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• Whiting Forensic to Separate From CVH: Governor

  02-01-2018 23:54 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Governor Dannel Malloy has announced changes he said will improve patient care at the state's maximum security mental hospital.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Eating Apples And Tomatoes May Heal Smoker’s Lungs, Study Says

  02-01-2018 23:44
  CBS Local — People whose New Year’s resolution was to quit smoking are getting some new diet advise as well. A new study says that eating apples and tomatoes may be the key to reversing the damage done to a smoker’s lungs.
  According to a decade-long study of ex-smokers in Europe, people who quit and ate at least two tomatoes or three servings of apples every day had stronger lung function than participants who only had one serving per day. Researchers from the Johns H
  
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• Malloy Signs Order To Make Whiting A Stand-Alone Hospital

  02-01-2018 23:39
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is using his executive powers to change the structure of Connecticut’s only maximum-security hospital following allegations of abuse by staff members.
  The Democrat announced Tuesday he signed an order separating the Whiting Forensic Division from Connecticut Valley Hospital — a state-run psychiatric hospital in Middletown. That means there will now be a distinct entity known as Whiting Forensic Hospital.
  Thirty-seven employees have
  
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• First the Cold, Now New England Bracing For Snow

  02-01-2018 23:36
  BOSTON (AP) — If the bitter cold wasn’t enough, much of New England is now bracing for a potential snowstorm.
  The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch beginning late Wednesday and continuing through the day on Thursday for an area stretching from coastal Maine to eastern Connecticut.
  A coastal flood watch has also been issued for Thursday.
  Forecasters say up to a foot of snow could fall in some portions of New England with strong winds and blizzard conditions pos
  
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• Ray Lewis Weighs In On NFC Wildcard Weekend

  02-01-2018 22:46
  By Matt Citak
  The 2017 NFL regular season has come to an end, which means it’s time for playoff football. This year’s NFC Wildcard Weekend consists of two great matchups, starting on Saturday when the Falcons travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams, and finishing on Sunday with the Saints welcoming the Panthers to New Orleans for their third meeting in the last few months.
  The Rams were one of the NFL’s biggest surprises this season. After going 4-12 and finishing third in th
  
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• Patrick Stewart Enjoys White Clam Pizza at Pepe's in New Haven

  02-01-2018 22:43 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Patrick Stewart walked into the famous Frank Pepe's pizzeria in New Haven on Tuesday.Photo Credit: Gary Bimonte
  
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• Woman Hit By Car in Stamford Has Died: Police

  02-01-2018 22:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 59-year-old Fairfield woman has died after she was hit by a vehicle in Stamford on Tuesday morning, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting Outside Courthouse in Waterbury

  02-01-2018 21:24 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A man was shot outside the Superior Courthouse in Waterbury Tuesday morning and police are searching for the shooter.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Torch Thawing Pipes Might Have Started Simsbury Fire

  02-01-2018 21:15 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Firefighters believe a plumbers torch being used to thaw pipes caused the fire at Meadow Apartments on Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury that killed two birds and displaced six people Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Waterbury Mayor To Lead Connecticut Municipal Organization

  02-01-2018 21:00
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary will lead the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, the state’s largest association of cities and towns, in the new year.
  The Democrat has been elected president of the organization for 2018. He previously served as a vice president for the group.
  Joe DeLong, CCM’s executive director, says the organization is “fortunate to have such an experienced mayor” to lead the 166 member communities. He predicts O&
  
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• West Hartford School Dismissed Early After Water Main Break

  02-01-2018 20:44 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A break in an 8-inch water main on Webster Hill Boulevard in West Hartford, near Webster Hill Elementary School, led to school dismissing early because of it Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Malloy Extends Cold Weather Protocol

  02-01-2018 20:37
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he’s extending Connecticut’s severe cold weather protocol, which requires agencies to work with United Way 2-1-1 and the state’s network of homeless shelters to make sure people are protected from the frigid temperatures.
  The Democrat announced Tuesday the system he activated last week will be in place through 5 p.m. next Monday, given the continuing forecast of bitter cold.
  Malloy says Connecticut must take precautions to
  
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• Cold Delays School, Wreaks Havoc on Morning Routines Tuesday

