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• Wacky Weather: Mild Temps, Snow, and Rain

  13-02-2018 23:57
  
  We're tracking a weather roller coaster as we head throughout the next week.
  
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• MLB Free Agents Still Available

  13-02-2018 23:33
  by Rob Joyce
  It’s been one of the most unusual offseasons in recent baseball history. For a myriad of reasons, the hot stove is ice cold, to the point where pitchers and catchers are reporting this week to spring training, and a clubhouse-sized roster of All-Stars and high-end free agents remain unsigned. Whether it’s a waiting out process for a loaded 2019 free agent class, a case of the bubble finally bursting as teams realize $200 million contracts don’t payout or some combi
  
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• Connecticut 'Dreamers' Pursue Equal Access to Financial Aid

  13-02-2018 23:29
  
  Connecticut has become a popular state for undocumented immigrants looking to receive a college education.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Lawmakers, Clean Energy Companies Seek Restoration Of Funding

  13-02-2018 22:50
  (CBS Connecticut) — At the state Capitol, lawmakers and representatives of the clean energy industry today called for the restoration of some or all of $175-million worth of state energy efficiency funds.
  The money was swept out of the funds to help balance the state budget.
  General Assembly Energy and Technology Committee Co-chair Lonnie Reed says she is hoping to alter state law, to make it more difficult to use energy efficiency for other purposes in the future.
  Reed said 34,000 people
  
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• Immigrant Students Again Seek Access To Financial Aid

  13-02-2018 22:39
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Immigrant students without legal status in the United States are again urging Connecticut legislators to make them eligible for institutional financial assistance at state-run colleges and universities.
  This marks the fifth year that legislation has been proposed to make immigrant students eligible for financial aid funded by tuition payments from all students. Opponents have said the bill sends the wrong message.
  Students and their supporters told the General Assem
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for Norwalk 1-Year-Old

  13-02-2018 21:59
  
  A Silver Alert has been issued for a 1-year-old Norwalk girl who is believed to be with her father, Alexander Johnson.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Union Withdraws Petition To Represent Yale Grad Students

  13-02-2018 21:22
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A labor union has withdrawn a petition to represent some Yale University graduate students after years of organizing efforts.
  Yale officials say they were notified by Local 33-UNITE HERE on Monday that the union was withdrawing its petition to the National Labor Relations Board to represent student teachers in eight of the 56 departments in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
  Local 33 co-president Robin Dawson told the Yale Daily News the union ended
  
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• Woman Charged After Pooping on East Granby Street: Police

  13-02-2018 20:49
  
  A Simsbury woman has been arrested after police found human feces in the middle of a cul de sac in East Granby in November. An affidavit says she apologized after doing it three times in a month and said she is...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• 5 Short-Lived Coaching Relationships

  13-02-2018 20:31
  by Rob Joyce
  The Colts seemingly found their new head coach… until they didn’t. Last week Indianapolis had a deal in place to make Patriots’ offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels their new head man, even going so far as to releasing the official time for the introductory press conference. Then, just hours later, there would be no need for that press conference, as McDaniels backed out to stay in his role with New England. The Colts would eventually find their guy in the Eagles&
  
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• Burlington Doctor Could Have Been Killed Months Ago: Police

  13-02-2018 20:28
  
  A 70-year-old Burlington woman accused of killing her husband, an 84-year-old doctor, is due in court Tuesday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police and NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Mayor Monday With Litchfield’s Leo Paul

  13-02-2018 19:37
  Leo Paul, first Selectman Litchfield, joins us for Mayor Monday, brought to you by Bertera Subaru of Hartford.
   
  
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• Unlicensed Contractor Stole $55,000 Worth of Jewelry from Client’s Home: Police

  13-02-2018 19:34
  
  North Haven police have arrested an unlicensed contractor who they said is accused of stealing around $55,000 worth of jewelry from a client’s house.Photo Credit: North Haven Police
  
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• Olympic Skater Rescued Pup From South Korea Meat Trade, Wins Gold

  13-02-2018 19:33
  CBS Local — An Olympic figure skater went to South Korea last year to rescue dogs from the country’s controversial meat trade, and now she’s back and taking home a gold medal.
  Canadian pairs skater Meagan Duhamel — a two-time world champion — rescued her mini-dachshund Moo-tae from a South Korean meat farm last February. Working with the non-profit Free Korean Dogs, Duhamel adopted the two-year-old while she was in the country for Olympic trial runs.
  
