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• Deficit Pegged For FY 18 State Budget

  02-10-2017 22:56
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The state comptroller is releasing new figures on Connecticut’s deficit for the current fiscal year.
  Kevin Lembo says the state is facing a 93-point-8-million dollar shortfall for the end of the fiscal year 2018.
  This, as Connecticut continues to operate under a gubernatorial executive order, absent a state budget.
  Lembo says in a letter to Governor Dannel Malloy while the spending reduction authority should allow him to meet savings targets, spend
  
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• Vegas Radio Host: Was ‘Only A Matter Of Time’ Before A Vegas Terror Attack

  02-10-2017 21:47
  CBS Local — On Sunday evening tragedy and terror struck in Las Vegas as the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history unfolded at a country music concert attended by over 20,000 people from all over the world.
  At least 58 people are dead and 500-plus injured as a result of the attack, which was perpetrated by 64-year-old Las Vegas resident Stephen Paddock, who shot down into the crowd of concert-goers from the 32nd floor window of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel.
  While many are shocked that
  
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• Comptroller Urges Anthem, Hartford HealthCare To Reach Deal

  02-10-2017 21:32
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo is urging Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Hartford HealthCare to reach a deal to keep thousands of residents from paying much higher costs for health care.
  Anthem and Hartford HealthCare both failed to reach an agreement Saturday on a new three-year contract. Due to the missed deadline, state patients insured through Anthem are considered out-of-network as of Sunday and now face higher out-of-pocket costs
  
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• Newtown Families React To Las Vegas Shooting On Twitter

  02-10-2017 21:10
  NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Several families who lost loved ones in the 2012 mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have taken to social media to express everything from empathy to anger following the shooting in Las Vegas.
  Donna Soto, whose daughter Vicki, a first-grade teacher, was among 26 people killed the school in Newtown, tweeted: “When will it end.”
  Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year-old daughter Ana Grace was among the Newtown vi
  
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• Keidel: Rams, Cowboys Not The Teams We Expected

  02-10-2017 21:10
  By Jason Keidel
  There may not be season-ending games in Week 4 — unless you’re the New York Giants — but there surely are statement games.
  When we thumbed through the NFL schedule this summer, there were games you circled, and games you dismissed as routs over runts. One seemingly obvious rout had to be yesterday’s battle between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams, which, back before we knew any better, clearly looked like it would be a Cowboys’ runaway win. It
  
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• Man Gets 4 Years In Prison For Staging Crashes In Fraud Scam

  02-10-2017 21:07
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Haitian man who federal prosecutors say was the ringleader of an auto insurance scam involving as many as 50 staged car crashes in southeastern Connecticut has been sentenced to four years in prison.
  Mackenzy Noze was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven. A jury convicted him of nine fraud charges in June.
  Officials say Noze is a lawful permanent U.S. resident who had been living in Norwich and will face immigration proceedings after
  
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• Crowds Line Up To Donate Blood After Las Vegas Mass Shooting

  02-10-2017 19:38
  CBS Local — Las Vegas residents are answering the call to help the hundreds of victims in Sunday night’s mass shooting. Crowds of people have been lining up at local hospitals and clinics to donate blood since emergency workers put out pleas for help in the wake of the worst shooting in U.S. history.
  If you would like to donate blood for the injured victims of the Strip shooting visit the Labor Health & Welfare Clinic, 7135 W. Sahara.
  — LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017As a nu
  
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• FBI Says ‘No Connection’ To ISIS In Vegas Shooting, Suspect’s Brother Speaks Out

  02-10-2017 19:00
  CBS Local — U.S. officials are pushing back against ISIS’s claims the Las Vegas mass shooting was related to their organization. According to multiple reports, there is no connection between Islamic State terrorists — or any international terrorist group — and the man who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 during a music festival Sunday night.
  UPDATE: Senior U.S. officials say no evidence Vegas shooter was connected to international militant group after I
  
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• Linda Lavin Discusses Her New Role On ‘9JKL’

