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• 800 Windsor residents without power after car crash

  25-12-2017 23:45
  WINDSOR — Almost eight hundred people were without power Monday afternoon until evening due to a tree taking down power lines.
  Around 1:50 p.m., police responded to a car accident on Poquonock Avenue. Police said the car struck a tree, which caused the tree to pull down power lines.
  An Eversource spokesman said that almost eight hundred people were initially without power but they hope to have all power restored by 6 p.m. tonight.
  No one was hurt in the injury and the cause of the crash is
  
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• Power Outages in Windsor Caused by Downed Tree

  25-12-2017 23:17 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Nearly 900 Eversource customers are without power Monday afternoon after a downed tree brought down electical wires.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Scrooge Scramble 5K Helping People in Need

  25-12-2017 22:32 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Snow didn’t stifle the Christmas spirit of dozens of runners in Vernon Monday. The Scrooge Scramble 5K is a big fundraiser to help people in need.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Woman Arrested and Charged Following Stabbing

  25-12-2017 22:00 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Stratford police responded to reports of a stabbing minutes from midnight on Christmas Eve.Photo Credit: Stratford Police Department
  
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• 1 woman arrested in connection with Stratford stabbing

  25-12-2017 20:47
  STRATFORD — One woman is in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly stabbing another person Sunday.
  Late on Christmas Eve, officers were sent by dispatch to Greenfield Avenue to reports of a stabbing.
  Police said that Karalyn Mikucionis, 27, arrived at the house, punched a woman in the face and then stabbed a man in the chest.
  Both victims were taken to Bridgeport Hospital. There was a child present at the house but was unharmed during the incindent.
  Mikucionis was charged with
  
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• Arrest Made In Christmas Eve Stabbing

  25-12-2017 20:25
  (STAMFORD,Conn./WTIC News) – Stamford Police have arrested a woman in connection with a Christmas Eve stabbing on Greenfield Avenue.
  Investigators say 27 year old Karalyn Mikucionis arrived at a home just before 11:30 pm, punched a female victim and then stabbed a male in the chest.
  Both victims were treated at Bridgeport Hospital.There was a child in the residence at the time , but was unharmed.
  Mikucionis has been charged with two counts of Assault, and one count each of Carrying Dangero
  
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• High Winds Through Christmas Evening

  25-12-2017 20:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are tracking snow for the morning hours and strong winds by this afternoon.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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• NBC CT Snow Photos From 2017's White Christmas

  25-12-2017 20:00 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
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• Public Asked To Comment On Connecticut Transportation Plan

  25-12-2017 19:51
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The public has an opportunity to comment on a long-range transportation plan for Connecticut.
  The Department of Transportation has scheduled two public information meetings at the agency’s headquarters in Newington on Jan. 16. A draft of the Connecticut Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan will be presented from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  Members of the public can also schedule appointments to review the plan at DOT&rs
  
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• Undefeated UConn Still Tops In AP Women’s Basketball Poll

  25-12-2017 19:43
  By DOUG FEINBERG  AP Basketball Writer
   NEW YORK (AP) _ Stanford’s 17-year run in the Top 25 is over.
  The Cardinal on Monday fell out of The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time since the 2001 season, ending a streak of 312 consecutive ranked weeks.
  The remarkable run started with the 2001-02 preseason poll and ended on Christmas. Stanford (6-6) lost at home last week to Western Illinois and Tennessee to fall to .500 on the season. Five of the Cardina
  
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• Yale Renews Help For Employees Buying Homes In New Haven

  25-12-2017 18:51
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale University program that helps employees buy homes in designated areas of New Haven has been extended through 2019.
  Yale says a total of 1,221 faculty and staff members have taken advantage of the program. It was introduced in 1994 to help boost some of the less affluent neighborhoods in its home city.
  Yale trustees voted at a meeting this month to renew the program for another two-year phase.
  The program offers a $5,000 first-year bonus and an annual $2,500
  
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• Your Snow Photos From a White Christmas 2017

  25-12-2017 18:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Photo Credit: Tim Cunningham
  
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• Scrooge Scramble 5K in Vernon Goes on Despite Snow

  25-12-2017 18:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
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• Manchester Police Help Santa Deliver Christmas Presents

  25-12-2017 17:56 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year for giving and people in Manchester are making sure every child has a gift this Christmas.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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• Scrooge Scramble 5K Takes Place In Vernon Despite Snow

  25-12-2017 17:44 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Despite the snow, the popular Scrooge Scramble benefiting local charitable causes got underway in Vernon.
  