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• Slain Doctor’s Body May Have Been In Home For Months

  13-02-2018 19:02
  BRISTOL, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A University of Connecticut scientist was arraigned Tuesday on charges that she murdered her husband, a UConn doctor whose body may have been left inside their home since June.
  Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi, 70, declined comment as she entered Bristol Superior court for the hearing on a murder charge in the beating death of 84-year-old Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi. He was a professor of laboratory science and pathology at UConn Health, and she worked with him.
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• One Arrested, Two Sought For Illegal Hunting In Meriden

  13-02-2018 18:34
  (Meriden, Conn./WTIC) – State Department of Environmental Protection EnCon Police have made one arrest and are looking for two other suspects in connection with illegal hunting at a park in Meriden last fall.
  Under arrest is 22-year-old Giovanni Carabetta of Meriden.
  EnCon officers while on patrol in Giufridda Park November 23, Thanksgiving Day, say they spotted an illegal hunting tree and other items suggesting illegal firearms hunting had taken place. Police say the ilegal hunting had ta
  
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• Water Main Break Affecting Service in Bristol

  13-02-2018 18:24
  
  Some customers in Bristol are without water Tuesday after a water main break on Country Lane.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Is The Sun Really Cooling?

  13-02-2018 18:10
  Kristine Larsen, Ph.D, Professor of Astronomy in the Geological Sciences Department at Central Connecticut State University, says by 2050, our Sun is expected to be unusually cool. It’s what scientists have termed a ‘grand minimum’ — a particularly low point in what is otherwise a steady 11-year cycle. Really, is this just hype???!!
   
  
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• UConn Football Schedule Released

  13-02-2018 18:05
  (Storrs, Conn./WTIC) – The UConn football team will open it’s 2018 campaign at home on August 30.
  The university is announcing the schedule for the coming season, which begins with a Thursday night clash with UCF at Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.
  UConn, coming of a 3-9 (2-6) 2017, will play six games at home and six on the road.
  The first road game of the season is September 8 at Boise State.
  Among other highlights, the Huskies have a September 27 tilt at Syracuse.
  An
  
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• Suspects Accused of Illegal Hunting in Meriden

  13-02-2018 17:55
  
  State Environmental Conservation police have arrested a man accused of illegal hunting in a Meriden park, and are looking for several other people believed to have hunted illegally in the area.Photo Credit: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  
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• Suffield’s Sweeney Crashes In Luge Event

  13-02-2018 17:46
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) – American luger Emily Sweeney avoided serious injury in a frightening crash that knocked her out of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday during the final heat of the competition.
  The diagnosis was that Sweeney had only some bumps and bruises.
  “I’m OK,” Sweeney said.
  Sweeney lost control around Curve 9, the track’s most treacherous spot, and then began careening all over the track. She wound up sliding feet-first up one curve toward the
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Why Was the Stock Market Drop a Surprise?

  13-02-2018 17:31
  Jill Schlesinger, CFP® CBS News Business Analyst, says we knew that a stock market correction was coming, but why then did everyone seem so shocked when it arrived on February 8th?
   
  
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• New Haven Police Arrest Several Suspects Connected to K2 Overdoses

  13-02-2018 16:46
  
  Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with a string of drug overdoses, New Haven Police announced Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• John Smoltz: ‘The Success Of The Atlanta Braves Won’t Be Duplicated’

  13-02-2018 16:21
  All these years later, it is still incredible to think that the Atlanta Braves won 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005. The Braves won the World Series in 1995, played in the Fall Classic five times in the 1990s and had a roster that featured four Hall of Fame players and a Hall of Fame manager. Yet this was a dynasty that was supposed to win multiple championships. The Braves lost in extra innings of Game 7 of the 1991 World Series and blew a 2-0 series lead against the New York Yankees
  
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• Rising Stars: Troy Terry

  13-02-2018 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.Team USA hockey looks a little bit different this year. That’s because for the first time since the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, the roster won’t be made up of guys from the
  
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• Best Ways To Support Connecticut’s Local Art Scene

  13-02-2018 16:00
  By Gillian Burdett
  Politics come and go, but art remains the enduring expression of who we are. Artistic communities thrive throughout Connecticut, strengthening local economies and uniting people of diverse backgrounds. Fine and performance arts elevate and inspire. They speak our truth and our beauty, which Keats famously wrote, “is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know.” Take a break from the work-a-day world and visit one of these venues to view your world from a new persp
  
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• Police: Request Public Assistance In Hit And Run Probe

  13-02-2018 15:53
  (West Haven, Conn./WTIC) – West Haven police are asking the public to assist as they continue to investigate a hit and run collision from last month.
  Just before 10:00 p.m. on January 29, officers say a vehicle struck a pedestrian on Derby Avenue near Plainfield Avenue.
  The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and remains hospitalized.
  At this point, detectives can only say they’re looking for a light-colored early 2000s model vehicle headed eastbound on Derby Avenue toward New
  
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• West Haven Police Seek Driver In Serious Hit-and-Run

  13-02-2018 14:55
  
  West Haven police are searching for a driver who struck a pedestrian then fled the scene back in January.
  