  02-10-2017 18:18
  9JKL makes its series premiere October 2nd at 8:30 PM ET on CBS. This brand new comedy revolves around the life of Josh Roberts (Mark Feuerstein), a recently divorced actor forced to move into an apartment located on the same floor as his immediate family. Josh struggles to find his personal space amidst the chaos of finding work, dating and of course – living next door to his parents.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to Linda Lavin who plays Judy Roberts, Josh’s mother, about
  
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• Milford Man Accused In Skunk Shootings

  02-10-2017 17:54
  (Milford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – In Milford, police are charging a city man after they say he shot skunks in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
  Officers say they received the call around 3:45 Saturday morning to Grinnell Street and Plains Road for a report of shots fired.
  The investigation led to the arrest of 61-year-old Vincent Rondelli.
  Police say he was shooting skunks in his yard from an upper porch area of his home.
  According to police, Rondelli told them he opened fire due to a la
  
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• ‘This Must Stop’: Politicians, Celebs Respond To Vegas Shooting

  02-10-2017 17:45
  CBS Local — In the wake of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, several public figures have come out to voice their concern for the victims as well as their outrage at another deadly gun incident.
  The gunman was on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino when he opened fire on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 400 concert-goers. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo identified the shooter, who reportedly took his own l
  
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• State Law Limiting Tweed Runway Length Upheld

  02-10-2017 17:35
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled in favor of Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen in a dispute with Tweed-New Haven Airport overthe length of the airport’s main runway.
  Magistrate Judge Robert Richardson in Hartford upheld a 2009 law in a decision filed Saturday.
  Richardson wrote he wasn’t convinced of the state-run airport’s claims that the law limiting the runway to its current 5,600 feet is threatening existingservice and preventing Tweed from att
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: Cam Newton Found His Old Self At The Wrong Time As Pats Lose In Final Seconds

  02-10-2017 17:15
  By Danny Cox
  Something seems completely off with the New England Patriots right now, and it isn’t typical to not know which team is going to show up from week to week. This Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, the Pats came out flat once again. New England was trailing 30-16 a few minutes into the fourth quarter before finally finding their groove and showing the world the team they really are.
  Unfortunately, the defense continued to give up yardage and allowed Cam Newton and the rest of
  
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• Yard Goats’ Restall Named Exec Of The Year

  02-10-2017 17:01
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hartford Yard Goats general manager Tim Restall has been named 2017 Eastern League Executive of the Year, the team announced today in a statement.
  Restall oversaw the Yard Goats move to Dunkin’ Donuts Park after a year filled with construction overruns, delays, and the firing of the original developer.
  The team saw over 395-thousand fans pass through the turnstiles this season, an average of over 5,800 per game.
  Restall will be presented with the a
  
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• MLB Playoffs 2017: Wild Card/Division Series Schedule, How To Watch

  02-10-2017 16:50
  Ryan Mayer
  The marathon of the Major League Baseball regular season is behind us. 162 games over the course of six months has narrowed the field down to 10 teams vying for the Commissioner’s Trophy. With the calendar now changed to October, the teams and players are ready to make some memories and legends are set to be born. With October baseball comes the return of afternoon matinees, which means you may have to work your schedule around watching your favorite team’s run. In order t
  
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• Joe D’s Notebook: SMU – The Recap

  02-10-2017 15:44
  For a fleeting moment on Saturday, it looked like the UConn Huskies might be coming of age. On the first play of the fourth quarter at SMU, Bryant Shirreffs floated a perfect pass downfield to Keyion Dixon who ran under the pass and scooted into the end zone for a 59 yard touchdown. When Tyler Davis hauled in a two point conversion, the Huskies had tied the heavily favored Mustangs at 28.
  What followed wasn’t pretty.  87 yard, 8 play touchdown drive, blocked punt, 49 yard, 4 play touc
  
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• Bristol Police ID Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash

  02-10-2017 14:39
  BRISTOL, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Bristol police have identified the man killed in a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon on Broad Street.
  Corey Natal, 36, of Manchester was thrown from his bike in the area of 117 Broad Street just before 3 p.m., and was pronounced dead a short time later at Bristol Hospital.
  The crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone with information on the incident to call them at 860-584-3036.
   
