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• Cowboys’ Elliott drops appeal, will serve rest of 6-game ban

  15-11-2017 23:41
  FRISCO, Texas  — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has dropped his appeal with five games remaining on his six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence.
  Elliott’s agents said Wednesday the decision by last year’s NFL rushing leader “is in no way an admission of wrongdoing.” They said Elliott’s decision came from “a practical assessment of the current legal landscape.”
  Elliott had a hearing set in a federal appeals court on Dec.
  
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• Bartender shot inside bar following robbery in Stratford; suspect on the loose

  15-11-2017 23:24
  STRATFORD -- Stratford police are still searching for the suspect they said robbed a local bar then shot a bartender Tuesday night.
  News of the shooting, inside a bar named "BAR" at 2399 Main Street, has been the talk of the center of Stratford on Wednesday.
  "I was actually stunned," said Diane Stackpole, who has worked at the nearby library for nearly 20 years.
  In the two surveillance pictures released Wednesday morning by police, the suspect appears to be wearing different outfits. But, polic
  
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• Roy Moore’s attorney holds a press conference regarding sex assault allegations

  15-11-2017 23:02
  ALABAMA — It’s been five days since the White House said President Donald Trump believes Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore should drop out if the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him are true.
  Since then, Moore has faced more allegations and the national Republican Party has cast Moore aside. Trump, however, has remained mum.
  Behind the scenes, the President and his advisers are closely watching the developments in Alabama’s special electi
  
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• Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign Needs Volunteers

  15-11-2017 22:52
  
  The bell ringing season that starts each November and runs through Christmas Eve will begin this Friday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Zeus Panda Malware

  15-11-2017 22:44
  Lon Seidman of Lon.tv talks Zeus Panda malware. According to a blog post by Cisco-owned Talos, the Zeus Panda malware essentially “poisons” Google search results to push fake bank-related results to the top of a keyword search.
   
  
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• Photos from Bartender Shooting in Stratford Released

  15-11-2017 22:36
  
  An armed robber shot a bartender at a bar in Stratford Center Tuesday night and police are investigating.Photo Credit: Stratford 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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• Online Dating The Most Common Way Newlyweds Met In 2017, Survey Says

  15-11-2017 22:26
  CBS Local — If you got married in 2017, there’s a good chance it’s because you “swiped right” to meet your spouse. According to a new study, online dating and social media has become the most common way newlyweds met their partner.
  The survey, carried out by researchers at online wedding planner The Knot, interviewed over 14,000 engaged or recently married men and women to learn about their relationships and how they popped the question.
  According to The Knot&r
  
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• These Are the Best Credit Cards to Use for Holiday Shopping: Study

  15-11-2017 22:25
  
  It's that time of year again, and with a third of Americans planning to spend at least $500 on holiday shopping this season, according to WalletHub, many are looking for deals.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Utilities Say Trees Biggest Obstacle In Storm Response Last Month

  15-11-2017 22:21
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Representatives from Connecticut’s two major electric utilities say trees continue to wreak havoc on power lines, despite years oftree-trimming and tree-removal efforts.
  Eversource Energy and United Illuminating Co. officials appeared Wednesday before the General Assembly’s Energy and Technology Committee for a hearing onthe utilities’ response to last month’s damaging rain and windstorm.
  The hearing was requested by Senate Majority Leader Bob
  
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• ‘Violent psychopath’ captured in California after escaping from Hawaii hospital

  15-11-2017 22:20
  STOCKTON, Calif. – Authorities have captured the man officials called a “violent psychopath” after he escaped from a Hawaii hospital Sunday and fled to California, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.
  Deputies arrested 59-year-old Randall Toshio Saito around 10:30 a.m. in Stockton after an alert taxi cab driver called police.  He was arrested along Waterloo Road near Highway 99, a stretch of road with scattered gas stations, motels and f
  
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• Man allegedly dismembered wife’s body in front of kids at hotel; remains found in storage unit

  15-11-2017 22:10
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man arrested at a storage unit in Missouri with his two children and the remains of his wife faces new charges as court documents reveal disturbing details in the case.
  Justin Rey, 35, is charged with murdering his wife, abandoning her corpse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to WDAF.
  Police say Justin and Jessica Rey's children, a two-year-old and a newborn born on Oct. 20, were in a Kansas City hotel room as Justin dismembered and disposed of their mother
  
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• FAA Investigating Accident At Simsbury Airport

  15-11-2017 22:01
  SIMSBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A single-engine, two-seat plane went off the runway at Simsbury Airport Wednesday afternoon when its brakes gave out, said the FAA.
  The pilot was the only person aboard the Vans RV-6A. No injuries were reported in the accident, which occurred around 2 p.m.
  The plane is based at the airport and was piloted by one of the members of the Simsbury Flying Club, said Airport Manager Brad Griswold.
  
