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• Autopsy finds that Mollie Tibbetts was killed by ‘sharp force injuries’

  23-08-2018 23:22
  BROOKLYN, Iowa  — The Iowa college student who was allegedly abducted by a stranger while running last month in a small Iowa town was killed by “multiple sharp force injuries,” investigators announced Thursday.
  Preliminary autopsy results from the state medical examiner’s office also determined that 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was the victim of a homicide, the Division of Criminal Investigation announced in a press release.
  The agency did not release additional detai
  
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• Mosquitoes in at Least 40 Towns Test Positive for West Nile Virus

  23-08-2018 23:14
  
  Mosquitoes in at least 40 towns across the state have now tested positive for West Nile Virus.
  
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• New Britain Woman Charged After Baby Apparently Ingested Narcotics: Police

  23-08-2018 22:42
  
  A woman from New Britain is facing charges in connection to an incident where a baby in her care apparently ingested narcotics earlier this year.Photo Credit: New Britain Police
  
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• Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in 40 CT towns

  23-08-2018 22:09
  HARTFORD —  The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) said mosquitoes in 40 Connecticut towns have tested positive for West Nile virus.
  The CAES is warning residents of the increased risk of the virus.
  So far, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has detected West Nile virus in: Bethany, Bridgeport, Chester, Danbury, Darien, East Haven, Easton, Fairfield, Franklin, Greenwich, Haddam, Hamden, Hartford, Madison, Manchester, Meriden, Middlefield, Milford, Mon
  
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• World’s 100 greatest places for 2018, according to TIME magazine

  23-08-2018 21:56
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  And now TIME magazine has added to your cultural anxiety by revealing its first list of the World’s Greatest Places, which showcases 100 destinations it says are “breaking new ground, leading industry trend
  
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• Duncan Hunter and his wife plead not guilty to charges they misused campaign funds

  23-08-2018 21:47
  Republican Congressman Duncan D. Hunter and his wife, Margaret, pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to federal charges they stole a quarter million dollars in campaign funds to furnish their lavish lifestyle.
  After the Hunters were indicted earlier this week for spending campaign money on expenses that included a $14,000 Italian vacation and thousands of dollars on routine items like groceries, bedding and other household items, Hunter said the charges were erroneous and politically motivated.
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• Starbucks will start paying employees to volunteer 20 hours a week

  23-08-2018 21:44
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  Starbucks is paying employees to give back.
  The company announced on Thursday that it is testing a program that will allow some employees to spend half of their workweek at a local nonprofit.
  With the help of Points of Light, a nonprofit volunteering group, Starbucks picked 36 Starbucks Service Fellows in 13 cities for the pilot program. For six months, the fellows will spend at least 20 hours per week working for Starbucks, and up to 20 hours per week at a local organization.
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• Gator attacks woman at Fla. lake

  23-08-2018 21:42
  CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. (WFTS) — A woman was attacked by an alligator on Wednesday while she was swimming in a lake in Citrus County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
  The FWC says 24-year-old Felicitie Marie Gillette was swimming in Lake Hernando around 1 a.m. when an alligator grabbed her by the left arm and began to drag her underwater. She was reportedly able to fight off the alligator and call 911 for help.
  Gillette was taken to Ocala Regional Hospital for treatment o
  
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• Business owner arrested, faces extradition to California

  23-08-2018 21:40
  OXFORD  — A Connecticut business owner who authorities say went by multiple aliases has been arrested on a warrant for money laundering charges in California.
  The Republican-American reports 56-year-old Werner Janer was arrested Tuesday at his business, the Naugamatic Watch Company, in Oxford.
  He faces multiple charges, including grand theft, identity theft and forgery.
  The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says his case relates to real estate fraud. Judge Karen Sequ
  
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• Manafort jury form confirms 11-1 split

