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• Deceased Person Found Along Shore in Old Lyme

  05-02-2018 23:50
  
  Police recovered a body found along the shore in Old Lyme on Monday, troopers said.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Chemical In McDonald’s Fries May Cure Baldness, Study Claims

  05-02-2018 23:48
  CBS Local — Customers at McDonald’s may want to ask for a side of hair gel with their meal, according to the claims of a new study in Japan. Scientists say that a chemical used in the cooking of the fast food chain’s french fries may hold the cure for baldness.
  Researchers at Yokohama National University found that the chemical dimethylpolysiloxane – found in silicone and added to cooking oil as an anti-foaming agent – helped to mass produce hair follicles
  
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• Route 6 in Columbia Closed After Car Strikes Pedestrian

  05-02-2018 23:07
  
  Route 6 in Columbia is closed after a pedestrian was struck by a car.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Route 2 eastbound in Colchester closed following serious motor vehicle accident

  05-02-2018 22:44
  COLCHESTER —  Route 2 eastbound by exit 21 in Colchester is closed after a car struck a tree Monday afternoon.
  State police said Life Star has been requested. No other details have been released at this time.
  #CTtraffic: Rte 2 eb x21 Colchester closed for one car vs tree crash. Life Star enroute for one with serious injury.
  — CT State Police (@CT_STATE_POLICE) February 5, 2018
  
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• Astronomers Find Planets In Another Galaxy For The First Time

  05-02-2018 22:19
  CBS Local — For the first time in history, astronomers have discovered thousands of new planets “in a galaxy far, far away.”
  The intergalactic achievement marks the first time astronomers have seen a planet outside of our own galaxy. Using a new method of stargazing, called gravitational microlensing, scientists were able to find as many as 2,000 distant worlds in a galaxy 3.8 billion light-years away.
  “Previously, planets have been detected only in the Milky Wa
  
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• Trump labels some Democrats ‘treasonous’ for their State of the Union reaction

  05-02-2018 21:53
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  President Donald Trump mocked Democrats Monday for their stony reactions during his State of the Union speech last week, saying that it was even “treasonous.”
  “They were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘Treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not,” he said to laughter.
  “Can we call that treason? Why not,” he added. He made the remarks during a speech at a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  “I mean the
  
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• Retiring Connecticut chief justice takes job at law firm

  05-02-2018 21:48
  HARTFORD — Retiring Connecticut Chief Justice Chase Rogers has been hired by a large East Coast law firm.
  Day Pitney announced Monday that Rogers will join the firm’s Hartford office as a litigation partner and appellate practice group member on March 19.
  Monday also was the day Rogers’ retirement as chief justice took effect.
  Rogers served as chief justice for nearly 11 years, after serving as a judge on the Superior Court and Appellate Court. She previously worked as a lawyer
  
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• Escaped Inmate Ate at Burger King, Called Mom for Ride: Docs

  05-02-2018 21:48
  
  Court documents reveal additional information about an inmate’s escape from prison in Enfield last month, including his trip to Burger King and his call to his mother claiming he has been released from...Photo Credit: Canton, Georgia Police
  
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• Malloy’s Final Budget Includes Tax Increases, Cuts And Tolls

  05-02-2018 21:44
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s final budget proposal includes a range of tax changes, including a higher levy on cigarettes, a25-cent-per-bottle deposit on wine and liquor and elimination of the $200 property tax credit against the income tax.
  Those propositions are in addition to the gradual 7-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase and statewide tolling Malloy proposed last week.
  Malloy’s budget does not increase the state’s income or sales tax.
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• Dow falls over 1,000 points

  05-02-2018 21:40
  NEW YORK — The markets plunged Monday, with the Dow falling nearly 1,600 points in the largest intraday point decline ever.
  The selloff knocked the Dow down as much as 6.3%.
  At its worst levels, the Dow has fallen 2,200 points over the past two sessions.
  Stocks gyrated wildly throughout the day. The Dow was down about 950 points, or 3.75%, minutes market close.
  Market volatility emerged last week as investors grew more worried about turmoil in the bond market caused by inflation
  
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• Keidel: Not Just Super… Record-Breaking

