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• Mom locked out of iPhone for 47 years after letting 2-year-old play with it

  08-03-2018 23:59
  Well, that’s one way to beat a smartphone addiction.
  The South China Morning Post reports a Shanghai mom is locked out of her iPhone for the next 47 years after her 2-year-old son repeatedly entered the wrong passcode. The mom, identified only as Lu, gave her son the phone to watch educational videos online.
  When she got it back, the phone bore a notification reading “iPhone is disabled, try again in 25,114,984 minutes,” according to the Global Times. Apparently
  
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• Flu Activity Continues To Decline In Connecticut, But Still Widespread

  08-03-2018 23:26
  (CBS Connecticut) — The state Department of Public Health’s weekly flu update released today shows that hospital and outpatient visits for the flu have decreased over the lasts several weeks.
  The department says flu activity has apparently peaked in Connecticut, but the illness remains widespread.
  So far this winter, 112 deaths have been attributed to the flu. Seven people died of the flu in the last week.
  Ninety-one of the people who died this season were over the age of 65.  T
  
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• Number Rises to 112 Flu-Related Deaths in Connecticut

  08-03-2018 23:24
  
  There have been 112 flu-related deaths reported in Connecticut this season.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• DPH: 7 more deaths attributed to the flu in Connecticut

  08-03-2018 22:56
  HARTFORD – Seven people died of the flu last week in Connecticut according to the Department of Public Health’s weekly report.
  “While the numbers of hospital and outpatient visits attributed to the flu have decreased over the last several weeks, we still have several more weeks to go in this flu season, and I continue to urge people to take precautions to prevent contracting or spreading the flu,” said DPH Commissioner Dr. Pino.
  According to this week’s update,
  
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• Alexa is laughing at users and creeping them out

  08-03-2018 22:38
  It’s quiet in the house. Nobody else is home and the cat is fast asleep. Then you hear a disembodied woman’s voice let out a short, mocking cackle.
  No, you’re (probably) not being haunted, it’s just Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant malfunctioning in a profoundly creepy way.
  Some Alexa users have reported hearing an unprompted laugh from their smart speaker devices in the last day. The laugh happens randomly, when nobody is using the device, or in response to request t
  
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• O.J. Simpson recounts killings in Fox’s ‘The Lost Confession?’

  08-03-2018 22:29
  For Fox, time, competitive zeal and spite add up to “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?,” a two-hour special — cobbled together from material the network opted not to air a dozen years ago — transparently being used as a counter-programming stunt to try blunting the premiere of “American Idol” on ABC.
  According to Fox, the “lost” tapes of Simpson’s interview with then-HarperCollins publisher Judith Regan were recently discovered, as opposed t
  
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• President Trump upset with Sanders over Stormy Daniels response

  08-03-2018 22:25
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is upset with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders over her responses Wednesday regarding his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, a source close to the White House tells CNN.
  Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, filed suit against Trump this week alleging he hadn’t signed a nondisclosure agreement that would have prevented her from discussing their alleged sexual affair.
  On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters
  
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• Man Drives to Court With Stolen Plates Affixed on Stolen Car: HPD

  08-03-2018 22:19
  
  A man who drove to court with a stolen car affixed with plates from a different stolen car was arrested in Hartford on Wednesday, police said.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• President Trump sells tax-cut package to Hispanic business owners

  08-03-2018 22:05
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump is selling Hispanic business owners on his new tax cuts.
  Trump is delivering the keynote address Wednesday at the annual legislative summit of the Latino Coalition. It’s his first time addressing Hispanic business owners.
  Trump says the $1.5 trillion package of tax cuts he signed late last year have finally given American business a “level playing field.” He tells the Latino business owners that they’ll “see more of th
  
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• CBS Local Interview: Heather Graham On Half Magic & Career

  08-03-2018 21:32
  Heather Graham is one of the most recognizable actresses in Hollywood. Her roles in “License to Drive,” “Swingers,” “Boogie Nights” and “The Hangover” have allowed her to consistently work for the last 20 years. Now, Graham is using her experience and status for a new purpose. The Milwaukee native wants to make movies to empower women.
  That’s exactly what Graham did with her latest movie “Half Magic” with Angela Kinsey and Stephan
  
