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• Shell Casing Found In School

  01-03-2018 22:40
  (Vernon, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Vernon police are investigating after they say a student found an empty shell casing today in the stairwell of a school in town.
  Upon finding the casing, police say the student notified a teacher at Vernon Center Middle School who, in turn, contacted school administration officials.
  Investigators are trying to determine how the casing made its way into the school.
  The incident occurred at the end of the school day, police said, and officers were on hand for dis
  
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• Shell Casing Found in Stairwell at Vernon Center Middle School

  01-03-2018 22:32
  
  A shell casing was found in a middle school in Vernon on Thursday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Committee Recommends Tax Changes, Tolls For Connecticut

  01-03-2018 22:13
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – An advisory committee charged with finding long-term solutions to Connecticut’s fiscal problems is out with a package of recommendations, including major changes to the state’s tax code.
  Suggestions from the bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth include increasing the state’s sales tax, gasoline tax and business tax; slashing the income tax; repealing the estate tax and raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
  The c
  
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• Hot Coil Challenge: The Dumb And Dangerous New Internet Fad

  01-03-2018 21:50
  CBS Local — It appears at least one millennial has found an “internet challenge” even stupider than eating Tide Pods. A YouTube video showing a man intentionally burning his arm on a stove’s hot coil has been viewed thousands of times and is terrifying parents around the country.
  The “Hot Coil Challenge” reportedly requires the foolish participant to press their bare arm against the red hot coils of an active stove top and then posting the proof of their injur
  
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• Court Urged To Order Release Of Newtown Shooter’s Belongings

  01-03-2018 21:48
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A newspaper lawyer has urged the Connecticut Supreme Court to allow reporters to examine some of the belongings of a man who killed 20 first-graders in 2012, including a spreadsheet ranking mass murders and a violent story he wrote as a child.
  Justices heard arguments in the case Thursday. A decision isn’t expected for several months.
  The Hartford Courant and state Freedom of Information Commission are appealing a 2016 lower court ruling that said stat
  
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• Lisbon Man Possessing Assault Weapons Made Threatening Comments

  01-03-2018 21:37
  
  A Lisbon man who illegally possessed assault weapons and other items was taken into custody in January after making threatening remarks about shooting people and committing suicide by cop, troopers said.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Kansas’ Graham, Villanova’s Brunson Make Their Wooden Award Case

  01-03-2018 20:40
  By Steve Silverman
  Wooden Watch: Jayhawks’ Devonte Graham and Wildcats’ Jalen Brunson make their case
  A little over a month ago, Oklahoma freshman Trae Young was the most dynamic player in college basketball, and he looked as if may have been the sport’s most impressive player.
  His spectacular scoring and sizzling assist numbers helped him become a huge story. But, as the season progressed, Young and the Sooners hit a wall. He has largely been slumping over the past month, and
  
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• Connecticut Lawmaker Under Pressure To Resign After Texts

  01-03-2018 20:18
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut state legislator is under pressure to resign because of a series of text messages he allegedly sent to a teenage girl in 2015.
  Democratic House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz has called on Democratic State Rep. Angel Arce of Hartford to step down in a Feb. 28 letter that was released publicly on Thursday.
  The Hartford Courant reports Aresimowicz recommended the third-term lawmaker step down after he told the speaker the newspaper was seeking comment o
  
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• Motorcycle Crash Caused Delays on I-91 in Cromwell

  01-03-2018 19:38
  
  There were delays on Interstate 91 North in Cromwell after a motorcycle and a car collided this morning.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Putin Unveils Russia’s New ‘Invincible’ Nuclear Weapons, Blames U.S. For Withdrawing From Treaty

  01-03-2018 18:35
  CBS Local — Vladimir Putin had an ominous message for the rest of the world while unveiling Russia’s newest line of nuclear missiles. The Russian leader boasted that his country’s new weapons were “invincible” to U.S. and NATO defenses.
  In a nationally televised speech on Mar. 1, Mr. Putin showed off a wide array of underwater drones, cruise missiles, and ICBMs he claims were developed in response to the U.S. withdrawing from the 1972 anti-ballistic missile tre
  
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• Survivor Castoff Jacob Derwin: ‘I Was Immediately Isolated’

  01-03-2018 18:27
  “Survivor” is back for its 36th season and this year’s show plays up a spooky theme. 20 contestants started in Fiji on a land called Ghost Island where mistakes from castaways of the past will bring brand new twists to the game. Jacob Derwin found out the hard way just how crazy this season is going to be.
  Derwin talked about his “Survivor” experience with CBS Local and explains why he was voted off the island.
  How would you describe your experience on the first epi
  
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• Survivor Castoff Stephanie Gonzalez: ‘I Did Everything In My Power Not To Be Voted Off’

