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• Tolls Debate Presses On in Connecticut

  14-03-2018 23:38
  
  Supporters and opponents of putting tolls on Connecticut’s highways are retreating to their corners for what could be a prolonged debate on the issue as the regular session marches toward its conclusion.
  
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• Couple Finds Cutting Cord With TV Provider Comes With Fee

  14-03-2018 23:29
  
  David Ribnicky wanted to save some cash on his cable bill and thought he found a less expensive television provider service, but then learned it could cost him hundreds of dollars to cancel if he was not...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Snowstorm Baby: Bristol Mother Gives Birth During Nor'easter

  14-03-2018 23:03
  
  A Bristol mother had a special delivery when she gave birth to her second son during Tuesday's snowstorm.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Crews Respond to Mobile Home Fire in Sterling

  14-03-2018 22:28
  
  Crews responded to a mobile home fire in Sterling Wednesday, according to Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police Make Drug Factory Arrest During Raid on Milford Shop

  14-03-2018 22:16
  
  Police said they made a drug factory arrest in Milford and said they found nearly 40 pounds of marijuana.Photo Credit: MIlford Police
  
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• Marcus Smart’s Thumb Injury May Hinder Celtics’ Playoff Hopes

  14-03-2018 21:53
  By Matt Citak
  The Celtics’ season could not have gotten off on a worse note. Before the first quarter of the first game was complete, Boston had lost their big free-agent acquisition, Gordon Hayward, to a gruesome ankle injury. All seemed lost in Bean Town, as Hayward was supposed to help the Celtics finally take down LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  Boston would go on to lose the season opener to the Cavs, along with their second game of the season. But then, led by Kyrie Irving,
  
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• Solar Storm Set To Create Northern Lights Show Across U.S. Tonight

  14-03-2018 21:50
  CBS Local — After a year filled with eclipses and supermoons, sky watchers in the U.S. are getting another light show tonight because of a solar storm sweeping across the planet.
  On March 12, NASA announced that a geomagnetic storm would be hitting Earth between March 14 and 15. While the massive eruption of solar winds is not dangerous to people, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noted that the storm could affect weak power grids and satell
  
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• Ford Recalls Over 1.3 Million Cars, Says Steering Wheels Can Come Off

  14-03-2018 21:19
  CBS Local — Ford is recalling over 1.3 million cars after the company found that two of their manufacturing plants rolled out vehicles with loose steering wheels. The problem is so bad that Ford is warning drivers their steering wheels could come off while customers are on the road.
  Ford Motor Company issued the March 14 recall that affects multiple versions of their Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ models in North America. According to Ford, the recall stems from “potentially loose
  
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• Man Accused of Collecting Unemployment While in Prison

  14-03-2018 21:13
  
  A Waterbury man is accused of collecting thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits while he was serving time in prison.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Ovechkin Nets 600th Goal, Stanley Cup Only Thing Left Missing From Career Resume

  14-03-2018 21:12
  By Steve Silverman
  With just about the right amount of fanfare, Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals reached a career milestone Monday when he potted a couple of goals in Washington’s 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
  The goals were Nos. 599 and 600, and if you think that puts him far ahead of any of his peers, you would be correct. Ovechkin leads Patrick Marleau of the Toronto Maple Leafs (still looks strange after playing with the San Jose Sharks from 1998 through 2017) by 71 goals
  
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• Victim of Norwalk Home Invasion Arrested on Drug Charges

  14-03-2018 21:08
  
  The victim of a Norwalk home invasion has been arrested on drug charges, according to Norwalk police.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police Department
  
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• UConn Removes Department Head Who Oversaw Dead Doctor

  14-03-2018 20:44
  
  The University of Connecticut has removed a department head from her position after an investigation into how a professor who was dead, possibly for months, remained on the payroll without anyone realizing...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Students Across CT Take Part in #NationalWalkoutDay

  14-03-2018 19:50
  
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• Most Power Restored After Nor’easter

  14-03-2018 19:48
  
  Power is back on for most Connecticut homes and businesses after a nor'easter Wednesday knocked it out for a nearly 4,000.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Normal Operations Resume at Bradley Airport

  14-03-2018 19:44
  
  Tuesday's nor'easter is still causing some problems for travelers in and out of Bradley International Airport Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Get NBC Connecticut on Your Apple TV

  14-03-2018 19:44
  
  NBC Connecticut is now available on Apple TV. Our new Apple TV app lets you browse current news, get the most up-to-date forecast from the First Alert Weather team and watch our top stories on your TV...
  
