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• Lingering showers tonight; Mostly sunny Friday with temps in the 60s

  26-10-2017 23:16
  A few leftover showers are possible through 8-9 PM tonight but they will be hit or miss. Most of the rain from our last storm is over! Some towns received 5″+ of much needed rain and there is more on the way this weekend. Friday looks sunny and beautiful with highs near 60 degrees and blue skies. Areas of fog are possible early Saturday.  Morning sunshine will mix in with afternoon clouds. Temperatures will climb into the mid-upper 60s. Then […]
  
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• Father Accused of Assaulting Soccer Coach in Wilton

  26-10-2017 23:07
  
  A Wilton man is accused of assaulting a soccer coach after a game Wednesday night and has been arrested.Photo Credit: Wilton Police
  
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• DEEP Responding to Daniel Hand School in Madison for Mercury Cleanup

  26-10-2017 22:40
  
  Crews from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Services have responded to Daniel Hand High School in Madison to help clean mercury they said is contained in a closet.
  
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• Report: CVS in talks to purchase Aetna

  26-10-2017 22:24
  HARTFORD —  According to the Wall Street Journal, CVS is in talks to purchase Aetna Inc. CNN also reports that Aetna’s stock price has increased 12 percent on the news after the reported talks of being purchased by CVS. Dow rises 72 points. Nasdaq inches lower. Aetna spikes 12% on news it's in talks to be purchased by CVS. https://t.co/9tQqTvbQfR — CNNMoney Breaking (@cnnmoneybrk) October 26, 2017 FOX61 reached out Aetna’s spokesman T.J. Crawford who said &ldquo
  
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• Report: CVS In Talks To Buy Aetna

  26-10-2017 22:20
  (CBS Connecticut) – CVS Health is reportedly in talks to buy Hartford-based Aetna. That is according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter, in a report on its website Thursday afternoon.
  Aetna, the nation’s third largest insurer, has announced plans to relocate its headquarters to New York City. The company previously sought to buy rival insurer Humana, but the deal fell apart amid opposition.
  News of CVS’ bid sent Aetna shares sharply higher b
  
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• Sophia The Robot Becomes First Robot Granted Citizenship

  26-10-2017 22:10
  CBS Local — A humanoid robot has been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia; becoming the first robotic creation to be given such a distinction.
  The robot, named Sophia, was given its citizenship before the Future Investment Initiative conference in the country’s capital city of Riyadh on October 25. “This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship,” Sophia told the audience.
  "It is historical to be the first robot in the world to b
  
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• Police: Man choked coach after girls soccer match fight in Wilton

  26-10-2017 21:54
  WILTON —  Police say a skirmish during a Connecticut girls high school soccer match led to the assault of a coach by a parent. The News-Times reports players from Wilton High School and Fairfield Ludlowe got into an altercation during the Wednesday night game. Three players were ejected after coaches broke up the fight. Wilton High School went on to win the match with a score of 3-0. Police say after the match, 47-year-old Sherman Eagan, of Wilton, confronted a […]
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Open Enrollment For Health Care

  26-10-2017 21:51
  Deb Polun, Senior Director of Policy and Outreach for the Community Health Center Association of CT, talks about open enrollment for health care through the Affordable Care Act, which begins on November 1st.
   
  
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• Puppy that collapsed on walk is saved with overdose antidote 

  26-10-2017 21:34
  ANDOVER, Mass. —  A puppy that collapsed after ingesting some sort of opioid in Massachusetts has survived after being given an overdose reversal drug more often administered to humans. Peter Thibault tells The Eagle-Tribune he was walking his 3-month-old yellow Labrador named Zoey in Andover last week when the dog picked up a pack of cigarettes on the ground and soon passed out. He carried her home and when she got worse, Thibault took Zoey to a veterinary hospita
  
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• Sound Off CT: Trump and the Dossier

  26-10-2017 21:32
  John Hayward joins Jim to talk about the meme from Sen Flake and the left that only Trump backed candidates win primaries. Also Tyler O’Neil,  Assistant Editor of PJ Media, discusses Trump and the dossier story.
  
