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• New Britain's Manafort Street Sign Squabble

  17-08-2018 22:57
  
  As jurors deliberate over fraud charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, back in his hometown of New Britain it’s a street sign inscribed with the Manafort name that’s the talk of the town.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/Inset Courtesy of New Britain Public Library, Local History Room
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Parts of Connecticut

  17-08-2018 22:34
  
  A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for most of Connecticut on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Officials ID Men Arrested in Connection to K2 Investigation

  17-08-2018 22:29
  
  The synthetic drug K2 suspected to have caused more than 100 overdoses in the New Haven area between Tuesday night and Thursday was contaminated with another synthetic drug called fubinaca, police said...Photo Credit: New Haven Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• ‘Seedless Tragedy’: Watermelons Fall Off Truck On North Texas Highway

  17-08-2018 22:19
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Three lanes of Highway 175 at Masters in Southeast Dallas were shut down for a while Friday afternoon due to a watermelon spill.
  Boxes of watermelons fell out of a truck carrying them down the road.
  Chopper11 showed an officer kicking large chunks of watermelon off the highway and into the grass.
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  There were no reports of injuries, but at least one report of sticky shoes.
  Some drivers didn’t see what was happening until they got a lit
  
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• Severe T’Storm watch has been issued for parts of the state

  17-08-2018 21:57
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex County until 11PM.
  Showers and thunderstorms have fired to our west, and parts of the state will see some ominous skies before the night is out. Rainfall rates will be intense with the high humidity airmass we are experiencing.
  Both the Storm Prediction Center and our local NWS office mentioned an isolated weak/short-lived tornado is possible in the northeast this afternoon/evening
  
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• Mass K2 Overdose Issue on Minds of Officers During DARE Graduation

  17-08-2018 21:48
  
  Thirty-seven officers graduated from the DARE program Friday and the men and women will be tasked with teaching children to lead drug-free lives.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• PawSox Are Moving to Worcester

  17-08-2018 21:36
  
  The city of Worcester and the Pawtucket Red Sox announced Friday they have a letter of intent to build a new ballpark in the city's Canal District and the team will commence playing there in 2021.
  
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• PawSox planning move to Massachusetts

  17-08-2018 21:29
  WORCESTER, Mass. — The Pawtucket Red Sox say they have signed a letter of intent to build a new ballpark in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  The Triple-A affiliate of the of the Boston Red Sox made the announcement Friday, signaling an end to its effort to find a new stadium during the past three years. The team is leaving its aging park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for a city 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest.
  PawSox Chairman Larry Lucchino says the team is “eager to build an innovative,
  
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• Plainfield Teacher Who Gave Student ‘ADD Award’ No Longer at School

  17-08-2018 20:52
  
  A Plainfield teacher who gave a boy who is diagnosed with ADHD a so-called “award” for getting distracted often has left the school, according to school officials.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• East Bay Congressman Swalwell ‘Considering’ 2020 Presidential Run

  17-08-2018 20:45
  FREMONT (KPIX 5/CBS SF) — East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell said he is “considering” a possible run for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election.
  “I’m considering it,” Swallwell said to reporters ahead of an event with constituents at a restaurant in Fremont Friday morning.
  “It’s an exciting decision to make and it’s a big decision to make,” the representative said. “I do think that though our country’s path for
  
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• 15-year-old boy’s organ donation saves 9-year-old girl’s life

  17-08-2018 20:37
  INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - A Missouri couple is raising awareness about organ donation after their 15-year-old son saved a little girl's life.
  Bret and Eula Motelet said they're able to better cope with the loss of their son because his heart beats on in someone else.
  “Just a real joy. I called him my sunshine. He was always happy,” Eula Motelet told WDAF.
  Brian Motelet's mother said he was the perfect baby. Then he came down with the flu when he was 8 months old. His mom said it developed
  
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• Deputy talks down man sitting on ledge: ‘We’re all here on Earth together, might as well get along together’

  17-08-2018 20:19
  JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va - A Virginia sheriff's deputy is receiving praise from across the country for the quick and compassionate action he took Tuesday afternoon.  Deputy James Robinson was called to an overpass near Busch Gardens and found a man suffering a mental health crisis sitting on the edge of the guardrail.
  Deputy Robinson has worked in law enforcement for more than a decade but has only been with the sheriff's office since December.  Body camera footage shows Robinson approac
  
