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• Escaped Inmate’s Tattoo: Time Waits For No One

  08-01-2018 23:52
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut prison officials say an inmate who escaped from a medium security prison this weekend has a tattoo on his neck that reads, “Time Waits For No One.”
  Jerry Mercado, 25, of Hartford, did not wait to finish serving the final year of his three-year sentence on a burglary conviction, authorities said.
  Mercado may have stowed away in the undercarriage of a garbage truck or state vehicle to make his escape from the Carl Robinson Correctional Institut
  
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• Documents Reveal More Information on Dog Found Frozen

  08-01-2018 23:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A dog found frozen and dead in a backyard in Hartford on New Year’s Day was emaciated and had been left out in frigid temperature for days, according to court records on the arrest in the case, and the woman who...Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Millennials’ Quest For Perfection Causing Mental Health Issues, Study Says

  08-01-2018 23:05
  CBS Local — “Close enough” apparently isn’t good enough for today’s young adults. A study looking at college students from 1989 to 2016 found that the personality traits that label someone a “perfectionist” have risen dramatically in recent years.
  Researchers at Britain’s University of Bath studied over 41,000 American, British, and Canadian students and administered a test known as the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. The resul
  
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• Where Will The Top College QBs Land?

  08-01-2018 23:00
  By Matt Citak
  With the College Football Playoff title game set to take place tonight, the end of the college football season is finally upon us. The championship game between SEC rivals Alabama and Georgia should be a nail-biter, with Nick Saban battling against one of his coaching disciples in Kirby Smart. But the true excitement lies in what tonight’s game represents, which is the start of NFL Draft season.
  Numerous participants in tonight’s game will be shedding their collegiate j
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Special Counsel to Special Needs & Disability Planning

  08-01-2018 22:00
  Sharon Pope, Of Counsel to CzepigaDalyPope and to Special Counsel to the Special Needs and Disability Planning department, joins Ray.
   
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Top States To Move From

  08-01-2018 21:51
  Sen Len Fasano, Senate Republican President Pro Tempore, discusses the study in which Connecticut ranked among the top states to move from.
   
  
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• Governor’s Nominee Would Be First Openly Gay State Chief Justice

  08-01-2018 21:24 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy's nominee to be Connecticut's next chief justice would be the first openly gay leader of a state Supreme Court.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Connecticut Tax Revenue Projections Rise $900M

  08-01-2018 21:17 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The office of Connecticut's governor says the state's projected revenue from personal income tax collections has risen by more than $900 million.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Project Innovation: New Grant Program For Local Non-Profits

  08-01-2018 20:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Is your non-profit working to create technology-based community solutions? The NBCUniversal Foundation is partnering with NBC and Telemundo owned stations to launch Project Innovation, a new grant program...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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• Escaped Inmate Might Have Stowed Away Under a Vehicle

  08-01-2018 20:54 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A prisoner who escaped from the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield Sunday might have gotten away by stowing away under a vehicle and the search for him continues.Photo Credit: CT Department of Correction
  
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• Bitcoin Called ‘Unstable’ By Microsoft, Dropped As A Payment Method

  08-01-2018 20:06
  CBS Local — Bitcoin’s roller coaster ride has taken another turn as Microsoft has reportedly dropped the digital currency as a payment option. The tech giant is claiming that Bitcoin’s “unstable” nature prompted the company’s decision.
  Microsoft employees told reporters at Bleeping Computer that the cryptocurrency’s market was too volatile to keep using for online transactions. The company’s Windows store started accepting Bitcoin in 2014 but did t
  
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• HFD Police Officer Fired

  08-01-2018 19:56
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A Hartford police officer who was pulled over on DUI charges in another town last summer has now been fired.
  It was back on August 27 former Detective Robert Lanza was arrested in Plainville.
  Police in that town say Lanza refused to obey their orders, refused to comply with officers, and resisted arrest, also hurling racial slurs in the process and requesting special treatment because he was a police officer.
  Hartford Police internal affairs division lau
  
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• Belichick 'Absolutely' Intends to Return as Patriots Coach

  08-01-2018 19:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Patriots head coach Bill Belichick had a one-word answer when asked if he will definitely be back with the Patriots next season, "Absolutely."Photo Credit: NBC Boston
  
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• Inmate May Have Escaped On Underside Of Vehicle

