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• 14-Year-Old Falls Through Ice at Pond in Berlin

  19-02-2018 23:30
  
  A 14-year-old fell through the ice at a pond in Berlin on Monday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Rain tapers off tonight; Warmer Tuesday with temps in the mid 60s

  19-02-2018 22:27
  Get ready for a BIG warm-up that will end up challenging and possibly shattering Tuesday's and Wednesday's record high temperatures. There will be a couple of chances of rain, but nothing significant that would cause any flooding.
  After the mid-week warm-up, a cold front will crash through and drop us back to the 50's on Thursday and 40's on Friday, still well above average for this time of year.
  Next significant storm may bother us by the weekend with periods of rain and not snow.  In fac
  
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• Teen Painted Sexual References In Catholic School

  19-02-2018 22:21
  SHELTON, Conn. (AP) _ Shelton Police say they have arrested a 14-year-old for breaking into a Catholic school and spray painting sexual references on lockers, desks and classroom walls.
  Detective Richard Bango says the boy was arrested Monday for the Feb. 2 break-in at the Holy Trinity Catholic School.
  He says the vandalism was so bad that damages exceeded $4,000 and school had to be canceled for a day.The boy’s name was not released.
  He was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and cri
  
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• March Madness: Tournament Watch 2/19

  19-02-2018 21:57
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
  The upper tier teams are starting to separate themselves from the pack, although not from themselves, as the season has gone on. There are however, teams that were afterthoughts not too long ago, slowly finding themselves back in the picture. Below we’ll dive in to each conference to see how things are shaking up.
   
  In = The team could lose all of the rest of their games between now and March 11th and they would still be in the tournament. Obviously th
  
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• Mom saves daughter’s life by Googling her symptoms, coming up with rare cancer

  19-02-2018 21:49
  A vigilant mother saved her child’s life when she realized her daughter’s bruises were an indication of blood cancer she had read about after Googling the symptoms, according to Fox News.
  When Laura Handley first noticed marks on her daughter Tazmin’s body, she figured it was due to her clumsiness. The mother from England even dismissed complaints of night sweats and muscle pain as nothing serious, until she read a tragic story of a teen who had the same symptoms and died.
  Tazm
  
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• New Washer Puts Prospect Woman Through the Ringer

  19-02-2018 21:36
  
  A Prospect woman bought a hi-tech machine thinking it would make laundry less of a chore but that wasn’t the case.
  
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• Teen Charged in $4,000 Vandalism at Shelton Catholic School

  19-02-2018 20:33
  
  Shelton police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after investigating a break-in, burglary and vandalism at a Catholic school. Police said the spray paint left behind included sexual references and depictions.
  Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Rare letter from Albert Einstein thanks American who helped Jews escape from Nazi Germany

  19-02-2018 20:08
  CHICAGO, Ill. — In 1939, Albert Einstein wrote "thank you notes" to a few people for helping Jews to escape Nazi Germany. While historians only knew about two of those letters, a third recently surfaced in Chicago, according to WGN.
  Nearly 80 years after it was penned on June 10, 1939, Enid Bronstein is sharing the letter Einstein wrote to her father, David Finck. A finance man in New York, Finck never met Einstein, but attracted the physicists' attention after he sponsored many memb
  
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• Southington Police Arrest Suspect in String of Robberies

  19-02-2018 20:02
  
  Southington police have arrested a man accused in a string of robberies in December 2017 and January 2018.Photo Credit: Southington Police Department
  
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• ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ turns 50

  19-02-2018 19:57
  It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood.
  50 years ago, 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' premiered nationwide, teaching a generation of children the importance of kindness, curiosity, self-worth and empathy.
  EARLY LIFE
  Rogers was born on March 20, 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. At times his childhood was lonely, but it was during those early years that his imagination grew.
  "Fred spent a lot of time playing with puppets and having to come up with stories and create his own entertainment, so
  
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• 6 Year Old Norwalk Girl Dies Of Flu Complications

  19-02-2018 19:39
  NORWALK, Conn. (AP) _ A 6-year-old Norwalk girl has died of complications from the flu.
  The New Haven Register reports that the principal of Columbus Magnet School says Emma Splan, a first grader, died over the weekend.
  Principal Medard Thomas says counselors will be available at the school when it reopens Tuesday.
  A friend of the family tells NBC New York that the little girl had her flu shot, and was brought to the doctor right away, but that her condition deteriorated quickly over the weekend
  