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• SMU Bounces UConn From American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketaball Tournament

  08-03-2018 21:11
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ben Emelogu scored 23 points and Akoy Agau added 21 to lift Southern Methodist to an 80-73 win over the University of Connecticut in the first round of the American Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday.
  Jahmal McMurray scored 19 points for the Mustangs (17-15), who withstood three big runs by UConn in the second half to advance to Friday’s quarterfinal game against No. 1 seed Cincinnati.
  Christian Vital led UConn with 24 points, 19 in the second half when t
  
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• Serious Crash Closes Route 2 Eastbound In East Hartford

  08-03-2018 20:26
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A serious crash closed Route 2 eastbound in East Hartford Thursday afternoon.
  State police say the crash, which occurred shortly after 1 p.m., involved two tractor trailer trucks and two passenger vehicles.
  Serious injuries were reported, said troopers.
  Traffic was being taken off the highway at Exit 5A.
  
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• Ex-City Manager Says He Was Fired For Uncovering Wrongdoing

  08-03-2018 20:15
  MERIDEN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – The former city manager of Meriden says he was fired for uncovering wrongdoing by the city’s finance director.
  The Record-Journal reports that Guy Scaife has filed a notice of intent to sue the city claiming wrongful termination.On Wednesday, finance director Michael Lupkas denied Scaife’s claims of financial impropriety. Others named in the filing have also denied wrongdoing.
  Scaife was fired by the city council on Dec. 18.
  Council Majority Leade
  
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• New Jersey teacher struck by lightning while dismissing students amid nor’easter

  08-03-2018 20:08
  MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A middle school teacher was struck by lightning during school dismissal Wednesday afternoon as the nor’easter blasted the area, police said.
  The 33-year-old Manchester Middle School teacher was doing bus duty outside the building around 2:30 p.m. when the umbrella she was holding was struck by lightning, officials said. She was brought back into the building to the nurse’s office while emergency personnel came to the school.
  The teacher was ale
  
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• Man Wanted In Connecticut Shooting Found In Pennsylvania

  08-03-2018 20:08
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A man wanted in connection with a shooting in Connecticut in January has been found in Pennsylvania.
  Police say 33-year-old Andrae Taylor, of Hartford, is charged with first-degree assault, unlawful discharge of a gun, carrying a pistol without a permit and first-degree reckless endangerment in connection with the shooting.
  He was extradited Tuesday night.
  Police says officers responding to reports of a shooting on Jan. 19 found 41-year-old Frank Watson shot
  
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• Woman charged with cruelty to persons, assault after incident at group home

  08-03-2018 19:53
  VERNON — A woman was arrested in connection with an assault on a resident of a group home last October.
  Vernon Police arrested Obbileita Prude, 54, of Hartford, Tuesday in connection with an incident that occurred at a Vernon group home in October 2017. Prude was located by Farmington Police and then taken into custody by Vernon Police. Police said, “In October, a concerned staff member called police to report that Prude allegedly ‘bullied’ the victim, ‘slapped his
  
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• Tree Brings Down Live Wires on Fire Truck in East Hartford

  08-03-2018 19:50
  
  A massive tree limb took down live wires and fell onto a parked fire truck on Middle Drive in East Hartford on Thursday morning.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Utah lawmaker pulls controversial bill that would rename highway after President Trump

  08-03-2018 19:48
  SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah representative who wanted to rename a huge chunk of highway after President Donald Trump has pulled the bill following some serious pushback.
  Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, confirmed to KSTU on Wednesday night he did not plan to force a vote amongst his colleagues.
  "It's still controversial, no matter what you do," he said.
  Rep. Noel had been whipping up votes all afternoon on the House floor, but it was unknown if he had the 38 needed to pass it. Democrats had threatened to
  
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• Virginia Looks Ready For Deep Tournament Run

  08-03-2018 19:42
  By Steve Silverman
  The Virginia Cavaliers are the standard bearers in college basketball, and they go into the NCAA tournament as the unanimous No. 1 team in both the AP and Coaches’ poll.
  But, the Cavaliers don’t get the respect that teams like Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas have received when they have been in the top spots. Instead, they are viewed as a grinding, tough, defensive-minded team that tends to play boring basketball.
  They are tough, grinding and defensive-mi
  
