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• Norwalk mother fights deportation to Guatemala

  19-07-2017 23:44
  
  NEW HAVEN —  A Norwalk mother who has lived here for 24 years is now set to be deported, leaving behind her four children. According to Nury Chavarria’s attorney, she has been in the U.S. since 1993, when she arrived from Guatemala and filed for asylum, along with her father and brother. She is not being deported for committing a violent crime, but instead for coming to the United States without legal papers. Prior to Wednesday’s press conference, Senator Blumenthal [&hell
  
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• Chip’s Family Restaurant Replaces GE As Petit Family Foundation 5K Title Sponsor

  19-07-2017 23:41
  
  (CBS Connecticut) — The Petit Family Road Race in Plainville has a new title sponsor.
  With the support of Chip’s Family Restaurant owner George Chatzopoulos, Race Director Bob Heslin says the event will now be called the Chip’s Family Restaurant 5K.
  General Electric sponsored the race for its first nine years.
  The conglomerate backed out because it was selling its Plainville facility.
  Last year, GE also announced it would move its headquarters from Fairfield to Boston.
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• Connecticut Business Spotlight: Welcome Wagon

  19-07-2017 23:30
  This week's Connecticut Business Spotlight is Welcome Wagon.Hear the podcast, brought to you by Merritt Graphics – Print Solutions Print Partners. Go to Merrittprintsolutions.com.
  
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• Residents say mice, mold, roaches still a problem in Hartford apartments

  19-07-2017 23:02
  
  HARTFORD — A week after Teri Morrison told HUD officials about mice in her apartment, she says nothing has changed. “Nothing has been done since that meeting. We have not had an exterminator since that meeting. Mice are everywhere, in the bathrooms, in the bedrooms in the kitchens,” said Morrison. Morrison and other tenants of the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments aired their grievances last week about units filled with mold, broken windows, and infestations of cockroaches an
  
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• Best Bargain Deals of the NBA Offseason

  19-07-2017 22:59
  By Matt Citak
  Over the last few weeks, we have seen some serious money get tossed around the NBA. James Harden signed an extension with the Rockets, and is set to earn $228 million over the next six years. Steph Curry became the first player to get the super max, agreeing to a five-year, $201 million contract with the Warriors. Even the oft-injured Blake Griffin will receive $173 million from the Clippers over the next five seasons. While these contracts garnered all of the headlines this summer
  
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• Police investigating after a person was struck by a car in Hamden

  19-07-2017 22:42
  
  HAMDEN — Police said a person was struck by a car in Hamden Wednesday afternoon. Hamden police said a person was struck by a car in the area of 2390 State Street in front of the River Ridge Condominiums. At this time, the extent of any possible injuries is unknown as police are still on the scene. No additional details have been released at this time. FOX61 will provide additional information as soon as they become available.
  
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• Sunny, humid Thursday with temps in the 90s

  19-07-2017 22:30
  
  Some more bright weather is on the way for Thursday and beyond. Bradley Airport has reached 90 degrees two days in a row, and it looks like we’ll do it a third time on Thursday. That would qualify as our third heat wave of 2017, even though we just barely made it. We may have a late evening thunderstorm, but it likely will be around midnight. We’ll be up near 90 in a few inland towns again on Friday with […]
  
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• Twins Bounce Yanks

  19-07-2017 22:24
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Miguel Sano hit a three-run home run, Jose Berrios went strong into the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins beat New York 6-1 on Wednesday to win their first home series against the Yankees in nine years.
  Berrios (9-3) allowed only one run, his fewest in 11 starts, on a two-out single by Brett Gardner in the seventh before being removed.
  Berrios improved to 6-0 in seven afternoon turns this season and helped drop the Yankees to 0-8-2 in their past 10 series.
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• DMV To Temporarily Close Derby And Milford Service Centers

  19-07-2017 22:24
  
  WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles says it is temporarily closing its service centers in Milford and Derby, so that it can strengthen services at its full-service branch offices. The Milford and Derby offices are currently open two days a week.
  “The DMV lines in Milford City Hall have become just too long, and any closure would ripple into Derby where lines are also growing,” said DMV Commissioner Michael Bzdyra. “Returnin
  
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• Milford, Derby DMV Offices to Close Until Further Notice

  19-07-2017 22:15
  
  The Milford and Derby service centers of the state Department of Motor Vehicles will close until further notice starting next week, according to the DMV.
  
