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• Glastonbury Woman Accused of Abusing Chihuahua

  27-11-2017 23:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Glastonbury woman is accused of abusing a Chihuahua and has been charged with cruelty to animals.Photo Credit: Glastonbury Police
  
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• Police ID Victim in Fatal Waterbury Hit-and-Run

  27-11-2017 23:47 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A pedestrian is dead after a crash in Waterbury Sunday, and the driver faces charges after fleeing the scene, according to Waterbury police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/Waterbury Police Department
  
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• Man has 200 coins, 100 nails and glass pieces inside stomach

  27-11-2017 23:39
  INDIA —  A man in India who complained of stomach pains, was found to have roughly 15 pounds of metal objects in his stomach, according to the NY Daily News.
  Maksud Khan of Satna, Madhya Pradesh in India, made a trip to the hospital after experiencing stomach pains where doctors initially assumed it was food poisoning.
  The Daily News said following an endoscopy, it was determined that the cause of the his pain was due to metal objects in his stomach.
  Of those objects in his stomach, t
  
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• Brisk and sunny Tuesday with temps in the mid 40s

  27-11-2017 23:39
  Our long holiday weekend has come to a close, and this year will be remembered as a quiet one, at least with regards to our weather.High pressure builds across New England Monday into Tuesday with seasonal cool temperatures on Monday followed by another warm-up Tuesday and Wednesday.
  Another cool front will drop temperatures a bit but still above normal by the second half of the week and into the first couple of days of December next weekend.
  Computer models have shifted the potential storm to
  
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• State Police Warns of ‘Porch Pirates’ During Holiday Season

  27-11-2017 23:01 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The holiday season brings out “porch pirates” and state police are issuing a warning so you don’t become a victim of theft.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Keidel: Are Eagles This Good, Or Bears This Bad?

  27-11-2017 22:37
  By Jason Keidel
  While the NFL has mastered the outhouse-to-penthouse mystery of pro football, some games make parity look like a parody.
  Like yesterday’s gridiron destruction in Philadelphia, where the Eagles vaporized the Chicago Bears. Not even the 31-3 eyesore of a score painted the entire picture. The Eagles whipped the Bears from whistle to gun.
  And it raised the right questions. Are the Eagles (10-1) this good? Or are the Bears (3-8) that bad?
  No doubt the Eagles have a fine roster,
  
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• Milder Air Working Into the State

  27-11-2017 22:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are forecasting milder air to work into the state towards the middle of the work week.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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• Carjack Suspect Charged In Glastonbury

  27-11-2017 22:29
  (Glastonbury, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A Hartford man already on probation is under arrest in connection with a carjacking that took place earlier this fall in Glastonbury.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Reid was picked up while at a probation meeting last Tuesday in Hartford by Glastonbury police and agents with the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force.
  Officials say they were able to piece together evidence that Reid was behind the September 27 incident in which the victim said he was forced out o
  
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• Speeding arrest leads to large marijuana bust: State Police

  27-11-2017 21:51
  CLINTON — A man stopped for driving over 85 mph was arrested on narcotics charges when State Police found more than nine pounds of marijuana in his car.
  Mohammed Jones, 21, of Providence RI, was charged with reckless driving, possession with intent to sell and possession of a controlled substance. He was held on $100,000 bond.
  Police said the car Jones was driving was observed driving over 90 mph on I-95 near Exit 62 in Clinton. When the trooper stopped the car, they smelled marijuana and
  
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• Protesters Call For Charges Against Officer Who Killed Teen

  27-11-2017 21:48
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Protesters on Monday called for criminal charges against a police officer who killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy and for the release of surveillance and other video that shows the May shooting.
  Demonstrators sought to bring attention to the fatal shooting of Jayson Negron by Bridgeport rookie officer James Boulay after a traffic stop. A 21-year-old passenger, Julian Fyffe, also was wounded.
  Activists chanted “no justice, no peace” and o
  
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• Community Connections: #GivingTuesday

  27-11-2017 21:26
  Paula S. Gilberto, President and CEO, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and Paulette Fox, Executive Director, Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain, Inc., are gearing up for #GivingTuesday with United Way.
   
