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• WTIC’s Closing Bell Stock Report: April 28, 2017

  28-04-2017 23:03
  
  See where the market closed today with WTIC’s Closing Bell Report, brought to you by Toomey Investment Management, Inc.
  
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• Gregorius Returns To The Yankees

  28-04-2017 22:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius has been activated from the disabled list after recovering from a bruised right shoulder, an injury sustained while playing for the Netherlands in last month’s World Baseball Classic.
  He’s scheduled to start at shortstop and bat sixth in the lineup against Baltimore on Friday night.
  He hit .444 (8 for 18) during a five-game injury rehabilitation assigned with Class A Tampa of the Florida State League.
  To clear a roster spot, infielder
  
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• Mets Cespedes On 10 Day DL

  28-04-2017 22:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) _ The New York Mets have placed outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained left hamstring.
  His absence is another blow to a team that has lost six straight, nine of 10 and fallen into last in the NL East. He is hitting .270 with six homers and 10 RBIs.
  The Mets also said Friday they have recalled left-hander Sean Gilmartin from Triple-A Las Vegas. He appeared in one game for the Mets this season.
  Cespedes doubled in the fourth inning Thursday again
  
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• ME Says Torrington Woman’s Death A Homicide

  28-04-2017 20:44
  
  TORRINGTON, Conn. (AP) – The state medical examiner has ruled death of a 79-year-old Connecticut woman a homicide.
  Phyllis Gervais, of Torrington, was found dead in her home last Saturday.
  An official with the state examiner’s office says she died from blunt force injuries to her head and upper body.
  Torrington police are still investigating the case, and say no new information is available.
  The death was reported by her husband.
  There have been no arrests and the death remains under
  
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• Plea By Man Accused Of Shooting Wife In Ellington

  28-04-2017 20:35
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — A man accused of shooting his wife to death entered a plea of not guilty today, at superior court in Rockville.
  Richard Dabate’s defense attorney said he may later ask to have the case moved to a different part of the state, to counteract the effects of substantial media coverage.
  During his previous court appearance, Dabate wore a khaki prison outfit and a beard.  He is out on bond now, and today he appeared in court wearing a dark suit, and with his beard s
  
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• Four Injured In Hartford Gun Battle

  28-04-2017 20:17
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — Four people were sent to the hospital, after a mid-day gun battle on Franklin Avenue in Hartford today.
  Three are expected to survive. A fourth , 34 year old Miguel Claudio is listed in critical but stable condition.All are from Hartford.
  Hartford Police Deputy Chief Brian Foley says a handful of people were involved in the dispute at the intersection of Barker Street.
  “We had a community service officer in the area, driving south on Franklin Avenue” Foley s
  
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• Man Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case Using Fitbit Evidence

  28-04-2017 18:40
  
  An Ellington, Connecticut man accused of killing his wife after giving an account of her death that police say differed from Fitbit information has pleaded not guilty.
  
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• Keidel: 2017 NFL Draft First-Round Winners And Losers

  28-04-2017 18:25
  
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s rare you see George Patton and Mike Tyson in the same sentence. But both once spoke a similar mantra — we all have a plan until the first bullet/punch lands.
  To that end, the 2017 NFL Draft was supposed to be a referendum on the deep pool of defensive talent coming out of college. Instead, seven of the first 10 players picked play on offense.
  We were told the Cleveland Browns, who haven’t been relevant in forever, and haven’t had a great QB since
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Trump’s First 100 Days

  28-04-2017 18:04
  
  David Lightman, National political correspondent and veteran congressional reporter for McClatchy Newspapers breaks down the latest attempt at Obamacare repeal, and President Trump’s first 100 days in office.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: An Interactive Murder Investigation Case Study

  28-04-2017 18:04
  
  CBS’s Erin Moriarty from 48 Hours will hold a free interactive murder investigation case study at University of Saint Joseph on Monday, May 1st. get a preview of this event.
  
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• Being Fired Hurts More, Has Longer Recovery Time Than Break Up, Study Finds

  28-04-2017 18:01
  
  CBS Local– In a perfect world, we’d never be fired nor dumped. No one likes to feel unwanted, under-appreciated and overlooked. But, those two things are inevitable in the game of life; both real life and the board game.
  But according to a study conducting in the U.K., we care more about being fired than enduring a break up, and it takes longer to recover from the loss of a job than the loss of an intimate relationship.
  The study, conducted by the What Works Center for Well
  
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• Win Tickets To WTIC’s Business Breakfast Featuring Jill Schlesinger

  28-04-2017 18:00
  
  Enter to win a four-pack of tickets to WTIC's Business Breakfast featuring Jill Schlesinger of “Jill on Money” on Wednesday May 17, 2017 from 7am to 9am at the Infinity Music Hall & Bistro in Hartford.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: National Drug Take Back Day

  28-04-2017 17:58
  
  Acting Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull discusses National Drug Take Back Day, this Saturday, April 29th.  The Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) are encouraging residents to dispose of their unused medications.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Sen. Paul Formica Talks The Budget

  28-04-2017 17:57
  
  Senator Paul Formica (R-East Lyme), Co-Chair of the Appropriations Committee talks the budget. “This budget streamlines government, reforms education aid to benefit more towns and cities with a new funding formula, provides predictability for towns and cities, and protects core social services for those who need them most,” he says.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: ‘Misleading’ Climate Data

  28-04-2017 17:56
  
  Chris White, Energy & environmental reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation looks at the former member of the Obama administration who claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion.
  
