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• Your Ice and Snow Photos

  07-02-2018 23:58
  
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• Professor Reprimanded Over Selfie With Severed Heads

  07-02-2018 23:52
  DAVE COLLINSAssociated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A top University of Connecticut dental school professor was reprimanded over a selfie showing him and several students with two severed heads used for medical research, according to a document obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
  The November letter by R. Lamont MacNeil, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine, reprimands orthodontics professor Flavio Uribe for inappropriate and disrespectful conduct. UConn Health released the l
  
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• Storm Cancellations And Delays At Bradley

  07-02-2018 23:46
  (WINDSOR LOCKS,Conn./WTIC News)– Thirty five percent of   arriving and departing flights have been cancelled at Bradley International Airport during today’s storm.There has also been a small number of delays.The airport remains open.
   
  Anyone flying out or expecting some one to fly into Bradley should check with the airline.
  Real time flight updates  are available at http://www.flybdl.org.
  
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• Police Find $300,000 In Pot In Manchester

  07-02-2018 23:44
  (CBS Connecticut) — Police found $300,000 worth of pot in Manchester.
  Investigators found more than seventy pounds of marijuana in a unit at the Squire Village Apartment Complex.
  Police also seized cash and other items they say were connected to the drug trade.
  The East Central Narcotics Task Force says a man and woman had been flying to California and buying large amounts of pot, then sending it back to Connecticut via a private shipping carrier.
  Twenty-four-year-old Kenneth Chaparro was
  
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• Tesla Q4 2017 Report Looks Sunny, Bodes Well For 2018

  07-02-2018 23:22
  CBS Local/CNET — 2017 was a big year for Tesla. It was full of ups like the first customer deliveries of the Model 3, the debut of the Tesla Semi and the new Tesla Roadster; and downs like the production bottlenecks and quality issues that have dogged the Model 3 and delayed ramp-up to start handling the hundreds of thousands of pre-orders. Despite all that, financially, 2017 as a whole and the fourth quarter, in particular, weren’t huge for the EV
  
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• LeBron Haters Sound Off On Warriors Free Agency Rumors

  07-02-2018 22:37
  By Matt Citak
  Last week, the NBA world was set ablaze when ESPN reported that LeBron James would meet with the Golden State Warriors this summer, if they cleared the salary-cap space to sign him. This assumes he opts out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers and becomes a free agent.
  The report cited anonymous league sources, and did not include any thoughts or quotes from James himself. James and his camp vehemently denied leaking the information, and it is believed to have possibly come
  
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• Female Olympians Pledge To Donate Brains For Concussion Research

  07-02-2018 22:27
  CBS Local — Days before the 2018 Winter Olympics begin in South Korea, three female Olympians have announced that they are joining the fight to end concussions in sports by donating their brains to science.
  U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, U.S. hockey player Angela Ruggiero, and six-time Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser of Canada have all pledged to give their brains to the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) at the end of their lives.
  “Women are largely unrepresented in bra
  
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• Apple Watch Can Detect Diabetes With 85% Accuracy, Study Says

  07-02-2018 21:31
  CBS Local — Technology has transformed the wrist watch from a clock, to a phone, and now into a non-invasive monitor for diabetes. According to a study released by Apple, the Apple Watch can accurately tell whether the wearer does or does not have diabetes 85 percent of the time.
  An ongoing study by app developer Cardiogram and the University of California is tracking over 14,000 Apple Watch and Android Wear users, gathering data on many patients who have diabetes, hypertension, sleep
  
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• 2018 Gerber Baby, Lucas, Is First Gerber Baby With Down Syndrome

  07-02-2018 21:04
  CBS Local — Baby food company Gerber has announced the results of its latest photo search.
  Baby Lucas from Dalton, Georgia “won the judges over with his glowing and giggly smile and was chosen among more than 140,000 entries,” according to a press release from the company.
  As the Grand Prize winner, Lucas’s family will receive $50,000, and Lucas will be given the coveted title of 2018 Gerber Spokesbaby.
  “Lucas’ winning smile and joyful expression won our
  
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• Police Arrest Second Suspect in Armed Robbery at Newington T-Mobile

  07-02-2018 20:50
  
  Newington police have arrested a second suspect after two men with guns tied up employees of a T-Mobile store on the Berlin Turnpike in November 2016 and forced them to open a safe at gunpoint.Photo Credit: Newington Police
  
