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• Daughter to Ride in Memory of Mom at Closer to Free

  25-07-2018 23:59
  
  Less than six months after losing her mom, 26-year-old Ashley Roberts will ride in her first Closer to Free.Photo Credit: Family Photo
  
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• Jury Deliberates in Dante Hughes Murder Trial

  25-07-2018 23:31
  
  Jury deliberations continue in New London Superior Court for the murder trial of Dante Hughes. The 32-year-old is accused of shooting and killing Joey Gingerella in the parking lot of Ryan’s Pub in Groton...Photo Credit: Groton Town Police Department
  
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• Woman Claims Telepathy Helped Get Napping Cougar Out Of Her House

  25-07-2018 23:10
  ASHLAND, Ore. (CBS Local) – An Oregon woman’s encounter with a napping mountain lion in her home has become a social media sensation. Her explanation of how she got the beast out of the house is even more head-scratching.
  “This is wild,” Lauren Taylor posted on Facebook on July 8. The Ashland resident was able to photograph the full grown animal after it wandered into her home and decided to snuggle in for a nap behind Taylor’s couch.Taylor’s post, which
  
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• Old Penguin Gets New Life After Aquarium Uses Acupuncture Treatment

  25-07-2018 22:12
  NEW ORLEANS, La. (CBS Local) – Acupuncture has been a common practice among humans for centuries, but now humans are using acupuncture to give a penguin a new lease on life.
  Veterinarian Cyndi Benbow and workers at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas are using the carefully placed needles to help their friend: a 36-year-old African penguin named Ernie.
  Ernie was hatched on New Year’s Day in 1982 and has become the third-oldest penguin raised in captivity. The ancient
  
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• Wilton Man Posed as Owner of Boston Bruins for Favors: PD

  25-07-2018 22:06
  
  A Wilton man is accused of posing as the owner of the NHL Boston Bruins in order to get special favors.Photo Credit: Wilton Police Department
  
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• Fantasy Football Preview: Top 10 Running Backs

  25-07-2018 21:15
  Ryan Mayer
  Fantasy football season is nearly upon us. So, if you’re like me, and were focused on other things over the last few months, you probably need a quick refresher before your league holds its draft. That’s what we’re here for, to take you through the projections of the top 10 rankings for each position while also pointing you to where you can find overall projections for all off the players heading into this season.
  We already did quarterbacks, now it’s time to f
  
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• Software Developers And Dentists Top List Of Best Jobs In U.S.

  25-07-2018 21:12
  (CBS Local) – For many recent college graduates, finding a job is the next big step in life. A report on the best jobs in the country says those grads may want to find a career as a software developer or a dentist.
  According to U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of the 100 best jobs in America, software developers topped the list with a median salary of $100,080 and over 250,000 projected jobs available this year.
  Dentists, physician assistants, nurse prac
  
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• Parasite In Cat Poop May Make Humans More Business Savvy, Study Says

  25-07-2018 21:01
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS Local) – Cat owners know all about the dirty job of cleaning out their pet’s litter box. A new study is claiming all that cat poop may actually be making some owners more business-savvy entrepreneurs.
  An infection from the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in humans is being credited with an increased likelihood that a person will take up entrepreneurial and business-related activities, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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• Man Charged in East Hartford Murder Sentenced to 50 Years

  25-07-2018 20:53
  
  A man charged in an East Hartford murder has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, police said.Photo Credit: East Hartford Police
  
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• Man Reaching For Weed Accidentally Shoots Self: Police

  25-07-2018 20:42
  
  Hartford Police arrested a 20-year-old man from Bloomfield on Monday after police said he accidentally shot himself while reaching for marijuana in his pocket in Hartford earlier this year.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Suspect in Ansonia Crime Spree Assaulted 90-Year-Old Man: Police

  25-07-2018 20:24
  
  A Beacon Falls man is accused of assaulting and robbing a 90-year-old man in Ansonia, leading police on a chase and additional crimes during a two-hour crime spree, according to police.Photo Credit: Ansonia Police
  
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• Kennedy Center Honors Announce 2018 Honorees

