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• Man Arrested After Reporting Fake Drowning in Hartford: PD

  09-07-2018 23:29
  
  A Hartford man faces charges after he called 911 and reported a fake drowning, according to Hartford police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• South Windsor PD makes safe exchange zones for online purchases

  09-07-2018 23:03
  SOUTH WINDSOR — Most people have bought something off of a stranger and the hardest decision is where to meet up.
  Look no further, South Windsor Police Department have created a few spots designated for online purchase exchanges.
  Police have created spots out front of the east side parking lot. The spots are specifically under surveillance to keep people safe.“We welcome citizens to continue to use our parking area and lobby as a “safe Exchange Zone.” according to their F
  
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• Alligator Named ‘Mr. Stubbs’ Gets Prosthetic Tail

  09-07-2018 22:55
  ARIZONA (CBS Local) – Arizona isn’t the first place where you’d expect to spot an alligator, but a lucky reptile has a new tail thanks to doctors in the Grand Canyon State.
  Mr. Stubbs has lived at the Phoenix Herpetological Society for several years without a tail. Vets believe he lost it in a fight with another gator and just like humans losing a limb, the injury affected his ability to do everyday things.
  “When we first got him, if the water was too deep
  
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• Person Injured After Fall at Groton Sewage Treatment Plant

  09-07-2018 22:36
  
  A person was seriously injured after a 30-foot fall at the Groton sewage treatment plant Monday.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Walmart yodel kid of viral video fame announces debut album

  09-07-2018 22:34
  NASHVILLE, Tenn.  — It was only a matter of time, just a couple of months actually, before a preteen boy captured in a viral video yodeling in a Walmart put out a record.
  Mason Ramsey, the adorable 11-year-old whose version of a Hank Williams classic has been watched more than 50 million times on YouTube and spawned multiple remixes, will put out his first album on July 20.
  Titled “Famous,” the EP includes a mix of new songs and country classics, including the song that ma
  
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• Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury Reopens After Gas Leak

  09-07-2018 22:24
  
  A gas leak shut down part of Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury on Monday.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• DMHAS Caseworker Stole $35K From Treatment Program: CSP

  09-07-2018 22:15
  
  A state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services caseworker is accused of running a kickback scheme that stole over $35,000 from the agency’s substance abuse treatment program.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Former teacher convicted of sex with student arrested on suspicion of selling meth

  09-07-2018 22:09
  PROVO, Utah – A former Utah teacher who was convicted of raping an underage student has been arrested on suspicion of selling methamphetamine.
  Sarah Lindsay Lewis arrested on suspicion of selling methamphetamine.
  According to a court document filed by Utah Adult Probation and Parole, Sarah Lindsay Lewis was arrested by members of the Major Crimes Task Force on July 2nd for allegedly selling narcotics from her car in Utah County.
  She was in possession of 12 ounces of methamphetamine and par
  
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• Build-A-Bear Workshop announces ‘Pay Your Age Day’

  09-07-2018 22:08
  ST. LOUIS – The Build-A-Bear Workshop says that guests who visit stores on Thursday can take part in “Pay Your Age Day.”
  That means that on July 12 they will just have to pay their current age for any make-your-own furry friend in all stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
  According to a press release, Build-A-Bear created the one-day promotion “to kick off its new, everyday celebration of birthdays.”
  “We have overwhelming data that indica
  
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• At least 10 dogs die when van breaks down during dog rescue operation

  09-07-2018 22:07
  SARDIS, Miss. — A rescue operation to transport about 50 dogs from Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Minnesota went awry Friday when the operation's black van broke down.
  A truck driver traveling north to Pennsylvania pulled over when he saw dozens of kennels out along the side of the road.
  Jessie Soto told WREG he was horrified to realize at least 10 were dead.
  Southern Pines Rescue group director Ginny Sims said the van left Hattiesburg around 1:30 Friday afternoon.
  Sims said the rescue group
  
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• Husband proposes to wife again after finding wedding ring in wildfire ashes

  09-07-2018 22:05
  Out of the ashes, a … proposal will rise. That's the bittersweet story out of Goleta, Calif., where an out-of-control fire scorched about 100 acres and destroyed more than a dozen homes after it started Friday night, local fire officials tell the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
  Ishu and Laura Rao were among those whose homes burned to the ground, but they asked the Santa Barbara County Fire Department if they could go back to the site to search for Laura Rao's Tiffany wedding ring. And the
  
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• Man fractures NYC subway rider’s skull with metal pipe during argument