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• Photo of newborn baby surrounded by IVF syringes goes viral

  17-08-2018 19:55
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — A photo of a newborn baby surrounded by In Vitro Fertilization syringes has gone viral.
  Samantha Packer, of Packer Family Photography in Glendale, Arizona, took a photo of Patricia and Kimberly O’Neill’s newborn baby on Aug 10.
  Packer told WJW that after the mothers’ newborn photo session, they asked if she would incorporate the IVF syringes into the photos.  Packer said she “chose to align them in a heart with all of the needles facing i
  
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• Teen daughter shoots, kills mother’s abusive boyfriend

  17-08-2018 19:44
  RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. —  A North Carolina teenager was “justified” when she shot and killed a man who was strangling her mother, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
  In a news release, deputies said 46-year-old Steven Kelley was assaulting his girlfriend inside the couple’s home on Aug. 8. when he yelled he was “going to cut (the woman’s) throat and kill everyone in the house,” deputies said in a news release.
  The woma
  
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• Mother says daughter denied lunch because she was 15 cents short

  17-08-2018 19:40
  ORANGE CITY, Fla. — A mother told WKMG her daughter was denied lunch at a high school in Florida because she was short 15 cents.
  Kimberly Aiken says her daughter, a sophomore at University High School in Orange City, tried to buy lunch on her first day of school and was told her account balance was short 15 cents. The student is registered for the school’s free and reduced-cost lunch program, but it “hasn’t taken effect yet,” according to WKMG.
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• 13-year-old stabs attacker after she was kidnapped on her way to school

  17-08-2018 19:30
  CLEVELAND -- Police in Ohio say a 13-year-old girl was kidnapped on her way to school and stabbed the suspect before escaping, according to WJW.
  The teen told police she was abducted when she got off a bus and driven to an unknown location where she was assaulted.
  The victim, a student at Saint Martin de Porres Catholic High School, was able to stab her attacker and escape.
  "We are fully cooperating with the police on this matter, and we must be sensitive to the privacy of those involved.
  
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• Texas Rangers pull off rare triple play not seen in 106 years

  17-08-2018 19:27
  Bases loaded, nobody out.
  The Angels’ David Fletcher then hits a hard ground ball to third that results in a triple play last seen in Major League Baseball in 1912, reports USA Today.
  The rarity? The batter wasn’t one of the outs, according to STATS.
  Watch the play pulled off by the Texas Rangers in this video. Even without the batter anomaly, the play was still pretty unusual, notes ESPN.
  In baseball parlance, it was a 5-4 triple play (referring to third-baseman
  
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• Police ID Man Killed in Crash in New Haven

  17-08-2018 19:08
  
  One person is dead and another has life-threatening injuries after the vehicle they were in crashed near the intersection of Foxon Hill Road and Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Architect of bin Laden raid issues stunning rebuke of Trump

  17-08-2018 17:38
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  Retired Adm. William McRaven, the man who oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, issued a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan on Thursday, defending the former spy chief as “one of the finest public servants I have ever known.”
  In an op-ed published by the Washington Post, McRaven, a former Navy SEAL who led US Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 t
  
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• Car crashes into apartment complex in Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford

  17-08-2018 17:21
  HARTFORD — A car crashed into Capitol Loft apartments at Capitol Avenue and Flower Streets in Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood.
  One person is reportedly injured.
  FOX61 is on the scene of this developing story and will have more details later in the day.
  
