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• Two people taken to hospital following Enfield house fire

  02-02-2018 23:56
  ENFIELD —  Firefighters said two people were taken to the hospital following a house fire Friday afternoon.
  Enfield firefighters said a fire broke out to a home at 255 Riverdale Road. Firefighters said two people were home at the time of the fire. One victim was treated for minor burns, the other was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
  Firefighters said the house suffered extensive damage and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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• Patriots Injury Report: No Hurt Patriots, Believe It Or Not

  02-02-2018 23:51
  By Danny Cox
  The AFC Championship Game was almost two weeks ago, and the New England Patriots suffered a small handful of injuries during that contest that seemed quite concerning. With that much time between the conclusion of that game and Super Bowl LII, the hope was that most of the injuries would heal up and that the majority of the roster would be in playing shape to face the Philadelphia Eagles.
  Little did anyone expect for the New England Patriots to have a Super Bowl injury report withou
  
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• Eagles Injury Report: Jernigan, Darby Miss Practices With Illness

  02-02-2018 23:46
  By Kevin McGuire
  As the Philadelphia Eagles prepare to face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, it seems a spreading illness has been the biggest concern of the week. Perhaps it is all the extra exposure to people and the media in the week leading up to the big game?
  Defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan has missed multiple practices this week. Jernigan was first ruled out of a practice a week ago in the last practice session in Philadelphia. An illness was the reason for his absence a we
  
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• Malloy, Wyman Celebrate State's 2018 Winter Olympic Athletes

  02-02-2018 22:19
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman congratulated the Connecticut athletes competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.Photo Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
  
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• Police: Former West Hartford Student Teacher Had Sexual Relationship With Student

  02-02-2018 22:15
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A former student teacher at Conard High School in West Hartford is under arrest in New Britain, accused of having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old male student.
  Taylor Boncal, 22, of Beacon Falls is charged with three counts of second-degree sexual assault, said police.
  Police say the sexual activity occurred while Boncal was living in New Britain.
  School officials in West Hartford say Boncal was a student teacher at Conard High in the fall of 201
  
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• Southington Considers Teacher Furloughs

  02-02-2018 22:10
  
  Southington’s Board of Education is considering instituting a pair of furlough days that could make a significant dent in the system’s $2 million budget shortfall.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Keidel: Super Bowl 52 Prediction

  02-02-2018 22:02
  By Jason Keidel
  Super Bowl LII Philadelphia Eagles (15-3) vs. New England Patriots (15-3)Sunday, February 4, 6:30 pm ET
  One more game, the game, four quarters to distill six months and decide the winner of the NFL for the 2017 season. Super Bowl LII features the New England Patriots, the classic chalk and talk of football for the last 17 years, making a league-record 10th trip to the Super Bowl, and the eighth since Bill Belichick and Tom formed the most famous and successful HC-QB tandem in his
  
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• Norwich Public Utilities Helps Restore Power in Puerto Rico

  02-02-2018 22:00
  
  Months after Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck, the island of Puerto Rico is still picking up the pieces, and many residents remain without electricity.Photo Credit: SMUD
  
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• Dow plunges 600 points — worst week in 2 years

  02-02-2018 21:54
  NEW YORK — Wall Street is having its worst day of the Trump presidency.
  The Dow dropped 600 points, or 2.3%, on Friday despite a strong jobs report that showed wage growth is finally starting to pick up. That’s great news for workers, but it reinforced investors’ concern about inflation and the bond market.
  The sell-off put the Dow well below 26,000. Both the Dow and S&P 500 are on track for their biggest weekly drops since early 2016 — nearly 4% each.
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• East Hartford Police K9 Receives Body Armor

  02-02-2018 21:50
  
  East Hartford Police Department K9 Casus has received body armor thanks to a donation from a non-profit group.Photo Credit: East Hartford Police Department
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for 13-Year-Old Girl

  02-02-2018 21:35
  
  The Bristol Police Department hse issued a silver alert for missing 13-year-old Evelyn Rodriguez.
  
