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• 1 Dead After Truck Crashes Into House in Hampton

  26-12-2017 23:42
  
  One person is dead after a pickup crashed into a house in Hampton Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Teen Charged In Sexual Assault Of Child

  26-12-2017 23:11
  (HAMDEN,Conn./WTIC News) – An investigation into a sexual assault complaint in August in Hamden has resulted in the arrest of a teen.Police say the investigation revealed a 14 year old sexually assaulted a victim under 10 years old.
  The teen was arrested Tuesday and charged with Sexual Assault in the First Degree and Risk of Injury to a Minor.
  The accused is scheduled to appear in Juvenile Court in Bridgeport on January 9th.
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for 77-Year-Old in Manchester

  26-12-2017 23:09
  
  A silver alert has been issued for a 77-year-old man from Manchester.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Bitter cold moves in for the week

  26-12-2017 23:03
  Today 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 with a coastal storm nearby. Right now odds favor a little snow but there is still a big range in possibilities including a total miss (dry weather) and a significan
  
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• PD: Man found following 2-car crash in New Haven

  26-12-2017 22:49
  NEW HAVEN —  State police said they have located a suspect who was involved in a two vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon.
  State police said they found Christopher Villot, 21, of New Haven who was wanted following a search in connection to the crash. Police said around 12:19 p.m., Villot was driving northbound on Route 10 (Ella T. Grasso Boulevard) approaching the intersection with Route 34 (Derby Avenue).
  Police said Villot’s car collided with another car at the intersecti
  
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• Man wanted following car crash in West Haven

  26-12-2017 22:49
  WEST HAVEN —  Police said a man is on the run following an accident in the area of Boston Post Road and Marginal Drive Tuesday afternoon.
  West Haven police said they attempted to stop a vehicle which then fled north on Ella Grasso Boulevard, and crashed into another vehicle near Ella Grasso Boulevard and Derby Avenue.
  Injuries have been reported to the occupants of the two vehicles, police said.
  The evading operator fled the scene on foot and police are still attempting to locate him.
  
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• Documents to remain sealed in lawsuit over mystery deaths

  26-12-2017 22:13
  CONCORD, N.H.  — A New Hampshire judge has ruled that several documents can remain sealed in a lawsuit that aims to prevent a Vermont man from inheriting money fr the millionaire grandfather the family says he killed.
  The order was issued Friday in connection with a July lawsuit accusing Nathan Carman of being responsible for the 2013 death of John Chakalos.
  The family argued unsealing certain documents would impede the investigation into Nathan Carmen.
  They also allege Carman killed
  
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• Malloy activates cold weather protocol as frigid temps loom

  26-12-2017 22:11
  HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is activating Connecticut’s severe cold weather protocol, which requires various agencies to work with United Way 2-1-1 and the state’s network of homeless shelters to make sure vulnerable people are protected from the cold.
  The Democrat says the protocol will take effect Tuesday and continue through Jan. 2. Overnight temperatures are predicted to drop into the single digits over the coming week, with sub-zero wind chills in the forecast.
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• ‘Sound of Music’ star Heather Menzies Urich dies at 68

  26-12-2017 22:01
  HOLLYWOOD —  More than 50 years after her star turn in “The Sound of Music,” actress Heather Menzies Urich has died of brain cancer, her son told CNN. She was 68 years old.
  Menzies Urich played Louisa von Trapp in the classic 1965 movie, alongside six other “von Trapp children.”
  She was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme about a month ago, and her health declined rapidly, her son Ryan Urich said.
  He said his mother died Sunday, surrounded by loved
  
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• Pickup Truck Hits House, One Person Dead

  26-12-2017 21:38
  (CBS Connecticut) — One person is dead after a crash this afternoon.
  State Police Trooper Kelly Grant says a vehicle went off of Route 6 in Hampton.
  “At 465 Hartford Turnpike, also known as Route 6 in Hampton, troopers and EMS responded to a pickup truck versus house [collision],” Grant said.
  The accident took place about 12:40 pm near the intersection with North Brook Street and South Brook Road.
  Route 6 is closed in Hampton.
  
