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• DEEP concerned rock snot, an invasive algae, is spreading upstream in the Farmington River

  05-07-2017 23:46
  
  FARMINGTON — Lately, below the Farmington River, lies a slimy problem. A slimy, flowering algae, scientifically called a stalk forming diatom. But it’s more commonly known as rock snot, an invasive algae. It’s now covering 75 percent of the rocks in parts of the Farmington River. First discovered in 2013, the rock snot was contained to the Pacific Northwest. According to Mike Beauchene, fisheries biologist with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, “to th
  
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• Dunkin' Donuts Location at Dunkin' Donuts Park

  05-07-2017 23:45
  
  It's one of the most unique Dunkin' Donuts locations in the area. It's the Dunkin' Donuts franchise at Dunkin' Donuts Park, the Hartford Yard Goats stadium on the edge of downtown Hartford.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Manchester man charged with impersonating officer

  05-07-2017 23:18
  
  MANCHESTER —  A Manchester man is facing criminal charges after police said he pretended to be a Homeland Security officer. On June 29, Glastonbury police said Mark Moran, 46, turned himself into police after an arrest warrant was issued. Moran was charged with criminal impersonation of a police officer and improper use of high-beams/flashing lights. Police said on May 11, Moran appeared at the front door of a residence disguised as a Homeland Security officer. He began questioning th
  
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• Blue Jays Walk To A Win In The Bronx

  05-07-2017 23:10
  
  By RONALD BLUM  AP Baseball Writer
   NEW YORK (AP) _ Dellin Betances forced in the go-ahead run with four walks in the eighth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-6 Wednesday after wasting a five-run lead.
  Justin Smoak and Kendrys Morales hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning off Michael Pineda, who also allowed Kevin Pillar’s leadoff homer in the fourth. Russell Martin tied the score 6-6 with a seventh-inning homer against Chad Green, then walked
  
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• Police: Hartford man arrested after shooting Hartford firefighter in drug deal gone bad

  05-07-2017 23:08
  
  ROCKY HILL — The man accused of shooting an off-duty Hartford firefighter in April was in New Britain Superior Court on Wednesday. According the arrest warrant, on April 20th, shortly after 10  p.m, the Rocky Hill Police department got a 911 call from an on-duty member of the Hartford Fire Department who was were reporting that a fellow-off duty firefighter, Jimmy Ngo, had just been shot multiple times and was in need of immediate medical assistance. Police responded to the […]
  
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• Coffin with child’s organs, but no body, found on Philadelphia sidewalk

  05-07-2017 23:00
  
  PHILADELPHIA, PA – Police are investigating after a coffin was found on a Philadelphia sidewalk with with a child’s organs inside. The coffin was discovered by people walking on West Clearfield Street just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, WTXF reports. Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told KYW-TV that the medical examiner determined that a plastic bag inside the coffin contained embalmed organs from an infant or small child.  “What’s unusual is, inside the coffin –
  
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• Glastonbury PD: Man arrested after an attempt to meet a 13-year-old girl for sexual activity

  05-07-2017 22:54
  
  GLASTONBURY —  A New Britain man is facing criminal charges after police said he tried to meet up with a minor to engage in sexual activity. Glastonbury police arrested Edgar Rosario, 24, Wednesday and charged him with enticing a minor, attempt to commit sex assault in the second degree and risk of injury to a minor. Police said Rosario went to Glastonbury to meet someone who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of sexual activity. The girl […]
  
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• UConn and Mystic Aquarium agree to research partnership

  05-07-2017 22:46
  
  GROTON — The University of Connecticut and Mystic Aquarium have announced a research partnership. The five-year agreement will allow Mystic Aquarium’s researchers to use laboratory and office space inside the UConn Department of Marine Sciences, which is located on the school’s Avery Point campus on Long Island Sound. The school and aquarium say the partnership will provide unique teaching and learning opportunities to both institutions in the study of ocean health, biodiversit
  