  25-07-2018 19:12
  The Kennedy Center Honors announced their 2018 honorees earlier today. The 41st class of honorees in the events’ storied history will include Cher, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire and Wayne Shorter.
  The co-creators of Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton – writer/actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and music director Alex Lacamoire – will also receiver a unique Kennedy Center Honors as trailblazing creators of a transformat
  
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• Student Suspended For Trump Shirt Gets $25,000 And Apology

  25-07-2018 19:02
  HILLSBORO, Ore. (CBS Local) – An Oregon high school is making a costly apology after suspending a student for wearing a pro-Donald Trump t-shirt to class.
  Liberty High School in Hillsboro has agreed to pay $25,000 to senior Addison Barnes, who school officials suspended for wearing a shirt that read “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” Liberty High banned Barnes from wearing the shirt, which referenced the student’s support of the President’s ill
  
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• Fantasy Football Preview: Top 10 Quarterbacks

  25-07-2018 18:31
  Ryan Mayer
  Training camp will be underway for every NFL team by the end of this week, which means it’s also time to renew your fantasy leagues and get down to drafting. After four or five months away from football, your knowledge base may have atrophied a bit. Or maybe you’re looking to put together a new set of guys to lead you out of the league cellar. Either way, over the next several days, we’ll be bringing you top-10 lists for every position, based on CBS Sports’ 201
  
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• FDA Approves Treatment For Period Pain Faced By 200 Million Women

  25-07-2018 18:29
  NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS Local) – The FDA has just approved a new treatment for a condition that feels like “tiny people skating on razor blades in your stomach,” according to millions of women.
  Orilissa is an oral medication to help manage the severe menstrual pain caused by endometriosis, a condition where tissue in the lining of the uterus grows into other areas of the body and may require surgery.
  “Endometriosis is often characterized by chronic pelvic pain that
  
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• Route 10 in Simsbury Closed, Pole and Wires Down

  25-07-2018 18:10
  
  A utility pole and wires are down on Route 10 in Simsbury and the road is closed.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Peter Kostis On RBC Canadian Open: ‘Dangerous Holes Down In Valley’

  25-07-2018 18:07
  By Dan Reardon
  The RBC Canadian Open trails the Open Championship in Scotland by a week and precedes the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship, the season’s last major, in two of the next three weeks. So even 100+ years of tournament history can’t necessarily compete with a player’s desire to be rested and on form for the most significant stops before the FedExCup playoffs.
  But the tournament backers innovated their own solution to solidify their fields, as did
  
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• Snag a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts for $1 on Friday

  25-07-2018 18:00
  LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — This is one deal you dough not want to miss.
  To celebrate it’s 81st birthday, Krispy Kreme is offering one sweet discount: if you buy a dozen doughnuts at regular price, you can get another dozen doughnuts for $1.
  The deal applies only to Original Glazed Doughnuts though, so don’t get fancy with the second batch.
  The doughnut shop will also roll out a Glazed Confetti Doughnut to celebrate more than eight decades of sugary bliss. The company describes the new
  
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• Judge orders release of pizza delivery man facing deportation

  25-07-2018 17:59
  NEW YORK — Pablo Villavicencio has been released from ICE custody after being detained by immigration agents while delivering a pizza to an Army base nearly two months ago.
  Pablo Villavicencio, a citizen of Ecuador, was detained on June 1 while making a pizza delivery at Fort Hamilton, according to WPIX.
  He presented New York City's identification card to the guards there, but was asked to show additional identification and was detained after a background check revealed there was a warran
  
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• CT-owned Necco plant in Mass. abruptly closes

  25-07-2018 17:57
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  REVERE, Mass. — The owner of a company that makes candies such as Necco wafers and Sweethearts has unexpectedly shut down operations at its Massachusetts plant.
  The Boston Globe reports Round Hill Investments LLC announced Tuesday it is selling Necco brands to another confection manufacturer and closing down its Revere plant.
  The company had recently purchased Necco for $17.3 million at a bankruptcy auction in May.
  Round Hill did not identify Necco’s new owner or say if c
  
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• Bodycam video shows rookie cop saving man from oncoming train

