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• Another Nor'easter Expected to Impact the State

  11-03-2018 23:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists have issued a First Alert in front of another Nor'easter that will impact the state on Tuesday.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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• Power Restoration Nearly Complete As Another Storm Moves In

  11-03-2018 22:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The lights are finally back on for thousands of Eversource customers after Wednesday’s storm but some have already set their sights on another nor’easter.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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• Tournament Watch : Selection Sunday Edition

  11-03-2018 22:02
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
   
  Selection Sunday is here. The wait that was once months, then weeks, then days is now down to hours. In just over an hour, the field of 68 will be announced on TBS. Championship week has set the bar extremely high with buzzer-beaters, upsets, star players performing at a high level and relative unkowns making names for themselves. It’s what makes March Madness so great and in only a few short days, actual tournament games will be played starting with
  
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• Route 8 South Reopens in Waterbury After Serious Crash

  11-03-2018 21:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One person was seriously injured in a crash on Route 8 in Waterbury Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Winter Storm Watch issued for CT, 6-12″ of snow starting Monday evening

  11-03-2018 21:11
  A Winter storm watch has been issued for the state in advance of a storm that could start Monday evening.
  Expect a chilly start to your Sunday but at least there will be more sunshine. Highs will reach the mid-upper 40s  tomorrow afternoon, with plenty of sunshine making it feel more comfortable in the afternoon.
  Another Nor'Easter late Monday
  Heavy snow is could be possible with total snow accumulations of around 6 to 12 inches, with localized amounts up to 18 inches.
  Travel cou
  
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• Nun involved in lawsuit with Katy Perry over convent dies

  11-03-2018 20:50
  LOS ANGELES — A nun who was involved in a lawsuit with pop star Katy Perry over the sale of a convent in Los Angeles died Friday after collapsing during a court appearance.
  Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, 89, had served the church “with dedication and love for many years,” Archbishop Jose Gomez said in a statement.
  Holzman was a member of an order of elderly nuns involved in a dispute over the sale of their convent in the city’s Los Feliz neighborhood.
  Hours before her dea
  
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• Baltimore renames former Confederate site for Harriet Tubman

  11-03-2018 20:40
  The section of a Baltimore park that once hosted a Confederate monument was rededicated on Saturday in honor of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
  A tree-filled area of Wyman Park Dell, near Johns Hopkins University, was renamed the Harriet Tubman Grove as part of a ceremony marking the 105th year since her death. Residents gathered in the park on Saturday to celebrate her life and the renaming of the grove.
  “It helps bring the community values to important places and helps to weave togeth
  
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• Chief justice nomination enveloped by politicking

  11-03-2018 20:36
  HARTFORD  — With robocalls and TV ads, the level of politicking enveloping a modern-era Connecticut chief justice nomination has reached unprecedented levels as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether Andrew McDonald should lead the state judiciary.
  McDonald, nominated by Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, would be the first openly gay state Supreme Court chief justice in the country.
  His chances were put in jeopardy more than a week ago when a tie vote by the legislature’s J
  
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• Additional Homeowners Eligible For Foundation Testing

  11-03-2018 19:15
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut homeowners located more than 20 miles away from the Stafford Springs concrete company at the center of a crumbling foundation problem can now seek reimbursement for foundation testing costs.
  The Department of Housing says it has been able to expand eligibility for testing reimbursement to homes outside the original 20-mile radius because of additional funding approved by the State Bond Commission.
  So far, the program has received 361 applications and prov
  
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• Post-Soviet swingers versus the Kremlin

  11-03-2018 18:53
  The sex guru from Belarus and his protégé/lover preached empowerment through what they described as “the art of seduction.” They promoted themselves in books and on social media as masters of manipulation, but then this strange swinging pair suddenly found themselves desperate and frightened, and stuck in a jail in Thailand.
  They claimed that after stumbling upon evidence of Russian government meddling in the 2016 US election, they were in danger of knowing too much.
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• Additional CT homeowners eligible for foundation testing

