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• CCSU Basketball Coach To Return To Team

  16-11-2017 23:56
  (NEW BRITAIN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) Central Connecticut State University men’s head basketball coach Donyell Marshall will rejoin the team on November 27.The personnel situation that led to Marshall’s seven game absence has been resolved, but the no details have been provided.
  Marshall’s first game back with the Blue Devils will be a November 30th game with North Carolina A and T at Detrick Gymnasium at 7 pm.
  
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• Comprehensive Autism Care Clinic Opens in Hamden

  16-11-2017 23:51 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Instead of driving to different locations for different appointments, children and adults with autism now have a comprehensive care clinic in Hamden where they can get all the services they need.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Survivor Series 2017

  16-11-2017 23:28
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE Survivor Series card is loaded and could grow longer before Sunday’s show. WWE spent the past couple of weeks giving the projected card a major shakeup, likely in an attempt to generate more interest for the pay-per-view. After promoting the match heavily on-air and on social media, plans for a Brock Lesnar vs. Jinder Mahal match were scrapped when AJ Styles dethroned the modern day Maharaja to become the new WWE Champion. The prospect of a match between The Beast
  
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• Major West Coast Burger Chain Is Coming to NYC

  16-11-2017 23:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One of the best-known and most popular fast food chains on the west coast is planning to make its New York City debut in 2018.Photo Credit: Carl's Jr
  
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• Hamden Police Launch Crime Fighting App

  16-11-2017 22:51 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A new crime-fighting tool is available to download in the Town of Hamden.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Rain, Hail and Thunder Move Through State

  16-11-2017 22:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  There will be periods of rain today and it could be heavy at times.Photo Credit: TraceyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Good Video Game Players Are More Intelligent, Study Says

  16-11-2017 22:18
  CBS Local – Really good at playing video games? A new study says that your skills may actually show how intelligent you are.
  Researchers in Great Britain say they discovered two multiplayer games that are so similar to an IQ test that all the strategy and game play can measure a person’s intelligence.
  The findings, published in the journal PLOS ONE, said playing a genre of games called Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas (MOBAs) showed the same increases in intelligence as IQ tests
  
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• What to Do When a Store Closes and You Didn’t Receive Your Order

  16-11-2017 22:07 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  What happens if a store closes and you never received the items you ordered? NBC Connecticut Responds has some simple tips to help make sure you get what you bought.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Sandy Hook Families’ Day In Court

  16-11-2017 22:00
  Mark Pazniokas, ctmirror.org Capitol Bureau Chief, talks the Sandy Hook families getting their day in court on claims against gunmaker. Looking at 2018, the Democrats take limited solace in a Trump backlash.
   
  
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• Operation ELF Collecting Donations for Military Families

  16-11-2017 22:00 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The 16th annual Operation ELF promotion is underway and they are looking for donations to help ease the financial stresses military families face because of the call to active duty.Photo Credit: Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman
  
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• Eating Chocolate For Breakfast Is Good For You, Studies Find

  16-11-2017 21:45
  CBS Local — Kids around the globe can now officially celebrate as a new report that looked at several recent studies has come to the conclusion that having chocolate for breakfast can actually improve your health.
  The report on 2017 food trends looked at the positive effects that eating dessert, especially dark chocolate, can have on the body and the brain.
  “Simply put, engaging with food is a conduit to engaging with the world,” Liz Moskow, culinary director at Sterling-Rice G
  
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• 3 Years Later, Simsbury Murder Case Still Open

  16-11-2017 20:38
  (Simsbury, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Simsbury Police and the Chief State’s Attorney’s Cold Case Unit are continuing their investigation into a three year old homicide case.
  It was November 20, 2014 that 54-year-old Melissa Millan was found stabbed to death on Iron Horse Boulevard in town. She’d been out jogging at the time.
  Simsbury Police Chief Peter Ingvertsen says the partnership with the Cold Case Unit has brought “additional specialized resources” to the i
  
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• Here Are The Stores That Will Have The Best Deals On Black Friday 2017