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• Police: Woman Mailed Opioids To Prison

  26-10-2017 21:25
  VERNON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police have charged a woman who they say sent drugs to an inmate at a Connecticut prison by fitting them into envelopes containing sports schedules.
  The Journal Inquirer reports 36-year-old Barbara King, of Waterbury, was charged Saturday with conveying an unauthorized item into a correctional institution, conspiracy to possess narcotics, and attempted sale of illegal drugs. King is currently free on bond.
  Police say in 2015 King sent baseball sched
  
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• RBS Agrees To Pay $44 Million To Settle Fraud Claims

  26-10-2017 21:23
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The global securities firm RBS Securities has agreed to pay $44 million to settle fraudulent trading complaints.
  U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre Daly said Thursday that employees at the Stamford-based division of the Royal Bank of Scotland knowingly defraudedcustomers _ some of whom were beneficiaries of the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program _ from 2008 to 2013 in order to boost the company’s fortunes.
  Daly’s office says in some instances, RBS e
  
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• Two-thirds of popular baby food products test positive for arsenic, other toxins

  26-10-2017 21:22
  INDIANAPOLIS — According to a report released this week, two-thirds of baby food products in the United States test positive for arsenic and other toxins. The study was conducted over a period of five months by the Clean Label Project and included samples from 500 infant formulas and baby food products from 60 brands, according to WXIN. According to the Clean Label Project, the products were screened for 130 toxins including heavy metals, BPA, pesticides and other contaminants. Researchers
  
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• 1 in 3 Connecticut Residents Unhappy With State's Quality of Life

  26-10-2017 21:20
  
  About a third of Connecticut residents said they are unhappy with the state's quality of life, according to a Sacred Heart University (SHU) survey.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Five Things You Missed: Kershaw Dominates, Many World Series Records Smashed

  26-10-2017 21:16
  Ryan Mayer
  The long journey that is the Major League Baseball season has landed us with a Fall Classic that features teams with two of the best records in baseball. It seemed sure to provide some classic moments. Little did we know that those moments would come fast and furious in the first two games of the series.
  Clayton Kershaw Joins Elite Dodgers Company
  The Dodgers ace has been the best pitcher in baseball for most of his career, at least during the regular season. But he seemed to carry wi
  
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• Beating victim sues former State Troopers accused of assault

  26-10-2017 21:15
  HARTFORD — A man who said two former State Police troopers beat him has filed a lawsuit against the pair asking for over $1 million in damages. Attorney Peter Gold said Thursday the two former state troopers, Xavier Cruz and Rupert Laird, alleging the two troopers assaulted Felipe Figueroa-Garcia in Cruz’s house in last February. Gold said, “Figueroa-Garcia alleges that he was visiting Cruz’s home in Wethersfield, CT on February 18th, 2017 at which time Laird physically a
  
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• Infant found infested with maggots; parents charged with murder

  26-10-2017 20:59
  CHICKASAW COUNTY, Iowa – An Iowa couple has been charged with murder after their four-month-old son was found dead, weighing less than 7 pounds and in a diaper that hadn’t been changed in a week. Twenty-year-old Cheyanne Harris and 28-year-old Zachary Koehn face charges of first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death, according to WHO-TV. An ambulance was called to the couple’s Alta Vista apartment on August 30 after Koehn called to report his son Sterling
  
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• Missing teacher’s body found after husband’s suicide

  26-10-2017 20:31
  Click here for updates on this story PORTAGE, MI — Police said that the body found in Allegan County Tuesday has been identified as missing Portage woman Theresa Lockhart. Lockhart had been missing since May. Her husband Christopher Lockhart was named a person of interest after police say he wasn’t cooperating with the investigation. On Tuesday, Christopher was found dead at his home in the 10000 block of Poplar Bluff in Portage. Police confirmed during a Wednesday press conference t
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Budget Update With Joe Aresimowicz

  26-10-2017 20:15
  Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz shares a state budget update.
   
  
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• Junk Food Twice As Distracting As Healthy Food, Study Says

  26-10-2017 19:56
  CBS Local — Do you stop what you’re doing to drool over a tantalizing picture of cakes, candies, or other sweet treats? Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say that you’re not alone because those delicious images have twice the distracting power of healthier foods.
  “We wanted to see if pictures of food—particularly high-fat, high-calorie food—would be a distraction for people engaged in a complicated task,” the study’s co-author Howard Egeth sa
  
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• A Significant Flooding and Wind Threat Sunday into Monday

  26-10-2017 19:27
  
  Our team of meteorologists continue to track a strong weather system that will be capable of flash flooding and strong damaging winds.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• East Haddam Assault Suspect Arrested

  26-10-2017 19:26
  
  State police have arrested a man suspected in an assault in East Haddam on Sunday morning.Photo Credit: State Police
  
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• BREAKING: State Senate, House Pass Bi-Partisan Budget

  26-10-2017 19:17
  
  The state House of Representatives and the state Senate have passed a budget.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut,com
  
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• Branford High School Deemed Safe After Bomb Threat

