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• Another claim of racism at Yale frat house

  12-10-2017 23:53
  NEW HAVEN — A Yale fraternity, which two years ago was accused of racism, has had another individual make a claim following a sequence of events that allegedly occurred this past Saturday night. Lambda Epsilon Omega was not disciplined a couple years ago, according to Yale University, because the school says they did not find conclusive evidence to corroborate that claim. But now, the university is investigating again. Saturday night, Alexys Washington and her friends saw another
  
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• A local business boost courtesy of the New York Yankees

  12-10-2017 23:42
  MANCHESTER — The New York Yankees unlikely comeback win over the Cleveland Indians doesn’t only have fans celebrating, some area businesses are too. At Buffalo Wild Wings in Manchester, it comes as no surprise that the Yankees’ win translates to selling more wings. “This is very good news for us for sure,” said Gabi Angelini, the assistant general manager at Buffalo Wild Wings in Manchester. Angelini said Red Sox and Yankees fans flock to the restaurant&nb
  
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• Areas of frost overnight, Sunny on Friday

  12-10-2017 23:14
  Get ready for some of the coolest temperatures we have seen so far this season. Temperatures will tumble into the 30s for many towns tonight leading the National Weather Service to issue Frost Advisories Across the northern half of the state including Hartford, Tolland, Windham and Litchfield Counties. A frost advisory means that it will be cold enough to cause damage to sensitive plants (not your mums). You can protect your plants by bringing them inside (if they’re potted) or […]
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 6 Starts And Sits

  12-10-2017 23:03
  By Matt Citak
  Another week resulted in another slew of injuries. While the New York Giants have disappointed fantasy football owners across the country through the first five weeks of the season, many were left scrambling when wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Brandon Marshall, and Sterling Shepard were all lost to injuries, including the first two for the rest of the year.  Other injuries to players such as Charles Clay and DeVante Parker have also left people looking for temporary replace
  
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• Court clears way for 6-game suspension of Cowboys’ Elliott

  12-10-2017 22:53
  FRISCO, Texas  — A federal appeals court has lifted an injunction that blocked a six-game suspension for Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott, clearing the way for the NFL’s punishment over domestic violence allegations and likely leading to the running back’s legal team seeking further relief. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Thursday granted the league’s emergency request to set aside the injunction and ordered the district court in Texas to d
  
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• Former Interim Lottery Chief Pays Over $11K To Settle Ethics Matter

  12-10-2017 22:44
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – The former chairman the Connecticut Lottery Corporation Board of Directors has paid more than $11,000 to settle allegations that he used his position for improper financial gain.
  After Chairman Frank Farricker of Greenwich was named interim President and CEO of Lottery last year, ethics officials say he submitted invoices on nearly monthly basis for reimbursement for expenses like home TV and Internet, personal cell phone and mileage charges– to th
  
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• Hundreds walk boy home from school after bullies shout racial slurs

  12-10-2017 22:30
  MURRAY, Utah — Hundreds gathered to walk a Utah boy home from school after bullies yelled racial slurs at him and left him fearing he would be shot, according to KSTU. Last Thursday, Mateus Romualdo called his mother after he walked home from Viewmont Elementary School. His mother, Heather Romauldo, said he was frantic. “He was walking home from school last Thursday when a car full of teenagers drove by repeatedly yelling a racial slur at him,” Romauldo said. “H
  
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• Man asked rape victim for time to drink beers before calling cops, documents say

  12-10-2017 22:27
  INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A Missouri man is facing multiple charges after allegedly raping his downstairs neighbor while her three-year-old child was asleep, then asking her for time to drink a few beers before she called police. Prosecutors have charged 45-year-old Russell L. Burd with first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree burglary, and third-degree kidnapping, according to WDAF. Court documents state that on Saturday, Oct. 7th, police responded to a reported rape at an ap
  
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• ‘Art therapy’ transforms mastectomy scars into battle wounds of beauty

  12-10-2017 22:27
  NEW ORLEANS — It’s a powerful form of “art therapy” – turning mastectomy scars into battle wounds of beauty. “I learned about this organization in 2013 as I was getting ready for surgery and I thought it was just a fantastic idea,” breast cancer survivor Nancy Crowe tells WGNO. Personal Ink is a charity whose mission is to pair breast cancer survivors with the country’s most talented tattoo artists for free. Brandon LeBoeuf currently works at
  