  25-07-2018 17:57
  PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — Perth Amboy Officer Kyle Savoia has only been on the force for seven months, but he says a rescue he made last week was the most intense response call of his career.
  Heidi Burke, a Perth Amboy resident, was on the platform on her way to work last Thursday morning and saw the whole thing go down.
  “He started running toward the train, the train was not slowing down at all. He was just waving his arms, yelling for it to stop. You heard like, screeching, and try
  
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• President Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star was smashed to pieces

  25-07-2018 17:40
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  President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed by a man with a pickax early Wednesday morning, according to Los Angeles police officer Ray Brown.
  Hollywood division officers responded to a call at 3:33 a.m.  to the tourist area. The LAPD said a man is in custody and is being questioned. Police said a man turned himself in at the Beverly Hills Police Department Wednesday morning.
  Patricia Cox, a witness, told CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS
  
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• Tree Falls On House in Wolcott

  25-07-2018 17:34
  
  It was a close call for the Segal family on Equinox Avenue in Wolcott Wednesday morning when their neighbor’s tree crashed into their house and came through their roof just before 6:30 a.m.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Dozens dead as wildfires near Athens force people to flee into the sea

  25-07-2018 17:21
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  ATHENS — At least 74 people have died in the worst wildfires to hit Greece in more than a decade, with some residents forced to flee into the sea to escape the advancing flames.
  Residents told of horrifying scenes as flames engulfed a seaside village, where the only way out for some was to run for the water.
  Boats were mobilized in a hurriedly-organized rescue operation as the flames took hold on Monday night. Reuters reported that 696 people were picked up from beaches and 19
  
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• Police Search For Man Reportedly Involved in Assault in New Britain

  25-07-2018 17:10
  
  New Britain Police are searching for a man who they believe assaulted a woman on Sunday.Photo Credit: New Britain Police
  
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• Video: Shark Bites Fish Being Reeled In Off Cape Cod

  25-07-2018 17:04
  Chatham, Mass. (CBS Boston/ CBS Local) – Fishermen hoping to catch stripers off Monomoy Island hooked one, but then they got more they bargained for.
  A 12-foot great white decided he wanted the bass, so he helped himself, chomping on the striper. The charter captain was amazed.
  Shark bites fish next to boat off Monomoy Island (Image from Magellan Deep Sea Fishing Charters)
  “At one point the shark had the striper in its mouth all the way up to the gills,” Captain Len Greiner sai
  
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• State Bond Commission votes to approve a $10 million study on electronic tolls

  25-07-2018 16:22
  HARTFORD —  The state Bond Commission voted today to approve a $10 million study on electronic tolls. Three people voted against the study.
  Governor Malloy says it is necessary for the state of Connecticut.
  The study would look into electronic tolling on I-84, I-91, I-95 and the Wilbur Cross and Merritt Parkways and would include how much to charge for the tolls, how to save Connecticut drivers money and how to make sure out-of-state drivers pay their fair share.
  Governor Malloy said
  
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• April the Giraffe is pregnant again

  25-07-2018 16:05
  NEW YORK — April, the giraffe whose pregnancy became an internet sensation, is pregnant again.
  Jordon Patch of Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, announced the pregnancy Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show. Patch says the calf is due during the early part of spring around March.
  April’s pregnancy drew more than 232 million YouTube live views during a seven-week period in 2017 before she gave birth to Tajiri, following April and Oliver’s every m
  
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• State Bond Commission to Vote on $10M Toll Study

  25-07-2018 14:38
  
  The State Bond Commission is voting Wednesday on whether or not to spend $10 million to study tolls in Connecticut.
  
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• Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in California

  25-07-2018 14:31
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  SAN JOSE, Calif. — For one lucky person, this week just got a whole lot better.
  A winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold in San Jose, California, according to a tweet on the state lottery’s verified Twitter feed.
  The winning ticket was sold at Ernie’s Liquors on South White Road, the tweet said. It’s the sole winning ticket, according to Mega Millions. The jackpot was up to a whopping $522 million.
  “I hope he does a lot of charity, and maybe take
  
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• Arrest Made in Connection With Drug-Related Shooting in South Windsor

  25-07-2018 14:18
  
  Police said they have made an arrest in connection with what they called a drug-related shooting in South Windsor in February.Photo Credit: South Windsor Police
  