  16-11-2017 20:22
  CBS Local — As many shoppers begin prepping their camping gear for the long wait on Black Friday lines, WalletHub has released its 2017 cheat sheet on where this year’s best deals can be found.
  The personal finance website has ranked 35 of the country’s biggest retailers, surveying nearly 10,000 deals being offered on Black Friday in 2017.
  “Black Friday shopping is one of America’s most treasured holiday traditions,” Richie Bernardo of WalletHub wrot
  
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• Car Crashes Into SUV Carrying Lieutenant Governor: PD

  16-11-2017 20:13 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A driver hit the SUV that was transporting the lieutenant governor in Vernon this morning but no one was injured, according to police.Photo Credit: Chris from Vernon Patch
  
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• ‘She’s Going To Get Rid Of Me Because She’s Gotten Rid Of All Of The Other Girls.’ Survivor Castoff Desi Williams: Post Elimination Q&A

  16-11-2017 20:01
  This week’s episode of “Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers” featured an interesting vote that didn’t add up and ultimately left Desi Williams walking away with an extinguished torch. Find out why she thought she was not going to make it past this Tribal Council and learn about her crazy day when she was told she made it on the show. Here’s her unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom).
  AB: During the first tribal vote, did you notice tha
  
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• Ray Dunaway: CT Auto Show Preview

  16-11-2017 19:50
  James Fleming, President of the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association, discusses the Connecticut International Auto Show, taking place November 17th to 19th at the Connecticut Convention Center.
   
  
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• Wells Fargo illegally repossessed another 450 service members’ cars

  16-11-2017 19:34
  Wells Fargo has uncovered another 450 service members who had their vehicles illegally repossessed by the bank. That brings the total to more than 860.
  The Department of Justice on Tuesday said Wells Fargo agreed to pay an additional $5.4 million for the illegal vehicle seizures.
  Federal law requires banks to get a court order before repossessing a car from members of the military. The DOJ previously charged Wells Fargo in September 2016 with illegally seizing 413 cars owned by service members.
  
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• Dad confesses to killing missing girlfriend, baby

  16-11-2017 19:10
  A few months ago, as he was serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate in an Oregon prison, Thomas Riffenburg got what he would later describe as a “smack on the head from God.”
  Riffenburg said God was telling him what he did was wrong, he told authorities.
  The divine intervention was not about the case in which he’d stomped a fellow inmate to death.
  It was about something else: The disappearance of his girlfriend and baby boy, who had not been heard from since they were
  
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• Arrest Made in Bridgeport Homicide

  16-11-2017 19:01 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Detectives have arrested a suspect in the murder of a man in Bridgeport in September.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police
  
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• David Diehl: Wisconsin Has Chance To Prove It Is Legit This Week Against Michigan

  16-11-2017 18:45
  Ryan Mayer
  We’re coming down the homestretch of college football’s regular season, with just two weeks of games left before the conference championships and bowl season. Last Saturday saw a pair of top-three teams get blown out on the road, as then-#10 Auburn beat then-#1 Georgia 40-17, and then-#7 Miami beat then-#3 Notre Dame 41-8. Those upsets shook up the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, with Miami jumping to #3 and Auburn moving up to #5.
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• Woman who said Senator Al Franken groped, kissed her without consent speaks out

  16-11-2017 18:42
  LOS ANGELES — A woman accused Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken on Thursday of groping her and kissing her without her consent in 2006 while she was on a USO Tour overseas.
  Leeann Tweeden is now a morning news anchor on TalkRadio 790 KABC in Los Angeles and posted her story in a lengthy post on the station’s website.
  The alleged incidents happened before Franken was elected to the Senate in 2008 and was seated in 2009 following a recount.
  Tweeden described the harassment as
  
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• Bolton Election Decided By Coin Toss

  16-11-2017 18:41
  BOLTON, Conn. (AP) — An election for the governing board of a small Connecticut town has been decided by a coin toss.
  The Journal-Inquirer reports that Republican Michael Eremita on Tuesday kept his seat on Bolton’s five-member Board of Selectmen with a coin-toss win over Democratic challenger Kim Miller.
  Both received 718 votes in last week’s election.
  Under the town charter, tied elections can be decided by a special election or a coin toss. Eremita and Miller agreed on the
  