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• Cop killed in line of duty was sent to wrong house by traced 911 call

  08-03-2018 19:28
  CLINTON, Mo. — Authorities revealed Wednesday that police were actually sent to the wrong house when they were responding to a 911 call which led to three officers being shot, one of them fatally, according to WDAF.
  Missouri State Highway Patrol said Wednesday afternoon that Clinton officers were sent to 306 West Grandriver Street for a 911 call in which Henry County 911 operators could hear two women arguing in the background but no one was directly speaking to operators.
  When officers a
  
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• Selfie, penguin style

  08-03-2018 19:27
  – If the penguin could talk, it might have said, “Let me take a selfie.”
  #Penguin #selfie offers bird’s eye view of life in Antarctica! Curious Emperors have been captured on film at the Auster Rookery near Australia’s Mawson research station by expeditionerEddie Gault pic.twitter.com/MYle5Fshc7
  — Antarctic Division (@AusAntarctic) March 8, 2018These emperor penguins were captured on camera at the Auster Rookery near Australia’s Mawson research stat
  
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• Car hits tractor-trailer, crash slows traffic on I-84 in Vernon Thursday

  08-03-2018 19:15
  VERNON — On Thursday morning, first responders went  to I-84 East near Dobson for a serious crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer truck.
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• Dog deemed ‘unadoptable’ makes history as first deaf K9 officer in Washington

  08-03-2018 18:13
  SEATTLE — A dog once deemed “unadoptable” has achieved an amazing first in Seattle.
  Ghost, a pit bull mix, is the first deaf K9 officer in the state’s history.
  KIRO reports Ghost had a rough start in life after being found homeless and deaf in Florida at three months of age. He had high energy and was indifferent to humans and needed extra help communicating.
  Ghost was scheduled to be euthanized until Swamp Haven Humane got involved.
  Workers found Olympic Peninsula Human
  
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• Snow Totals from March 7 Nor'easter

  08-03-2018 18:11
  
  A Nor'easter hit Connecticut on Wednesday leading to more than a foot of snow in some areas.Photo Credit: Submitted Photo
  
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• Vernon Police Charge Woman With Elder Abuse

  08-03-2018 18:10
  (Vernon, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Vernon police are charging a woman with a case of apparent elder abuse.
  They say it stems from an incident that took place last year.
  In October, a staff member at a group home reported that 54-year-old Obbileita Prude of Hartford bullied, slapped and pushed a resident while she cleaned up after him.
  Police say the adult victim had the cognitive skills of a small child.
  The state Department of Developmental Services was notified and participated jointly in the
  
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• Heavy Snow Leads to Thousands of Power Outages

  08-03-2018 18:09
  
  Heavy, wet snow caused power outages throughout Connecticut, totalling more than 135,000 as of Thursday morning.Photo Credit: jennifer_yeagerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Survivor Castoff Morgan Ricke: ‘I Was Blindsided’

  08-03-2018 17:49
  Season 36 of “Survivor: Ghost Island” is starting to heat up. An early season tribe swap totally changed the game and it tested several players. While it looked like Angela Perkins was going to get bounced after receiving three votes, Morgan Ricke was ultimately the one sent packing after her friend Libby Vincek was the fourth and deciding vote.
  Ricke chatted with CBS Local about her relationship with Vincek, what went wrong and her favorite part of the “Survivor” experie
  
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• Vernon Group Home Worker Accused of Abusing Resident

  08-03-2018 17:47
  
  Vernon police have arrested a staff member of a group home who is accused of abusing a resident who has the cognitive functioning of a small child. Police said it happened as she cleaned the resident, who...Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• Travel Troubles Continue After Massive Winter Storm

  08-03-2018 17:05
  
  Dozens of flight departures from Bradley International Airport were canceled on Thursday as airlines tried to get back on schedule after Wednesday's nor'easter in Connecticut.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Missing baby found dead after disturbing text prompts Amber Alert