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• West Hartford school teacher charged with having sex with student

  02-02-2018 21:14
  NEW BRITAIN — New Britain police said a teacher of the West Hartford school system was charged with having sex with a student.
  Tayler Boncal, 22, of Beacon Falls, was charged with three counts of second-degree sexual assault.
  Police said their investigation began on Jan. 12 when they learned that she had the relationship with a male student from Conard High School.
  She was employed by the district as a student teacher and assistant track coach at Conard  at the time and 
  
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• I-395 South in Killingly Reopens After Crash

  02-02-2018 21:00
  
  I-395 south is closed near exit 37B in Killingly due to a serious crash, according to the state Department of Transportation.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• College Basketball Games Of The Week: UVA, ‘Nova Face Conference Rivals

  02-02-2018 20:24
  By Steve Silverman
  Saturday, Feb. 3
  De’Andre Hunter #12 of the Virginia Cavaliers. Credit: Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images
  No. 2 Virginia (21-2, 10-0) at Syracuse (15-7, 4-5), 4 p.m. ET, ACCNE
  Virginia may be the best team in the nation, and the Cavaliers had a brilliant game last weekend as they went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and beat the Duke Blue Devils. After that victory, how can Tony Bennett’s team go anywhere and not feel confident?
  That’s just what Jim Boeheim and the Syra
  
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• Hartford Weekend Stabbing Ruled Homicide

  02-02-2018 20:14
  
  The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has confirmed to the NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters that the death of 29-year-old Hartford man has been ruled a homicide, the city’s third in 2018.
  
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• New London Cop Pleads Not Guilty To Assault

  02-02-2018 20:13
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A New London police officer charged with striking a handcuffed suspect during an arrest has pleaded not guilty to assault charges.The Day reports Officer Deana Nott’s attorney entered the plea on her behalf Thursday in New London Superior Court.
  Prosecutors say the 50-year-old officer struck a handcuffed man in the face as he struggled with officers trying to place him in a cruiser. The man had been involved in a fight and was later convicted of assa
  
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• Connecticut Paper Claps Back At Rhode Island Paper’s Diss

  02-02-2018 19:53
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WTIC and AP) – The biggest newspapers in Connecticut and Rhode Island are feuding over which state is worse.
  The Hartford Courant in Connecticut wrote a scathing editorial after The Providence Journal in Rhode Island published an editorial calling its New England neighbor struggling, and blasting its business climate as enormously difficult.
  The Journal’s Jan. 24 piece ends by calling on Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo to try and attract jobs from Connect
  
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• Dr. Travis Stork Dishes On Healthy Super Bowl Recipes

  02-02-2018 19:23
  Travis Stork’s medical career didn’t begin until he started working in a free clinic after college. Now the math major turned MD shares health tips with the entire country on “The Doctors.” Stork and his colleagues discuss health and medical issues like obesity and heart health.
  Stork chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about his career, some healthy options for Super Bowl Sunday and how to keep your heart healthy.
  DJ Sixsmith: When did you first realize you w
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Girl

  02-02-2018 18:52
  VERNON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
  The Journal Inquirer reports Walter Berger, of Coventry, pleaded guilty Tuesday to fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child in Vernon Superior Court. As part of a plea agreement, Berger’s attorney will be able to argue his client should be exempt from registering as a sex offender during sentencing.
  State police were notified by the Department of Children an
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Here Comes Super Bowl Sunday

  02-02-2018 18:18
  Rhode Island Rams vs. VCU RamsFriday, February 2, 2018, 7:00 pm ET
  VCU +3.5
  Rams vs. Rams here, with VCU getting the home floor. A valuable home dog pick. URI is yet to lose in a down A-10, but VCU has started to click and it has a backcourt that can match up solidly with Rhode Island’s. Take the points; should be a good game.
  SportsLine Expert: Matt Norlander (2-1 in last 3 CBB ATS picks)
  Harvard Crimson vs. Columbia LionsFriday, February 2, 2018, 7:00 pm ET
  COLUMBIA +2
  The SportsLine pro
  
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• White House Declassifies GOP Memo On Russia Probe

  02-02-2018 18:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says newly declassified GOP memo alleging FBI abuses shows, “A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves.”
  Trump tells reporters Friday: “The memo was sent to Congress, it was declassified. Congress will do whatever they’re going to do. But I think it’s adisgrace what’s happened in our country.”
  Trump’s decision to declassify the memo clears the way for the public release of the document.
  The memo
  