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• Former lawmaker, utilities authority chair dies at age 53

  05-07-2017 22:42
  
  HARTFORD — Connecticut officials are mourning the death of Kevin DelGobbo, a former Naugatuck state legislator and chairman of the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. DelGobbo died Monday at the age of 53. His family tells the Waterbury Republican-American that the cause of DelGobbo’s death is unknown and they are awaiting results from an autopsy. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday lauded DelGobbo for his dedication to public service and “to charting
  
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• 44 States Deny Certain Information To Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission

  05-07-2017 21:59
  
  CBS Local — Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have refused to provide certain voter information to President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission, CNN reported.
  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, sent a letter to all 50 states last Wednesday requesting voter information, including names, addresses, birth dates, the last four digits of Social Security numbers, felony convictions,
  
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• Pratt & Whitney Awarded $339 Million

  05-07-2017 21:55
  
  Pratt & Whitney’s Military Engines division has been awarded an additional $339 million to a previous contract to build engines for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Waterbury Man Charged With Hitting Cop With Car

  05-07-2017 21:38
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Waterbury police have arrested a city man on charges that he struck an officer with a car while fleeing from the scene of a reported domestic violence incident early Wednesday.
  Police were called to an address on Mark Lane around 3:30 a.m. As officers approached a black Nissan Altima on foot in the apartment complex, Jequan Love began to leave in a reckless manner and ignored orders to stop, said police. As he fled, Love allegedly struck one officer in
  
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• UConn, Mystic Aquarium Agree To Research Partnership

  05-07-2017 20:54
  
  GROTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The University of Connecticut and Mystic Aquarium have announced a research partnership.
  The five-year agreement will allow Mystic Aquarium’s researchers to use laboratory and office space inside the UConn Department of Marine Sciences, which is located on the school’s Avery Point campus on Long Island Sound.
  The school and aquarium say the partnership will provide unique teaching and learning opportunities to both institutions in the st
  
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• Ray Dunaway: What July 4th Really Means

  05-07-2017 20:44
  
  Dr. Ronald Schurin, Associate Professor in Residence Political Science at UConn, asks what does July 4th mean?
   
  
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• Warrant: Off Duty Hartford Firefighter’s Shooting Was Drug Deal Gone Bad

  05-07-2017 20:35
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — There was an initial appearance before a judge today, by a Hartford man accused of shooting and badly wounding an off-duty Hartford firefighter in a Rocky Hill industrial park. According to an arrest warrant also released today, the nighttime shooting was a drug deal gone bad.
  Firefighter Jimmy Ngo later told police that the man who attacked him was his friend, Jesus Perez.
  Ngo said he had recently stopped a practice of giving money to the other man to help him pay off
  
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• Fatal Hartford Shooting Stemmed from Dispute Over Glasses

  05-07-2017 20:21
  
  A 25-year-old East Hartford man was killed in a shooting in Hartford overnight in a dispute over prescription glasses.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Water Main Break Reported in Danbury

  05-07-2017 20:16
  
  Some Danbury residents were without water service Wednesday morning after water main break on Oak Ridge Avenue in Danbury, according to the mayor.
  
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• Sound Off CT: Problems CT Makes For Local Businesses

  05-07-2017 20:16
  
  Marietta S. Lee, Vice President & Corporate Secretary, has written about her family’s third generation manufacturing business and the problems the state budget and taxes create for the economy and those trying to run companies. The Lee Company has 1,000 employees working in the state and with approval of an expansion of production space will be needing more skilled labor.
  In the second half, Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs Davis Institute for National Security a
  
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• Face CT: Electricity Suppliers & Rate Adjustments

  05-07-2017 20:06
  Aaron Kupec hosts this weekend show with Elin Swanson Katz, Consumer Counsel for Connecticut. She talks with Aaron about the latest on the electricity suppliers and the rate adjustments that are ever changing.
  You do not have to change suppliers if you do not need to… what is the difference between Supplier and the Delivery of the electricity?
  