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• Utility Outlines Details of Proposed Power Plant Sales

  12-10-2017 22:26
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s largest utility has outlined details of its agreements to sell power-generating plants to two buyers, which must be reviewed and approved by the state Public Utilities Commission.
  Eversource’s three large fossil generation facilities and two combustion turbines would be bought for $175 million by Granite Shore Power LLC, a partnership between Atlas Holdings of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Castleton Commodities International of Stamford, C
  
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• Teacher Denied Probation Program In Explicit Text Case

  12-10-2017 22:17
  GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A former theater teacher at a Connecticut private school who is accused of sending inappropriate text messages to a 15-year-old student will not be allowed to participate in a probation program that would remove the arrest from his record.
  The Stamford Advocate reports that a state judge on Wednesday denied an application for accelerated rehabilitation by 25-year-old Jesse Lozano, of New York City. The judge cited the serious nature of the allegation.
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• Never too early to register for the Manchester Road Race

  12-10-2017 22:05
  MANCHESTER — The big day is six weeks away. Registration for the 81st Manchester Road Race is open. Racers will not be able to register on the day of the event. The cost is $27 through Sunday, Nov 5, and $32 thereafter. Race registrations are non-refundable. The registration fee applies whether you are running or walking the race Road race registration is limited to 15,000 participants. Online registration is open until Noon EST on Thursday, Nov 16 or until there are […]
  
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• Esty Introduces Bill to Limit High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines

  12-10-2017 21:35
  
  U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty will introduce legislation this afternoon that would limit high-capacity ammunition magazines in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Neville WWE Rumor: Did The Former Cruiserweight Champ Really Quit?

  12-10-2017 21:30
  By Chuck Carroll
  WWE is emphatically denying reports that former Cruiserweight Champion Neville has walked out on the company. Rumors began swirling Tuesday that the English wrestler became frustrated by the creative plan for him on Monday’s RAW and exited the arena before the show went on the air.
  According to The Wrestling Observer, Neville became upset after learning he was scheduled to lose to now former champion Enzo Amore in a Lumberjack Match in that night’s main event. After
  
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• Husband Charged In Wife’s Murder In Newington

  12-10-2017 21:13
  (CBS Connecticut) — Newington Police today arrested a 45-year-old man on a charge of murdering his wife.
  Michael Torbicki, Jr. was held on $2-million bond. He is due in court tomorrow.
  His wife, 46-year-old Patricia Torbicki, was shot and killed inside the couple’s home on Gilbert Road on September 21.
  A person passing by saw the body, and called the police.
  Neighbors were asked to stay inside that day, as police investigated what happened at the home.
  Michael Torbicki, Jr. was hospi
  
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• Newington Man Charged With Murder of Wife

  12-10-2017 20:49
  
  The husband of a 46-year-old woman who was found dead in their Newington home in September has been charged with her murder.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fewer Refugees Resettling In U.S. Under Trump, Study Says

  12-10-2017 20:48
  CBS Local — According to a new report, the number of refugees coming to America has fallen to the lowest levels in decades. The findings come as the global refugee population has spiked over the last fours years.
  Pew Research Center says the U.S. has resettled 28,000 refugees across the country since January 2017. That number puts the country on a pace to finish the year far below the total of 97,000 refugees resettled in 2016. Pew’s researchers cite the Trump administration’s
  
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• Lion Statue Weighing More Than 200 Pounds Apparently Stolen

  12-10-2017 20:35
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut homeowner says a lion statue weighing at least 200 pounds (91 kilograms) was stolen from outside his home, leaving its equally hefty mate to stand guard alone.
  Bob Paolino tells The Day that he was shocked to find the statue missing while watering the flowers outside his New London home Wednesday morning.
  Paolino says he had considered securing the lions to their bases years ago, but decided that no one would be able to get away with them.
  