  26-10-2017 19:12
  
  Branford High School was evacuated after a bomb threat was left on a voicemail and the school closed early on Thursday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Human Remains Found After Hampton House Fire

  26-10-2017 19:06
  
  Human remains have been found in the debris of a Hampton home after a fire this morning, according to state police.Photo Credit: QVEC911
  
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• House passes bipartisan budget, sends bill to governor

  26-10-2017 18:56
  HARTFORD — The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan state budget, sending it to Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. The roughly $41 billion, two-year plan cleared the House Thursday on a 126-to-23 vote, a veto-proof majority. The vote came hours after the Senate overwhelmingly passed the same package. Republican House Minority Leader Themis Klarides says the plan crafted by legislative leaders isn’t perfect but it “begins the process of getting our house i
  
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• No Amount Of Alcohol Is Safe During Pregnancy, Study Finds

  26-10-2017 18:53
  CBS Local — A new study is warning expecting mothers about the dangers of alcohol during their pregnancies. According to the research, there’s no amount of drinking that should be considered safe while pregnant.
  A team from Binghamton University in New York says that even a small amount of alcohol consumed during pregnancy can result in the child suffering from high levels of anxiety after birth. “There’s been a lot of media coverage on whether there’s a safe a
  
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• State Budget Approved By House With Veto-proof Majority

  26-10-2017 18:41
  (CBS Connecticut) — The state House today gave final legislative approval to a state budget intended to address a $3.5-billion deficit.
  The bipartisan proposal was worked out by top Democratic and Republican lawmakers, after the state went almost 4-months without a budget.
  The governor did not take part in the final negotiations, but the budget was approved with enough support to over-ride a veto, virtually ensuring the budget will become law.
  Lawmakers — including those in the gover
  
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• Brian Jones: This Could Be The Week Fromm Gets Tested

  26-10-2017 18:34
  Ryan Mayer
  The Florida-Georgia rivalry is known by one of the more enjoyable monikers in sports: “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” Each year, Gators and ‘Dawgs fans descend upon Jacksonville, Florida (the midway point between the two campuses) for a football game with a carnival feel. This year’s edition of the rivalry features an undefeated Georgia squad that comes in ranked #3 in the country. The Bulldogs will be looking for their first win in three ye
  
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• A different way on understanding ADHD

  26-10-2017 18:01
  MIDDLETOWN –– If you or your child has Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, or ADHD, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with medication, however there is an alternative way of understanding and treating the disorder that’s gaining popularity in the medical community. Recently, Tim Lammers went down to Middletown to talk with a doctor about a different way of understanding ADHD, and it’s a little more nuanced than just looking at “attention”.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Hartford Gun Buy Back

  26-10-2017 18:00
  Sergeant Steven Austin, Hartford Police Department Special Operations Group, discusses the next gun buy back, scheduled for this Saturday October 28th 9am to 3pm 830 Maple Ave. in Hartford.
   
  
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• Human Remains Found After Hampton Fire

  26-10-2017 17:36
  HAMPTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – State police say human remains have been discovered in what’s left of a home that was destroyed by fire Thursday morning in the town of Hampton.
  The blaze at 33 Eleventh Section Road was reported around 4:30 a.m., and was fully involved when firefighters arrived at the scene, according to Fire Chief Noel Waite.
  State police detectives are part of the investigation. An autopsy will be conducted on the remains to identify the victim, and pinpoint the
  
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• Connecticut House Debates Compromise Budget Deal

  26-10-2017 17:27
  By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Connecticut House of Representatives has begun debating an “historic” bipartisan compromise budget bill, hours after it overwhelmingly passed the Senate.
  Wednesday’s vote comes three-and-a-half months after the state’s fiscal year began on July 1.
  House members are also expected to overwhelmingly approve the plan, sending it to Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for his review. It remains un
  
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• Rain Winding Down Today, First Alert for Sunday

  26-10-2017 17:04
  
  Heavy to moderate rain is falling this morning, creating some issues for te commute and more rain is on the way this weekend.
  
