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• Governor Seeks Budget Language Fix

  30-10-2017 23:33
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging Connecticut lawmakers to quickly fix language in their bipartisan state budget concerning a hospital tax, warning hundreds of thousands of federal revenue the tax triggers could be at risk.
  Under the state’s constitution, the Democrat has until Wednesday to sign or veto the two-year, $41.3 billion budget.
  On Monday, Malloy sent a letter to legislative leaders, urging them to “act before this coming Wednesday” and make chang
  
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• Found a Tick on Yourself? How to Submit it for Testing and Identification

  30-10-2017 23:13
  
  Municipal health departments throughout Connecticut have different procedures for accepting ticks to identify and test for bacteria which can cause Lyme disease, Babesiosis, and other tick-borne illnesses.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Ledyard Mayor Postpones Trick or Treating on Tuesday

  30-10-2017 22:21
  
  The mayor of Ledyard voiced his frustration with Eversource on Monday following heavy rainfall over the weekend and said there will be no school or trick-or-treating on Tuesday because of downed power lines.
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• Ledyard mayor: Trick-or-Treating postponed due to power outages

  30-10-2017 22:11
  LEDYARD —  With thousands of residents without power across the state following Sunday night’s storm, trick-or-treating in Ledyard has been postponed. Ledyard’s mayor Fred Allyn III said because of power lines down, there will be no trick-or-treating on Halloween Tuesday. Alyn III said trick-or-treating will be moved to Friday. Allyn III voiced his frustration with Eversource in particular due to their “damage assessment” in a Facebook post Monday. In addi
  
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• Groton 911 System Down

  30-10-2017 21:59
  
  Groton’s 911 system went down and the department has dispatcher at Ledyard's 911 center taking calls, according to Ledyard Police.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Doug Glanville

  30-10-2017 21:54
  Former MLB player, ESPN analyst/commentator, and author Doug Glanville will speak at University of St. Joseph on November 14, 2017.
  He shares a preview of the free event, as well as details about his new book The Game From Where I Stand.
   
  
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• Storm Causes Thousands of Power Outages, School Closings

  30-10-2017 21:34
  
  There is damage across the state after powerful winds, as high as 73 miles per hour, and heavy rain took down trees and wires overnight. That has left thousands without power and led to hundreds of schools...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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• Fancy Suits At Center Of Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Charges

  30-10-2017 21:16
  JAKE PEARSONAssociated Press
  NEW YORK (CBS Connecticut and AP) — At $7,500 apiece, the handmade custom suits former Donald Trump campaign chairman and New Britain native Paul Manafort wore were meant to dazzle and impress.
  An indictment unsealed Monday detailing conspiracy and money laundering charges against him suggest they certainly caught the eye of special counsel Robert Mueller.
  A luxury clothing store in New York is among 19 vendors Manafort paid some $12 million to between 2008 and
  
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• Assaults Go Up When Daylight Saving Time Ends, Study Claims

  30-10-2017 20:37
  CBS Local — On Nov. 5, Americans will get an extra hour of sleep as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end in 2017. While more sleep sounds good to most people, a new study is saying that more assaults are committed once the clocks fall back.
  Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania say the number of assaults go up by nearly three percent right after the country sets their clocks back one hour. The surprising findings added that assaults actually went down by three percent when D
  
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• Storm Damage Oct. 30, 2017

  30-10-2017 20:14
  
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• More than 120,000 Without Power Across Connecticut

  30-10-2017 20:11
  
  Power is out for thousands of homes and businesses Monday morning from a large storm that whipped through Connecticut and crews from Eversource said it could be a couple of days before people have power in parts...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Madison Teen Killed in Hartford Stabbing

  30-10-2017 20:07
  
  A 19-year-old Madison man is dead after a stabbing in Hartford. Police said they found him when officers responded to York Street, just west of Zion Street, just before 3:30 a.m.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Keidel: Deshaun Watson, A Star In The Making

  30-10-2017 19:56
  By Jason Keidel
  In the athletic world of watches and dashes and tape measures, we have all the metrics to measure the physical.
  But how do you measure the rest? The intangibles, like heart and desire? How much of what makes a great athlete is talent versus temerity?
  Deshaun Watson, coming out of college, seemed to have that elusive “it” — that immeasurable but wholly tangible thing that makes big players do big things in big games. We saw it when he led Clemson against Alabama
  
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• Ray Dunaway: CT-N’s Future In Jeopardy?

  30-10-2017 19:45
  Paul Giguere, president and CEO of the Connecticut Public Affairs Network, told legislative leaders that the cut they were proposing “specifically the 50 percent reduction in funding for CT-N contemplated in the state budget,” could jeopardize their future. Learn more.
  