  08-01-2018 19:10
  ENFIELD, Conn. (WTIC) — Authorities say the 25-year-old Hartford man who escaped from a correctional facility in Enfield on Sunday, may have done so by attaching himself to the underside of a vehicle.
  Correction Commissioner Scott Semple says Jerry Mercado may have been driven off prison grounds at the medium-security Carl Robinson Correctional Institution on the underside of a a state van or garbage truck. There was no sign that the fence at the prison was breached, said Semple.Mercado wa
  
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• Scientists: Freezing Cold Winter Could Mean Much Fewer Bugs In Summer

  08-01-2018 19:08
  CBS Local — As many states are still digging out from the frigid “bomb cyclone,” which delivered snow from Maine to Florida, some are looking for the possible bright side of a brutal winter: less bugs in the summer.
  While scientists say a long winter filled with freezing temperatures may kill off plenty of blood-sucking pests, others say there could be a drop in some insect populations, but it might not be very substantial.
  “They’re going to get through this. They a
  
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• Keidel: Another Chiefs Playoff Loss No Reason To Blow Up Team

  08-01-2018 19:02
  By Jason Keidel
  If there’s no joy in Mudville, how solemn is Kansas City?
  The Chiefs, the NFL’s morbid bridesmaids, lost again on Saturday — a shocking, galling loss to the Titans, in a game they led, 21-3, at halftime. The number not only reflected the score, but the chasm in talent between the two teams.
  So, of course, the Chiefs didn’t score again and let the injury-plagued, offensively-hobbled Titans to crawl back and win, 22-21. It was the Chiefs’ sixth straigh
  
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• Income Tax Windfall For CT

  08-01-2018 18:22
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – State Leaders have received a belated Christmas present.
  The governor’s office announced that the state is collecting 900-million dollars more in income tax revenue than expected, in December and January.
  Governor Dannel Malloy says it is promising news for the Connecticut but his office also says much of the additional money could be the result of taxpayers moving up payments, to make them before the end of the year.
  Some taxpayers may be handing
  
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• Malloy Taps McDonald For Chief Justice Post

  08-01-2018 18:15
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s nominee to be Connecticut’s next chief justice would be the first openly gay leader of a state Supreme Court.
  The Democratic governor announced Monday that longtime friend and current Associate Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald was his nominee for the court’shighest post.
  Chief Justice Chase Rogers is retiring next month.
  Puerto Rico Chief Justice Maite Oronoz Rodriguez became the first openly gay chief justice in U.S. hi
  
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• The Connection: Treatment For Those Struggling With Substance Abuse

  08-01-2018 18:04
  On this program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore speak with Attorney Ryan McGuigan. Ryan shares his own journey to recovery and his experiences with family members who were addicts. Now he fulfills his own personal mission to provide access to treatment for those struggling with substance abuse.
   
  
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• Search Continues After Robinson Correctional Prisoner Escape

  08-01-2018 17:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A prisoner escaped from the Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield Sunday and the search for him continues.Photo Credit: CT Department of Correction
  
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• Schools Dismissing Early Ahead of Light Snow Later Today

  08-01-2018 17:29 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists are forecasting a light snowfall accumulation by this evening and some school districts are opting to dismiss early.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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• Detectives Investigating ‘Suspicious Death’ in Hartford

  08-01-2018 17:28 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford police are investigating what they are calling a “suspicious death” in the parking lot of a gas station at Weston Street and Jennings Road.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Crews Responding to Large Oil Spill in Marlborough

  08-01-2018 17:22 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Crews are responding to a large oil spill after a truck rollover in Marlborough Monday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Woman Arrested After Dog's Death Is Due in Court

  08-01-2018 17:20 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Hartford woman who was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a dog was found frozen to death on Adams Street in Hartford is due in court today.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Golden Globes Reaction With ET’s Nancy O’Dell

  08-01-2018 17:08
  The 75th Golden Globes was one of the most memorable shows in the history of the event. From Oprah Winfrey’s powerful speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award to some surprise winners, the 2018 edition of the Golden Globes didn’t disappoint.
  “Entertainment Tonight” host Nancy O’Dell was front and center at Sunday’s Golden Globes, talking with the stars on the red carpet and hanging out with the winners backstage. O’Dell chatted with CBS Local ab
  
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• Surge In State Revenue Reported Ahead Of Tax Changes

  08-01-2018 17:06
  (CBS Connecticut) — The governor’s office today announced that the state is collecting $900-million more than expected, in December and January. The governor says it is promising news for the state.
  But Dannel Malloy’s office also says some of the additional money could be the result of taxpayers moving up payments, to make them before the end of the year.
  They could be doing that to take advantage of tax breaks that will go away under the Republican tax plan approved by Congre
  
