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• Babysitter Was Drunk While Kids Wandered Unsupervised: PD

  15-06-2018 23:22
  
  A babysitter faces criminal charges after the two children she was watching were found running around an apartment building parking lot unsupervised and in their underwear while she was upstairs drunk, according...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Paul Simon Reveals the Story Behind “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

  15-06-2018 21:44
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & SchusterRobert Hilburn was the chief pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. Author of the bestselling biography Johnny Cash: The Life , which Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times selected as one of her top ten books of 2013, Hilburn has reported extensively on most of pop music’s giants, including Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and U2. He lives in Los Angeles. His boo
  
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• Woman Arrested After Destructive Rage At Planet Fitness

  15-06-2018 20:33
  GRAND RAPIDS, MI (CBS Local)- A woman was arrested at a Planet Fitness in Grand Rapids on Tuesday morning after damaging equipment in an angry confrontation with an employee at the gym.According to Fox 17 in West Michigan, the incident happened at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday and was caught on a cell phone video that was then posted on Facebook. The video can be seen below, courtesy of Alexia Delange’s Facebook page.In the video the woman is seen arguing with one of the employees behind the counte
  
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• Woman Says She Stabbed Bear During Attack In California Park

  15-06-2018 20:29
  (CBSLA/CBS LOCAL) — A popular park in California is back open Friday after a woman says she was attacked by a bear and had to stab it in order to escape.
  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials say the attack was reported at about noon Thursday on the Pacific Coast Trail in the Los Angeles area Vasquez Rocks Park.
  The woman told deputies she was hiking on the trail and turned around after seeing what appeared to be bear droppings. A short time later, she heard something behind he
  
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• Hartford Healthcare Considers Changing Bradley Campus in Southington

  15-06-2018 19:39
  
  Hartford Healthcare executives are considering making changes to The Hospital of Central Connecticut Bradley Memorial Campus in Southington, but some people in Southington along with some town council members...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bear Spotted in Wethersfield

  15-06-2018 18:36
  
  Police said they received several reports of a bear in Wethersfield on Friday.Photo Credit: Gary Sharkevich
  
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• Former NFL Tight End Arrested in Connection With California Burglary

  15-06-2018 18:32
  
  Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr., a Southern California resident who is the son of a Chargers Hall of Famer, has been arrested in connection with a North County burglary.Winslow was arrested just...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• 2018 U.S. Open Leaderboard, Updates

  15-06-2018 18:32
  It was a rough opening round at the U.S. Open Thursday, where only four players managed to stay under par… barely. Dustin Johnson, Russell Henley, Ian Poulter, and Scott Piercy finished the day in a four-way tie for first at 1-under par. Jason Dufner came in at even-par.
  Many of the favorites and players to watch found themselves well down the leaderboard when the day ended.
  The marquee group of Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy had their problems. Mickelson (77) was the
  
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• Teen Dead After Police Chase Ends in Crash on Route 8

  15-06-2018 18:29
  
  An 18-year-old Bridgeport man is dead after a police chase ended in a serious rollover crash on Route 8 in Bridgeport Thursday, according to Bridgeport police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Teen Flown to Hospital After Crash in Colchester

  15-06-2018 18:28
  
  An 18-year-old Colchester woman has serious injuries and was flown to a hospital after a crash early Friday morning.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Wedding Dress Accidentally Donated To Goodwill Found 6 Days Later

  15-06-2018 18:08
  BOSTON (CBS) – A woman from California asked for help on social media finding her wedding dress and a woman from Massachusetts came through.
  Rachele Familia was married in 2004 and now lives out west.
  She was storing her wedding dress at her aunt and uncle’s house in western Massachusetts. But she found out last Friday her uncle mistakenly donated it to Goodwill in Palmer back in March.
  Rachele Familia wearing her now-missing wedding dress. (Family Photo)
  He rushed back to the store
  
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• Could Orioles’ Chris Davis Finish With Worst Season Ever By Full-Time Major Leaguer?