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• DMV to temporarily close the Milford, Derby service centers

  19-07-2017 22:11
  
  WETHERSFIELD —  The Department of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday the temporary closing of the Milford, Derby service centers beginning next week. In a release sent out Wednesday, DMV said the closing is in part of their developing strategy which aims to strengthen customer service and help alleviate long wait times in those two offices which are open only two days a week. “The DMV lines in Milford City Hall have become just too long, and any closure would ripple into [&helli
  
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• Water Rescue Underway for Man in Housatonic River in Shelton

  19-07-2017 22:07
  
  Crews are searching for a man who went missing on the Housatonic River in Shelton, police said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 3 Accused of Trafficking Marijuana by Plane from California to Connecticut

  19-07-2017 21:31
  
  Three men accused of trafficking marijuana by airplane from California to Connecticut have been arrested on federal charges.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Police ID body found by the Housatonic River

  19-07-2017 21:23
  
  SHELTON — Police have identified the body of a man who drowned along the Housatonic River Wednesday afternoon. Shelton first responders said the call of a man possibly drowning came around 2 p.m., by the Sunnyside Boat Ramp. Police, Fire, and EMS were called to the scene. Police said they responded within minutes to the scene and immediately went into the water to try and locate the male, but were unsuccessful. “Approximately two and a half hours into the search the […]
  
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• Police find the body of man who drowned along the Housatonic River

  19-07-2017 21:23
  
  SHELTON — Police said one man has died after drowning along the Housatonic River Wednesday afternoon. Shelton first responders said the call of a man possibly drowning came around 2 p.m., at the Sunnyside Boat ramp off River Road. The body was found around 5 p.m. The identity of the man has not been released at this time.
  
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• Watertown Woman Writes Touching, Humorous Obit For Pet Dog

  19-07-2017 21:18
  
  Every pet owner knows their beloved friend is a member of the family.Photo Credit: Lee DiBella
  
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• Helicopter carrying WWE exec Shane McMahon makes emergency ocean landing

  19-07-2017 20:59
  
  GILGO BEACH, N.Y. — The son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon has been rescued unhurt from a helicopter that made an emergency landing in the ocean waters off New York. Shane McMahon was the passenger in the Robinson R 44 helicopter that came down in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island‘s Gilgo Beach late Wednesday morning. The red aircraft could be seen bobbing on its bright yellow pontoons as small boats circled. Shane McMahon is also a WWE […]
  
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• Facebook blames glitch for shutdown of Catholic pages

  19-07-2017 20:35
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is blaming a technical glitch for knocking several Catholic-focused Facebook pages with millions of followers offline for more than a day. Catholic radio network Relevant Radio says on its website that its “Father Rocky” Facebook page went down on Monday and wasn’t restored until late Tuesday night. It says more than 20 other prominent Catholic pages were also suspended. The shutdown prompted speculation among some page administrators that th
  
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• Wethersfield Man Gets Prison For Defrauding Investors Out Of $874K

  19-07-2017 20:30
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Wethersfield man will spend almost four years in prison for operating an investment scheme that defrauded people of more than $874,000.
  The U.S. Attorney’s office says 54-year-old Anthony Sciarra was sentenced Wednesday in Hartford federal court. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud in February.
  Court documents say Sciarra operated AGS Financial, through which he offered insurance, securities and other financial products. He operated the firm f
  
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• Vince & Linda McMahon's Son on Copter in Emergency Landing

  19-07-2017 20:01
  
  A small helicopter carrying two people, including the only son of WWE owner and chairman Vince McMahon and U.S. Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon, made a controlled emergency landing in the Atlantic...Photo Credit: NBCNewYork.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• WWE Exec Among Those On Chopper That Landed In Ocean