  23-08-2018 21:13
  When Paul Manafort’s jury of 12 Northern Virginians couldn’t reach a unanimous agreement on 10 criminal charges, it was because of one juror.
  A photocopied version of the jury’s original handwritten verdict form, released Thursday by the federal court, confirms that Manafort’s jury hung 11-to-1 on 10 counts of foreign banking and bank fraud crimes.
  The jury ultimately reached unanimous guilty verdicts on eight crimes, for tax fraud, bank fraud and a fraudulent foreign ban
  
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• Suspect in Mollie Tibbetts’ killing gave false ID to employer

  23-08-2018 20:57
  The man accused of pursuing and killing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts had worked four years at an Iowa dairy farm based on false identification, his employer said Wednesday.
  “What we learned in the last 24 hours is that our employee was not who he said he was,” said Dane Lang, the co-owner and manager of Yarrabee Farms.
  That revelation came about an hour after the employee, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge for the killing of Tibbetts. His bond was
  
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• Gas main break causes problems in downtown Hartford

  23-08-2018 20:50
  HARTFORD —  CNG has crews working to restore broken gas main break in downtown Hartford Thursday.
  The incident started around 11:30 am on Pearl Street. Pearl Street was closed in the from Trumbull to Main St.
  A worker using backhoe apparently struck line this morning. Repairs are being completed on site.
  The road was reopened by 2:00 p.m.
   
  
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• Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won’t be ‘improperly influenced’

  23-08-2018 20:41
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  Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon, after Trump said he “never took control” of the Justice Department.
  “While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. I demand the highest standards, and where they are not met, I take action. However, no nation has a more talented, more dedicated group of law enforcement investigators and prosecu
  
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• Officers Exposed to Powder During Drug Raid in Hartford

  23-08-2018 20:39
  
  Several officers are being taken to the hospital after a package of white powder exploded as they were searching a residence in Hartford for drugs and police have arrested two people.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Woman Contracts UK’s First Reported Case Of Rare Flesh-Eating STD

  23-08-2018 20:34
  UNITED KINGDOM (CBS Local) – A woman in the United Kingdom has reportedly been diagnosed with a rare, flesh-eating sexually transmitted disease.
  According to Yahoo News, it is the first case of the disease to be reported in the U.K. and it causes ulcers to form on the genitals.
  The STD, known as donovanosis, is more commonly found in parts of India, Papua New Guinea, the Caribbean, Australia, and Africa. The CDC says the ulcers are typically “painless” and slow growing. ho
  
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• West Cornwall Covered Bridge to Be Closed for a Month

  23-08-2018 20:15
  
  The iconic West Cornwall covered bridge on Route 128 will be closed to cars and pedestrians from Sept. 4 through Oct. 2.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development
  
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• FEMA Denies Individual Assistance After May Tornadoes

  23-08-2018 19:48
  
  While the Trump administration approved a major disaster declaration for New Haven and Fairfield counties in connection with the May 15 tornadoes that caused extensive damage in several towns, FEMA has...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Suspect in Brutal Greenwich Home Invasion in Custody

  23-08-2018 19:35
  
  Greenwich police have one suspect in custody after a violent home invasion in which the victim was tied up and beaten.Photo Credit: Greenwich Police
  
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• 32 Children’s Medicines Recalled For Potential ‘Microbial Contamination’

  23-08-2018 19:28
  (CBS Local) – King Bio is voluntarily recalling 32 children’s medicines because of potential “microbial contamination,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
  The medicines, which include those meant to relieve common illnesses including fever, cough, flu, tummy aches, nosebleeds, and earaches, were sold nationwide.
  According to the company, “the use of drugs products with microbial contamination could potentially result in increased infections that
  
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• WATCH: Shirtless Man Steers Motorcycle With Bare Feet On Highway