  05-02-2018 21:07
  By Jason Keidel
  The NFL has this slightly irritating tradition of using Roman numerals to label each Super Bowl. Since most Americans stopped taking Latin 50 years ago, and many consider it a dead language altogether, it’s merely an eyesore of consonants when two numbers will do.
  But you might need new ciphers to count the number of records broken last night in Super Bowl LII. Indeed, according to a piece on CBSSports.com, an absurd 17 records fell during the Eagles’ 41-33 upset of t
  
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• 2 Simsbury Business Owners Face Deportation to China

  05-02-2018 20:53
  
  Two Simsbury business owners afraid of being ripped away from their two sons are pleading to stay in the country.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Accused of Impersonating ICE Agent Arrested in Orange

  05-02-2018 20:50
  
  Police stopped a man who they said was driving without headlights in Orange last Tuesday night and arrested the passenger when officers realized that the man who said he was a training officer with Homeland...Photo Credit: Orange Police
  
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• Huge, deadly I-44 pile-up in Missouri seen in stunning drone footage

  05-02-2018 20:46
  SPRINGFIELD, Missouri — A Missouri fire department shared incredible drone video Monday showing the aftermath of a huge, deadly pileup on Interstate-44 that happened during a snowstorm Sunday, according to FOX News.
  The crash near Springfield involved several vehicles and tractor trailers and resulted in the death of a 63-year-old woman, according to local TV station, KY3 News and other local media.
  Missouri state police said more than 100 vehicles were involved in a series of ac
  
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•  Dental students took selfie with severed heads in background

  05-02-2018 20:41
  HARTFORD  — Graduate dental school students and a top University of Connecticut orthodontics professor took a selfie with two severed heads in the background, that are used for medical research during training at Yale University last year.
  Yale officials called the episode disturbing and inexcusable. Both Yale and UConn Health officials say they have taken steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
  The selfie was taken in June at the Yale School of Medicine during a surgical
  
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• Arrest In Hartford Hit And Run

  05-02-2018 20:35
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – There’s been an arrest in a double fatal hit and run in Hartford last month.
  Police say 24-year-old Nathaniel Jefferson was behind the wheel of the car that struck and killed 24-year-old Tina Fontanez and 23-year-old Catalina Melendez as the women exited a cab on Vine Street on January 16.
  Investigators say the 2006 Acura was registered to 25-year-old Lorenzo Ivery, who they say was a passenger as 24-year-old Nathaniel Jefferson drove.
  Ivery had pr
  
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• New Whole Foods System Driving Workers To ‘Cry’ Regularly, Report Says

  05-02-2018 20:28
  CBS Local — Whole Foods’ new inventory system is reportedly causing so much stress for the supermarket’s employees they’re literally being driven to tears.
  “The stress has created such a tense working environment. Seeing someone cry at work is becoming normal,” a supervisor at a West Coast Whole Foods told Business Insider. “I wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares about maps and inventory.”
  The chain’s new order-to-shel
  
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• Police: Man with gun impersonated immigration agent

  05-02-2018 20:23
  ORANGE  — Police in Connecticut have arrested a man who they say impersonated an immigration officer during a traffic stop.
  The New Haven Register reports 37-year-old Scott Gilmore, of Milford, was arrested last week and charged with impersonating an officer, interfering with an officer and weapons offenses.
  Orange police stopped a vehicle that had been driving without headlights. Police say Gilmore was wearing a uniform and told police he was an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a
  
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• Giselle posts moving photo on social media offering congrats to Philadelphia Eagles

  05-02-2018 20:21
  BOSTON, Mass.— In a classy as well as an emotional post, Giselle Bundchen, world-famous Brazilain super model and wife of Tom Brady, congratulated the Eagles on their first ever Super Bowl win.
  Bundchen then went on to praise her husband, highlighting the amount of commitment and sacrifice he puts into his work and the game.
  In the Instagram post, Bundchen seen comforting Brady after the projected favorites New England Patriots fell to the Philadelphia Eagles. At least of their two childre
  
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• Connecticut hospital has to pay up on Super Bowl bet

  05-02-2018 20:17
  HARTFORD – They made the bet, now they have to pay up.The New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the the Philadelphia Eagles. Trinity Health of New England created a short video accepting a challenge to a friendly Super Bowl wager from sister Hospitals St. Mary Medical Center and Mercy Health System.The groups agreed had the Patriots won, they would send people in Connecticut some Philly Cheesesteaks as a prize.
  