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• Potholes Return With Warmer Weather

  13-02-2018 14:49
  
  Potholes are popping up on roads across Connecticut, and drivers’ cars— and bank accounts— could take a hit.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Wesleyan Student Charged After Getting Marijuana in Mail: PD

  13-02-2018 14:37
  
  A Wesleyan student was arrested on drug charges after he received a package of marijuana in the mail, according to Middletown police.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Several Hospitalized After Motel Fire

  13-02-2018 14:16
  NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Authorities say six people including four police officers were injured during a fire at a Newington motel.
  Fire officials say they responded to the blaze at the Grantmoor Motor Lodge around 4 a.m. Tuesday.
  The first responding officer happened to be doing routine checks when he noticed smoke coming from the building.
  The building was evacuated, and police say multiple people including a child were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Their current condition i
  
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• New Video Released in Principal Voyeurism Case

  13-02-2018 13:12
  
  Police have released a video of a former elementary school principal accused of secretly taking photos of young girls inside the Walmart in Hartford in 2016.
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway February 13, 2018

  13-02-2018 12:06
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Dr. Jack Ross, Hartford HealthCare Chief, Infectious Disease/Allergy, talks Flu Season… How can we protect ourselves? Do masks help? What is ECMO? ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygentation) is a bypass device that directly oxygenates the blood so failing hearts and lungs can rest and recover, giving the body the time it needs to heal.
  7:20- Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer, claims casinos show h
  
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• Gov. Malloy pens statement in support of Farmington couple facing deportation to China

  13-02-2018 07:11
  HARTFORD —  Gov. Malloy released a statement Monday urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to grant a stay to a couple facing deportation.
  Xiang Jin Li and Zhe Long Huang, known as “Kris and Tony,” have been ordered by immigration officials to leave the country by Friday, February 16, and return to China.
  The couple has lived in the United States nearly two decades. They currently live in Farmington and also own a house i
  
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• Snapchat faces backlash after app redesign

  13-02-2018 07:04
  NEW YORK — The goal of Snapchat’s newly redesigned app was to make it easier to use.
  But as the update rolls out to more users, Snapchat is getting criticism that the new interface is difficult to navigate.
  “I might start using Instagram Stories now,” Ashley Vasquez, a 21-year-old Snapchat user who is a senior at the University of Maryland in College Park, told CNN.
  A Change.org petition asking the company to remove the new update has amassed more than
  
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• Obama admin discussed how much to share about Russia with incoming Trump team

  13-02-2018 06:48
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  WASHINGTON —  Former President Barack Obama met in January 2017 with then-FBI Director James Comey and other top national security officials to discuss sharing information related to Russia with the incoming Trump administration, where Obama stated that the Trump-Russia investigation should be handled “by the book,” according to an email made public Monday and a source familiar with the matter.
  The previously undisclosed meeting was memorialized in an email wri
  
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• Gay athletes are making history at the 2018 Winter Olympics

  13-02-2018 06:44
  Let’s face it. Gay athletes have probably been setting Olympic records since the days of the ancient Greeks.
  But openly gay and lesbian athletes are another matter, especially in the Winter Olympics, which makes a couple of recent milestones all the more noteworthy.
  First, Team USA’s Adam Rippon made history by becoming the first out gay man from the US to medal in a Winter Olympics by taking home the bronze for his free skate performance.
  Then, Canadian Eric Radford became the first
  
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• Mother accused of feeding child acid, chlorine in attempt to cure autism

  13-02-2018 06:36
  INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis father accused his wife of feeding their child bleach to help cure her autism, according to a recent police report.
  The report says the mother was putting drops of hydrochloric acid and a "water purifying solution" made with chlorine – which combine to form bleach – in her child’s drink, according to WXIN. The man says his wife told him she read about the mixture online in a Facebook group. The mother reportedly identified the mix
  
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• 3 Applebee’s employees fired after customers say they were racially profiled

  13-02-2018 06:36
  INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Three Applebee's employees have been fired for racially profiling two African-American diners at a Missouri mall after one of the customers posted a video of the incident on Facebook.
  Asia Hardy and her friend, Alexis Brison, who is from St. Louis, were eating at the Independence restaurant Saturday when a police officer, a mall security guard and a manager confronted them, according to The Kansas City Star.
  The two officers approached them about an inci
  
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• Man accused in missing teen’s death claims she hired him on Craigslist to kill her

  13-02-2018 06:35
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. – The man accused of killing a 19-year-old woman claims that she hired him to kill her on Craigslist, according to an arrest affidavit obtained on Monday.
  Joseph Michael Lopez, 22, was arrested in connection with the death of Natalie Bollinger on Thursday.
  Lopez told investigators that sometime after Christmas, he came upon an ad on Craigslist titled “I want to put a hit on myself" while looking at the “Woman seeking Men" category, according to th
  
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