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• Tree Lands on House Soon After Residents Moved Out

  30-10-2017 19:32
  
  A huge tree came down on a historic home in Watertown as powerful storms moved through Connecticut and the owners are just thankful no one was home. The house on Main Street, which was built in 1919, has been on...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• ‘Something Happened In The Training Room’: Deborah Norville on Peyton Manning Sexual Assault Case

  30-10-2017 19:27
  Deborah Norville has been hosting “Inside Edition” for over 20 years. The veteran anchor and two-time Emmy award winner has traveled the world, interviewed countless big name celebrities and provided the American people with hundreds of different investigative reports. Tonight, Norville and her team dive into a story that has been circling former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning for the last two decades.
  Former University of Tennessee trainer Dr. Jamie Naughright accused Manning of sex
  
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• Ex-UConn Star Stewart Says She Was Sexually Abused As A Child

  30-10-2017 19:23
  (Seattle AP) – WNBA star Breanna Stewart says she was sexually abused as a child.
  The Seattle Storm forward describes the abuse in an essay posted Monday on the Players’ Tribune website.
  Stewart says she was first molested at a relative’s house in upstate New York when she was 9 by a man who continued the abuse for two years.
  Stewart says she eventually told her parents, who called police. She says the man was arrested and confessed but doesn’t indicate what happened to h
  
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• ‘He’s Great’: Actor Ryan Cartwright On Working with Kevin James On “Kevin Can Wait”

  30-10-2017 18:34
  Actor Ryan Cartwright has worked with actors such as Jon Hamm and Ed Helms, but none of those experiences compare to the one he is having right now with Kevin James on “Kevin Can Wait.” Cartwright plays Chale, Kevin’s son-in-law on the CBS program and the interactions between the two are both funny and awkward at the same time.
  Cartwright spoke to CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about his time on “Kevin Can Wait”, transitioning from British television to American tele
  
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• Records: Connecticut Offered To Buy GE’s Fairfield Campus

  30-10-2017 18:33
  By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Before General Electric announced in 2016 it was moving its headquarters from Connecticut to Boston, Connecticut officials offered to purchase GE’s sprawling Fairfield campus so the company could move to a more urban area in state, possibly to Stamford.
  It’s one of three options state officials included in a draft proposal to GE obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request.
  The financi
  
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• Rainfall Totals Oct. 30, 2017

  30-10-2017 18:24
  
  The storm that ripped through Connecticut Sunday into Monday caused widespread damage with heavy rain and powerful winds. Here are rainfall totals from the National Weather Service.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Are Self-Driving Cars Inevitable?

  30-10-2017 18:10
  Eddie Alterman, Editor-In-Chief of Car and Driver Magazine, talks driverless cars.  It used to be sci-fi stuff… now, everyone is amazed/confused/worried by the arrival of the self-driving car.   With Tesla, Cadillac, and everyone in between seemingly working to make people passengers instead of drivers… it is all but inevitable!
  
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• New ‘Mega’ Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered By Scientists In Africa

  30-10-2017 17:21
  CBS Local — Did the T-Rex have some ferocious company millions of years ago? A group of scientists have discovered evidence of a gigantic “mega” dinosaur in southern Africa that may have been the biggest meat-eater on the continent.
  In a release from the University of Manchester, researchers from the UK, South Africa, and Brazil found footprints that date back 200 million years. The giant tracks were found near what the team believes was an ancient river bank in the presen
  
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• SEC Football Report: Georgia Stomps Florida, McElwain Gets Fired

  30-10-2017 17:15
  Ryan Mayer
  This is the CBS Local SEC Football Report. Every week, this space will recap the results and top performances from the Southeastern Conference and look ahead to key match-ups the following week.
  Bulldogs Rout Gators
  Heading into this year’s edition of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, Georgia had lost three straight games to Florida. But, the ‘Dawgs were undefeated this season behind a dominant running game and defense while Florida sat at just .500 (3-3) w
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Trump’s Tax Plan

  30-10-2017 17:03
  Jill Schlesinger, CFP® CBS News  Business Analyst, gets ready as Trump prepares to unveil his Tax Plan, and a new Fed Chair.
   