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• College Football Week 9 Games To Watch: Four Top Games In One Time Slot

  26-10-2017 17:00
  Ryan Mayer
  Hope you have a favorite local watering hole or a living room with multiple screens because the schedule makers for Week 9 of college football have gifted us a mid-afternoon (early afternoon for those of you on the West Coast) window chock full of big name teams and rivalry games. I’m not going to waste a ton of time trying to sell you on why this week’s schedule is the start of when things get fun. Instead, let’s just dive into these match-ups and get pumped for Sat
  
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• Former Shelton Restaurant Manager Accused of Sexually Assaulting Employees

  26-10-2017 16:57
  
  The former manager of a Shelton restaurant is accused of sexually harassing employees and touching them inappropriately.Photo Credit: Shelton Police
  
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• Bomb Threats At Branford, East Haven High Schools

  26-10-2017 16:47
  (CBS Connecticut) – Police in East Haven and Branford are investigating bomb threats called in to their respective high schools.
  In East Haven, police say a threat was left on a voicemail overnight and discovered Thursday morning. Officers were in the process of sweeping the building with a police dog. Classes were expected to resume if nothing was found.
  In Branford, students and staff at Branford High School were being taken to Walsh Intermediate School and the school was closed early. P
  
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• Branford High School Closing Early After Bomb Threat

  26-10-2017 16:35
  
  Branford High School has been evacuated after a bomb threat was left on a voicemail.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut,com
  
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• Driver Inappropriately Touched College Student: Police

  26-10-2017 16:27
  
  Hamden police are trying to identify a man who inappropriately touched a 20-year-old college student while driving her from New Haven to Hamden Saturday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Classes Resume at East Haven High School After Bomb Threat

  26-10-2017 16:18
  
  East Haven High School was evacuated because of a bomb threat, according to East Haven Police, but classes have resumed.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Shelton Woman Facing Animal, Child Neglect Charges

  26-10-2017 16:17
  (Shelton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A Shelton woman is due in court today on child and animal neglect charges.
  It was back on August 25 that a social worker with the Department of Children and Families noticed a special needs child in the home of 37-year-old Faith Taylor with cuts and bruises about his body.
  Shelton Police were called to investigate and say the injuries came at the hands of Taylor.
  It was while they were on scene that officers noted a cat near death that had been severely n
  
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• Doctor’s Group Must Pay After Man’s Death

  26-10-2017 15:31
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut medical group has been ordered to pay $1 million to the family of a retired college professor who died after beingprescribed the wrong medication.
  The Connecticut Post reports that the six-member jury on Wednesday ruled in favor of the family of Richard Tyler, who died in 2013 at age 86.
  Tyler, a retired Fairfield University business professor, went to the Fairfield Medical Group for a duodenal ulcer in May 2013, but was mistakenly prescribed a blood t
  
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• Shelton Woman Accused of Assaulting Child, Neglecting Cat

  26-10-2017 15:21
  
  A Shelton woman has been arrested, accused of assaulting a child and neglecting a cat after finding a boy with cuts and bruises all over his body and an animal that was so badly neglected that it had to...Photo Credit: Shelton Police
  
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• Rain Today, First Alert for Sunday

  26-10-2017 14:43
  
  Heavy to moderate rain is falling this morning, creating some issues for te commute and more rain is on the way this weekend.
  
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• Crews Checking to See if Someone Was in Burning Hampton Home

  26-10-2017 14:40
  
  Fire destroyed a home on Eleventh Section Road in Hampton early Thursday morning and officials said they have been told one person was home, but it will be awhile before they can confirm that.Photo Credit: QVEC911
  
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• Meeting to Sell Sneakers Turns Into Robbery at Gunpoint

  26-10-2017 14:39
  
  A man who arranged to meet someone to buy designer sneakers robbed the seller at gunpoint and stole the sneakers, police said, and they are asking for help to identify him.Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway October 26, 2017

  26-10-2017 12:58
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz shares a state budget update.
  7:50- Sergeant Steven Austin, Hartford Police Department Special Operations Group, discusses the next gun buy back, scheduled for this Saturday October 28th 9am to 3pm 830 Maple Ave. in Hartford.
  8:20- Lisa Gray, Executive Director of the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce and Josh Chandler, chef at Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury, are on the air. Chandle
  
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• State Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bi-Partisan Budget

  26-10-2017 11:42
  
  The State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bi-partisan budget overnight with a vote of 33-3.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Senate Passes Budget Agreement

  26-10-2017 09:15
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A long-awaited, bipartisan compromise state budget agreement — repeatedly dubbed historic — cleared the Connecticut Senate early Thursday morning with strong support, moving closer toward possibly ending a monthslong budget impasse.
  The bill cleared the evenly divided Senate by a vote of 33-3. The three who opposed the bill were two Republicans and one Democrat.
  While noting the compromise budget proposal includes things they don’t partic
  
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• Cheshire Parents Concerned Over School Laptop Program

  26-10-2017 05:31
  
  Some Cheshire parents have growing concerns about a pilot program which gives students laptops and software to accomplish their school work. While some parents say the program is beneficial, others believe...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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