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• Driver Hospitalized After Crash on Merritt Parkway

  07-02-2018 20:32
  
  A driver was taken to the hospital after a rollover on the Merritt Parkway in Westport Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: Westport Fire Department
  
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• Malloy: Connecticut Lawmakers Must Send A National Message

  07-02-2018 19:03
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is calling on state lawmakers to send a signal to the rest of the nation and world that Connecticut is a place that “will always recognize injustice and inequity,” amid “growing national inequity and unfairness.”
  The Democrat on Wednesday delivered his final State of the State address to the General Assembly. He is not seeking a third term in office.
  Malloy says health care, affordable housing, a clean environmen
  
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• Dottie Pepper On AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: ‘Ball Striking Is Key’

  07-02-2018 18:53
  By Dave Shedloski
  Few events can match the splendor and entertainment value of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where celebrities and many of golf’s top players mingle along the California coast at one of the most iconic courses in the world — Pebble Beach Golf Links.
  This year will be no exception, and, in fact, could be one of the most memorable editions since Bing Crosby got his Clambake going in 1937. The top three players in the Official World Golf Ranking — Dustin Johnso
  
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• Is Bergeron A Favorite For The Hart Trophy?

  07-02-2018 18:33
  By Steve Silverman
  Bergeron picking up steam for Hart Trophy
  Patrice Bergeron has been among the most respected and well-liked players in the NHL for years.
  The four-time Selke Trophy winner is known as a player who does everything the right way and is clearly the game’s best 200-foot player.
  As fine a player as Bergeron has been since his rookie season in 2003-2004, he has taken it up a couple of steps this year as the Boston Bruins continue to climb in the NHL standings. Bergeron remains
  
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• Ex-Yank Skipper Girardi Joining MLB Network

  07-02-2018 18:17
  SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) – Former Yankees manager Joe Girardi is joining the MLB Network as a studio analyst and was set to make his debut Wednesday night.
  Girardi was fired after 10 seasons as Yankees manager and replaced by AaronBoone.
  While New York reached Game 7 of the AL Championship Series before losing to Houston, the team wanted to make a generational change.
  Girardi worked for ESPN Radio during the 2003 NL Division Series, for the Yankees’ YES Network in 2004 and 2007, and for F
  
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• City Fights Fired Officer’s Demand For Reinstatement

  07-02-2018 17:43
  DANBURY, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut city is appealing an arbitration panel’s finding that a police officer should not have been fired in 2013 for berating animmigrant during a traffic stop.
  Former Danbury police officer Christopher Belair was fired after video surfaced of him using profanities while threatening to beat a driver and telling him toleave the country.
  The News-Times reports that the arbitration panel called Belair’s behavior “outrageous and disturbing,”
  
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• Foam Cups On The Way Out At Dunkin’

  07-02-2018 17:22
  NEW YORK (AP) – Foam cups at Dunkin’ Donuts will soon be history, removing what the company estimates will be a billion of them each year from the waste stream.
  Dunkin’ said Wednesday that the polystyrene foam cups will be completely phased out from its stores globally by 2020.
  Because foam packaging decomposes slowly, ends up in oceans and can harm marine life and other animals that ingest it, there has been push to ban its use.
  Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc., based in Canto
  
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• 5 Potential Breakout Olympians

  07-02-2018 17:19
  by Rob Joyce
  Have you noticed Americans disagree on, well, everything? Sports, politics, the color of the sky, if there’s an opinion one way, there are five screaming heads to dissent. One general point of consensus, though, is the Olympics, where everyone is rooting for Team USA. And with every Olympiad comes along a handful of athletes that become household names in sports with which we are otherwise largely unfamiliar. As all eyes turn to Pyeongchang, who are the names on Team USA that
  
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• As Price Fluctuates Wildly, Millennials Say They’d Invest In Bitcoin Over Stocks

  07-02-2018 16:49
  CBS Local — Despite plummeting prices, then sweeping gains, and government crackdowns, and credit card companies banning purchases, Bitcoin still looks like a sound investment to millennials, according to recent studies.
  According to recent studies, the Great Recession of 2008 has made a large portion of millennials so fearful of investing in the stock market that young adults say they’d rather take their chances in the volatile world of cryptocurrency.
  “Bitcoin’s anti-es
  
