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• Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes release new rendering of East Windsor casino

  13-06-2018 23:00
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  The proposed development will be a nearly 200,000 square foot facility with roughly 2,000 slot machines and 60 table games. Construction is slated to begin in the Fall of 2018, with an opening date tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 2020.
  
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• Netflix to continue streaming Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ after fan outcry

  13-06-2018 22:59
  Fans mourning the loss of Anthony Bourdain have succeeded in convincing Netflix to continue streaming his show.
  His series “Parts Unknown” was set to end its run on the streaming giant this month.
  Bourdain, 61, took his own life last week in France while working on an upcoming episode of his award-winning CNN series. A close friend, French chef Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room.
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• Comedian Bill Murray Opening A Food Truck Park This Summer

  13-06-2018 22:56
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (CBS Local) – Legendary actor and comedian Bill Murray is trying his hand at a brand new career field: the food truck industry.
  Murray and two business partners are opening a long-awaited food truck park in Charleston, South Carolina at some point this summer. The plans date back five years, when Murray, Brad Creger, and Mike Veeck turned an abandoned gas station into a neighborhood restaurant.
  The trio then made plans for the food truck park – ca
  
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• Disney World Offering 50% Discount To Friends Of Park Passholders

  13-06-2018 22:07
  ORLANDO, FL (CBS Local) – Disney World is encouraging passholders to bring their friends along for the fun this summer. The Florida theme park is cutting the price of a one-day ticket by over 50 percent for a limited time only.
  Disney’s “bring a friend” program will allow friends of a regular passholder to buy a one-day “Park Hopper” ticket for $79. The regular cost of the single day pass is $174, a savings of nearly 55 percent.
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• Baby hit by softball back home after nearly 7 weeks in hospital

  13-06-2018 22:01
  SHELL ROCK, Iowa –  A baby hit in the head by a softball during a game in May is out of the hospital and back home.
  McKenna Hovenga was 7 weeks old when she was hit with the ball while her dad was playing a softball game in Shell Rock, Iowa.
  She was transported to an area hospital before being flown to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, according to the Waverly Courier. She suffered skull fractures and two brain bleeds, as well as several seizures.
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• James Corden Taking ‘The Late Late Show’ To London

  13-06-2018 21:33
  Legendary musician Paul McCartney will join James Corden in an all-new “Carpool Karaoke” during the London broadcasts of The Late Late Show with James Corden, from Central Hall Westminster. The show will be broadcast from London on Monday, June 18th through Thursday, June 21st (12:37-1:37 AM, ET/PT) only on CBS.
  During this special edition of “Carpool Karaoke,” McCartney takes Corden through a tour of Liverpool as they sing some of his greatest hits, have an exclusive sin
  
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• Man arrested in fatal Naugatuck crash

  13-06-2018 21:29
  NAUGATUCK — One person in connection with a fatal crash in February.
  Alexander Oneschuk, 71, of Naugatuck was charged with Negligent Homicide with a Motor Vehicle, Failure to Drive in the Proper Lane on a Multiple-Lane Highway, Reckless Driving, Operating Under Suspended Registration, Mandatory Security Requirements (No Insurance), and Operating an Unregistered Motor Vehicle.
  Emergency crews were called out to Gunntown Rd in the area Towantic Hill Rd. on February 20. Po
  
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• Baby Fights For Life After Mother Delays Cancer Treatment To Give Birth

  13-06-2018 20:51
  KILLAWOG, NY (CBS Local) – A mother in New York delayed her cancer treatment until her baby could be born. When the baby was born, she received devastating news that the infant’s heart stopped multiple times. Ariana Williams is fighting to survive after suffering from brain damage following her premature birth.
  Andrea Cole of Killawog was diagnosed with breast cancer six weeks before giving birth to Ariana. To avoid harming the child, Cole delayed chemotherapy unt
  
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• Pedestrian struck on Columbus Blvd in Hartford; street reopened

  13-06-2018 20:42
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  Hartford police said the driver of the car was driving north on Columbus Boulevard as a pedestrian walked west from Grove Street and across Columbus in front of stopped traffic.
  Police said the pedestrian was struck by the SUV, who app
  
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• Hartford man charged in New Britain carjacking, kidnapping

  13-06-2018 20:23
  NEW BRITAIN — Police said they have charged a man in connection to a carjacking, kidnapping incident.
  On May 20, New Britain police said they responded the Citgo Gas Station on Columbus Boulevard following reports of a carjacking.
  Police said a grandmother was pumping gas, when Jonathon Manuel Vellon, 18, of Hartford, pushed her to the ground and took her vehicle. Police said inside the car were the grandmother’s three and seven-year-old grandchildren.
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• Death of Stamford woman ruled a homicide; husband hospitalized