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• Simsbury business owners face deportation to China

  05-02-2018 20:00
  SIMSBURY -- Sunday was a day filled with raw emotion outside Deco Salon in Simsbury.
  The owners of the salon - known affectionately as Tony and Kris - are due to be deported on Friday, February 16, so the community is pushing back.
  "This family was escaping persecution to come here, " said State Senator Beth Bye of Farmington, "They've come here, they've set up a business, and they're important community members and our community members are saying 'we're with you.'"
  The couple has been living
  
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• Inmate who spent 10 days free after escape held on $500,000 bail

  05-02-2018 19:43
  SOMERS — Jerry Mercado was ordered held on $500,000 bond by a Connecticut judge Monday.
  Mercado was believed to have escaped by clinging to the undercarriage of a vehicle as it left prison grounds in Enfield.
  State prisons officials said the 25-year-old man was returned to Connecticut Friday night from Georgia, where he’d been held since being apprehended January 17. Officials said he initially fought extradition, but later waived that right.
  Mercado escaped from the Carl Robinson Co
  
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• New deadline for Western Union scam claims

  05-02-2018 19:40
  HARTFORD — People who were scammed and sent money via Western Union have more time to file a claim.
  The Department of Banking and the Department of Consumer Protection said Monday, the deadline for consumers who were scammed and used Western Union to wire the funds to file a claim with the Federal Trade Commission has been extended to May 31, 2018.
  Western Union has agreed to pay $586 million to provide refunds to people who were scammed into wiring money and used their wire transfer servi
  
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• Hospitals Struggle With Saline Supply Amid Flu Season

  05-02-2018 19:29
  
  The 2018 flu season has put intravenous bags in high demand, but Hurricane Maria in 2017 has made them hard to come by.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Charged in Hartford Hit and Run That Killed Two Women

  05-02-2018 19:22
  
  Police have arrested a man suspected in a hit-and-run on Vine Street in Hartford on Jan. 16 that killed two women.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Suspect in double fatal Hartford hit-and-run charged with 2 counts of manslaughter

  05-02-2018 19:12
  HARTFORD — Police have made a second arrest in a hit-and-run case that resulted in the death of two cousins last month.
  Nathaniel Jefferson turned himself in to Hartford Police and was charged with two counts of secnd-degree manslaughter,  two counts of evading responsibility with death,  evading responsibility,  reckless driving,  traveling too fast for conditions,  failure to drive in proper lane, and operating with suspended license. Jefferson  is being hel
  
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• Guilford Company Prints Official Super Bowl T-Shirts

  05-02-2018 19:08
  
  Employees at one Guilford company were hard at work Sunday night printing t-shirts celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl win.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Yard Goats to Hold Job Fair

  05-02-2018 19:03
  
  The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club is looking to fill positions and will hold a job fair on Feb. 17.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ex-dentist pleads guilty to illegally prescribing drugs

  05-02-2018 18:52
  HARTFORD— A former dentist is facing a long prison term after pleading guilty to illegally prescribing oxycodone.
  The Hartford Courant reports that 48-year-old Peter Delaney agreed to a 15-year prison term with six to serve and the remainder suspended for five years of probation after pleading guilty last week to prescribing drugs that were not medically necessary. Formal sentencing is scheduled for April 4. The West Hartford man is also barred from practicing and must pay a $50,000 fine.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: New Haven takes the lead on banning bump stocks

  05-02-2018 18:29
  NEW HAVEN — Some states and cities are taking the lead on banning bump stocks as efforts stall in Washington, D.C.
  The controversial device was used in the Las Vegas shooting, allowing a semi-automatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic firearm.
  Massachusetts and New Jersey as well as the cities of Denver and Columbia, South Carolina, have enacted laws prohibiting the sale and possession of the devices. A little over a dozen other states are also considering bans.
  Gun-control advocates say
  
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• New Haven takes the lead on banning bump stocks

  05-02-2018 18:29
  NEW HAVEN — Some states and cities are taking the lead on banning bump stocks as efforts stall in Washington, D.C.
  The controversial device was used in the Las Vegas shooting, allowing a semi-automatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic firearm.
  Massachusetts and New Jersey as well as the cities of Denver and Columbia, South Carolina, have enacted laws prohibiting the sale and possession of the devices. A little over a dozen other states are also considering bans.
  Gun-control advocates say
  