  
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• Connecticut Organizations Get $750K To Fight Youth Drug Use

  02-10-2017 14:17
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Organizations in six Connecticut cities and towns will receive a total of $750,000 in federal grant money aimed at preventing addiction among young people.
  The grants were announced Friday by the state’s congressional delegation. Each organization will receive $125,000 through the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The groups are based in Torrington, Enfield, East Haddam, Naugatuck, Durham and Bridgeport.
  A joint statement from the stat
  
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• The Las Vegas attack is the deadliest mass shooting in US history

  02-10-2017 14:03
  LAS VEGAS — When a gunman opened fire on a crowd gathered for a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip last night, he killed at least 50 people — making the Sunday night incident the deadliest mass shooting in the United States. Here is a list of the 10 deadliest single-day mass shootings in US history from 1949 to the present. If the shooter was killed or committed suicide during the incident that death is not included in the […]
  
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• Reactions to Las Vegas mass shooting pour in as death toll rises to at least 50

  02-10-2017 13:15
  LAS VEGAS — Celebrities, politicians, and entertainers across the country are responding to the news of the deadilest mass shooting in U.S. history Monday morning. President Donald Trump said in a tweet: My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2017 At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on […]
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway October 2, 2017

  02-10-2017 12:14
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:20- Jill Schlesinger looks at the Republican Tax Plan and answers the question– how does it affect ME?
  6:50- Robert Kim Bingham Sr. of Salem, a retired federal immigration lawyer, has a simple solution for the illegal immigrants who long have been in the country without causing any problems. Learn what it is.
  7:20-  Jack Kramer, columnist with CTNewsJunkie.com looks at the tougher hate crime penalties, among the 140
  
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• Sunny, milder with temps in the 70s for Monday

  02-10-2017 11:52
  We’ll be seeing a ton of sunshine the next few days, as a strong high pressure system builds in and gives us some great weather. Temperatures will average  around and over 70 to start off the week on Monday, and in the low-mid 70s by Tuesday. By Wednesday and Thursday, we bump those high temperatures up to around 80, and it still comes along with a good amount of sunshine. We need the rain but the only chance for any […]
  
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• U.K. scrambles to help stranded travelers after ‘biggest ever’ airline failure

  02-10-2017 11:45
  LONDON — Britain is rushing to help more than 100,000 travelers get back to the country after it suffered its largest ever airline collapse. “This is an unprecedented response to an unprecedented situation,” British Transport Minister Chris Grayling said Monday, describing the measures following the sudden bankruptcy of Monarch Airlines as “the country’s biggest ever peacetime repatriation.” All Monarch flights to and from the U.K. have been canceled. That lea
  
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• Win Tickets To Paul Anka Live

  02-10-2017 11:03
  Paul Anka is coming to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, October 21st, 2017, and we want to send you to see the show.
  Tickets are on sale now through ticketmaster.com and any Ticketmaster outlet, but we want you to win them right here.
  Tune in to Ray Dunaway every morning this week, and know the answer to the trivia question below…  Dial 1-800-953-1080 and you could win two tickets to see the show!
  Trivia Question: What year was Paul Anka inducted into the Songwriters’ H
  
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• South Main Street in Waterbury back open following police investigation

  02-10-2017 10:25
  WATERBURY — Waterbury police had an area of South Main Street blocked off for what they called an “active investigation” in the overnight hours. It has since been reopened. The Fox 61 crew arrived shortly after 2:00 a.m. when officers were setting up the scene with police tape and securing the area. This is a busy road that has small businesses on it like a convenience store and what appears to be a car repair shop. Stay with us on […]
  
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• 2-alarm fire breaks out overnight in Hartford

  02-10-2017 10:15
  HARTFORD — 12 people are displaced after a 2-alarm fire broke out overnight in Hartford. Officials say that the fire was reported around 2:20 a.m.. The fire happened at 97 Irving Street, in an occupied building. 10 adults and 2 minors were displaced but no injuries were reported. FOX61 has a crew on the scene gathering more information.   
  