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• Best Ways To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day In Connecticut

  14-03-2018 19:00
  By Gillian Burdett
  Spring is ushered in each year with St. Patrick’s Day and the wearing of the green. On March 17, everyone is Irish and ready to raise a pint to honor Ireland’s patron saint. Parades, Celtic music and traditional Irish food make up the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations throughout the state. Here’s our roundup of not-to-miss St. Pat’s events in Connecticut.Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day ParadeState CapitolCapitol AvenueHartford, CT 06106Info
  
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• Fire Breaks Out at Tan Wong Restaurant in Simsbury

  14-03-2018 18:38
  
  Fire broke out at Tan Wong Restaurant in Simsbury Tuesday night and an investigation is underway into what caused it.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Your Stories: Progress Made in Plan to Fix Up Blighted Milford Building

  14-03-2018 18:17
  
  There may finally be progress in sight for neighbors frustrated by a blighted building on Milford’s Naugatuck Avenue.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Alan Cumming Talks ‘Instinct,’ Bartending And Breaking Boundaries

  14-03-2018 17:54
  Many young actors work as bartenders while waiting for their acting careers to catch a big break. For stage and television star Alan Cumming, he took the opposite path.
  Cumming, whose new CBS drama “Instinct” casts him as a former CIA operative helping the New York police stop a serial killer, was joined by CBS2’s Chris Wragge to answer questions from Facebook about his acting career, playing the first leading gay character in an American network television drama, and how he en
  
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• Make Your Picks!

  14-03-2018 14:01
  Come play our Bracket Challenge for a chance to win a $5,000 Amex gift card.
  
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• Check Your Picks!

  14-03-2018 14:01
  Check your picks since the tournament now started.
  
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• ‘It’s not over yet:’ Nail-biter Pennsylvania special election heads into 2nd day

  14-03-2018 13:48
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  PHILADELPHIA — Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone are locked in a neck and neck battle to decide who will represent Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District.
  After a long night of drama, the race is still too close to call. Lamb holds a slight lead over Saccone with 100% of the Election Day vote tallied, but absentee and provisional ballots are still being counted. It would be a significant uphill climb for Saccone to overtake Lamb.
  Lamb claimed victory in
  
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• March Madness: Breaking down the 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket

  14-03-2018 13:42
  New voice, same tradition. As always, let’s kick this off with just how difficult it is for a low seed to get far in the NCAA Tournament: no 16-seed has ever knocked off a No. 1 seed in the opening round, and only eight No. 15’s have upset their second-seeded counterparts (though it has happened three times in the past six years). Only nine teams seeded 13th or worse have survived the opening weekend, and just one team seeded No. 12 or lower – the 2002 Missouri Tigers –
  
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• This is the world’s happiest country

  14-03-2018 12:37
  Reindeer jerky, anyone? Finland is the happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Happiness Report.
  Norway, last year’s winner, came in second place in the 2018 report. It’s followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.
  The World Happiness Report was released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations on March 14, days before World Happiness Day on March 20.
  The report ranks countries on six key variables that support well-bein
  
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• School Delays for Wednesday After Third Nor'easter

  14-03-2018 11:54
  
  The third nor'easter to hit Connecticut in 11 days moved through Tuesday, dropping nearly two feet of snow in parts of the state. With cleanup efforts underway, dozens of school districts have delays for...Photo Credit: Suzanne KirchnerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• A generation shaped by gun violence plans to make itself heard today

  14-03-2018 10:30
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  PARKLAND, FL  — Jackson Mittleman opened a news alert on his phone on Valentine’s Day, and saw a tragically familiar image: Students with their hands raised, fleeing a shooting.
  It brought him back to December 14, 2012, when similar images from his hometown of Newtown, Connecticut, were broadcast around the country. On that day, his community joined what he calls a family “no one wants to be a part of.”
  Now the people of Parkland, Florida were joining it,
  
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• What’s changed one month after the Parkland shooting