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• Chilly night with temps in the mid 30s; tracking showers Thursday

  15-11-2017 21:52
  Tonight, increasing clouds will come in as temps dip into the mid 30s.
  Thursday we’ll have more cloud cover with temperatures in the 40s to near 50 degrees. We’re also expecting rainfall, as showers riding along a front may blossom into a few downpours for our area during the day Thursday.
  We’re back to the sunshine on Friday, as we continue our flip-flopping pattern. Sunshine to rain and back to sunshine!
  November rain is back in the forecast on Saturday with steady widesprea
  
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• Bridgeport Police Look to Purchase Dash Cameras for Cruisers

  15-11-2017 21:47
  
  There is more fallout from the controversial video of a Bridgeport police officer striking a teenager during an arrest.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Tractor Trailer Engulfed in Flames on I-95 in Milford

  15-11-2017 21:45
  
  A tractor trailer was engulfed in flames on Interstate 95 south in Milford on Wednesday.Photo Credit: Nick Dellaripa
  
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• President Trump speaks on his trip to Asia

  15-11-2017 21:34
   
  President Trump is back at the White House Wednesday after a whirlwind 12-day, five-country trip to Asia. The President tweeted that he would be making a “major statement from the @WhiteHouse upon” his return.
  The President also has a lot of things on his plate as he returns. There are the allegations against Roy Moore, with most of the top Republicans in Washington calling on Moore to step aside. Will the President weigh in?
  Also in Washington, Senate Republicans are still wo
  
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• Lawmakers Send Budget Fixes To Governor, But Issues Remain

  15-11-2017 21:33
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s state budget debate is over — at least for now.
  The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 123-to-12 in favor of fixes to the recently passed two-year $41.3 billion budget. The Senate approved those same changes on Tuesday. The bill now moves to the governor.
  The bill makes various changes to a tax on hospitals that provides the state and hospitals with federal reimbursement funds.
  It also fixes language that held up
  
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• House Dems introduce articles of impeachment against Trump

  15-11-2017 21:07
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  House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment Wednesday against President Donald Trump, though they acknowledged their efforts have no chance of success while Republicans control both houses of Congress.
  Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, introduced five articles of impeachment that include obstruction of justice for Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, two emoluments clause violations, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and undermining
  
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• UCLA players arrested in China apologize and are suspended

  15-11-2017 20:53
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  LiAngelo Ball and two teammates on UCLA’s basketball team have been suspended indefinitely after they shoplifted in China.
  UCLA coach Steve Alford made the announcement after the three players publicly acknowledged the theft. “They will have to earn their way back,” Alford said
  Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill apologized Wednesday after they were accused of shoplifting in China.
  Riley, in a statement, said he was “embarrassed and ashamed” by his actions a
  
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• Internet Swears Dog’s Ear Looks Exactly Like President Trump

  15-11-2017 20:33
  CBS Local — Many people have claimed to have seen the faces of famous people, like Elvis or Abraham Lincoln, in their food over the years.
  A woman in Great Britain says she’s found the face of Donald Trump, but it wasn’t found on a piece of toast; she found the 45th president in her dog’s ear. Jade Robinson says her friend noticed the resemblance after she took the pictures for her vet, believing her two-year-old beagle had an ear infection.
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• Suffield Student Brings Airsoft Gun To School

  15-11-2017 20:21
  SUFFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A Suffield Middle School student brought an airsoft gun to school Wednesday, education officials said in a message to parents.
  While the student showed the gun to another student on their school bus, it was never removed from the student’s backpack while at school– nor was anyone threatened with it, Superintendent Karen Berasi, wrote.
  Police and school administrators quickly addressed the situation, she said.
  Berasi urged parents to discuss t
  
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• Forget Pizza Rat, meet Brooklyn’s Avocado Rat

  15-11-2017 20:17
  NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — Pizza Rat may be fitting for New York City as a whole, but Brooklyn has its own rat that’s just as fitting: Avocado Rat.
  The rat was captured on camera dragging an avocado half – no pit – down the subway tracks at Greenpoint Avenue, according to WPIX.
  “Even the rats in #nyc are on trend,” wrote Jessica Edwards, the woman who spotted Avocado Rat. “Hope he finds some toast.”Brooklyn is home to an avocado restaurant, so the
  
