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4,000 Fighting Rim Fire Near Yosemite, Now 20% Contained

Nearly 4,000 firefighters were hoping to gain more ground Tuesday against the wildfire raging near Yosemite National Park, a blaze that over 11 days has scorched 280 square miles and destroyed a...

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Family Sues Police Over Tasered Teen's Death

The family of Israel Hernandez, the teen who died after being shot with a Taser by an officer, will announce that they're suing the Miami Beach Police Department Tuesday, their attorneys said....

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Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Regulations

Start-up companies looking to get in on the state's new medical marijuana industry have been anxiously awaiting a decision by a special legislative committee. Today, the committee approved the proposal...

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Police Investigating Armed Robbery at Somers Pharmacy

State police are investigating an armed robbery at a pharmacy in Somers. A man with a gun went into Somers Pharmacy, at 629 Main Street in Somers, at 4:15 p.m. on Friday and demanded prescription...

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Half of Fire Island's Beaches Washed Away by Sandy: USGS

Long Island’s longest barrier island lost more than half of its beaches and dunes when it was battered by Sandy last October, according to a federal study released Tuesday. Fire Island, which runs...

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Library of Congress Presents "A Day Like No Other"

Photo after photo, the Library of Congress' new exhibit will take visitors back to Aug. 28, 1963 -- the day of the March on Washington.  "A Day Like No Other" opens Wednesday and features 42...

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Second Home Destroyed By Plane Crash to Be Demolished

The second of two houses destroyed when a plane crashed down on Charter Oak Avenue in East Haven will be demolished tomorrow. A plane from Tererboro Airport in New Jersey was coming in for a landing at...

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Suspect in Wrong-Way Fatal Crash Charged

State police have charged a Hartford woman in connection with a crash that killed an Ashford woman over Labor Day weekend last year. Giselle Garcia, 32, has been charged in a head-on collision that...

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SUV Fled Scene After Hitting Bicyclist in Hebron

Police are searching for the driver of an SUV who took off after hitting a man on a bicycle in Hebron on Friday. John Schaeffler, 42, was riding his bike along the shoulder of London Road around 6:30...

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Ferry to Statue of Liberty Makes Hard Landing

A ferry carrying hundreds of passengers to the Statue of Liberty made a hard landing at Liberty Island Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. None of the passengers required medical attention, though...

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Investigation of Teen's Death Continues as Friends Mourn

There was a steady stream of students at McLean High School on Tuesday afternoon, picking up class schedules for the new school year -- but at a funeral home in nearby Vienna, sadness darkened the...

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Fire Extinguisher Crashes Through Plainville Home

A Plainville man got quite a surprise when a fire extinguisher crashed through the roof of his house Tuesday afternoon. Tom Orvis called 911 after hearing an explosion outside his home at 15 Bartlett...

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Fatal New Milford House Explosion Ruled an Accident

No criminal charges will be filed in the New Milford gas explosion that killed a 47-year-old man and critically injured his son and the homeowner last year. State and local agencies have completed...

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11-Year-Old Prodigy Goes to College

The first weeks of college are a nerve-wracking time for nearly all students, but imagine trying to find your way around campus and meeting all your professors at age 11. Carson Huey-You is the...

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Trailblazer's Home Is Freedom Ride Through History

Decades ago, a northern Virginia woman left home against her parents' wishes to become a freedom fighter. Now Joan Mulholland is known not only as a trailblazer but as the go-to person when it comes to...

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Man Breaks into Disabled Woman's Home, Steals Purse

A man was arrested in Hamden today after allegedly breaking into the home of a 60-year-old disabled woman and stealing her purse while she watched from her wheelchair. Leeander Brown, 46, of Chestnut...

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Watergate Garage to be Demolished

The Arlington, Va., parking garage made famous by the Watergate scandal could become history itself. The Wilson Boulevard building where reporter Bob Woodward met his source called “Deep Throat” is set...

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Flying Fire Extinguisher Hits Plainville Home

By Tuesday night, the roof a Plainville home was all patched up and the neighborhood back to normal, but just a few hours earlier, it was a very different scene. "I was standing in my kitchen, and I...

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Sharks Spotted Off SoCal Coast

Multiple sharks were swimming in the water off Southern California Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of yards away from swimmers and surfers. Photos: Sharks Spotted Near Swimmers The often-feared fish were...

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Man, 96, Writes Viral Song After Wife Dies

Fred Stobaugh, 96, remembered laying eyes on the prettiest girl he ever saw: It was 1938, and she was a car hop named Lorraine at an A&W Rootbeer stand in East Peoria, Ill. Two years later, she was...

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