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• Eagles Injury Report: Birds In Good Health For NFC Championship Game

  19-01-2018 23:59
  By Kevin McGuire
  With one game separating the Philadelphia Eagles from a trip to the Super Bowl, having all hands on deck can be essential. Fortunately for the Eagles, nearly every available player on the active roster will be ready to play on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game. If anything, the Eagles may be a bit shallow with linebacker depth if the injury report has been any indication this week.
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• Warming trend for weekend, storm for beginning of week

  19-01-2018 23:04
  Warming Trend
  This weekend looks beautiful and mild with highs in the 40s! This warmth will likely melt any leftover snow from the last “storm,” if you got any accumulation at all! This slow warm-up should also help the Coast Guard’s mission of breaking up ice on the Connecticut River. While 40s certainly won’t melt the ice, it may help get things moving out there! Same for the Housatonic River ice jams affecting towns like Kent.
  Saturday will be the sunnier, milder
  
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• North Haven Police Removes Post After Racism Complaint

  19-01-2018 23:02
  
  North Haven police removed a post on Facebook after people called it racist.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Grain Spills All Over Interstate 84 in Southington

  19-01-2018 22:54
  
  Lanes on Interstate 84 east are closed in Southington after a truck crash caused grain to spill all over the highway.Photo Credit: CTDOT
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: NFL Championship Match-Ups

  19-01-2018 22:22
  St. Bonaventure Bonnies vs. Davidson WildcatsFriday, January 19, 2018, 7:30 pm ET
  DAVIDSON -5.5
  This spread is basically about Davidson’s home court advantage, because they’ve both got the same rating. The difference between the two squads not showing is current form. St. Bonaventure has lost three of its last four, with all three losses coming on the road. Davidson has won its last four and jumped out to second place (4-1) in A-10 play. The team has covered its last three and stayed
  
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• Mayor Bronin, councilwoman Bermudez, Push FEMA to restore support for displaced families

  19-01-2018 22:11
  HARTFORD —  Mayor Luke Bronin, councilwoman Wildaliz Bermudez, along with city and state leaders, join displaced families and community members to call on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to restore shelter to several families across Connecticut.According to Gov. Malloy, FEMA said it would extend TSA to these families through February 14. But on Thursday, Malloy said they reversed their decision.
  
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• First North, then Saint, now Chicago — Kanye and Kim name their third child

  19-01-2018 21:46
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  It’s Chicago West!
  Kim Kardashian West took to Twitter on Friday to announce the name of the third child that she and husband Kanye West have welcomed into the world.
  The baby girl was born Tuesday, and Kardashian West also announced the birth on her website and social media accounts. No name was immediately given.
  Chicago joins older siblings North, 4, and Saint, 2.
  “We are incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one coul
  
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• Flu Hospitalizations Increase Dramatically in Connecticut

  19-01-2018 21:37
  
  The flu has caused 21 deaths in Connecticut, including six last week, hospitalizations have increased dramatically and health officials expect to continue to see illness from the flu continue for the next...Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Ansonia and Derby Consider Consolidating School Districts

  19-01-2018 21:31
  
  After a lengthy battle to balance the state budget for 2018, cities and towns across Connecticut are bracing for more cuts. Leaders in Ansonia and Derby say the state’s finances have forced them to consider...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 21 Deaths Now Blamed On Flu In Connecticut

  19-01-2018 21:24
  (CBS Connecticut) — The state Department of Public Health says a total of twenty-one flu-related deaths have been reported in Connecticut.
  Most of the deaths have been in people over the age of 65.
  Two versions of the flu virus usually come one after the other, but State Epidemiologist Matthew Carter says this year the second flu type is circulating early, at the same time as the first type.
  “We have an outbreak of influenza A and an outbreak of influenza B,” Carter said. &ldqu
  
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• Red Sox Head to Foxwoods for Annual Winter Weekend

  19-01-2018 20:59
  
  Before heading to Florida for Spring Training, the Boston Red Sox will be at Foxwoods this weekend, meeting with fans during the annual Winter Weekend.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Birth Control Pills May Prevent Some Cancers, Study Finds

  19-01-2018 20:46
  CBS Local — A new report has revealed a possible life-saving benefit for women taking birth control pills. According to the researchers at the National Cancer Institute, oral contraceptives can reduce the chance of developing ovarian, breast, and other cancers in women.
  The report, published in JAMA Oncology, finds that women taking the pill for over 10 years lowered their risk of ovarian cancer by 40 percent compared to women who had never used oral birth control. The pill
  
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• Police: Man Caught With Stolen Fish