  01-03-2018 18:03
  Survivor is back for its 36th season and this year’s show plays up a spooky theme. 20 contestants started in Fiji on a land called Ghost Island where mistakes from castaways of the past will bring brand new twists to the game. Stephanie Gonzalez found out the hard way just how crazy this season is going to be.
  Gonzalez talked about her Survivor experience with CBS Local and explains why she was voted off the island.
  How would you evaluate how everything went down?
  Stephanie Gonzalez: 
  
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• Governor Praises Delta CEO, Urges Move To Connecticut

  01-03-2018 17:58
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has invited Delta Air Lines to move to the state after praising CEO Ed Bastian for no longer offering discounted rates to National Rifle Association members.
  The Democrat, known for advocating stronger gun control laws following the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, made his pitch Wednesday after Georgia’s Republican lieutenant governor threatened to block a proposed sales tax exemption on jet fuel unless Delta restored the disc
  
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• Milford Officials: Threats To High School Proven False

  01-03-2018 16:59
  (Milford, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Reports of threats made to a high school in Milford Wednesday turned out to be not so, according to authorities.
  Police say they spent several hours looking into alleged threats made against Jonathan Law High School via posts on social media and through text messages.
  A joint investigation with law enforcement and school officials determined the claims to be unsubstantiated.
  In a statement, Milford Police asked citizens to refrain from sharing false informatio
  
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• Brother Of Patient Sues Connecticut Psych Hospital

  01-03-2018 16:38
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A man who says his brother was abused at Connecticut’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital has filed two lawsuits againstseveral hospital staffers.
  The Hartford Courant reports that Albert Shehadi filed state and federal suits on behalf of his brother, William, a patient at the Whiting Forensic Division inMiddletown.
  The state lawsuit says William Shehadi “was subjected to brutal and inhuman psychological, emotional, and physical torture” by
  
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• Volunteers From Travelers Head to Puerto Rico to Help Rebuild

  01-03-2018 16:05
  
  Volunteers from Travelers will head to Puerto Rico to help rebuild a baseball diamond in Yabucoa and put in a playground.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Court Hearing To Center On Newtown Shooter’s Belongings

  01-03-2018 15:37
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether state police have to publicly release some of the Newtown school killer’s belongings, including a spreadsheet ranking mass murders and a violent story he wrote as a child.
  The hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
  The Hartford Courant and state Freedom of Information Commission are appealing a decision by a lower court judge, who ruled in 2016 that state police don’t have to release documents
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty In Hit-And-Run Death Of Dirt Biker

  01-03-2018 15:34
  TORRINGTON, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man who fled the scene of a crash that took the life of a 23-year-old dirt bike rider has pleaded guilty.
  The Republican-American reports that 50-year-old Thomas McGee, of Hartland, pleaded guilty Wednesday to leaving the scene and evading responsibility in theMay 2016 crash in Barkhamsted that look the life of Zachary Dube.
  Authorities say McGee was driving his pickup truck east when it took a left turn in a restaurant parking lot and struck Dube&rsq
  
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• Two Arrested For Heroin Possession In Coventry

  01-03-2018 15:29
  (Coventry, Conn./WTIC Radio) – A man and woman are facing charges after police in Coventry pulled them over Wednesday night for suspected drug possession.
  Around 10:30 p.m., police were notified by a caller who’d been trailing a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Paul Sumner of Plainfield. With him was a female passenger, 20-year-old Sara Sensabaugh of Coventry.
  Officers say they were told while traveling along Interstate 384, the vehicle nearly hit a jersey barrier. The caller reported i
  
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• Deportation Delayed for Ecuadoran National Living in Meriden

  01-03-2018 15:22
  
  A Meriden mother who was supposed to be deported to Ecuador Wednesday will be allowed to stay in the United States as her appeal moves through court.
  
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• Discussion on Future of UConn West Hartford Site Draws Crowd

  01-03-2018 14:57
  
  Hundreds of people went to town hall in West Hartford Wednesday for a meeting on what should be developed on the former UConn property in town.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• State Police Investigating Stabbing in Thompson

  01-03-2018 14:09
  
  State police said the victim had been stabbed in the shoulder, arm and abdomen during an argument in the driveway of a home in ThompsonPhoto Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Democrats Pursue Sports Gambling Regulations

  01-03-2018 13:43
  
  It is possible that later this summer that sports betting could be legalized in Connecticut.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway March 1, 2018

  01-03-2018 12:03
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Wen Fa, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney, has a case headed to the U.S. Supreme Court next week: Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky. PLF is representing Andy Cilek, who in 2010, wore a t-shirt with the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me” to his polling place. Andy was told to remove the shirt or he would not be allowed to vote and would also face prosecution and fines.
  7:20- Dr. Jim Cardon, CEO of Integrated Care
  
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• Couple Hits Turbulence While Trying to Redeem Vouchers

  01-03-2018 04:52
  
  A South Windsor family said they almost lost hundreds of dollars worth of airline vouchers they got from American Airlines.
  