  09-07-2018 22:04
  NEW YORK — A man struck a New York City subway rider in the face with a metal pipe, fracturing the man's skull, during an argument late Saturday, police said.
  Video shows this man attack a subway rider with a metal pipe. (NYPD)
  The two men were on a southbound 2 train near the West Broadway and Chambers Street subway station when they got into an argument.
  Video shows the attacker get up and angrily point at the other man. When the other man stood up in response, the attacker hit him in t
  
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• Connecticut opens prison unit for young female inmates

  09-07-2018 21:56
  NIANTIC  — A new unit at Connecticut’s prison for women that was formally introduced Monday will house inmates no older than 25 with the goal of steering them away from lives of crime.
  The unit at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, which is modeled on a similar one at a men’s prison, will be open to inmates between the ages of 18 and 25 who are nearing the end of their sentences.
  “This program recognizes that young people should not be defined solely by the mi
  
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• Sun trade Bentley to Dream for Clarendon

  09-07-2018 21:52
  NEW YORK  — The Connecticut Sun have traded guard Alex Bentley to the Atlanta Dream for Layshia Clarendon and a second-round pick in 2019 on Monday.
  Bentley is averaging 10 points for the Sun this season as the team’s sixth player. The former All-Star was drafted by the Atlanta Dream in 2013 with the No. 13 pick before being traded to Connecticut as part of a three-team deal with Washington in 2014.
  Clarendon came to Atlanta in 2016 and is averaging just 4.3 points this season.
  
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• Gov. announces housing funding plan for Puerto Rico evacuees

  09-07-2018 21:49
  HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has announced a spending plan for the purpose of ensuring housing for Puerto Rico evacuees residing in the state.
  The Democratic governor announced Monday a plan to spend a $600,000 appropriation that was included in the state budget adjustment bill to ensure housing assistance for the group. The Department of Housing has determined that $250,000 of that will be used to provide 100 households with first month’s rent and a security deposit.
  
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• Weinstein lawyer says emails, witnesses show he’s innocent

  09-07-2018 21:47
  NEW YORK  — Moving beyond rote denials, Harvey Weinstein is playing a leading role in shaping what his lawyer said Monday will be an aggressive defense to sexual assault charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.
  Lawyer Ben Brafman said the movie mogul-turned-#MeToo villain is essentially working as his paralegal and that they’re stacking up “overwhelming evidence” from email traffic and witness accounts to refute allegations that, so far, have le
  
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• Governor Requests Federal Presidential Disaster Declaration

  09-07-2018 21:46
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy has submitted a request for a federal presidential disaster declaration for the tornadoes and severe storms that moved through Connecticut on May 15.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• The Baseball Report: All-Star Rosters Announced, Machado Trade Talks Heat Up

  09-07-2018 21:12
  Ryan Mayer
  The Midsummer Classic is set for next Tuesday, July 17th in Washington D.C. at the home park of the Washington Nationals. With just over a week before the teams take the field, Major League Baseball announced the results of the voting for both league’s All-Star teams, as well as the starting line-ups for each. There’s still a chance for players to make the teams, as fans can participate in the “Final Vote” on MLB.com all week, with five players given as options
  
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• Greenwich Man Killed in Crash on I-95 in Stamford

  09-07-2018 20:50
  
  A Greenwich man was killed and two other men seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 95 in Stamford Monday.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Police in Maine throw birthday party for 8-year-old girl

  09-07-2018 20:41
  AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine police department has thrown their own celebration for an 8-year-old girl who had no one show up to her birthday party.
  WCSH-TV reports the Augusta Police Department put on a party Sunday for Larriah Binns in Augusta complete with balloons and birthday cake.
  Larriah’s mother, Angelique Binns, says she had a birthday celebration planned for Saturday, but none of her daughter’s friends could come.
  Angelique Binns says her daughter started jumping up and d
  
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• Study: Child Behavioral Issues Linked To Parents With Childhood Trauma

  09-07-2018 20:23
  LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CBS Local) – A new study has found a link between the stressful childhoods some parents endured and the behavioral issues their own children develop.
  Dr. Adam Schickedanz of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA says adults who suffered severe stress or trauma during their childhood are more likely to produce children who are diagnosed with behavioral and mental health illnesses.
  “This is the first research to show that the long-term behavioral he
  
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• Coventry Lake to be Treated for Highly Invasive Plant

  09-07-2018 19:50
  
  Coventry Lake will be closed to swimming on Thursday so the water can be treated for a highly invasive plant.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• OBJ, Russell Wilson Show Off Their Dance Moves In The #InMyFeelingsChallenge