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• Authorities find bodies believed to be Colorado man’s missing wife and daughters

  17-08-2018 17:18
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  FREDRICK, Colo. — Authorities on Thursday discovered three bodies they believe to be a missing Colorado woman and her two young daughters, officials said. Police are working to confirm their identities.
  Shanann Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant, was reported missing Monday along with her two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. Her husband, Chris Watts, was taken into custody Wednesday night and is being held in the Weld County Jail, north of Denver, the Frederick Police Departm
  
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• Get Your Best Jokes Ready, Cards Against Humanity Hiring Writers

  17-08-2018 17:08
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Whether they’re dad jokes, poop jokes, or mischievous jokes – Cards Against Humanity is looking for writers to contribute their best material.
  Known as the “party game for horrible people”, Cards Against Humanity is asking applicants to submit 15 white cards and 5 black cards.
  For those unfamiliar with the fill-in-the-blank style game, each player has a turn to draw one black card, which requires the other players to respond with a white card to
  
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• 3rd arrest made in connection to New Haven overdoses

  17-08-2018 17:05
  NEW HAVEN -- Officials confirm that a third arrest has been made after over 100 overdoses on K2, otherwise known as synthetic marijuana, happened in New Haven.
  Mayor Toni Harp said in a morning press conference with other city officials that recovery specialists will be stationed on the New Haven Green 12-15 hours per day. They also plan on asking the governor for assistance with more resources.
  The DEA continues to assist the New Haven police with the arrests, and into the investigation o
  
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• 3 Connecticut Swimming Areas Closed

  17-08-2018 17:03
  
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• Fubinaca Found in K2 Linked to New Haven Overdoses: Police

  17-08-2018 16:46
  
  The synthetic drug K2 suspected to have sent more than 100 people to the hospital in the New Haven area between Tuesday night and Thursday was contaminated with fubinaca, New Haven Police Chief Anthony Campbell...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• FOX61 to broadcast first gubernatorial debate of 2018 General Election

  17-08-2018 16:45
  HARTFORD — The Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges announced that it will host the first gubernatorial debate of the Connecticut general election on September 5 from 6-7 p.m. The debate will be held at the University of Saint Joseph’s Hoffman Auditorium at the Bruyette Athenaeum on 1678 Asylum Avenue in West Hartford and will be broadcast live by FOX61 and Connecticut Public Radio from 6-7 p.m.
  The CCIC sponsored event will be hosted by FOX61’s Amanda Raus and w
  
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• ‘Threatened’ Homeowner Goes Viral After Calling Police On Hiker

  17-08-2018 16:32
  MESA, Ariz. (CBS Local) – A property dispute has gone viral after an Arizona homeowner was filmed calling police on a hiker he claimed had roamed onto his land.
  A July YouTube video captures Mesa resident Bill Jaffa, a former city councilman, cutting off an unnamed hiker to confront her over using a hiking trail near Jaffa’s home. Jaffa and the female hiker, who claimed to be a U.S. military veteran, argue as the homeowner calls police on the woman.
  The video, which ha
  
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• Northeast Living: 2018 back to school fashion

  17-08-2018 16:00
  Back to school shopping doesn't have to break the budget! Northeast Living's Rachel Lutzker talks with Westfarms fashion expert, Amanda Sirica about the latest fashion trends, and pairing the old with the new to be back to school cool.
  
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• Crews Working on Repairing Water Main in Manchester

  17-08-2018 15:35
  
  A water main on East Center Street in Manchester is broken and officials said it will take hours to repair.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• NYU makes tuition free for all medical students

  17-08-2018 15:32
  NEW YORK — New York University will offer a scholarship that covers tuition to every new, current and future medical student, it said Thursday.
  All students enrolled in the MD degree program are eligible, regardless of their financial need or academic performance. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition, which this year amounts to $55,018.
  The NYU School of Medicine is the first top 10-ranked medical school to make tuition free, the school said. There are currently 442 students enr
  
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• Greenwich Man Charged With Animal Cruelty

  17-08-2018 15:31
  
  A Greenwich man has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a dog he adopted was found roaming and there were signs it had been abused, according to police.Photo Credit: Greenwich Police
  
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• Trump says he canceled military parade over ‘ridiculously high’ cost estimate

  17-08-2018 15:04
  Watch VideoPresident Donald Trump said Friday that he canceled a US military parade planned for Veterans Day weekend, blaming Washington city officials for inflating costs amid reports that indicated the event’s price tag had soared over initial estimates.
  “The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it
  
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• Teen wants friend who pushed her off bridge to ‘sit in jail’

