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• New Haven marketing plan receiving stamp of approval

  22-06-2017 23:54
  
  NEW HAVEN —  An initiative to celebrate and promote New Haven businesses is thriving after just one year. The “Made in New Haven” campaign has doubled its membership since it was rolled out last year. It offers city businesses, free of charge, the opportunity to show their pride in New Haven, through the use of a logo created through historical research. “The Elm trees and the water and old signs and fonts that were used on packaging back in the 17 […]
  
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• Former UTC Engineer Sentenced

  22-06-2017 23:52
  
  By DAVE COLLINS   Associated Press
   HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A scientist who pleaded guilty to taking sensitive documents from a Connecticut military contractor to his native China has been sentenced to the 2 1/2 years in prison he has already served.
  Former United Technologies Corp. engineer Yu Long was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Hartford. He had faced four to five years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines.
  Federal prosecutors say that Long’s work at Uni
  
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• Lawmakers to Meet Next Week to Pass Budget

  22-06-2017 23:38
  
  Connecticut’s Speaker of the House hasn’t ruled out approving a spending plan for the next two years before the end of the current fiscal year.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• ALS patients enjoy accessibility at Travelers Championship

  22-06-2017 23:26
  
  CROMWELL —  According to 2016 Travelers’ Co-Chairman and ALS patient, Brian Savo, “this place is very easy, very accessible for someone with a handicap.” And that’s the way it should be. Diagnosed with ALS eight years ago, it left him in a wheelchair with limited muscle movement. “As an ALS patient, you don’t have too many opportunities to get out of the house,” said Savo. It’s the same disease that cut short Travelers’ CEO Jay Fis
  
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• Deadly Shooting On Farmington Avenue In Hartford

  22-06-2017 23:04
  (CBS Connecticut) — A man was apparently shot to death in an apartment at 390 Farmington Avenue.
  Hartford Police say the victim was pronounced dead at the apartment building.
  Investigators announced the death late this afternoon.
  The apartment building is a short distance down Farmington Avenue from the Mark Twain House.
  
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• Rise of Car Crashes in States Where Marijuana is Legal

  22-06-2017 22:56
  
  There has been a rise of car crashes in places where recreational marijuana is legalized, a new report claims.Photo Credit: NBC Washington
  
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• Hartford police investigating homicide on Farmington Ave.

  22-06-2017 22:55
  
  HARTFORD — Police are investigating a homicide that took place on Farmington Avenue Thursday afternoon. Police said a man with a gunshot wound was pronounced dead at the scene in a third floor apartment at 390 Farmington Ave. Authorities were called to the building after getting a call from a concerned citizen around 12:40 p.m. The building is located across the street from the Mark Twain House and Museum. Check back for further details as they develop.
  
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• Man Who Attacked Woman in Windsor Locks Arrested

  22-06-2017 22:13
  
  Police have arrested the man accused of attacking a woman at work in Windsor Locks last week and leaving her in critical condition.Photo Credit: Windsor Locks Police
  
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• Wethersfield woman sentenced to two years in prison for stealing $1.7 million from employer

  22-06-2017 22:01
  
  WETHERSFIELD — A 46-year-old woman was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for stealing $1.7 million from her former employer, a Connecticut-based computer software company. FEDS said Penny Roy used her position as the software company’s payroll manager to process fraudulent expense reimbursements and payroll payments in other employees’ names with the payments flowing into her own bank account. FEDS said “to hid
  
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• Esty, Murphy introduce ‘Green Bank Act’ in hopes to create more jobs in America

  22-06-2017 21:48
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C.– Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Sen. Chris Murphy introduced the Green Bank Act which would create more jobs and fight climate change across the United States. The bill would create a National Green Bank to provide financing to support regional, state and municipal green banks which fund clean-energy and energy-efficient jobs that benefit local communities. A green bank is a public financing authority that uses public funds to finance private investment in clean energy projects.
  
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• Bridgeport bus driver charged with sexual assault to a minor

  22-06-2017 21:27
  
  NEWTOWN —  A Bridgeport bus driver is facing criminal charges after police said he inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl. On February 28, state police said they began an investigation after receiving a complaint of sexual contact between an 11-year-old female victim and a bus driver for Connecticut Transportation Services, LLC. Police said the incident happened on January 25, 2017. According to the warrant, the victim reported the incident to her foster mother that date, bu
  
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• Waterbury Astronaut Rick Mastracchio Retires from NASA

  22-06-2017 21:26
  
  NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, of Waterbury, has retired from NASA. His last day with the agency was June 16.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Report: Hartford firefighter killed in blaze, had alcohol, drugs in system