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• College Football Week 7 Games To Watch: Red River Rivalry, Pac-12 Prime Time Showdown

  12-10-2017 20:30
  Ryan Mayer
  The midway point of the college football regular season is upon us. Most teams have played six games, exactly half of their regular season schedule, and the familiar names remain in the top two spots of the rankings in the Alabama Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers. Those two teams aren’t in our must watch games this week and honestly, won’t be for a little while largely because their schedules don’t offer many high-profile match-ups until later in the season.
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• Amazon Hiring 1,500 in Connecticut

  12-10-2017 20:28
  
  Amazon said it is creating more than 120,000 positions at its U.S. network of fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service sites for the holiday season and more than 1,500 of them will be...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• ‘I’m just slightly disappointed in myself’: ‘Survivor Castoff Patrick: Post Elimination Q&A

  12-10-2017 20:06
  CBS Local – Another episode of ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’ means another torch has been snuffed. We had the chance to interview the third cast off of the new season, small business owner, Patrick Bolton. Here’s his unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on being the red head on the island and his initial reaction to being voted off.
  Castoff: Patrick
  AB: It seemed as though in tribal you
  
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• Bad day for UConn Red Sox fan goes viral

  12-10-2017 19:46
  Watched this random Red Sox fan have his hopes and dreams crushed during class and it was absolutely electric😂😂😂😂😂😂 #RIP pic.twitter.com/TkGlWkOAXI — Josh Buser (@jBuse33) October 9, 2017 One Red Sox fan’s agony of defeat moment is going viral. Josh Buser, UConn student and writer for the Daily Campus, was watching the game Monday in his class. His video stream was seconds ahead of an unnamed classmate. So when the play that ended the g
  
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• Volunteers Improve Veterans Cemetery in Glastonbury

  12-10-2017 19:26
  
  Approximately 75 Home Depot associates volunteered to refurbish the Nipsic Cemetery in Glastonbury on Thursday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Dead kittens among 30 animals seized from Litchfield home 

  12-10-2017 19:21
  LITCHFIELD  — Connecticut State Police say two dead kittens were among 30 animals seized from a Litchfield home as troopers executed a search warrant on an animal neglect complaint. Troopers say 16 rabbits, four adult cats, three kittens and five chickens were found alive at the Beach Street property Wednesday. Authorities say Torrington animal control officials received an anonymous complaint of animal neglect on Monday and went to the property with state police. Officials say t
  
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• WorkinCT: The Benefits of Women-Owned Businesses

  12-10-2017 19:15
  OLD SAYBROOK — At Tova’s Vintage Shop in Old Saybrook, the finds are as unique as they come. “These are things that even if you did look at the internet, and say you wanted a pink hat from 1910 with feathers, you probably couldn’t find something just like this,” said Tove Vigen, who owns Tova’s Vintage Shop. Wearing the “hat” of business owner is something Tove Vigen has done for 18 years while managing her brick and mortar shop and […]
  
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• Driver Fled After Crash With School Bus in Columbia

  12-10-2017 19:02
  
  A driver fled after a collision with a school bus in Columbia Thursday morning, according to the Columbia Resident State Trooper’s Office.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• CBS Sports’ Adam Schein On NFL’s Biggest Storylines Going Into Week 6

  12-10-2017 19:02
  By Matt Citak
  We’re only five games in, and yet the 2017 NFL season has already been full of surprises. The New England Patriots, who some people believed could go 16-0 this year, lost their first game of the season to the Kansas City Chiefs. Once heavy favorites to repeat as Super Bowl Champions, the Patriots are currently tied for first place in the AFC East with both the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. Meanwhile, Kansas City heads into Week 6 as the league’s only undefeated t
  
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• CBS Sports Announces 2017-18 College Basketball Coverage Schedule

  12-10-2017 18:30
  Ryan Mayer
  Believe it or not, college basketball season is just under a month away. The chase to cut down the nets at the Final Four in San Antonio begins on November 9th, ending with the national championship game on April 2nd. As the nation gears up for the return of the college game, CBS Sports has announced its plans for coverage of the 2017-18 season, and it’s the company’s most extensive yet.
  Beginning with a Big Ten battle between Indiana and Michigan on Saturday, December 2nd
  
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• Equifax Reportedly Hacked Again, This Time With Fake Pop Ups

  12-10-2017 18:21
  CBS Local — It’s happened again. According to reports, credit monitoring company Equifax has been the victim of another hack just one month after revealing 143 million Americans may have had their personal information stolen.
  Independent security analyst Randy Abrams claims that the company’s website was compromised for several hours on Oct. 11 and was redirecting customers to a fake Adobe Flash update download. Abrams told tech reporters at Ars Technica that he discovered
  
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• Southwest Airlines to start flying to Hawaii

  12-10-2017 18:17
  NEW YORK — Flying to Hawaii could get cheaper soon. Southwest Airlines announced plans to start service to the vacation destination. The low-fare airline has been unable to reach the island state until now because it was beyond the reach of the Boeing 737 jets that has made up its fleet. But earlier this month it became the first U.S. carrier to take delivery of the new Boeing 737 Max, a longer range version of Boeing’s workhorse single aisle jet. […]
  
