

  21-09-2017 20:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A study finds the latest GOP effort to end “Obamacare” would take federal dollars away from states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The study says the states that didn’t expand Medicaid would initially get more federal dollars under the Republican Graham-Cassidy bill.
  The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation study came out Thursday. It estimates the states that didn’t expand Medicaid would get an average of 12 percent more.
  The
  
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• Woman Dead, Man In Custody Following Police Response In Newington

  21-09-2017 20:02
  (CBS Connecticut) — A woman is dead and her husband is in custody after police from several communities descended upon a neighborhood in Newington Thursday morning.
  Police responded to 52 Gilbert Road around 9 a.m. on a report of a woman lying inside the front door of the home. Nearby residents were told to shelter in place as a precaution, as crisis negotiators responded to the scene, said police.
  Police say they also located a man with serious injuries in the home. He was taken to a loca
  
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• Aquarium Releases 3 Abandoned Seal Pups Off Rhode Island

  21-09-2017 20:02
  MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) — Three seal pups that were apparently abandoned by their parents after birth have been released into the waters off Rhode Island.
  Officials at Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium say the three harbor seals named Aster, Azalea and Ivy were released Thursday morning in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
  The aquarium says one of the seals was rescued in early May in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Another was found in Harpswell, Maine, and brought to the aquarium in June. The thir
  
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• Man Sentenced To Prison After Shooting City-Owned Truck

  21-09-2017 19:58
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who shot at a city public works truck after he was asked to move his car has been sentenced to four years in prison.
  The Republican-American reports that 21-year-old Joshua Thompson was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to attempting to commit first-degree assault.
  Police say Waterbury public works employees told Thompson to move his car after he parked on the lawn at a city park.
  When they saw that the lawn had been damaged, the workers t
  
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• Anti-Smoking Campaign Endorses Using E-Cigarettes

  21-09-2017 19:57
  CBS Local — An annual campaign that encourages people to quit smoking in England has endorsed an unlikely ally in their cause: e-cigarettes.
  The “Stoptober” campaign will reportedly promote using the controversial devices in their television ads this October. The surprising alliance comes after 53 percent of people trying to quit reportedly switched to vaping to help them give up smoking in 2016.
  The campaign is being run by Public Health England (PHE). “The evidence
  
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• Mystic Aquarium releases 3 abandoned seal pups off Rhode Island

  21-09-2017 19:47
  MYSTIC — Three seal pups that were apparently abandoned by their parents after birth have been released into the waters off Rhode Island. Officials at Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium say the three harbor seals named Aster, Azalea and Ivy were released Thursday morning in Charlestown, Rhode Island. The aquarium says one of the seals was rescued in early May in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Another was found in Harpswell, Maine, and brought to the aquarium in June. The third was found [
  
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• 3 students hospitalized after bully forced students to ingest ‘cocaine’

  21-09-2017 19:37
  MAYWOOD, Ill. — Police are investigating after three students at an Illinois elementary school were apparently forced to ingest what students believed to be cocaine, according to WGN. The family of one of the students told WGN the children unwittingly consumed what they believed to have been cocaine. A student at the school allegedly bullied the students to eating the substance. A grandmother of one of the other students told WGN the bully “sprinkled cocaine” into her grandchil
  
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• After 75 years, remains of sailor killed during Pearl Harbor attack finally identified

  21-09-2017 19:29
  PETERSBURG, Va. — The remains of a New Jersey man killed 75 years ago during the attack on Pearl Harbor have been positively identified, according to WTVR. It’s impossible to measure a family’s grief — even when decades go by and the remains of their loved one remained unidentified in a mass grave. One family, generations later, still held out hope for a final resolve. A New Jersey man, killed during the first wave on the attack on Pearl Harbor […]
  
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• Accused prostitute from New York arrested at Wilton spa

  21-09-2017 19:18
  WILTON — The Wilton Police Department, along with the Norwalk Police Department, said that they arrested a woman for prostitution at a spa located in their town. Police said that they got complaints about sex acts being conducted for pay at the “In Spa” at 7 Danbury Road, specifically on the second floor of the building at that address. Police said that search warrants were executed on Wednesday at the business address and a connected vehicle.  He Lang, 43, of […]
  
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• Bill Gates: Sorry about Control-Alt-Delete

  21-09-2017 19:00
  Bill Gates is sorry that he made it so annoying to log in to your computer. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder admitted Wednesday that the Control-Alt-Delete function originally used to get into Windows computers is an awkward maneuver. “If I could make one small edit, I’d make that a single key,” Gates said Wednesday on a panel at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York City. It’s a confession Gates has made before. In 2013, he blamed IBM for the […]
  
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• Incident at Substation Knocked Out Power in Meriden

