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• Farrell Fired

  11-10-2017 23:59
  By KYLE HIGHTOWER   AP Sports Writer
   
   
  BOSTON (AP) _ John Farrell racked up a lot of wins and World Series title with the Boston Red Sox. But past success wasn’t enough to save his job after consecutive early playoff exits.
  Boston fired Farrell on Wednesday after the team’s second straight loss in the AL Division Series.
  The Red Sox announced the move less than 48 hours after they were eliminated from the World Series hunt with a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros .
  
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• Download the NBC CT App for First Alert Weather

  11-10-2017 23:54
  
  The NBC CT app includes a complete weather section with your full First Alert Weather Forecast, including the First Alert Exclusive 10-Day Forecast, an hour-by-hour forecast, First Alert Interactive Radar...
  
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• ‘Superior Donuts’ Goes On Tour In Late October

  11-10-2017 23:28
  The cast of the CBS comedy series Superior Donuts—which kicks off its second season on Monday, Oct. 30 at 9:30/8:30c on CBS and CBS All Access—has something fun up their sleeves…The Superior Donuts Comedy Tour!
  WATCH: Preview Season 2 Of Superior Donuts
  Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 26, series star and executive producer Jermaine Fowler will be joined by comedian co-stars David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, and Rell Battle for
  
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• Military Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Bradley Airport

  11-10-2017 22:33
  
  A military plane made an emergency landing at Bradley Airport on Wednesday, the Connecticut Air National Guard said.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Joe D: Eversource Hartford Marathon Preview

  11-10-2017 22:33
  Eversource Hartford Marathon race director Beth Shlugher shares a preview of the marathon this weekend in Hartford, The Marathon, half marathon, 5K, and team relay are here to motivate you to greatness.
   
  
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• Joe D: Celebrating UConn Legend Dee Rowe

  11-10-2017 22:27
  Sports announcer Bill Raftery celebrates UConn legend Dee Rowe in honor of his being awarded the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame.
  Proceeds of the event will support the Donald “Dee” Rowe: Celebrating a UConn Legend Event Fund to ensure that his legacy of transforming the lives of UConn student-athletes lives on for years to come.
   
  
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• Joe D: CBIA Speaks on the Budget Stalemate

  11-10-2017 22:26
  Joe Brennan, President and CEO of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, Connecticut’s leading business organization, shares the CBIA’s thoughts on the budget stalemate.
   
  
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• Sportsbook Favors Tillerson Over Trump In Potential IQ Test

  11-10-2017 22:12
  CBS Local — Donald Trump shocked the world by beating the odds to become U.S. President. Now, according to a new sports betting liner, the 45th president is yet again the underdog, but this time it’s all about his infamous IQ test remark.
  Bovada Sportsbook has released a series of politically-themed betting lines that include the commander-in-chief’s claim that he would score higher on an IQ test than Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Currently, Tillerson is slightly
  
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• Video of Distraught Red Sox Fan at UConn Goes Viral

  11-10-2017 22:04
  
  The Red Sox elimination from the MLB Playoffs with a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros on Monday afternoon was no doubt heartbreaking for fans.Photo Credit: Josh Buser/@jBuse33This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• National Guard Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Bradley

  11-10-2017 21:51
  EAST GRANBY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A Connecticut National Guard C-130 cargo plane made an emergency landing at Bradley Air National Guard Base Wednesday afternoon.
  The plane had taken off five minutes earlier and experienced a small amount of smoke in the cockpit, forcing the aircraft to turn around, according to a National Guard spokesman.
  The plane, with its crew of five, landed without incident. The source of the smoke is under investigation.
  