  19-01-2018 20:40
  WESTPORT, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A West Haven man is under arrest in Westport after police say he was caught with fish stolen from a local grocery story.
  An officer observed a vehicle traveling slowly through the parking lots of different businesses on Post Road East Thursday, and pulled it over for not having a front license plate, said police.
  Police say the driver, identified as Joseph Costello, 49, had packages of fish that had been stolen from a local grocery store earlier in the day. C
  
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• Baseball Team Says It’s Unable To Pay $38,000 Debt

  19-01-2018 20:29
  TORRINGTON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Officials for a Connecticut baseball team filing for bankruptcy say the team is unable to repay $38,000 in debts.
  The Republican-American reports a bankruptcy trustee for the Torrington Titans filed a motion Thursday requesting to use the money in its checking account to hire an accountant for its 2017 tax returns. The remaining balance would go to its creditors.
  Court filings show the team has no assets except for $1,192 in its checking account. If the ju
  
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• NY Man Sentenced To Jail For Police Assault

  19-01-2018 20:27
  STAMFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A judge has sentenced a New York City man to three years in jail for injuring multiple police officers during a fight outside a Connecticut concert.
  The Stamford Advocate reports 53-year-old Lamont Holloway was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to a felony count of assault on a police officer.
  Authorities say the fight happened around 5 p.m. July 6 at the Stamford Alive at Five concert.
  Officers began following Holloway after he was observed shouting
  
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• Sub Commander Praises Response To Sailor’s Attempted Suicide

  19-01-2018 20:25
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A submarine commander is praising the way his crew responded when a sailor intentionally shot himself aboard the Groton, Connecticut-based vessel.
  The USS North Dakota was about 170 miles from the base on Jan. 12 when the petty officer shot himself in the shoulder with a government-issued rifle.
  The Day of New London reports the sailor was in an ambulance in New London within about seven hours.
  The submarine’s skipper said in a Facebook post the crew
  
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• Two Bridgeport Resident Accused of Voter Fraud in Stratfor

  19-01-2018 20:23
  
  Two Bridgeport residents accused of committing voter fraud by applying for absentee ballots for the November 2017 mayoral election in Stratford.Photo Credit: Stratford Police
  
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• College Basketball Games Of The Week: Arizona, Stanford Battle For The Top Of The Pac-12

  19-01-2018 19:55
  By Steve Silverman
  Saturday, January 20
  Omari Spellman #14 of the Villanova Wildcats talks to Jalen Brunson #1. Credit: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images
  No. 1 Villanova (17-1, 5-1) at Connecticut (10-8, 8-1), 12 noon ET, CBS
  Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and that’s a lesson that Villanova knows well.
  The Wildcats are back in the top spot, and everybody is shooting for them. That was the case a couple of weeks ago when they weren’t the top team, but the aim is more precise, and th
  
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• 911 call released from fatal Hartford hit-and-run

  19-01-2018 18:48
  HARTFORD -- The Hartford Police Department released 911 calls related to a fatal crash on Vine Street in Hartford that left one  woman dead, and another is in critical condition.
  Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, police got a call for two people hit by a car. When they arrived, they found the women suffering from serious injuries.
  They were taken to Saint Francis Hospital for treatment. Tina Fontanez, 24, of Hartford, died from her injuries at around 10:20 p.m. The second victim, 23-yea
  
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• Where Will The Top College RBs Land?

  19-01-2018 18:00
  By Matt Citak
  With the college football season officially over, it’s time to start taking a look at where some of the top collegiate players will land next season. This year’s NFL Draft is deep at running back, despite the fact that two of the nation’s most talented runners have decided to return to school for their senior seasons. Stanford’s Bryce Love, a Heisman finalist, would have likely been the second running back off the board in April. Instead, the young back will
  
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• Mass. man turns self in after trying to meet with minor in Southington

  19-01-2018 17:52
  SOUTHINGTON — A man turned himself in after he tried meeting with a minor through an online dating site.
  Police say Carl Bezo, 50, of Westfield Massachusetts, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest following the incident.
  The minor, who Bezo met on an online dating site, was actually an adult from POP squad, a group in Connecticut aimed at protecting children from online predators.
  Bezo didn’t realize they were an adult, and kept talking with who he thought was a minor, sending te
  
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• POP Squad Sting Leads to Arrest in Southington

  19-01-2018 17:39
  
  Southington police have arrested a Massachusetts man who is accused of showing up at a local store to meet a person he thought was a minor, according to police.Photo Credit: Southington Police
  
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• Def Leppard, Journey kick off tour at XL Center in Hartford

