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• UConn Remains Unbeaten At home, Beats Coppin State 72-59

  09-12-2017 22:53
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Jalen Adams scored 15 points and Terry Larrier added 14 as UConn held off winless Coppin State 72-59 on Saturday.
  Christian Vital chipped in with 13 points for the Huskies (7-3), who head into a two-week break for final exams.
  Lamar Morgan scored a career-high 30 points to lead Coppin State (0-10). Morgan, a junior college transfer, came into the game averaging just 5 points, but hit eight of his 12 shots, including seven from 3-point range. Morgan’s previous se
  
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• Car and Plow Get Into Accident in Torrington

  09-12-2017 22:02
  
  A car and a snow plow got into an accident in Torrington on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Pleads Not Guilty To Fleeing To Haiti At End Of Trial

  09-12-2017 22:01
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who authorities say fled the U.S. on the last day of his 2001 trial on attempted murder charges has appeared in a Connecticut court.
  The Stamford Advocate reports Frantz Barthelemy pleaded not guilty Friday to failure to appear in court. He remains held in lieu of $250,000 cash.
  The 39-year-old Frantz had been on trial for charges of attempted murder, attempted first-degree assault with a gun and a weapons offense.
  Prosecutors say a jury acquitted him of the f
  
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• Snow Causing Slick Conditions Statewide

  09-12-2017 21:09
  
  The NBC Connecticut Meteorologists have issued a First Alert for a storm that brings measurable snow to the entire state Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Road reopened in Torrington following collision involving car and plow truck

  09-12-2017 21:08
  TORRINGTON — Firefighters responded to 112 Burr Mountain Road Saturday afternoon for calls of a crash.
  The collision involved a pedestrian’s car and a DOT plow truck.
  FOX61’s Michael Howard in the field, spoke to eyewitnesses at the scene.  Witnesses said that the pedestrian’s car was coming down the road when it seem to have lost control and slid into the plow truck which was traveling up the road.
  Police said there are minor injuries. The road was reopened sometime
  
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• Road closed in Torrington after collision involving car and plow truck

  09-12-2017 21:08
  TORRINGTON — Firefighters responded to 112 Burr Mountain Road Saturday afternoon for calls of a crash.
  The collision involved a pedestrian’s car and a DOT plow truck.
  FOX61’s Michael Howard in the field, spoke to eyewitnesses at the scene.  Witnesses said that the pedestrian’s car was coming down the road when it seem to have lost control and slid into the plow truck which was traveling up the road.
  Police said there are minor injuries and the road will remain closed
  
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• See Your Pets Playing in the Snow Dec. 9

  09-12-2017 21:00
  
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• Storm Center: Latest School Closings

  09-12-2017 18:01
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• FIRST ALERT: Steady, Light Snow Across Connecticut

  09-12-2017 17:51
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are continuing to closely track a system that will bring accumulating snow starting today.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Holiday Open House Canceled By Governor Malloy

  09-12-2017 16:44
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s annual holiday open house has been canceled because of the impending snow storm.
  The Executive Residence was scheduled to be open to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  However, because parking bans have been imposed on all municipal streets in the city of Hartford and town of West Hartford on Saturday, the event had to be canceled due to the lack of available parking.
  The residence, which is located in H
  
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• Intoxicated Driver Hits South Windsor Police Cruiser: PD

  09-12-2017 16:27
  
  An intoxicated driver faces charges after crashing into a parked South Windsor police cruiser early Saturday, according to South Windsor police.Photo Credit: South Windsor Police Department
  
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• Jury sides with San Diego Comic-Con in lawsuit against Salt Lake Comic Con

  09-12-2017 16:07
  SAN DIEGO — A federal jury has ruled Salt Lake Comic Con organizers violated copyright law when they improperly used the words “comic con,” according to KSTU.
  In a verdict handed down Friday afternoon, the jury sided with San Diego Comic-Con, which sued the Salt Lake event and its organizers, Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg. The jury found San Diego Comic-Con’s trademark is valid, and Salt Lake Comic Con used it without permission.
  San Diego Comic-Con sought as much as $12
  
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• 7-year-old’s Elf on the Shelf gets emergency ‘surgery’ after dog attack

  09-12-2017 15:58
  ORLANDO, Fla. – Staff members at a Florida hospital raced to save a tiny patient – and a little girl’s Christmas – after the family dog attacked her Elf on the Shelf.
  Orlando mother Jenn Thelen said she woke up to the screams of her 7-year-old daughter Aubrie after the family’s German shepherd got ahold of the doll, whose name is Sam, according to a Facebook post Wednesday from the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
  Despite the rosy cheeks and wide holiday smile,
  