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• Corey Chavous: UCF Is The Team To Watch In The American

  12-10-2017 17:55
  Ryan Mayer
  We’ve hit the midway point of the college football season, and the familiar names of Alabama and Clemson remain atop the rankings. Behind those two teams, however, there has been plenty of drama and movement. Last week saw Oklahoma get upset by Iowa State and Michigan knocked off by rival Michigan State. Georgia continued its dominant play, giving SEC fans hope of potentially putting a pair of teams in the College Football Playoff.
  In the race for the Group of 5 New Year’s
  
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• Columbia police looking for SUV that crashed into school bus

  12-10-2017 17:39
  COLUMBIA — Connecticut State Police are looking for a green SUV that collided with a school bus. Police say 15 children were on the bus when it was struck on Route 6 near Edgarton Road in Columbia at about 8 a.m. Thursday. No children were hurt. Police say the driver of the Ford Explorer fled the scene. They say the SUV has damage to its right side, including a broken right front window and a damaged side view mirror. Anyone […]
  
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• Can you spot the yellow M&M in this candy corn?

  12-10-2017 17:32
  The debate about whether candy corn is delicious or disgusting will probably never go away, but one thing anyone can do is have a little fin with it. Amazon posted a picture of the treat asking if you can spot the yellow M&M among all the candy corn. The post has been creating quite a buzz online as many are challenged by the question. Can you spot the yellow M&M? It’s hard to focus your eyes on the picture as there […]
  
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• Police Seize Nearly 30 Animals From Litchfield Home

  12-10-2017 17:30
  
  More than two dozen animals were seized from a home in Litchfield on Wednesday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting Threat at Wamogo High School

  12-10-2017 17:28
  
  State police are investigating after a student at Wamogo High School reported a possible threat of a shooting at the school.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Teen Shot During Robbery in Bridgeport Dies: Officials

  12-10-2017 17:23
  
  An 18-year-old Bridgeport man is dead after he was shot during a robbery in the Green Homes housing project in Bridgeport Thursday afternoon, according to city officials.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Wanted felon out of Windsor arrested in Hartford, loaded gun found

  12-10-2017 17:10
  HARTFORD — Hartford Police say a convicted felon, who was wanted out of Windsor, was arrested Wednesday in Hartford. Police say HPD detectives were conducting a narcotics surveillance operation around the Park Street area in Hartford. While in this area,  detectives saw a person discarding a safe into a private dumpster. The person then got into a car and left, with detectives following. The car committed a moving violation so detectives pulled them over. During the traffic
  
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• Duracell distributing $1 million worth of batteries, charging stations, internet access to Puerto Rico

  12-10-2017 16:46
  BETHEL — Duracell, which is headquartered in Bethel, Connecticut, announced that its PowerForward program is heading to Puerto Rico to help the island out with hurricane relief. PowerForward is a program Duracell created to help with disaster relief across the nation when needed. Arriving by cargo plane, they plan to arrive to Puerto Rico Thursday to distribute more than $1 million worth of batteries, as well as charging cellphones/stations and internet access. It’s to help people so
  
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• Police Looking For SUV That Crashed Into School Bus

  12-10-2017 16:35
  COLUMBIA, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut State Police are looking for a green SUV that collided with a school bus.
  Police say 15 children were on the bus when it was struck on Route 6 near Edgarton Road in Columbia at about 8 a.m. Thursday.
  No children were hurt.
  Police say the driver of the Ford Explorer fled the scene.
  They say the SUV has damage to its right side, including a broken right front window and a damaged side view mirror.
  Anyone with information about the vehicl
  
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• Family held hostage by Taliban freed after 5 years

  12-10-2017 16:29
  WASHINGTON D.C. — An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children have been freed from captivity by Pakistani security forces, nearly five years after being taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The initial word came from a Pakistani Army statement and was confirmed by US officials. The couple, American Caitlan Coleman, 31, and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, 33, were kidnapped by the Taliban in 2012 while they were traveling as tourists in Afghanistan and were
  
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• PD: Parents of missing 3-year-old who made her stand outside as punishment not cooperating