  
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• Facebook is rolling out AI-based suicide prevention effort

  27-11-2017 21:10
  Facebook is expanding its automated efforts to prevent suicide.
  The company said on Monday it is now using artificial intelligence to identify posts, videos, and Facebook Live streams containing suicidal thoughts. It will also use the technology to prioritize the order its team reviews posts.
  In March, Facebook began a limited test of AI-based suicide prevention efforts on text-only posts in the U.S.
  Its latest effort will bring the automated flagging tools on text and video posts globally, exce
  
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• Watertown Shoplifting Suspect Stole $60-Worth of Meat: PD

  27-11-2017 21:08 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Watertown police are searching for a woman accused of shoplifting meat from Labonne’s Market on the Straits Turnpike.Photo Credit: Watertown Police Department
  
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• Woman severely burned after pouring gasoline on bonfire

  27-11-2017 21:05
  FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ — A New Jersey woman is in an induced coma after suffering significant burns, according to her family.
  Taylor Lanthier, 28, was burned after pouring gasoline on a bonfire at approximately 3 a.m. while at a home in Franklin Township.  While pouring, the fire spread up into the can, causing it to explode, police told NJ.com.
  After the incident, Lanthier was transported to the burn treatment center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania.
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• Man Going 90 on I-95 Had 9 Pounds of Marijuana: Police

  27-11-2017 20:53 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  State police stopped a man who they said was going 90 miles per hour on Interstate 95 in Clinton early Sunday morning and troopers found nine and a half pounds of marijuana.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Australian paramedics grant dying patient’s wish to see the ocean one last time

  27-11-2017 20:38
  A dying woman in eastern Australia was granted her final wish of visiting the beach one last time, according to local authorities who shared a photo on Thursday.
  A pair of paramedics in the coastal town of Hervey Bay, about 150 miles north of Brisbane, were transporting the woman to a palliative care facility when she expressed her desire to be near the ocean before she died, the Queensland Ambulance Service said in a Facebook post.The crew made an extra stop before “her last journey
  
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• Hartford Man Suspected in Glastonbury Carjacking

  27-11-2017 20:37 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 27-year-old Hartford man has been arrested and charged in a carjacking in Glastonbury.Photo Credit: Glastonbury Police
  
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• Budweiser Sets Sights On Being First Beer On Mars

  27-11-2017 20:37
  CBS Local — Budweiser is taking one small step to ensure that when mankind takes its giant leap to Mars they’ll be drinking a Bud on the red planet.
  The brewing giant is planning to launch a supply of barley, a core ingredient in beer, to the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 4. The barley seeds will be carried aboard one of SpaceX’s supply rockets and will then be studied by the scientists to see how the grain reacts to growing in a micro-gravity environment.
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• Daughter receives final letter, flowers from father who died from cancer 4 years ago

  27-11-2017 20:34
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  Everyone loves getting cards on their birthday. But a Tennessee woman got a card from her father that she’ll cherish forever.
  Bailey Sellers’ father, Mike Sellers, died of Stage IV pancreatic cancer in 2013, just a few months before her 17th birthday. But her dad made sure he could still celebrate her special day, even in death.
  Before his death he prepaid a flower shop to deliver flowers and a card to her every year on her birthday. The last of the flowers and cards came
  
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• Hit And Run Suspect Charged

  27-11-2017 20:17
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) – Police say a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene faces charges in Waterbury.
  The Republican-American reports that Victor Paez was arraigned Monday in Waterbury Superior Court on charges of driving without a license and felonyevading responsibility.
  A judge set bond at $50,000.
  Police say the victim, who was in his 70s, was hit in Waterbury late Sunday afternoon.
  He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  His identity has not been released.
  It w
  
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• 2017 Holiday Gift Spotlight: CT Lottery

  27-11-2017 19:52
  The perfect gift or stocking stuffer! Holiday Scratch Games from the CT Lottery are back!  Learn more about this year’s games. 
  Please Play Responsibly. Purchasers must be 18 or older. Odds vary by and during games. Lottery tickets are not suitable gifts for children under 18 years old. Follow the CT Lottery: 
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• Dictionary.com names ‘complicit’ its word of the year for 2017

