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• Crews Out in Force Continuing Power Restoration Effort

  10-03-2018 23:56 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut’s shoreline was hit hard by outages not once, but twice in a week, and thousands of homes and businesses remain without power days after a second nor’easter.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• First Alert: Another Nor'easter Heads Toward Connecticut

  10-03-2018 23:47 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for a third nor'easter in just as many weeks.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man To Be Sentenced In $3M Pita Bakery Financing Scheme

  10-03-2018 21:28
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A former Connecticut resident is facing sentencing for a fraudulent scheme to get more than $3 million in financing for a purported pita bread bakery.
  Mohsen Youssef is scheduled to be sentenced Monday afternoon in federal court in New Haven.
  The 27-year-old former Vernon resident, who has dual U.S. and Egyptian citizenship, was accused of defrauding several banks as well as Connecticut’s economic development agency to secure funding for equipment pur
  
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• Twitter Reacts to UConn Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Firing

  10-03-2018 20:33 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  As the news of the firing of UConn head men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie spread Saturday, Twitter was aflame with a range of reactions, with the name Kevin Ollie trending in the New Haven area.Photo Credit: Getty Images/ Twitter.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Suspect in Threat Against Hartford Parade Identified: Police

  10-03-2018 20:05 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford police have identified a suspect accused of making a threat against the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.Photo Credit: Hartford Police Department
  
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• Hearing Over Probation Request Set In Body Fluids Case

  10-03-2018 18:17
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A white former Connecticut university student accused of smearing body fluids on her black roommate’s belongings is set to go before a judge for a hearing on her request for a probation program.
  The hearing on 18-year-old Brianna Brochu’s request for accelerated rehabilitation is scheduled for Monday in Hartford Superior Court.
  The program could result in misdemeanor charges being erased from her record.
  Police say the former University of Hartford stude
  
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• Man In Critical Condition After Armed Robbery in Hartford

  10-03-2018 17:37 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A man is in critical condition after Hartford police say he was shot during a meeting arranged to sell a cell phone Friday night.
  
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• Haddam Establishes Shelter for Residents Without Power

  10-03-2018 17:17 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Haddam town officials set up a disaster relief center Friday as over forty percent of the town's Eversource customer were still without power two nights after a nor'easter pummeled the state.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New President Tapped At UB

  10-03-2018 17:08
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A Mark Twain scholar has been named as the next president of the University of Bridgeport.
  Laura Skandera Trombley has served in the past as president of Pitzer College in California and the Huntington Library.
  The University of Bridgeport Board of Trustees says Trombley will take the helm as the school’s 10th president in July.
  The school says under Trombley’s leadership, Pitzer raised more than $110 million as its endowment climbed to $134 million.
  Tr
  
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• McDonald's Chief Justice Nomination on Tap for Monday

  10-03-2018 16:43 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Connecticut House is scheduled to consider Andrew McDonald for Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday.
  
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• Norwalk Man Charged With Murder in July Homicide Case

  10-03-2018 16:33 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Norwalk man faces a murder charge in the death of a 26-year-old man in July.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police Department
  
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• UConn Begins Disciplinary Procedures To Remove Ollie

  10-03-2018 16:09
  (Storrs, Conn./WTIC Radio/ESPN) – The end could come soon for UConn men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie. A statement released this morning by the university reads:
  “The University of Connecticut has initiated disciplinary procedures to terminate the employment of Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie for just cause. The University will have no further comment on the matter until the completion of both the University’s disciplinary process and the ongoing NCAA
  
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• Malicious software hits Connecticut court system’s computers

  10-03-2018 05:46
  HARTFORD – The Connecticut court system said its computer system was infected by ransomware, a malicious software that can block access until a ransom is paid.
  A ransomware attack stalled the branch’s computer system rendering the network useless for several hours. The branch’s information technology division took steps to contain the infection.
  They released a statement saying:"Absolutely no private information was released as a result of this infection, no data was breached
  
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• Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs gun bill

  10-03-2018 04:27
  FLORIDA —  Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7026 into law Friday, the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the Parkland school massacre on February 14.
  The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers to be armed.
  Scott, surrounded by families of the victims, recounted the grief visited on his state in the aftermath of the Valentine’s Day carnage at Marjo
  
