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• Suspect in Thefts from Trinity College Arrested

  06-12-2017 23:45
  
  Hartford police have arrested a man suspect of posing as a student and committing several burglaries at Trinity College for drug money.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Eating Cheese Daily May Be Good For You, Study Finds

  06-12-2017 22:19
  CBS Local — Cheese fans around the world, rejoice! The study you’ve been waiting for has arrived. Researchers have found that eating cheese every day is good for your health and may decrease your chance of developing heart disease.
  The findings, published in December’s European Journal of Nutrition, looked at 15 separate studies that followed over 200,000 people in the U.S. and Europe. Researchers say people who ate large amounts of cheese lowered their risk of developing heart
  
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• Cold night with temps in the 20s; sunny, Thursday

  06-12-2017 21:26
  Thursday and Friday looks bright and cool with temperatures in the 30s and 40s.
  Looking forward, there are a couple chances for snow! The first Friday night into Saturday morning will come from a quick sweeping offshore disturbance. There is a chance it stays entirely offshore or bring a period of light snow/mix.
  The second chance for snow will be Saturday night into Sunday. This looks slightly more likely to happen but is still a big question mark. Our computer guidance still shows big differe
  
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• Legislative Leaders Met With Governor Today Over State Budget

  06-12-2017 20:22
  
  Legislative leaders met with Gov. Dannel Malloy today to talk about what comes next with the state budget.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Best Holiday Markets In Connecticut

  06-12-2017 20:00
  By Gillian Burdett
  Searching for a thoughtful, one-of-a-kind gift for that special someone this holiday season does not need to be a chore. You can avoid the mob at the mall, skip the mass-produced, often made in China, gift selections, and fill your holiday gift list with items purchased directly from local artists and crafters. Shopping holiday markets is less frantic than a day at a crowded, over-heated mall, and often they are quite festive with holiday music and refreshments. An added bonu
  
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• Woman Sentenced For Trafficking Teen Tattooed With Bar Code

  06-12-2017 19:53
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut woman won’t serve any more time behind bars for her involvement in the sex trafficking of a teenager who was tattooed with a bar code to show that she was property.
  Neshaya Dozier was sentenced Wednesday to the nine months she spent in federal prison and the seven months she has lived in a reintegration facility since her arrest.
  Dozier pleaded guilty to a sex trafficking charge in September.
  Prosecutors say Dozier was found
  
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• Kidney Donation Bonds Willimantic Firefighters, Best Friends

  06-12-2017 19:38
  
  A Willimantic firefighter was saved by a kidney donation from a fellow firefighter who just also happened to be his best friend.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Snow This Weekend? Close Call

  06-12-2017 19:37
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are keeping a close eye on the weekend forecast.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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• Being Unemployed Can Be Better For Your Health Than Working, Study Says

  06-12-2017 19:33
  CBS Local — To work or not to work? That is the question being asked by a study claiming that it’s healthier for people to stay unemployed rather than take on an overly stressful job.
  Researchers in Great Britain followed over 1,000 unemployed workers, comparing their cholesterol, blood pressure, and other vital levels to those of people who were in poor working environments. “Job quality cannot be disregarded from the employment success of the unemployed,” University of
  
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• Fruity Pebbles Revealed As Mystery Oreo Cookie Flavor

  06-12-2017 19:26
  CBS Local — The two-month mystery is officially over. The makers of Oreo cookies have revealed that its secret flavor is “Fruity Pebbles cereal” and one lucky fan is going to be $50,000 richer for correctly guessing the mystery creme filling.
  Oreo, which is made by snacks company Nabisco, launched the mystery flavor contest in October. The cookie maker gave its fans until Nov. 30 to send their guesses to Oreo online or via text message.
  “Thanks to all of the great detecti
  
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• Democratic senators to Al Franken: Resign

  06-12-2017 19:20
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  Embattled Sen. Al Franken will make an announcement Thursday, his office told reporters, as calls for the Minnesota Democrat’s resignation rapidly gained momentum Wednesday in dramatic fashion.
  Fourteen Democratic senators — ten female and four male — called on Franken to resign as allegations of sexual harassment against him continue to mount. Republican Sen. Susan Collins also called on Franken to quit.
  In a statement on Facebook, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
  