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• Experts Say U.S. Should Expect A Brutal Winter This Year

  11-10-2017 21:35
  CBS Local — Meteorologists are channeling their inner Game of Thrones characters with their latest predictions for the end of the year. According to their newest forecasts, winter is coming, and it’s going to be a brutal one for several parts of the country.
  Forecasters at AccuWeather say that the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states are in store for a very chilly winter, with January 2018 possibly seeing the coldest temperatures of the season. The worldwide forecasting service also pre
  
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• Malloy Calls Planned Lawsuit Over State Budget Premature

  11-10-2017 21:14
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says it’s premature for Connecticut’s largest teachers’ union to seek a court order to block him from cutting state education funding.
  The Democrat said Wednesday that “under normal circumstances” the state isn’t scheduled to award the grants until the end of October. State lawmakers are still hoping to reach a bipartisan two-year budget agreement before then.
  Malloy says the Connecticut Ed
  
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• Landlord Attempting to Evict Los Imperios in West Hartford

  11-10-2017 20:45
  
  The owners of Los Imperios in West Hartford have not paid their rent since May and now the landlord is trying to evict them, according to court documents.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Lebanon Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

  11-10-2017 20:39
  
  A Lebanon man has been arrested on child pornography charges, according to Connecticut State Police.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• NFL Picks Week 6: Newton, Panthers Move To 5-1

  11-10-2017 20:30
  Ryan Mayer
  The up-and-down season continues in the NFL and it still feels like we don’t quite have a grasp on the teams. For instance, Pittsburgh with a running game that felt like it was starting to emerge, faced a Jaguars team that had given up 256 yards on the ground to the Jets….and they got blown out 30-9.
  Six weeks in, the Jets, Bills and Patriots are 3-2, the Jaguars lead the AFC South with three 2-3 teams behind them, and there are just four teams with 4-1 records or better.
  
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• Murphy Dismisses Idea Of Presidential Run

  11-10-2017 20:16
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy says he’s seeking a second term in the U.S. Senate, dismissing the idea he might run for president in 2020.
  The 44-year-old Democrat tells CBS News , “I am not running for president. I am running for re-election to the Senate.”
  The interview is included in “The Takeout,” a weekly CBS political podcast. Excerpts were released Tuesday. The full interview will be released Friday.
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• CBS Sports’ Bill Cowher On Week 6 Eagles-Panthers TNF Matchup, More

  11-10-2017 19:45
  By Matt Citak
  The Eagles (4-1) entered the 2017 season as somewhat of an afterthought in the race for the NFC East title. But five games into the year, Philadelphia finds itself sitting atop the division with a 1 1/2-game lead over the Washington Redskins and two-game lead over the Cowboys. The Eagles have been led by the strong play of second-year quarterback Carson Wentz, who is currently sixth in the NFL in passing yards (1,362) and passing touchdowns (10). The Eagles’ offense has been
  
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• Second Person Charged in Violent Home Invasion in Groton

  11-10-2017 19:08
  
  A second person has been charged in a brutal home invasion in Groton.Photo Credit: Groton Police Department
  
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• Cheshire Considers Subdivision Near Former Landfill

  11-10-2017 18:25
  
  The Planning and Zoning Commission in Cheshire is reviewing a proposal to build a subdivision near a former landfill.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Stratford Couple Charged After 2-Year-Old Found Wandering

  11-10-2017 18:19
  
  A Stratford couple has been arrested after their 2-year-old was found wandering the streets last week, according to the Stratford Police Department.Photo Credit: Stratford Police Department
  
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• Couple Charged After Child Found Wandering

  11-10-2017 18:15
  STRATFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Stratford police have charged a local couple with risk of injury after their child was found wandering in the streets last week, said authorities.
  Police say the two year old was located by a jogger Friday and taken in by a neighbor until officers responded.
  Neighbors tell police that this is not the first time the child had wandered off.
  Thomas Yemm, 62, and Wendy Canfield, 51, are due to be arraigned October 18 in Bridgeport Superior Court, said polic
  
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• Murphy Not Considering Run for President

  11-10-2017 18:03
  
  U.S. Senator Chris Murphy says he will not consider a run for president in 2020, according to an interview on CBS News.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Gov. Addresses Budget as Lawmakers Continue Negotiations

  11-10-2017 17:56
  
  Legislators say they are making "progress" after another day of budget discussions.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Student Charged With Assaulting School Employees