  11-03-2018 18:06
  HARTFORD — Connecticut homeowners located more than 20 miles away from the Stafford Springs concrete company at the center of a crumbling foundation problem can now seek reimbursement for foundation testing costs.
  The Department of Housing says it has been able to expand eligibility for testing reimbursement to homes outside the original 20-mile radius because of additional funding approved by the State Bond Commission.
  So far, the program has received 361 applications and provided more th
  
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• Troop A Investigating Early Morning Crash In Waterbury

  11-03-2018 17:43
  Waterbury, Ct. (WTIC 1080 News)  State police at Troop A responded to a two vehicle crash on Rt 8 Southbound in Waterbury around 3 o’clock this morning. A 2004 Ford Explorer lost
  control and struck a metal beam guardrail in the right shoulder resulting in a rollover that finally came to rest in the travel lane. The Subaru Impreza following it struck the Explorer resulting in
  heavy damage to the front passenger side of the Impreza and causing serious injuries to the front seat passenge
  
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• The Real Story – Peter Lumaj

  11-03-2018 15:31
  HARTFORD -- Republican candidate for governor, Peter Lumaj, discusses his positions opposing gun control, labor unions and abortions, while remaining steadfast in his support for President Trump.
  
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• The Real Story – Fixing the state’s economy

  11-03-2018 15:30
  HARTFORD -- Reaction to the recommendations from a special state commission for fixing Connecticut’s financial mess, and boosting the state economy. Guests Lori Pelletier, President, AFL-CIO and Sen. Joe Markley (R) Southington and Joe Brennan, President, Connecticut Business and Industry Association CBIA.
  
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• Warning: Scammers Posing as Eversource Employees

  11-03-2018 14:55 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Eversource is warning customers to be on the lookout for scammers posing as power company employees.Photo Credit: necn
  
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• Driver Charged with DUI After Hitting House in Milford

  11-03-2018 14:51 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A driver faces DUI charges after police say a pickup crashed into a house in Milford Saturday.
  
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• China clears way for Xi Jinping to rule for life

  11-03-2018 13:54
  BEIJING — China’s largely ceremonial parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed a controversial change to the country’s constitution, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely.
  Inside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People’s Congress (NPC) cast their ballots on a series of proposed amendments — including removing the restriction that had limited the presidency to two consec
  
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• Hearing set over probation request in UHart roommate body fluids case

  11-03-2018 13:35
  HARTFORD — 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.
  As FOX61 first told you, the former University of Hartford stud
  
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• Former Vernon man to be sentenced in $3M pita bakery financing scheme

  11-03-2018 12:46
  NEW HAVEN— 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 purchases for his South W
  
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• Connecticut lawmakers consider gambling expansion bills

  11-03-2018 12:28
  HARTFORD — A year after approving a new tribal casino near the Massachusetts border, some Connecticut lawmakers want to up the ante and consider other gambling expansion proposals.
  A contingent of mostly urban legislators wants to scrap last year’s legislation and instead allow the tribes or other casino developers to submit proposals for the state’s first casino on non-tribal land, possibly in Bridgeport.
  There are also bills this year to allow the Connecticut Lottery Corporat
  
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• UConn fans react to Coach Kevin Ollie’s sudden dismissal

  11-03-2018 05:32
  STORRS -- Students and fans of the University of Connecticut Men’s basketball team had mixed reactions to school’s announcement to part ways with head coach Kevin Ollie.
  In a statement sent out by the UConn Division of Athletics stated the department “initiated disciplinary procedures to terminate the employment of head men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie for just cause,”
  “I’m disappointed, I have always liked Ollie, I think he’s a great guy I know
  
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• Power outages still an issue for residents across the state

  11-03-2018 04:46
  KILLINGWORTH -- Many people across the state are still in the dark after Wednesday's storm.
  While the majority of the state was blanketed with snow, a lot of people are still left without power.
  Haddam-Killingworth High School has been open since Friday, providing people with a place to eat, sleep, take showers and charge their phones.They said they will be open till Sunday at noon.
  In Higganum, Boulder Dell Road had a tree and downed power lines in the middle of the road. Ne
  
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