  09-07-2018 19:32
  Ryan Mayer
  Every summer, like clockwork, there seems to be a new dance craze that explodes in popularity on the Internet. This year, Drake’s song “In My Feelings”, off his new album Scorpion, has inspired the hashtag #InMyFeelingsChallenge. People are posting videos of themselves dancing to the song with moves miming some of the lyrics to the song. (WARNING: Lyrics do contain some NSFW language)
  Human : Drake Album Scorpion is trash there’s no bangers“Someone Plays
  
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• Mazda recalls 270,000 vehicles over Takata airbags

  09-07-2018 19:25
  NEW YORK — Mazda is recalling nearly 270,000 vehicles with Takata airbags that have the potential to explode.
  Chemicals used to inflate the air bags can deteriorate in some conditions, causing them to deploy with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister that can result in flying shrapnel.
  The potentially deadly defect can be found in passenger-side airbags on certain 2003-2008 Mazda6, 2006-2007 Mazdaspeed6 and 2004 MPV vehicles nationwide. It also involves 2005-2006 MPV models in cer
  
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• Woman Broke Into Hamden Home, Assaulted Officers: Police

  09-07-2018 19:19
  
  Hamden police arrested a woman they say broke into the home of a grandmother and grandson on Friday.Photo Credit: Hamden Police
  
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• Six-Year-Old Twin Brothers Save Drowning Toddler

  09-07-2018 19:19
  BOWLING GREEN, OH (CBSLocal) – A pair of Ohio six-year-olds are being praised as twin heroes after saving a toddler from drowning in a swimming pool.
  Peyton and Bryant Switzer are twins from Bowling Green who were on a family vacation in Florida when the boys noticed a young girl struggling to stay afloat in the water.
  “Peyton jumped in and put her arm around her and then he brought her to the ladder and I helped her out,” six-year-old Bryant told WTOL.
  AWESOME: Six-year-o
  
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• Woman cut by razor blade embedded in East Windsor Walmart shopping cart

  09-07-2018 19:15
  EAST WINDSOR — The East Windsor Police Department said they are investigating after a woman claims a razor blade was found stuck in the handle of a shopping cart at Walmart on Sunday.
  A woman posted about the incident on Facebook after she said she cut her finger on the razor that was stuck in the shopping cart she had used at Walmart.
  It appears someone intentionally stuck the razor blade in the handle. East Windsor police said they are investigating the incident.
  
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• Fire Heavily Damages Business in Stratford

  09-07-2018 19:00
  
  Firefighters were battling a large fire at a commercial building in Stratford on Monday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Starbucks employee helps expecting mother deliver baby on sidewalk

  09-07-2018 18:49
  TACOMA, Wash. - The manager of a 24-hour Starbucks in Tacoma, Washington is being called a hero after she helped an expecting mother give birth on the sidewalk in front of the store.
  A couple approached the store asking for help. The man frantically shouted that the baby was coming, and that is when Rashelle Rehms jumped into action, gathering towels to assist the woman in labor.
  Rehms removed the woman's pants and placed towels under the woman's hips. While positioning the towels, she noticed
  
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• Immigrants increasingly denied entry to US Army, path to citizenship

  09-07-2018 18:48
  In June, a young Pakistani student studying in Minnesota managed to get his hands on the documents that explained why he wouldn’t be allowed to join the United States Army.
  The electrical engineering student, who didn’t want his name revealed because of fear of reprisals if he goes back to Pakistan, “has the potential to present a security risk” the now unclassified document reads.
  But it’s not clear exactly what that risk is. The document simply notes “incomp
  
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• Suspected drunk driver runs back to burning car to light cigarette, singes part of his eyebrow off

  09-07-2018 18:40
  CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. - A suspected drunk driver went back to his burning car Sunday to try lighting his cigarette using the flames, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  Robert Quigley, 25 (Sacramento County Sheriff's Department)
  Robert Quigley, 25, rear-ended an SUV that was stopped in traffic on westbound Interstate 80, according to CHP's Amy Walker. At the time of the crash, Quigley was driving around 75 to 80 mph.
  A CHP officer spotted the car after it burst into flames and turned a
  
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• Arrest made in 2017 Orange fatal crash

  09-07-2018 18:40
  ORANGE — Police arrested a Milford woman in connection with a fatal crash in May 2017.
  Taylor Stanford
  Taylor Stanford, 23, of Milford, was charged with Manslaughter with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, and operating a vehicle under the influence. She was release on a $50,000 bond and will appear on July 16.
  State police said Michael Zawadski, 44, of Stratford, was driving in the right lane southbound on Route 15. Police said Madison, was speeding on the left lane when she vee
  