  13-06-2018 19:48
  STAMFORD — The death of a woman in an affluent Stamford neighborhood has been ruled a homicide.
  Police said Wednesday the victim is Eden Claxton. The husband of the woman,  Allen Claxton, who called 911 is being cooperative, according to police. He has been hospitalized.
  Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin says the Claxton’s husband called 911 around 8:30 a.m. Monday to report his wife was covered in blood and not breathing.
  Police are calling the homicide an “isolated i
  
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• Ryan Freel’s Father Is Asking Fans To Donate Baseball Cards To Family

  13-06-2018 19:42
  Ryan Mayer
  Former Cincinnati Reds player Ryan Freel’s father is asking for fans to send any baseball cards they have of him in order to preserve his memory.
  Freel committed suicide in 2012 at the age of 36 years old, leaving behind three young daughters. To help the daughters remember their father as a talented baseball player, his father is collecting baseball cards of Freel to give to the girls as a keepsake.
  According to WLKY TV in Louisville, Kentucky, a Montana-based collector named M
  
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• Western wildfires force thousands to flee

  13-06-2018 19:34
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  Thousands of people have been forced to flee as the flames scorch tens of thousands of acres in several states.
  A brush fire in the Benedict Canyon area is posing a threat to the ritzy area in Southern California.
  Washington State is also dealing with a major blaze.
  The soap lake fire has burned about two-thousand acres.
  Some residents who evacuated were allowed to return home.
  But they’ve been warned they may have to leave again.
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• Over 200 Common Drugs May Cause Depression, Report Warns

  13-06-2018 19:33
  CHICAGO, IL (CBS Local) – Health professionals are issuing a disturbing warning about common medications after finding that hundreds of drugs are putting people at risk for developing depression.
  A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that more than a third of U.S. adults use prescription drugs that list depression or suicide as potential side effects. Over 200 commonly used medications studied include birth control pills, blood pressure medications,&
  
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• Police: Man Stomps On, Kills Ducklings That Entered His Yard

  13-06-2018 19:00
  MELBOURNE, Fla. (CBS Local) – A man is facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly attacking four ducks with a stick and stomping them to death outside of his home, police say.
  Magdiel Marrero-Pena was taken into custody on June 11 after his neighbor saw the 41-year-old killing the animals — three of which were ducklings — in his backyard.
  Credit: BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE / WKMG
  “I think this guy really has some issues and I just felt that I had to call you
  
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• June 11 – June 16

  13-06-2018 19:00
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• Graham Gano Ends Family Kickball Time In Hilarious Way

  13-06-2018 18:38
  Ryan Mayer
  Graham Gano is the starting placekicker for the Carolina Panthers. He is also a father, and as any father is wont to do, he participates in his kids’ backyard games. However, his family made a rule when he joined their kickball game, he couldn’t kick the ball hard. The rule would seem to make sense considering Gano’s day job, but as you’ll be able to tell from the below video, he has zero regard for that rule or his kids’ feelings.
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• U.S. Open 2018: Storylines For This Year At Shinnecock Hills

  13-06-2018 18:29
  By Kyle Porter
  (CBS Sports) — All majors are noteworthy, but it sure feels like this year’s are especially monumental. Part of that is surely due to the return of Tiger Woods (more on this shortly) and the level at which golf is being played across the board right now. The top 20 in the Official World Golf Rankings is an embarrassment of riches that includes, by my count, 13 golfers who are either already locks for the hall of fame or on the trajectory towards it. That’s insane
  
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• Brain-Eating Amoeba Found In Louisiana Water System

  13-06-2018 18:09
  HOUMA, LA (CBS Local) – A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been found again in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Independent testing returned positive results for Naegleria fowleri, which causes fatal brain swelling and tissue destruction, in the community of Pointe-aux-Chenes, according to WWL-TV, as well as The Courier.
  The Details:A brain-eating amoeba has been detected in the Louisiana water system
  It is the third time since 2015 that the potentially deadly or
  
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• Man bites off part of fellow passenger’s lip during fight in NYC subway station, police say

  13-06-2018 17:41
  NEW YORK — A man bit off a piece of another man’s lip during a brawl inside of a subway station in Crown Heights over the weekend, police say.
  It happened around 10 p.m. Saturday, inside of the Utica Avenue No. 4 train subway station.
  Police say the man and a 37-year-old straphanger got into a fight, and during the altercation, the man bit off a piece of the victim’s lip. He then fled the station.
  The victim was transported to the hospital in stable condition.
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• Transgender Track Athlete Wins CT State Championship, Debate Ensues