  12-10-2017 16:18
  RICHARDSON, Texas — The parents of a missing 3-year-old Texas girl are no longer cooperating with police according to FoxNews. The little girl’s father, Wesley Mathews, was arrested on child endangerment charges after he reported her missing Saturday. Investigators say 3-year-old Sherin Mathews was last seen by her father around 3 a.m. in Richardson, Texas, according to KXAS. Police say the girl’s father, 37-year-old Wesley Mathews, told detectives that he t
  
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• 31 animals, 2 dead animals seized from Litchfield home for animal neglect

  12-10-2017 15:47
  LITCHFIELD — State Police say on October 9th, they along with the Torrington Animal Control went to the farm at 365 Beach Street in Litchfield. Torrington Animal Control received an anonymous complaint of animal neglect at the address. On the 9th, two dogs and a cat that were in poor health were surrendered to Animal Control. On October 11th, a search warrant by the Animal Control Officers and State Police was served at the home. As a result, 16 live […]
  
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• State Police investigating shooting threat at high school in Litchfield

  12-10-2017 15:32
  LITCHFIELD — State Police say they are investigating after a threat was overheard at Wamogo High School in Litchfield. Police say that the school’s administration contacted State Police after a student overheard another student saying “Don’t come to school tomorrow, there’s going to be a shooting.” The school issued a statement on the incident: Good Morning Wamogo Families, As promised, I wanted to follow up my message that I sent home last evening with an upd
  
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• Extra Security In Place At Wamogo High School

  12-10-2017 15:17
  LITCHFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – State police were on hand at Wamogo High School in Litchfield Thursday morning after what troopers call a suspicious incident Wednesday afternoon.
  Authorities say a student overheard another student say “Don’t come to school tomorrow, there’s going to be a shooting.”
  Police and school administrators conducted an investigation at the school and did not find any evidence of a threat, said Trooper Kelly Grant.
  “We take these
  
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• Ben Affleck apologizes for groping Hilarie Burton on camera

  12-10-2017 15:09
  LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck has apologized for groping Hilarie Burton during an appearance on MTV’s “Total Request Live” years ago. The incident took place when Burton, who recurs on Fox’s “Lethal Weapon,” was a co-host on MTV’s “Total Request Live,” a daily music video countdown that ran for ten years until 2008 and was recently revived by the network. “I acted inappropriately toward Ms. Burton and I sincerely apologize,” Aff
  
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• Report: Massive morale problems aboard US Navy ship

  12-10-2017 15:06
  Morale aboard a US warship operating in the Pacific reached such a low ebb that one sailor described serving aboard the ship as being akin to being on “a floating prison,” according to surveys obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. The Navy Times obtained three command climate surveys featuring hundreds of pages of anonymous comments from sailors revealing widespread morale issues aboard the USS Shiloh, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser based in Yokosuka, Japan. Two Na
  
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• Authorities Seize Animals From Litchfield Home

  12-10-2017 15:03
  LITCHFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – State police say dozens of animals have been seized from a home in Litchfield following a complaint about animal neglect.
  Two dogs and a cat in poor health were surrendered at the home on Beach Street Monday, said troopers. Two days later, animal control officers and state police returned with a search warrant and seized 16 live rabbits, four live adult cats, three live kittens, two dead kittens and five live chickens, said authorities.
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• Pit bull puppy beaten, stabbed and stuffed in suitcase

  12-10-2017 15:01
  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Police in Florida want to know who stuffed a beaten and stabbed pit bull puppy in a suitcase and left him to die. Hollywood police spokeswoman Miranda Grossman tells news outlets that officers traced the puppy’s cries Tuesday to a blue suitcase that was left behind an abandoned building. Inside, they found the bloody dog with deep cuts on his head and body. Grossman says they took the dog, now named Ollie, to an animal hospital. She […]
  
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• Rocky Hill Police Investigating After Car Break-Ins

  12-10-2017 14:42
  
  Rocky Hill Police are investigating after several brazen car break-ins at a local park.Photo Credit: Rocky Hill Police
  
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• Stafford Mom Arraigned In Toddler Son’s Overdose Death

  12-10-2017 14:29
  VERNON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A woman charged in connection with her 3-year-old son’s methadone overdose death has been held on $500,000 bail.
  Jessica York, of Stafford, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of second-degree manslaughter, risk of injury to a minor and reckless endangerment in connection with the death in April of her son, Leon Lapierre.
  Prosecutors said a high level of methadone was found in the toddler’s blood and digestive tract and the drugs belonged
  
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