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• 3-year-old cancer survivor serves as flower girl in her bone marrow donor’s wedding

  09-07-2018 18:36
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  Last month, Skye Savren-McCormick got to be the flower girl in a wedding. To prepare, she practiced walking with a little basket in her living room.
  Even so, on the day of the wedding the 3-year-old still took a big fistful of petals and dropped them on the ground before taking her first step down the aisle.
  The wedding guests could barely hold it together.
  Because not long ago, Skye’s doctors gave her a 10% chance to live. Stricken with childhood cancer, she needed a bone marr
  
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• This Week In Golf: Kevin Na Dominates Sunday At The Greenbrier

  09-07-2018 18:33
  By Sam McPherson
  What Sunday’s fourth round at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier lacked in drama it certainly made for in pure awe. Almost 20 players thought they had a legitimate chance to win the event when the day started. Then Kevin Na left everyone in the dust. He birdied six of the first 10 holes to open up a big lead, and he never looked back, cruising to a final-round 64, 19-under par for the tournament, which was good enough to win the event by five strokes. It was his fir
  
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• Malloy orders flags at half staff as missing WWII airman to be buried in Arlington Cemetery

  09-07-2018 18:27
  WINSTED— The governor has ordered flags in the state to fly at half staff as more than a dozen relatives of a U.S. service member killed during World War II are traveling this week to Arlington National Cemetery for his funeral, seven decades after his plane was shot down over Europe.
  The remains of Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. John H. Canty, recovered from the crash site in France, were identified in December by scientists using DNA analysis.
  “Uncle John always was the one who was spe
  
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• The House That Social Media Built: Vote on kitchen cabinet pulls from Connecticut Lighting Centers

  09-07-2018 18:26
  This week you will be able to vote on three different kitchen cabinet pulls for the Ellsworth House from Connecticut Lighting Centers!
  CLICK HERE to cast your vote on your favorites and help design the House that Social Media Built! 
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  Connecticut Lighting Centers is a local, family owned company that was established in 1972
  
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• Researchers Discover Monstrous Stinger On Wasp In The Amazon

  09-07-2018 18:24
  SOUTH AMERICA (CBS Local) – Most of us have a healthy fear of wasps.
  Now most of us can also be thankful we don’t share a habitat with a newly discovered wasp species found in the Amazon that has a shockingly large stinger.
  Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland were surprised by the super-sized stinger found on Clistopyga crassicaudata, which was uncovered in a zone between the Andes mountains and the lowland rainforest area of the Amazon.
  The Clistopyga
  
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• 2 teens arrested after stolen car crashes in Greenwich

  09-07-2018 18:19
  GREENWICH — Two teens were charged after they one of the stolen cars they were in crashed into a telephone pole during a police chase.
  Police said they charged the juveniles with various crimes including larceny and they were released to their families. Officers were in patrol in the area of Sound Beach Avenue, saw the stolen cars run a red light. The stolen cars crashed into each other during a chase. One of the cars hit a pole and severed it from the base.
  One of the cars was stolen from
  
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• FDA: Parasites In Del Monte Vegetables Causing ‘Explosive’ Diarrhea

  09-07-2018 17:36
  (CBS Local)– Over 200 people have now been infected by an outbreak of parasites linked to recalled vegetable trays from Del Monte.
  According to the CDC, 212 cases of cyclosporiasis – an intestinal infection caused by the cyclospora parasite – were reported as of July 5. The condition has been linked to “6 oz., 12 oz., and 28 oz. vegetable trays containing fresh broccoli, cauliflower, celery sticks, carrots, and dill dip,” which were recalled by Del Mo
  
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• Woman Charged in Fatal 2017 Wilbur Cross Parkway Crash

  09-07-2018 17:31
  
  State police have arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with a fatal May 2017 accident on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Orange.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• 13-Foot Alligator Captured On Florida’s Gulf Coast

  09-07-2018 17:19
  VENICE, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Sheriff’s deputies assisted Fish and Wildlife officers in capturing a 13-foot alligator on the Florida Gulf Coast.
  The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted photos on social media of the alligator Sunday at Shamrock Park in Venice. Deputies used the hashtags – #OnlyInFlorida and #AllInADaysWork.
  The trappers posed for a picture with the gator, which had its mouth taped shut.
  Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Bauer and Deputy Rob Lowen and
  
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