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• Bitcoin Plunges Below $8,000 As Credit Cards Ban Purchases

  05-02-2018 18:25
  CBS Local — Less than two months after Bitcoin’s value soared to an all-time high of nearly $20,000, the cryptocurrency has started February with an equally impressive fall. The digital currency fell below $8,000 on the news that more and more financial institutions are refusing to allow Bitcoin transactions.
  Bitcoin’s roller coaster ride in the market has been mostly negative in 2018 as countries and banks crack down on its use and have imposed new regulations on its trading.
  
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• Missing puppy killed after someone tied his legs, threw him onto freeway

  05-02-2018 18:09
  VACAVILLE, Calif.  - In a Vacaville parking lot Saturday Deb Ferrara was crocheting like she does almost every day.
  "This is what you do when you retire," Ferrara told KTXL in Sacramento.
  But that day was different than others because there was something missing. Her dog, Rex, would always keep her company, stitch after stitch.
  Rex got out of his Vacaville home Thursday while Ferrara was at a friend's funeral. She frantically looked for the 18-month-old puppy for hours, then she got a call
  
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• Man impregnates biological daughter given up for adoption as an infant

  05-02-2018 18:06
  KNIGHTDALE, N.C. - The biological mother of a young woman who police said developed a sexual relationship with her biological father has a warning for parents of adopted children.
  She told WTVR that if their child wants to reunite with their biological parents, they should be in therapy when they reunite because the feelings that come up during the reunion can get confused with something else.
  Pictures she provided to WTVR show her daughter and ex-husband posing with their new baby.
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• Couple gets married while wedding party is suspended 400 feet above canyon

  05-02-2018 18:03
  LODI, Calif. - You've probably never seen photographs like this before.
  Kimberly Weglin and Ryan Jenks got married in Moab, Utah  - suspended 400 feet above a canyon.
  Their wedding photos, featuring them on a spider web looking contraption as they said their vows, have gone viral.
  "I’ve heard a lot of people say, 'Because it’s every woman’s dream to get married on a spiderweb,'" Weglin told KTXL. "And I was like, 'For me it was.' That was super romantic for me because tha
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Governor Malloy announces FY19 budget proposal

  05-02-2018 18:01
  HARTFORD — Governor Dannel P. Malloy is announcing his budget adjustment proposal for Fiscal year 2019 at the State Capitol in Hartford on Monday afternoon.
  Malloy said his Fiscal Year 2019 budget adjustments, building on the framework of the bipartisan, biennial budget adopted last year. The Governor’s proposal focuses on recurring, realistic spending and revenue changes to put the state budget on more stable footing, both in this biennium and into the future.
  “The budget we
  
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• World Series Hero Springer Signs Two Year Pact With Astros

  05-02-2018 17:50
  HOUSTON (AP) – World Series MVP George Springer and the Houston Astros avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a $24 million, two-year contract.
  Springer gets $12 million annually under the deal announced Monday and will be eligible for arbitration again after the 2019 season.
  The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday.
  He asked for a raise from $4,075,000 to $10.5 million and was offered $8.5 million.
  His case was bolstered when Mookie Betts defeated Boston in the first hearing last we
  
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• Pursuit Ends in Officer-Involved Shooting in Glastonbury

  05-02-2018 17:40
  
  A suspect was shot and East Hartford police officers were injured when a car chase that began in East Hartford ended in a police-involved shooting in Glastonbury Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecitcut
  
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• Kent Ice Jam Issues Improving

  05-02-2018 17:39
  
  Officials in Kent say they have seen significant thawing in the ice jam that caused flooding and road closures in the last few weeks.
  