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• Kraft Heinz voluntarily recalls Taco Bell Salsa Con Queso Mild Cheese Dip

  25-07-2018 13:27
  PITTSBURGH — As a precaution, approximately 7,000 cases of Taco Bell Salsa Con Queso Mild Cheese Dip are being voluntarily recalled because the affected product is showing signs of product separation which can lead to a potential health hazard.
  This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180724006032/en/(Photo: Business Wire)
  This could create conditions that could allow for the growth of Clostridiumbotuli
  
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• Red Cross blood shortage continues as thousands answer call to give

  25-07-2018 13:21
  FARMINGTON — Thousands of people have been responding to the emergency call for blood and platelets donations since the Red Cross first made their emergency call for donations back in early July yet still the shortage continues.The Red Cross says they are especially in need of type O. Right now, donations are being distributed faster than they are coming in, and there is less than a five-day blood supply on hand.Type O positive is the most transfused blood type, it can be given to those wh
  
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• Connecticut looks to give prison inmates tablets this summer, other states following

  25-07-2018 13:11
  HARTFORD — Allowing inmates to stare at computer tablet screens for hours each day may be just the ticket for creating calm, orderly cellblocks, prison officials say.
  But tablets, growing in popularity in prisons nationwide, also can help inmates advance their education, connect with family and prepare them for life in the technology-saturated outside world, officials say.
  In Connecticut, which plans to introduce tablets in its prisons this summer, Correction Commissioner Scott Semple said
  
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• Middletown Man Dead, Child Critical After Crash on I-91S

  25-07-2018 12:58
  
  A 60-year-old Middletown man has died and a 2-year-old Middletown boy is in critical condition after a rollover crash on Interstate 91 South in Rocky Hill Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bus driver goes the extra step to help blind passenger

  25-07-2018 11:33
  MILWAUKEE -- Navigating road construction is difficult enough -- now imagine doing it with your eyes closed. A blind Milwaukee man must make his way through the orange barrels every day, but he's getting some help from an unexpected source.
  Gene Hubbard
  Diabetes stole Gene Hubbard's sight but not his independence. The 69-year-old is still working.
  "No, I don't have any plans to retire," said Gene Hubbard.
  Gene takes the county bus, alone, to and from his office every workday. His routine for 20
  
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• Humidity continues Wednesday and the rest of the week, scattered showers

  25-07-2018 11:28
  We have another day of scattered showers on the way today, with highs in the upper 70s and a great deal of humidity.
  That tropical air mass in place will give us another day where it'll rain for 5 minutes, dry out for an hour, and then rain for another 5 minutes. These showers will pop up out of nowhere, so it's a good idea to take the umbrella with you if you'll be outside. Also, there is the chance for a thunderstorm or two, but significant severe weather is not expected.
  Tonight will continu
  
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• Same-day hip replacements: Simplifying the process

  25-07-2018 10:39
  FARMINGTON -- Sometimes, medical advances don’t happen in one big “Eureka!” moment. Sometimes, like with hip and knee replacements, they happen slowly, over the span of many years, as much from a change in thinking as anything.
  While the advancements have been slow and steady, the result is that knee and hip replacement patients, like Mark Lafontaine of Wallingford, are getting out of the hospital more quickly than ever, even though his replacement was considered a complex cas
  
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• City of Danbury sues Tails of Courage Animal Shelter for animal neglect

  25-07-2018 05:58
  DANBURY -- Tails of Courage Animal Rescue has continued to house and offer dogs for adoption throughout this year in violation of city in health inspectors orders, according to a lawsuit filed by Danbury city officials Tuesday.
  Photos showing dogs sometimes three at a time being crammed in rusted crates, feces on the floor in a bathtub filled with dishes depicting just some of the conditions inside the shelter.
  Tuesday's lawsuit details disturbing conditions health inspector said they found on
  
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• Health watch: Screen time and ADHD; meatless burgers

  25-07-2018 05:51
  HARTFORD --  For a long time, there's been an association between kids having too much screen time, and developing Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), or, but a new study looked at whether the type of screen time mattered.
  That study, published in the journal JAMA, concluded that, while more research needs to be done to confirm the findings, the type of platform didn’t matter.
  Whether it’s old-fashioned TV, or browsing social media on a smartphone, some is okay, but
  