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• Man pleads guilty for role in 2014 deadly tractor-trailer crash 

  15-11-2017 20:14
  NEW LONDON    — A Massachusetts truck driver involved in a 2014 crash that killed a 26-year-old man and his two young children on a Connecticut highway has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.Sixty-two-year-old Gerard Dube faces up to nine months in prison. The Day reports that the Swansea, Massachusetts, resident entered his plea Tuesday at Superior Court in New London and is expected to return there for sentencing on Jan. 23.
  Prosecutors say Dube was drivin
  
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• Americans are signing up for Obamacare, despite Republican efforts to weaken it

  15-11-2017 20:03
  Obamacare remains popular with Americans, despite efforts by Republican senators to repeal a central provision of the health reform law that requires everyone to maintain coverage or pay a penalty.
  Nearly 1.5 million consumers signed up for 2018 Obamacare coverage in the first 11 days of open enrollment, according to data released by the Trump administration Wednesday.
  A year ago, 1 million people had chosen policies in the first 12 days of the season.
  Of the people who have selected Obamacare p
  
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• Amazon Cutting Prices At Whole Foods Again For Thanksgiving

  15-11-2017 19:57
  CBS Local — Amazon is giving its customers some added incentive to shop with their new partner Whole Foods during the holidays. The online marketplace revealed that shoppers — with extra savings for Prime customers — will get steep price cuts on several organic foods and popular grocery items, just days before Thanksgiving.
  The internet retail giant is calling the cuts a “sneak preview” of what will reportedly become Whole Foods’ official rewards program for P
  
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• What You Can and Cannot Put in a Recycling Bin in Connecticut

  15-11-2017 19:43
  
  The rules on recycling are now standard across the state of Connecticut, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and there is now an instant source of information about what you...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• 6 Czechs fined for sporting Borat mankinis in Kazakhstan

  15-11-2017 19:43
  PRAGUE  — Six Czech tourists who dressed up in skimpy swimsuits made famous by Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” have reportedly been detained by authorities in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.
  Sporting lime green “mankinis” and black wigs, the men had hoped to take a picture in front of the “I Love Astana” sign.
  But local police took action, detaining them on Friday and fining them 22,500 tenge ($68) each for committing minor hooliganism, accordi
  
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• What If All Americans Went Vegan? Study Finds Mixed Results

  15-11-2017 19:01
  CBS Local — What would happen if everyone in the United States switched to a vegan diet? Would the environment see an immediate change for the better? A new study has looked into the hypothetical eating shift and the results were not as positive as many would think.
  Two researchers have put environmentalists’ claims that going vegan would stop climate change to the test in a simulation that looked at how a nation of 320 million vegans would affect greenhouse gas levels. Scientists fo
  
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• Student Brought Airsoft Gun to School in Suffield: Official

  15-11-2017 18:48
  
  A middle school student in Suffield brought a gun that shoots plastic pellets to school Wednesday and the superintendent said police and school administrators quickly addressed the situation.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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• Water Main Break Floods Bridgeview Road in North Haven

  15-11-2017 18:22
  
  Crews are working to repair a water main break on Bridgeview Road in North Haven Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police Release Surveillance Photos from Shooting of Bartender in Stratford

  15-11-2017 18:06
  
  An armed robber shot a bartender at a bar in Stratford Center Tuesday night and police are investigating.Photo Credit: Stratford Police
  
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• After boy’s death, NYC changes child care emergency protocol

  15-11-2017 17:59
  NEW YORK, N.Y. — Thousands of New York City parents have signed a petition for city schools to require EpiPens on their campuses following the death of a toddler who had a deadly allergic reaction.
  EpiPens, the life-saving devices that stop an allergic reaction, are now top of mind for many parents of Head Start-Early Education age children since 3-year-old Elijah Silvera suffered a fatal dairy allergy reaction after someone at his Harlem school gave him a grilled cheese sandwich.
  Now the
  
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• Week 11 NFL Picks: Rams And Vikings Winning Streaks On The Line As They Meet In Minnesota

  15-11-2017 17:48
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  We’re into the second half of the season and the NFC playoff picture is a glorious, chaotic, mess. Seriously, just look at this. The only teams that are really, truly out of it in the NFC are the 49ers and Giants. Granted, the Bucs, Bears and Cardinals aren’t likely to make it, but it’s still mathematically possible. Watching this play out over the next couple of weeks will be fascinating. This weekend, we’ve actually got a pretty good slate of games, including
  
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• Guilty Plea In Deadly Crash