  08-03-2018 17:03
  OKLAHOMA CITY -- Investigators in Oklahoma said the 7-month-old baby who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found dead, according to KFOR.
  Authorities issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday, saying they believed the baby was in "imminent danger." Authorities found the body of Jody Minjarez hours later, according to KFOR.
  The child's father, 31-year-old Victor Minjarez, was taken into custody, according to police.
  According to KFOR, police responded to a domestic assault at a home on Lakecres
  
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• All you need to know about the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hartford

  08-03-2018 16:34
  HARTFORD — The 47th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off Saturday.
  The parade will start at 11 a.m. on March 10 at the State Capitol. Then it takes a left on Main Street, a left on Asylum, a left on Ford Street, and then ends by the Memorial Arch.Parking garages
  FOX 61 will be airing the parade beginning at 11:30 a.m. and it will rebroadcast on St. Patrick’s Day at noon on WCCT.
  And remember to share your pictures using the “submit” button
  
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• Police: Man drove stolen car to Hartford court for stolen car charge

  08-03-2018 16:12
  HARTFORD— Police said a man answering to a stolen car charge drove a stolen car to court in Hartford.
  Police said that on Wednesday Jonathan Rivera, 25, was at the Hartford Superior Court on Wednesday to appear before a judge on a charge of first-degree larceny and tampering with a motor vehicle from February.
  Parking authority agents scanning license plates outside the courthouse found the car, a 2014 white Subaru Legacy, that had been reported stolen out of Newington.
  Police kept an eye
  
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• Suspect Sought In Package Store Stickup

  08-03-2018 16:00
  (New London, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Police in New London are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery from Wednesday.
  They say around 7:30 last evening, a lone suspect walked into a package store on Bank Street, armed with a gun.
  The clerk at The Packy told police the suspect demanded money before fleeing on foot.
  Police say their suspect is described as being in his 20s, unshaven but sporting a goatee.
  Investigators are culling through video surveillance footage of the incident.
  No injuri
  
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• Cigna To Spend About $52 Billion For Express Scripts

  08-03-2018 15:17
  NEW YORK (AP) – Health insurer Cigna will spend about $52 billion to acquire the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed buyouts and tie-ups in a rapidly shifting landscape for the health services industry.
  Including $15 billion in debt, the proposed $67 billion acquisition would follow a deal late last year in which CVS Health Corp. would spend $70 billion for Aetna Inc.
  The health sector has been jolted not only by the Affordable Care Act and questio
  
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• State Offices to Open an Hour Late Thursday

  08-03-2018 13:31
  
  Connecticut state offices will have a one-hour delayed opening on Thursday because of inclement conditions after a nor'easter dumped more than two feet of heavy, wet snow in parts of the state.Photo Credit: Amy Zera Freed
  
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• Tractor-Trailer Ban on Connecticut Highways Lifted

  08-03-2018 12:26
  
  Tractor-trailers and tandem trailers were banned from traveling on Connecticut highways due to severe weather conditions on Wednesday.Photo Credit: Diana
  
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• Rare Thundersnow Phenomenon Heard Across New York Area

  08-03-2018 04:10
  
  The second nor'easter to pummel the tri-state area in the last week is bringing less ferocious winds, but a fairly rare -- and apparently very, very exciting -- weather phenomenon: thundersnow.Photo Credit: News 4This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Hartford State Rep Resigns Amid Questionable Texts Surfacing

  08-03-2018 02:45
  
  A Hartford state representative, who was advised to step down by Connecticut's speaker of the house last week after questionable text messages with a teenager surfaced, has resigned.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Hartford Lawmaker Resigns

  08-03-2018 01:55
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Connecticut legislator accused of sending affectionate texts to a 16-year-old girl has resigned.Democratic Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz  announced late Wednesday that Democratic Rep. Angel Arce of Hartford has “informed House leadership of his intention to resign from the legislature.”
  Aresimowicz, along with Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, called on Arce to step down last week. Aresimowicz says Arce’s resignation “under the circums
  
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• Police Spend More Than 2 Hours Luring Out Man With Knife

  08-03-2018 01:19
  
  Police spent more than 2 hours on Wednesday to lure out a man armed with knives inside a Willimantic home.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Steve Parker: Change Your Grades, Change Your Life

  08-03-2018 01:17
  Author Paul Hughes discusses his book Change Your Grades, Change Your Life.
  
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