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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway May 2, 2017

  02-05-2017 15:26
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, claims the hundreds of people gathered at the state Capitol on Saturday were there to misrepresent the immigration issue.
  7:50- Dan Hendrick, Director of External Affairs with NRG Energy, discusses S.B. 106, an act concerning the diversity of baseload energy supplies in the state and achieving Connecticut’s greenhouse gas emissions mandated levels.&n
  
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• Hartford Schools to Hold Hearing on Proposed Budget Cuts

  02-05-2017 15:14
  
  The City of Hartford is facing a $50 million shortfall, and Tuesday the city’s school district will hold a public hearing to discuss proposed cuts and layoffs that are needed to keep the system afloat.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Two Arrested, Heroin Seized In New London Drug Investigation

  02-05-2017 14:18
  
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – New London police say they have seized more than three pounds of heroin and arrested two people in a months-long drug investigation.
  Police pulled over a vehicle at about 9 p.m. Monday and arrested two occupants they say were in possession of heroin.
  Investigators also searched an apartment in the city where they found more heroin, 18 grams of cocaine, more than $6,000 in cash as well as drug paraphernalia.
  Police say 29-year-old Yeudi Lora-Cape
  
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• Which summer blockbuster will win at the box office? Here are the odds

  02-05-2017 06:04
  
  LAS VEGAS – The summer is just around the corner, which means many will try to avoid sweating through the seat of their shorts by taking refuge in an cool dark movie theater and watch the blockbuster flicks of the summer season. Las Vegas movie critic Josh Bell appeals to the movie-loving sports bettors with a rundown of odds for this summer’s major motion pictures. He’s priced out which summer movie will be the biggest hit at the box office – in terms [&he
  
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• Mets Confound Braves

  02-05-2017 04:53
  
  By CHARLES ODUM  AP Sports Writer
   
   
  ATLANTA (AP) _ Michael Conforto homered and drove in three runs, and the Mets scored five times in the fourth inning off Julio Teheran before holding out to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Monday night.
  On the day the Mets placed ace Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day DL with a partial tear of his right lat muscle, Robert Gsellman (1-2) almost blew an early 6-1 lead. Gsellman allowed five runs in five-plus innings.
  Five Mets relievers combined for
  
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• Manny Being Manny

  02-05-2017 04:40
  
  By KEN POWTAK  Associated Press
   
    BOSTON (AP) _ Manny Machado slugged a long homer out of Fenway Park, drove in two runs and made three solid plays at third base in his first game against Boston since a dustup with the Red Sox just over a week ago, carrying the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory Monday night.
  Caleb Joseph added an RBI double for the Orioles, who beat Boston for the fourth time in six games this season.
  In the teams’ last meeting at Camden Yards, reliever M
  
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• Yankees Blue In The Bronx

  02-05-2017 04:25
  
  By BEN WALKER  AP Baseball Writer
   
   NEW YORK (AP) _ Ryan Goins hit a two-run sacrifice fly, the first in Toronto’s 40-year history, to go along with a two-run homer that led Marco Estrada and the Blue Jays over the New York Yankees 7-1 Monday night for their season-high third straight win.
  The crowd of 25,566 was the smallest for a Yankees home game since Sept. 20, 2004, against Toronto in a game moved to accommodate a makeup date. The current Yankee Stadium opened in 2009.
  
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• Search Continues For Suspects In Trinity Frat Event Assaults

  02-05-2017 01:33
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A private college in Connecticut says a number of its students were assaulted by more than a dozen teenagers who crashed a fraternity event over the weekend.
  Trinity College officials said in an email that a group of about 20 to 25 teenagers gained “unauthorized access” to the event at St. Anthony Hall’s chapter house in Hartford on Saturday night.
  Officials say that when students asked the group to leave, some of them were assaulted. No one was seriously
  
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