  15-06-2018 17:32
  Ryan Mayer
  BALTIMORE (CBS)- To say Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis has struggled out of the gates this season would be an understatement.
  Through 57 games this season, Davis is hitting just .150 with four homers and 15 RBI while posting just a .227 on-base percentage. He’s struck out 86 times which is nearly triple the number of hits (31) that he’s collected this season. This type of performance is not what the O’s were expecting when they signed Davis to a seven-ye
  
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• Maine Coast Guard Seizes $200 Million Of Cocaine, Saves Sea Turtles

  15-06-2018 17:16
  KITTERY, ME (CBS Local)- The Coast Guard announced on Friday that a crew based out of Maine has returned home after a very successful 80-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, which included the seizure of over $200 million worth of cocaine.
  The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, homeported in Kittery, Maine, is shown with 14,000 pounds of interdicted cocaine being offloaded in Port Everglades, Friday June 8, 2018. The Campbell crew was responsible for the interdiction of six o
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: So Much Baseball

  15-06-2018 16:44
  Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland IndiansFriday, June 15, 2018, 7:10 pm ET
  CLEVELAND -210
  Facing Corey Kluber usually presents a not-good matchup for the other team, but this is REALLY not a good one for the Twins, who over 129 career at-bats by the current lineup have 19 hits (.147 average). On the very opposite end, the Indians have 174 career at-bats against Kyle Gibson and are batting a robust .368. Expect more fireworks from a Cleveland team that leads the majors in batting at home and is 10-1
  
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• Like Heights? Seattle’s Space Needle Has A Job For You

  15-06-2018 14:39
  SEATTLE (CBS Local)-  If you’re the type of person that enjoys being 500 feet off the ground dangling from a harness, then the Space Needle has the perfect job for you.
  The city’s iconic landmark is looking to hire four window cleaners to take care of the 176 tons of glass, covering over 20,000 square feet, that was added to the structure during its most recent redesign.
  The Space Needle’s head glasskeeper, Paul Best, gave a job description to Q13 FOX that is only slightly
  
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• No Injuries After House Fire in Vernon

  15-06-2018 14:01
  
  Firefighters responded to a fire on Willow Stream Drive in Vernon around 3:30 a.m. Friday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• IHOP Co-Founder Laments Name Change

  15-06-2018 13:52
  
  IHOP became IHOb this week, and many have expressed strong feelings on the name change. But few have stronger feelings about the temporary name change than South Glastonbury resident Jerry Lapin, one of...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Connecticut Army National Guard Makes Historic Deployment to Southwest Asia

  15-06-2018 13:00
  
  On the Army’s 243rd birthday, the Connecticut Army National Guard’s Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment is making a historic deployment. The unit, specialized in medical treatment and...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Firefighters respond to house fire in Vernon

  15-06-2018 09:50
  VERNON – Fire crews are responding to a home on Willow Stream Drive in Vernon this morning for a structure fire, dispatchers said.
  Fox 61 has a crew on the way to the scene.
  
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• Rescuers searching for possible missing paddleboarder in Greenwich

  15-06-2018 06:25
  GREENWICH —  The Coast Guard is actively searching for a potential person in the water off of Greenwich.
  The Coast Guard said a person found a paddle board around 5:50 p.m. Thursday between Calf Island and Shell Island.
  “Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck launched a response boat and located an oar, approximately 1/4 mi southwest of Calf Island,” Coast Guard said. “Greenwich Police Department also launched a response boat to search.”
  Anyone with information o
  
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• The House That Social Media Built: John Boyle Decorating Centers voting starts Monday, June 18th

  15-06-2018 06:05
  John Boyle Decorating Centers voting kicks off this Monday, June 18th!  Head over to The House that Social Media Built’s Facebook page to cast your vote and help design the house!
   www.johnboyledecorating.com
  Locations in West Hartford, Southington, Elmwood/Newington, Wallingford, New Britain, Bloomfield, Manchester & Bristol
  Headquarters:152 S. Main StreetNew Britain, CT 06051
  (860)-224-2436
  The John Boyle Decorating Center has been providing Connecticut with paint and desi
  
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• Police Investigating Former Rocky Hill High School Coach

  15-06-2018 05:36
  
  Rocky Hill police are investigating allegations of misconduct between a former assistant track and field coach at Rocky Hill High School and a student and school officials said the coach has resigned and...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police investigating former Rocky Hill track and field coach for misconduct

  15-06-2018 05:08
  ROCKY HILL -- A former Rocky hill High School employee is now the subject of a misconduct investigation by the Rock Hill Police Department.
  Thursday afternoon, Rocky Hill Superintendent Mark Zito addressed the public before a regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting to let them know that the board is now cooperating with the authorities.
  "I can confirm that a former track and field coach who was not and is not employed as a teacher in Rocky Hill or any other school district resigned from
  