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• Tanaka’s 3-hitter, Romine’s 2 RBIs lead Yanks over Rays 4-0

  25-07-2018 05:35
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.  — Masahiro Tanaka was masterful, and New York’s well-rested bullpen might soon have a little more help, too.
  Tanaka pitched a three-hitter, Austin Romine drove in two runs as the replacement for again-injured catcher Gary Sanchez and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Tuesday night.
  “It’s satisfying to go nine innings,” Tanaka said through a translator. “But, the season continues and we still have a lot more games to play. I&
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Attorney for South Windsor daycare says abuse, neglect allegations are false

  25-07-2018 05:26
  SOUTH WINDSOR – Four people have been arrested in connection with a child abuse complaint at the Mother Goose Children’s Center in South Windsor.
  The investigation into the allegations date back to April when South Windsor Police were tipped off by someone stating there was a teacher who was caring for children at the daycare facility in a “rough and aggressive manner” on three occasions, according to the complaint.
  The attorney for the daycare sat down with FOX61 and sa
  
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• Company Pitches Plans for Land Around Dunkin’ Donuts Park

  25-07-2018 05:22
  
  There could be a potential major step forward for Hartford with a developer planning a $200 million project around Dunkin’ Donuts Park.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Mom, Daughter Injured in Meriden Robbery, Suspects Arrested

  25-07-2018 05:18
  
  A mother and daughter were injured in a scuffle with two robbers at a Meriden grocery store Tuesday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/Meriden Police Department
  
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• LISTEN: CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape

  25-07-2018 05:18
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  Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model’s story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording of the conversation aired exclusively on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time.”
  The recording offers the public a glimpse at the confidential discussions between Trump and Cohen, and it confirms the man who now occupies the Oval Offi
  
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• Norwich father files federal complain on school district after son gets assaulted

  25-07-2018 05:07
  NORWICH – From the looks of it, 14-year-old Bryan Mosser looks like any other child.
  But, there’s a problem.
  “I really don't feel good right now,” said Bryan Mosser.
  A big problem.
  “I was walking down to my last class and she came up behind me and started pushing me, punching me in my head, kicking me,” he said.
  Bryan said he’s been getting bullied at Kelly Middle School in Norwich for over two years. The climax came when the girl pushed him to the grou
  
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• New London Officers, Teens Clean Up Graffiti in the City

  25-07-2018 04:31
  
  The New London Police Department and local teens grabbed their paintbrushes Tuesday in an effort to make New London graffiti-free.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Haddam feeling fallout from Pledge of Allegiance kneeling controversy

  25-07-2018 03:22
  HADDAM - In January, it was ice jams that concerned the folks of Haddam. Now, it's jammed phone lines at Town Hall as a result of a member of the Board of Selectman taking a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance last week.
  Haddam Selectman Melissa Schlag, a Democrat, said, while last Monday was the first time she had ever knelt during the Pledge of Allegiance, she sees no issue with her chosen method of protesting President Donald J. Trump.
  "The Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t have anything t
  
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• UConn Huskies attend American Athletic Conference football media day

  25-07-2018 02:49
  NEWPORT, RI – The American Athletic Conference gathered in full on Tuesday in a much different manner than usual.
  No pads and helmets, just suits and ties, as the AAC held its annual football media day in Newport.
  The UConn Huskies were ranked 10th out of 12 teams in the conference’s preseason poll, following the program’s second straight 3-9 season. The University of Central Florida was picked to finish first in the league, following an undefeated season that saw the Kni
  
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• Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law is ‘a license to kill black people,’ attorney says

  25-07-2018 01:15
  Six years after the killing of Trayvon Martin put “stand your ground” laws under a microscope, attorney Benjamin Crump is representing another Florida family who lost a loved one under the law.
  The case of Michael Drejka, who police say fatally shot Markeis McGlockton last week in Clearwater after McGlockton shoved him for confronting his girlfriend over a handicapped parking space, differs considerably from that of George Zimmerman, the man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon.
  
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