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• Middle School Cancels Muslim Speaker After Furor

  16-11-2017 18:36
  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut middle school teacher’s plan to have a Muslim woman talk to students about her religion has been canceled because the teacher felt threatened by the resulting furor.
  Bristol schools Superintendent Susan Moreau tells the Hartford Courant the Bristol Northeast Middle School teacher who planned the presentation was worried by some of the phone calls and emails she received after news of the event was posted online.
  Police say they did not receive any
  
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• Wyman Not Running For Governor

  16-11-2017 18:30
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor next year.
  There had been wide speculation as to what Wyman’s plans were after Governor Dannel Malloy announced earlier this year that he would not seek reelection.
  In a statement released this morning, Wyman thanked those who’d offered to help on a campaign.
  Wyman says she made her decision after much thought, ultimately deciding that family should come firs
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: Duke Wins Battle Of Top Ranked Teams

  16-11-2017 18:30
  By Steve Silverman
  It usually doesn’t work like this in the first week of the season.
  The top-ranked team in the nation, Duke, meets the second-ranked team, Michigan State. Such an epic confrontation may happen in midseason or during a holiday tournament, but it was a shocker to see those two teams at the top of the AP poll go at it so early in the year.
  The two teams met at the United Center Tuesday night as part of the Champions Classic, and put on a heck of a show for an early-season ba
  
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• Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Gets A Lawyer

  16-11-2017 18:29
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Vermont man suspected of killing his millionaire grandfather is no longer representing himself to fight his family’s attempt to block him from an inheritance.
  Nathan Carman has been called a suspect in the shooting death of 87-year-old real estate developer John Chakalos in Connecticut. No one has been arrested. He also has been questioned about the day his boat sank with his mother on it near Rhode Island. She’s presumed dead.
  Her sisters sued in New Ha
  
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• Watertown Resident Cut During Attempted Robbery: Police

  16-11-2017 18:14 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Watertown resident was cut in the face while fighting back as a man tried to rob her in front of her Watertown home Wednesday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bees Name Backman Skipper

  16-11-2017 18:13
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League are announcing the hiring of former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman as the second manager in team history.
  Backman played a key role in the Mets last World Series championship in 1986.
  He has spent nearly 20 years as a manager in the Mets, Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks systems.
  Backman last managed the Mets AAA affiliate to a first place finish in 2014.
  Bees GM Brad Smith calls Backma
  
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• Seminole Heights Shooting: Church volunteer shot, killed is likely 4th homicide in Tampa killings

  16-11-2017 17:57
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  SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, FL — Tampa Police confirmed a fourth deadly shooting in Seminole Heights which they are treating as linked to three previous unsolved murders in the area since October.
  Police responded to a report about shots fired just before 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the area of N. Nebraska Avenue and E. McBerry Street. When they arrived on scene, they found a deceased adult male in the street.
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  Police identified the victim as 60-year-old Ronald Felton. Witnesses te
  
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• Watertown woman punches would be robber in the face

  16-11-2017 17:40
  WATERTOWN — Watertown police say a woman was able to fight off a would be robber last Wednesday night by punching him in the face.
  Police received the report just before midnight that the woman had been assaulted by a man who tried to rob her in front of her home in the area of Sprucewood Road and Bunker Hill Road in Watertown.
  The woman was exiting her car when the man pulled her from the car and swung a knife at her face.
  The woman was able to avoid a direct slash from the night and sust
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Looking at the Trump Tax Plan

  16-11-2017 17:30
  David Lightman, National Political Correspondent McClatchy Newspapers, looks at the GOP/ Trump tax package.
   
