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• DMV To Convene Hearing On Towing Rates

  05-12-2017 22:58
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut tow truck operators are asking the Department of Motor Vehicles to increase the rates they can charge for various non-consensual towing services.
  The rates apply to services such as police-ordered removal of vehicles from a highway and towing related to illegal parking. They do not apply to towing services provided by automobile clubs.
  Currently, the maximum rate is $88 plus $4.75 per mile after the first two miles for so-called “light-
  
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• Study Finds Drinking Habits, Problems Tied To Where You Live

  05-12-2017 22:38
  CBS Local — While many studies have looked at personal and psychological issues for the possible cause of drinking problems, a new report says the basic root of most drinking problems boils down to the old saying, “location, location, location.”
  Researchers at the University of Washington followed over 500 people in the Seattle area and found that residents in neighborhoods with high poverty and crime rates tended to drink twice as much in an average week than subjects in
  
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• Waterbury Police: 26-year-old Boyfriend Arrested In Teenage Girl’s Shooting Death, Traffic Crash

  05-12-2017 21:54
  (CBS Connecticut) — Waterbury Police today charged 27-year-old Dominique Pittman with murder, in the death of 16-year-old Evelyse Santiago.
  Her body was found after a one-car crash on Thomaston Avenue last night.  She had been shot three times before the crash.
  Investigators say the gunshots killed Santiago.
  Police say Pittman shot Santiago in the Nissan sedan before the crash.
  Investigators say the two had been dating.
  After the crash, people nearby used extinguishers to put out flam
  
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• Phil Simms On Chargers, Ravens Getting Hot At Right Time

  05-12-2017 21:17
  By Matt Citak
  One way of making it to the NFL postseason is by getting hot at the right time, and such is the case for the Los Angeles Chargers and Baltimore Ravens. The Chargers, winners of three straight and six of their last eight, currently find themselves in a three-way tie with the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders for first place in the AFC West at 6-6. With matchups against the Chiefs and Raiders still to come, combined with the level of play we have seen from Los Angeles over the l
  
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• Police ID Victim In Meriden Thanksgiving Fire

  05-12-2017 20:15
  MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) – Meriden police have identified a 69-year-old man killed in a house fire on Thanksgiving.
  The Record-Journal reports Sgt. Darrin McKay said Tuesday that Michael Avery died in the Nov. 23 blaze.
  Records show Avery was a co-owner of the home.
  Fire investigators say the cause of the early morning fire will not be determined due to the damage and a lack of witnesses.
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• Air Force Studying Falcons To Create A Drone-Killing Robot

  05-12-2017 20:11
  CBS Local — The U.S. military is turning to the falcon in their hi-tech war against the threat of unmanned drones. This isn’t the Marvel superhero Falcon however; the Air Force is studying the fierce birds of prey used by hunters for centuries to find their next drone-killing solution.
  Researchers at Oxford University have found that the feathered predators have a simple system of aerial hunting that the government hopes to apply to a new generation of drones that will hunt
  
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• Police: Hartford Man Flees In Stolen Car With Flat Tire

  05-12-2017 20:07
  HAMDEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A Hartford man is under arrest after state police say he fled troopers in a stolen car with a flat tire Monday night on Route 15 in Hamden.
  Police say Rolando Morales-Rios, 35, was in the 2017 Audi Q5 on the side of the road when police arrived. The car had been stolen at gunpoint in Hartford the day before, said police.
  Rolando Morales-Rios (Connecticut State Police photo)
  When police tried to detain Morales-Rios, he slammed the door of the car and took o
  
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• My Cause My Cleats

  05-12-2017 19:54
  by Rob Joyce
  For the second year, the NFL loosened their strict uniform guidelines for a week, allowing players to customize their cleats for a charitable effort. The “My Cause My Cleats” campaign lets players showcase whatever cause or organization means most to them, with the goal of raising money. There were hundreds of different designs on the field in Week 13, but as a smattering we’ve narrowed our list of assorted cleats down to a dozen, based on Dick’s Sporting Goo
  
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• More People Report Finding Hidden Cameras In Airbnbs

  05-12-2017 19:37
  CBS Local — Another Airbnb customer has reportedly found a hidden camera set up inside a household object while staying in a rental home. The latest allegations against an Airbnb host is sparking fierce debate about whether the company can assure their customers of total privacy during their stay.
  A tweet, sent by Jason Scott on Nov. 27, went viral after the historian and film maker shared a picture from his friend’s Airbnb. The picture alleges that a hidden camera was embedded in a
  