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• Ice Led to Issues on Roads, School Delays

  05-02-2018 17:37
  
  There were some issues on the roads Monday morning after rain last night created click spots and there were a couple school delays because of it.Photo Credit: Jon Barbagallo, Norfolk PIO‏
  
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• Windsor Woman Injured in Manchester Crash

  05-02-2018 17:36
  
  A Windsor woman was seriously injured in a crash on I-384 in Manchester Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• February 5 – February 11

  05-02-2018 17:36
  Monday, February 5
  Middletown Department of Health Flu Clinic – Saturday, February 10 from 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM at City Hall, 245 deKoven Drive, Middletown.  The clinic will feature the highly safe and pure Flublok vaccine which does not contain eggs, preservatives, or harsh chemicals including thimerosal (a mercury derivative). In order to receive a flu shot, participants must be at least 4 years of age, and in good health. Participants should bring a valid form of identific
  
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• Meet the teen who took the Super Bowl selfie with Justin Timberlake

  05-02-2018 17:07
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.  -- It's pretty cool to be a seventh grader who scores tickets to the Super Bowl.  But, it's quite another thing to become an instant internet star just for talking an impromptu selfie at the championship game.
  During Sunday night's halftime show, megastar Justin Timberlake walked right up to 13-year-old Ryan McKenna during his performance at U.S. Bank Stadium.
  “I just thought to myself, ‘I’ll never get this opportunity again in my whole life,'&rdq
  
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• FOX61 Family First: When do you introduce solid food to babies?

  05-02-2018 16:48
  HARTFORD -- One of the first big decisions parents face is when to introduce baby to solid foods. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends solely breastfeeding for the first six months, but many parents may find that, developmentally, their child becomes ready at an earlier or later age.Dr. Nancy Trout, a pediatrician at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, said there are some signs to look for to know if your little one is ready.
  “They have to be able to sit up, they need to
  
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• Family First: When do you introduce solid food to babies?

  05-02-2018 16:48
  HARTFORD -- One of the first big decisions parents face is when to introduce baby to solid foods. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends solely breastfeeding for the first six months, but many parents may find that, developmentally, their child becomes ready at an earlier or later age.Dr. Nancy Trout, a pediatrician at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, said there are some signs to look for to know if your little one is ready.
  “They have to be able to sit up, they need to
  
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• 12 destinations travelers might want to avoid in 2018

  05-02-2018 16:38
  Tourism backlash has been in full effect over the past 12 months, with several destinations announcing they’d had enough of foreign visitors flooding their streets or disrupting their fragile ecosystems.
  Unsurprisingly, this has posed a a dilemma for mindful travelers planning their next vacation.
  From Venice and Barcelona to the Galapagos Islands and even the Taj Mahal, here are 12 places conscious tourists might want to think twice about visiting i
  
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• Norfolk crews respond after town plow truck rolls over

  05-02-2018 16:35
  NORFOLK — The driver of a plow truck was taken to the hospital after his plow truck slipped on an icy road.
  Norfolk fire officials say the fire department and EMS were called o the dirt road section of Bald Mountain Road to assist one of the town trucks that slipped and slid off the road due to icy conditions.
  Officials say the driver was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
  Norfolk Fire Dept. & Norfolk Amb responded to the dirt road section of Bald Mountain Road to assist our town ro
  
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• Inmate Who Spent 10 Days Free After Escape Back In Court

  05-02-2018 16:06
  SOMERS, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut prison inmate believed to have escaped by clinging to the undercarriage of a vehicle as it left prison grounds is scheduled to face a judge.
  Jerry Mercado faces escape-related charges in court Monday.
  State prisons officials say the 25-year-old man was returned to Connecticut Friday night from Georgia, where he’d been held since being apprehended Jan. 17. Officials say he initially fought extradition, but later waived that right.
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• WIN BEFORE YOU CAN BUY: Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers

  05-02-2018 16:00
  Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers is coming to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, July 8th, 2018 and we want to send you to see the show.
  Tickets go on sale Friday, February 9th through ticketmaster.com, but we want you to win them right here.
  Tune in to Todd Feinburg every afternoon this week starting at 3pm, and know the answer to the trivia question below.  When you hear the cue to call, know the answer and dial 1-800-953-1080 for your chance to win two tickets to see the show!
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• Veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan could be deported

  05-02-2018 16:00
  KENOSHA, WI — Miguel Perez Jr. discovered that two tours of duty in Afghanistan with the US Army and an accompanying case of PTSD are no shield from the US immigration laws.
  Because of a 2010 drug conviction, Perez, 39, sits in an ICE detention center in Kenosha, Wisconsin, awaiting possible deportation to Mexico — a country he left more than three decades ago.
  He said he fears deportation would do more than separate him from his family in the United States, including his two childre
  
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