  02-01-2018 20:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  With the holiday week over people across Connecticut are slipping back into their regular routines, but this cold weather is making that more difficult than usual.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Mashantucket Pequots Swear In New Tribal Councilors

  02-01-2018 20:15
  MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — The tribe that owns and operates the Foxwoods Resort Casino has sworn in two new members of its leadership council.
  The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s annual inauguration ceremony on Tuesday marked the start of the first terms for Matthew Pearson and Latoya Cluff.
  A bible written in the mid-1600s in an Algonquin language was used during the ceremony.
  The Tribal Council includes a total of seven elected officials who serve three-year terms.
  Cluff has w
  
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• Shawn Marion: ‘The Amazing Race Is A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity’

  02-01-2018 20:06
  Shawn Marion’s NBA career was defined by the championship he won in Dallas, his unorthodox shooting style and his nickname “The Matrix.” Marion earned the nickname early in his career because of his versatility. The 16 year NBA veteran will be putting his versatility on display in a whole new way in 2018, as he’s teamed up with former NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos on the 30th season of “The Amazing Race.”
  Marion chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about
  
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• Trinity College Campus Crash Victim Identified

  02-01-2018 19:38
  (CBS Connecticut) — Hartford Police today identified a 22-year-old man killed in a crash at Trinity College.
  Hector Rios-Acevedo of Hartford died when the Toyota Matrix he was driving hit a heavy brick column at the campus.
  Part of the column toppled over.
  First responders were called to Summit Street and New Britain Avenue about 3 am on New Year’s Day.
  Two passengers, 21-year-old Natasha Cruz and a 12-year-old whose name was not released were taken to the hospital after the crash.
  T
  
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• First Blue Moon Total Eclipse In 150 Years Coming On Jan. 31

  02-01-2018 19:28
  CBS Local — The world was treated to a stellar show to start 2018 as the year’s first supermoon appeared on New Year’s Day. Now sky watchers are preparing for an even more rare event this month: a blue moon total lunar eclipse.
  The month’s second full moon on Jan. 31 is known as a blue moon. The event will coincide with a total lunar eclipse, which is called a “blood moon” because of the reddish color people see during the eclipse. The rare combo of lunar
  
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• ‘Time Travel’ Flights Take Off In 2018, Land In 2017

  02-01-2018 19:26
  CBS Local — Usually, a delayed flight is anything but a cause for celebration. On New Year’s Eve, however, when Hawaiian Airlines flight HA446 from Auckland to Honolulu was delayed 10 minutes until 12:05 a.m., Jan. 1, it ensured that the plane’s passengers would be celebrating New Year’s Eve 2017 twice thanks to the 23-hour time difference between the arrival and destination airport.
  Auckland, New Zealand, is just west of the International Date Line, while Honol
  
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• Police ID Man Who Died in Crash Near Trinity College

  02-01-2018 19:18 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating a fatal crash in Hartford after a man crashed into a pillar at the entrance of Trinity College early Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Reward Offered in Search for New Haven Bank Robbery Suspect

  02-01-2018 19:16 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  New Haven police are searching for a suspect accused of robbing the Liberty Bank branch on College Street Tuesday.Photo Credit: New Haven Police Department
  
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• Hartford police investigating after dog’s death after being left out in the cold

  02-01-2018 19:09
  HARTFORD — Police are investigating after a dog left out in the cold was found dead Monday.
  Police said a concerned citizen reported a dog that was left out in the cold at 108 Adams St. Officers found the dog frozen in the back yard.
  Officials said there were no protective measures provided for the animal. Police said the occupant was cooperating and they expect to file animal cruelty charges against the officer.
   
  
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• Joey Chestnut Discusses His Experience On “The Amazing Race”

  02-01-2018 19:05
  World champion competitive eater Joey Chestnut is the ultimate problem solver. He’s figured out how to eat 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes and how to consume over 140 hard boiled eggs in eight minutes. Chestnut’s next challenge will be trying to win “The Amazing Race” on CBS. The 10x Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion will compete alongside fellow competitive eater Tim “Eater X” Janus in the 30th season of the show. This opportunity combines two of Chest
  
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• Keidel: Black Monday In The NFL