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• SEC Football Report: Georgia Wins SEC Title, Alabama Joins Them In Playoff

  05-12-2017 18:23
  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.
  Bulldogs Get Revenge
  Georgia met Auburn on Saturday afternoon for the conference championship, just three weeks after being blown out by the Tigers, 40-17, at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Clearly, the Bulldogs didn’t forget the embarrassment they felt after that game because they dominated the s
  
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• How Secure Is Your Hometown? Study Ranks America’s Safest Cities

  05-12-2017 18:15
  CBS Local — No big city can say they can make their streets crime or hazard-free, but one personal finance website says some cities around the U.S. are doing a better job keeping residents safe than others. WalletHub has released its list of this year’s safest cities in America and the rankings for some of the country’s biggest population centers may have some Americans wanting to move.
  The list ranked 182 U.S. cities based on three main areas of concern: home and communit
  
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• Victim Identified In Alleged Teen Killing of Uncle

  05-12-2017 18:09
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police say a 17-year-old boy has been formally charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of his 71-year-old uncle.
  Hartford Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley says Albert Byrd died at Hartford Hospital on Monday afternoon, less than an hour after police found him suffering from several stab wounds to the torso inside a home in the city’s South End.
  He says suspect and victim lived in the same apartment. Other relatives in the home at t
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Freedom For the Thought We Hate

  05-12-2017 17:01
  Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, looks at the case of “freedom for the thought we hate.” Not At UConn…
  
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• Conyers Says He’ll Retire From Congress

  05-12-2017 16:41
  DETROIT (AP) – U.S. Rep. John Conyers _ beset with allegations of sexual harassment by former staff members _ announced Tuesday that he is retiring.The 88-year-old Conyers made the announcement while speaking with Detroit radio talk show host Mildred Gaddis. He was not clear on when the retirement becomes effective.
  “I’m in the process of putting my retirement plans together,” he said from a hospital. “I am retiring today.”
  Conyers, who was first elected in 19
  
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• 2 Arrested In Summer Home Invasion

  05-12-2017 16:35
  LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut police say they’ve arrested three people in connection with a summer home invasion that resulted in the theft of 15handguns.
  Ledyard police charged 36-year-old Kylie Pierson, 27-year-old Kristal Lis and 31-year-old Mitchell Ellerbe with home invasion and theft charges.
  The Day reports the victim told police that two men with at least one handgun entered his home in July and forced him to the floor at gunpoint.
  The suspects left with 15 handguns, the
  
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• Top Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups For NFL Week 14

  05-12-2017 16:07
  By Matt Citak
  If you are reading this, that probably means you were fortunate enough to reach the postseason in your fantasy football league. So for starters, congratulations. With all of the craziness that has occurred in the NFL over the last three months, making your league’s playoffs was no easy accomplishment. But now that you are in the playoffs, it will take an all hands on deck approach to be crowned league champion. Having depth on your bench is vital at this point of the season,
  
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• WIN BEFORE YOU CAN BUY: Jackson Browne and His Band

  05-12-2017 16:00
  Jackson Browne and His Band are coming to the Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Thursday May 10th, 2018 and we want to send you to see the show.
  Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne announces Spring 2018 tour dates in Hawaii and on the East Coast with his full band.  Following his recently announced Australia tour in March, Jackson Browne has added two Hawaiian dates in Honolulu, Oahu and Kahului, Maui in April, and a string of dates on the East Coast in May.  Advance tickets are available beginni
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The Suffolk DA’s Office Bonuses

  05-12-2017 16:00
  Walter Olson of overlawyered.com says the Suffolk DA’s office bonuses totaled $3.25M since 2012. Newly released records show bonus payments since 2012 funded by asset forfeiture proceeds totaled $550,000 more than reported previously.
  
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• Airline Crew Says They Saw North Korean Test Missile Re-Enter Atmosphere

  05-12-2017 15:57
  CBS Local — An airline crew traveling from San Francisco to Hong Kong claim they had a chilling, front-row seat to North Korea’s latest missile test over the Sea of Japan.
  The crew of the Cathay Pacific Airways flight says they witnessed the rogue nation’s latest weapon break apart and explode as it traveled through the sky early Wednesday morning on Nov. 29.
  “Be advised, we witnessed the DPRK missile blow up and fall apart near our current location… Just lett
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The ‘Blood Red Century’

  05-12-2017 15:01
  Ryan Fazio, a Connecticut native and a contributor to The Federalist and City Journal, talks the “Blood-Red Century.” The 100th anniversary of Communism should be an occasion to remember its atrocities, not brush them aside.
  