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• Win Tickets To UConn Football vs Memphis

  02-10-2017 09:35
  Tune in to Todd Feinburg all this week for your chance to win a 4-pack of tickets to see the UConn Huskies take on Memphis this Friday at Rentschler Field!
  UConn Huskies Football faces Memphis at the Rent on Friday October 6th.  Tickets are on sale now at UConnHuskies.com… but all this week you can win tickets with WTIC!
  Listen for your chance to call-in and win all week long with Todd Feinburg.  When you hear the cue to call, dial 1-800-953-1080 and you could win a 4-
  
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• At least 50 people dead, 200+ injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip

  02-10-2017 08:58
  LAS VEGAS — At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night, police said Monday morning. Police said the suspect has been identified. LVMPD Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters that police responded after reports of shots being fired from the Mandalay Bay towards the Route 91 Harvest concert. “We determined there was a shooter on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay,” Lombardo said. Officers engaged […]
  
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• Jalen Adams looking forward to UConn Huskies’ 2017-’18 season

  02-10-2017 05:30
  STORRS — Jalen Adams has had quite the whirlwind experience with the UConn Huskies thus far. During his freshman season, Adams hit a 75-foot three-pointer against Cincinnati in the American Conference tournament quarterfinals to help the team to a 104-97 victory in four overtimes. Last year, Adams led the Huskies in both points (14.4) and assists (6.1) per game, and will look to build off those numbers moving forward. Yet Adams is one of the few familiar faces remaining from […]
  
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• 2017 Big E sets attendance record

  02-10-2017 04:43
  WEST SPRINGFIELD  – Record crowds took in all the sights, sounds and food at this year’s Big E. The regional state fair, which closed for the season on Sunday, set a new record for number of visitors attending.  The Fair’s all-time high attendance figure hit 1,525,553. Sue Gallup, spokesperson for the fair said, “The previous record, of 1,498,605, was set in 2014. October 1 attendance was 137,208, also a new record for the final Sunday of the 17-day Fair.”
  
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• Fallen hiker rescued from West Rock Ridge

  02-10-2017 04:31
  NEW HAVEN — A hiker who fell Sunday was rescued from the bottom of the cliffs at West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven. State EnCon Police spokesperson Dennis Schain said DEEP EnCon Police responded along with New Haven police,  fire, and EMS for report of a victim of a fall.  The man is being transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police are investigating. Sources told FOX61 the man had broken his led in the fall. […]
  
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• Trump attends Presidents Cup golf tournament

  02-10-2017 03:45
  President Donald Trump attended the final round of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, and dedicated the winning trophy to hurricane victims, mentioning specifically that the situation in Puerto Rico is “horrible” but “under control.” “On behalf of all of the people of Texas and all of the people of — if you look today and you see what’s happening how horrible it is, but we have it under control &m
  
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• Traffic Stop Yields Illegal Possession Of Hand Gun

  02-10-2017 03:16
  Danbury, Ct. (CBS Connecticut)  While conducting vehicle speed enforcement on I 84 in Danbury
  around 1 o’clock today troopers stopped a vehicle near exit 5. While speaking to the driver, troopers
  smelled the odor of marijuana inside the vehicle. Troopers deployed K-9, searched the vehicle and
  located a small amount of marijuana and a 9mm handgun that was determined to be in illegal
  possession. The driver was issued a citation for an infraction and released. The passenger, Pierre Clema
  
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• Teenage football players kicked off team for kneeling during anthem