  
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• WorkinCT: Little Manchester Road Race bringing business downtown

  16-11-2017 17:18
  MANCHESTER -- The decal in the window is up at Silk City Coffee in downtown Manchester telling the thousand little runners of the Little Manchester Road Race that the shop is open for business and festivities.
  “We’re going to be face painting kids’ faces throughout the morning on our front stage,” said Tammy Gerhard, one of the owners of Silk City Coffee.
  That’s just one of the events happening on Main Street.
  “We have costume characters, giant turkeys, that
  
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• Patriots Team Headlines: Brown Returns To Practice As Pats Prepare For Game In Mexico City

  16-11-2017 17:15
  By Danny Cox
  After taking out the Denver Broncos for their fifth straight victory, the New England Patriots were still hoping to get better as they prepare to take on the Oakland Raiders in Mexico City this Sunday. While one Patriots player shockingly returned to practice, three others were held out, and that brings about a bit of concern for the remainder of New England’s season.
  Patriots Head South of the Border
  The Pats not only have a different setting for practice this week, but they&
  
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• Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman confirmed not running for Governor

  16-11-2017 17:00
  HARTFORD — Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman is not running for Governor.
  A statement on the 2018 Governor’s race outlines her decision:
  I thank the people of Connecticut for having given me the great honor and privilege of serving as their Lieutenant Governor.
  Four decades ago, I ran for a seat on the Tolland Board of Education to be a voice for my children. Many years later, I’ve been humbled and proud to serve with men and women on both sides of the aisle who were strong and honorable le
  
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• Bipartisan background check improvement Senate bill announced

  16-11-2017 16:55
  WASHINGTON DC — A bipartisan group of US senators announced a bill Thursday to improve reporting in the instant background system called the “Fix NICS Act of 2017, in the wake of the Texas mass shooting perpetrated by a person whose violent criminal record should have prevented him from buying guns.
  Two Senate sources told CNN on Wednesday that a bipartisan group of senators were likely to introduce legislation to ensure states and the federal government upload require
  
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• Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman’s security car involved in 3 car crash in Vernon, no injuries reported

  16-11-2017 16:36
  VERNON — Vernon police say Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman was a passenger in a car that crashed into another Thursday morning.
  Police say the collision happened on Route 30 at the intersection of East Street just after 8 a.m.. The investigation found that a Honda Accord, driven by Denise Satchwell-Biggs, 43 of Hartford, was traveling east on Route 30 toward Tolland and tried turning left onto East Street.
  A Jeep driven by David Diroux of Tolland was stopped in the left westbound lane of Route 30 in
  
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• Lt. Governor Involved In Traffic Crash

  16-11-2017 16:19
  VERNON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Vernon police say a state SUV carrying Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman was involved in a traffic crash Thursday morning.
  No one was injured in the crash, shortly after 8 a.m., at the intersection of Route 30 and East Street, said police.
  Police say a Honda Accord driven by a 43-year-old Hartford woman turned left into the path of the Ford Explorer operated by a member of the Connecticut State Police Governor’s Security Detail and the vehicles collide
  
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• Blind Hockey in CT; Make way for the Hartford Braillers!

  16-11-2017 16:09
  NEWINGTON -- The Hartford Whalers might have left town two decades ago but now on the ice, a new team: The Hartford Braillers.
  "Blind hockey has hit Connecticut," said Keith Haley, one of the organizers and players on the newly formed team. The Braillers were started in the winter of 2016.
  Haley, who played high school hockey at Farmington High School, hung up his skates after the effects of Glaucoma began to attack his sight, and rendered him blind in his 20's.
  Now at 44, Haley is back on
  
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• Teen Shot Near Farmington Trail in Hamden Has Died: Police

  16-11-2017 15:43 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A teen who was shot along the Farmington Trail in Hamden Monday has died, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Recall Issued for Frozen Stop & Shop Corn

  16-11-2017 15:21 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Stop & Shop has issued a recall for the store brand of frozen corn because of potential Listeria contamination. The recall is for 16-ounce packages of whole kernel sweet corn with the UPC code 68826700676.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fire Strikes Willimantic Restaurant

  16-11-2017 14:54
  WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Fire struck a restaurant on North Street in Willimantic Wednesday evening.
  The blaze at Nita’s Restaurant was reported around 6 p.m. It was the smell of smoke in the firehouse about a block away that first tipped off firefighters. Then came a call reporting the blaze.
  Firefighters responded to find a working fire in the kitchen, extending to the top of the building, said Willimantic Fire Chief Marc Scrivener.
  He said the restaurant will likely b
  
