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• Governor Activates State Emergency Operations Center

  03-01-2018 23:47
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy has activated the state’s Emergency Operations Center beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday for a storm that’s expected to drop as much as a foot of snow in some parts of the state.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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• Study Claims ‘Sugar Coma’ Is Real, Lowers Cognitive Ability

  03-01-2018 23:23
  CBS Local — Have you ever felt the tiring effects of a “food coma” or “sugar crash” after eating candy or a big meal? According to researchers in New Zealand, simple sugars really do slow a person’s brain down and makes you lose focus.
  A team from the University of Otago tested 49 people to see how three common sugars found in sweeteners, juices, and candy affected a person’s cognitive abilities. “Our study suggests that the ‘sugar
  
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• Police Say Governor Candidate’s SUV Was Doing 87 MPH

  03-01-2018 22:58
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police say an SUV carrying an ex-convict running for governor was clocked doing 87 mph and the driver was issued a verbal warning.
  Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim’s vehicle was pulled over on Interstate 84 in Southington on Wednesday, shortly after he filed paperwork to seek the Democratic nomination for governor. A Bridgeport police detective was driving the SUV.
  A Hearst Connecticut Media reporter who also was in the vehicle had reported&nbs
  
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• Bradley Airport Warns of Storm-Related Cancellations, Delays

  03-01-2018 22:29
  
  Bradley International Airport is warning travelers to expect weather-related cancellations and delays ahead of Thursday’s storm.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Court Appearances In Manchester Restaurant Shooting

  03-01-2018 22:27
  (CBS Connecticut) — A restaurant kitchen manager appeared in court today, on charges of murdering a fry cook.
  The accused killer’s girlfriend also made her first court appearance.
  The two men worked at Bonchon Chicken in Manchester.
  Witnesses said the men had an argument in the kitchen, when victim Norris Jackson yelled “Yo, do that [expletive] again!”
  James Goolsby had something black in his hand.
  The witness heard pops, and saw a flash, then the Jackson fell down.
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• No. 1 UConn Women Stay Perfect, Rout ECU, 96-35

  03-01-2018 22:12
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTIC ansd AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson scored 19 points and No. 1 Connecticut routed East Carolina 96-35 on Wednesday.
  Gabby Williams added 18 points, Napheesa Collier had 14 points and Azura Stevens matched a season high with 16 rebounds for the Huskies (12-0, 2-0 American Athletic Conference).
  They shot 53 percent and scored 31 points off the Pirates’ 20 turnovers while extending their Division I record road winning streak to 42 and winning their 142nd in a row again
  
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• Manafort Sues Mueller, Justice Department Over Russia Probe

  03-01-2018 22:06
  WASHINGTON (WTIC and AP) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman sued special counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department on Wednesday, saying prosecutors had overstepped their bounds by charging him for conduct that he says is unrelated to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  The lawsuit by Paul Manafort, a New Britain native, filed in federal court in Washington, is the most direct challenge to date to Mueller’s legal authority and the sco
  
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• State Treasurer Nappier Won’t Seek Reelection

  03-01-2018 20:13
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – State Treasurer Denise Nappier has announced she won’t seek re-election to a sixth term in office.
  The Democrat made the announcement Wednesday.
  She became the nation’s first African-American woman elected as a state treasurer in 1998, and the first woman elected treasurer in Connecticut history.
  She defeated then-incumbent Republican State Treasurer Paul Silvester, who later was convicted of federal corruption charges.
  Nappier, who previously served for
  
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• State Plans to Award Licenses for 3 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

  03-01-2018 20:06
  
  The state of Connecticut plans to award at least three more licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries and the state Department of Consumer Protection will be taking applications.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Best Vacations Spots For Extreme Winter Sports

  03-01-2018 19:00
  By Randy Yagi
  The winter ski season is in full swing with many of the country’s leading resorts enjoying plenty of fresh powder, plenty of blues skies and great weather. But some winter sports fans like to take it to a higher level, by engaging in some of most extreme activities ever invented, whether it’s alpine skiing down the highest vertical drop or soaring through some backside air at the toughest snowboard terrain parks. For a few suggestions with the thrill-seeker in mind, her
  
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• Connecticut State Treasurer Denise Nappier Won’t Seek Re-Election