  27-11-2017 19:51
  Do you think 2017 has been a lousy year for the world? Then you’ll probably agree with Dictionary.com’s choice for its Word of the Year.
  It’s “complicit,” and if you’re not exactly sure what it means ask Scarlett Johansson. Or Jeff Flake.
  The site defines the word as “choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act” and “having partnership or involvement in wrongdoing.”
  It says online searches for the word spiked three times t
  
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• Al Franken on Capitol Hill says ‘There are no magic words that I can say to regain your trust’

  27-11-2017 19:46
  Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken returned to Capitol Hill Monday for the first time since reports of sexual harassment against him were earlier this month, apologizing for letting people down and vowing to regain lost trust.
  At a brief news conference outside his Senate office on Monday morning, Franken was apologetic and said he planned to get back to work.
  “To all of you, I just want to again say I am sorry. I know there are no magic words that I can say to regain your trust and I k
  
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• ‘I did not mentally prepare myself to be that hungry’ ‘Survivor Castoff Cole’s Q&A

  27-11-2017 19:40
  CBS Local – The second member of the ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’ jury has been chosen. We had the chance to interview the latest cast off of the new season, Cole Medders. Here’s his unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on being marked as the tribe member who eats too much, and his show relationship with Jessica.
  AB: At this point in the game after the merge – it seems like the st
  
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• Woman Left Children in Mall Food Court While Shopping on Black Friday: Police

  27-11-2017 19:37 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Bridgeport woman is accused of leaving two children, including a 2-year-old, unattended while doing Black Friday shopping at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticu.com
  
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• ‘We Felt Like Rock Stars’: Josephine Skriver And Martha Hunt On Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

  27-11-2017 19:33
  The 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion show is headed to the Far East. For the first time ever, the show will be filmed in Shanghai, China. This year’s production features appearances from musicians Harry Styles and Leslie Odom Jr. and returning Victoria’s Secret Angels such as Adriana Lima, Josephine Skriver and Martha Hunt. This year’s performance will be broadcast in more than 190 countries.
  Skriver and Hunt talked with CBS Local about what fans can expect this year, their
  
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• Woman Receives Heart-Wrenching Note, Final Gift From Dad 5 Years After His Death

  27-11-2017 19:28
  CBS Local — A Tennessee woman celebrating her 21st birthday received one final gift from her father. The occasion was even more special because the young woman’s dad passed away five years ago.
  Michael William Sellers was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in 2012 and was given just two weeks to live. The father of four reportedly survived for another six months and arranged for a touching tribute to be sent to his youngest daughter following his death. “I broke d
  
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• Man killed with sword during fight near homeless camp

  27-11-2017 19:26
  LAKE WORTH, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of killing another man with a sword after they got into a fight near the homeless camp where they both lived.
  Palm Beach County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said in a news release that 51-year-old George C. Livingston was arrested Saturday shortly after the bloody body of 58-year-old
  David Beckett was found near the railroad tracks in Lake Worth.
  Barbera said it’s not clear what the men were fighting about.
  An arrest report says
  
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• 1st Woman With Down Syndrome Competes In Miss Minnesota USA Pageant

  27-11-2017 19:14
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota woman with Down syndrome won awards and national attention after competing in the Miss Minnesota USA Pageant over the weekend.
  Mikayla Holmgren, 22, is the first woman with Down syndrome to compete in the pageant.
  On Sunday, she competed at the Ames Center in Burnsville and won the Spirit of Miss USA Award and also the Director’s Award. The audience gave Holmgren a standing ovation as she accepted the awards.
  WCCO’s Jennifer Mayerle talked
  
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• 13 CT State Troopers Head to Puerto Rico to Assist Island

  27-11-2017 19:01 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Thirteen Connecticut state troopers left for Puerto Rico this morning to assist in the recovery efforts after hurricane damage.Photo Credit: Governor Malloy's Office
  
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• ‘Sacrificed To The Wolves’: Nurse Fired After Tweet About White Babies