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• Rising Stars: Maame Biney

  07-02-2018 16:00
  Ryan MayerWith the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of the Games. These athletes are our “Rising Stars” for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.Short-track speed skating is one of the most exciting parts of any Winter Olympic program. Skaters blaze around the ovular track in races that last anywhere between 40 seconds and 7 minutes
  
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• Black History Month: 5 Destinations For African American Culture & History

  07-02-2018 15:00
  By Randy Yagi
  First conceived as a weeklong event in Washington DC in 1926 and held annually over the entire month of February since 1976, Black History Month celebrates the numerous achievements and contributions from black Americans in U.S. history. But this year, it’s an especially important time raise awareness in African American history, in that it also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and provides for an excellent opportunity to reflect u
  
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• Jepsen Among AGs Suing Trump Administration Over Water Rule

  07-02-2018 14:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its decision to delay implementation of an Obama-era rule that would have expanded the number of wetlands and small waterways protected by the Clean Water Act.
  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said last week’s decision by the Republican administration to postpone implementation of the 2015 Clean Water Rule for two years is an assault on public health
  
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• Connecticut Man Gets 7 Years In Neglect Death Of Father

  07-02-2018 14:55
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man whose severe neglect was blamed for his 94-year-old father’s death has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
  Sixty-year-old James Libby was also sentenced Tuesday after being found guilty in December of manslaughter.
  His father, Robert Libby, was found dead in the family’s squalid South Windsor home in November by police making a well-being check. Authorities say he had been dead several days, was emaciated, his finger and toenails we
  
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• Alabama Files Lawsuit Against Connecticut Opioid Maker

  07-02-2018 14:45
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the manufacturer of OxyContin and other opioids, becoming the latest state seeking to hold drug companies accountable for an addiction epidemic.
  Alabama Attorney General Alabama Steve Marshall filed the lawsuit in Montgomery federal court against Purdue Pharma, L.P. and its branches. The lawsuit claims the manufacturer engaged in deceptive marketing practices that misled patients and doctors about the benefits of the drugs
  
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• Eagles Season Recap: 2017 Will Be Season To Remember Forever In Philly

  07-02-2018 14:35
  By Sam McPherson
  The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions.
  Let that sink in for a moment, and then go celebrate in the City of Brotherly Love … forever.
  With a 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, the Eagles erased decades of frustration and exacted a bit of revenge, too. Forget the Super Bowl XV loss to the Oakland Raiders and their backup QB on a magical run to immortality. The Eagles now have their own Cinderella story to retell to posterity. Forget th
  
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• Vermont Man Insists He Didn’t Kill Mother, Grandfather

  07-02-2018 13:25
  CONCORD, N.H. (WTIC and AP) – A Vermont man accused by family members of killing his millionaire grandfather and possibly his mother says several of his relatives are being driven by greed and are spreading lies about him.
  Nathan Carman has been called a suspect in the 2013 shooting death of 87-year-old real estate developer John Chakalos in Connecticut. No arrests have been made. He also has been questioned about the day his boat sank with his mother aboard near Rhode Island in 2016. She&
  
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• Police Arrest Star UConn Women’s Field Hockey Player

  07-02-2018 13:12
  STORRS, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Police have arrested the all-time leading scorer on University of Connecticut’s women’s field hockey team for allegedly stealing $34 worth of makeup.
  The Hartford Courant reports 22-year-old Charlotte Veitner was arrested Sunday at the campus bookstore after staff told police she tried to conceal cosmetic items inside a bag.
  Veitner has been charged with larceny and released on $1,500 bail. She is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 14.
  The senior wa
  
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• Town To Spend $5 Million To Clean Up Major Fuel Leak

  07-02-2018 13:08
  NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut town says it will spend millions to clean up a fuel leak that went unnoticed for a year.
  Newington officials said Tuesday about 18,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from an underground vault at the Board of Education bus garage. The leak was detected Dec. 27 when a resident reported an odor to town officials.
  Officials say the leak was caused by a breach in the vault’s fuel delivery system. Town attorney Ben Ancona says the leak has been
  
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• Kim Jong Un’s sister joins North Korean Olympic delegation