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• 13-Year-Old Arrested After Post Shows Him Holding Gun

  19-02-2018 19:37
  TRUMBULL, Conn. (AP) _ A 13-year-old Connecticut boy has been arrested after police say he posted a photo of himself holding a handgun in a group text on social media.
  Trumbull Police announced the arrest Sunday, a day after he made the posting.
  They say a parent of one of the other students alerted them to the post after they saw it on their child’s cell phone.
  Police say they determined there was no threat to the public. They say it turns out he was holding a BB gun and had cropped out t
  
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• Substitute teacher fired after video shows him body slamming a student

  19-02-2018 19:30
  GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. -- A substitute teacher in North Carolina was fired this week after a video was posted to Facebook showing him body slamming a student.
  The mother of the student at Western Guilford Middle School posted the video of the incident on Facebook Friday. She wrote that the incident happened on Valentine’s Day and that she wants "justice."Her son, Jose Escudero, told WGHP the incident started over a box of chocolates. The substitute teacher, he says, took them away and
  
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• Man accused of using coat hanger-like tool to remove bones from dog’s intestines

  19-02-2018 19:18
  BEVERLY HILLS, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of using a coat hanger-like tool to remove pork bones from his dog’s intestinal tract.
  58-year-old Anthony Avella took the dachshund to a local veterinarian after the unsuccessful procedure, according to WFLA. The vet advised he take the dog to an advanced animal facility treatment.
  When animal control officials went to the Avella’s home to check on the dog, they discovered the animal had still not been treated.
  Warrants were issue
  
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• Southington Man Left Bedridden Victim Without Food, Care: PD

  19-02-2018 18:04
  
  A Southington man faces abuse charges after he failed to look after a bedridden victim in his care, according to police.Photo Credit: Southington Police Department
  
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• Crews Respond to Vehicle Fire on Interstate 84

  19-02-2018 17:58
  
  Crews have responded to vehicle fire on Interstate 84 in Manchester.
  
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• BBB recommends stronger smart phone security measures

  19-02-2018 17:54
  CROMWELL — Connecticut Better Business Bureau (BBB) recommends smart device users devote as much time and money to protect their mobile phones and tablets as they do with their personal computers.
  A growing number of consumers spend more time using their mobile devices than their personal computers. A number of aggressive malware developers are working diligently to discover ways to get malicious software inside mobile devices. Some smart phone owners are making it easy for hackers by
  
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• $1 Credit Score Check Comes With Conditions

  19-02-2018 17:54
  
  When Barbara Francis was thinking about buying a car, she decided to check her credit score. She said she thought it would cost her $1, but found she was automatically enrolled for an identity theft monitoring...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• ‘Black Panther’ screening accidentally plays ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ and the audience freaked out

  19-02-2018 17:49
  ATLANTA (Fox News) — Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” toppled “Fifty Shades Freed” over the weekend, but for one Atlanta theater, the steamy romance flick wasn’t going out without a fight. Fans who paid to see the new superhero movie were mistakenly treated to the first five minutes of the critically panned romance.
  A user on Twitter, @ChefWaites, posted videos from inside the Regal Cinema’s Atlantic Station theater in Atlanta, Georgia. Fans re
  
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• Presidents Day Means Crowds at Bounce U

  19-02-2018 17:43
  
  Schools are off for Presidents Day and places like Bounce U are bouncing.
  
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• ‘Melted into history books’: Kent ice jam finally breaks, state of emergency lifted

  19-02-2018 17:41
  KENT — All the scary drama of the ice jams in Kent are now a thing of the past, says State Rep. Brian M. Ohler. The state of emergency is now over.
  With the warming temperatures over the past week and a half, combined with rain, allowed the river water to soften and loosen the ice to the point where it’s finally moved down out of town.
  “The ice jam, in its entirety, has broken up, dislodged, and now melted into the history books. This is exactly the scenario that Incident Manag
  
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• Fight over man’s flatulence forces flight to make emergency landing

  19-02-2018 17:36
  AMSTERDAM — A pilot made an emergency landing after a fight broke out over a passenger who allegedly refused to stop passing gas according to Fox News.
  Two Dutchmen sitting next to the flatulent passenger reportedly asked the man to stop, but he refused and continued to break wind aboard the Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol.
  The budget airline crew allegedly did not help the passengers after their complaints, Metro reports, leading to a fight between the
  
