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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on May 20, 2012 |
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Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin increased brain function in regions that process social information.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on May 11, 2012 |
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Hospitals that perform expensive, invasive cardiovascular procedures on a disproportionate number of patients are more costly for all heart failure patient.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on May 01, 2012 |
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Reviewing heart attack cases during monthly meetings with emergency medical services and maintaining a positive working environment are two of the relatively inexpensive strategies that can reduce mortality rates.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Apr 30, 2012 |
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Using "random lasers" as a source of illumination in medical imaging equipment could improve both processing time and the clarity of the final images.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Apr 26, 2012 |
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Seasonal allergies may be a sign that your immune system is doing what nature intended it to do — protect you against environmental toxins that are far more harmful than pollen.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Apr 11, 2012 |
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People who received frequent dental X-rays in the past have an increased risk of developing a meningioma, the most common type of non-cancerous brain tumor.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Apr 04, 2012 |
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Problem drinkers who end up in hospital emergency departments are more likely to curtail their binge drinking if they receive physician counseling on the spot.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Mar 16, 2012 |
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Exposure to radiation from cell phones during pregnancy affects the brain development of offspring, potentially leading to hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers have determined.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 22, 2012 |
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When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug's effects, Yale and other scientists have found.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 21, 2012 |
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Presenting obese individuals in a positive, non-stereotypical manner in the
media could help reduce weight-biased attitudes held by the public.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 15, 2012 |
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A worker was killed when he fell off the roof on a job site in Shelton.
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Police in Milford and West Haven are investigating a recent string of armed hotel
robberies.
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Brent Larrabee was sworn in as the interim police chief of East Haven in a
private ceremony Tuesday morning.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 14, 2012 |
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Two high school students were arrested Monday for a recent string of home burglaries in Bristol.
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The town of Griswold has come together to raise money for a family that lost nearly everything in a fire.
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A Waterbury businesswoman is fighting web retailer Amazon.com for thousands of dollars that she says the company owes her.
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A city wide effort to show New London's appreciation of the Coast Guard started a few weeks ago and Monday some of the city's youngest ambassadors did their part.
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A federal judge in Connecticut has rejected a second bid by Yale University to throw out all the allegations in a lawsuit filed by a South Korean university that claims it lost tens of millions of dollars after Yale damaged its reputation.
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Norwalk Police detectives are investigating an incident in which four slugs were fired into an apartment on Chestnut Street Sunday night.
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New Haven police are looking for two suspects after the Five Guys Burgers and Fries at 71 Amity Road was robbed Sunday night.
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The man who saw his three daughters die in the Stamford Christmas day fire is set to take legal action.
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Police are looking for a bank robber and his getaway car following a robbery at the Orange Chase bank.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 13, 2012 |
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Police have identified a man whose body was pulled from the Mill River in New
Haven Saturday.
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More than 1,000 prisoners in Connecticut have never returned after walking away from halfway houses or parole.
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A man reported an attempted abduction Saturday to divert police while he robbed a bank in Naugatuck.
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After going dark more than four decades ago, the Great Captains Island lighthouse is shining once more.
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3-year-old taken in carjacking found unharmed.
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When it comes to chatting on the phone or texting while driving, it's the men who are more often the culprits.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 12, 2012 |
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Police are searching for a suspect wanted for robbing a Tolland cafe on Saturday.
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Two park rangers came across a grisly discovery in the Mill River Saturday: the corpse of a man believed to be in his 20s or 30s.
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A Bridgeport man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed during an altercation at a local club.
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Police are on the scene in Meriden after a tractor trailer hit a bridge Saturday.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 11, 2012 |
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At a restaurant in Southbury, one young, hard-working waiter is being surprised with a scholarship.
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Police are looking for a man involved in the attempted abduction of two 12-year-old girls.
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A good Samaritan generously put up three strangers who were evicted from their Bridgeport apartment after seeing their story on News 8.
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A pedestrian was severely injured early Friday when he was hit by a car at Goffe and Sperry streets.
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A former Granby police captain who pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges is being sentenced today.
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Research conducted at Yale shows that a C-section delivery is associated with breathing problems in preterm babies who are small for gestational age.
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A six car accident closed down one lane on I-691 in Cheshire Friday morning for just under two hours.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 10, 2012 |
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Copper thieves caused an oil spill in Monroe.
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Folks in Naugatuck was frightened for their lives when bullets came flying through their home.
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A man riding his bicycle through an intersection in Hartford is now in critical
condition after being hit by a car.
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Three handicapped friends were forced out of their Bridgeport apartment after
failing to pay rent, but they say they had nowhere to go for help.
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Two firefighters were injured Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in an
East Main Street building.
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On Thursday, New Haven city officials held the first of three job fair pre-
screening sessions designed to boost employment in the city.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 09, 2012 |
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Two Middletown residents were arrested on drug charges Wednesday.
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A man from East Haven will receive presidential honors.
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A local post office has abruptly closed it's doors, forcing more than 200 people to go some place else to handle their mail.
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Geologists at Yale University have proposed a new theory to describe the formation of supercontinents.
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New Haven police have arrested three people in connection with a January stabbing.