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• $20K-Worth of Illegal Fireworks Found in Durham

  05-07-2017 20:00
  
  A Madison man was arrested after state police said they found around $20,000-worth of illegal fireworks in Durham Tuesday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Lake Compounce Permanently Closes SkyRide

  05-07-2017 19:46
  
  Lake Compounce in Bristol has decided to close its SkyRide permanently, a spokesperson for the park confirmed Wednesday.Photo Credit: Contributed Photo
  
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• Barn Fire Breaks Out at Scotland Vineyard

  05-07-2017 18:48
  
  Flames sparked at a barn at a vineyard in Scotland on Tuesday, the Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications said.Photo Credit: Central Village Fire Co.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Police issue Silver Alert for 13-year-old girl missing from Cheshire

  05-07-2017 18:38
  
  CHESHIRE – Police have issued a Silver Alert for 13-year-old Junnat Imran of Cheshire. Imran was last seen inside her house in Cheshire around 2 a.m. on July 5. Police said she may be wearing either a red plaid shirt or a teal-colored shirt. Imran is described as being 5’1″ and 90 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Police report that she may be driving to Massachusetts in a white 2011 Toyota Camry with CT plates 968ZWG. Anyone with […]
  
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• Ansonia Man Charged in Fourth of July Shooting

  05-07-2017 18:35
  
  Ansonia police have arrested a man accused of shooting another man Tuesday afternoon.Photo Credit: Ansonia Police Department
  
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• Gary McCord On Greenbrier Classic: ‘Tournament Return Great For Everyone’

  05-07-2017 18:27
  By Dave Shedloski
  This week’s Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is the comeback story of the year so far on the PGA TOUR.
  The deadly flood from torrential rain storms last June devastated the entire region, displacing thousands from their homes and causing countless millions in property damage. The Greenbrier Resort, which actually served as a respite for some of the homeless, didn’t escape. Four of its courses were badly damaged, including the Old White TPC
  
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• Florida woman and newborn recovering from lightning strike

  05-07-2017 18:20
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. — A woman who was struck by lightning while she was pregnant remains in intensive care at a Florida hospital where her newborn also is being treated. NBC2 reports 26-year-old Meghan Davidson was just seven days from her due date when she was struck in the head by a lightning bolt on Thursday while walking with her mother outside her home in Fort Myers. The television station reports doctors later delivered baby Owen, whose condition wasn’t available. […]
  
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• Three-crash on Route 5 in South Windsor snarls intersection

  05-07-2017 18:17
  
  SOUTH WINDSOR – Police responded this morning at around 6 a.m. to the intersection of Route 5 and Chapel Road for an accident that included three cars and a motorcycle. The crash left the intersection at reduced speed for about an hour but was never closed. All vehicles were removed and traffic has since fully opened. The four occupants of the vehicles were taken to local hospitals for non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• Ansonia police make arrest in July 4th shooting

  05-07-2017 18:17
  
  ANSONIA — Ansonia police say they’ve arrested a woman following a shooting on July 4th. Ansonia police said they responded to a shooting around 4 p.m., after reports of shots fired in the area of North Main and Fourth street. “First arriving officers found a 27-year-old male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound to the upper body. The victim was transported to the hospital and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries,” said police. Witnesses on scene
  
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• Man Accused of Striking Waterbury Police Officer with Car

  05-07-2017 18:08
  
  Waterbury police have arrested a man accused of hitting police officer with a car during a domestic dispute early Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Hamden man arrested after charging cops with baseball bat

  05-07-2017 18:06
  
  HAMDEN – Hamden police said they have arrested a man after responding to a call for a “rolling domestic dispute”. On Monday at around 3 p.m. police went to Hamden Park Drive for a call of domestic abuse. When the police got there, a 23-year-old New Haven resident was standing in front of a Putnam Avenue address. The victim was with her two children, ages 1 and 5. The victim told police that her boyfriend, Jonathan Geneste, 22, punched her […]
  
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• Connecticut is Seventh Worst to Start a Business: Study

  05-07-2017 18:03
  
  Connecticut is the nation's seventh worst state if you are looking to start a business, according to a new study from website WalletHub.
  