  23-08-2018 19:05
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS Local) – A viral video shows a shirtless man steering a motorcycle with his bare feet while traveling at full speed on I-95.
  Yes, he’s not wearing a shirt or shoes and is kicked back on his bike on I-95 on Saturday in Jacksonville.
  A passing motorist took video of the lounging rider as he passed her on the highway, even as her own car was going 60 mph. When the woman spotted the motorcyclist, she told her son to grab her phone and
  
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• IBM Wants To Make Coffee-Delivering Drones That Monitor You At Work

  23-08-2018 18:55
  ARMONK, N.Y. (CBS Local) – Would you feel uncomfortable if a drone watched your every move at work? What if that drone brought you coffee when you needed it most?
  IBM has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for their idea of a camera-equipped drone that hovers over you, watching your pupil dilation and facial expressions to judge if you need more coffee.
  Coffee-delivering drones in the office? IBM inventors say yes https://t.co/sjJxVq3m0R pic.twitter.com/FWO
  
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• CBS Sports Announces NFL ON CBS Broadcast Teams

  23-08-2018 18:48
  With the NFL’s opening day two weeks away, CBS Sports just announced its broadcast teams for the upcoming season of the NFL ON CBS. The Network will feature an impressive lineup of talent for its coverage of the 2018 NFL season, which will culminate with Super Bowl LIII.
  The lead team of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson is back to call each week’s marquee matchup. Nantz, who also anchors CBS Sports college basketball and golf coverage, has been the Network’s lead play-by-
  
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• Lamont Has 13-Point Lead in Quinnipiac Governor's Race Poll

  23-08-2018 18:05
  
  A Quinnipiac University poll on the Connecticut gubernatorial race released Thursday puts Democrat Ned Lamont ahead of Republican Bob Stefanowski by 13 percentage points.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Investigate Package Thefts in West Hartford

  23-08-2018 17:43
  
  West Hartford police are looking for a package thief.Photo Credit: West Hartford Police
  
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• Kroger Phasing Out Single-Use Plastic Bags In All Stores By 2025

  23-08-2018 17:34
  Cincinnati, Ohio (CBS Local/CBS DFW) — The nation’s largest grocery chain will be plastic-bag free at all of its nearly 2,800 stores by 2025.
  Kroger Co., which orders about 6 billion bags each year, will begin phasing out their use immediately at its Seattle-based QFC grocery stores. It expects to be plastic-bag free at the chain next year.
  The company operates more than 175 stores in Texas and more than 2,600 other stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia
  
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• Travel Advisory Issued After 8 Bodies Found In Cancun

  23-08-2018 17:30
  WASHINGTON, DC (CBS Local/CBS Pittsburgh) – The U.S. Department Of State has issued a level two travel advisory after eight bodies were found in the resort city of Cancun.
  The travel advisory warns travelers to exercise increased caution due to crime in the area.
  The advisory explains that violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery is widespread in Mexico. Prosecutors say they have found a total of eight dead bodies on the streets of Cancun, with two bodi
  
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• Report: Secret Drug Smuggling Tunnel Discovered Under Former KFC

  23-08-2018 17:26
  ARIZONA (CBS Local) – A tunnel that stretches from a former Kentucky Fried Chicken in Arizona all the way to a home in Mexico was discovered last week by investigators, who believe the secret passageway was used for drug smuggling, KSWT reports.
  Homeland Security Investigations said the tunnel was discovered on Aug. 13, after the owner of the former KFC, Ivan Lopez, was pulled over by the San Luis Police Department. A canine unit alerted officers to two toolboxes in Lopez’ truck
  
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• What Does It Take To Be A WWE Superstar?