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• Plans To Scale Back Medicare Assistance Program Delayed

  06-12-2017 19:16
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s Department of Social Services says it will slow down plans to reduce eligibility for a program that helps cover the cost of Medicare-related expenses for up to 113,000 senior citizens and people with disabilities.
  DSS Commissioner Roderick Bremby says his agency has heard from many seniors and family members with questions and concerns about the changes, which were included in the new, two-year $41.3 billion bipartisan state bu
  
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• Community college merger would cost jobs but save $28M

  06-12-2017 19:15
  HARTFORD — State education officials said a plan to consolidate Connecticut’s 12 community colleges would mean the loss of almost 200 jobs and save about $28 million.
  The Hartford Courant reports that Mark Ojakian, president of the Connecticut State Colleges and University system, said a merger would not result in the loss of faculty positions or any positions that deal directly with students. The cuts would come in areas that do not affect students directly, including administrative
  
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• Former Community Center Director To Be Sentenced For Theft

  06-12-2017 19:14
  SHERMAN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The former head of a Jewish Community Center in Connecticut is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday on charges that she stole more than $37,000 from the organization.
  The News-Times reports that Anne Marie Stockmeyer has pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree larceny. She was director of the Sherman Jewish Community Center from September 2014 to July 2015.
  Stockmeyer was accused of writing checks to herself from the center and using the org
  
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• Woman Struck by Train in Beacon Falls Has Died

  06-12-2017 19:02
  
  A woman who was hit by a train in Beacon Falls around 9 a.m. Wednesday has died, according to Metro-North.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Family Had No Idea Waterbury Teen Was Dating Murder Suspect

  06-12-2017 18:54
  
  A 27-year-old Waterbury man has been charged with the murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend and the teens family members said they had no idea the teen was dating a man who had fathered several children with one...Photo Credit: Facebook/NBC Connecticut
  
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• Boy makes incredible video for classmates to describe his life with autism

  06-12-2017 18:47
  RALEIGH, N.C. — A 9-year-old North Carolina boy’s message to his classmates about autism is going viral.
  George Yionoulis is a fourth-grade student at Douglas Elementary School in Raleigh, WTVD reports. As part of a class assignment, the 9-year-old decided to open up about his life with a six-minute video to his classmates, which explained how autism impacts him the most.
  “I didn’t speak until I was almost 3 years old. In fact, my parents weren’t sure if I would ev
  
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• Tribes Want To Be Part Of Any Potential Casino Expansion

  06-12-2017 18:43
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes say they “want to be part of the discussion” if the General Assembly wants to expand gambling further, especially to Bridgeport.
  The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribal leaders sent a letter Wednesday to legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy asking to be included in any potential talks.
  The letter comes a day after MGM Resorts International’s top executive
  
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• Police in Fairfield County Warn About Scam to Keep Husbands' Secrets

  06-12-2017 18:38
  
  Police in Fairfield County are warning residents about a blackmail scam in which someone threatens to know a secret about the recipient and demands payment to avoid that information and evidence of it from being...Photo Credit: New Canaan 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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• ‘Every 45 minutes, I was sold for $120 to $350’: Former sex slave recalls brutal life in brothels

  06-12-2017 18:15
  QUEENS — At 21, Shandra Woworunti was a financial analyst in her native Indonesia but in 1998, she lost her job in the Asian banking crisis. She had a baby daughter and needed to provide a future for her.
  In 2001, at age 24, she answered an ad for a six-month seasonal job in the United States thinking she would work as a waitress in the hotel industry. She said a man named Johnny Wong picked her up at Kennedy Airport in Queens and delivered her to another man at the Sheraton Hotel near Ma
  
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• UNICEF Says 17 Million Babies At Risk From Toxic Air

  06-12-2017 18:13
  CBS Local — According to a report, 17 million babies around the world are at serious risk of brain and lung damage because of air pollution. The disturbing findings were published by the United Nation’s agency for child welfare, UNICEF.
  The global humanitarian group says worldwide toxic air levels in some areas are six times higher than recommended limits and that many of those zones were found in South Asia where 12 million at-risk babies live.
  “Not only do pollutants harm bab
  
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• Bronx baby overdoses after putting plastic bag in her mouth