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• Trump authorizes release of controversial Republican memo

  02-02-2018 18:12
  President Donald Trump has authorized the release of a controversial Republican memo alleging intelligence abuses.
  White House spokesman Raj Shah said the document has been transmitted to the minority and majority members in the House Intelligence Committee. The document was also sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office, Shah said.
  The White House requested no redactions, Shah said.
  Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump implied the memo revealed political bias at the FBI. He said he believed
  
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• Disputed GOP-Nunes memo released

  02-02-2018 18:12
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans, with the approval of President Donald Trump, on Friday released a disputed GOP intelligence memo that alleges FBI abuses of its surveillance authority.
  The highly controversial memo from the GOP and Rep. Devin Nunes alleges that then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee that no surveillance warrant would have been sought for a Trump campaign aide without a disputed opposition research dossier on Trump and Ru
  
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• January the dog: One month later

  02-02-2018 17:50
  WATERBURY -- Exactly one month ago today, a boxer named January stumbled upon a rescuers porch in Waterbury.
  “Honestly an angel was on her shoulder," says Jennifer Humphrey, founder of Brass City Rescue Alliance. “She wandered onto the right deck”
  When rescuers found January she was approximately 40 pounds. Boxers are typically 70 to 80 pounds, and right now, January is at roughly 63 pounds, which was thanks to a lot of love and more of course, a lot of cookies!
  Aside from bei
  
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• New York Bully Crew on the front lines to save pets

  02-02-2018 17:44
  NEW YORK (WPIX) -- One in seven households in New York City have dogs — roughly nearly half a million canine companions across all five boroughs.
  However, not all of them live in a loving home and that’s where the New York Bully Crew steps in. This group of pet first responders is on the front lines of life and death.
  So far this year, the New York Bully Crew has rescued 15 dogs.
  A small team of dedicated staff and volunteers keep this Long Island-based non-profit shelter
  
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• Boomer Esiason & Phil Simms Preview New Season Of “Billions”

  02-02-2018 17:40
  While football fans gear up for Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, there’s another big time matchup that isn’t too far away. “Billions” returns for its third season on Sunday Mar 25 at 9pm EST/PST as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and hedge fund king Bobby “Axe” Axelrod look to outmaneuver each other. Inside the NFL analysts Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms are big fans of the show. The former NFL quarterbacks preview Season 3,
  
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• Yanks Announce Moves Ahead Of Spring Training

  02-02-2018 17:38
  NEW YORK (AP) – Infielder Danny Espinosa has agreed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and will attend big league spring training.
  The 30-year-old hit .173 with 10 doubles, six homers and 31 RBIs in 266 at-bats over 93 games last year with the Los Angeles Angels, Seattle and Tampa Bay.
  He has played all infield positions in the major leagues and also left field, batting .221 with 98 homers and 316 RBIs over eight seasons.
  He spent his first seven big league seasons with Wash
  
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• 2018 Hartford Boat Show Cruises In

  02-02-2018 17:37
  
  Escape the chill of winter this year at the Hartford Boat Show.Photo Credit: CMTA Hartford Boat Show
  
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• Landmark Modernist Home On Long Island Sound For Sale

  02-02-2018 17:24
  DARIEN, Conn. (AP) – A home on Long Island Sound that was designed by architect Richard Meier and became a modernist landmark has gone up for sale inConnecticut.
  The Smith House in Darien has been owned by same family since it was built in 1967.
  It was listed for sale last week with an asking price of $14.5 million.
  The 3,930-square-foot home features glass walls facing the water and a minimalist aesthetic.
  Real estate agent Jack Trifero says those coming to view the house have included a
  
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• Your Snow Photos Feb. 2, 2018

  02-02-2018 17:22
  
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• Connie Sawyer, Hollywood’s oldest working actress, dies at 105

  02-02-2018 17:14
  LOS ANGELES — Connie Sawyer, who was the oldest working actress in Hollywood, has died at 105, her daughter Lisa Dudley tells CNN.
  Sawyer suffered a heart attack and later died on January 21 at the Motion Picture Television Fund retirement home where she resided, according to Dudley.
  The character actress appeared in multiple film and television projects over the years, including roles in “Archie Bunker’s Place,” “Will & Grace” and “When Harry Met Sa
  