  15-11-2017 17:47
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) – A Massachusetts truck driver involved in a crash three years ago that killed a 26-year-old man and two young children on a Connecticut highway has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
  Sixty-two-year-old Gerard Dube, of Swansea, Massachusetts, faces up to nine months in prison.
  The Day reports that Dube entered his plea Tuesday at Superior Court in New London and is expected to return there for sentencing scheduled forJan. 23.
  Prosecutors say Dube was driving a tra
  
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• Police Investigating Death in Rocky Hill

  15-11-2017 17:45
  
  Police said they responded to Altera Apartments on Brook Street at 8:46 p.m. after receiving reports of an unresponsive female and paramedics found she was dead at the scene. No additional information has...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bail cut for New Haven man charged in crash that killed 4

  15-11-2017 17:45
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A judge has reduced bail for a New Haven man authorities say was driving an SUV that crashed in Massachusetts earlier this year, killing four passengers.
  The Republican newspaper reports that a judge on Tuesday reduced Aaron Thorne’s bail to $25,000 cash from $50,000.
  The attorney for the 19-year-old Thorne asked that the bail be reduced to $5,000, while prosecutors asked that it remain unchanged.
  Credit: Patrick Johnson, masslive.com
  The New Haven man faces
  
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• ‘No-kill’ animal shelter admits to euthanizing at least 7 healthy dogs

  15-11-2017 17:32
  RICHMOND, Ind. -- A "no-kill" animal shelter in Indiana is under fire after admitting it euthanized at least seven healthy dogs, according to WXIN.
  H.E.L.P. the Animals billed itself as a not-for-profit, no-kill facility where animals wouldn’t be euthanized, even when the facility was full.
  The board said the dogs were put down because they represented a “bite risk.” The group said it doesn’t kill healthy or treatable animals, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill anim
  
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• North Korea heaps insults on Trump, warns he will ‘pay dearly’

  15-11-2017 17:10
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  PYONGYANG, North Korea  — US President Donald Trump may claim he would never insult Kim Jong Un, but North Korea clearly thinks differently.
  A furious commentary published in a state-run newspaper Wednesday said Trump had displayed his “true colors as an old lunatic, mean trickster and human reject” during his recent visit to the Korean Peninsula.
  In an address to South Korea’s parliament last week, Trump criticized North Korean leader Kim and the &l
  
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• Which Stores are Offering Biggest Black Friday Discounts?

  15-11-2017 17:05
  
  With more stores opening early and offering Black Friday deals ahead of the day after Thanksgiving, personal finance site WalletHub put together a list of the best discounts.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Patriots Opponent Profile: Up And Down Raiders Could Be Distracted As Ground Breaks In Vegas

  15-11-2017 17:01
  By Danny Cox
  On Monday afternoon, history was made as a groundbreaking ceremony took place in Las Vegas as the Oakland Raiders look forward to moving there. Big-time stars were on hand to watch as the new stadium officially began its construction, but the excitement is going to have to be pushed to the side for at least a little bit.
  The Raiders still have a number of seasons before their Las Vegas move by 2020, and next up on the list of games is a contest against the New England Patriots. Oakl
  
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• How you can get involved with the FOX61 Student News

  15-11-2017 16:55
  The FOX61 Student News program empowers Connecticut middle and high school students to explore the world of multi-media journalism by giving them the opportunity to capture, edit and publish original content under the guidance of industry professionals.
  Each student produced and hosted segment will showcase a local story or event, highlighting all that is great about our state and align with our station’s mission of HOPE. Segments will be featured on-air during Friday’s Morning News
  
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• New Britain’s Springer Reflects On World Series Heroics

  15-11-2017 16:53
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Now that the dust has settled, the MVP of this year’s World Series is reflecting.
  George Springer out of New Britain and UConn was coming off a rough league championship series against the Yankees where it hit a measly .115 with only three hits.
  Springer got off to a slow start in the World Series against the Dodgers before he caught fire.
  He tells WTIC’S Ray Dunaway it was Houston Astros elder statesman, the recently retired Carlos Beltra
  
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• New Britain’s George Springer Reflects On World Series Heroics

  15-11-2017 16:53
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Now that the dust has settled, the MVP of this year’s World Series is reflecting.
  George Springer out of New Britain and UConn was coming off a rough league championship series against the Yankees where it hit a measly .115 with only three hits.
  Springer got off to a slow start in the World Series against the Dodgers before he caught fire.
  He tells WTIC’S Ray Dunaway it was Houston Astros elder statesman, the recently retired Carlos Beltra
  
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