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• Man Charged In South Windsor Assault

  08-01-2018 16:26
  (South Windsor, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man is being held by South Windsor police in connection with a weekend assault on a woman over the weekend.
  Police say on Saturday, they were called to a local hospital where the victim was being treated.
  Officers say she’d been assaulted with a metal rod and had her phone taken to prevent her from calling police.
  They say 28-year-old Justin Tomel wasn’t home when they went to his Main Street residence but he was later picked up by Eas
  
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• Resident Suffers Burns During Newtown House Fire

  08-01-2018 15:06 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One person suffered burns during a house fire in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown Monday.Photo Credit: Karin Halstead
  
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• Police investigating after body found in Hartford

  08-01-2018 15:06
  HARTFORD — The Hartford police department is investigating a suspicious death.
  Major crimes detectives are invsetigating after a person was found in the parking lot of a Mobil gas station at Weston Street & Jennings Road.
  Police have not identified the person as of yet.
  This is a developing story.
   
  
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• NAACP plans to protest Trump’s visit to Atlanta

  08-01-2018 14:49
  ATLANTA — The NAACP is urging people to wear white and hold anti-Trump signs on Monday. Another group says demonstrators will “take a knee” before the big game to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to Atlanta.
  Atlanta police say they worked with the Secret Service on preparations for months before the College Football Championship game between Alabama and Georgia.
  The NAACP said Sunday that wearing white is meant to mock the “snowflake” label Trump’s
  
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• Police: Woman Run Over And Pinned Under Car

  08-01-2018 14:26
  NORWALK, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Connecticut police say a woman was severely injured when she was run over by a car and pinned underneath.
  Norwalk fire officials say the woman was run over Sunday afternoon and first responders found her trapped underneath the car. The Norwalk Fire Department says firefighters used tools and cribbing to raise the car and release the woman.
  The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was taken to an area hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, inj
  
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• Man sent to hospital following house fire in Newtown

  08-01-2018 14:07
  NEWTOWN — Fire officials say a man has been taken to the hospital for burns after a house fire. 
  The Sandy Hook fire department responded to the structure fire on Bungalow Terrace. When they arrived, they found heavy fire coming out of the door of the small cottage.
  The fire started after a spark from the fireplace set a chair on fire. The man tried to get the chair out of the home but instead it became wedged in the door. He was forced to find another way out of the house. His hands
  
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• Increased police presence at a Meriden high school following online threat

  08-01-2018 13:58
  MERIDEN — Parents and students will see an increase in police at Maloney High School in Meriden.
  A threat was made against the school, and the suspect was arrested in Virginia in connection with the threat.
  Police say the threat wasn’t deemed credible.
  It’s unknown what the threat specifically said only that it was made over social media. There’s no suspect information available at this time.
  
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• 3 Bridgeport Schools Closed Monday After Pipes Burst

  08-01-2018 13:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Park City Magnet School, Fairchild Wheeler Multi-Magnet School and the Dunbar School in Bridgeport are closed Monday due to broken pipes that have caused flooding in the buildings.Photo Credit: NBC Boston
  
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• Fire reported at the top of Trump Tower

  08-01-2018 13:38
  MANHATTAN — PIX11 says the New York fire department confirms a fire at the roof of Trump Tower.
  It’s where the residences and businesses are.
  It’s unknown if there are any injuries or what sparked the fire.
  This is a developing story.
  Trump tower on fire! pic.twitter.com/lUnpkc219J
  — Susan D. Ball (@SusanSball4) January 8, 2018#BREAKING @FDNY confirms there is a fire at Trump Tower on the roof of the building, which houses residences and businesses. @PIX11News
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• 2 injured in Trump Tower heating system fire

  08-01-2018 13:38
  NEW YORK — New York City fire officials say a fire in Trump Tower’s heating and air conditioning system caused smoke to billow from the roof and injured two people.
  The Fire Department of New York says the fire started around 7 a.m. Monday at the building that contains President Donald Trump’s home and business offices.
  Fire officials say a civilian was treated for serious injuries and firefighter was treated for minor injuries. It took about an hour to put out the fire on Fift
  
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• Apple investors urge action to curb child gadget addiction

  08-01-2018 12:53
  NEW YORK — Two Apple investors are urging the iPhone maker to take action to curb growing smartphone addiction among children.
  Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, or CalSTRS, said Monday in open letter to Apple that the company must offer more choices and tools to help youngsters fight addiction to its gadgets.
  The two investors collectively control $2 billion worth of Apple shares.
  Among their proposals to Apple: establish an expert committee incl
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway January 8, 2018