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• First Alert Weather Coverage 11AM Monday

  25-12-2017 17:31 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A look at conditions around the state at 11AM on Christmas Day.
  
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• Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny barred from entering presidential race

  25-12-2017 17:14
  MOSCOW — Russian officials barred activist Alexey Navalny from entering the country’s presidential race a day after he held nomination gatherings to kick off his run, according to state-run media outlet RIA-Novosti.
  Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) rejected Navalny’s registration the day after he submitted it, citing a previous embezzlement conviction, RIA-Novosti reported.
  “Firstly, a citizen who has been sentenced to imprisonment for committing
  
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• Pope prays for two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  25-12-2017 16:34
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  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis used his annual Christmas Day message to pray for a peaceful two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  Speaking just days after members of the United Nations condemned US President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the Pope prayed for the “peaceful coexistence of two states within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders.”
  “We see Jesus in the children of
  
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• Woman dies after she was hit by car on way to Christmas Mass

  25-12-2017 15:50
  NORTH PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Police in Suffolk County on Long Island say a 70-year-old woman walking to Christmas Mass in North Patchogue has died after a car struck her.
  Police said Barbara Rizzi was struck shortly after midnight Monday as she crossed North Ocean Avenue.
  Authorities say she was heading to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in North Patchogue when the 2016 Nissan four-door sedan hit her.
  She was pronounced dead after a North Patchogue rescue squad took her to Brookhaven Memorial H
  
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• College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news

  25-12-2017 15:42
  NEW HAVEN — A team of college students has come up with an internet browser plug-in that identifies fake and biased news stories and then steers the user to alternative articles.
  “Open Mind” was created this month as an extension for Google’s Chrome browser during a problem-solving competition known as a hackathon at Yale University.
  The four-member team comprised of students from Yale, the California Institute of Technology and Waterloo University in Ontario won a challe
  
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• What Stores Are Open Christmas Day?

  25-12-2017 15:22 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Only a handful of retailers will actually be open on Christmas Day with most closing for the holiday Monday. But a number of stores will be open Dec. 23 and Christmas Eve for shoppers.
  
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• CSP Holiday Traffic Enforcement Detail Continues

  25-12-2017 14:25
  (Middletown, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The holiday traffic enforcement detail employed by State Police continues.
  As of 7:30 this morning, troopers had reported 329 crashes, 38 with injury.
  There have been no fatalities thus far.
  Troopers had written 303 speeding citations, 11 for not wearing seatbelts and another 686 for various other infractions like unsafe lane changes, following too close and cell phone use behind the wheel.
  In addition, State Police had logged 23 arrests for DUI.
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• Police investigating after car stolen with child inside

  25-12-2017 12:29
  HARTFORD — Hartford Police are investigating after a person stole a car with a child inside.
  On Sunday, around 6 p.m., a woman called 911 to report her car stolen. She was inside the laundromat at 1880 Main Street to wash clothes. While she was inside, she left her one-year-nephew inside the running car with the heat on. She told police that she could see her car as she took her clothes out, but then she looked back up and noticed her car was gone.
  Officers immediately responded. Surr
  
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• Car Stolen With Child Inside on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2017 12:24
  (Hartford, CONN. / CBS Connecticut)– A car was stolen from a Hartford laundromat with a child inside on Christmas Eve, according to police.
  A woman left her one-year old nephew sleeping in the car when she went into the laundromat at 1880 Main Street to wash clothes around 6 p.m. As she took her clothes out and looked up, the car was gone. She immediately called police, who tracked down the car with the unharmed child inside at 101 Pliny Street about 40 minutes later.
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• Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem, president says