  03-01-2018 18:56
  
  Connecticut State Treasurer Denise Nappier, the first woman to hold the office and the first African American woman elected to statewide office in Connecticut, is not seeking re-election after nearly two decades...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ganim Announces For Governor

  03-01-2018 18:33
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – An ex-convict who mounted a political comeback with his election as mayor of Connecticut’s biggest city is now running for governor.
  Democrat Joe Ganim submitted paperwork to launch his campaign Wednesday in Hartford.
  Ganim served nearly seven years in prison after he was convicted of corruption for steering city contracts in exchange for private gifts during his time asBridgeport mayor.
  He was released from prison in 2010 and stripped of his law license but wa
  
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• Trendy ‘Raw Water’ Can Reportedly Give You Hepatitis, Other Diseases

  03-01-2018 18:32
  CBS Local — A new health craze that has many people paying high prices for unfiltered water is also reportedly putting those Americans at risk for diseases like hepatitis and norovirus.
  According to a report from The New York Times, the demand for “raw water” in and around California’s Silicon Valley has sent prices soaring. The small companies bottling their untreated product have hiked the price from $36.99 to over $60 for a 2.5-gallon jug.
  “It has a vaguely mild
  
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• City Sees First Pedestrian Death Of The Year

  03-01-2018 18:19
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – Police say the employee of a recently-opened consumer goods company in Connecticut has been struck by a car and killed while on her way to work.
  Sgt. Andrew Gallagher tells the Stamford Advocate the 58-year-old woman was crossing the street around 7 a.m. Tuesday in front of Henkel headquarters inStamford when she was hit.
  Gallagher says the driver was making a right turn when he struck the woman.
  The 38-year-old driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating.
  The woma
  
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• Witness In Fatal Gang Shooting Sentenced To Prison

  03-01-2018 18:10
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man who testified against another man convicted in the fatal shooting of a rival gang member has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
  The New Haven Register reported Tuesday that 26-year-old Tevin Williams pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit first-degreerobbery.
  As part of his agreement with prosecutors, Williams testified against 30-year-old Jermaine Harris during the trial for the shooting of Daryl McIver.
  Prosecu
  
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• Homes Evacuated After Gas Leak in New Haven

  03-01-2018 17:48
  
  A few homes were evacuated after an underground gas leak in the East Rock area of New Haven, according to the deputy director of emergency operations for the city.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Water Main Break Closes School in Hartford

  03-01-2018 17:45
  
  The Journalism and Media Academy and Culinary Arts Academy in Hartford is closed today because of a water main break that is affecting 77 properties.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Missouri man admits to having sex with 8-year-old, feeding her meth

  03-01-2018 17:39
  WASHINGTON, Mo. — A 48-year-old Missouri man admitted to having sex with an 8-year-old girl and forcing her to eat methamphetamine, police told KTVI.
  Detective Betsey Schulze, a police spokeswoman, said the incident happened at a hotel on Jan. 1.
  The suspect, Brett Pendleton, rented a room at the American Inn on East Fifth Street. The man had the child with him, according to KTVI.
  Investigators said the child’s mother came to the motel room on the evening of Jan. 1. The child told th
  
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• One Dead, One Critically Injured in New Haven Shooting

  03-01-2018 17:18
  
  One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting in New Haven Tuesday night. Officers responded to Wadley Street and found the passenger had been shot in the arm and the driver was...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Researchers: Obsessive Selfie Takers Suffer From Mental Disorder Dubbed ‘Selfitis’

  03-01-2018 17:15
  CBS Local — If you are obsessed with taking selfies, then chances are you might be suffering from selfitis, according to a recent study.
  The new study, published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, says it’s a genuine mental condition that makes a person feel compelled to constantly take photos and post them on social media.
  Here are some ways you can tell if you have the disorder:
  Taking a selfie puts you in a good mood.
  You feel more popular when you post s
  
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• Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim Announces Run for Governor

  03-01-2018 16:47
  
  Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, who was re-elected to the top position in the state's largest city two years ago after serving a federal prison sentence, has filed the paperwork to run for governor in 2018.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Wild Card Weekend Tales Of The Tape

  03-01-2018 16:43
  Which teams have the edge heading into Wild Card Weekend?
  