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• Ohio sheriff: ‘I am going to offer free concealed carry classes to teachers’

  19-02-2018 15:34
  BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — An Ohio sheriff says he will offer free concealed carry classes to teachers in his county following the deadly Florida school shooting. in Parkland.
  Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones said in a tweet there are a limited number of spots, but he also plans to provide training on school shootings.
  I am going to offer free concealed and Carry class free 2 teachers in butler county. Limited number.Details coming soon on line. Also training on school shooting
  
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• Uber Eats driver sought in shooting death of customer, Atlanta police say

  19-02-2018 15:28
  ATLANTA — An Uber Eats driver is suspected of shooting and killing a customer Saturday night in Atlanta, police said.
  Police said the shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. in the Buckhead neighborhood after the victim, a 30-year-old man, placed a food order via his smartphone app.
  “The victim went down to meet the driver, received his order and began walking away from the vehicle,” police said. “As the victim was walking away, it appears words may have been exchanged between
  
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• President Trump open to improving background checks, spokesman says

  19-02-2018 15:20
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  WASHINGTON DC — President Donald Trump “is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system” for gun purchases, less than a week after the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.
  Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said in a statement on Monday that Trump spoke with Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, on Friday about a bill he introduced with Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, that aims to strengthen how state and federal g
  
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• Florida teen shot five times while trying to protect classmates on long road to recovery

  19-02-2018 15:14
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  Anthony Borges, 15, was shot five times during the mass shooting at his high school, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
  Fellow students say Borges used his body to block bullets from hitting his classmates by standing in the doorway as he tried to lock the room shut, according to NY Daily News.
  On Sunday, the injured teenager remained in a hospital bed with his face swollen and his body tethered to IV and oxygen tubes.
  “Fortunately, he is recoveri
  
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• Florida Teacher of the Year’s gun violence post goes viral after school shooting

  19-02-2018 15:13
  A Teacher of the Year at a Florida middle school posted a Facebook message that has since gone viral saying parents need to “step up” when it comes to their kids’ behavior, according to Foxnews.com.
  “Okay, I’ll be the bad guy and say what no one else is brave enough to say, but wants to say,” Kelly Guthrie Raley, who was named Eustis Middle School Teacher of the Year 2017-2018 last month, said in a now-viral Facebook post following the mass shooting
  
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• Teacher killed in Florida massacre left fiancee funeral instructions in case he died in a school shooting

  19-02-2018 15:09
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  PARKLAND, Fl. – A teacher killed while saving students in last week’s Florida massacre gave his fiancee instructions on what to say at his funeral should he ever die in a school shooting.
  Gwen Gossler said the conversation with her fiance, Scott Beigel, happened while they were watching coverage of a previous school shooting on television, The New York Post reports.
  “Promise me if this ever happens to me, you will tell them the truth – tell them what a jerk I
  
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• Lab To Forfeit $1M For Unnecessary Urine Drug Screens

  19-02-2018 15:06
  BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts-based laboratory will forfeit more than $1
  million to settle claims it billed for medically unnecessary urine drug screens.
  Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Southbridge-based Precision
  Testing Laboratories, Inc. and owner David Fromm, of Hull, agreed to make a
  payment of more than $400,000 as part of the Massachusetts settlement.
  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said the lab will forfeit nearly
  $657,000 as part of the Connecticut sett
  
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• Norwalk Child Dies From Flu Complications

  19-02-2018 05:23
  NORWALK, CT  (WTIC News) — Norwalk officials say a six-year-old child has died from flu complications.
  Columbus Magnet School Principal Medard Thomas said the child passed away Sunday morning, unexpectedly. The child, whose name is not being released, was a first-grade student at the school.
  Thomas said counselors will be available at Columbus Magnet to help children, staff and parents process the tragedy.
  The flu has caused havoc in Connecticut this season. Over 70 people have died f
  
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• Connecticut 84, East Carolina 80

  19-02-2018 00:06
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) _ Jalen Adams scored 26 points and Connecticut held on to beat East Carolina 84-80 on Sunday despite giving up a triple-double to the Pirates’ Isaac Fleming.
  Terry Larrier added 20 points and Christian Vital finished with 16 points to help the Huskies (13-14, 6-8 American Athletic Conference) snap a two-game losing streak. They shot a season-best 58.2 percent in their highest-scoring performance since their double-overtime, 90-88 loss to Tulsa on Jan. 3.
  Fleming had h
  
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