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• Connecticut mother gets letter from President Trump about the opioid epidemic

  15-06-2018 05:05
  PLANTSVILLE -- Each day, millions of people across the country struggle with opioid addiction and the issue has gotten worse.
  It has gotten so bad that lawmakers are working to pass bills to curb the deadly epidemic.  One mother who lost her son about a year ago recently got the attention of President Trump.
  FOX61 first shared her story in February when she and thousands of parents wrote letters to the president for Valentine’s Day sharing their personal tragedies.
  “My son
  
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• Mystic Seaport Museum is in ship shape for the Summer season

  15-06-2018 04:30
  MYSTIC -- The Mystic River is buzzing with activity, especially along the grounds and waterfront of the Mystic Seaport Museum where Summer is their season.
  The real buzz at the Mystic Seaport is coming from the industrial saws and drills busy at the active shipyard where the famed Mayflower 2 -- a 106 foot galleon -- is being restored. The replica ship is being readied for next year when celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims coming to America will be in full swing.
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• Two roller coaster riders fall over 30 feet after car derails in Daytona Beach

  15-06-2018 04:03
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Multiple people were hurt after a roller coaster car derailed at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk Thursday night, according to officials.
  Two people fell from the car, which was left dangling upside down roughly 35 feet off the ground, according to the Daytona Beach Fire Department. The extent of their injuries hasn’t been released.
  Firefighters worked to rescue others left stranded on the roller coaster. One man could be seen gingerly walking down the ladder of a fi
  
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• Crews Search Water Off Greenwich for Missing Paddleboarder

  15-06-2018 03:19
  
  The US Coast Guard and local crews are searching for a possible person in the water off the coast of Greenwich.Photo Credit: USCG
  
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• Kellogg recalls Honey Smacks cereal over salmonella risk

  15-06-2018 03:12
  BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Kellogg Company is voluntarily recalling one of their breakfast cereals over possible salmonella contamination.
  The Michigan-based company announced that they are recalling 15.3-ounce and 23-ounce packages of Honey Smacks cereal, but no other products are believed to be affected.
  The Food & Drug Administration said in a press release Thursday that the company launched an investigation into a third-party manufacturer that makes Honey Smacks after the FDA asked abou
  
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• Quinnipiac University Suspends Fraternity After Spring Incident

  15-06-2018 03:06
  
  A fraternity at Quinnipiac University has been suspended for two years after an investigation.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ashford Man Tapped With Addressing Crumbling Foundations

  15-06-2018 03:05
  
  An Ashford resident will be the superintendent of the Connecticut Captive Insurance Company charged with paying out claims to homeowners with collapsing basements.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Fewer US teens smoking, doing drugs … and drinking milk

  15-06-2018 02:11
  NEW YORK  — Fewer U.S. teens are smoking, having sex and doing drugs these days. Oh, and they’re drinking less milk, too.
  Less than one-third of high school students drink a glass of milk a day, according to a large government survey released Thursday. About two decades ago, it was nearly half.
  Last year’s survey asked about 100 questions on a wide range of health topics, including smoking, drugs and diet. Researchers compared the results to similar questionnaires going ba
  
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• LimeBike: 5,000+ rides in Hartford’s first week

  15-06-2018 01:51
  HARTFORD — A week after Silicon Valley startup Lime launched its bike-sharing program in Hartford, the company is celebrating.
  Lime told FOX 61 that more than 5,000 rides have been taken on the bright green bikes in the capital city since June 6. Lime Hartford Operations Manager Darrin Rees said Hartford riders have traveled a collective 6,260 miles in the first week.
  “Our team is trying to keep up with the demand,” Rees said, “I can’t keep bikes at the hotspots bec
  
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• Oops! Plane Emergency Slide Accidentally Deployed at Bradley

  15-06-2018 01:50
  
  Someone accidentally deployed the emergency slide exit from a flight at Bradly International Airport Thursday, airport officials said.Photo Credit: @FutonTypeR
  
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• 18-year-old killed following armed robbery pursuit in Bridgeport

  15-06-2018 01:36
  BRIDGEPORT —  One person was killed following a police pursuit Thursday evening.
  The accident took place on Route 8 near exit 5. Connecticut State Police said a car wanted for an armed robbery, led police on a pursuit. The wanted car then crashed and rolled down an embankment, killing an 18-year-old.
  Bridgeport city spokesman said two others were injured but will be okay. As for the fourth person, their injuries are serious. The driver of the car is 15-years-old.
  The ages of the occup
  