  21-09-2017 18:40
  
  Power was out for more than 1,500 Eversource customers in Meriden after an incident at a substation on Center Street, but it has been restored.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Global Extinction Event Coming In 2100, MIT Professor Says

  21-09-2017 18:38
  CBS Local — Will the human race live to see the next century on Earth? According to a mathematician at MIT, the next extinction-level event for the planet may begin as early as the year 2100.
  Professor Daniel Rothman has published a formula in the journal Science Advances that looks at the planet’s carbon cycle. According to Rothman, the massive amounts of CO2 emissions produced around the world are in line with previous mass extinction events in the planet’s history.
  “Th
  
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• NFL Week 3 Picks: Raiders Continue Their Winning Ways

  21-09-2017 18:30
  Ryan Mayer
  Things have started to stabilize a bit now in the NFL as through two games, we’re starting to get a feel for how good, or bad, each team will be this season. Along with that understanding, came a better week for us picks-wise as we went 9-7 against the spread and 11-5 straight up. Not bad right? Well, we’re still striving for better and as we enter Week 3 of the NFL season that’s the hope.
  If you’re new to the column, we like to separate our picks into three di
  
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• Can iOS 11 Record You Without You Knowing? Experts Say Yes

  21-09-2017 18:26
  CBS Local — The iPhone’s newest operating system is raising serious questions about the potential to invade a user’s privacy. According to multiple reports, iOS 11 has the ability to continue recording and save Snapchat or FaceTime videos without the person being recorded knowing about it.
  iPhone’s newest update reportedly added a new feature called “screen recording.” With just a few clicks in the device’s control settings, users are able to record
  
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• People Desperate to Hear From Loved Ones in Puerto Rico

  21-09-2017 18:23
  
  Connecticut residents with family in Puerto Rico are desperate to get in touch with them after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
  
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• Farmington Farm Truck Brings Produce to You

  21-09-2017 18:20
  
  The Farmington Farm Truck brings locally grown produce to you.
  
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• Arkansas teacher accused of having sex with teen, may have more victims

  21-09-2017 17:49
  MARKED TREE, Ark. — An Arkansas art teacher has been arrested for sexual assault and there could be other victims, parents told WREG Arkansas State Police said they started investigating after at least one teenage boy made allegations of having a “sexual liaison” with 25-year-old Jessie Goline, a Marked Tree High School teacher. The encounters allegedly took place at her home in Jonesboro last semester, police said. The sexual assault charges come months after police began
  
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• 3.4 million in Puerto Rico could be without power for 4-6 months, mayor warns

  21-09-2017 17:43
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria was battering the Dominican Republic on Thursday as the long-term devastation in Puerto Rico was just coming into focus. The Category 3 storm whipped 115-mph winds as it left torrential rain in the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center said. Maria will likely strengthen over warm water as it headed toward the Turks and Caicos, endangering low-lying islands with enormous storm surges. But Maria’s wrath was far from ended in Puerto Ri
  
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• Hartford Police Chief Rovella To Retire

  21-09-2017 17:15
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Hartford’s police chief has confirmed that he plans to retire by early next year.
  Chief James Rovella told the Hartford Courant (http://cour.at/2ysFlLA ) on Thursday that he sent Mayor Luke Bronin an official letter of resignation.
  The resignation is not effective immediately because under the terms of his current contract, the earliest Rovella could step down is February.
  The city council reappointed the 59-year-old Rovella to a two-year contract in September.
  
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• Kahn: The Year Of The Long Ball

  21-09-2017 16:52
  By Andrew Kahn
  On Tuesday, Major League Baseball set a record for home runs in a season, when Alex Gordon belted the 5,694th long ball of the year, breaking the previous high mark set in 2000. Here’s a look at how we got there (all stats through Tuesday’s games).
  Giancarlo Stanton has done more than anyone to contribute to the record, hitting 56 homers. He clubbed 18 in August alone, during which he hit 11 bombs in a 12-game stretch. His 53rdbroke a camera and his latest smacked the
  
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• Police Ask Newington Neighborhood Residents To Stay Inside

  21-09-2017 16:21
  (CBS Connecticut) — Police are asking people to stay indoors, in the area of Gilbert Road and Lloyd Street in Newington.
  They also ask people to stay away from the area for now.
  Newington Police did not immediately say what was happening in the neighborhood.
  The area is a short distance from Martin Kellogg Middle School.
  