  06-12-2017 18:11
  BRONX — A 1-year-old girl suffered an overdose Sunday night after her dad found a plastic bag in her mouth.
  The girl was in a stroller on East 181st Street near Monterey Avenue in the Bronx when her parents spotted the small plastic bag in her mouth, officials said. Her dad pulled it out of her mouth and noticed it was coated with an unknown residue, but threw the bag into the garbage.
  The baby started convulsing and turning green, officials said. Her parents rushed her to Saint
  
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• Fire Breaks Out in Shopping Plaza in Orange

  06-12-2017 18:01
  
  Firefighters responded to a fire at a shopping plaza on the Boston Post Road in Orange on Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Best Expansion Teams Ever

  06-12-2017 17:45
  by Rob Joyce
  When expansion teams come into the league they typically aren’t any good. Because of the nature of the process – teams make their best players unavailable in a draft, thus leaving franchises to pick up off the scrap heap – it typically takes a few years for a franchise to become a playoff contender. Or so we thought.
  Past the quarter mark of the NHL season it’s becoming clear that the Vegas Golden Knights might be for real. The expansion team enters Tuesday i
  
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• Transgender teen sues suburban school district over denial of locker room access

  06-12-2017 17:43
  PALATINE, Ill. -- Nova Maday, 18, wants to be seen as a typical teenager. She's a senior at Palatine High School. She lives music and photography.  And she also transgender. She believes if people put a face to her lawsuit against the district, they'll understand better according to WGNTV.
  “A lot of this is just a lack of human understanding and education to it,” she said.
  Maday was born a boy but identifies as a girl. She came out to her teachers and friends fre
  
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• ECSU Chooses Plastic Animals as 2017 Toy of the Year

  06-12-2017 17:42
  
  Eastern Connecticut State University’s Center for Early Childhood Education announced the 2017 TIMPANI (Toys that Inspire Mindful Play and Nurture Imagination). It's a collection of plastic animal toys.
  
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• 2 Students, 2 Adults Transported After School Bus Crash in Simsbury

  06-12-2017 17:42
  
  Two adult drivers and two students have been transported to hospitals for minor injuries or as a precaution after a four-vehicle crash on Route 185 in Simsbury, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• University of Bridgeport Student Killed by Car in Shelton

  06-12-2017 17:39
  
  A 27-year-old University of Bridgeport student was struck by a car and is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Shelton Tuesday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Week 14 NFL Picks: Vikings Stay Hot, Pick Up Third Road Victory In As Many Weeks

  06-12-2017 17:38
  Ryan Mayer
  Entering the 2017 season, Case Keenum was comfortably ensconced in the role that people expect of him: backup quarterback. Then, Vikings starter Sam Bradford injured his knee in the team’s Week 1 game against the New Orleans Saints and suddenly, Keenum found himself thrust into the starting lineup for the second time in as many years. That didn’t bode well for the Vikings hopes considering Keenum had posted just a 9-15 record while completing only 58.4 percent of his passe
  
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• Vigil Held for Waterbury Homicide Victim

  06-12-2017 17:36
  
  Dozens of people lined Thomaston Avenue in Waterbury Tuesday night to honor a 16-year-old girl who police said was shot and killed by the 27-year-old man she was dating.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut,com and Facebool
  
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• Strip mall evacuated due to fire in Orange

  06-12-2017 17:27
  ORANGE — People have been evacuated from a shopping area in Orange due to a fire.
  Officials said the fire occurred at at Paula’s Hair Boutique at a strip mall at 501 Boston Post Road. Fire and police departments are on scene.
  A witness said there was an evacuation.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Man donates kidney to stranger to save his wife’s life

  06-12-2017 17:15
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Every single day, Jill Deitz wakes up hoping that she will get a kidney.
  “I have been diabetic for 43 years and my kidneys started to fail 12 years ago,” Dietz, a prospective living kidney recipient, told WXIN.
  After all, her life depends on it.
  “My health has been our biggest hurdle,” said Deitz.
  Right now in Indiana, the wait for a kidney from a deceased donor could take up to five years.
  “If you are on the kidney waiting list, you are
  
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• Patriots Opponent Profile: Pats Will Face A Different Dolphins Team When They Travel To Miami