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• Keidel: Chiefs Firing On All Cylinders As Postseason Nears

  26-12-2017 21:13
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s rarely a good time when a team from a tropical climate travels north in December, especially around Christmas, when the frigid wind, brick-hard field, and rabid fans join forces. Like Sunday, when the Miami Dolphins (6-9) ambled up to Kansas City to play the Chiefs (9-6), which doubled as a 29-13 slaughter in the meat locker of Arrowhead Stadium; and the official end of Miami’s paper-thin playoff hopes.
  It’s not just a tale of two cities or two teams. The C
  
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• 1 person dead after pick-up truck crashes into house in Hampton

  26-12-2017 20:56
  HAMPTON — One person is dead after a pick-up truck struck a house.
  Police said that at 12:40 p.m., officers responded to 45 Hartford Turnpike.
  Route 6 has been closed as State Police investigate.
  FOX61 has a crew on its way and will have more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• Cold Weather Protocol

  26-12-2017 20:37
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is activating Connecticut’s severe cold weather protocol, which requires various agencies to work with United Way 2-1-1 and the state’s network of homeless shelters to make sure vulnerable people are protected from the cold.
  The Democrat says the protocol will take effect Tuesday and continue through Jan. 2. Overnight temperatures are predicted to drop into the single digits over the coming week, with sub-zero wind chills in the fore
  
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• Morgan Stanley: Bitcoin May Actually Be Worth $0

  26-12-2017 20:23
  CBS Local — A top financial services firm is making the case that, despite soaring stock prices, the popular digital currency Bitcoin may actually be worth nothing at all.
  Morgan Stanley executive director James Faucette has reportedly sent a memo to his group’s clients that suggested the true value of Bitcoin was $0.00. Faucette’s team of analysts argue that not only is Bitcoin hard to equate to real world money, less online retailers are accepting the cryptocurrency
  
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• Police Pursuit Ends in Crash in New Haven

  26-12-2017 20:07
  
  A police pursuit that began in West Haven has ended in a serious crash in New Haven.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Best Christmas Day Performances in NBA History

  26-12-2017 19:35
  by Rob Joyce
  For seven decades NBA games on Christmas Day have been a tradition, with an opportunity for the league’s best teams and players to shine on a national spotlight. The 2017 edition was no different, with the Warriors and Cavaliers going down to the wire (did Kevin Durant foul LeBron James?) and Russell Westbrook and the Thunder outlasting James Harden and the Rockets, among other games.
  Individually, the performance of the day arguably went to… Enes Kanter? In a loss to t
  
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• Bitter Cold Moves In; Severe Weather Protocol Activated

  26-12-2017 19:33
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists say we're in for some frigid temperatures in the coming days.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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• Arrest Warrant Unsealed in New London Sexual Assault Cases

  26-12-2017 19:32
  
  Newly released documents have revealed new details in the case of a man accused of breaking into apartments and sexually women in New London.Photo Credit: New London Police
  
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• Army Veteran Reunited With Stolen Dog In Time For Christmas

  26-12-2017 19:27
  CBS Local — An Army veteran in Oklahoma was reunited with his missing dog just in time for Christmas. The dog, found on Christmas Eve, was missing for nearly a week after her owner’s house was burglarized on Dec. 20.
  “It appeared that they were going to steal my valuables, however they ended up only taking my beautiful dog,” veteran Geoff Hoffman wrote on his Facebook page after the crime. A frantic search for Bridget, the three-year-old pit bull, began as local anim
  
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• Review To Check If State Employees Are Getting Required Harassment Training

  26-12-2017 19:21
  (CBS Connecticut) — The governor today ordered a review of the state’s workplace sexual harassment policies.
  Governor Dannel Malloy signed an executive order instructing the Department of Administrative Services to review Connecticut’s sexual harassment procedures that apply to state employees.
  The order asks the department to check if anti-harassment training required under state law is actually being completed.
  In a written statement, Malloy says the move was prompted by shoc
  
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• Life-Threatening Injuries Reported After Truck Hits House

  26-12-2017 19:13
  
  Life-threatening injuries have been reported after a pickup crashed into a house in Hampton Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Waterbury teens arrested after stolen car in Weston crashes into Westport police cruiser

  26-12-2017 18:57
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  A car stolen from Weston Saturday hit a cruiser early Tuesday morning on Harbor Road near Duck Pond by stolen vehicle.
  Five suspects jumped out of the car and ran away into the neighborhood.
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• Stores Hope for Post-Holiday Shopping Rush

  26-12-2017 18:43
  
  The holiday shopping might be over, but stores are still expected to be jam-packed this week, with people returning unwanted items and using their new gift cards.
  