  25-12-2017 11:44
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  GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala plans to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on his official Facebook account on Sunday.
  Morales said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and instructed Guatemala’s foreign ministry to “initiate the process to make it possible.”
  Guatemala, the United States, Israel and six smaller nations voted against a United Nations resolution to condemn US President Don
  
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• Pope speaks out for immigrants in Christmas Eve message

  25-12-2017 11:26
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  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a strong defense of immigration in his Christmas Eve mass Sunday, saying faith demands foreigners be welcomed, even as support for far-right parties has risen in Europe.
  Mary and Joseph, he said, were immigrants, who struggled to find a safe place to stay in Bethlehem.
  “They had to leave their people, their home and their land,” Francis told an audience at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. “This was no comfortab
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory: Snow Christmas morning; cold rushes in for the week

  25-12-2017 10:47
  ‘Twas the forecast for Christmas, and the snow came on down,
  wrapping up around midmorning for all of Connecticut’s towns.
  The snow was impressive, off to the North and West
  where Santa brought a White Christmas, and 2-5” of new snow at best.
  But down to the shore, along came a clattering,
  with a lot less snow, mainly a mix, and the sound of rain was a-pattering.
  Highs in the 30s on Monday, with more cold temps in sight,
  with teens and 20s all week, I wish you all much warmer
  
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• After a white Christmas, bitter cold this week

  25-12-2017 10:47
  There is a chance for an isolated flurry through this evening but the big story is gusty breeze tonight and the bitter cold that will follow in the days ahead.
  Tomorrow will be sunny, brisk and colder with highs in the mid 20s to near 30 degrees. Think that sounds cold? High temperatures will only be in the 10s for a few days this week with low temperatures in the single digits to near 0! Most of the time will be dry and sunny though with a quiet stretch ahead.
  Then all eyes turn to Saturday wit
  
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• Share61: Merry Christmas to all!

  25-12-2017 10:34
  Santa Claus is coming to town; A white Christmas surrounds our houses; Children happy with their haul from Santa; A full roast in the oven!
  You have any amazing Christmas pictures? Send us your holiday cheer and we’ll display them in our gallery and some might even make it to air on the FOX61 news!
  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 sub
  
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• Old Saybrook fire crews battle Christmas Eve fire

  25-12-2017 10:17
  OLD SAYBROOK — The Old Saybrook Fire Department was dispatched at 10:18 p.m. to a home at Pettipaug Avenue in the Fenwick section of town. A fire alarm had gone off, as well as a report of smoke.
  When crews arrived, fire was found in the walls adjacent to the chimney from the first to third floors.
  No injuries were reported. Six people were in the home, including three dogs. They had to relocate due to the damage in the house.
  Mutual aid was brought in from surrounding towns including Clin
  
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• Police arrest woman 6 months after crash that killed Enfield man

  25-12-2017 04:54
  NORWICH – Nearly six months after a deadly crash in Norwich, Connecticut State Police have made an arrest.
  The June 25th crash killed 25 year old Benjamin St. Pierre of Enfield.  Today police arrested 23-year old Victoria Berube of Suffield. They say she was driving the car that St. Pierre was in, heading north on I-395 when she struck another vehicle, crossed over two travel lanes and went through a metal rail and crashed into a cement bridge support.
  Berube faces seven different cha
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: New England’s Huge Second Half Opens Things Up For Blowout Of Bills

  25-12-2017 03:38
  By Danny Cox
  The New England Patriots headed into Christmas Eve with a playoff spot and the division already locked up, but there was still a great deal on the line for them against the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo, on the other hand, was playing for their playoff lives and that was completely obvious, but only for one half. As halftime came and went, the Bills faded away and the Pats opened things up for a 37-16 rout to help secure a first-round bye.
  Offense: A
  Things looked rather rough early on for
  
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• Fitz Has A Big Day, Cardinals Get First Shutout In 25 Years

  25-12-2017 03:23
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Eli Manning’s first trip to University of Phoenix Stadium was one of the highlights of his career.
  His latest — and possibly last — was a desert dud.
  Manning had three turnovers and the sputtering New York Giants were shut out for the first time since 2014 in an ugly 23-0 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
  “We didn’t convert on third down or score any points, so I didn’t play well enough,” said Manning, who was interce
  
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