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• UConn Player Leaves Scene Of Scooter Crash

  09-11-2017 23:50
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ UConn guard Jalen Adams has been charged with a misdemeanor after police say he left the scene of a crash involving a scooter he was operating.
  Police say the 21-year-old junior was among four men who were racing their scooters on campus Wednesday night when the one Adams was operating hit the back of another. Police say Adams left the broken scooter at the scene and hopped on the back of another.
  No injuries were reported. Police say they located Adams, the other men and th
  
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• Norwich Residents To Receive Second Car Tax Bill

  09-11-2017 23:38
  
  Normally, taxpayers in Norwich only receive one bill a year for their motor vehicle tax.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• A?: Apple Users Can Update Phone to Fix Glitch

  09-11-2017 23:10
  
  Are you getting a strange symbol when you try to type the letter "I" on your iPhone?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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• An Arctic front closes in tonight; chilly, windy Friday with temps in the 30s

  09-11-2017 22:45
  An early taste of winter is on the way Friday into Sunday morning with unusually cold temperatures for early November.
  The winds will also be an issue. A Wind Advisory is in effect for 4 AM - 6 PM Friday with a northwest wind at 10-25 miles an hour and higher gusts up to 30-45 mph. Some isolated tree/power issues are possible. But a bigger concern is the combination of cold and wind to make for bitterly cold wind chills.
  There is a chance for a rain shower tonight out ahead of the front. Temper
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 10 Starts And Sits

  09-11-2017 22:37
  By Matt Citak
  We are in crunch time of the fantasy football season with the playoffs just a few weeks away. Let’s not waste any time and jump right into it.
  Here are CBS Local Sports’ Week 10 Fantasy Football Starts and Sits.
  Starts
  QB: Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams
  Goff is riding high after putting together the best performance of his NFL career against the Giants in Week 9. The second-year QB threw for a career-best 311 yards and four touchdowns while helping the Rams rout the Giant
  
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• Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott loses appeal and is suspended; running back ineligible to play Sunday

  09-11-2017 22:26
  NEW YORK  — A federal appeals court in New York City has denied Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s bid to keep a six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence on hold.
  Elliott was in court and the denial of the injunction makes him ineligible in Sunday’s game at Atlanta.
  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Elliott didn’t meet the standards to continue blocking the suspension but ordered a hearing as soon as it could be scheduled.
  
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• Led By South Carolina, UConn, Women’s Hoops Tips Off Friday

  09-11-2017 22:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been five years since a team other than UConn started the season as defending champions. Coach Dawn Staley and her South Carolina Gamecocks have that honor this year.
  After a thrilling Final Four that ended with the Gamecocks winning their first national championship, women’s college basketball is ready to get started Friday.
  South Carolina is among the teams looking to travel to Columbus, Ohio, for the Final Four next April. UConn, Stanford, Ohio State an
  
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• Man Arrested After 17-Mile Long Highway Chase

  09-11-2017 22:05
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been arrested after leading police on a high speed chase for nearly 17 miles.
  The Connecticut Police reports that 37-year-old Jimmy Bedard had been wanted by police in a domestic dispute that occurred in Waterbury. He was spotted by officers traveling on Route 8 early Thursday morning but sped away in his pickup truck.
  Police say Bedard was driving as fast as 100 miles per hour as he fled from state troopers and Waterbury police. The
  
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• UConn Women Motivated, Not Dwelling On Final Four Loss

  09-11-2017 22:03
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The UConn women’s team hasn’t watched the Final Four loss to Mississippi State.
  The players say they don’t need a film session to remind them how their 111-game winning streak ended, along with a chance for a fifth straight national championship.
  The Huskies come into this season carrying that chip on their shoulders, despite being ranked No. 1 for the 12th time in school history.
  “If anyone told you they forgot about the ending of last year, t
  
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• Report: Louis C.K. accused of multiple misconduct acts 

  09-11-2017 22:02
  NEW YORK  — Comedian Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct toward several women, including masturbating in front of them to their horror and embarrassment, according to a report in The New York Times.
  Five women allege the Emmy-winning star of FX’s “Louie” pleasured himself in front of them, asked to do it or did so over the phone.
  A publicist for C.K. did not immediately respond to comment from The Associated Press. Another publicist told t
  
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• No.14 UCF Looks To Remain Unbeaten Against UConn

  09-11-2017 22:01
  UConn (3-6, 2-4 American) at No. 14 UCF (8-0, 5-0, CFP No. 18), Saturday, noon ET (ESPNU)
  Line: UCF by 38 ½.
  Series record: Tied 2-2.
  WHAT’S AT STAKE
  The College Football Playoffs seems a longshot for the Knights but if they can manage to remain undefeated there is a guarantee of a New Year’s Six bowl bid as the highest ranked non-Power 5 Conference champion. This would be a huge upset for UConn.
  KEY MATCHUP
  UCF QB McKenzie Milton vs. UConn’s secondary. After elevating
  
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• Ring Of Honor Plans Streaming Service, Possible Tour Expansion