  22-06-2017 21:18
  
  HARTFORD —  The Hartford Courant reports that a state toxicology report showed that Kevin Bell, a Hartford firefighter who was killed in a blaze, had alcohol and marijuana in his system when he died. The Courant reports that Hartford Fire Marshal Roger Martin, chairman of the a seven-member panel, said they never received the toxicology results. State safety investigators found the city had failed to properly maintain and test the air tanks Bell was using. During the investigation, th
  
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• Police Identify 2 Teen Victims in Orange Crash

  22-06-2017 20:53
  
  Police have identified two victims — one seriously injured — in a crash in a crash on Dogburn Road in Orange Tuesday night.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Who Needs A Break? These Cities And States Leave The Most Vacation Days Unused

  22-06-2017 20:18
  CBS Local– To some, the notion of unused vacation days is borderline inconceivable. But it’s not a rare phenomenon for many to leave days off on the table each year as 54 percent of American workers fail to use all of their vacation days.
  How does it vary across the country?
  Thanks to the folks at Project Time Off, we know which workers from which cities and states are leaving vacation days on the table.
  Washington D.C. is the city that ends the year with the most unused vacatio
  
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• Who Needs A Break? These Cities And States Leave The Most Vacation Days On The Table

  22-06-2017 20:18
  CBS Local– To some, the notion of unused vacation days is borderline inconceivable. But it’s not a rare phenomenon for many to leave days off on the table each year as 54 percent of American workers fail to use all of their vacation days.
  How does it vary across the country?
  Thanks to the folks at Project Time Off, we know which workers from which cities and states are leaving vacation days on the table.
  Washington D.C. is the city that ends the year with the most unused vacatio
  
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• State Democrats Knocking GOP Health Plan

  22-06-2017 20:16
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Top Connecticut Democrats are sharply criticizing the Senate Republican’s proposal to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, saying itwill increase the cost of health care while reducing access.
  Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday predicted “people will needlessly die” under the plan, which proposes cutting Medicaid for low-income Americans anderasing tax increases previously imposed on high-earners and medical companies to finance coverage expansion.
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• Search Goes on 2 Years for Missing Middletown Woman

  22-06-2017 19:42
  
  Almost two years have passed since Nina Coe, a 59-year-old Middletown woman, disappeared and police are still looking for help from the public to find her.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Two Roads Brewing Opens Tap Room at Bradley Airport

  22-06-2017 19:23
  
  Two Roads Brewing has opened the Two Roads Tap Room at Bradley International Airport.Photo Credit: Connecticut Airport Authority
  
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• New Study Denies There Are Health Benefits To Moderate Drinking

  22-06-2017 18:55
  CBS Local– There are seemingly endless studies boasting the benefits of one or two glasses of wine per night on long-term health, but new research is challenging that notion.
  For a new study appearing in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs researchers analyzed 45 prior studies that concluded moderate drinking if beneficial for one’s health, and likely to the chagrin of many, they have essentially quashed those findings. The main qualm the researchers have with
  
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• NBC CT American Red Cross Blood Drive at Dunkin' Donuts Park

  22-06-2017 18:41
  
  The NBC Connecticut/American Red Cross Blood Drive took place June 22.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Meeting Tonight Addresses Simsbury Solar Farm Plan

  22-06-2017 18:38
  
  Simsbury residents who are for and against a plan to turn agricultural land into a solar farm will have another chance to speak out about the project.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fencing Scheme Lands Man Prison Sentence

  22-06-2017 18:35
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to reselling stolen items in a large-scale fencing scheme that prosecutors say cost retailers nearly $4 million.
  Andrew Sacco of New Haven pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of interstate transport of stolen property.
  Prosecutors say the 44-year-old Sacco and another man, Matthew Harwood, purchased stolen goods from shoplifters and resold them online, frequently using false names. Harwood previously pleaded guilty and is
  
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• TK O’Ryan Won’t Be Defined By Broken Leg

  22-06-2017 18:04
  By Chuck Carroll
  TK O’Ryan’s broken leg, as part of Kingdom, was one of those moments in Ring of Honor that every professional wrestler prays will never happen and one that every fan will never forget. The brutality and shock of such a severe mishap leaves an indelible imprint in your mind. It’s painful to watch and even more agonizing for the person you’re watching. Yet, we can never seem to look away.
  That is how much of the wrestling world came to know O’Ryan. It
  
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• New mom says TSA dumped her breast milk at security at DIA

  22-06-2017 17:54
  
  DENVER — A new mother wants moms to know the rules about traveling through airports with breast milk, according to KDVR. That’s after she says Transportation Security Administration officers dumped her breast milk at security at Denver International Airport. The agency has apologized because the officers weren’t supposed to do that. She said her first time traveling with her 4-month-old went smoothly until she reached security at DIA. That’s when some of her breast milk d
  