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• Another Busy Travel Day Expected at Airports

  26-12-2017 18:36
  
  The busy holiday travel season continued Tuesday after a brief respite for Christmas.
  
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• Man Publicly Shames ‘Grinch’ Who Stole Christmas Display

  26-12-2017 18:11
  CBS Local — A Texas homeowner is getting back at a real life “Grinch” by turning the crook into the main attraction of his family’s Christmas light display.
  Around 3 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Ken Lamkin’s security cameras at his San Antonio home caught the thief unplugging and stealing a fog machine and inflatable reindeer display.
  “He was so slow and methodical, that’s what reminded us of the story of the Grinch,” Lamkin told KENS-TV.
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• Christmas Morning fire injures 2, destroys Fairfield home

  26-12-2017 18:04
  FAIRFIELD — A 3-alarm fire that broke out on Christmas injured 2 people and destroyed a family’s home.
  Fairfield Fire Department officials said that on Monday at around 3:30 a.m., they got a call of a house on fire at 459 Morehouse Lane in the Southport section of Fairfield.
  The caller told them that there was a fire in the house and that all the occupants had escaped. During the families’ escape, one occupant jumped from a second floor window, sustaining minor injuries.
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• Retailers Celebrate Record $598 Billion In Spending During Holiday Season

  26-12-2017 17:59
  CBS Local — U.S. retailers had a holly, jolly Christmas after taking in a record $598 billion dollars this holiday season. The boost in sales is being hailed as a good sign for both sellers and shoppers, who were willing to spend more this year.
  “This is literally the best season since before the recession,” business owner Craig Johnson told CBS News. Johnson’s retail analysis company credits 2017’s spending boom with lower unemployment and a soaring stock mark
  
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• Updated Stats From CSP Holiday Enforcement

  26-12-2017 17:54
  (Middletown, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Police have released the latest figures from their holiday traffic enforcement detail which ends at midnight.
  Of the 406 crashes investigated, there were 47 with injury but no fatalities.
  Troopers say there’d been over 54-hundred total calls for service.
  In addition, they’ve written 347 speeding citations, 11 for seat belt violations, and over 700 for other moving violations such as unsafe lane changes and texting behind the wheel.
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• North Carolina high school QB finds a home with his coach

  26-12-2017 17:33
  A quarterback sprinting 95 yards for a touchdown in the final minutes to help win a high school state championship is legendary on its own.
  Guiding his team to its first North Carolina state title in more than 60 years is also impressive.
  Especially when the team, just two years ago, won only one game and had barely enough players to fill a roster.
  Especially when two years ago, the quarterback was constantly finding a new place to live and was really struggling in the classroom.
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• Trump hits the links in Florida for the holiday

  26-12-2017 17:27
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  President Donald Trump is playing golf with one current and one former PGA player and a sitting U.S. senator.
  Trump went to his private golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday after spending Christmas with family at his estate in nearby Palm Beach.
  The White House says pro golfer Bryson DeChambeau and former Senior PGA player Dana Quigley joined Trump at the Trump International Golf Club.
  Republican David Perdue, the junior U.S. senator from Georgia, is rounding out Trump&r
  
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• 5 Arrested After Stolen Car Crashes Into Police Cruiser

  26-12-2017 17:22
  WESTPORT, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Westport police say five people were arrested after a stolen car crashed into a police cruiser while an officer was looking for the suspects.
  Police say the officer responded to a neighborhood along Long Island Sound to reports of possible burglary suspects at about 5 a.m. Tuesday when his cruiser was struck by the stolen car. The officer went to the hospital briefly but returned to the scene to help catch the suspects.
  Authorities say the suspects abandoned
  
