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• Brock Turner, convicted of sexual assault, asks for new trial

  03-12-2017 23:55
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The former Stanford University swimmer who was convicted last year of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman — and spent only three months in jail — is appealing his convictions and requesting a new trial.
  Lawyers for Brock Turner filed an appeal Friday with California’s 6th District Court of Appeal, claiming their client was denied due process during his 2016 trial and calling it “fundamentally unfair.”
  Turner was charged a
  
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• Neo-Nazi site founder says ‘troll storm’ is protected speech, wants lawsuit dismissed

  03-12-2017 23:53
  The founder of a popular neo-Nazi website says a “troll storm” he encouraged against a Jewish woman in Montana should be considered protected speech and a lawsuit against him should be dismissed.
  Lawyers for Andrew Anglin, the founder and publisher of the Daily Stormer, responded November 30 to a lawsuit filed by realtor Tanya Gersh, saying the dispute between him and Gersh boils down to the First Amendment.
  Well-known First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza, who is representing Angli
  
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• McConnell: ‘There’s not going to be a government shutdown’

  03-12-2017 23:21
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that he is confident there will not be a government shutdown over partisan disagreements about immigration issues when funding runs out at the end of the week.
  “There’s not going to be a government shutdown. It’s just not going to happen,” McConnell told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” when asked if Congress would be able to keep the government running.
  The issue being discussed as a roadblock
  
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• Money Wisdom: 8 Questions To Answer Before Retirement

  03-12-2017 23:15
  Joel breaks down the 8 essential questions you must answer before you can retire.
   
  
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• Patriots win eighth straight with 23-3 victory over Bills

  03-12-2017 23:04
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  — Rex Burkhead scored twice and the New England Patriots won their eighth straight by beating the Buffalo Bills 23-3, continuing their dominance over their AFC East rival.
  Tom Brady went 21 of 30 for 258 yards and an interception, while improving to 27-3 over Buffalo and breaking Brett Favre&rsquo
  
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• The Real Story – Attorney General George Jepsen

  03-12-2017 22:57
  Attorney General George Jepsen, who announced this week that he will not run for reelection, explains how and why he came to that decision, and what might be in his future?  Might he and his long-time friend Gov. Dan Malloy, embark on a venture together, after they leave their respective offices?  Which major investigations and lawsuits will Jepsen focus on for the remainder of his term?
  
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• Pontiac Silverdome, the stadium that refused to die

  03-12-2017 22:51
  Watch VideoIt began with the familiar dramatic scene: A series of bright flashes chased each other around the condemned stadium, emitting dozens of plumes of smoke.
  And then … nothing. As the smoke cleared, Detroit’s famed Silverdome was still standing.
  Explosions went off Sunday at 8:30 a.m. The mayor’s office in Pontiac, where the Silverdome is located, did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment on exactly what happened.
  An official at the Silverdome site
  
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• Police Identify Victim of Fatal Shooting in Kent

  03-12-2017 21:12
  
  Police on Sunday identified the victim in a fatal shooting in Kent on Friday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Burglary Suspect Caught in the Act: Police

  03-12-2017 20:33
  
  Shelton police arrested a man Sunday suspected of burglarizing commercial buildings in several towns.Photo Credit: Shelton Police
  
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• CVS pushes into insurance with $69 billion Aetna bid

  03-12-2017 20:23
  DALLAS — CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain provide more health care and keep a key client, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
  The person said Sunday that CVS Health Corp. will pay about $207 in cash and stock for each share of Aetna Inc. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced publicly.
  Reports of a possible deal surfaced in late October.
  The combination pairs
  
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• CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69 billion deal

  03-12-2017 20:23
  WOONSOCKET, RI. — In a blockbuster deal, CVS has agreed to buy Aetna for $69 billion that could transform its 9,700 store fronts into community medical hubs.
  According to the Washington Post, the pharmacy chain agreed to buy Aetna for about $207 per share or $69 billion.
  If approved by regulators, the mega-merger would create a giant health care company, allowing CVS to provide a broad range of health services to Aetna’s 22 million medical members at its nationwide network
  
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• Stratford man arrested for string of burglaries in multiple towns

  03-12-2017 20:20
  SHELTON – The Shelton Police Department has arrested a Stratford man in a multi-town burglary investigation. They say he was caught in the act, and they say he won’t be the last arrest in a string of burglaries.
  A joint investigation with Stratford, Fairfield, Trumbull and Shelton Police Departments led to the arrest. The Stratford Police Department developed 47 year old Mark Lindsey as a burglary suspect in multiple Fairfield county towns.  Police say a Stratford detective was
  
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• Greater New Haven JCC Emerges 1 Year After Fire

  03-12-2017 20:04
  
  Tuesday marks a year since a fire that destroyed part the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Truck Rollover Causes Delays on I-395 in Norwich