  19-01-2018 17:35
  HARTFORD — In what they are promising to be the “Tour of the Year,” rock bands Journey and Def Leppard are teaming up for a massive co-headlining North American tour composed of both stadium and arena concerts, half the shows being closed by Journey and half by Def Leppard.
  The tour, promoted by Live Nation, kicks off May 21 in Hartford, Connecticut, at the XL Center and will feature complete sets and all-new production from both bands, and an arsenal of their hits such as &ldq
  
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• TV crew arrested after trying to get through Newark Airport security with fake bomb: TSA

  19-01-2018 17:18
  NEWARK — A TV crew of at least seven people have been arrested after they tried to go through security with a fake bomb at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration WPIX reports. 
  TSA officers said they detected a suspicious item in one of their carry-on bags Thursday.
  The crew was in collaboration and claimed to be working for a television network. Some members of the group attempted to intentionally carry through the security check
  
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• Mother: Care denied daughter left in cold in hospital gown

  19-01-2018 17:04
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  BALTIMORE — The mother of a mentally ill woman who was left in the cold outside a Baltimore hospital wearing only a flimsy gown and socks said the 22-year-old daughter was denied her lawful right to medical care.
  Cheryl Chandler said at a news conference Thursday that her daughter faced life-threatening conditions on the street. Speaking at a lawyer’s office, she added she was made aware of her missing daughter’s predicament the night of Jan. 9 only after she happen
  
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• Dozens of tenants evacuated from unstable Chinatown building in New York

  19-01-2018 16:44
  CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WPIX) — Jenny Hee couldn’t believe what happened when she came home from work Thursday.
  “I have no clothes . I just got back from work. They don’t let me take my stuff,” Hee told PIX11.
  Hee is one of the 75 tenants out in the cold after her entire building at 85 Bowery was evacuated.
  It’s the latest chapter in an a year and a half long legal dispute between landlord Joseph Betesh and the tenants association at this building just steps fr
  
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• “He’s the Energizer bunny,” 86-year-old volunteer helping others with hundreds of homes

  19-01-2018 16:37
  MUSTANG, Okla. (KFOR) -- Long before the sun comes up, Jim Easter is hard at work.
  This 86-year-old war veteran has been volunteering with Habitat For Humanity since 1994.
  “I love working with my hands and I've gotten pretty good at it," Easter told KFOR.
  Jim's handiwork can be found inside 750 homes across Oklahoma, the results of 10,200 hours of free labor.
  Jim's dedication and commitment to excellence prompted construction manager Aaron McRee to nominate him for Pay it 4ward.
  “He
  
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• Keidel: NFL Championship Predictions

  19-01-2018 16:25
  By Jason Keidel
  The NFL’s final four is an odd lot, featuring two quarterbacks (Case Keenum and Nick Foles) who didn’t start the season as the starter, one who’s been branded the weak link on his club (Blake Bortles), and Tom Brady, a familiar face late in the playoffs.
  This is our last chance to look smart during a football postseason that’s been hard to predict.
  Leonard Fournette (Photo Credit: Rob Carr/Getty Images)
  Jacksonville Jaguars (12-6) @ New England Patriots (1
  
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• Classes at Kent School Resume Thursday After Ice Jam Flooding

  19-01-2018 15:49
  
  Classes at the Kent School, a private boarding school, will resume Thursday, more than a week and a half after students were sent home because of flooding.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• CBS Sports’ Tony Romo And Bill Cowher On AFC Championship Game

  19-01-2018 15:35
  By Matt Citak
  THE NFL ON CBS travels to Foxborough on Sunday for coverage of the 2018 AFC Championship game, as the AFC South Champion Jacksonville Jaguars take on the AFC East Champion New England Patriots at 3:05 PM ET on CBS.
  Jacksonville beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in a shootout last weekend, pulling off the 45-42 upset at Heinz Field. Leading up to the game, the Jaguars were considered big underdogs against Pittsburgh. In fact, numerous members of the Steelers, including safety Mike Mitche
  
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• CT Transit Bus Hits Scaffolding of Building in Hartford

  19-01-2018 15:22
  
  A CT Transit bus crashed in Hartford and appears to have struck scaffolding at a building at Pearl and Trumbull streets that is under construction.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fight Led to Lockdown at Stratford High School: Police

  19-01-2018 15:05
  
  Two arrests are pending after a fight at Stratford High School Friday morning that led to a lockdown at the school.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• New London Could Adopt Pay-as-You-Throw Trash Program

  19-01-2018 14:52
  
  New London is considering a pay-as-you-throw program for residents' trash removal.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Driver Pulled from Car After I-91 Crash in Windsor

  19-01-2018 14:50
  
  Emergency crews had to cut the top of a car off and pull the driver out after the car hit a tractor-trailer on Interstate 91, according to police.
  
