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• BB Gun Found in Bunnell High School Student's Backpack

  20-02-2018 23:46
  
  A BB gun was found in a high school student's backpack in Stratford on Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Suspicious Man Walks Into Baptist Church in New London

  20-02-2018 22:45
  
  Police are looking for the man linked to a suspicious incident that happened at a Baptist church in New London last week.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Spring Training Report: The Boys Are Back In Town

  20-02-2018 22:45
  Ryan Mayer
  As thermometers across the nation begin to creep upwards, as we emerge from the throes of winter, the sound of bats cracking and gloves popping starts to fill our ears. That’s right, baseball season is nearly here and your favorite players have descended upon Arizona or Florida (depending on where they’re headquartered for spring) to begin the “warming up,” as it were, for the return of the national pastime.
  During the winter months, it can be hard to keep trac
  
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• Lawmakers, Animal Activists Seek Anti-abuse Legislation

  20-02-2018 22:32
  (CBS Connecticut) — A group of state lawmakers today announced plans to push for a bill to ensure that felony charges are filed, in cases of bestiality.
  Representative Diana Urban says people convicted of felony animal cruelty should be prohibited from wiping their records clean through accelerated rehabilitation programs.
  “If somebody sexually assaults the family dog, and it is considered under our law a misdemeanor, that is absurd,” Urban said.
  Urban says when a person is con
  
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• Lawmakers Seek To Overhaul Sex Harassment Laws

  20-02-2018 22:19
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Requiring more employers to provide sexual harassment training and expanding the time period for when complaints can be filed are among the proposals Connecticut lawmakers are proposing to upgrade the state’s sexual harassment laws.
  Democratic senators unveiled a package of legislation on Tuesday, inspired by the spate of sexual misconduct allegations that have arisen nationally.
  The lawmakers want to require sexual harassment training at all employers with thr
  
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• Resurgence of Home Burglaries Reported in Windsor Locks

  20-02-2018 22:08
  
  Police have seen a resurgence of residential burglaries in Windsor Locks.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Shot 7 Times in Hartford: Police

  20-02-2018 21:54
  
  A man was shot seven times in Hartford Tuesday afternoon and police are investigating.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Girl Injured By Falling Tree In Granby

  20-02-2018 21:44
  GRANBY, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A 10-year-old girl was injured by a falling tree at a Granby nature preserve Tuesday afternoon.
  Police say the girl was hiking with four other children and two adults as part of a birthday party at the McLean Game Refuge when a tree fell onto a path as the girl passed beneath and the girl was struck. The incident occurred around 2 p.m.
  The girl sustained serious injuries and was taken by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital. There was no immediate word on
  
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• Former Head Of Enfield Community Development Agency Arrested

  20-02-2018 21:32
  ENFIELD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A former executive director of the Enfield Community Development Corporation is accused of stealing more than $95,000 from the organization.
  Darrin LaMore appeared in U.S. District Court on Friday.
  Prosecutors say that between 2012 and 2015 LaMore conspired with an employee of the Town of Enfield to falsify invoices and divert money to LaMore, including federal funds administered by the state, which were intended for economic development in Enfield.
  If convic
  
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• Sound Off CT: Is There an Obstruction Case Against Trump?

  20-02-2018 21:28
  Andy McCarthy, senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review, asks is there an obstruction case against President Trump? Ed Morrissey, Senior editor at Hot Air, discusses the Parkland student: We warned people several times about the mass shooter. And breaking as news comes in: Mueller’s new indictment was handed down, focused on an Oligarch’s son-in-law and links to the dossier.
   
  
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• Man Linked To Art Heist Found Competent, Sentencing Set

  20-02-2018 21:19
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A reputed mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history has been found competent to proceed to sentencing in an unrelated weapons case.
  Eighty-one-year-old Robert Gentile is now scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 27 in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut.
  Prosecutors have said they believe the Manchester resident has information about the still-unsolved 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner M
  
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• Handyman Accused of Stealing $10,000 Worth of Jewelry from Southington Home

  20-02-2018 20:35
  
  A handyman is accused of stealing loose change and more than $10,000 worth of jewelry while working at a home in Southington over a span of three days.Photo Credit: Southington Police
  
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• Former Head of Enfield Community Development Corporation Accused of Stealing Government Funds

  20-02-2018 20:15
  
  The former head of the Enfield Community Development Corporation is accused of stealing more than $95,000 in government funds from the organization.
  