  02-01-2018 19:03
  By Jason Keidel
  For a few NFL head coaches, there was nothing happy about New Year’s Day.
  It’s either ironic or just plain ugly that Black Monday — the most professionally gruesome day on the football calendar, which italicizes the NFL’s haunting acronym, Not For Long — came on one of our more celebrated holidays. In the 1980s, the average tenure of an NFL coach was around 8.5 years. Now it’s barely more than three years.
  So let’s run down the newly unem
  
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• Governor Extends State’s Severe Cold Weather Through Monday

  02-01-2018 19:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  We’ve been dealing with frigid temperatures and the governor is extending the state’s Severe Cold Weather protocol through 5 p.m. Monday as bitter cold continues.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Three arrested after attempted break-in at Richard Childress’ home

  02-01-2018 18:57
  DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — Three men have been arrested for trying to break into Richard Childress’ home in mid-December, according to a press release.
  According to WGHP, Childress, owner of Richard Childress Racing, heard a crash at a door on the lower level of his Davidson County home at about 10:45 p.m. on Dec. 17.
  Childress armed himself with a handgun and went to investigate. He fired shots at the armed suspects, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• Malloy extends state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol

  02-01-2018 18:49
  HARTFORD — The severe cold weather has forced Governor Dan Malloy to extend the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol.
  When in effect, #CT's Severe Cold Weather protocol directs the relevant state agencies to coordinate w/ our state's network of shelters to ensure that all those who are vulnerable are protected. Shelters can be located by calling 2-1-1 or visiting https://t.co/zd6QX6ZBCp. @211CT
  — Governor Dan Malloy (@GovMalloyOffice) January 2, 2018“As we continue t
  
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• Body camera video shows squirrel attacking police officer

  02-01-2018 18:27
  BROCKPORT, N.Y. - A close encounter between a police officer and squirrel was caught on camera inside a home in upstate New York.
  Officers were called to the home northwest of Rochester on December 29th for reports of a squirrel in the kitchen, eating cookies.
  Police released bodycam footage of the whole ordeal on Facebook.
  The officers enter the kitchen to find music blaring. A woman can be heard on the video telling them the squirrel turned the music on.
  Suddenly, the squirrel drops down from
  
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• Woman Dies From Injuries In Crash

  02-01-2018 18:16
  (Groton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – One of the drivers involved in a two vehicle crash New Year’s Day in Groton has died.
  Police say 88-year-old Jean Shutsky of Oakdale was pronounced dead early this morning at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital.
  They say 66-year-old Marilyn Comrie of Groton remains at Lawrence and Memorial with serious injuries.
  The crash occurred around noon on Monday.
  According to police, Shutsky’s vehicle collided with Comrie’s at the intersection of Gold S
  
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• Scientists Say Chocolate May Be Extinct By 2050

  02-01-2018 17:52
  CBS Local — Chocolate lovers may want to sit down before reading this because scientists are forecasting that climate change may force the plants that produce chocolate into extinction by 2050.
  According to a report from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the changing temperatures around the world will make growing cacao plants nearly impossible within the next 30 years.
  “More than 90 per cent of the global cocoa crop is produced by smallholders on subsistence fa
  
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• Massachusetts police officer, a Marine Corps veteran, helps deliver New Year’s baby

  02-01-2018 17:52
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Andy Cazeau, a Cambridge, Mass., police officer, was about to end his shift early on Monday morning when he received a call about a woman in labor according to Fox News.
  He arrived at the house and directed the husband to get a bunch of towels – then he realized the baby’s head was starting to crown.
  “I told the mother on the next contraction I want you to push as hard as you can,” he said, according to Boston 25. “The next contraction
  
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• State police respond to almost 500 accidents during holiday

  02-01-2018 17:49
  MIDDLETOWN — Connecticut State Police responded to nearly 500 accidents, two of them fatal, over the New Year’s holiday.
  Police on Tuesday announced that they responded to 494 accidents during the four-day enforcement period that started at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday.
  The fatal accidents were in Trumbull on Friday and in Glastonbury on Saturday, but fifty-four of the accidents resulted in injury.
  Last year, police responded to 276 accidents, including two fat
  
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• Police investigating shooting in downtown Waterbury

  02-01-2018 17:44
  WATERBURY — Police are investigating a shooting in downtown Waterbury at the courthouse that injured one man.
  The man had a gunshot wound to his leg and he was taken to Saint Mary’s Hospital.
  #BREAKING #Waterbury PD + @CT_STATE_POLICE on scene of shooting in front of courthouse. PD says 1 man shot @FOX61News pic.twitter.com/uKW3eVg5Ls
  — Michael Howard (@MHoward_TV) January 2, 2018According to the Republican American, multiple pops of gunfire were heard at about 11:15 a.m. 
  
