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• Schools violating safety regs enacted after Newtown massacre

  07-12-2017 23:58
  NEWTOWN — Nearly half of Connecticut’s school districts are violating state safety requirements enacted in the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
  The Hartford Courant reports many districts are not complying with some aspect of the law requiring them to submit various safety-related reports to the state.
  The newspaper says nearly 100 school districts haven’t submitted the School Security and Safety Plan due each September. Nearly 60 haven’t submitted
  
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• Oldest Surviving Pearl Harbor Veteran in CT Honored

  07-12-2017 23:55
  
  More than 250 veterans filled the Elks Lodge 1893 in Manchester to celebrate the Holiday Veterans Gathering on Thursday.
  
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• Hartford Mayor Bronin Exploring Run for Governor

  07-12-2017 23:54
  
  Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin has filed paperwork to create an exploratory committee as he considers running for governor of Connecticut in 2018.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Governor Warns Of Transportation Fund Insolvency

  07-12-2017 23:53
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is sounding the alarm about the projected solvency of Connecticut’s transportation account, warning the state may not have the money to pay for many road and bridge improvement projects.
  He says lawmakers must take steps to replenish the Special Transportation Fund, impacted by a loss in gas tax revenue, a shift to more fuel-efficient vehicles, increased debt payments and other factors.
  The Democrat’s administration released a 10-pa
  
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• Chilly night with temps in the 20s; tracking snow this weekend

  07-12-2017 23:51
  Thursday was the last day near average for a while!  A colder and more active weather pattern will get underway in the days ahead.
  Tonight and Friday look quiet with increasing clouds on Friday and cooler temperatures with highs in the mid 30s to near 40 degrees.
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• Gov. Malloy warns CT special transportation fund may run dry soon; dire consequences if not addressed

  07-12-2017 23:29
  HARTFORD --  Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is sounding the alarm about the projected solvency of Connecticut's transportation account, warning the state may not have the money to pay for many road and bridge improvement projects.
  He says lawmakers must take steps to replenish the Special Transportation Fund, impacted by a loss in gas tax revenue, a shift to more fuel-efficient vehicles, increased debt payments and other factors.
  The Democrat's administration released a 10-page report on Thurs
  
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• House passes bill to avert government shutdown

  07-12-2017 23:07
  WASHINGTON  — The House has passed a bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend.
  The measure passed on a 235-193 vote Thursday, mostly along party lines, and would keep the government running through Dec. 22. The idea is to buy time for negotiations on unfinished bipartisan business on Capitol Hill, including the budget, a key children’s health program and aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico.
  Those negotiations are sure to be tricky. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 14 Starts And Sits

  07-12-2017 23:04
  By Matt Citak
  After months of sweating it out each and every Sunday, we have finally come to the most stressful part of the fantasy season. If you are reading this article, then that means you made your fantasy football playoffs. Given how unpredictable this season has been, making the playoffs was no easy feat. But now that you’re here, let’s try to get you past the first round and into the semifinals.
  We wish everyone luck as the playoff season begins!
  With that in mind, here
  
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• Stanley Bing: ‘Digital Immortality Could Happen In 20-25 Years’

  07-12-2017 23:01
  Imagine a world where you can live forever. Author Stanley Bing doesn’t think that world is too far away. Bing’s new book “Immortal Life,” explores the scientific and technological search for digital immortality. The longtime business columnist and author doesn’t call his writing science fiction, but instead speculative fiction. The book cover features the words “a soon to be true story” and Bing sees people today in Silicon Valley laying the groundwork
  
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• Oldest Surviving Pearl Harbor Veteran in CT Honored in Manchester

  07-12-2017 22:52
  
  More than 250 veterans filled the Elks Lodge 1893 in Manchester to celebrate the Holiday Veterans Gathering on Thursday.
  
