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Springer Gets Call To Bigs
HOUSTON (CBS Connecticut/AP) - Prized prospect and former UConn standout George Springer says he will join the Houston Astros from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The 24-year-old outfielder from...
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Body Found By Highway Is Missing Mass. Boy
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) _ The body of a small boy apparently cast off the side of a highway has been confirmed as a missing 5-year-old, authorities said Saturday. The body found Friday off Interstate 190...
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New Britain Murder
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) _ New Britain police have made an arrest in a murder that happened overnight Friday into Saturday. A city man, Luis Velez, 41, has been charged with the murder of a...
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New Britain Dad of Dead Boy, 5, Apologizes for Not Saving Him
By AMY CRAWFORD Associated Press FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) _ The father of a 5-year-old boy who was missing for months before his body was found by the side of a highway apologized at his funeral Saturday,...
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New Britain Senior Apartment Complex Opens
(New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) - The city of New Britain is taking the wraps off a new senior apartment complex. There’s a ceremony later today for The Jefferson, a $14 million facility located...
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Jury Selection Underway In Case Of Sneaker Shooting
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) _ Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a Meriden man accused of gunning down a teenager in New Britain over a pair of shoes. The Record-Journal of Meriden reports...
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Search for a Killer Underway in New Britain
(NEW BRITAIN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) - Police in New Britain are investigating a Saturday night homicide. A woman in her forties was found in the road near the intersection of Lafayette and Beaver...
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Arrest Made in Weekend Murder
(NEW BRITAIN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – New Britain Police have made an arrest in the Saturday night stabbing death of a woman found near the intersection of Lafayette Street and Beaver Street. 22 year...
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Sentencing Set For Connecticut Hospital Shooter
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) _ A New Britain man faces sentencing for shooting two supervisors at a city hospital in 2012. Sixty-six-year-old Victor Valcarcel pleaded guilty to felony assault charges in...
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New Britain Couple Accused Of Abusing Young Girl
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) _ A New Britain couple is accused of sexually abusing a young girl more than 200 times over a three-year span and forcing her to watch them have sex. The New Britain Herald...
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Seat Belt Stop Leads to Drug Arrest
(BRISTOL,Conn./CBS Connecticut) - Bristol Police conducting a click-it or ticket enforcement arrested a New Britain man on drug and weapons charges Saturday evening at North Main Street and...
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New Britain Deputy Fire Chief Dies
New Britain, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) - New Britain Deputy Fire Chief David Fiori has died. The death was confirmed Monday afternoon by Fire Chief Thomas Ronalter. Fiori suffered a medical problem in...
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Technical High School Students Detail Energy Use
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) _ Students in five Connecticut technical high schools are set to present findings and recommendations from a year-long investigation of the environmental impact of their...
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New Britain Mayor: Rock Cats Not Leaving
(CBS Connecticut) – New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart says there is no truth to reports that the Rock Cats are moving to Hartford. “I have a very close relationship with the management of the Rock Cats,...
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9 Years for Man in Fatal Assault
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) _ Lengthy jail time for a Cheshire man in a fatal drunken assault at a Bristol park. Johnnie Vail, 24, was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday at New Britain...
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Hartford Officials Say Deal In Place To Move Cats
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Hartford city official says a deal is in place that would move the minor league New Britain Rock Cats about 18 miles north to the capital city. Hartford Councilman Ken Kennedy...
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Segarra Welcomes Rock Cats To Hartford
(CBS Connecticut) — As widely rumored, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra announced at noontime that the New Britain Rock Cats will move to Hartford, starting in 2016. The mayor said he made the move to...
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Names Released In Newington Accident
(Newington, Conn./CBS Connecticut) - Police in Newington have released the names of those involved in a pedestrian accident in town Tuesday. The victims have been identified as 18-year-old Jerry...
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Crash Kills One , Critically Injures Another
(NEW BRITAIN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) - A car slammed into a utility pole then a U.S.Mail delivery truck on Slater Road at Candlewood Road in New Britain Thursday morning, killing the driver , a 36...
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Professor: Stadium Economic Benefits Usually Overstated
(CBS Connecticut) - A professor who studies the sports business rejects Hartford’s jobs estimates for a planned stadium for the Rock Cats. Smith College Economics Professor Andrew Zimbalist says the...
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