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• Estates Of Victims Killed By Train Get Settlements From Town

  02-02-2018 16:28
  REDDING, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut town has agreed to pay at least $30,000 in settlements to the families of two people killed when a train struck their carat a railroad crossing five years ago.
  The News-Times of Danbury reports that terms of the settlements between Redding and the estates of Wayne Balacky and Jausheema Perkins were not disclosedbecause of confidentiality agreements, but court records show that each estate received $15,000.
  Balacky’s estate received $1 million and P
  
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• ‘Tight’ pants prompted student to undress in half-naked school fight video, witness says

  02-02-2018 16:07
  WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - A witness to a brawl between two teenage girls at a high school Wednesday afternoon says one of the girls seen in a viral video may have removed her pants because they were too tight to fight in.
  "The girl was like, 'My pants is tight, let me take them off,'" the witness, who wanted to remain anonymous, told WREG.
  Many had wondered about the rationale behind the half-naked lunchtime fight in the Academies of West Memphis gym, which ended in both girls being arrested.
  "I was
  
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• ‘That’s creepy’: Burglar spends 7 hours lurking around couple’s home as they slept

  02-02-2018 16:02
  SEATTLE, Wash. - Seattle Police are asking for the public's help identifying a burglar who spent seven hours between midnight and 7 a.m. creeping around the back patio of a couple's home..
  He was right outside their bedroom while they were sleeping on December 30th, according to KCPQ.
  "It's kinda scary. Guy is right there outside the window. Who knows what he could have done?" victim Gary Laws said.
  The thief stole clothing, a dog bed, and other items - after he used the couple's hot tub.
  "That
  
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• Jeopardy trolls the Cleveland Browns in a brilliant tweet

  02-02-2018 15:02
  CLEVELAND (WJW) — If you watch Jeopardy on a regular basis, you know that they find contestants with knowledge on diverse categories.
  That wasn’t the case on Thursday when contestants couldn’t come up with a single question for the “football” answers.
  And the show had an epic, yet truthful, troll for the Cleveland Browns.
  Fun fact: Our contestants answered as many clues in this category as the @Browns had wins this season. pic.twitter.com/KMaR8otIHe
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• State Removing Inmate Health Care From UConn Health

  02-02-2018 14:54
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Connecticut officials are transferring health care services for prison inmates from UConn Health to the Correction Department amid concerns over prisoner deaths and other problems.
  Inmate health services will move in July from the University of Connecticut’s medical programs to the Department of Correction.
  Prison officials have hired an outside consultant to examine 25 cases, including eight deaths, that have led, or are expected to lead, to lawsuits
  
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• Foodie Friday: Web Turtle Cafe

  02-02-2018 14:47
  WESTBROOK — If variety is the spice of life, then you will love the Turtle Cafe in Westbrook.
  The menu is a melting pot for different cuisines.
  From Thai or French, to Mediterranean or Middle Eastern, there is something for everyone.
  Their specialty is crepes and frittatas. The creative choices is what separates this hidden gem from the rest.
  The Nutella crepe is filled with flavor, including bananas and baked apples and topped with shaved chocolate, whipped cream and a chocolate drizzle.
  
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• Mom dies from flu after hospital sends her home

  02-02-2018 14:43
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  PORTLAND, OR — On Saturday, January 13, Tandy Harmon was an energetic maid of honor, running around with her best friend and making last-minute wedding preparations.
  Harmon didn’t make it to the wedding.
  That Monday — just two days after feeling fine — she was so sick that she went to the emergency room. Doctors diagnosed her with the flu and sent her home.
  The next day, the Portland, Oregon, mother of two went back to the hospital and was put on a ventilator.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Sentencing resumes after father charges at Larry Nassar in court before being restrained

  02-02-2018 14:27
  EATON COUNTY, MI — Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, will be back in court Friday for his third sentencing hearing in as many months on charges of criminal sexual misconduct.
  The father of three daughters who have been abused by Larry Nassar attempted to attack the former doctor in Eaton County court Friday before he was tackled and arrested by security. Before he moved toward Nassar, the man asked the judge for personal time alone with
  