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• CT State Police Warn of Scam Using Department's Name

  02-01-2018 17:37 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police are warning of scammers trying to con residents out of money using the department’s name.
  
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• 88-Year-Old Woman Killed, 66-Year-Old Woman Injured in Groton Crash

  02-01-2018 17:34 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  An 88-year-old woman who was injured in a crash on Gold Star Highway in Groton on Monday afternoon has died and the other driver, a 66-year-old woman, remains hospitalized, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Detectives: Man beat 6-year-old stepson to death for sneaking out of bed to get cookie

  02-01-2018 17:33
  SEFFNER, Fla. (WFTS) — Detectives have charged a man with first-degree murder after they say he threw his 6-year-old stepson against a wall and beat him to death at a Seffner motel.
  Jack Junior Montgomery, 31, has been charged with felony first-degree murder for the death of his stepson, 6-year-old Brice Russell.
  According to the arrest affidavit, an employee at the Masters Inn in Seffner called authorities to report loud yelling in a room which sounded like an adult male yelling at a chi
  
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• Woman Weds Hours Before Her Death From Breast Cancer

  02-01-2018 17:32
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut woman fighting breast cancer got married at a hospital 18 hours before she died.
  Heather Mosher was dressed in her wedding gown and lying in bed wearing an oxygen mask as she and David Mosher said “I do” Dec. 22 at St. FrancisHospital and Medical Center in Hartford.
  She died the next day.
  The East Windsor couple fell in love after meeting at a swing dancing class in2015.
  He told news organizations that on the day he planned to propose to her
  
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• Moving Study: Connecticut Ranks 4th For Outbound Moves

  02-01-2018 17:17
  ST. LOUIS (WTIC and AP) – Tracking statistics from the moving company United Van Lines indicate that Americans are still heading west, while parts of the Northeast and Midwest are losing people.
  The suburban St. Louis-based moving company on Tuesday released its 41st annual National Movers Study, which tracks customers’ state-to-state migration patterns.
  Three of the top four destination states are in the West: Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. The outlier is Vermont, a Northeast state that
  
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• Water main break in West Hartford closes elementary school

  02-01-2018 17:00
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  Missing AttachmentWEST HARTFORD — Officials say there was an 8 inch water main leak on Webster Hill Boulevard in the vicinity of Webster Hill Elementary School.
  Crews initially said the break was small enough to hold off on repairs to let the school finish the day, but since then have needed to shut the main down. The school is dismissing at 12 p.m.
  This water main break is added onto a list of many in the past 72 hours caused by the extremely cold weather. Berlin is als
  
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• Apartment Fire Closes Route 10 In Simsbury

  02-01-2018 17:00
  (CBS Connecticut) — A fire in an apartment complex on the Simsbury-Avon town line has forced the shut down of a heavily traveled street nearby.
  Simsbury Police said Route 10 is closed between Old Meadow Plain Road and Lincoln Lane.
  The fire is in the Meadow Apartments.
  The complex includes several buildings. Only one building was affected.
  There was no immediate indication of any injuries.
  Firefighters and police are on the scene right now.
  The call came in at 10:02 AM.
  
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• Crews battle fire at Simsbury condo complex

  02-01-2018 16:53
  SIMSBURY — Mutual aid was called in and fire crews are on the scene at 51 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury for a condo fire.
  The road, also known as Route 10, is open but traffic is being detoured near the condo complex.  Simsbury police were also on scene helping assist traffic.
  The fire started around 9:45 a.m. when heavy smoke was reported. The fire is on the second floor, so  the fire department is opening a hole in the roof of the five-story wood structure to access the fir
  
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• CT Water Boil Notice for 125 Griswold Customers Canceled

  02-01-2018 13:49 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut Water issued a boil water notice for 125 customers in Griswold due to an equipment issue, but that has been canceled.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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