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• Todd Feinburg: When Freedom of Information Costs More Money…

  28-04-2017 17:53
  
  Yale Grad Students are on a hunger strike, and the state is still in a budget mess… is there any way out of it?
  Plus, where does freedom of information come in when it may cost more money?  And of course we take your calls.
  
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• Todd Feinburg: Interview with Dan Klau

  28-04-2017 17:51
  
  Todd is joined by Dan Klau, the President of the Connecticut Council for Freedom of Information, to talk about CT-N and the legislature’s attempt to control what is broadcast.
  
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• Todd Feinburg: Interview with Senator Len Fasano

  28-04-2017 17:38
  
  Todd is joined by Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano to talk about the Connecticut budget.
  
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• Appeals Court Upholds Decision To Block Anthem Bid For Cigna

  28-04-2017 17:16
  
  WASHINGTON (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A federal appeals court has left in place a decision blocking Anthem Inc.’s bid to buy rival Bloomfield-based health insurer Cigna Corp.
  The 2-1 decision Friday upholds a federal judge’s ruling in February that said the proposed $48 billion acquisition would reduce competition in the concentrated insurance market.
  Anthem argued the merger would save $2.4 billion in medical costs and lead to lower consumer premiums. But the Justice Departmen
  
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• Ex-Con Mayor Considers Run For Governor

  28-04-2017 16:56
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut mayor who spent seven years in prison on public corruption charges says he’s forming an exploratory committee for a possible run for governor.
  Democratic Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim tells The Connecticut Post there’s a vacuum now that Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy has announced he will not seek re-election in 2018.
  The 57-year-old Ganim served as mayor from 1995 to 2003. He resigned after being convicted of federal corru
  
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• Connecticut Woman Gets Prison Time For Defrauding Medicaid

  28-04-2017 16:19
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut woman who defrauded the federal Medicaid program out of $1.6 million for bogus psychiatric services has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
  Patricia Lafayette was sentenced Thursday in federal court to 21 months behind bars, to be followed by six months of home confinement and was also ordered to pay back the federal government.
  Prosecutors say the 62-year-old Torrington woman conspired with two others to bill Medicaid fo
  
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• Police: Apartment Maintenance Worker Sexually Assaulted Tenant

  28-04-2017 16:08
  
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – West Hartford police says a maintenance worker at an apartment building on Caya Avenue is under arrest, accused of sexually assaulting a tenant.
  Police say 43-year-old Santos Nunez of New Britain knocked on the woman’s door late Thursday morning, under the guise of delivering a flyer, walked in, tried to get her to perform a sex act— and then sexually assaulted her.
  Police say a child was asleep in the home at the time.
  Nunez faces charg
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway April 28, 2017

  28-04-2017 15:24
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Chris White, Energy & environmental reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation looks at the former member of the Obama administration who claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion.
  7:20-  Senator Paul Formica (R-East Lyme), Co-Chair of the Appropriations Committee talks the budget. “This budget streamlines government, reforms educ
  
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• Death Of Infant In Bridgeport Ruled A Homicide

  28-04-2017 13:58
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police say the death of an infant inside a Bridgeport home earlier this week has been ruled a homicide.
  Police say the boy was found unresponsive in an apartment on Monday. The unit is in a high-rise affordable housing complex.
  He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital at first and then transferred to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died on Tuesday.
  His name and age were not disclosed by investigators.
  The death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy
  
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• Truck Carrying Strawberries Overturns, Closing I-95 North Ramp in Old Saybrook

  28-04-2017 13:38
  
  A tractor-trailer carting strawberries crashed on Route 9 South in Old Saybrook, closing the exit 1 ramp to I-95 North.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Sox Blanked In Boston

  28-04-2017 03:44
  
  By JIMMY GOLEN   AP Sports Writer
   
   
   
   BOSTON (AP) _ Masahiro Tanaka pitched a three-hitter to outduel Chris Sale and earn his first shutout since 2014, and the New York Yankees beat Boston 3-0 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory over the rival Red Sox.
  Tanaka (3-1) struck out three and threw only 97 pitches for his fifth career complete game and his 10th win in 11 decisions dating to last season. Aaron Hicks had two hits and scored twice, and Matt
  
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• No Criminal Charges In Boarding School Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  28-04-2017 01:01
  
  WALLINGFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Wallingford Police say they can’t criminally charge former faculty and staff members accused of sexual misconduct at the prestigious Choate Rosemary Hall boarding school due to the statute of limitations.Choate provided a report from outside investigators this month naming a dozen educators accused of sexual misconduct while at the Wallingford school, whose famous alumni include John F. Kennedy, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Ivanka Trump.
  The Meriden Record-Jou
  
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