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• State Senator Wants More Accountability in Whiting Case

  01-03-2018 04:12
  
  A Connecticut state legislator and hospital insider are calling for an investigation of some psychiatrists at the state’s maximum security mental facility, part of the Whiting Forensic Division on the...
  
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• Huskies Fend Off Owls

  01-03-2018 03:28
  By PAT EATON-ROBB  AP Sports Writer
   
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ Jalen Adams scored 25 points and dished out eight assists as UConn upset Temple 72-66 in the Huskies final home game of the season on Wednesday night.
  Terry Larrier added 13 points for Connecticut (14-16, 7-10 American), which shot 37 percent from the floor, but made 11 3-pointers.
  Obi Enechionyia had 15 points to lead Temple (16-13, 8-9), which has lost three of its last four to fall a half game behind UCF into seventh place i
  
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• 80-Year-Old Norwalk Man With Dementia Reported Missing Has Been Found

  01-03-2018 03:05
  
  A silver alert has been canceled for an 80-year-old man from Norwalk.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police
  
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• Potholes still a major issue for drivers in Connecticut

  01-03-2018 01:55
  EAST HARTFORD -- Driving around the state has been a lot more bumpy for many drivers recently. Drivers that spoke with FOX61 said they are hitting a lot more potholes on the highways and on the roads.
  Paul LeBlanc who owns Paul's Auto Repair in East Hartford said he's seeing a lot of people come in to get their car fixed because they ran over a pothole.
  "This time of the year generally cars will be more inclined to come in on a regular basis for things like this more so than the summer," LeBlan
  
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• Silver Alert issued for 81-year-old New Canaan man

  01-03-2018 01:54
  NEW CANAAN —  Connecticut State Police have issued a Silver Alert for 81-year-old Graham Bryan of New Canaan.
  State police said Graham is a white male with grey hair, blue eyes and is 5’11’ and weighs 179 pounds. State police said he was last seen wearing a red jacket and brown pants.State police said anyone who has any information on his whereabouts, is asked to contact state police at 203-594-3500.
  Silver Alerts are issued by law enforcement agencies for missing people o
  
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• Kennedy Will Leave State Senate After Two Terms

  01-03-2018 01:40
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Ted Kennedy Jr., son of the late Massachusetts senator, says he’s not seeking a third term in the Connecticut Senate so he can focus his efforts on protecting disability rights at the federal level.
  In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, the Democrat says it was a difficult decision not to run again for the General Assembly. However, he says there is currently “an enormous threat to the rights of people with disabilities” with Republican
  
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• Rockville High School Home Builders Club wins big in Orlando

  01-03-2018 01:28
  VERNON — The Rockville High School Home Builders Association Club recently came back from Orlando, Florida with some nice new hardware - a third place award from the 2018 National Association of Home Builders student competition.
  The team of students submitted an entire house design they prepared from their own research, drawings and detailed plans.  In addition, they had to schedule, market and price the entire project, from the siding and roofing, to the kitchen
  
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• Mike Harrison: Supporting The Students

  01-03-2018 01:15
  Mike Harrison from Talkers Magazine fills in for Todd. Looking at the younger generations reaction to the Florida school shooting. 40 “comfort” dogs were provided at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as the students returned to class… what would you do if in charge of the school, how would you support the students? And Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell assault-style weapons. Reforming the education system: teachers’ perspective of the education system an
  
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• Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition

  01-03-2018 00:58
  NEW YORK  — Walmart says it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21.
  The retailer’s new policy comes after Dick’s Sporting Goods announced earlier Wednesday that it would restrict the sale of firearms to those under 21 years old. It didn’t mention ammunition. Walmart says the decision came after a review of its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
  Walmart Inc. stopped selling AR-15 gun
  
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• Relief From Manchester Landfill Odor On the Way

  01-03-2018 00:35
  
  Residents said the gasses at a nearby landfill in Manchester are overwhelming."It will make you want to stay in your house," Barry Dubofsky, of Manchester, said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The science behind cell phone addiction

  01-03-2018 00:03
  WEST HARTFORD --  If you've ever felt like you can't stop scrolling through your phone, just blame your brain.
  "You're scrolling for a hit," said Dr. David Greenfield, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UConn School of Medicine. "You're looking for a little bit of dopamine. You don't know that."
  Greenfield has been studying internet addiction for more than 20 years.
  "The average number of times a person checks their phone is 50 to 300 times a day," said Greenfield, who compares
  
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