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• School Bus Goes Off Road in Coventry, No Injuries Reported

  09-03-2018 23:34
  
  A school bus went off the road while driving in Coventry on Friday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Vernon Teacher Brought Toy Gun to Rockville High School: Police

  09-03-2018 23:17
  
  Police are investigating after a teacher brought a plastic toy gun to Rockville High School Tuesday and a statement police released from the superintendent says the teacher is on administrative leave.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Former Red Sox Closer Uehara Signs With Yomiuri Giants

  09-03-2018 22:48
  TOKYO (AP) — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Koji Uehara returned to his former Japanese team on Friday, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants worth $1.87 million.
  The 42-year-old right-handed closer helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in 2013 when he was named MVP of the American League Championship Series. He spent nine seasons in MLB, compiling 95 saves and a 2.66 ERA.
  Prior to going to the U.S., Uehara was a member of the Giants from 1999-2008 and was
  
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• Judicial Branch’s Computer System Attacked With Ransomware

  09-03-2018 22:44
  
  The Connecticut state judicial branch’s computer system is down after a cyberattack.Photo Credit: Connecticut Judicial Branch
  
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• All Connecticut State Troopers To Have Body Cameras This Year

  09-03-2018 22:42
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — The new commander of the Connecticut State Police expects all troopers to be using body cameras by the end of the year, two years after they were supposed to begin using them under state law.Col. George Battle talked about body cameras, his priorities and other issues in an interview with The Associated Press this week. Battle, a 30-year state police veteran, began his new job March 1, succeeding Col. Alaric Fox, who left to become police chief in Enfield.
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• Ransomeware Infects Connecticut Judicial Branch

  09-03-2018 21:20
  (Hartford, Conn./WTIC Radio) – The state judicial branch says it’s computer system is down after it was infected by ransomware this morning.
  In a statement, officials say they took steps to contain the infection once they detected the ransomware.
  No private information was released and no data breached or files lost, say officials.
  The department is working with it’s vendor in securing an updated security file.
  They’ll work through the weekend to apply that new file.
  Once
  
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• 2018 Harvard-Yale Football Game Will Be at Fenway

  09-03-2018 20:06
  
  "The Game" between Harvard and Yale will be at Fenway Park this year and tickets go on sale on Friday, April 27.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Fastlane 2018

  09-03-2018 19:19
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE Fastlane card will begin to set the final pieces of the puzzle in place ahead of WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans. The show is somewhat historic in that it is the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view for the foreseeable future now that WWE has opted to reduce the number of premium events in an apparent cost-cutting measure. Beginning next month, all PPVs will feature both RAW and SmackDown talents.
  As of Friday, the odds for Fastlane are as follows:
  AJ Styles is by far and a
  
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• Man Charged With Manslaughter For Crash During Police Chase

  09-03-2018 18:53
  GROTON, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A man police say was driving a vehicle stolen out of Vermont when he caused a fatal crash during a high-speed police chase in Connecticut is now facing a manslaughter charge.
  Connecticut State Police say 27-year-old Valery Labossiere, of Medford, Massachusetts, ran a red light and hit another vehicle in Groton on March 30, 2017. A passenger in the other vehicle, 22-year-old Deion Anthony Pittman, of Waterford, was killed.
  Police say Labossiere was driving nea
  
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• State DOL Releases January Employment Figures

  09-03-2018 17:59
  (Wethersfield, Conn./WTIC Radio) – The state Department of Labor is out with its monthly jobs report for January.
  Andy Condon, the director of the department’s office of research, says Connecticut saw an increase in non-farm jobs to the tune of 3,400 for the month.
  Unemployment remained unchanged at 4.5-percent.
  Condon says the January numbers are a little late due to the annual benchmark revision which replaces monthly sample data with more concrete figures.
  He says one area that ma
  
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• Suffield High School Students Dismissed After Bomb Threat

  09-03-2018 17:58
  
  Suffield High School was evacuated Friday morning and students have been dismissed after the school received a bomb threat this morning, according to a statement on the school department website.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Stabbed Several Times in Hartford: Police

  09-03-2018 17:54
  
  A 57-year-old man was stabbed several times in Hartford Thursday night. The victim told police that he gave a male a ride from Albany Avenue and Garden Street and the man asked for money.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Threat Against Hartford St. Patrick's Day Was Not Credible: Police

  09-03-2018 17:52
  
  Hartford police are investigating a threatening comment about the upcoming St. Patrick's Day parade and said they determined the threat was not credible. They believe it is a hoax and a student posted it on...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Arrest Made in 2010 Murder in Norwalk

  09-03-2018 17:47
  
  Police have charged a 33-year-old Bridgeport man with the 2010 murder of 30-year-old Karl Savage, of Norwalk.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police
  
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• Threat Sends Suffield High School Students Home Early

  09-03-2018 17:41
  SUFFIELD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A verbal threat of violence resulted in an early dismissal at Suffield High School Friday, said police.
  There was no active threat and students were under the supervision of faculty, police said late in the morning.
   