  23-08-2018 16:27
  By Chuck Carroll
  If you dream of becoming a WWE Superstar, Paul Levesque has some advice for you.
  It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many fans you have or followers you have on Twitter. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling out bingo halls or headlining shows across the globe. You are replaceable.
  Everyone is replaceable.
  It takes a special pedigree to make it in WWE NXT. And if you don’t show the boss that you have it, then you’re gon
  
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• Kitten Stuck in Car Rescued in Hamden

  23-08-2018 15:46
  
  A Hamden man and an animal control officer rescued a kitten that was stuck between the tire and brake pad of a car.Photo Credit: Hamden Police
  
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• Milford Kmart Slated to Close

  23-08-2018 15:07
  
  Nearly 50 additional Sears and Kmart stores are closing, including one in Milford.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Police Investigating Burglary at Newington Citgo Station

  23-08-2018 14:58
  
  Police are investigating a burglary at a Citgo station in Newington Thursday morning after two men forced their way in and stole cash, cigarettes and cigars.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Hatfield Questions Tong's Attorney General Qualifications

  23-08-2018 14:20
  
  Republican Attorney General nominee Sue Hatfield is calling into question State Rep. William Tong’s qualifications to become Connecticut’s next attorney general.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Power Line Comes Down On Amtrak Lines in Old Saybrook

  23-08-2018 13:22
  
  A power line came down on top of Amtrak's overhead power lines in Old Saybrook Wednesday and small fires and outages were reported Wednesday night.
  
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• Police Investigate Brazen Gas Station Burglary in Farmington

  23-08-2018 13:09
  
  One or more burglars forced their way into a Farmington gas station early Thursday morning and appear to have used a rope, hooked it up to the front door and pulled it open.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Frazier, Syndergaard send Mets to 5-3 win over Giants

  23-08-2018 06:16
  NEW YORK  — Todd Frazier homered and hit an RBI double, Noah Syndergaard pitched six effective innings and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Wednesday night.
  Dominic Smith and Jose Bautista also went deep for New York. Jeff McNeil tripled and singled his first two times up to set a Mets rookie record with a hit in eight consecutive at-bats. The 26-year-old second baseman grounded out in his next chance at the plate.
  Smith bounced back from Monday night’s cos
  
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• Jets waive Santos, clears spot for Revis’ 1-day contract

  23-08-2018 06:13
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J.  — The New York Jets have released kicker Cairo Santos, a day after claiming Jason Myers off waivers from Seattle.
  The team signed free agent cornerback Darrelle Revis to the active roster with its corresponding move Wednesday.
  No, the seven-time All-Pro is not returning. The one-day contract he signed last month to retire as a member of the Jets was officially submitted since New York had a spot on its 90-man roster.
  Santos signed with the Jets in March, but was un
  
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• Patriots cut veteran WR Kenny Britt

  23-08-2018 06:12
  FOXBOROUGH  — New England waived Kenny Britt on Wednesday, ending the wide receiver’s underwhelming stay with the Patriots.
  Despite losing Danny Amendola in free agency and knowing Julian Edelman will be suspended for the first four games of the regular season, the Patriots let go of the 29-year-old Britt, who was with his fourth team. New England also had released Jordan Matthews and Malcolm Mitchell from its receiving corps.
  Britt caught two passes in three games for New Engla
  
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• 5-run 6th against Lynn helps Marlins beat Yankees 9-3

  23-08-2018 06:10
  MIAMI  — Hours after All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman went on the disabled list with left knee tendinitis, Yankees starter Lance Lynn gave up five runs in the sixth inning and New York lost 9-3 to the last-place Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.
  The Yankees managed only one extra-base hit against five Miami pitchers. They committed three errors and struck out 11 times in a defeat that ended their four-game winning streak.
  Giancarlo Stanton, playing in Miami for the first time since the
  
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• Bogaerts hits 2 solo HRs, Red Sox beat Indians 10-4

  23-08-2018 06:08
  BOSTON  — The Boston Red Sox didn’t let a three-game skid dampen things. After all, nobody has been able to keep the AL East leaders down for longer than that this season.
  Xander Bogaerts hit two solo homers, Andrew Benintendi had a three-run double to cap a big fourth inning and the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 10-4 on Wednesday night to halt their three-game skid.
  “We struggled during the week, but that’s more like us,” Boston manager Alex Cora said.
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• Republicans and some Democrats reject impeachment talk