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• Man guilty in deadly crash asks judge if he can join Marines instead of going to prison

  09-12-2017 15:54
  CLAREMORE, Okla. – One of two brothers convicted in a deadly hit-and-run crash asked a judge if he could join the Marines Corps instead of serving jail time.
  Gage Shriver, now 21, Dakota Shriver, now 23, were convicted in September for the deadly crash.
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  In 2015, Noelle New and Maranda Talley were struck by a vehicle while walking to QuikTrip, according to the Tulsa World.
  New died from her injuries and Talley was critically injured, but did survive.
  Gage Shriver made the requ
  
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• Couple use stolen credit card to go skydiving — and film their adventure: police

  09-12-2017 15:26
  The video above was released by Suffolk County Police and shows the pair skydiving.
  NEW YORK — A couple went skydiving and bought video of the experience to save as a memory -- but they charged it all to someone else's tab, police in New York say.
  The pair allegedly used a stolen credit card to purchase two sessions and video footage at Skydive Long Island in Shirley on June 20.
  On Friday, police in Suffolk County released that video with a call for help identifying the suspected thi
  
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• SHARE61: First winter storm of the season picture gallery

  09-12-2017 14:05
  The first significant snow storm of the season is here! Snow may be annoying to some but it sure makes some pretty pictures!
  If you snap a picture and want to share it, you can email us at [email protected], tag us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #SHARE61, or send them through the FOX61 app or you can submit them below!
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• First fire-related death confirmed in Southern California

  09-12-2017 13:52
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  LOS ANGELES — A woman whose body was found at a crash site along an evacuation route in Southern California became the first confirmed fire-related casualty in a series of raging wildfires that could gain strength this weekend.
  Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday was due to visit Ventura County, home to the largest of the six wildfires, the Thomas Fire. He’ll survey damage, meet with affected residents, consult with government officials and emergency responders, and brief report
  
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• FIRST ALERT: Snow to Move Into the State Today

  09-12-2017 13:40
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are continuing to closely track a system that will bring accumulating snow starting today.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Tractor-Trailer Carrying Live Chickens Crashes in Southbury

  09-12-2017 13:33
  
  A tractor-trailer carrying live chickens crashed on Interstate 84 in Southbury Saturday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• TT Carrying Chickens Tips Over On Highway

  09-12-2017 13:25
  (Southbury, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A crash in Southbury on Interstate 84 involving a tractor trailer shut down the right lane early this morning.
  The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes near exit 13 around 6:00 a.m. and State Police say that rig was loaded with about 5,000 live chickens.
  The driver sustained minor injuries.
  In addition to the chickens, crews had to deal with a fuel leak.
  No word yet what caused the crash.
  
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• Multi-vehicle accident in Hartford leaves one car into a building

  09-12-2017 13:24
  HARTFORD -- Hartford police and fire are on the scene of a multi-vehicle accident where one car ran into a building.
  It happened around 6 a.m. at Hamilton Street and Hillside Avenue. One car ran into the offices of the Insurance Resource Company at that intersection.
  There is no report of injuries at this time.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: On the Ground in Puerto Rico

  09-12-2017 12:30
  HARTFORD --  Several weeks after a horrific hurricane, the situation on the ground in Puerto Rico remains dire. Residents are scrambling daily for food, water, supplies and cash.
  Recently, a contingent from Hartford, led by CT resident Elliot Matos, traveled to Puerto Rico on a relief mission.
  Hartford Courant reporter Vinny Vella and photographer Patrick Raycraft chronicled the journey. They produced a five-part report entitled “Hartford to Homeland – Delivering Reli
  
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• Tractor-trailer rolls over on I-84, live chicken cargo

  09-12-2017 12:23
  SOUTHBURY — State Police say I-84 eastbound has a righthand lane closed near exit 13-14 after a tractor-trailer rolled over.
  The cargo the truck was carrying was live chickens.
  Police say that there is a fuel leak, and the fire department is on scene.
  