  11-10-2017 17:52
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A 14-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with assaulting two employees at a school in Waterbury.
  Police say the assault was reported Tuesday morning at State Street School, which provides special education and alternative education programs for students in first through 12th grades.
  The Republican-American reports the employees, described as paraprofessionals, were treated at a hospital for head injuries and released.
  The girl was arreste
  
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• Thursday Night Football Breakdown: Panthers And Eagles In Battle Of 4-1 Teams

  11-10-2017 17:25
  By Kevin McGuire
  It is much too early to start calling any game in the regular season a possible NFC playoff preview, but when you have two 4-1 division leaders squaring off, it is impossible to ignore the possibility. The Carolina Panthers look to keep their hot streak from the past two weeks rolling against one of the more surprising teams in the early going of the 2017 season, the Philadelphia Eagles.
  Division leaders collide
  The Eagles have a nice early lead in the NFC East just five weeks i
  
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• Guide to Hartford Marathon route, road closures

  11-10-2017 17:19
  HARTFORD — Tens of thousands of people are heading to Hartford Saturday for the annual Eversource Hartford Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K. The race kicks off at 8 a.m. but roads in and around the city will be closed for some time in advance of that. It’s the 24rd year of the race. Roads will reopen as runners pass the area and police will direct cross traffic during the race when possible. But you should expect delays and detours. The race starts at […]
  
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• Five Things You Missed: Astros, Dodgers Await Opponents

  11-10-2017 17:15
  By Andrew Kahn
  Two teams have moved to within one step of the World Series, while two more could join them as early as today. Here is what you need to know.
  1. Strasburg Playoff Controversy, Part II
  The Washington Nationals, and not Stephen Strasburg, received the bulk of the criticism when the pitcher was shut down before the 2012 playoffs. He may not be as fortunate this time around. Tuesday’s rain-out in Chicago, which pushed Game 4 to this afternoon, figured to be a boon for the Nation
  
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• Patriots Team Headlines: Pats Short At Quarterback While Gronk May Lose A Lot Of Money

  11-10-2017 16:55
  By Danny Cox
  Through five games, the New England Patriots have put together a 3-2 record. That’s not bad, but it could be better. Still, there are plenty of other problems out there other than the offense fizzling out last week or the defense hardly showing up at all. If the problems continue to pile up, it may be back and forth with .500 or just above throughout the season.
  The Patriots are now down to just two quarterbacks associated with the team
  It’s not like anyone doubts that T
  
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• Facebook and Twitter face a ‘bully tax’ in Britain

  11-10-2017 16:52
  LONDON — Britain could hit Facebook and Twitter with a new tax designed to fight hate crimes and support victims of online bullying. The government of Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled the proposal on Wednesday, saying it aims to ensure that “Britain is the safest place in the world to be online.” Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said the levy would target social media companies and communication service providers. Details remain thin, however: The government did not single ou
  
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• North Korean hackers stole US-South Korea war plans, official says

  11-10-2017 16:34
  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean hackers allegedly stole classified military documents from a South Korean Defense Ministry database in September 2016, according to Rhee Cheol-hee, a member of South Korea’s National Assembly. Rhee, who belongs to the ruling Democratic Party and sits on the Defense Committee, told CNN on Tuesday that he received information about the alleged hacking from the Defense Ministry. He said the documents stolen included the South Korea-US wartime operationa
  
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• Stem Cell Therapy Helping NBA Athletes With Joint Inflammation, Irritation

  11-10-2017 16:30
  Ryan Mayer 
  “The first thing I think we need to do is be clear what we’re talking about when we’re saying stem cells, because people can get a little crazy when they hear the phrase ‘stem cell.'”
  That’s how Dr. Riley Williams, orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York and Medical Director for both the Brooklyn Nets (NBA) and New York Red Bulls (MLS), begins our phone conversation about the treatment that he has provided to p
  
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• Ten times more children and teens obese today than 40 years ago