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• Average Americans Have 60 Bad Days A Year, Survey Finds

  20-02-2018 19:58
  CBS Local — A new survey claims that the average American spends two months worth of each year suffering through a “bad day.”
  According to the poll, sponsored by fitness and nutrition app Freeletics, working Americans spend about 60 days a year stressed out, upset, or just cranky. About 80 percent of the 2,000 people polled said their misery was at least partly caused by work-related stress, while 67 percent said the biggest reason for their bad day was not sleeping enough the
  
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• Student Invents Tool To Save Lives During A School Shooting

  20-02-2018 19:35
  CBS Local — A Wisconsin high school student has developed a tool he hopes will save lives during a mass shooting. Somerset High School’s Justin Rivard created the “JustinKase” in his shop class after being motivated by recent deadly school shootings.
  Rivard’s invention is a unique door jam made of steel plates and connecting rods that the student designed to slide under classroom doors and keep them from being opened. “This is the thing that can save
  
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• Police: Man Threatened To ‘Shoot Up’ School In Video Calls

  20-02-2018 19:34
  WATERBURY, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – Waterbury police have arrested a local man on charges that he threatened to “shoot up” a city high school in several online video calls.
  A 17-year-old male student at Kennedy High school went to police on Monday, saying he received the FaceTime video calls from an unknown person Sunday, threatening to “shoot up” the school Wednesday morning. The man brandished what appeared to be a black revolved in the video, said police.
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• Keidel: Are The Cubs World Series Favorites In 2018?

  20-02-2018 19:25
  By Jason Keidel
  So what was it?
  Did the media and masses think that 2016 was an aberration? That the Cubs barely bumped that 108-year hex off their heads and their history — needing seven games, extra innings and a divinely placed rain delay to make it happen — and now have resettled back to their natural place?
  It doesn’t have to be that way. The Cubs are loaded, with a nuclear lineup, and a rotation that is among the best in baseball, especially with the recent signing of fre
  
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• Get Ready for Record-Breaking Warmth

  20-02-2018 19:16
  
  NBC Connecticut meteorologists are forecasting some abnormally warm weather for the next couple of days.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Quinnipiac Students Accused of Selling Marijuana Out of Dorm

  20-02-2018 18:40
  
  Hamden police have arrested two Quinnipiac students accused of selling drugs out of a dorm room.Photo Credit: Hamden Police Department
  
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• Rhode Island Marking 15 Years Since Fatal Nightclub Fire

  20-02-2018 18:33
  WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island is marking the 15th anniversary of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others.
  The Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick started when pyrotechnics for the rock band Great White set fire to flammable foam installedas soundproofing.
  The brothers who owned the club and Great White’s tour manager were charged inthe fire.
  All three reached plea deals, with the tour manager pleading guilty to 100 co
  
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• Woman Suffers Burns When Mattress Catches Fire in Manchester

  20-02-2018 18:19
  
  A woman suffered burns when a mattress caught fire in an apartment in Manchester Tuesday morning, according to Manchester fire officials.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• QU Students Charged In Dorm Pot Sales

  20-02-2018 18:12
  (Hamden, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Hamden Police say they arrested four Quinnipiac Unversity students over the weekend and charged them with various marijuana violations.
  Police say on Sunday, they were tipped off by university security that a student was conducting drug sales out of his dorm room.
  Eighteen-year-old Patrick Ownbey of Cherry Hill, New Jersey had marijuana, “Fruity Pebbles” squares laced with pot, THC oil, and drug paraphernalia, according to investigators.
  Police say
  
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• Man Threatened to ‘Shoot up’ Kennedy High School in Waterbury: Police

  20-02-2018 18:00
  
  Police have arrested man after investigating reports of someone threatening to “shoot up” Kennedy High School in Waterbury Wednesday.Photo Credit: Waterbury Police
  
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• Ice Jam State Of Emergency Lifted In Kent

  20-02-2018 17:47
  (Kent, Conn./WTIC Radio) – After 33 days, a state of emergency in the town of Kent has been lifted.
  With temperatures flirting with record high territory over the next couple of days, it’s easy to forget where the region was roughly seven weeks ago.
  Temperatures were in the teens below zero.
  That was followed by a quick thaw, which helped to form record ice jams along the Housatonic River, leading to flooding and, in some cases, evacuations.
  State Representative and incident public i
  
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• 3 Teens Hurt When Stolen Car Hits Pillar in Hartford: PD

  20-02-2018 17:38
  
  Three teenagers were hurt when a stolen car crashed into a pillar at the intersection of New Britain Avenue and Summit Street Tuesday morning, according to Hartford Police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Trinity Tuition To Top 71K

  20-02-2018 17:34
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The cost of attending Trinity College in Hartford is rising to more than $71,000 next year, making it the first school in Connecticutto break the $70,000 barrier.
  The Hartford Courant reports that tuition, room, board and fees at the private school will jump 3.9 percent to $71,660 for the next academic year.
  Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney says the schools board of trustees recently approved the increase.
  In a letter to the Trinity community last week, Berger
  
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• Westport Firefighters Rescue Victim from Saugatuck River

  20-02-2018 17:12
  
  Westport firefighters rescued a person from the Saugatuck River just before 4 p.m. Monday.
  