  07-02-2018 10:46
  PYEONGCHANG — Kim Jong Un is sending his younger sister to South Korea for the Olympics, the first time any member of the Kim dynasty has visited the country.
  South Korea’s Unification Ministry said in a statement that Kim Yo Jong will be joining North Korea‘s high-level delegation to the South, headed by Kim Yong Nam, president of North Korea’s parliament.
  The 30-year-old, who has seen her profile rise steadily since 2014, was last year promoted to North Korea&
  
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• Messy, wintry Wednesday with snow, ice, and rain

  07-02-2018 10:13
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  Then in the afternoon we’ll see a c
  
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• Man Gets 6 Years For Trying To Firebomb Pizzeria

  07-02-2018 09:51
  WATERBURY, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut man who police say firebombed a pizzeria has been sentenced to six years in prison.
  The Republican-American reports 25-year-old Scott Basile, of Wolcott, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to attempt to commit first-degree arson. As part of a plea deal, Basile will serve 14 years on parole following his release from prison.
  Police were surveilling Fratelli’s Pizza in Waterbury in connection with fires at the restaurant when they
  
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• Wolcott man gets 6 years for trying to firebomb pizzeria

  07-02-2018 05:25
  WATERBURY  — A Connecticut man who police say firebombed a pizzeria has been sentenced to six years in prison.
  The Republican-American reports 25-year-old Scott Basile, of Wolcott, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to attempt to commit first-degree arson. As part of a plea deal, Basile will serve 14 years on parole following his release from prison.
  Police were surveilling Fratelli’s Pizza in Waterbury in connection with fires at the restaurant when they saw Basile appr
  
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• Connecticut Democrats plan to push for higher minimum wage

  07-02-2018 05:23
  HARTFORD — Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly are pledging to increase the state’s minimum wage.
  House and Senate leaders on Tuesday said they’ll push for a “livable wage” during the new legislative session, which opens Wednesday. Connecticut’s minimum wage is currently $10.10 an hour.
  Democratic Senate President Martin Looney suggests the wage could climb to $11 an hour, beginning January 2019. It would then increase to $15 by 2023. He says lawmake
  
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• Parents speak out as 10-year-old with flu, pneumonia fights for her life

  07-02-2018 05:21
  AURORA, Colo. - Two Colorado parents are encouraging other parents to take early precautions this flu season after their 10-year-old girl ended up in the hospital using a machine to breathe, according to KDVR.
  Keyona Richardson has been in the pediatric ICU at Children’s Hospital Colorado since Wednesday night after catching the flu.
  Her mother, Kristie Richardson, said it all happened so quickly. “Wednesday the school called and said that she had a fever. I picked her up and took h
  
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• Man Recorded Men in Locker Room at Southington YMCA: PD

  07-02-2018 05:12
  
  A Naugatuck man is accused of recording men as they dried off after showering in the men’s locker room at the YMCA in Southington and has been arrested.Photo Credit: Southington Police
  
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• Tsunami Warning Goes Out by Mistake in Connecticut

  07-02-2018 05:11
  
  A tsunami warning sent to some mobile devices Tuesday morning was sent in error, according to a tweet from the National Weather Service.Photo Credit: Samantha Heller MSRDThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Knicks’ Porzingis diagnosed with torn ACL in left knee

  07-02-2018 05:11
  NEW YORK  — All-Star Kristaps Porzingis left the Knicks’ game against Milwaukee in the second quarter with an apparent left knee injury.
  Porzingis dunked with 8:46 left in the half Tuesday and landed awkwardly, crashing to the court and holding his left knee. He was eventually helped up and taken to the locker room.
  An MRI confirmed that Kristaps Porzingis tore the ACL in his left knee, the Knicks say.
  — Ian Begley (@IanBegley) February 7, 2018Porzingis had scored 10 point
  
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• Southeastern CT Residents Remember the Blizzard of 1978

  07-02-2018 05:04
  
  Forty years ago on Tuesday, Connecticut was in the midst of the worst blizzard of the 20th century.
  
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• At least 2 dead, 173 missing after 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan

  07-02-2018 04:48
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  TAIWAN — At least two people are dead and 219 injured — including tourists — after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck just off the east coast of Taiwan late Tuesday, local police said.
  As of Wednesday morning 173 people were unaccounted for, according to the Hualian County disaster response center, with four buildings in the area either tilting or already collapsed.
  The quake was centered in the East China Sea about 21 kilometers north-northeast of Hualien City.
  