  06-12-2017 17:05
  By Danny Cox
  Only a couple of weeks ago, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots routed the Miami Dolphins, despite committing a lot of penalties and dealing with a number of injuries. This time around, Jay Cutler has returned as quarterback and Miami is going to be fighting for its playoff life.
  Miami Dolphins Season Record: 5-7
  The 2017 version of the Dolphins is a very tough book to read through, as one never quite knows what team will show up. Early on, the Dolphins had a couple of big losses
  
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• Shelton Police ID Man Struck, Killed By Vehicle

  06-12-2017 16:47
  SHELTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Shelton police have identified the 27-year-old man who was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday evening on Bridgeport Avenue.
  Police say Bethapudi Naga Tulasi Ram was a native of India, living in Waterbury and studying at the University of Bridgeport.
  It was shortly before 7:30 p.m. that the man was struck between Platt Road and Cots Street. Police ask anyone who witnessed the crash to call the Shelton Police Traffic Division at 203-924-1544.
  
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• School Bus Involved in Crash in Simsbury

  06-12-2017 15:33
  
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• America’s Best Christkindl Markets

  06-12-2017 15:30
  By Randy Yagi
  Inspired by the festive Christmas markets of Germany and other European countries, Christkindlmarkts have become a wonderful holiday tradition in America in the past few decades. Presented in a fashion much like the most famous Nuremberg Christkindlmarkt in the German state of Bavaria, the family-friendly Christmas markets can be enjoyed in nearly three dozen cities across America and even a Christmas market is being held at Disney’s Epcot Center in Orlando. While some of the
  
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• School Bus Crash Closes Route 185 In Simsbury

  06-12-2017 15:06
  SIMSBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Simsbury police say a school bus with 17 children on it was one of four vehicles involved in a crash on Route 185 Wednesday morning. The elementary-age students were being assessed by medical personnel at scene and two were ultimately taken to local emergency rooms for minor pain or as a precaution, said police.
  Another vehicle involved in the crash partially rolled over. Two adults who were not on the bus were also taken to the hospital with minor injur
  
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• Family Wins $50,000 In National Christmas Light Competition

  06-12-2017 14:29
  KILLINGLY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut family has won $50,000 in a national Christmas display competition.
  Daniel Amarante, of Killingly, says “Amarante’s Winter Wonderland” won first-place in Monday’s season premiere of the ABC television show, “The Great Christmas Light Fight.”
  The 22-year-old electrician says his display contains about 160,000 lights, 43 inflatables and 36 Christmas trees. He says his love for holiday decorations ca
  
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• Public Employee Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against City

  06-12-2017 14:27
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut man has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Haven claiming he was sexually harassed by his female supervisor.
  WTNH-TV reports Department of Public Works employee Edward Cloud claims he was falsely accused by Honda Smith of sending her a picture of his genitalia. Cloud claims the accusations resulted in “severe embarrassment and humiliation” and he was also taunted by his co-workers.
  Cloud’s attorney says the de
  
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• Connecticut Company Buys Massachusetts Currency Manufacturer

  06-12-2017 14:23
  STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Massachusetts company that for nearly 140 years has supplied the paper used to make U.S. currency has been sold for $800 million to a similarly named Connecticut company.
  Stamford, Connecticut-based Crane Co. on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to buy 100 percent of the equity interests in Boston-based Crane & Co. Inc. _ also known as Crane Currency _ from private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg and shareholders including members of the C
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway December 6, 2017

  06-12-2017 12:43
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Dr. Richard Stevens, Professor, Community Medicine and Health Care UConn Health, says replacing awful hospital lighting could create a more healing environment. Philips Lighting is piloting a new adjustable, LED-based patient room lighting system that shifts to reflect natural daylight cycles and help patients get a better night’s sleep.
  7:20- Mark Ojakian, President of Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, sha
  
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• South Korea doubts North Korea’s ability to launch nuclear ICBM

  06-12-2017 11:46
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  SEOUL — South Korea believes there is “no concrete evidence” that North Korea has mastered the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile, the country’s foreign minister has told CNN.
  Kang Kyung-wha told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview taped Monday that while North Korea’s weapons program had developed far faster than expected, Pyongyang had yet to demonstrate it had achieved some key techni
  
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