  03-12-2017 18:06
  
  A tractor-trailer rollover caused major delays on I-395 North in Norwich for much of Sunday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Fate of Hartford arena uncertain as possible sale explored 

  03-12-2017 17:14
  HARTFORD — The future of Hartford’s downtown arena still remains uncertain, even though $40 million in state bonding has been approved to help fix up the aging XL Center.Connecticut lawmakers included one stipulation for those funds. They want a “request for proposals” issued to determine if there’s a buyer for the coliseum complex. That sidelines — at least for now — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s original proposal to spend $250 million to tot
  
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• Public urged to comment on new statewide recreation report 

  03-12-2017 17:02
  HARTFORD — Members of the public are being urged to comment on a statewide plan for outdoor recreation in Connecticut.The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has posted its draft five-year Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan on the agency’s website . DEEP will accept comments through Dec. 28.
  The plan identifies outdoor recreation issues of statewide significance. It also evaluates supply and demand for recreational facilities and resources in Conn
  
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• Todd Feinburg: Victory Over Truth

  03-12-2017 16:42
  Michael Harrison joins Todd to discuss Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pled guilty to lying to the FBI, and Matt Lauer’s debauchery at NBC… does our culture now value victory over truth?
  We look at power and money, their relationship and consequences. And are the feminist and sexual liberation movements in any way responsible for the current climate of sexual abuse allegations?
   
  
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• Trump attacks own FBI in series of tweets 

  03-12-2017 16:33
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is attacking his own FBI in a series of tweets and says the law enforcement agency’s reputation is “in Tatters” but that “we will bring it back to greatness.”
  After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more), running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters – worst in History! But fear not, we will bring it back to greatness.
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
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• Predicting the Final College Football Playoff Rankings

  03-12-2017 16:31
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
  Connecticut (CBS) – Let the debate begin.
  This weekend didn’t provide total chaos, but right now the committee is laboring over the decision to include 11-1 Alabama or 11-2 Ohio State in the college football playoff.
  The top 3 are set. Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia took care of business. They will be in the top 3 when the rankings come out today at Noon on ESPN for the final time.
  But who is #4?
  Until the rankings are revealed, it is anybody’s g
  
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• College: Employee Getting Death Threats After UConn Speech

  03-12-2017 16:23
  DANIELSON, Conn. (AP) — A community college employee involved in an altercation with a conservative commentator at the University of Connecticut during his speech titled “It’s OK To Be White” is reportedly receiving death threats.
  Quinebaug Valley Community College President Carlee Drummer said Friday the school removed a photo of advisor Catherine Gregory from its website after the emailed threats. Drummer contacted police and says the school has “beefed
  
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• Bus Catches Fire On Highway

  03-12-2017 15:49
  (WETHERSFIELD,Conn./WTIC News) – All passengers were safely escorted off a Peter Pan bus which caught fire Saturday night in Wethersfield.The fire was reported around 10 pm. It happened near Exit 25 on the northbound side of the highway. All lanes were briefly shut down until the fire was out.
  No one was injured.
  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
   
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• McMaster: Potential for war with North Korea ‘increasing every day’

  03-12-2017 13:47
   WASHINGTON — White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Saturday that North Korea represents “the greatest immediate threat to the United States” and that the potential for war with the communist nation is growing each day.
  “I think it’s increasing every day, which means that we are in a race, really, we are in a race to be able to solve this problem,” McMaster told an audience at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California
  
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• Huskies Work Overtime Again

  03-12-2017 13:34
  By PAT EATON-ROBB   AP Sports Writer
   
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ UConn’s Jalen Adams says his team is learning how to finish.
  Adams scored 31 points, including a floater in the lane in overtime that helped UConn to an 84-81 come-from-behind win on Saturday over Monmouth, the Huskies’ second consecutive overtime win.
  Adams shot gave UConn an 81-80 lead with 32 seconds left in extra time. Monmouth’s Micah Seaborn then missed a 3-pointer from the right baseline and Chr
  
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• Police: 1 killed, 3 injured after driver strikes 4 in NYC 

  03-12-2017 13:22
  NEW YORK — Police say a man driving down a New York City street struck at least four people, killing one and critically injuring three.Police say the driver targeted the victims in Queens and fled after striking them around 4:45 a.m. Sunday. Police are searching for the driver.
  The injured people were taken to an area hospital.
  Police still were sorting out the details, but said there was a dispute before the man drove into the people.
  They say the crash was not believed to be terrorism re
  
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• Longtime Christmas Display of Guilford Home Comes To Its Final Year; Raises Thousands of Dollars for Charities

  03-12-2017 06:19
  GUILFORD – Many homes this time of year are known to have over-the-top holiday decorations and one home in Guilford has been using their home as an attraction.However, the owners said it is their final year of doing it after 20 years in the making.When people drive by 163 Valley Shores Drive, they will tune into 107.3 FM where ten Christmas songs will play. The lights on the home will flash based on the tune of the music. This year, there are a total of 84 circuits and 65,000 lights.Joe P
  