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• Minimum wage won’t let you afford a 2-bedroom rental anywhere in the U.S., report says

  15-06-2018 01:07
  There's not a single state, county or metropolitan area in the entire United States where a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
  And if those workers wanted to? They'd have to work 122 hours a week. Every week. All year.
  This is according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, or NLIHC, which calls attention to the gap between low-income wages and the high cost of rent throughout much of th
  
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• Convicted sex offender charged again with child pornography

  15-06-2018 01:07
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – An Arkansas man who was convicted of possessing child pornography was arrested again for the same crime late last month, KFSM reported.
  Joshua Box, 35, of Fayetteville, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for receiving and possessing child pornography.
  According to KFSM, Box is accused of receiving thousands of images and videos of child pornography on four occasions. He allegedly owned a hard drive that contained pornographic images of children under the ag
  
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• ‘I’ll kill you!’: Woman arrested after destructive fit of rage at Planet Fitness

  15-06-2018 01:05
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Police arrested a woman caught on video damaging equipment during a fit of rage at a Michigan fitness center.
  The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on June 12th at the Planet Fitness on 28th Street near the East Beltline.
  The incident was caught on cell phone video.  The 20-year-old woman is seen arguing with employees, throwing computer monitors and damaging a phone.
  At one point, the woman can be heard screaming at the front desk worker, "I'll come back, and I
  
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• What it’s like inside the former Walmart in Texas where 1,400 immigrant children are held

  15-06-2018 01:03
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  The strangeness of the largest migrant children’s center in the United States, near the border with Mexico, shows up in the details.
  Here, there are 1,469 boys, ages 10 to 17, housed inside the 250,000-square-foot shell of a former Walmart superstore. None of the 313 bedrooms have doors. Or ceilings, so that children lying in their beds look up past where their walls end to the scaffolding of the superstore roof high above. The hundreds of children neatly lined up for their sup
  
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• Suspected drunken rider arrested after horse tramples young boy at fair

  15-06-2018 01:03
  COLUSA, Calif. – After a horse bucked his rider and trampled a boy during a California parade Friday, police arrested the man who was thrown to the ground for DUI.
  Around 7:30 p.m., Armando Martinez Ruiz was thrown from his horse during the Colusa County Fair Parade.
  The Colusa Police Department reports an 8-year-old boy was trampled by the horse as it ran away.
  The boy suffered a broken leg when the horse plowed through a group of spectators lining the parade route.
  Officers la
  
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• Texas man buys pizza for 54 immigrants discovered in back of 18-wheeler

  15-06-2018 00:57
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  Armando Colunga was watching the news in San Antonio when he saw a report Tuesday night about authorities discovering 54 undocumented immigrants in the back of an 18-wheeler truck.
  The men were being detained, sitting in a group on the ground, while they waited for authorities to interview and transport them.
  Colunga felt compelled to act. The tow truck driver hopped in his vehicle and drove across town to help.
  “My main motivation was, ‘Who knows how long they&
  
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• Fireball whisky covers interstate after big rigs crash in Arkansas

  15-06-2018 00:57
  PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. – A fiery crash involving two tractor-trailers shut down an interstate in central Arkansas, leaving the roadway covered in Fireball Cinnamon Whisky Thursday morning.
  The crash happen on Interstate 40 west between Galloway and Kerr in Pulaski County, the Arkansas Department of Transportation reports.
  The Department of  Transportation tweeted a photo of the crash, showing bottles of the syrupy booze scattered across the highway.
  Looks like we’ll be working thi
  
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• New Haven Breaks Ground on School Named For Obama

  15-06-2018 00:31
  
  New Haven Public Schools, elected officials and Southern Connecticut State University held a groundbreaking for the new Barack H. Obama Magnet University School Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Fisherman Dies After Being Pulled From Water at Savin Lake

  15-06-2018 00:11
  
  A fisherman has died after being pulled from the water near Savin Lake Dam on the Colchester-Lebanon line Thursday morning, according to Connecticut State Police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Stamford Man Facing Deportation Granted Six Month Stay

  15-06-2018 00:10
  
  Supporters gathered outside the offices of Immigration & Customs Enforcement in Hartford Thursday to rally for a Stamford father who was facing deportation.Photo Credit: NBC Connecitcut
  
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