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• Officer Under Investigation Found Dead

  05-12-2017 14:45
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Bridgeport police officer who was the subject of two civil rights cases has been found dead.
  Police tell The Connecticut Post Officer Thomas Lattanzio killed himself at a Bridgeport park Monday morning. His manner of death has not been released.
  Police Chief Armando Perez called Monday a “very sad day” for the Bridgeport Police Department.
  Lattanzio had served on the department since 2000. He was recently placed on suspension follo
  
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• Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Second Teen At Stables

  05-12-2017 14:42
  KILLINGLY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut man is facing charges of sexually assaulting a second teen who worked for him at horse riding stables in Killingly.
  State Police charged 43-year-old Michael Sobieniak, of Brooklyn, Monday on two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.
  Police say the victim, now 19, claims she was between 14 and 15 when she started working for Sobieniak at Valley View Riding Stables. She told police the man
  
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• Eleven Taken To Hospitals After South Windsor School Bus Crash

  05-12-2017 14:39
  SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Eleven people are being treated for non-life threatening injuries following a crash involving a school bus and a minivan in South Windsor Tuesday morning.
  Police say the two vehicles collided on Route 5 at the Interstate 291 interchange shortly before 7 a.m.
  Ten students on the bus were taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, said Fire Chief Kevin Cooney. One of the students had a laceration, said police. The students– from Hartf
  
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• Manafort worked on op-ed with Russian while out on bail, prosecutors say

  05-12-2017 14:23
  WASHINGTON DC — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was ghostwriting an op-ed while out on bail last month with a Russian who has ties to the Russian intelligence service, Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Muller’s team said Monday.
  In a new filing Monday afternoon, Mueller’s investigators said Manafort was working on an editorial in English as late as last Thursday and that it related to his political work for Ukraine, which factored into his money-laundering
  
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• Patagonia outdoor clothing to sue President Trump: ‘The president stole your land’

  05-12-2017 14:17
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  SALT LAKE CITY — Outdoor gear company Patagonia says it will take legal action over President Trump’s move to dramatically shrink two national monuments in Utah.
  “We’ve fought to protect these places since we were founded and now we’ll continue that fight in the courts,” CEO Rose Marcario said in a statement Monday, calling Trump’s actions “unlawful.”
  The California-based company, which is known for its activism, joins a
  
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• Environmental, conservation groups sue Trump over monument changes

  05-12-2017 14:09
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   SALT LAKE CITY — A group of environmental and conservation groups sued President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in federal court on Monday, alleging that Trump did not have the authority to dramatically shrink Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
  The lawsuit, which comprises The Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and seven other groups as plaintiffs, argues that Trump’s decision to reduce t
  
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• Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cake case

  05-12-2017 13:28
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  WASHINGTON DC — The Supreme Court will take up one of the most momentous cases of the term on Tuesday as it considers arguments from a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake to celebrate a same-sex couple’s marriage because he believes that God designed marriage to be between a man and a woman.
  The case pits the religious liberty claims of Jack Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, against the couple, David Mullins and Charlie Craig, who say Phillips’ actions
  
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• Crash involving school bus in South Windsor, minor injuries reported

  05-12-2017 13:13
  SOUTH WINDSOR — EMS crews are on the scene evaluating people after a crash involving a school bus in South Windsor.
  Police say it happened on 291 exit 4 onto Route 5.
  Very minor injuries were reported, with students on board the bus at the time. However, EMS were on the scene evaluating.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Waterbury car crash turns into homicide investigation, suspect in custody

  05-12-2017 12:56
  WATERBURY — It started as a serious crash in Waterbury, but now it’s a murder investigation.
  Police say a 16-year-old girl dead in a car that had crashed on Thomaston Avenue in Waterbury. She had a gunshot wound.The car ended up in the yard of a home near Sheffield Street.
  The incident happened Monday evening.
  Police will not say if the girl died from the crash or from the gunshot.
  The girl was found dead on arrival.
  The power was knocked out to around 100 homes at the time.
  
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• Teen Killed Following Crash, Shooting in Waterbury

  05-12-2017 12:36
  (Waterbury, CONN./ CBS Connecticut)– Waterbury police are investigating a car crash and shooting Monday night that has left a 16-year-old girl dead.
  The crash occurred around 10 o’clock at the 1700 Block of Thomaston Avenue. Police say they found the girl, who had been shot, inside the car. She was pronounced dead on scene. It is unknown if the crash or shooting caused her death.
  A suspect is in custody, as police continue to investigate.
  
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