  23-08-2018 06:06
  WASHINGTON — The day after President Donald Trump was implicated in a federal crime, members of both parties dismissed talk of impeachment, with some Democrats expressing fears Wednesday about such a politically risky step, and Republicans shrugging off the accusations or withholding judgment.
  The legal entanglements surrounding Trump — the guilty plea by former lawyer Michael Cohen and the fraud conviction of one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort — delivered a one-two punch
  
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• Nicki Minaj cancels North American tour with Future

  23-08-2018 06:05
  ATLANTA  — Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj has canceled her North American tour with rapper Future.
  Minaj said on her Twitter account Tuesday night that she didn’t have enough time to rehearse for the upcoming “NickiHndrxx” tour in September after the release of her latest album “Queen,” released Aug. 10. The rapper says she will contribute more rehearsal time toward the tour’s European launch with Future in February.
  Minaj says her North America
  
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• Mexican man charged in Tibbetts’ slaying worked under fake name

  23-08-2018 06:01
  BROOKLYN, Iowa  — A Mexican man charged with killing an Iowa college student worked on a dairy farm for years under a false name just a few miles from where the young woman was allegedly abducted while running last month, his employer said Wednesday.
  Cristhian Bahena Rivera was a good employee who showed up on time to take care of the cows and got along well with his co-workers, said Dane Lang, manager of Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa.
  The 24-year-old kept coming to work after Moll
  
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• Knights of Columbus leader urges church reforms after abuse

  23-08-2018 05:58
  HARTFORD — The leader of the world’s largest Roman Catholic fraternal group is condemning clergy sex abuse and calling for reforms in the church, including a renewed commitment to celibacy by priests.
  Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the New Haven, Connecticut-based Knights of Columbus, made the comments in what appeared to be an unusual letter to the group’s nearly 2 million members on Tuesday.
  “These sins of commission and omission have sent the Church we love, the Chur
  
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• Officials warn of increasing danger of dead trees in Connecticut

  23-08-2018 05:55
  NEW HAVEN -- Trees across the state, by the tens of thousands, are either dying or dead, which equals danger for the general public.
  The Chief Scientist, for the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven has issued a warning. Storms over the past decade have certainly compromised our canopy, but pesty insects have also become a mounting concern.
  “We have the emerald ash bore, especially in western Connecticut, lining the roads with trees dying,” said Jeff Ward Ch
  
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• Power Line Comes Down On Amtrak Lines in Old Saybrook, Power Outages and Fires Reported

  23-08-2018 05:32
  
  A power line has come down on top of Amtrak's overhead power lines in Old Saybrook and small fires and outages have been reported on Wednesday night.
  
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• Outside Money Already Making Its Way Into Governor's Race

  23-08-2018 01:30
  
  CHANGE PAC paid for an attack ad against Democrat Ned Lamont that’s already on the airwaves throughout Connecticut.Photo Credit: CHANGE PAC
  
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• Mom Fighting Deportation to Bangladesh Granted Stay of Removal

  23-08-2018 01:22
  
  A New Haven mother who was set to be deported to Bangladesh on Thursday has been granted a stay of deportation, according to her family.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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• Breast Cancer Survivor To Ride with Family in First Closer to Free

  23-08-2018 01:21
  
  One year after volunteering, breast cancer survivor Christine Bee from Wallingford is getting ready to ride in Closer to Free for the first time.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Community Taking Advantage of ‘Micro Career Fairs’ at New Montville Job Center

  23-08-2018 01:20
  
  A brand-new job center in Montville is now a place to interview for multiple jobs in just one stop.
  
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• Hurricane Lane Worries Travelers Headed to Hawaii

  23-08-2018 00:04
  
  With Hurricane Lane barreling towards Hawaii, the islands are bracing for severe flooding and tropical storm force winds.
  
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