  17-08-2018 14:21
  The Washington 16-year-old whose friend pushed her off a 60-foot bridge says that friend should “sit in jail and think about … what she did.”
  So says Jordan Holgerson, now home from the hospital but still recovering from six broken ribs, two punctured lungs, and other internal injuries, in an interview with Today.
  She says she at first didn’t want 18-year-old Taylor Smith punished, but she has thought about it more and changed her mind.
  “I kind of got mad bec
  
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• Southington restaurant gives back to community

  17-08-2018 14:20
  SOUTHINGTON -- 'Smoking with Chris' in Southington is more than what meets the eye.
  The owner, Chris Conlon, explains that the restaurant is about the food they serve but also the impact they have on their community.
  “I think it's very important as a business owner, as a small business owner especially, to give back to the community -- not in order to receive something back, but to give something back to the all the people in need,” said Conlon.
  Although their days start early,
  
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• Woman Stabbed 3 People on Sumner Street in Hartford: Police

  17-08-2018 14:09
  
  A woman stabbed three people in Hartford on Thursday night, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Car Fleeing Police Involved in Fatal Crash in New Haven: State Police

  17-08-2018 14:05
  
  One person is dead and another has life-threatening injuries after the vehicle they were in crashed near the intersection of Foxon Hill Road and Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Stream The Wyndham Championship

  17-08-2018 14:00
  The final regular season tournament of the year wraps up this weekend at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC.
  
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• Bristol Teen Has Been Missing for a Week

  17-08-2018 13:53
  
  A Bristol girl has been missing for a week and police have issued a Silver Alert for her.Photo Credit: Silver Alert
  
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• First Alert: Strong to Severe Storms Possible Today

  17-08-2018 13:51
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for strong to severe thunderstorms Friday afternoon and Friday evening.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Rollover Crash Closed Route 31 in Coventry

  17-08-2018 13:10
  
  Route 31 in Coventry was closed near Route 44 Thursday after a truck rollover.Photo Credit: Strngr.com
  
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• One dead, one critically injured after New Haven crash

  17-08-2018 11:46
  NEW HAVEN — State Police say that one person was killed, and one person was critically injured after a one car crash in New Haven.
  Police say the crash happened at Foxon Hill Road and Quinnipiac Avenue around 2 a.m.
  According to police, the driver was fleeing from Hamden Police.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Six arrested after a group stabbing in Hartford

  17-08-2018 11:27
  HARTFORD — Police say that six people were arrested after a stabbing melee left three people injured in Hartford Thursday night.
  Police say just before 9 p.m., they were called to 73 Sumner Street on a report of a woman armed with mace and a knife who stabbed several people.
  When officers arrived, they found a large, agitated group of people who were in front of the building. Three people had lacerations, but police describe their injuries as non-life threatening. They were taken to a
  
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• Hot, chance for strong storms Friday; Sun and clouds, 80s Saturday

  17-08-2018 11:06
  Friday will be very warm and humid too. Most of the day will be dry but a cold front will trigger a couple showers/storms in the afternoon. Then a few additional storms will fire up at night as a warm front approaches.
  Some of the storms could be strong or severe with locally heavy rain and damaging winds as the main threats. Both the Storm Prediction Center and our local NWS office mentioned an isolated weak/short-lived tornado is possible in the northeast. It's a low chance but not zero. Spea
  
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• Foodie Friday: Camille’s Wood Fired Pizza in Tolland

  17-08-2018 10:21
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  From traditional to ultra creative pies, owners and husband and wife Camille Malaspina and Dave Noad serve up flavors for just about every palate.
  “It really comes down to giving people something a little different,” said Noad. “We love what we do and hope our customers notice.&
  
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• More Overdose Calls in New Haven; Week Totals Over 100

  17-08-2018 07:03
  
  For a third day in a row, New Haven emergency crews responded to multiple overdoses on the New Haven Green that are possibly linked to the synthetic drug K2. City officials said they have reports of a person...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 3 Slashed on Sumner Street in Hartford

  17-08-2018 05:26
  
  Three people suffered slashing injuries in an assault on Sumner Street Thursday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 2-Year-Old Drowns in Bridgeport Pool

  17-08-2018 04:05
  
  A 2-year-old drowned as a residential pool in Bridgeport Thursday, city officials confirmed.
  
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