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• Sally's Apizza in New Haven Gets New Owners

  07-12-2017 22:29
  
  After being in business for nearly 80 years, Sally's Apizza in New Haven is under new ownership.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Lane shifts on I-84 eastbound in Waterbury begins tonight

  07-12-2017 22:27
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  Beginning at 9:30 p.m., I-84 eastbound traffic will shift to the south, into the new I-84 eastbound alignment, from west of Hamilton Avenue Bridge, and travel eastward: under the new Harpers Ferry Road Bridge; adjacent to the realigned Reidville Drive and Mad River; rejoining existing eastbound I-84 west of Scott Road Bridge.
  This traffic shift will make way for a bridge demo
  
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• Water Company Warns About Imposter Workers

  07-12-2017 22:19
  THOMASTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut Water Company is warning customers in Thomaston and Plymouth, after police reported that a Thomaston resident was robbed by two men posing as water utility workers.
  The company urged customers to verify the identity of anyone who says they are a utility company employee. Connecticut Water has a program that emails an employee photo to a customer with a scheduled appointment.
  When contacted Thursday afternoon, Thomaston police said they had n
  
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• Report: Safety Regs After Sandy Hook Being Violated By Schools

  07-12-2017 22:16
  NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) – Nearly half of Connecticut’s school districts are violating state safety requirements enacted in the wake of the 2012 Sandy HookElementary School massacre.
  The Hartford Courant reports many districts are not complying with some aspect of the law requiring them to submit various safety-related reports to the state.
  The newspaper says nearly 100 school districts haven’t submitted the School Security and Safety Plan due each September.
  Nearly 60 haven’
  
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• Connecticut Part Of Smog Lawsuit

  07-12-2017 21:59
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Fourteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over what they say is a failure to enforce smog standards.
  The lawsuit announced Thursday says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not designated any areas of the country as having unhealthy air, missing an Oct. 1 deadline. Such areas must take steps to improve their air quality.
  EPA spokeswoman Michele Huitric could not immediately comment on the lawsuit f
  
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• State Police Release Video of Wrong-Way Incident

  07-12-2017 21:26
  
  State police released video on Thursday of a November incident involving a wrong-way driver on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Orange.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Starbucks Selling New ‘Christmas Tree’ Drink For Only 5 Days

  07-12-2017 21:25
  CBS Local — Starbucks is spreading Christmas cheer with its newest coffee concoction, but only for a very limited time. The coffee giant has announced that it’s selling a “Christmas Tree Frappuccino” for only five days this month.
  The limited edition drink will be on sale in the U.S. and Canada from Dec. 7 through Monday, Dec. 11. Starbucks’ website promotes the festive frapp as a “delicious mocha and peppermint are blended with milk and ice, topped with a fes
  
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• FBI Conducting Drug Investigation in Newington: Police

  07-12-2017 21:24
  
  There was a federal drug raid at a home on Maple Hill Avenue in Newington Thursday morning and FBI agents who searched the house brought out boxes and other items.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Atheists Put Up Highway Billboard Calling Church ‘Fake News’

  07-12-2017 21:05
  CBS Local — A national Atheist group has put up a controversial new billboard just in time for the holidays in New Mexico. American Atheists (AA) bought the giant road sign in Albuquerque, which has a simple message for believers: “Just skip church, it’s all fake news.”
  The organization claims the New Mexico city was the perfect place for the sign because of the large number of residents allegedly leaving organized religion.
  “We want to go places where we think
  
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• Photos: The New Haven Tree Lighting

  07-12-2017 20:57
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: Huskies Upset Jayhawks, Sooners Freshman Young Impresses

  07-12-2017 20:46
  By Steve Silverman
  The college basketball season has a tendency to be a little sleepy until the first of January when conference races hit high gear and teams start to position themselves for the top seeds in their respective conference tournaments.
  But there are moments prior to the start of those conference races that can satisfy the hungriest of fans. These moments may not be accompanied by the hype of games that take place later in the year, but they are gems.
  One of those took place Tuesday
  