  11-10-2017 16:28
  HARTFORD — The number of obese children and adolescents rose to 124 million in 2016 — more than 10 times higher than the 11 million classified as obese 40 years ago, in 1975. A further 213 million children and adolescents were overweight in 2016, finds a new study published Tuesday in the Lancet. Looking at the broader picture, this equated to roughly 5.6% of girls and 7.8% of boys being obese last year. Most countries within the Pacific Islands, including the Cook Isl
  
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• 6 Best Touchdown Celebrations of 2017

  11-10-2017 16:23
  by Rob Joyce
  A common jest among football aficionados is that the NFL stands for “No Fun League”, and they’re not necessarily wrong. After all, by rule an excessive celebration penalty had the same consequence (15 yards) as a defender trying to decapitate a wide receiver with a violent blow to the head. The oft-embattled league was able to tweak something for the better in the offseason, relaxing the rules on celebrations.
  While we’re not in the golden age of Chad Johnson
  
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• Hamden Police Seek Suspect in Shots Fired Incident

  11-10-2017 16:22
  
  Hamden police are searching for a person suspected of shooting off a gun on Goodrich Street Tuesday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police Seek Education Official For DUI Probation Violation

  11-10-2017 16:09
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut education official who served jail time for four drunken driving arrests is being sought by police on allegations he violated probation.
  The Connecticut Post reports that state Board of Education member Stephen Wright did not report to his probation officer as required after finishing a 120-day jail sentence. Police say Wright also gave officials a Monroe address that turned out to be a vacant lot.
  Wright’s lawyer declined to
  
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• Red Sox Fire Manager Farrell After 2nd Straight ALDS Defeat

  11-10-2017 16:04
  BOSTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) — The Boston Red Sox have fired manager John Farrell after the team’s second straight loss in the AL Division Series.
  The Red Sox announced the move Wednesday less than 48 hours after they eliminated from the playoffs with a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros. Farrell’s contract had been scheduled to run through the 2018 season.
  Boston won back-to-back American League East titles for the first time in franchise history this season despite losing the
  
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• Kind Cubs fans help elderly couple enjoy playoff game

  11-10-2017 15:51
  CHICAGO – Chicago Cubs fans are famous throughout baseball, but for a group of strangers in the bleachers, Monday’s NLDS game was about more than just the win. Lauren Hinkston Hintzsche was at the game with her husband and posted a moving story of the kindness of Cubs fans during the game: Even though the Cubs win was just awesome, this story tops a win anytime in my book…. An older couple sat next to John and I in the […]
  
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• Middletown Composer Among ‘Genius Grant’ Recipients

  11-10-2017 15:48
  CHICAGO (AP) — Twenty-four people from a wide range of fields have been awarded $625,000, no-strings-attached fellowships from the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, the organization announced Wednesday. The so-called “genius grants” are awarded annually to people who have shown extraordinary talent and creativity.
  The 2017 fellows are:
  Njideka Akunyili Crosby, painter, Los Angeles.
  Sunil Amrith, historian, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Greg Asbed, human rights strategist, Immokal
  
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• Boston Red Sox fire manager John Farrell after losing 2nd straight AL Division Series

  11-10-2017 15:43
  BOSTON — Boston Red Sox fired manager John Farrell after losing 2nd straight AL Division Series. Boston has won consecutive AL East titles — a first for the franchise — but hasn’t been past the ALDS since winning the World Series in 2013, Farrell’s first season. Farrell insisted Monday that he’s the right man to get the Red Sox over this current postseason stumbling block. Meanwhile, The Indians, who made history with a 22-game winning streak earlier this
  
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• Towantic Power Plant in Oxford Tests Warning System

  11-10-2017 15:33
  
  The Towantic Power Plant in Oxford is testing its warning system Wednesday morning, according to Connecticut State Police.
  
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• Scientists find gold worth $2 million in Switzerland sewage system

  11-10-2017 15:15
  BERN, Switzerland — Scientists have struck gold in an unlikely place: Swiss sewage and waste water treatment plants. An estimated 95 pounds of gold is flushed through Swiss sewage systems each year, according to a study by the aquatic science institute Eawag. The lost gold is worth nearly $2 million at current prices. The researchers believe the tiny flecks of gold flow into the waste water system from the country’s famed watchmaking industry and gold refineries.
  