  
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• Arrest In 8 Year Old Norwalk Homicide Probe

  09-03-2018 16:43
  (Norwalk, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Norwalk police have made an arrest in an eight year old homicide investigation.
  It was February 3, 2010, they say, when city resident Karl Savage was found shot to death near Nathan Ely School.
  Now, police are charging 33-year-old David McBride of Bridgeport with murder.
  McBride was arrested Thursday.
  His bond was set at $500,000.
  The case is still under investigation and anyone with any information is asked to contact Norwalk Police either through their tipli
  
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• Teen Seriously Injured in Crash on Route 2 East in East Hartford

  09-03-2018 16:16
  
  A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured and eight other people sustained minor injuries in a four-vehicle crash on the eastbound side of Route 2 in East Hartford just after 1 p.m.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ellington Woman Flown from Scene of Crash on I-84 in Vernon

  09-03-2018 15:31
  
  A 37-year-old Ellington woman was flown from the scene of a crash that shut down Interstate 84 East in Vernon Thursday morning and has minor injuries, according to state police.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Fire Breaks Out at Manchester Restaurant and Grocery Store

  09-03-2018 15:09
  
  Fire broke out at Sai Foods in Manchester early Friday morning and the building sustained water and smoke damage.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bubble Teams Look To Secure Their Spots With Big Games Friday

  09-03-2018 14:34
  By Steve Silverman
  Friday, March 9
  Clemson (23-8, 11-7) vs. No. 1 Virginia (29-2, 17-1), 7 p.m. ET
  Barclays Center, Brooklyn
  Clemson outlasted Boston College in Thursday’s quarterfinal of the ACC Tournament and the Tigers’ reward for not letting that game get away is a meeting with the No. 1 team in the nation. Virginia was pushed had by Louisville well into the second half, but the Cavaliers tightened up down the stretch and put the game away.
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• Malloy Plans To Fight For A Higher Minimum Wage Hike In 2019

  09-03-2018 14:33
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he plans to get more involved in year’s legislative effort to increase Connecticut’s minimum wage.
  The Democrat said Thursday he was disappointed the General Assembly didn’t approve a pay raise for people earning the minimum wage, which became $10.10 an hour in January 2017. Malloy says lawmakers had focused on eventually increasing the wage to $15 an hour.
  Malloy says “it will be a tremendous miss to not ra
  
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• Police Investigate Facebook Threat Against Parade

  09-03-2018 14:30
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Police are investigating a comment referencing an explosive that was made in response to a Facebook post about an upcoming St. Patrick’s Day parade in Connecticut.
  The Hartford Courant reports WTIC-TV posted on Facebook asking users if they planned to go to the Hartford parade. One user commented Thursday “I got my truck loaded with c4 (sic),” which is a plastic explosive.
  Hartford Police and Deputy Chief Brian Foley received several messag
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway March 9, 2018

  09-03-2018 12:13
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Fiona Benson of Wethersfield, CT was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Connecticut and was awarded cash scholarships during a statewide scholarship program for high school girls held at the Crosby High School in Waterbury, CT.
  7:20- Keith Phaneuf says the legislature is willing to listen before locking in fiscal restraints. What would happen to Connecticut’s schools and roads if a new recession prompts Congr
  
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• Power Outages Lead to Water Problems in Old Saybrook

  09-03-2018 05:30
  
  Police in Old Saybrook opened a resource center for residents on Thursday who remain without both power and water after a powerful nor'easter pummeled the state and knocked out electricity.
  
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• Vacant Former Department Store Collapses in Bridgeport

  09-03-2018 04:41
  
  A building located across the street from the U.S. Post Office in Bridgeport partially collapsed due to heavy, wet snow, a spokesperson for the city said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Horse on the Loose in Greenwich Following Storm

  09-03-2018 04:20
  
  A horse was on the loose in Greenwich on Wednesday night following heavy snowfall across the state.Photo Credit: Greenwich Police Department
  
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• Malnourished Dog Rescued From Storm Drain Pipe in Wolcott

  09-03-2018 04:12
  
  A dog was rescued from a storm drain pipe in Wolcott on Thursday.Photo Credit: Wolcott Dog Pound
  
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• 911 calls reveal frantic first few minutes of the Florida school shooting

  09-03-2018 03:08
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  PARKLAND, Fla. —  When a shooting erupted at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the first thing some students did was contact their parents.
  Those parents’ voices could be heard on the line in 911 calls released by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.
  One woman’s voice cracked as she read the dispatcher a text message from her son: “Shot, shot, shot. Mom. God.”
  At least one person called from inside the scho
  
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• WATCH: Press conference held regarding President Trump, Kim Jong Un

  09-03-2018 00:56
  WASHINGTON — North Korea has invited President Donald Trump to meet their leader Kim Jong Un according to a senior US official and a former US senior official.
  Trump told reporters Thursday that South Korea will make a “major announcement” concerning North Korea at 7 p.m. ET.
  On Thursday a South Korean delegation came to the White House to brief officials on its most recent talks with North Korea — the most significant talks between the two countries in more th
  
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• Winter nor’easter warmly welcomed in Plantsville

  09-03-2018 00:22
  PLANTSVILLE -- A foot of snow is helping  to boost business at Mount Southington and ski areas across the state.
  The recent rash of warmer weather and rain hampered conditions at Mount Southington where brown patches were prominent on a number of slopes and a thin layer of snow, challenged skiers and the bottom line.
  "We got about 10 to 12 inches here," said Jay Dougherty, the general manager at Mount Southington. "It's great to see our season continuing on, we were getting a little nervous
  
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• A Facebook post about her deputy ex-husband got her arrested

  09-03-2018 00:00
  It all started with a Georgia woman griping about her ex-husband.
  He apparently told her he wouldn’t pick up the medicine her sick son needed, and Anne King vented about it on her private Facebook page, writing, “Feeling overwhelmed. That moment when everyone in your house has the flu and you ask your kid’s dad to get them (not me) more Motrin and Tylenol and he refuses.”
  One of her friends commented in solidarity, “POS.”
  But unlike most Facebook complaining,
  
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