  14-03-2018 09:36
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  PARKLAND, FL — A month ago, a former student roamed the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, opening fire on terrified students and teachers at the Florida school.
  The massacre of 17 students and faculty members added to a grim statistic: three of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history happened within five months of one another.
  In the four weeks since the Valentine’s Day shooting, the survivors have turned into activists on the national stage. Even as th
  
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• Lingering snow showers Wednesday, mostly sunny for rest of the week

  14-03-2018 09:21
  Snow showers will linger into Wednesday and could cause some additional accumulation, especially in the hills. This should be mainly light.
  Then the weather calms down for a little while with more sun and near-average temperatures.
  Then early next week there are signs that another coastal storm could be lurking nearby (Tuesday - Wednesday). With the luck we've been having, it wouldn't be a surprise to see this become another winter weather headline for us.
  FORECAST DETAILS:
  TODAY: Mostly cloudy
  
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• Another nor’easter causes snowstorm fatigue

  14-03-2018 05:58
  NORWICH --  Norwich was the heaviest hit areas during Tuesday’s snowstorm.
  “I’m done, I’m done. I want spring to come. Be all done with it,” said Ben Ahrens.
  Residents like Ahrens are "over the snow."
  “Nope, nope I’m done with winter,” said Ahrens neighbor, Kyle DeGray. “Spring just needs to come today.”
  However, winter is not done with us.
  “I feel like we got spoiled in February so now we’re getting the brunt of what
  
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• Family spokesman says physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76

  14-03-2018 05:04
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  LONDON — Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist who overcame a debilitating disease to publish wildly popular books probing the mysteries of the universe, has died, according to a family spokesman. He was 76.
  Considered by many to be the world’s greatest living scientist, Hawking was also a cosmologist, astronomer, mathematician and author of numerous books including the landmark “A Brief History of Time,” which has sold more than 10 mill
  
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• Guilford students prepare for national school walkout

  14-03-2018 03:50
  GUILFORD --  Guilford students are getting ready to join in on Wednesday's national school walkout.
  The students spent Tuesday night making signs at the First Congregational Church.
  The walkout marks one month since the Parkland, Florida shooting, and serves as both a memorial and a call for lawmakers to take action on gun control.
  "I think the main message is 'enough is enough,'" said Guilford High School senior Brendan O'Callahan.
  "I feel like we have to speak about this because this is
  
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• AP: Child-on-child sex assault cases languish on US bases

  14-03-2018 03:37
  JACKSONVILLE, N.C.  — A decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base, an Associated Press investigation has found.
  Reports of assaults and rapes among kids on military bases often die on the desks of prosecutors, even when an attacker confesses. Other cases don’t make it that far because criminal investig
  
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• Prostitute known as ‘Pretty Hoe’ charged in sex trafficking

  14-03-2018 03:35
  LOS ANGELES — A prostitute who made little secret about her line of work, dubbing herself “Pretty Hoe” and advertising widely on social media, was charged Tuesday with recruiting minors to be hookers.
  Melanie Denae Williams was indicted in U.S. District Court with trafficking minors for sex and using force or fraud to coerce an adult into prostitution. The indictment names Williams throughout by her “Pretty Hoe” moniker that she used on an official website that dubb
  
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• Agent: Malcolm Butler agrees to 5-year deal with Titans

  14-03-2018 03:31
  NASHVILLE, Tenn.  — Cornerback Malcolm Butler’s agent says Butler and the Tennessee Titans have agreed to a five-year deal worth more than $60 million.
  Derek Simpson told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Butler will sign the deal, which includes more than $30 million guaranteed, once free agency begins.
  The Titans declined to comment because free agency does not begin until Wednesday afternoon. Tennessee has approximately $59 million in salary cap space after releasing 
  
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• Pa. House race still too close to call

  14-03-2018 03:27
  Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone are locked in a tight congressional race Tuesday night, with the nation watching for clues about the upcoming midterm elections.
  With 96 percent of the votes counted two hours after polls closed, the race remains too close to call.
  The matchup in southwest Pennsylvania pits the strength of President Donald Trump’s grasp on blue-collar America against the energy and frustrations of the political left.
  Trump won the district in 2016 by almost 2
  
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