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• Fashion blogger, model dies after freak whipped cream accident

  22-06-2017 17:52
  
  PARIS, France – French authorities are probing the death of a popular fashion blogger who was killed after a whipped cream dispenser exploded. Rebecca Burger was a fitness, travel and fashion enthusiast with more than 162,000 followers on Instagram. She was known for posting photos on social media and sharing tips on food and fitness. Burger also competed in beauty competitions across the globe. The  BBC, citing French media, reported that Burger died over the weekend after a whi
  
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• Men Stole Cooking Grease from East Windsor Big Y: Police

  22-06-2017 17:48
  
  A supermarket employee spotted people stealing used cooking grease from Big Y in East Windsor Thursday morning and police said they have arrested three suspects.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police
  
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• Pennsylvania son killed father with baseball bat, still on the run

  22-06-2017 17:40
  
  RYAN TOWNSHIP – A Pennsylvania son who killed his father with a baseball bat is still on the run, according to WNEP. Court documents just released detail what happened inside Gary Marchalk’s home on Pear Street in Barnesville, Pennsylvania. Paperwork shows one of the 60-year-old’s sons, Matthew Marchalk, found his body in an upstairs bedroom. Troopers said Gary’s body had severe injuries to the chest and head. They found a bloody baseball bat nearby. “It is very tra
  
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• Senate GOP Rolls Out HC Alternative

  22-06-2017 17:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans have released a 142-page draft of their bill to eliminate much of the Obama health care law.
  The measure would cut and revamp Medicaid, the health care program for lower-income and disabled people.
  It would repeal tax increases Obama’s law imposed on higher-income people and medical industry companies to pay for expanded coverage.
  And it would end the tax penalty Obama’s statute imposes on people who don’t buy insurance _ in effect, en
  
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• 2 Arrested In Theft From

  22-06-2017 17:24
  
  (Wolcott, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Two men are facing charges after Wolcott police say they were caught in the act of stealing car parts from a local garage.
  A little after 3:30 this morning, police say they received a call from a resident about activity at Jim and Sons Auto in the area of 18 Tosun Road.
  Wolcott officers arrived to find the suspects, 43-year-old Jason Geslien and 47-year-old Wayne Conroy hiding in their vehicle with the trunk open.
  Inside, police say they found brake rotor
  
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• Man Assaults, Kidnaps Ex Who Called Him for Help: Police

  22-06-2017 17:23
  
  A woman who called her ex-boyfriend for help when her car broke down in Trumbull told police he assaulted her, choked her, abducted her and hit her with a wrench to keep her from running away.Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area, File
  
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• Potholes are so bad that the sidewalk is now a road

  22-06-2017 17:11
  
  EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO — A road in East Cleveland is so ridden with potholes that drivers have taken to driving on the sidewalk instead. Massive crater after crater fills Terrace Road and drivers say it’s like a maze trying to get around the holes. “I think we as a community just started to live with it and we kind of just gave up,” Tamara Ensley of East Cleveland said. One way they did that was to adapt – but it’s […]
  
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• Judge releases names of jurors in Bill Cosby sexual assault trial

  22-06-2017 16:41
  
  PENNSYLVANIA – The judge presiding over comedian Bill Cosby’s trial has released the names of the 12 jurors and six alternates. After requests from several media outlets, including CNN, Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill decided to release the names, while keeping the jury deliberations confidential, according to a court document released Wednesday. The document states that a disclosure of anything said or done during deliberations “would have a chilling effect upon f
  
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• Dying mother sees daughter graduate college from hospital

  22-06-2017 16:37
  
  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Samantha Parrotte graduated from  Champlain Valley Technical Center twice this month – once with her class, and once in the hospital. Her mother, Patricia, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and a rare auto-immune disease 10 months ago. It didn’t appear she would make it to Samantha’s graduation day, so CV Tech and Saranac Schools worked together and brought a special graduation ceremony to her hospital room. “We got to see it
  
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• Pet of the Week – Star

  22-06-2017 16:36
  
  HARTFORD — Star is an adult, female Tortoise Shell/Tortie. She’s a dainty little female who is just 2-years-old. She came to the shelter as a young mother, a stray, with her newborn kittens. She went to a foster home and was a great mom! Her kittens were all adopted last weekend, and she now lives in the cat shelter. She gets along with the other cats and isn’t skittish – she is calm, and very even-keeled. She would do fine […]
  
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• Heavy Traffic on Day One of Travelers Championship

  22-06-2017 16:24
  
  Tournament play for the 2017 Travelers Championship is underway at TPC River Highlands and huge crowds are heading to see one of the best player fields in Cromwell ever.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Officer’s stabbing at Flint airport investigated as terrorism