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• Stamford man charged with stealing 34k from the restaurant

  07-12-2017 20:41
  STAMFORD  — Police have charged a Connecticut man with stealing more than $34,000 from the restaurant where he worked.
  Officials say 45-year-old George Spiro Moschos, of Stamford, is charged with larceny and 53 counts of forgery. The Stamford Advocate reports that he is being held in lieu $50,000 bail.
  Sgt. Steve Perrotta says the restaurant manager contacted police last month after figuring the establishment should have more cash coming in.
  Perrotta says restaurant employees discover
  
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• Governor Issues Warning About Special Transportation Fund

  07-12-2017 20:39
  
  The governor is issuing a warning that about the Special Transportation Fund after a report that shows the solvency of the fund is in growing jeopardy and said several transportations projects planned across...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Connecticut police divided over how to respond to traffic stop data

  07-12-2017 20:38
  HARTFORD — The collection of police traffic stop data around the country has exposed a divide among law enforcement officials on how to respond to the numbers, which consistently show blacks and Hispanics are pulled over at higher rates than whites.
  Some police chiefs have taken action, including reducing stops for broken tail lights and other defective equipment that snare more minorities than whites.
  Other officials question assumptions made about the data, saying their officers are enfo
  
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• Firefighters Extinguish Trash Fire In Garbage Truck

  07-12-2017 20:33
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Firefighters in Fairfield say they’ve put out a potentially hazardous trash fire on a garbage truck.
  The Fairfield Fire Department said the truck fire happened at about 6 a.m. on Thursday.
  Emergency responders instructed the garbage truck driver to dump the flaming refuse into the road to prevent it from extending to the vehicle.
  The department says it required a number of firefighters with heavy equipment to bring the blaze under control.
  
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• Dalton Castle, ROH Main Eventer, Inspired By Freddie Mercury

  07-12-2017 20:14
  By Chuck Carroll
  In sports, there is a next-man-up mentality. When the top guy leaves a spot opens up. The question then becomes: who takes it? Who will seize the brass ring? The person has to have the drive, the determination and the willpower to be the face of the company.
  When Adam Cole left for WWE earlier this year, the opportunity presented itself for somebody to emerge in the spotlight. Cody Rhodes has taken Ring Of Honor by storm, but he came in already as an established star. The Young
  
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• Lance Barber Talks “Young Sheldon” On CBS

  07-12-2017 20:08
  18 years ago, Lance Barber had one goal when he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. He didn’t want to wait tables or do construction to support his acting career. Fortunately, the 44-year-old has never had to do either. While there have been some leaner financial times for the Michigan native, Barber has had a steady flow of work since making the jump to LA. Barber stars as George Sr. in the new CBS sitcom “Young Sheldon.” George Sr. is struggling to find his footing as a high s
  
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• Man Found Competent To Stand Trial In Roommate Death Case

  07-12-2017 19:47
  DANBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut man charged with sexually assaulting and fatally beating his 55-year-old roommate in May has been found competent to stand trial.
  The News-Times reports that 32-year-old Steven Flood’s attorney requested the evaluation in October based on Flood’s medical records. Flood faces felony murder, first-degree sexual assault and other charges in the death of Susan Guido, who was found beaten to death in the New Fairfield home they
  
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• Shooter among dead in New Mexico school shooting

  07-12-2017 19:28
  AZTEC, N.M.  — New Mexico State Police say the suspect in a high school shooting is among the three dead.
  Police didn’t release details about the shooter but confirmed the other two people killed Thursday at Aztec High School were students.
  The school was cordoned off as deputies with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and other police agencies cleared the buildings. Students were taken to another location.
  Other schools in the area also were locked down as a precau
  
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• Murder Suspect Says Teen Threatened to Reveal Relationship

  07-12-2017 19:12
  
  A 27-year-old Waterbury man who is accused of killing the 16-year-old girl he was dating told police that they were fighting after she threatened to tell his girlfriend of six years about their sexual...Photo Credit: Waterbury Police and Facebook
  