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• New Haven House Fires Caused by Fireworks: Fire Officials

  05-07-2017 17:53
  
  Fourth of July fireworks sparked two house fires in New Haven overnight, according to New Haven fire officials.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Durham man busted for having $20K worth of illegal fireworks

  05-07-2017 17:45
  
  DURHAM – Connecticut State Police charged a man with illegal possession of fireworks after finding about $20,000 worth of them in Durham Tuesday. State Police said just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday they responded to complaints of a large fireworks display on Pine Ledge Trail in Durham. When police arrived, they said they discovered the exploded and unexploded illegal fireworks. Police arrested 50-year-old Theodore Lynch of Durham. Lynch was charged with illegal possession of fireworks, rec
  
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• Lake’s Residents Keep Holiday Quiet For Nesting Eagles

  05-07-2017 17:36
  
  COLUMBIA, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Independence Day was unusually quiet in one small Connecticut town as residents heeded a request to protect a family of bald eagles.
  Carmen Vance, the first selectman of Columbia, says nobody set off fireworks around Columbia Lake during the long holiday weekend. State officials had warned the noise could startle an eaglet out of her nest before she was ready to fly.
  Last summer, a pair of eagles became the first to call Columbia Lake home since t
  
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• People have some questions about the design of this pool float

  05-07-2017 17:35
  
  People have a lot of questions about a pool float being sold by retailers across the country, according to FOX31 in Denver. Questions like, “Was one single woman consulted about this?” Focus group. This could have been avoided with 1 focus group (of women). pic.twitter.com/C76lv5ji33 — Jillian David (@JillianDavid13) July 3, 2017 Sam’s Club advertises the Aquaria Pasadena Pool Float as having “a fun marbleized design.” Just about everyone else seems to th
  
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• 4 Teens Arrested for Allegedly Having Sex on Cape Cod Beach

  05-07-2017 17:25
  
  Four teens were arrested after they allegedly started having sex at a Cape Cod beach on the Fourth of July.Photo Credit: Twitter: @RendPiece
  
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• New Britain man dies of injuries suffered in hit and run

  05-07-2017 17:22
  
  NEW BRITAIN — A man injured in a hit and run crash has died of his injuries. New Britain police said Gary Sgro, 58, of New Britain died Tuesday from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a vehicle near Myrtle and Washington Streets on June 30 around 2 a.m. An officer on patrol found Sgro in the road. He was unresponsive. Emergency crews took him  to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances […]
  
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• New Britain Hit-And-Run Victim Dies

  05-07-2017 17:13
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – New Britain police say a local man injured by a hit-and-run driver early Friday has died of his injuries.
  Police announced the death of 58-year-old Gary Sgro Wednesday. He succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. Sgro was struck by a vehicle in the area of Myrtle and Washington streets just before 2 a.m. June 30. He was found unresponsive in the street.
  Authorities ask anyone with information on the crash to contact New Britain Police Sergeant Steven Kin
  
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• Man Dies After Hit-and-Run Crash in New Britain

  05-07-2017 17:09
  
  New Britain police are searching for the driver who hit a man and left him for dead in the street.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Blueberry Season Arrives In Connecticut

  05-07-2017 17:04
  
  MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Strawberry season has given way to Blueberry season in Connecticut.
  “People love to eat them just fresh– and then of course you make make pies with them– people like to freeze them so they can enjoy them throughout the year,” said John Lyman, executive vice president at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, where they have acres of blueberries.
  The drought limited the size and shortened last year’s blueberry crop a bit, said Lym
  
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