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• Free holiday family portraits held in Middletown

  03-12-2017 06:05
  MIDDLETOWN -- Families came together this weekend for a yearly event that spreads joy.
  Saturday marked the 6th annual national help-portrait event, held locally at the Community Health Center in Middletown.
  CHC is participating in the global Help-Portrait event by providing families with free portraits as a holiday gift to the Middletown community.  Families were styled by makeup artists and hair stylists before they got their portrait taken by professional photographers.
  The kids rec
  
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• Bus Catches Fire on I-91 in Wethersfield

  03-12-2017 05:36
  
  A Peter Pan bus caught fire on I-91 in Wethersfield late Saturday night.
  
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• Bus fire shuts down lanes on I-91 NB exits 24 and 25 near Wethersfield

  03-12-2017 04:40
  WETHERSFIELD — I-91 northbound has shut down lanes between exits 25 and 26.
  Police said that they received calls of the incident at 10:08 p.m. of a Peter Pan bus being on fire.
  FOX61’s reporter Michael Howard was on scene and was able to take video of the bus fire. Howard spoke to the bus driver and was told that everyone was able to get off the bus. State police said no injuries have been reported.
  The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
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• New Britain city officials walk through in response to former mayor’s comment

  03-12-2017 04:24
  NEW BRITAIN-- In response to former mayor Timothy Stewart's Facebook comment, local leaders are took action.
  The comment Stewart posted was under an article which was shared in a town Facebook forum. The article was about a meeting held earlier in the week addressing problems in the North Oak neighborhood and residents plea for revitalization.
  The post has since been deleted off of Facebook, and Stewart has apologized for it, but not before a community member took a screen grab.
  "I'm saddened I
  
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• Police investigate robbery at Burlington Coat Factory in East Windsor

  03-12-2017 04:04
  EAST WINDSOR —  Police are investigating a strong armed robbery Saturday night at a local retail store.
  At 6 p.m., police responded to the Burlington Coat Factory on calls of robbery that had just occurred. Police said that two women fled the store with merchandise and confronted one of the store employees.
  The women then fled in a grey Jeep compass with New York license plates. Police said the suspects left behind $700 worth of merchandise.
  Police are asking anyone with informat
  
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• Silver Alert Canceled For Two Middletown Children

  03-12-2017 02:37
  Middletown, Ct. (CBS Connecticut)   The two children named in a Silver alert have been found.
  Yesterday, December 1, 2017, the Middletown Police Department became aware of a situation
  that involved two children that may be endangered.  At that time a Silver Alert was issued.
  Once the Middletown Police Special Investigations Unit became aware that the two children may be in
  harm’s way, Detective Jimmy LaCasse was assigned as lead investigator. Det. LaCasse spent the day
  looking fo
  
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• Authorities think they have found body of missing 3-year-old NC girl, FBI says

  03-12-2017 02:27
  PENDER COUNTY, NC — Authorities believe they have found the body of Mariah Woods, a 3-year-old eastern North Carolina girl missing since Sunday, the FBI said Saturday.
  The body was found Saturday evening in Pender County by a dive team, Shelley Lynch, with the FBI in Charlotte, said.
  A medical examiner has not yet confirmed the person’s identity, she said.
  Pender County is just south of Onslow County, where Mariah went missing after her mother put her to bed Sunday.
  The mother’
  
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• 1-Year-Old and 3-Year-Old Found After Day Long Search

  03-12-2017 02:18
  
  Police are looking for a 1-year-old and 3-year-old suspected to be with their mother and her boyfriend who are both known drug-users.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• ABC News suspends Brian Ross for 4 weeks over erroneous Flynn story

  03-12-2017 01:41
  NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK — ABC News announced Saturday that it has suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay after Ross was forced to correct a bombshell on-air report about Michael Flynn.
  “We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday. The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process,” ABC said in a statement. “As a result of our
  
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• Silver Alert Issued For Two Middletown Children

  03-12-2017 01:27
  Middletown (CBS Connecticut)   Silver Alerts have been issued for two Middletown children who
  went missing on Wednesday. State Police say they’re looking for one-year-old Jacob Meeks and four-
  year-old Natasha Thompson who they suspect are with their parents, both known drug-users. Police say
  they’ve issued arrest warrants for the mother, Kristina Thompson, and the father, Andy Meeks. Police
  said both children are caucasian. Meeks has blonde hair and blue eyes and was last
  
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• Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk

  03-12-2017 01:06
  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue center and was released unharmed.
  Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge officials say the opossum was brought in by a Fort Walton Beach, Florida, police officer on Nov. 24. A liquor store employee found the animal next to a broken and empty bottle of bourbon.
  Refuge technician Michelle Pettis told the Panama City News Herald the female opossum appeared disor
  
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