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• AP finds the NRA gave $7 million to hundreds of schools

  10-03-2018 04:24
  The National Rifle Association has dramatically increased its funding to schools in recent years amid a national debate over guns and school violence, an Associated Press analysis of tax records has found. But few say they plan to give up the money in the aftermath of the latest mass shooting.
  The AP analysis of the NRA Foundation’s public tax records finds that about 500 schools received more than $7.3 million from 2010 through 2016, mostly through competitive grants meant to promote shoo
  
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• Regents votes to consolidate Connecticut community colleges

  10-03-2018 04:15
  HARTFORD, Conn.  — The Board of Regents for Higher Education has agreed to consolidate Connecticut’s 12 community colleges to put the system on a good financial footing for the future.
  The Hartford Courant reports that board members voted unanimously Friday in favor of the plan, which is expected to save $28 million. The plan also calls for reducing staff by 200 people.
  The New England Association of Schools and Colleges is expected to consider the proposed merger plan
  
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• Donations Needed After Fire Destroys Multi-Family Home in Meriden

  10-03-2018 03:04 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Donations are needed after more than a dozen people were displaced following a roaring fire in Meriden on Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Search for Your Town's Power Restoration Time From Eversource

  10-03-2018 01:24 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Power is out for thousands of homes and businesses across Connecticut after the powerful nor’easter Wednesday and Eversource says it hopes to have power restored to everyone by 11 p.m. Sunday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis 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 St. Patrick’s Day parade expects a warmer welcome in 2018

  10-03-2018 01:23
  HARTFORD -- The 47th annual Harford St. Patrick's Day Parade has more pageantry and pizzazz this year, largely because the temperatures will be much warmer than the what the wind chills brought to the parade in 2017.
  "Break out your sunscreen," laughed Eileen Moore, the parade chairwoman.
  Temperatures that could reach the 40's are being warmly received by the parade committee and many of the bands and drum corps who suffered through last year.
  "It's perfect for a parade," she added.
  While 40,00
  
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• What is the most popular car in Connecticut?

  10-03-2018 01:22
  Buying a car is a major financial decision. You can expect to pay thousands of dollars for even the cheapest new model, and you’ll probably be driving it for years to come, so it’s important to choose one that you can be happy with—which includes being able to afford the car payment.
  Before buying any vehicle, regardless of its ratings, consider whether it’s a good fit for your lifestyle. One effective way to choose a car that will serve you well for years to come is to l
  
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• Police officer faces charges after beating, choking and tasing suspected jaywalker

  10-03-2018 01:21
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A western North Carolina police officer who resigned after a body camera video shows him hitting and using a Taser on a man suspected of jaywalking will face preliminary charges of assault, the Buncombe County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.
  Senior Police Officer Christopher Hickman, 31, was removed from patrol duty a day after the incident last August and resigned from the Asheville Police Department in January, the same day he was to be terminated, according to a&n
  
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• Math teacher under investigation for message to ‘ethnic’ who stole computer mouse

  10-03-2018 01:20
  Photo courtesy Britny Taylor
  LEESVILLE, La. – A high school teacher is under investigation after allegedly displaying a message in his classroom aimed at the “self obsessed ethnic” who stole his computer mouse.
  Britny Taylor posted a picture of the message on Facebook, and it quickly went viral.
  Pickering High School math teacher Randolph Perez projected the message onto a whiteboard in his classroom on the morning of March 8th, according to Taylor
  “Welcome to Room 312,&r
  
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• Barbie turns 59: A look back at her evolution

  10-03-2018 01:19
  NEW YORK CITY — Barbie, America’s most famous doll, turns 59 on Friday. In the past six decades, the blonde icon has been praised as a role model while also facing her fair share of controversies.
  On March 9, 1959, Barbie was unveiled for the first time at the American Toy Fair in New York City. She was created by Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler, who noticed that her daughter Barbara was choosing to play with paper dolls over traditional baby dolls.
  Barbie’s doll
  
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• East Hartford Fire Chief Heated Over Eversource Response

  10-03-2018 00:25 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  East Hartford Fire Chief John Oates wants to know why Eversource needed three hours Thursday morning to remove a tree limb that fell on one of its fire trucks.
  
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