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• Snow Causes Slippery Morning Commute

  02-02-2018 14:27
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are tracking a few chances for wintry weather in the Exclusive Ten Day Forecast.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Sentencing resumes after father charges at Larry Nassar in court before being restrained

  02-02-2018 14:27
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  EATON COUNTY, MI — The judge said there is  `no way’ she’ll punish father of three victims who tried to attack a disgraced doctor in her Michigan courtroom.
  Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was back in court Friday for his third sentencing hearing in as many months on charges of criminal sexual misconduct.
  The father of three daughters who have been abused by Larry Nassar attempted to attack the former docto
  
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• Larry Nassar will face more victims today as fallout from his abuse widens

  02-02-2018 14:27
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  EATON COUNTY, MI — Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, will be back in court Friday for his third sentencing hearing in as many months on charges of criminal sexual misconduct.
  At least 65 accusers are expected to testify against him over days of testimony, which began Wednesday in Michigan’s Eaton County Circuit Court. Accusers say his abuse spanned more than two decades.
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• Groundhogs At Odds Over Weather Predictions

  02-02-2018 14:19
  
  For the second year in a row, there is some disagreement in the ranks of weather-predicting groundhogs.Photo Credit: Lutz Children's Museum
  
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• Man Sentenced For Hit-And-Run That Killed Connecticut Mother

  02-02-2018 14:15
  MERIDEN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut man has been sentenced to six years in prison for a hit-and-run that authorities say killed a mother after she pushed her 7-year-old daughter to safety.
  The Record-Journal reports that 21-year-old Alex Checa, of Meriden, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in December to charges including second-degree manslaughter.
  Police say 40-year-old Dania Cedeno-Del Rosario and her daughter, Denisse, were crossing a Meriden street in October 2016
  
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• Connecticut Man Faces 10 Years In Prison For Injuring Child

  02-02-2018 14:12
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to assaulting, burning, and breaking the bones of his then-girlfriend’s 18-month-old son.
  The Hartford Court reports that 25-year-old Courtney King Saunders pleaded guilty to first-degree assault Thursday under the Alford doctrine, meaning he disagrees with some of the state’s evidence, but acknowledges there is enough to convict. He faces 10 years in prison at sentencing on March 20.
  Prosecutors say Saunders
  
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• The groundhog hath spoken! Welcome to six more weeks of winter

  02-02-2018 13:44
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA — The groundhog hath spoken! Welcome to six more weeks of winter.
  On Friday morning, Punxsutawney Phil scurried out of his little marmot hole saw his shadow. This omen indicates a long winter. Great.
  Why do we do this?
  Every February 2, all eyes turn to a small central Pennsylvania borough as winter-weary Northeasterners await weather guidance from the predictive rodent.
  It’s a 132-year-old tradition that is held every year at the location known as Gobbler
  
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• Snow Causing Slippery Morning Commute

  02-02-2018 12:57
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are tracking a few chances for wintry weather in the Exclusive Ten Day Forecast.
  
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• Tree Comes Down Across Old Stafford Road in Tolland

  02-02-2018 12:53
  
  Part of a tree came down across Old Stafford Road near Slater Road in Tolland on Friday morning.
  
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• Learning outside the classroom walls improves relationships

  02-02-2018 12:30
  Learning doesn’t only happen behind closed doors of a classroom. The outdoors can also be a place for learning. Shepaug Valley School discovered just that when they participated in Outdoor Perspectives’ expedition program. These outdoor expeditions improve relationships among peers in a fun and engaging, way leaving them wanting more.
  The FOX61 Student News program empowers Connecticut middle and high school students to explore the world of multi-media journalism by giving them the o
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway February 2, 2018

  02-02-2018 12:08
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:20- Bob Bell, former President Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, will be at the Trains, Legos, Water-Powered Canal Model and More for Kids event at Windsor Historical Society February 3rd. Bell will let kids in on some train secrets including whistle codes, then pass out train whistles and engineer hats to take home. Learn more about the event.
  6:50- Scott Gordon, owner of The Rolling Donut, a new gourmet doughnut food truc
  
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