  
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• Cleanup Continues After Wind, Rain Storm

  30-10-2017 16:06
  (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Hundreds of thousands of homes ans businesses across the northeast have been left without power after a storm brought high winds and heavy rains to southern New England.  That includes about 152,000 Eversource customers in Connecticut, while United Illuminating reported about 5,700 customers in the dark.
  The weather prompted dozens of Connecticut schools to cancel classes or delay the start of school.
  In Vernon the intersection of routes 74 and 31 was close
  
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• Deontay Wilder: Promised My Daughter I Would Become Heavyweight Champ, And I Did

  30-10-2017 16:05
  Ryan Mayer
  Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder has successfully defended his WBC World Heavyweight Championship five times since taking it from Bermane Stiverne via a unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Arena back in January of 2015. On November 4th, the title defense circuit comes full circle as Wilder will meet Stiverne in the ring once again, this time at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, live on Showtime.
  Wilder enters the fight undefeated, 38-0, in his pro career with 37 kno
  
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• Owner Of Milford Automotive Business Arrested

  30-10-2017 15:58
  STRATFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Stratford police say the owner of a Milford automotive business is under arrest on larceny charges after he took it upon himself to find parking “violations” and illegally towed vehicles.
  Police say Stephen Verity, 27, owner of Steve’s Automotive, towed at least ten vehicles from the Dock Shopping Center and Sherwood Apartments in Stratford between October 1 and 9 without the consent of property owners, as required by state law.
  Verity
  
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• Some State Parks Closed Due to Storm Damage Monday

  30-10-2017 15:49
  
  Several state parks are temporarily closed due to storm damage Monday.Photo Credit: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  
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• Cadet Intimidation Investigated At Coast Guard Academy

  30-10-2017 15:44
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard Academy says it is investigating a report that a white male cadet may have acted to intimidate an African-American cadet based on his race.
  The academy in New London said it received a report of an incident Friday but did not provide additional details.
  The incident has been referred to the Coast Guard Investigative Service for a criminal investigation. The academy said it will also conduct an investigation under the Coast G
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: Pats Running Backs Unite To Beat Chargers Despite Sloppy Conditions

  30-10-2017 15:28
  By Danny Cox
  At times this Sunday, the Nor’easter caused some problems for both the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers—the ball was saturated and sometimes just slipped out of the hands of the players. A couple of other games had worse conditions, but the surging Chargers hoped to continue their hot streak by picking up a big win over the Patriots.
  Only, that didn’t happen. Tom Brady looked sharp and the running backs of the Patriots accounted for 224 of New Engl
  
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• Autoshop Owner Illegally Towed Cars from Stratford Lots: PD

  30-10-2017 14:48
  
  Stratford police have arrested a man accused of illegally towing cars out of parking lots around town.Photo Credit: Stratford Police Department
  
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• Trees Hits Woman in Bed in South Windsor

  30-10-2017 14:47
  
  A tree came crashing down on a house in South Windsor and a branch hit a woman who was in bed.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Was Trapped in Truck After Tree Comes Down in Montville

  30-10-2017 14:26
  
  A man has been trapped in his truck for at least two hours in the Oakdale section of Montville after a tree came down on Route 161, taking a utility pole and wires with it.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Evacuations Ordered After Tree Hits Propane Tank in Portland

  30-10-2017 14:06
  
  Evacuations were ordered in a Portland neighborhood Monday morning after a tree fell on a propane tank.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Manafort, Gates Told To Surrender In Mueller Probe

  30-10-2017 13:24
  WASHINGTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former Manafort business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted Monday on felony charges of conspiracy against the United States, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and several other financial counts involving tens of millions of dollars routed through offshore accounts.
  The unsealing of the indictment came the same day that Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced that a
  
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• Meriden Humane Society Asks for Help Amid Flooding

  30-10-2017 12:48
  
  The Meriden Humane Society was asking for volunteers to help them with a flooding problem on Sunday night.Photo Credit: Meriden Humane Society
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway October 30, 2017

  30-10-2017 11:07
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:20- Jill Schlesinger, CFP® CBS News  Business Analyst, is back on the air.
  7:20- Paul Giguere, president and CEO of the Connecticut Public Affairs Network, told legislative leaders that the cut they were proposing “specifically the 50 percent reduction in funding for CT-N contemplated in the state budget,” could jeopardize their future. Learn more.
  8:20- Eddie Alterman, Editor-In-Chief of Car and Driver Mag
  
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• Win Tickets To ‘HSO Masterworks: Mozart & La Mer’

  30-10-2017 10:00
  Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Masterworks: Mozart & La Mer’ is performing at Belding Theater at The Bushnell on November 11th, and we want you to see the show.
  Claude Debussy’s sparkling La Mer is a masterpiece of suggestion and subtlety in its rich depiction of the sea. This sensual three-movement impression of the ocean is one of Debussy’s most revered works. Berlioz’s Le corsaire was also inspired by the sea, written when the composer was on holiday in
  
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