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• Snowstorm marches north after blanketing Southeast

  09-12-2017 12:17
  ATLANTA — The South got an early taste of winter before other regions this year, but the Northeast won’t have to wait for too long.
  The same weather system that dumped snow in the Southeast on Friday is marching farther up the East Coast, where major cities are forecast to get several inches over the weekend.
  “This is the first significant winter storm for the East Coast,” CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam said Saturday morning. “Once this storm moves off the coast, i
  
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• Woman allegedly held down 2-year-old toddler while cousin recorded himself sexually abusing child

  09-12-2017 11:38
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  CINCINNATI, Ohio — A sex offender and his cousin in Ohio are facing federal charges after being accused of making child pornography with a  2-year-old toddler with plans to sell the video, federal authorities said Thursday.
  Cousins Ciera Richter, 25, and Jason Fletcher, 40, were both arrested.
  According to WXIX, Fletcher’s probation officer found child
  
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• Sailor staged racial vandalism of bunk on aircraft carrier, Navy investigation finds

  09-12-2017 11:33
  NORFOLK, Va. – An investigation into claims of racially-motivated vandalism on the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has revealed that the alleged victim, a Sailor on board the ship, staged the incident himself, according to the Navy.
  The Sailor, who is not being identified, made a post on his Facebook account in November with several pictures of the alleged vandalism. The pictures show the Sailor’s bunk on board the ship ripped apart, trash thrown around and racist words written
  
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• Woman unaware she’s pregnant gives birth to surprise baby boy

  09-12-2017 11:30
  LITTLETON, Colo. – Amy Littlefield had no idea she was five months pregnant when she delivered her son Cayden.
  “Absolutely crazy that he’s here,” the Colorado mom told KDVR, adding it's still hard for her to put the experience into words.
  On Sept. 14, Littlefield rushed to the Swedish Southwest Emergency Room in Littleton with severe abdominal pain. That’s where doctors told her she was pregnant and about to deliver her baby. Within two hours Cayden was born.
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• 85-year-old fends off two men during home invasion, killing one

  09-12-2017 11:14
  ELLPORT, Pa. – An 85-year-old Pennsylvania man fatally shot a would-be robber at his home early Friday morning, according to WPXI.
  Don Lutz was home at about 1:30 a.m. when two intruders broke into the house and confronted him.
  “I just fired one. It was in the dark. He attacked me and he was up close and I shot him,” Lutz said. “They jumped me and we both went on the floor. I scuffled with them on the floor and the one guy rolled over dead.”
  Lutz, who keeps his gun
  
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• Winter Storm: Statewide snow expected Saturday

  09-12-2017 11:09
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• Towns Get Ready for Snow on Saturday

  09-12-2017 08:22
  
  Towns across the state are getting ready for snow Saturday.
  
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• Snow Storm to Hit Connecticut Saturday

  09-12-2017 07:38
  (CBS Connecticut)– Connecticut is bracing for its first snowfall of the season. A winter weather advisory is in effect beginning 4 am Saturday and ending 7 am Sunday for most of the state.
  3 to 6 inches are expected. The southeast portions of the state could see 5 to 7 inches.
  The State Department of Transportation has 600 plow trucks and around 200 contractors on standby for the storm. Plow drivers have pre-treated the roads with a salt-brine solution.
  “It’s about 25 percent s
  
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• FIRST ALERT: Snow to Move Into the State Saturday Morning

  09-12-2017 05:11
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are continuing to closely track a system that will bring accumulating snow to the state on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Shoppers by the shoreline rush to supermarkets in preparation

  09-12-2017 04:52
  NEW HAVEN - As Connecticut braces for the first snowstorm of the season, people were out and about getting everything they need before it hits especially those living by the shore.
  One of the busiest places Friday night was the supermarket.
  C-Town Supermarkets on Ferry Street in New Haven said they were more packed than usual. Shoppers said they needed to grab the essentials since Mother Nature may drop more snow than predicted.
  People like Days Beltran and her family are regulars at C-Town Sup
  
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• Man celebrated for rescuing rabbit from fire now faces backlash

  09-12-2017 04:45
  LOS ANGELES – A man caught on video rescuing a small rabbit from a blazing wildfire in California was hailed as a hero Thursday — but not by everybody, including experts who say it's debatable whether the rabbit even needed saving in the first place.
  Torie Bosch at Slate says risking the flames to grab the bunny was "a stupid thing to do" and sharing the man's story, possibly inspiring others to similar acts of animal rescue, is "irresponsible." Tosch says the man could have require
  
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• West Hartford prepares for first snow of the season

  09-12-2017 04:42
  WEST HARTFORD – Cities and towns across Connecticut are working hard to prepare for the first snow of the season, including West Hartford.
  The West Hartford Department of Public Works Street Department Manager Brian Mitchell said preparations begin months in advance.
  “We’ve been working on the routes, assigning the drivers,” Mitchell said. “Our fleet department has been going through the trucks making sure everything’s ready for snow operations.”
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• 3 arrested following Hartford search and seizure warrants