  22-06-2017 16:19
  
  FLINT – A Canadian man yelled “Allahu akbar” before he allegedly stabbed a police officer at the Flint, Michigan airport in what the FBI is investigating as a terrorist act, officials said. Amor Ftouhi, 49, has been charged with violence at an international airport, acting US Attorney Daniel Lemisch said in a statement. He had his initial court appearance late Wednesday afternoon and will remain in custody pending a full detention hearing next week, a US District Court official
  
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• Lorenzo Hall joins Travelers business panel to hear students make pitches for $75k prize

  22-06-2017 16:12
  
  CROMWELL –FOX61’s Lorenzo Hall participated in the FedEx Junior Business Challenge on Wednesday afternoon at the Travelers Championship golf tournament. The program  was launched in conjunction with the PGA tour to help empower the next generation of entrepreneurs across the country.   At designated PGA tournaments this season JA students will pitch original business concepts to a panel of judges for a chance to earn a $75,000 donation from FedEx to their local JA chap
  
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• Men Accused of Stealing Cooking Grease from East Windsor Big Y

  22-06-2017 16:02
  
  A supermarket employee spotted people stealing used cooking grease from Big Y in East Windsor Thursday morning and police said they have arrested three suspects.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police
  
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• Heroin Dealer Sentenced

  22-06-2017 15:59
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A man described by authorities as the leader of a major heroin distribution ring in Connecticut has been sentenced to more than 12years in federal prison.
  Wilson Vasquez, of New Haven, was also sentenced Wednesday to four years of probation after pleading guilty in September to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin.
  Prosecutors say Vasquez obtained bulk quantities of heroin, processed and packaged the drug
  
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• Street Will Be Named For Big Papi

  22-06-2017 15:47
  BOSTON (AP) – Former Red Sox star David Ortiz is getting a street named in his honor in Boston, joining the bridge already named after him in the city.
  Mayor Marty Walsh, Red Sox brass, Boston public school students as well as the man known as Big Papi himself are scheduled to attend Thursday’s ceremony.
  The mayor’s office says a street near Fenway Park currently known as Yawkey Way Extension will be renamed David Ortiz Drive.
  Ortiz retired last season after a 20-year major lea
  
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• London Mosque terror attack victim dies from ‘multiple injuries’

  22-06-2017 15:34
  
  LONDON – A 51-year-old man who suffered “multiple injuries” during the Finsbury Park terror attack in London earlier this week has died, British police said on Thursday. A post-mortem carried out at London’s Whittington Hospital confirmed Makram Ali died of the injuries sustained when a man plowed his van into a crowd of worshipers leaving Ramadan prayers in the early hours of Monday morning. Witnesses said Ali, who moved to the UK from Bangladesh at the age of 10, suffer
  
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• Police Investigating Suspicious Fire in South Windsor

  22-06-2017 15:06
  
  Police are investigating a suspicious fire in South Windsor and they are asking anyone with information to come forward.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Bridgeport Teacher Accused of Sexual Relationship With Student Resigns

  22-06-2017 14:59
  
  A Bridgeport high school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student and has been arrested and has resigned from her position amid termination proceedings, according to the office of...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway June 22, 2017

  22-06-2017 14:57
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20-Howard Stoffer, Associate Professor at University of New Haven, served in the Foreign Service of the United States from 1980 to 2005, retiring as a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the Department of State.  He served for seven years as the Deputy Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate of the United Nations Security Council. Stoffer addresses the buzzing of an American Surveill
  
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• Man helps elderly stranger down escalator at a Massachusetts mall

  22-06-2017 14:19
  
  HOLYOKE, MASS– A Massachusetts woman’s Facebook post about a stranger’s act of kindness has gone viral. Paula Accorsi Picard posted a picture at the Holyoke Mall of a man helping and elderly stranger down an escalator. In the post, she said the older man hesitated at the top of the escalator. “It was clear he was feeling unsure and this young man offered the simplest kindness: an out-reached arm and a ‘can I help you on, sir?'” Picard said. “He […
  
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• Family to Sue After Teacher Is Charged With Sex Assault

  22-06-2017 14:04
  
  A family is suing the City of New Haven and the New Haven Board of Education for negligence after a drama teacher was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a student.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/New Haven Police Department
  
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• Court rejects MGM lawsuit as company competes with Connecticut tribes

  22-06-2017 13:39
  
  NEW YORK — MGM Resorts International has lost another round in a court fight aimed at giving it leverage against Native American tribes in Connecticut as they compete over casino customers. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan agreed Wednesday that a Connecticut judge was right to dismiss MGM’s lawsuit against the state. MGM claimed it was placed at a competitive disadvantage. It said Connecticut created a special registration pathway for the state’s two federally
  
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