  09-11-2017 22:00
  By Chuck Carroll
  Ring of Honor is undeniably WWE‘s chief competitor. Company officials deny that is the case, but it is true nonetheless. Top officials will say the promotion is just playing to a niche market, one that doesn’t intersect with pro wrestling’s Goliath. That may have been the case in the recent past, but now pro wrestling is in the midst of a seismic shift. Bullet Club t-shirts are commonplace in the front row of Monday Night Raw. Then there’s “one&hell
  
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• 5 Notable Sports Prophecies

  09-11-2017 21:40
  by Rob Joyce
  Hot takes are an increasingly prevalent norm in the sports world these days. Your team either is winning the championship or is awful, that All-Star is actually 100 percent overrated and that coach has no clue what he’s doing, ever. Most of these are nonsense spewed for ratings, but when a bold stance comes to fruition, it stands out.
  Thus was the case after Game 7 of the World Series, when the Astros upended the Dodgers to win their first-ever championship. It made Sports Ill
  
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• New Jersey diner adding gratuities to kids’ bills

  09-11-2017 21:31
  WAYNE, N.J.  — A New Jersey diner is adding an 18 percent gratuity to the bills of children who go there without their parents.
  Melissa Desch tells WCBS-TV she and her family have been eating at the Wayne Hills Diner and Restaurant for years and she was surprised when her 11-year-old daughter sent her a photo showing a 90-cent tip was unknowingly added to her milkshake bill.
  Desch doesn’t think it’s fair to treat minors different than adults.
  The diner’s lawyer says
  
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• Surveillance video shows men leaving anti-semitic flyers at synagogue

  09-11-2017 21:25
  ORANGEVALE, Calif. - Sacramento County Sheriff's detectives say they are looking over surveillance video of two suspects accused of posting anti-Semitic flyers left at a Northern California synagogue, according to KTXL.
  Surveillance video shows two men in dark clothing, both with faces concealed by either a bandanna or paintball mask, casually approaching the building.
  According to Kimberly Olker, president of Temple Or Rishon on Hazel Avenue, people were at the Jewish synagogue for commun
  
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• You’ll soon be able to eat breakfast at Tiffany’s first-ever cafe

  09-11-2017 21:22
  Starting Friday, you’ll be able to actually have breakfast at Tiffany.
  The luxury jeweler is opening its first-ever restaurant, The Blue Box Café, at its flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City on Friday.
  The cafe is located on Tiffany’s newly-renovated fourth floor, which was unveiled to the public on Wednesday.
  Related: Lady Gaga teams up with Tiffany
  “Both the café and redesign of the Home & Accessories floor reflect a modern luxury experience,”
  
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• Ray Dunaway: ‘A Connecticut Christmas Carol’ Preview

  09-11-2017 21:20
  Michael Thomas Holmes plays The Ghosts in A Connecticut Christmas Carol, taking place this Holiday season at the Goodspeed Opera House.
  Holmes last appeared at Goodspeed in Amour (2005) and is thrilled to be back. He was in Broadway’s Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim) and toured with The Producers (with Jason Alexander and Martin Short).
  A Connecticut Christmas Carol will be live at the Goodspeed Opera House/the Norma Terris Theatre November 17th to December 24th, 2017.
   
  
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• Crash Closes Berlin Turnpike North in Wethersfield

  09-11-2017 21:18
  
  A serious crash has closed down the northbound side of the Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Wild video shows moment surfer breaks his back on giant wave

  09-11-2017 21:15
  A big-wave surfer is already dreaming of getting back on his surfboard a day after breaking his back in what the Telegraph describes as “mountainous seas” off Nazare, Portugal.
  Britain’s Andrew Cotton, 36, was one of several professional surfers riding big waves Wednesday when a gigantic wall of water came crashing down upon him. A video shows Cotton preparing to abandon his ride before the rolling water appears to throw him dozens of feet, where he lands hard on his back.
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• Walmart’s Black Friday 2017 ad is out!

  09-11-2017 21:02
  Walmart’s Black Friday 2017 ad is out!
  BestBlackFriday.com posted the ad Thursday morning.
  Among the front page deals this year are a hoverboard for $148, a 55″ Sharp TV for $298 and in iPhone 6 for $129. **For the entire ad, click here**
  Stores will be open all day on Thanksgiving with the deals available there at 6 p.m. local time. Walmart is adding a color-coded map of store departments on its circulars in hopes of making it easier for customers to find items.
  It’s
  
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• GOP lawmakers ask Roy Moore to step aside if sexual allegations are true

  09-11-2017 20:55
  WASHINGTON DC — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans say Roy Moore, the Republican nominee in Alabama for a Senate seat, should step aside if an explosive Washington Post report that accuses him of engaging in sexual conduct with underage women is true.
  “If these allegations are true, he must step aside,” McConnell said in a statement.
  GOP Sen. Susan Collins tweeted, “If there is any truth at all to these horrific allegations, Roy Moore should imme
  
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• Senate Republicans unveil their own tax plan