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• Shots Fired Near Connecticut Avenue in New London

  11-10-2017 15:11
  
  New London police are investigating after shots were fired near Connecticut Avenue Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Las Vegas shooter fired ‘incendiary’ rounds at fuel tank

  11-10-2017 15:05
  LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock fired special “incendiary” bullets at a 43,000-barrel fuel tank in what investigators believe was an attempt to cause an explosion, two law enforcement sources told CNN. Those types of rounds, meant to ignite what they hit, were found inside Paddock’s room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and near the fuel tank a short distance away on the grounds of McCarran International Airport, the sources said. Aut
  
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• Matt Damon ‘sick to my stomach’ over Weinstein allegations

  11-10-2017 14:49
  LOS ANGELES — Matt Damon, a frequent collaborator of dethroned movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has broken his silence on the allegations of sexual harassment and assault facing the man who gave him his break in Hollywood. “We know this stuff goes on in the world. I did five or six movies with Harvey. I never saw this,” Damon told Deadline in an interview published Tuesday. He added later in the interview: “This morning, I just feel absolutely sick to my stomach.&r
  
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• Parents could face fine, jail time under city’s anti-bullying law

  11-10-2017 14:40
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y.  — Parents of children found bullying other minors could face jail time under a new law approved in a western New York community. The law went into effect Oct. 1 in North Tonawanda, a city just north of Buffalo. Members of the North Tonawanda Common Council hope the new law will put a stop to bullying by holding parents accountable for their children’s actions. Parents could be fined $250 and sentenced to 15 days in jail if […]
  
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• Police Call 2-Year-Old Boy’s Death ‘Suspicious’

  11-10-2017 14:29
  MANCHESTER, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy in Manchester.
  Authorities say the child was brought to Manchester Memorial Hospital hospital around 9 a.m. Monday with unspecified injuries. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
  An autopsy is scheduled to determine the boy’s cause of death, but officers are calling it suspicious.
  No arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing.
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• Married 75 years: Elderly couple killed in California

  11-10-2017 14:26
  NAPA, Calif.  — Mike Rippey stood among pieces of metal, porcelain and other remnants of the California home where his 100-year-old father and 98-year-old mother had died in the raging wine country wildfires. Rippey said Tuesday his brother had discovered their bodies after driving to the home and managing to get past security. He said his father Charles appeared to be heading to the room of his mother, Sara, when he was overcome by the smoke and flames. Seventeen wildfires […]
  
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• Yale University Endowment Grows To $27.2B

  11-10-2017 14:24
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Yale University’s endowment has grown to a record high $27.2 billion.
  The Ivy League university in a statement Tuesday said the endowment earned an 11.3 percent investment return for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
  The endowment was valued at $25.4 billion on June 30, 2016.
  The university said it plans to spend $1.3 billion from the endowment for the 2018 fiscal year, much of it on financial aid that ensures Yale meets “the full f
  
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• Hotel questions revised timeline of Las Vegas massacre

  11-10-2017 14:19
  LAS VEGAS — Another wrinkle has been added to the investigation into the Las Vegas massacre after a spokeswoman for the hotel where the gunman was a guest raised questions about the latest timeline of events provided by police. MGM Resorts International spokeswoman Debra DeShong said the company believes “what is currently being expressed may not be accurate.” She didn’t elaborate, but the statement came a day after police revised their chronology of events for the night
  
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• Disney’s Tiffany Thornton defends remarrying two years after husband died

  11-10-2017 14:15
  HOT SPRINGS, A.R. — A former Disney Channel star has struck back at online commenters who are questioning her new marriage less than two years after her first husband died. Tiffany Thornton, who starred on “Sonny with a Chance,” lost her first husband, musician Chris Carney, in a car accident in Hot Springs, Arkansas in December 2015. Thornton married Carney, who starred on the MTV reality series “twentyfourseven,” in 2011 and the couple had two children together. O
  
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