  08-01-2018 12:39
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:20- Jill Schlesinger, CFP® CBS News  Business Analyst, says rich people are anxious… what does that say about society?
  7:00- Sharon Pope, Of Counsel to CzepigaDalyPope and to Special Counsel to the Special Needs and Disability Planning department, is on the air.
  8:10- Holland Cooke, Media Consultant for Talkers Magazine, is at CES this Year. “The biggest crowd Las Vegas will see all year is heading th
  
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• Canton DPW Finishes Cleanup From Thursday Storm

  08-01-2018 12:14 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Canton Department of Public Works is working to finish cleanup from Thursday’s storm before another round of snow showers move through Monday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police chief arrested in undercover child sex sting

  08-01-2018 12:07
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  LEECHBURG, PA — The online ad was pretty blunt: “Dominate [sic] male police officer seeks fun, discreet, sub playmate — m4w.”
  Before long, that officer got a response from a purported 14-year-old girl. And the age didn’t dissuade him, authorities said.
  “… everyone has to have a first time,” the officer responded, according to a criminal complaint. “… you will just have to get me naked tomorrow.”
  But the officer sendi
  
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• ‘Lady Bird,’ ‘Big Little Lies’ among the female-focused stories that swept the Globes

  08-01-2018 12:01
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  LOS ANGELES — A lady bird, a marvelous Mrs., a heroic handmaid, a Missouri mom, and a group of women caught up in some big little lies all took home awards at a Golden Globes ceremony that highlighted and was ruled by strong female characters.
  Fitting, of course.
  On the heels of #MeToo and amidst calls for declaring Time’s Up on a culture of silence, the Hollywood Foreign Press awarded major honors to TV shows and films about the female experience — and not just in
  
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• Oprah Winfrey: ‘For too long women have not been heard or believed’

  08-01-2018 11:55
  LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey accepted her Cecil B. DeMille Award on Sunday night at the Golden Globes with a message to the young girls watching: “A new day is on the horizon.”
  The media mogul’s message came during a Golden Globes ceremony notable for being the first major award show since Hollywood first began addressing rampant sexual harassment against women in the entertainment industry and beyond.
  This year’s ceremony was one of the most political yet
  
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• Community Remembers Horses Killed in Simsbury Fire

  08-01-2018 11:43 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Sunday was a day of mourning for many in Connecticut's equestrian community. A group gathered at Hop Meadow Country Club to celebrate the two dozen horses that were lost in a fire at Folly Farm in Simsbury last...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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• Plainville AAA Closed Monday Due to Burst Pipe

  08-01-2018 11:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Plainville AAA location will be closed Monday after a burst pipe caused flooding.Photo Credit: PR NEWSWIRE
  
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• Win Tickets To See HSO: A Scottish Fantasy

  08-01-2018 11:00
  Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s ‘A Scottish Fantasy’ is performing at Belding Theater at The Bushnell Friday, January 19th – Sunday, January 21st, and we want you to see the show.
  We are breaking out the bagpipes for 2018 with a concert of music inspired by the vibrant country of Scotland! Maxwell Davies’ An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise is a vivid depiction of a joyous wedding celebration, gloriously concluding with a bagpiper performing in full Scottish reg
  
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• Snow Monday evening; Warm up for the end of the week

  08-01-2018 10:17
  The good news is this record-breaking arctic chill is behind us and a nice, well-deserved warm up is expected this week as arctic high pressure pushes off the eastern seaboard to our south and east.
  This southeast push will put us on the back side of the high, helping to funnel in warmer air that will bring our temps up significantly.
  Today, temps will warm in the upper 20's to low 30s, a good 15-20 degrees  warmer since last Friday.  Beware of a band of snow that could dump about an
  
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• Tractor trailer crash blocks all lanes on 1-95 North in Milford

  08-01-2018 05:04
  MILFORD — Emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer accident that closed the northbound lanes on I-95 in Milford Sunday.
  The crash happened around 10:50 p.m. in the area of Exit 35.
  There were no reports of injuries.
  For more traffic information, click here.
  Updated: Tractor Trailer Accident – MILFORD #I95 North 0.05 miles before Exit 35 (SCHOOL HOUSE RD) at 1/7/2018 10:55:03 PM
  — Statewide CTDOT (@CTDOT_Statewide) January 8, 2018Tractor Trailer Accident – MILFORD #I
  
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