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• Simsbury business owners who are facing deportation to China, speak out

  07-02-2018 04:16
  SIMSBURY – A couple that has been in the United States nearly two decades has only ten days until they’re deported back to China.
  Zhe Long Huang and Xiang Jin Li live in Farmington, but have been ordered by immigration officials to leave the country by Friday, February 16. The couple, known by the community as Tony and Kris, sat down with FOX61 in their Simsbury Commons Business, Deco Nails, which they opened in 2006.
  “I'm so sacred,” Kris cried. “Don’t separ
  
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• MGM, Bridgeport Still Fighting for Third Casino

  07-02-2018 04:06
  
  There is a new push in the Connecticut General Assembly to establish an open casino bidding process that could allow for Bridgeport to have a chance at a gaming facility.
  
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• Kylie Jenner reveals her baby’s name

  07-02-2018 04:02
  HOLLYWOOD — First-time mom Kylie Jenner has named her daughter Stormi.
  The cosmetics mogul and reality star revealed her baby’s name on social media, the same place where days ago she said she’d given birth on Feb. 1.
  Jenner, 20, is in a relationship with rapper Travis Scott.
  She kept her pregnancy under wraps throughout, refraining from acknowledging it publicly or posting about it on social media, a unique move for a member of one of the Internet’s most social-friendly
  
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• Steve Wynn steps down as CEO of Wynn Resorts amid sexual misconduct allegations

  07-02-2018 03:55
  LAS VEGAS —  Steve Wynn has stepped down as CEO of Wynn Resorts, the company said late Tuesday.
  “The Board of Directors of Wynn Resorts reluctantly announced today that it accepted the resignation of Steve Wynn as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors,” Wynn Resorts said in a statement.
  Wynn has come under pressure over allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.
  Statement from Wynn Resorts: The Board of Directors of Wynn Resorts reluctantly announced
  
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• Josh McDaniels to Remain With Patriots

  07-02-2018 03:29
  
  Josh McDaniels will remain the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots following the Indianapolis Colts' announcement he would be their new head coach, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.The...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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• Pats McDaniels Will Not Bolt To Colts

  07-02-2018 02:54
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Josh McDaniels has backed out of a deal to become the Indianapolis’ Colts new coach, a decision that shocked the franchise hours after it announced his hiring.
  The Colts confirmed McDaniels’ decision in a statement Tuesday night after reports emerged that the Patriots’ offensive coordinator had opted to stay in New England with coach Bill Belichick.
  McDaniels had agreed to contract terms with the Colts to replace the fired Chuck Pagano. A news conference had
  
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• Josh McDaniels Hired as Colts Head Coach

  07-02-2018 02:09
  
  The Colts announced that they have hired Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as their new head coach.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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• Details Still Lacking In NCAA UConn Investigation

  07-02-2018 01:44
  By PAT EATON-ROBB  AP Sports Writer
   
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ University of Connecticut Athletic Director David Benedict said Tuesday that the school will fight to protect its men’s basketball program, which is the subject of an NCAA investigation and that he will evaluate the future of head coach Kevin Ollie after the season.
  Benedict, who met with reporters Tuesday afternoon for the first time since the school confirmed the program is under investigation last month, declined to sa
  
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• Alders Raise Concerns About Electronic Billboard in New Haven

  07-02-2018 00:38
  
  Some New Haven alders say a new double-sided electronic billboard should never have been built in the first place at the corner of Whalley Avenue and Emerson Street.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Officer Thwarting Criminal Activity in Hamden Breaks Finger

  07-02-2018 00:13
  
  An officer in Hamden attempting to stop a teen from damaging a police camera sustained a broken finger, police said.
  
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• General Assembly Democrats Call For Minimum Wage Hikes, College Tuition Cut

  07-02-2018 00:12
  (CBS Connecticut) — Ahead of tomorrow’s General Assembly session, Democratic lawmakers from both the house and the senate laid out their policy agenda.
  Democratic legislators want to waive tuition, fees and room and board for students who are approaching graduation in community colleges and state universities.
  Higher Education Committee Co-chair Beth Bye says free college completion would help students cross the finish line.
  “To help students get degrees that will help them ear
  
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