  27-11-2017 18:49
  CBS Local — A nurse in the Indiana healthcare system has lost her job after an offensive tweet, which accused white baby boys of being future racists and killers, was traced back to her account.
  According to reports, Indiana University Health has removed Taiyesha Baker from her position at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis following an investigation into the Twitter rant. Officials at IU Health said the recently hired healthcare worker was no longer working at the facility
  
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• Gov. Malloy sends 13 state troopers to Puerto Rico

  27-11-2017 18:45
  HARTFORD — Gov. Dan Malloy praised 13 state police troopers who are being deployed to Puerto Rico to assist in the storm recovery efforts.
  “Connecticut is home to some of the bravest, brightest, and most selfless state troopers in the nation,” Governor Malloy said.  “I’m incredibly proud of the troopers that volunteered to assist the people of Puerto Rico in their time of need, and wish them a successful tour of duty, and a safe return home.  These deploym
  
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• Attorney General George Jepsen Will Not Seek Re-Election

  27-11-2017 18:38 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Attorney General George Jepsen will not run for reelection in the coming year. His office released a statement this morning.
  
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• How to Keep Accounts Safe on Cyber Monday

  27-11-2017 18:35 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Security breaches have been on the rise in recent months, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping people from shopping online. A record $6.6 billion is expected to be spent online during Cyber Monday.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• 13 State Police Troopers To Assist In Hurricane Relief In Puerto Rico

  27-11-2017 18:28
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Thirteen Connecticut state troopers are en route to Puerto Rico to assist in ongoing efforts to help the island recover from Hurricane Maria.
  Governor Dannel Malloy says the state troopers will patrol and provide security and traffic assistance with local Puerto Rican authorities.
  The state troopers flew out of Bradley Airport this morning.
  Malloy says the state police detail goes along with the 70-odd recovery missions engaged by the state National Guar
  
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• SEC Football Report: Auburn Topples Alabama, Sets Up Rematch With Georgia In SEC Title Game

  27-11-2017 18:15
  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.
  Auburn Dominates Alabama
  There are many stats that you can point to on Nick Saban’s resume to illustrate the dominance with which he has presided over college football during the course of his coaching career. However, one trend looks to be a blemish on that record of dominance, and it&r
  
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• State Attorney General Jepsen Won’t Seek 3rd Term

  27-11-2017 18:03
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Longtime state Attorney General George Jepsen is announcing he’ll not seek a third term next year.
  In a statement, Jepsen says he finalized the decision not to run again over the last few days with his family.
  He calls serving as attorney general “the greatest honor of my professional life”.
  Jepsen says he’s “ready to pursue different challenges”.
  He was first elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014.
  Previously, Jepsen w
  
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• State Police Release Holiday Traffic Stats

  27-11-2017 18:00
  (Middletown, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Police saw an uptick in speeding violations and investigated more crashes during the recently concluded Thanksgiving holiday period over last year.
  Troopers say the holiday enforcement netted 1,010 speeding citations this year when compared to the 896 handed out last year.
  Also, they reported 524 crashes from 12:01 Wednesday morning to midnight on Sunday. Last year, there were 392 crashes investigated.
  Seventy of those crashes resulted in injury
  
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• Tips for picking out the best Christmas tree

  27-11-2017 17:34
  COVENTRY —  It’s a busy time of year on the farm. The Christmas tree farm anyway.
  How do you know what the best tree for your living space?
  Tips on picking out the best tree for you from the National Christmas Tree Association.
  Connecticut Christmas Tree growers are listed here. 
  The Connecticut Department of Agriculture has tips for the care of the tree once you bring it home.
  Before Setting Up in House
  Place in pail of water or lay it down outdoors.
  Keep in cool shaded pl
  
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• Attorney General George Jepsen not seeing third term

  27-11-2017 17:18
  HARTFORD — Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he will not be running for reelection as Connecticut’s Attorney General in the coming year.
  In a statement, he discusses his decesion:
  “I am announcing today that I will not seek a third term as Attorney General, a decision I finalized with my family over the last days. It has been the greatest honor of my professional life to serve as Attorney General‎ for the State of Connecticut. While my love for the work of
  
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• Glastonbury Police arrest man accused of violent carjacking