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• Red Cross Sending More Help from CT to Florida After Irma

  21-09-2017 15:59
  
  The American Red Cross is sending four emergency response vehicles to Florida to provide help after Hurricane Irma struck.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Make Prostitution Arrest at Wilton Spa

  21-09-2017 15:43
  
  Police have arrested a New York woman after investigating allegations of prostitution at the In Spa in Wilton.Photo Credit: Wilton Police
  
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• Rick Neuheisel: The Key For Vanderbilt Is Balance, Big Plays Against Tide

  21-09-2017 15:00
  Ryan Mayer
  Prior to the season, if I had told you that Alabama’s visit to Nashville to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores would be in the national spotlight, you probably would have thought I was crazy. However, after three weeks of the season, both teams are 3-0, and Derek Mason has his group playing the stingiest defense in the country allowing just 13 total points on the year. Alabama, is playing its typical stingy style of defense, allowing 13.3 PPG, but they’ve dealt with their s
  
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• Red Cross Sending More Help from CT to Florida Afrer Irma

  21-09-2017 15:00
  
  The American Red Cross is sending four emergency response vehicles to Florida to provide help after Hurricane Irma struck.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 2 Injured in Mobile Home Explosion in Clinton

  21-09-2017 14:47
  
  Two people are in serious condition at Bridgeport Hospital after an explosion turned their mobile home in Clinton into a pile of rubble.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Post University Dismisses 5 Employees Amid Theft Probe

  21-09-2017 14:29
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A private for-profit college in Waterbury has dismissed five employees as police investigate the suspected theft of $47,000 believed to have been paid out in bogus tuition reimbursement checks.
  Post University said Wednesday that it discovered irregular activity in February and immediately launched an internal review before contacting police.
  Waterbury police tell WVIT-TV that one employee cut checks to the others indicating the money was reimbur
  
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• Private Connecticut School Buys Vermont Land For New Campus

  21-09-2017 14:26
  RANDOLPH, Vt. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A private boys’ school in Connecticut has purchased a well-known Vermont inn and surrounding property to create a satellite campus.
  The Brunswick School in Greenwich announced Tuesday that it purchased the Three Stallion Inn and 650 acres of surrounding property in Randolph for a new wilderness education and applied learning program. The $2.1 million deal has been in the works since last year.
  The inn’s owner, Jesse “Sam” Sam
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway September 21, 2017

  21-09-2017 12:42
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
   
  6:50- Mark E. Ojakian President, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) looks at the impact the state budget will have on on CSCU.  In a letter sent  from President Ojakian to the Connecticut General Assembly, the CSCU President describes the impact of the state budget on the CSCU community.
  7:20- Bill Bergman, Director of Research Truth in Accounting (TIA) talks the Financial State of the States
  
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• Mobile Home Explodes in Clinton

  21-09-2017 11:43
  (Clinton, CONN./ CBS CONNECTICUT)– Around 12:30 Thursday morning, a mobile home on Killingworth Turnpike in Clinton exploded.
  Police are calling it a propane explosion. 911 calls flooded the Clinton Emergency Communications Center with reports of a loud explosion, a home shaking, and a fire. They responded to the Evergreen Park Complex on Killingworth turnpike where they found a mobile home had been completely destroyed.
  An elderly couple was inside the home, they were taken by Life S
  
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• Mobile Home Destroyed in Explosion

  21-09-2017 10:44
  
  Lifestar took two people to Bridgeport Hospital after a mobile home was destroyed in an explosion.The explosion happened at a mobile home park on the Killingworth Turnpike in Clinton.Police started...
  
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• Two injured after explosion, fire at Clinton trailer park

  21-09-2017 08:23
  CLINTON – Two people are in the hospital with serious injuries after an explosion at a trailer park in Clinton. The call came in around 12:30 a.m. this morning at unit #11 at the Evergreen Springs trailer park. Pieces of the mobile home were scattered all over the area. Two individuals were pulled from the burning wreckage and taken to Bridgeport Hospital by Lifestar. Mutual aid from surrounding towns was called in to assist the Clinton Fire Department. “The unit in questio
  
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• Injuries reported in Clinton trailer park fire

  21-09-2017 08:23
  CLINTON – Firefighters responded to the Evergreen Springs trailer park at 229 Killingworth Turnpike in Clinton early this morning for a fully-involved structure fire. Emergency officials said Lifestar was requested to the scene and injuries were reported. Mutual aid from surrounding towns was also requested. Stay with Fox 61 for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Sale Reaches 300 Ks as Red Sox Beat Orioles 9-0 for sweep

  21-09-2017 07:53
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Sale was at his very best — right down to his momentous last pitch — in another meaningful victory for the Boston Red Sox.
  Sale struck out 13 to become the first AL pitcher in 18 years to reach the 300 mark, and Boston moved to the brink of clinching a playoff berth by beating the Baltimore Orioles 9-0 on Wednesday night.
  Sale (17-7) reached the milestone on his 111th and final pitch, a called third strike against Ryan Flaherty to end
  
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