  09-11-2017 20:45
  Senate Republicans released their own version of a tax plan Thursday, and it varies just enough from the House’s bill to set the two chambers up for a dramatic showdown over tax policy in upcoming weeks.
  As they emerged from a closed-door briefing, senators laid out some of the details Thursday.
  According to Sen. John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota, the Senate tax bill includes more individual tax brackets than the House bill (seven instead of four). Hoeven also said that the Senat
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: Blue Devils Start The Year On Top

  09-11-2017 20:26
  By Steve Silverman
  The Blue Devils will start off as the No. 1 team in the nation, and is there any doubt that Mike Krzyzewski knows how to handle high expectations? There may be a lull or two around mid-season, but Duke will get off to an excellent start and get up to a peak level at tournament time.
  Grayson Allen, Marvin Bagley III and Marques Bolden will lead the way, while Trevon Duval, Gary Trent Jr. and Wendell Carter will quickly take on key roles.
  It’s difficult not to love Arizona
  
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• Fire Destroys Portland Home

  09-11-2017 20:12
  
  A two-alarm fire destroyed a Murphy Road in Portland Thursday morning. Fire officials said the state fire marshal’s office is helping with the investigation into what caused this fire.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Humans Have Evolved To Naturally Fear Spiders And Snakes, Study Says

  09-11-2017 20:03
  CBS Local — Even though Halloween has come and gone in 2017, the human revulsion for creepy crawlers is apparently here to stay.
  A new report says a study of babies has found that humans don’t just learn to be scared of spiders and snakes, they are actually born with the fear of those creatures already in their brains. The report, published in Frontiers in Psychology, tracked the responses of a group of six-month-olds when they were shown images of the frightening animals compared to
  
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• ‘The Lighter Moments Separate Our Show’: Lina Esco On CBS’s S.W.A.T.

  09-11-2017 19:45
  Actress Lina Esco only takes roles that she respects. Esco has a great deal of respect for Christina “Chris” Alonso, the character she plays on CBS’s “S.W.A.T.” While the Miami native has worked in movies alongside Miley Cyrus and Chris Evans and television shows with Jimmy Smits and Will Arnett, her role as Chris Alonso is an important one given the state of our country and her life as an activist.
  Esco recently stopped by the CBS Local Studio in New York to discus
  
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• Serious crash closes part of Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield

  09-11-2017 19:44
  WETHERSFIELD — The Wethersfield Police Department said a serious accident on Berlin Turnpike at Arrow Road has the northbound side of the road shut down.
  They said there is a huge backup in both directions and advise drivers to avoid the area until further notice. Check traffic here
  #BREAKING VIDEO part of Berlin turnpike shutdown following serious truck vs car crash in #Wethersfield pic.twitter.com/DpbIsYmfNo
  — Michael Howard (@MHoward_TV) November 9, 2017
  
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• Former VA Hospital Employee Accused of Threatening Staff

  09-11-2017 19:34
  
  A former employee of a VA Hospital is accused of making threats against staff and has been arrested.Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• Target Refuses To Pull Fidget Spinners With High Lead Levels

  09-11-2017 19:23
  CBS Local — Kids find fidget spinners fun and somewhat addictive. New research shows they can also be dangerous.
  The popular little toys are already the subject of Consumer Product Safety Commission choking hazard warnings. Now, new research shows that some of the popular spinners sold at Target contain dangerously high levels of lead.
  The US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) found that the Fidget Wild Premium Spinner Brass tested at 33,000 parts per million for lead, which is
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Can School Choice Improve State Finances?

  09-11-2017 19:00
  Dr Lewis M. Andrews of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy discusses the study he and Marty Lueken (EdChoice Foundation) did for the Yankee Institute.
  It shows how a modest form of school choice could significantly improve the state’s finances without raising taxes, while at the same time addressing the education-equity issues raised by CCJEF v. Rell.
   
  
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• ‘I think my judgement was clouded:’ Survivor Castoff Jessica Q&A

  09-11-2017 19:00
  CBS Local – We made it to the merge! The game of  ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’  has really begun now that individual immunity is on the table. But for one castoff, the euphoria of dropping her buff was quickly snuffed. We had the chance to interview the latest castoff, Jessica Johnston. Here’s his unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on her game, her ‘romance’ with Cole and the moment
  
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• State Police Share Video of Trooper Hitting Deer as Warning for Drivers

  09-11-2017 18:56
  
  A Connecticut state trooper hit a deer on Route 9 Monday and state police have shared the video as a warning to drivers.Photo Credit: Connecticut State PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Cheney Tech Vs. Quinebaug Valley Moved Up Due to Cold

  09-11-2017 18:53
  
  Temperatures were below freezing Thursday, but they will be even colder Friday night, so at least one school has changed its football schedule because of it. The administration at Howell Cheney Technical...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police: Wipe Shopping Cart Handles To Avoid Possible Exposure To Fentanyl, Other Drugs

  09-11-2017 18:27
  CBS Local — A police department in Arkansas is warning residents about a potentially new breeding ground for the country’s opioid crisis: the grocery store.
  Leachville police are telling shoppers to make sure they wipe down their shopping cart handles before using them. Authorities say deadly drugs like fentanyl can be left on the handles in powder form and enter the victim’s body through contact with the skin.
  The warning about contaminated shopping wagons was posted
  
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