  27-11-2017 16:47
  HARTFORD — Glastonbury Police say they’ve arrested Kevin Reid, 27, of Hartford, after a carjacking investigation led to him.
  Police say on September 27th, Glastonbury Police received a 911 call from a victim at the Tannery Apartments located at 917 New London Turnpike. The caller stated that he was forced out of his car by Reid (not identified at the time) and Reid drove off in the car. The car was later recovered in Hartford.
  Evidence was later gathered which led police to investiga
  
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• Massage Envy facing sexual assault allegations from more than 180 women

  27-11-2017 16:35
  HARTFORD -- A well-known national massage chain is now the latest public entity facing accusations of sexual assault.
  More than 180 female customers of Massage Envy have accused male massage therapists of groping and penetrating them while on the massage table, BuzzFeed reported, citing lawsuits, police reports, and other complaints.
  Several of the female accusers have issued complaints to management of Massage Envy - which operates more than 1,200 spas across the country - about the alleg
  
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• Glastonbury Grandmother Charged With Risk of Injury

  27-11-2017 16:21 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A grandmother from Glastonbury has been arrested, accused of almost dropping her 5-year-old grandson while she was intoxicated and holding him up by the neck.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bobcat survives 50-mile ‘miracle’ trip stuck in car grill

  27-11-2017 16:01
  RICHMOND, Va. -- The director of an animal control office in Virginia experienced a Thanksgiving "miracle" after rescuing a bobcat trapped in the grill of a car Thursday morning.
  Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) Director Christie Peters told WTVR that a woman driving to work that morning knew that she had hit something in Gloucester County. However, it was not until she parked in Richmond that she discovered a bobcat lodged in the grill of her Prius that had survived the 50-mile, ne
  
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• The Connection: Over-Prescription & Substance Abuse

  27-11-2017 15:58
  On this program, host Ann Baldwin speaks with Charles Barber, Director of The Connection’s Institute for Innovative Practice. They discuss the over prescribing of drugs and the evolution of the current substance abuse epidemic.
   
  
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• Bear Put Down After Killing Miniature Horse

  27-11-2017 15:55
  SOUTHBURY, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut wildlife authorities have euthanized a bear they say attacked and killed a miniature horse over the weekend.
  The 150-pound female black bear attacked the 120-pound horse, which was inside a fenced-in area behind a Southbury home on Saturday night.
  Another horse in the area was not injured.
  State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection spokesman Chris Collibee tells the Republican-American that environmental police euthanized thebear, which hadn
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: 81st Annual Manchester Road Race

  27-11-2017 15:53
  Kevin Nathan and Jim Harvey have the call of the 81st Manchester Road race, as well as post-run interviews with the winners.
  Listen now!
  
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• RAY DUNAWAY: The 81st Annual Manchester Road Race

  27-11-2017 15:49
  On Thanksgiving morning, Ray Dunaway broadcast live from the 81st Annual Manchester Road Race. Hear highlights from the lead-up to the big race.
  State Senator Steve Cassano:Tris Carta, President of Manchester Road Race:State Rep. Mark Tweedie is serving the 13th House District, covering Glastonbury and Manchester:Marc Montminy, Chief of Police in Manchester:Kevin Nathan, broadcasting color for the Manchester Road Race on WTIC:U.S. Representative John Larson:Jay Moran, Mayor of Manchester:Bob Sul
  
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• NYT: President Trump questions authenticity of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape

  27-11-2017 15:37
  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has questioned the authenticity of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape in which he bragged about being able to grope women, The New York Times reported over the weekend, despite the fact that Trump immediately apologized for his remarks when the video surfaced.
  Trump’s decision to stick with Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore despite sexual harassment allegations against him is rooted in the President’s own sex
  
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• Richard Branson says he does not remember alleged sexual assault

  27-11-2017 15:33
  NECKER ISLAND — Richard Branson says he has no recollection of an episode at his Caribbean home in 2010 that led a woman to accuse him of sexual assault.
  The billionaire has been accused of putting his face in the breasts of an American who was working as a backup singer for the English artist Joss Stone. The group was attending a party at Branson’s Necker Island.
  “He went ‘brrrrrr’ and just walked away. It was surreal, totally out of the blue,” Antonia Jenae
  
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