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• Mexicans in U.S. send cash home in record numbers

  03-01-2018 16:41
  MEXICO CITY –– Mexicans living abroad sent cash home in record numbers last year. The vast majority of the cash came from those living in the United States.
  Two main forces drove the trend: Mexico’s weak currency, the peso, and President Trump’s threat to slap a tax on cash shipments, known as remittances, sent from the U.S. to Mexico.
  Mexicans sent home $26.1 billion from January to November 2017, according to figures released Tuesday by the central bank of Mexico. That&
  
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• Best Bowl Games of 2017

  03-01-2018 16:17
  by Rob Joyce
  There’s just one game left in the 2017 college football season, and it will be an all-SEC affair when Alabama and Georgia meet next Monday night in the national championship game in Atlanta. The 41-game bowl slate was a bit of a dud compared to prior years, with 18 games decided by 10-or-more points, but that doesn’t mean the season as a whole lacked excitement.
  From New Years’ Six bowls to smaller games between Group of Five programs, here are the five postseason
  
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• Chip and Joanna Gaines expecting baby number five

  03-01-2018 16:06
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  Chip and Joanna Gaines have another baby on the way.
  The HGTV “Fixer Upper” stars announced the news late Tuesday on Chip’s Instagram account. He posted photo of him and Joanna petting his full belly with a caption that said, “Gains party of 7.” This will be baby number five for the couple.“If you’re still confused.. WE ARE PREGNANT,” Chip wrote.
  “Fixer Upper,” which premiered in 2013, is in its fifth and final season. The c
  
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• Man Dead After Jumping Over Overpass in New Britain: Police

  03-01-2018 15:52
  
  A New Britain man is dead after jumping over an overpass along Route 72 in New Britain after a crash on Tuesday night, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Troubling News Out Of Iran

  03-01-2018 15:51
  Dr Howard Stoffer, Associate Professor. National Security Department Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, says there is a lot of troubling news coming out of Iran… Is it all warranted?
   
  
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• New Haven gas leak closes school and two businesses

  03-01-2018 15:49
  NEW HAVEN — New Haven Emergency Management says they are working a gas leak at Canner Street and Livingston in the city.
  The leak happened around 6 a.m. Due to the leak, Worthington Hooker School is closed to the day as well as two daycares.
  Fire officials are still at the scene, but there is no cause for the gas leak as of yet.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• ECU-UConn Women’s Game Moved Up Due To Winter Weather

  03-01-2018 15:45
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Top-ranked Connecticut’s women’s basketball game at East Carolina on Wednesday has been moved to a 2 pm start because of the threat of severe winter weather.
  East Carolina officials announced the change Tuesday. The game had been scheduled for a 7 pm start.
  Up to three inches of snow are in the forecast for the Greenville area on Wednesday night.
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• Developer’s deal saves Hamden’s Rocky Top

  03-01-2018 15:38
  HAMDEN -- For several years, developers have been engaged in a tug of war with Hamden residents and town departments over a plot of land known as Rocky Top.
  The latest proposal was to for a massive apartment complex, but that deal is now also dead, thanks to something somewhat unexpected.Aside from zoning regulations that would have been difficult to change, the 18 acres of highly coveted land, which includes hiking trails, will remain as is in large part because longtime residents fought
  
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• 7 Ways to Deal With Frozen Pipes

  03-01-2018 15:21
  
  Pipe freezing is a common problem during winter’s most frigid days. With a long stretch of subzero temperatures gripping the tri-state, here’s what to know about keeping your pipes from freezing and potentially...Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Police: Man Dead After Crash, Jumping From Overpass

  03-01-2018 14:45
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTIC) – State police say a 55-year-old New Britain man is dead after jumping from a highway overpass following a car crash Tuesday night.
  Police say David Rodriguez was driving a 2001 Toyota Camry that slammed into a guardrail on Route 72 westbound in New Britain shortly before 9 p.m. Rodriguez subsequently jumped from an overpass, said police. He and a passenger were taken to Hartford Hospital, where Rodriguez was pronounced dead, said authorities.
  Police ask anyone wh
  
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• Dog Chained Outside Home Found Frozen To Death

  03-01-2018 14:36
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Police are investigating the death of a dog that was chained outside a Connecticut home in the bitter cold and found frozen inside its doghouse on New Year’s Day.
  Hartford police say the dog might have been outside for as long as a month before it was discovered by police. They say the dog’s owner has been in jail for months on drug charges and claimed to have made arrangements for the dog’s care.
  A veterinary report says the dog had been l
  
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