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One person was shot and three police officers were hurt in a fight in Norwich Tuesday night.
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Two people are hospitalized in serious condition following a one car crash in Plainville late Tuesday night.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 08, 2012 |
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A 15-year-old Middletown High School student was taken to the hospital after
being struck by a car.
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Police are searching for a missing Hamden man who was last seen on February 7th.
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Tuesday marked the two-year anniversary of the Kleen Energy explosion in Middletown.
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A large brush fire could be seen from I-91 North in New Haven.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 07, 2012 |
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A silver alert has been issued for a 14-year-old girl from Montville.
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A marijuana dealer, known by the street name of "Mama," was arrested Monday in Manchester.
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Police are investigating a body that was found in Middletown Monday evening.
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women.
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After discovering a dead body inside a two-family home, police now say the male victim in his 40s was murdered.
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A teenager was killed when he fell 200 feet from the chin area of Sleeping Giant.
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Two people have been arrested after dragging a state trooper and a Plainfield police officer behind their vehicle on Friday night.
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The state and defense are set to begin picking jurors in the trial of a New London man charged with murdering two women in the late 1990s.
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Police have ruled the shooting death of a 20-year-old Norwalk man a homicide.
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In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 06, 2012 |
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A man was taken to the hospital after falling from the Sleeping Giant in Hamden Sunday evening.
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Several families in Norwalk escaped an early morning blaze at a condo complex Sunday.
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A man was killed after crashing into a tree in Mansfield Sunday morning.
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A local musician, wanted on sex assault charges, was arrested in California Saturday after evading police for nearly two years.
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Connecticut governor: Expect no major changes to budget.
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Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place at a West Haven hotel Sunday morning.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 05, 2012 |
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A coalition of activists is drawing attention to allegations of racism at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.
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A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in Norwalk Friday.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 04, 2012 |
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After Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to defund breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood.
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A New Haven man caught on a federal wiretap was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for distributing crack cocaine.
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A missing baby and her mother were found in a motel in Norwalk just before 3 a.m. Friday morning.
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Firefighters quickly knocked down a house fire on Balmforth Avenue in Danbury that left 14 people without a home for the night.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 03, 2012 |
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2013 trial set in Connecticut police discrimination case.
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A Norwich man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for illegal gun possession.
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The Bridgeport woman who police say caused a nightmarish tractor trailer crash
Wednesday afternoon was on a crack binge.
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The principal of Clinton Avenue School is New Haven was placed on paid
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 02, 2012 |
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The Red Cross is helping two families after a fire in Wallingford Wednesday night.
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A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle in Waterbury Wednesday night.
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Obesity and chronic liver disease can be triggered by a family of proteins that alter populations of microbes in the stomach.
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Police in Derby are looking for a suspect who stabbed a clerk during an armed robbery.
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A pedestrian was severely injured after being hit by a car in Ellington.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Feb 01, 2012 |
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A couple is changing their plans for a proposed 24-hour convenience store in New
Haven, in the hopes that it will make officials and locals more welcoming.
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Hamden police are warning folks to be on alert after a brazen home invasion-type
burglary in town.
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Police are investigating a shooting that took place in New Haven Tuesday
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Police are looking for the suspect who shot and robbed a man on Monday night in West Haven.
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A woman was taken to Danbury Hospital after being hit by a car on Route 7 in New Milford.
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A man is wanted for allegedly taking photos of a woman from under her skirt while at a South Windsor Target.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jan 31, 2012 |
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An Easton farm owner was arrested on animal cruelty charges Thursday.
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A New London meat factory is closing up shop after being in business for 83 years.
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A 40-year-old local woman was arrested after police said she fled from a diner without paying her bill.
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Several ambulances were called to the scene of a school bus crash in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jan 30, 2012 |
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The family of a teen who drowned in his high school swimming pool earlier this month has told officials they intend to file a lawsuit.
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Firefighters responded to a fire that knocked out second-floor windows at 672 Winchester Ave. around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
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The need for emergency food, shelter and relief funds is stronger than ever
throughout Greater New Haven and the Shoreline region.
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A 40-year-old city resident was arrested Saturday on charges he kidnapped and
threatened to kill his girlfriend.
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When Len Gallo became the chief of the East Haven police in the summer of 1998, the
department was in trouble over race relations.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jan 29, 2012 |
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A Middletown man swallowed a bag of crack cocaine, while being placed under arrest Friday.
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Rebecca Kline is planting the seeds of public support there for a community farm that could feed 250 people someday.
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Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in Cheshire Saturday.
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Several hundred people turned out in Bridgeport Saturday to speak out against abortion, however, the message was not well-received by all.
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| Articles from Daily Newsletter on Jan 28, 2012 |
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A man in his early 60s lost control of a Buick LeSabre as he drove up Chapel Street Friday afternoon, sideswiping five parked cars before plowing into a Jeep.
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Tonight a vigil is being held in Bridgeport in memory of a homeless man who fell victim to a brutal murder involving cannibalism.
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New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman announced command staff restructuring.
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A Yale quarterback who chose to play at a Hartford game instead of interviewing to be a Rhodes scholar is accused of sexual assault.
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