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• ‘I was dumbfounded – I couldn’t believe that he threw it in the fire.’ Survivor Castoff Lauren Rimmer: Post Elimination Q&A

  07-12-2017 18:58
  CBS Local – This week’s episode of “Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers”  went up in flames, literally, especially for this week’s castoff – Lauren Rimmer. She watched part of her hidden immunity idol get thrown in the fire by a fellow tribe mate. Here’s her unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom) on that exact moment in the show, as well as how it really feels to be part of the “loved ones challenge”.
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• Officer who developed PTSD after Pulse massacre to lose job

  07-12-2017 18:21
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  ORLANDO — Omar Delgado was one of the first police officers on the scene of the Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando on June 12, 2016. By the time he pushed his way through fleeing survivors to get inside the club, the shooter was holed up in a bathroom.
  As Delgado’s eyes adjusted to the darkness, the full magnitude of the carnage came into focus.
  “I start scanning the floor. Nothing but bodies. And I noticed a couple people started to move, and that’s when I wen
  
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• Selfies taken with stolen cell phone may lead police to purse thief

  07-12-2017 18:10
  SANDY, Utah - Isabel Acevedo recently started a job as a receptionist for a kitchen and bath company. Her family is having a hard time, and she wanted to make some extra money for the holidays.
  When she left her desk to use the restroom, a woman came in, walked right up to Acevedo's desk, grabbed her purse and walked out.
  "She looked like she was ready to take my stuff regardless if I was there or not," Acevedo told KSTU.
  She recalls a red car pulling up out front, but she assumed it was a cust
  
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• Millennials: ‘Snowflake’ Label Hurts Our Mental Health, Study Finds

  07-12-2017 18:09
  CBS Local — Millennials have been labeled by many of their critics as a generation of “snowflakes.” The term has been used to slam society’s young adults and teens as hypersensitive and too easily offended. Now, millennials may have just given older adults even more to roll their eyes at after a new study found a majority of the “snowflakes” think the term is harmful to their mental health.
  According to the study, published by British health insurer Aviva
  
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• Meet Griswold: Dog with lymphoma looking for one last Christmas with new family

  07-12-2017 18:07
  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- Meet Griswold, an 8-year-old beagle looking for his forever home for what could be his last Christmas.
  Griswold, a shelter dog at the Richmond Animal League (RAL), was recently diagnosed with lymphoma.
  “While we are looking into some treatment options, it looks like there won’t be any long-term treatment that can help him,” Kaicee Robertson, special events coordinator at RAL, told WTVR. He also suffers from chronic dry eye and is recovering from som
  
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• 8 Cars Off Tracks in Train Derailment in Middletown

  07-12-2017 18:06
  
  A train derailed on Johnson Street in Middletown, near the Middletown Recycling Center, which is the city dump.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Franken To Resign From Senate

  07-12-2017 17:57
  WASHINGTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is resigning amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.
  Once a rising star in the Democratic Party, Franken made the announcement in a speech Thursday on the Senate floor.
  The two-term lawmaker has repeatedly apologized as several women stepped forward to accuse him of sexually inappropriate behavior, from groping to forcibly trying to kiss them.
  But a fresh allegation on Wednesday unleashed a torrent of Democratic demands t
  
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• Tavern Island in Norwalk Listed for $8.7 Million

  07-12-2017 17:17
  
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• Homeowner chases burglar, sprays him with bear mace

  07-12-2017 17:15
  WEST JORDAN, Utah -- “I was not dressed. I was in my underwear, I had no shoes on, and my feet ended up getting bloodied just from chasing him down the street."
  That's what happened to a Utah homeowner early Tuesday morning when he chased after a criminal, spraying him with bear mace, and keeping him on his porch until police arrived, according to KSTU.
  The homeowner asked to not be identified because one of the suspects is still on the run.
  “Around 2:30 the motion detectors started
  
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