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• 2 Injured in Fairfield House Fire on Christmas Morning

  26-12-2017 16:41
  
  A person jumped from a second-story window to escape a fire at a home in Fairfield early Christmas morning.Photo Credit: Fairfield Fire Department
  
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• Jamie Lynn Spears pregnant with second child

  26-12-2017 16:37
  LOUISIANA — It’s been a rough year for Jamie Lynn Spears, but she’s ending it on a high note.
  The singer/songwriter and younger sister of pop star Britney Spears has announced she is expecting.
  “Looks like we are starting off 2018 with another big milestone…sooo happy to announce that Maddie is FINALLY going to be a big sister,” the younger Spears wrote in a caption on a photo of her, husband Jamie Watson and her daughter Maddie.
  Spears can be seen sporting w
  
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• Got tips? Hurry! They’re still worth $10M to robbed museum

  26-12-2017 16:31
  BOSTON — A hot tip could still earn you a cool $10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces, but you’d better hurry.
  Midnight Dec. 31 is the deadline to collect a doubled reward being offered for information leading to the recovery of 13 works worth an estimated $500 million. The paintings stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum include works by Degas, Manet, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
  So far there haven’t been any takers. Th
  
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• Naugatuck Police Seek Burglary Suspect

  26-12-2017 16:12
  
  Naugatuck police are asking for the public’s help to identify a burglary suspect.Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police Department
  
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• Naugatuck police search for suspect who burglarized restaurant

  26-12-2017 16:09
  NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck Police are looking for a person they say burglarized a restaurant.
  Police say the person burglarized the Station Restaurant in Naugatuck in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve.Anyone with information on this individual is asked to contact the Naugatuck PD at 203-729-5221 or the NPD Confidential Tip Line at 203-720-1010.
  
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• Connecticut holiday travel by the numbers

  26-12-2017 16:05
  HARTFORD — Maybe thanks to the weather, maybe drivers were just more careful on the road this year but the number of incidents that State Police responded to was down this year over the holiday compared to 2016.
  The numbers span between December 22nd to December 26t.
  This year, State Police responded to 406 accidents compared to 579 last year.
  No fatalities from accidents were reported this year, compared to 4 fatalities last year.
  There were 24 DUI arrests this year compared to 47 last ye
  
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• Fire Breaks Out In Fairfield Home

  26-12-2017 16:01
  (Fairfield, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – An early morning fire in Fairfield sent two people to the hospital.
  The call came in around 3:30 to a home on Morehouse Lane in the Southport section of town.
  Fire officials say seven people were asleep inside at the time but escaped. Two were sent to the hospital with minor injuries, one of whom jumped from a second-story window.
  Fairfield firefighters were assisted by firefighters from Westport while the Bridgeport Fire Department provided station cov
  
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• After A White Christmas, New England Braces For Bitter Cold

  26-12-2017 15:43
  BOSTON (AP) — The storm that gave New England a white Christmas is giving way to bitter cold.
  The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories for parts of northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Tuesday, saying frostbite was possible with as little as 30 minutes of exposure.
  Daytime temperatures in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are not expected to rise out of the 20s all week.
  New England returned to normal after Monday’s storm brought up to 7 inches of
  
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• 3 Hurt in Serious Crash on Route 8 in Harwinton

  26-12-2017 15:22
  
  Route 8 is back open in Harwinton after a serious crash Christmas night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Twitter split on how to actually slice toast

  26-12-2017 15:14
  Once again, another tweet has been created begging us for our opinions on stuff we never give a second thought.
  This time: How do you slice your toast?
  A tweet put forth by the Sheffield Hallam Unversity in England showed three different ways of cutting toast: Diagonal, widthwise, and lengthwise.
  Which way would you prefer our staff to do you toast at the end of a night?! pic.twitter.com/QKLUb5uX5x
  — hallamnation(@hallamnation) December 9, 2017Make a tweet about toast, the opinio
  
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• CT Water Warns of Fake Checks Bearing Company's Name