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• Connecticut Man Charged With Getting Teen Pregnant

  19-01-2018 14:29
  EAST HAVEN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A 21-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with getting an underage high school student pregnant.
  The New Haven Register reports that Joshy Alberto Garcia, of West Haven, was charged this month with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child.
  Police started investigating last January after the girl told a teacher she was pregnant. The school notified the state Department of Children and Families, which referred the case to police.
  The t
  
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• Haddam Remains in State of Emergency Over Ice Jam Flooding

  19-01-2018 13:40
  
  The Town of Haddam remains in a state of emergency because of the danger flooding and a massive ice jam along the Connecticut River pose to homes in town and the people who live in them.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway January 19, 2018

  19-01-2018 12:57
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Education and Children’s Issues reporter for CT Mirror.org, looks at the Supreme Court ruling that education in poor communities meets constitutional standard.
  7:20- Betsy McCaughey, constitutional scholar with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, a public policy expert, and a former Lt. Governor of New York State, is currently a senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research. Her message&
  
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• State Trooper Charged With DUI After Falling Asleep at Wheel: Police

  19-01-2018 12:57
  
  A Connecticut state trooper was charged with a DUI after police said he fell asleep at the wheel in Brooklyn, Connecticut.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bank Manager Sentenced for Stealing More Than $500K

  19-01-2018 05:19
  
  A Webster Bank manager has been sentenced for stealing more than $500,000 from customer accounts.
  
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• USCG Ice Breaking Mission Outline

  19-01-2018 05:10
  
  The United States Coast Guard used two ships Thursday to attempt to break through the ice along the Connecticut River.
  
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• Woman Stabs Partner During Argument in Wallingford: Police

  19-01-2018 04:57
  
  A woman stabbed the person she is in a relationship with during an argument in Wallingford on Thursday, police said.Photo Credit: Wallingford Police
  
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• Huskies Hold Off Tulsa

  19-01-2018 03:07
  By PAT EATON-ROBB  AP Sports Writer
   STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ Azura Stevens came off the bench to score 22 points and lead top-ranked UConn to a closer-than-expected 78-60 win over Tulsa on Thursday night.
  Napheesa Collier had 19 points and Kia Nurse added 17 for the Huskies (17-0, 6-0 American Athletic Conference) who have never lost in the conference. UConn has won 76 straight regular-season games and all four conference tournaments.
  Shug Dickson had 17 points and Erica Wakefield scored
  
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• Teen Shot By Police Facing Charges

  19-01-2018 02:23
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) _ A 15-year-old shot by police is facing armed robbery charges.
  The Hartford Courant reports Caleb Tisdol’s name was made public Thursday after being charged as an adult in Hartford Superior Court. He faces first-degree robbery, larceny, threatening and conspiracy charges related to an Oct. 21 robbery in East Hartford.
  Tisdol was shot by New Britain police on Dec. 14 when officers attempted to stop a vehicle involved with several recent carjackings and robberies.
  Th
  
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• Former Attorney Arrested

  19-01-2018 01:55
  SALEM, Conn. (AP) _ A former attorney has been charged with stealing $426,000 from his clients.Connecticut State Police say 65-year-old John Butts, of Salem, has been charged with first-degree larceny after taking funds from two people he had represented in probate matters.
  Police say in one of the instances, the former Salem probate judge failed to provide a woman more than $150,000 from the sale of her late father’s condominium. In another instance, Butts took about $276,000 from a clie
  
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• 15-Year-Old Missing in Hamden in Need of Medicine

  19-01-2018 01:20
  
  A 15-year-old girl missing in Hamden is in need of her medicine, police said.Photo Credit: Hamden Police
  
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• Construction to Begin Soon on Amazon Center in North Haven

  19-01-2018 00:53
  
  Even though Connecticut is no longer in the running for the home of Amazon’s second North American Headquarters, the online retail giant is still expanding its presence and workforce in the state.
  
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• FEMA Rescinds Temporary Housing For 36 Puerto Rican Families

  19-01-2018 00:50
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut’s governor and two U.S. Senators want the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reverse a surprise decision that rescinds temporary housing benefits to 36 Puerto Rican families living in the state after being displaced by Hurricane Maria.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the state was informed about the decision at noon on Thursday. It came three days after FEMA told the state it was approving an earlier request to extend Transitional Shelter Assis
  
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