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• Cars to check out at the Connecticut International Auto Show

  16-11-2017 14:50
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  HARTFORD — Car lovers can check out the latest models at the Connecticut International Auto Show.The show runs from Friday, November 17 to Sunday, November 19.  Hundr
  
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• Tom Petty’s California lake house for sale

  16-11-2017 14:33
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  It was built in 1931 with walls of local field stone. Petty’s retreat has both mountain and water views across the natural lake from almost every room, and 125 feet of shore f
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In 2013 Shooting

  16-11-2017 14:23
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A 37-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter shortly after his trial began in Connecticut.
  The Hartford Courant reports Shadeed Islam, of Hartford, entered his plea Tuesday after the prosecutor rested his case. Islam pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine, which means he does not agree with the prosecutor’s evidence but acknowledges there is enough to convict.
  Police say Islam and 39-year-old Kareem Lewis were arguing in September
  
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• US to allow imports of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe, Zambia

  16-11-2017 13:52
  WASHINGTON DC — US authorities will remove restrictions on importing African elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
  That means Americans will soon be able to hunt the endangered big game, an activity that garnered worldwide attention when a Minnesota dentist took Cecil, perhaps the world’s most famous lion, near a wildlife park in Zimbabwe.
  A US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman said the move will allow the two African countries to include US sport hunting as part of thei
  
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• Cheers! US Senators propose lowering alcohol tax

  16-11-2017 13:34
  WASHINGTON DC  — Brewers, vintners and distillers may have good reason to lift their glasses. Boozy benefits are tucked into the Senate tax plan.
  Senate Republicans are proposing significant excise tax reductions for wine, liquor and beer — including one that slashes in half the rate for craft brewers.
  But the party could be short lived. Even if it passes, the proposed tax reductions are set to expire after two years.
  “We’re gratified to have achieved this and w
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway November 16, 2017

  16-11-2017 12:47
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Mark Pazniokas, ctmirror.org Capitol Bureau Chief, talks the Sandy Hook families getting their day in court on claims against gunmaker. Looking at 2018, the Democrats take limited solace in a Trump backlash.
  7:50- Todd Feinburg shares a preview of this afternoon’s show.
  8:20- David Lightman, National Political Correspondent McClatchy Newspapers, looks at the GOP/ Trump tax package.
  8:50-  James Fleming, Pres
  
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• ‘Boil water’ notice issued for Pawcatuck area of Stonington after E. Coli found in water

  16-11-2017 11:35
  STONINGTON — The Westerly Water Department in Rhode Island issued a “Boil water” warning on their website Wednesday after E. Coli was found in the water supply. They also serve customers in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington.  However, not all areas in Pawcatuck are affected. 
  The department tells customers should boil vigorously for at least one minute for any water used for human consumption, including drinking and cooking. They also recommend using bottl
  
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• Stop and Shop recalls frozen sweet corn over health concern

  16-11-2017 11:19
  QUINCY, Mass — Stop and Shop is recalling their store brand Frozen Whole Kernel Sweet Corn bags after a concern of Listeria contamination.
  The company put the recall up on their website.
  Stop and Shop says that only the products with a Best By date of October 2019 is impacted, but out of an abundance of caution, all date codes are being pulled.
  They say for more information you can call Bonduelle at 1-877-990-2662.
  For for information you can go to the company’s website.
  
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• Two Attempted Abductions Near Hartford School

  16-11-2017 11:10
  (Hartford, CONN./ CBS Connecticut)–Police are investigating after two attempted child abductions were reported near a Connecticut school.
  Authorities say both attempts happened around E.B. Kennelly School in Hartford when buses dropped students off. The first happened Sept. 22 around 3 p.m., and the second was reported around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  Police say the suspect targeted girls between the ages of 10 and 13 and tried to lure them into his vehicle. The vehicle has been described as a fo
  
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