  26-12-2017 14:34
  
  Connecticut Water is warning consumers about a scam involving checks with the company’s name on them.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Cardinals’ Fitzgerald writes Christmas tribute to John McCain

  26-12-2017 14:34
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  Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald paid a Christmas tribute to Sen. John McCain in an open letter, offering prayers for the Arizona Republican, who is battling brain cancer.
  In the letter, which was published by Sports Illustrated, Fitzgerald recalls a 2013 visit to Vietnam, where he toured the places where McCain was tortured as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. As the letter notes, McCain spent six Christmases as a POW.
  “I saw the very jail cell whe
  
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• Chinese firm clones gene-edited dog in bid to treat cardiovascular disease

  26-12-2017 14:29
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  CHINA — With his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting disorder since birth — exactly what scientists in China had wanted.
  The pup was cloned from Apple, a different dog whose genome was edited to develop the disease atherosclerosis.
  With that genetic information now coded in, the disease — a leading cause of stroke and heart sickness — was passed along to Longlong, who scientists w
  
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• People call 911 after seeing ‘dummy’ hanging Christmas lights dangling from roof

  26-12-2017 14:24
  BOULDER, Colorado -- There are Christmas decorations. Then, there are Christmas exclamations.
  At the corner of Forest & 11th, in Boulder, if you do a double-take, you are not alone.
  In fact, your first reaction might be to call for help.
  Which, is exactly what happened Thursday.
  Police, firefighters and paramedics showed up outside Chris Olson's Newlands neighborhood home.
  What they soon realized was the dude dangling from the eave, is just a dummy.
  The brains behind the "Clark Griswold" (f
  
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• Oklahoma veteran reunites with stolen dog

  26-12-2017 14:17
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR)  - A military veteran has been reunited with his dog.
  Wednesday, Geoff Hoffman's home was broken into in Jones. It looks like thieves were about to take his TV but instead abducted his best friend, 3-year-old pit bull Bridget.
  Quickly, Hoffman and his friends jumped into action, posting signs and putting up posts on social media.
  The efforts paid off. At 6:30 Sunday morning, Hoffman's girlfriend found Bridget on a country road miles from her home.
  "Bridget didn’t
  
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• Connecticut awarding $31 million for affordable housing

  26-12-2017 14:12
  HARTFORD — The state of Connecticut is awarding more than $31 million to 10 communities across the state to help with affordable housing projects.
  The funding is being issued to Ellington, Hartford, Manchester, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Suffield, Trumbull, Wallingford and Westbrook. The money comes from several grant programs started under Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration.
  Malloy says affordable housing policies make Connecticut a more attractive place to live an
  
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• United Airlines apologizes to passenger who says US Representative got her seat

  26-12-2017 14:02
  HOUSTON  — United Airlines has apologized and given a $500 travel voucher to a passenger who accused the airline of giving her first-class seat to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat.
  An airline spokeswoman said Monday that its internal systems show the passenger, Jean-Marie Simon, canceled her Dec. 18 seat from Houston to Washington, D.C. after a weather delay.Simon denies that she canceled the flight. She was given a seat in Economy Plus on the flight, and told the Hous
  
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• WATCH: Minor league baseball player pays off parents’ mortage

  26-12-2017 13:59
  PHOENIX, AZ (WJW) — You probably don’t know his name, at least not yet. But Pavin Smith did something most 21-year-olds can’t do. He paid off his parents mortgage.
  Smith, who signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks back in June, tweeted a video of his parents learning of the surprise.
  He wrote, “Thank you for everything you have done for me! This doesn’t make up for any of it. Love you both so much. Our home is finally all YOURS. Merry Christmas!”
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• President Trump predicts GOP and Dems will agree on health care plan

  26-12-2017 13:37
  PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump is predicting that Democrats and Republicans will “eventually come together “on a new health care plan for the country.
  Sending a Twitter post early Tuesday from his Florida resort, Trump said “the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate has been terminated as part of our Tax Cut Bill, which essentially Repeals (over time) Obamacare.”
  Much of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act remains intact, however, a
  
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