  09-12-2017 04:35
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  State police said Thursday they executed three narcotics-related search warrants on New Britain Avenue,  Sherbrook Drive and Flatbush Avenue in Hartford.
  “As a result of the search, detectives seized over $30,000.00 in u.s. currency, 13 cartons of untaxed cigarettes, 164 grams of heroin, 45 gr
  
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• UConn Blows by Depaul in Windy City

  09-12-2017 03:27
  By ANDREW SELIGMANAP Sports Writer
  CHICAGO (AP) _ Katie Lou Samuelson scored 20 points, Crystal Dangerfield had 18 and No. 1 UConn gave coach Geno Auriemma his 999th victory with a 103-69 rout of DePaul on Friday night.
  Auriemma is on the verge of joining fellow Hall of Famers Pat Summitt and Tara VanDerveer as the only Division I women’s basketball coaches to reach the 1,000-win mark after the Huskies (8-0) had their way with the Blue Demons (6-3).
  Samuelson led six players in double figu
  
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• Storm Hits South on Way to CT

  09-12-2017 03:14
  By JONATHAN LANDRUMAssociated Press
  ATLANTA (AP) _ Snowfall blanketed parts of the Deep South on Friday, delighting schoolchildren with an unexpected holiday but also reviving panicky memories for many adults of past storms that trapped commuters on interstates for hours.
  Businesses closed and commuters left work early as snow mixed with rain fell in downtown Atlanta, jamming traffic on slushy roads far ahead of the usual rush hour.
  “We’re surprised that this little snowfall would ca
  
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• Season’s Beating hits home for charity

  09-12-2017 02:31
  CANTON -- Kicking things up for charity is part of the plan at Sawyer's Martial Arts.
  The 27-year-old school invites martial artists of all levels and disciplines to train together while also raising money for charity in what has become an annual event appropriately called "Season's Beatings".
  Mark Sawyer, a 7th degree black belt in the art of Tang Soo Do, and the owner of the studio said, "for me it's about giving back. Over the years we've (donated) to Muscular Dystrophy, St. Jude's Hospital,
  
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• Do Men Listen to Movember’s Message?

  09-12-2017 02:14
  HARTFORD -- Another No-Shave November is in the books, and there are a lot of clean faces out there again, but what about clean bills of health?
  The biggest named men's health movement of the month is Movember, which started in Australia. It aims to reduce the number of men who die earlier than they should, from all causes. Movember raises a substantial amount of money - $60 million in 2016 - but it also encourages men to grow moustaches to raise awareness for men's health - especially male-spe
  
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• Police investigating 2 separate shootings in Hartford

  09-12-2017 02:11
  HARTFORD —  Police said two victims are in critical condition following two separate shootings Friday.
  Hartford police said the first shooting occurred around 11 a.m., following a report from CCMC where a victim was dropped off by private vehicle. Police said there was a witness that stayed at the hospital but eventually left.
  “The witness described walking south on Franklin Avenue when a vehicle pulled up to them and shot at them,” said police.
  Police added that the
  
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• 'This Is Just So Much Magic': Woman Inspires Huge Donations

  09-12-2017 01:56
  
  A Plainville woman is embodying the spirit of Christmas and proving that paying it forward really does inspire other people to do the same.
  
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• Hartford hoping for $45 million from new oversight board

  09-12-2017 01:01
  HARTFORD — The city of Hartford is preparing to seek about $45 million in assistance now that a new state oversight board is in place.
  Connecticut’s Municipal Accountability Review Board kicked off its first meeting on Friday. Created in the new state budget, the 11-member board was established to help financially distressed municipalities, such as Hartford, avoid insolvency and bankruptcy in exchange for greater accountability.
  Hartford City Treasurer Adam Cloud says Friday’s
  
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• Connecticut plow drivers prepare for Saturday’s snow

  09-12-2017 00:55
  HARTFORD --  Snow preparations ramped up Friday across the state ahead of Saturday’s anticipated snowfall.
  Connecticut’s DOT spent the day Friday loading up their trucks with road salt in preparations for their work to clear some 11,000 lane miles of state roads they are responsible for.
  Private snow plow contractors were also preparing for a busy weekend.
  “It is business, we look forward to it every single year it’s our primary source of income,” Ruben Olmeda
  
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• FIRST ALERT: Winter Storm Warning Issued For Parts of State

  09-12-2017 00:28
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are continuing to closely track a system that will bring accumulating snow to the state on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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