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A man acting irrationally outside a house fire in Salem was shot and killed by state police Tuesday night, police said.]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:46:14 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/farmington+river+search+edit.jpg
Crews have wrapped up their search for a missing person in the Farmington River after stormy conditions sent a tubing adventure awry, police said.

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The daughter of New York Yankees legend Joe Torre made the catch of a lifetime in Brooklyn on Wednesday, saving a baby who got out of a window and then fell off an awning and into her arms, law...]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:24:27 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/Caffe+BaoNecci+Stock+-+Getty+Images.jpg
Hungry for pizza and a free concert? Stop by the 18th annual Greater New Haven Pizza Fest to benefit The Connection, a statewide human service and community development agency.

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What once stood as a vacant building at 26 Mill Street in New Haven is now ready for businesses to start moving in.

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The Salem man who was killed in a police shooting after his house caught on fire had a troubled past.

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FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:41:23 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/route+2+crash+edit.jpg
A serious car crash on the Founders Bridge in East Hartford injured shut down the ramp from Route 2 eastbound to I-84, according to the state Department of Transportation.

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Police are searching for two men and two women who robbed a man at knife point early Wednesday morning after offering him a ride home from the East Norwalk Train Station.]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:01:03 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/180*120/170695139.jpg
Tiger Woods will miss his sponsored event next week with an elbow injury.

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Police are looking for a man who stole $300 worth of Breathe Right strips from a Rite Aid in Watertown.]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:10 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/handcuffs+hand+cuffs.jpg
Two upstate New York men, one of whom prosecutors say is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to develop a portable X-ray radiation machine capable of emitting lethal doses o...]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:28:43 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/061913+miami+heat+fans+leave+early.jpg
Fans streamed out of AmericanAirlines Arena before the Heat beat the Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

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The Board of Directors of Men's Wearhouse on Wednesday said it ousted the face and voice of the company - George Zimmer - from his position as executive chairman, without stating why. In a statement, the board...

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After two days of humidity and storms, the weather broke in time for the Celebrity Pro-Am at the Travelers Championship. The official tournament tees off Thursday morning.

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Doctors are growing concerned over a new, potentially dangerous way young people are consuming alcohol: smoking it. Chris Glorioso reports.]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:22:29 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/surveillance7.jpg
One Southern California city is looking for volunteers -- to monitor a new surveillance camera system. With Banning, Calif., becoming the latest city in Inland Empire to add a surveillance system, Police Chief...]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:09 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/UTA-University-of-Texas-at-.jpg
The campus has been closed and classes canceled at the University of Texas at Arlington Wednesday due to reports of an armed man headed toward the school. UTA spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan says police...

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The second round of questioning of potential jurors in the George Zimmerman trial was set to begin Wednesday morning. A pool of 40 potential jurors has been reached in the trial, Circuit Judge Debra...]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:41:38 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/Police-Lights-generic-100.jpg
Darien police warned residents to stay indoors and schools were delayed as officers searched for a man with a gun along Tokeneke Road Wednesday morning.

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Sometimes the most effective comfort comes from man's best friend. Rush University Medical Center in Chicago took that to heart, adopting a formal policy that allows pets to visit certain patients in their rooms...]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:38 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/williamsmexico.jpg
It took investigators two years to build a case against a former USC professor who was arrested in Mexico Tuesday, a day after he was named to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list for alleged child-sex crimes...]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:17:46 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/kenneth+palifka.jpg
Kenneth Palifka, 67, of Westbrook, was arrested Monday after police said he asked several people to breathe into a device that would allow his vehicle to start.

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Newly released court papers are giving new insight into the hours leading up to the murder of college student Alyssiah Wiley.

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A Texas snake expert pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to smuggling seven Peruvian snakes into the United States by concealing them underneath his jacket. William Lamar, 63, was caught with the snakes i...

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Coffee drinkers might soon reconsider splurging on 460-calorie Java Chip Frappuccino at Starbucks. Beginning next week, the coffee giant will post calorie counts on their menu boards, getting ahead of...

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Yahoo says that U.S. law enforcement agencies filed "between 12,000 and 13,000" requests for data from Jan. 1, 2013 to May 31 of this year, according to Reuters. Yahoo made the announcement in a blog on...

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Facebook crashed on Tuesday and people took to Twitter to lob complaints, laugh and joke about the outage. Website monitoring site DownRightNow noted that the social network went down at around 9:10

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Filmmaker and oceanographic explorer Fabien Cousteau will spend 31 days underwater in Florida exploring the ocean. Starting Sept. 30, Cousteau will lead Mission 31, where he and his team will live...

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It looks like the world is going to have to wait a bit longer for Rod Blagojevich's version of why he deserves a new trial. The former Illinois governor was convicted in 2011 of 17 counts of corruption...

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The City of San Jose has filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball Tuesday regarding the Oakland A's move to San Jose.

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A Connecticut man pleaded guilty today to a $200,000 investment fraud scheme, the U.S. State Attorney's office said.

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A Montville man was arrested today following the six-month investigation of a gunpoint robbery in Norwich, police said.]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:40:53 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/plainville+crash+edit.jpg
Officials are securing the area after a car plowed into the Peck Spring building at 89 Whiting Street in Plainville this afternoon, police said.]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:15:31 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/cocaine_generic.jpg
A New Haven man operating a major drug trafficking ring was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison and five years of supervised released, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:57:05 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/lew2.jpg
Treasury Secretary Jack "Lewpty" Lew has a new and improved signature – and it will soon be appearing on your dollar bills. Some people, including President Barack Obama, thought Lew needed to improve...

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