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• Waterbury Man Charged With Making Threat Against School

  20-02-2018 16:56
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) – A 20-year-old Waterbury man is accused of using a video call that included an image of a gun to make a threat against a city highschool.
  Police tell the Waterbury Republican-American that Christopher Roman made the calls on Sunday to a 17-year-old who attends Kennedy High School.
  Police say Roman threated to “shoot up” the school.
  Police say the gun was not real.
  Roman is charged with threatening, breach of peace, brandishing a fake firearm and interferi
  
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• Route 8 South Closed in Harwinton

  20-02-2018 16:31
  
  Route 8 south is closed near exit 43 in Harwinton, according to Connecticut State Police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police Investigating Shooting Find 2 Pounds of Marijuana in South Windsor Home

  20-02-2018 16:14
  
  Police found two pounds of marijuana in a South Windsor home after responding to a shooting there Friday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 6-Year-Old Stratford Boy to Share Geography Expertise on Ellen Again

  20-02-2018 16:00
  
  A 6-year-old geography expert from Stratford will be back on Ellen this afternoon and this time he will be identifying bodies of water from photographs, including one right over the Connecticut border in...Photo Credit: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Car Strikes, Shatters Window at Hartford Hospital

  20-02-2018 15:15
  
  A car struck and shattered a window at Hartford Hospital on Monday night, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Woman Killed In Hartford Traffic Crash

  20-02-2018 14:39
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A 22-year-old woman is dead after a three-vehicle crash in Hartford late Monday night, and police are searching for a driver who fled the scene.
  Police say the crash occurred shortly after 11 p.m. at the intersection of Ward Street and Zion Street.
  Police say the Alfonzo-Jimeno Reny of Hartford , who was driving one of the vehicles, was taken to Hartford Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
  The occupants of the vehicle vehicle suffered minor injuries, sai
  
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• Connecticut’s Edible Arrangements Sues Google Over Rival Ads

  20-02-2018 14:33
  NORWALK, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – The Connecticut-based fruit bouquet company Edible Arrangements has filed a federal lawsuit against Google, claiming its business is being hurt by rival ads that appear when people use the search engine.
  The Hour reports Edible Arrangements claims in its lawsuit filed in early February that Google’s placement of rival ads can cause confusion as to whether its services are associated with those of its competitors.
  The company is claiming $209 million in
  
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• Bridgeport Man Charged With Killing 16-Year-Old Niece

  20-02-2018 14:30
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Bridgeport man is accused of stabbing to death his 16-year-old niece.
  Police say 31-year-old Richard Segabiro called authorities shortly after 10 p.m. Monday to report the stabbing.
  Police say when they arrived at Segabiro’s apartment they found him covered in blood and his niece, Francine Nyanzaninka, dead in a bathroom of what appeared to be multiple stab wounds.
  Police say Segabiro’s wife and three children were home at the time of the sta
  
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• Downed Tree Damages Couple's Mausoleum in Hartford

  20-02-2018 14:28
  
  A family is waiting for answers after a huge tree fell on a mausoleum in Hartford over the weekend.Photo Credit: Contributed Photo
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway February 20, 2018

  20-02-2018 12:55
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Chris Powell, columnist for the Journal Inquirer, claims that political sanctimony won’t solve the gun violence problem.
  7:50- Todd Feinburg shares a preview of this afternoon’s show.
  8:20- Rep. Chris Davis, one of two Republican members of the Bond Commission, said he understands it’s 18 jobs, but bonding $1 million for a company that’s taking the excrement from fish to fertilize its vegetables? &ld
  
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• CT Recidivism Rates Dropping, Data Shows

  20-02-2018 09:22
  (Hartford, CONN. / CBS Connecticut)– Connecticut prison population rates have dropped, and according to Governor Malloy will continue to do so this year.
  Malloy says second chance initiatives are among the criminal justice reforms that are to thank for the new numbers. They show a drop from 2011 to 2014 in the four groups that determine recidivism: new arrests, new convictions, returns to prison, and new sentences.
  The state Office of Policy and Management says the number of prisoners
  
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• Police Need Assistance Identifying Suspects in Bridgeport Shooting

  20-02-2018 05:42
  
  Police need assistance identifying two suspects in a Bridgeport shooting that happened on Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police
  
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• Kent Lifts State of Emergency Following Ice Jam Flooding

  20-02-2018 03:47
  
  Kent has lifted the state of emergency regarding the notorious mile-long ice jam blocking the Housatonic River.
  
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• Connecticut Rules Would Block Restaurant Owners from Collecting Tips

  20-02-2018 01:24
  
  A Connecticut rule already on the books would be the main stopgap from a Federal Department of Labor rule from taking effect in the state.
  
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• Report:Red Sox And J.D. Martinez Agree To Contract

  20-02-2018 00:44
  By RONALD BLUM  AP Baseball Writer
   
  A person familiar with the negotiations says slugger J.D. Martinez and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $110 million, five-year contract.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the agreement was subject to a successful physical and had not been announced.
  Boston was seeking to add power to a lineup that hit an AL-low 168 home runs. The 30-year-old Martinez has changed his swing to improve his launch angl
  
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