  02-10-2017 03:13
  Two Texas teenagers were kicked off their local football team for protesting during the national anthem prior to a Friday night game. Both players, who are cousins, chose to protest in different ways. Larry McCullough, 18, chose to kneel while his younger cousin, 16-year-old Cedric “CJ” Ingram Lewis, raised his fist in salute, according to CNN affiliate KPRC. The coach immediately made the duo take off their uniforms and leave the field, the boys said. “He said, ‘Take off
  
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• Folk Redeems Himself With 34-Yard FG To Beat Giants 25-23

  02-10-2017 03:12
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Jameis Winston threw for 332 and three touchdowns without an interception, and Nick Folk kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired to give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 25-23 victory over the winless New York Giants on Sunday.
  Folk redeemed himself after missing two field goals and an extra point earlier in the day, booting the winner after Winston answered Eli Manning’s second TD pass of the day with an impressive drive that began at his 25.
  The Giants (0-4) lost on a la
  
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• Watch: New York demolishes 78-year-old bridge

  02-10-2017 02:26
  NEW YORK –  New York  City saying goodbye to the old Kosciusko bridge. The city built a new Kosciusko bridge, which means it was time for the old one to come crashing down. The old Kosciusko bridge connected Brooklyn and Queens since 1939. The eastbound span of the new bridge opened in April of this year. The second span is scheduled to be completed by 2020.  
  
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• Blue Jays Edge Yankees 2 – 1

  02-10-2017 02:08
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Jose Bautista singled off the wall and hit a sacrifice fly in what was probably his final game with Toronto, and the Blue Jays edged the playoff-bound New York Yankees 2-1 in their regular-season finale Sunday.
  Matt Holliday homered for the Yankees in a tuneup for the AL wild-card game Tuesday night at home against Minnesota. The winner faces AL Central champion Cleveland in a best-of-five Division Series beginning Thursday.
  New York swept a three-game series at home against the
  
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• Astro’s Get By Red Sox 4 – 3

  02-10-2017 02:07
  BOSTON (AP) _ Jose Altuve coasted to his third AL batting title despite going hitless in two at-bats, and the Houston Astros scored four times in the seventh inning to rally from a three-run deficit and beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday in a preview of their AL Division Series matchup.
  Altuve finished the season with a .346 average to easily beat Avasail Garcia of the Chicago White Sox, who finished at .330, for the batting crown. The Astros second baseman is the third right-handed hitter si
  
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• Shop Owner Faces Prison For Failing To Pay $300K In Taxes

  02-10-2017 01:42
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut business owner faces up to three years in prison for failing to pay more than $300,000 in taxes.
  The U.S. Attorney’s office says Robert Kehayias, of Old Saybrook, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in New Haven to filing a false tax return. He faces a fine of up to $680,000, back taxes, interest and penalties when he’s sentenced in January.
  Court documents show Kehayias, who owns and operates an Old Saybrook pizza restaurant, deposited
  
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• DEEP continues Berlin oil leak clean up

  02-10-2017 01:36
  BERLIN —  DEEP said they are investigating  an underground oil leak into Belcher Brook which leads into Silver Lake. DEEP said they were contacted by Berlin police Friday following reports of an oil smell in the area. DEEP worked throughout the weekend. On Sunday, DEEP said they have contained and stopped the flow of oil into the brook, and continuing the cleanup.  There was damage to  the street and the a few trees were cleared from the area. Officials are de
  
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• Reckless driver barely misses huge accident

  02-10-2017 00:36
  “I was driving down the freeway just past midnight, and I saw a car speeding through my rear view mirror. There were two stopped cars in passing lane with two people standing between them and center median. Somehow, the speeding car avoided a collision at least eighty miles an hour.”
  
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• Yankees will expand protective netting next season

  02-10-2017 00:33
  NEW YORK — Eleven days after a young girl was injured by a foul ball at Yankee Stadium, New York said it plans to expand protective netting at its home ballpark and spring training complex next year. The team announced the decision during its final regular-season game Sunday against Toronto. Since the girl was injured Sept. 20 by a drive off the bat of Todd Frazier, several teams have announced they plan to add more netting to better protect fans. […]
  
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