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1 in 3 Seniors Dies with Alzheimer's or Other Dementia

A new report from the Alzheimer's Association has some shocking and sobering statistics on the disease that has no cure. Right now, some 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and that number is...

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Malloy Issues Statement After Assault Weapons Ban Exclusion

Governor Dannel P. Malloy has issued a statement  today regarding the exclusion of the assault weapons ban in the gun control legislation that is pending before the U.S. Senate.   “While I'm...

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After 13 Years in Prison, Man Found Innocent of Crime

A Los Angeles man who served 13 years of a 27-years-to-life prison sentence for a crime a judge and the California Innocence Project said he didn’t commit was released from custody on Tuesday. Daniel...

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New CT Snowfall Record May Have Been Set

New numbers from the National Weather Service indicate that Ansonia may have set a state record snowfall from the February blizzard. Some neighbors recorded time lapse video as the snow fell to...

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Neighborhood Block Watch Catches New Haven Criminals

Any time there's suspicious activity around the East Rock section of New Haven, the SoHu Neighborhood Association is on the case and makes sure police are too. "They can't be here at all times so...

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East Hampton Man Killed in Salem Crash

A 55-year-old East Hampton man was killed in a crash on Route 85 in Salem on Wednesday. Police said Richard Banning was driving southbound on Route 85 in the area of Skyline Drive just before 7 a.m.,...

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Too-Sheer Lululemon Yoga Pants Pulled From Shelves

The popular, high-end yoga clothing company Lululemon took a sizeable hit in the stock market after it yanked yoga pants from shelves over the weekend, saying the pants were too see-through to meet...

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Sheriff Seeks to Replace Jail Cells With Classrooms

The gutting of Men's Central Jail cells to be replaced with inmate classrooms is one element of a dramatic re-envisioning of the Los Angeles County jail system as proposed by Sheriff Lee Baca. During...

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$3 Garage Sale Bowl Sells for $2.2M

A family from New York didn’t know it then, but they essentially hit a jackpot when they picked up a Chinese ceramic bowl at a garage sale for $3 back in 2007, The Associated Press reported. On...

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Fire Damages Torrington Apartment Building

Fire damaged an apartment building in Torrington Wednesday morning. The fire started in the kitchen of one of the units in a four-unit apartment building at 222 North Elm Street, according to fire...

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Are Politics Behind Obama's NCAA Bracket?

Now that he's safely into his second term, President Barack Obama ought to show some gratitude through his 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket. That's one theory, anyway. Whether Obama allows...

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Police Issue Alert for Danbury Teen

Danbury police have issued an alert for a 16-year-old girl who was last seen today. Domenica Jeton was last seen on Wednesday morning with her boyfriend, Jonathon Rubio, police said. She was wearing a...

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Old Saybrook Man Charged With Attempted Murder

An Old Saybrook man has been charged with kidnapping his wife, trying to kill her, as well as arson, assault and other charges in connection with a fire inside his house at 19 Beaver Dam Trail. Glenn...

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UConn Scholarship Fund for Sandy Hook Survivors Raises $1M

The memorial scholarship fund that UConn has created to help the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School who survived the tragedy has grown to in excess of $1 million over the last three months. The...

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Privacy Advocates: Don't Give Your ZIP Code at Stores

Giving out your ZIP code at the cash register may seem like a harmless move to help retailers figure out where to open a new location. But experts say it could leave consumers hit with a barrage of...

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High School Bans AXE Body Spray

A Pennsylvania high school principal is asking students not to use a popular body spray after a teen was hospitalized over an “extreme allergy.” The Freedom High School freshman was taken from the...

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School Closings Weigh Heavily on Special Needs Families

Julia Novak, a sixth-grade special education student from Chicago, has been through three public schools in four years. The first school could not accommodate her physical disability. The second could...

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Man Hurt in Norwalk Fire

One man was taken to Norwalk Hospital after a garage fire at 42 Woodward Ave. in Norwalk on Wednesday morning. Crews received several calls reporting that there was a fire and someone was burned....

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Anti-Gay Church Gets Gay Pride House Across the Street

A newly renovated house across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church will have its flock seeing red...and orange and yellow and green. A gay rights center moved into a house across the street...

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Church Burglary Suspects Arrested

Bristol police were searching for a missing person on Wednesday afternoon when they came upon a church burglary and arrested two brothers suspected of stealing from a church. Police were in the Summer...

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