  13-06-2018 17:10
  Ryan Mayer
  Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood dominated the competition at Connecticut’s girls track and field state championships earlier this week. Miller took 1st place in both the 100 and 200 meter dash, while Yearwood finished second in the 100. According to News 8 in Hartford, CT, both Miller and Yearwood are transgender which has some people saying that the pair had an unfair advantage.
  Cromwell's Andraya Yearwood is a state champion in the 100 dash. Ran 12.66 to win in 1st appearanc
  
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• Idaho Child Diagnosed With Plague; Only 5th Case In State History

  13-06-2018 17:03
  ELMORE COUNTY, ID (CBS Local/CBS Baltimore) – A child in Elmore County, Idaho is recovering from plague in the first human case of the bacterial disease in Idaho since 1992.
  Central District Health Department epidemiologists say it is not known whether the child was exposed to plague in Idaho or during a recent trip to Oregon.
  Since 1940, only five human cases of plague have been reported in the Gem State. The last two reported cases occurred in 1991 and 1992, with both patients fully
  
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• Raccoon Caught After Reaching Rooftop In Minnesota

  13-06-2018 15:46
  MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO/CBS Local) — It looks like the story of the world-famous, skyscraper-scaling raccoon has a happy ending.
  The #mprraccoon first captured the hearts of millions on the internet when it started climbing the skyscraper Tuesday afternoon, eventually settling on a ledge more than 20 stories up where it spent several hours napping.
  (credit: CBS)
  Then around 2 a.m. Wednesday, it started climbing again, moving from window to window, until it
  
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• Taco Bell Is Giving Away Free Doritos Locos Tacos On June 13

  13-06-2018 15:44
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – What’s better than a taco? How about a FREE taco?
  Taco Bell is giving away Doritos Locos Tacos on Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at participating locations (one per customer).
  It’s all part of its “Steal a game, steal a taco” promotion that stated if the road team in the NBA Finals won Games 1-3 of the series, fans would be able to pick up a free taco at their local stores.
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• Penn State Football Coach James Franklin Surprises Walk-On With Scholarship

  13-06-2018 15:37
  Ryan Mayer
  In what has become a yearly tradition, the first of the surprise walk-on videos has surfaced. On Tuesday, Penn State head football coach James Franklin called a team meeting following their summer workout. In the huddle, Franklin began talking with walk-on longsnapper Kyle Vasey about how often Vasey is working over the summer, presumably so he can pay for school. After Vasey, answers, Franklin tells him he can quit his job because he’s now going to be on scholarship. The moment
  
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• Greg Hardy Wins First MMA Fight In 57 Seconds, Gets Signed By UFC

  13-06-2018 15:06
  Ryan Mayer
  Former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy’s MMA career got off to a fast start, literally, Tuesday night when he knocked out fellow former NFL player Austen Lane in 57 seconds. The fight was Hardy’s first professional bout, and it was successful enough to warrant a contract from the UFC.
  The 29-year-old Hardy made the transition to MMA in 2016 following the end of his NFL career. He had fought three times as an amateur, going undefeated, heading into Tuesday night’s bout t
  
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• Lawsuit Alleges Harassment By Hartford City Hall Staffer

  13-06-2018 01:00
  
  A Hartford Department of Public Works employee is suing the city, claiming a city council aide harassed him repeatedly.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 4 Submit Petitions for August Gubernatorial Primary

  13-06-2018 00:49
  
  Four candidates for governor, two from each side of the political aisle, believe they have collected enough signatures to secure places on the August 14 primary ballot.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• West Hartford Weighs Later School Start Times

  13-06-2018 00:40
  
  Following many other districts nationwide and in the state, the West Hartford Board of Education has been conducting a study for the past school year, weighing the challenges and benefits of starting school...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ansonia Officials and School Board Reach Settlement

  13-06-2018 00:40
  
  Ansonia’s Board of Alderman and the city’s Board of Education agreed upon a settlement last night in its budget battle, and today, they are taking their time finalizing that settlement with attorneys.
  
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• Dozens in Hartford provided week-long supply of food

  13-06-2018 00:00
  HARTFORD -- It's not often you wait in line with a smile.
  But on a hot day like Tuesday, drivers were opening their side doors and trunks outside the Xfinity Theatre while volunteers filled their cars with roughly 40 pounds of food.
  Over 100 volunteers filled around 800 cars.
  This is the eighth year that PepsiCo and Feed the Children united to defeat hunger in Hartford.
  "We love the Hartford community and are grateful for the opportunity to not only donate, but also meet these familie
  
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