  19-07-2017 19:50
  GILGO BEACH, N.Y. (AP) – The son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon has been rescued unhurt from a helicopter that made an emergency landing in the ocean waters off New York.
  Shane McMahon was the passenger in the Robinson R 44 helicopter that came down in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island’s Gilgo Beach late Wednesday morning.
  The red aircraft could be seen bobbing on its bright yellow pontoons as small boats circled.
  Shane McMahon is also a WWE executive. His mothe
  
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• Images Released In Hamden Indecent Exposure Case

  19-07-2017 19:16
  (CBS Connecticut) — Hamden Police release security camera images of a silver, 2-door Honda Accord that matches the description of a vehicle in which a man was riding when he exposed himself to two young girls.
  The images were taken at Legion Field, moments before a heavyset white man in his late 30’s exposed himself to two girls selling rocks outside a house on Maher Avenue in Hamden on Saturday, July 15.
  The man was bald, with a goatee and round-framed glasses.
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• Don't Leave Your Dog in the Hot Car: North Haven Police

  19-07-2017 19:07
  
  North Haven police are reminding pet owners not to leave animals in the car after they responded to several reports of dogs left in hot vehicles Wednesday.
  
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• 5 Burning MLB Second Half Questions

  19-07-2017 18:31
  by Rob Joyce
  The All-Star break is now in the rearview mirror, and the baseball regular season is starting to hit the home stretch. By next week teams will be hitting the 100-game mark, and the non-waiver trade deadline comes at the end of the month.
  By now, teams and players performing above or below preseason expectations are no longer “flukes”. With about two-and-a-half months remaining, here are five burning questions that will go a long way towards determining what the October p
  
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• Trump Admin’s Air War Has Killed 2,200 Civilians In Syria And Iraq, Report Says

  19-07-2017 18:27
  CBS Local — President Trump may have promised to “bomb the s**t” out of ISIS on the campaign trail, but an investigation reveals that more civilians are being killed by American-led attacks than ever before in ISIS stronghold countries Iraq and Syria.
  The loss of civilian lives in those two countries has more than quadrupled since Trump took office in January, according to researchers at Airwars, an independent research group that monitors military activity.
  “At least 2,3
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The ACA, Intact For Now

  19-07-2017 18:18
  
  Senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research Betsy McCaughey talks the GOP’s failure to repeal the ACA. The Affordable Care Act stays intact for the moment… but for how long?
   
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The Latest Union Concession Deal

  19-07-2017 18:13
  
  Themis Klarides, current Republican Minority Leader in the Connecticut House of Representatives, shares her thoughts on the latest Union Concession Deal.
   
  
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• Police Release Pic of Car After Man Exposes Himself to Girls

  19-07-2017 18:13
  
  Police are have released security camera images of a suspect vehicle after a man exposed himself to two young girls who were selling rocks in Hamden.Photo Credit: Hamden Police Department
  
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• Ray Dunaway: AFL-CIO Leader Talks Concessions

  19-07-2017 18:12
  
  President of Connecticut AFL-CIO Lori Pelletier says it should come as no surprise that workers, who also granted concessions in 2009 and in 2011, did so again. “These are people who provide services to the state, but they also are taxpayers,” she explained. “Employees were presented with a problem and asked to chip in — again — and help to fix it, and they did.”
   
  
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• Report: Donald Trump Jr. Is ‘Miserable,’ Wants ‘These Four Years To Be Over’

  19-07-2017 17:57
  
  CBS Local — Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly “miserable” and cannot wait for “these four years to be over,” People magazine reported.
  A source who is close to President Donald Trump’s family told the magazine that Trump Jr., 39, has had more difficulty adjusting to life as a First Son than his sister Ivanka, 35, who along with husband Jared Kushner have West Wing offices and White House titles.
  After the election, Trump Jr. and brother Eric Trump, 33, remained i
  
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• Hawk Found Injured in Hamden is Getting Better

  19-07-2017 17:57
  
  An injured red tail hawk found in the middle of a Hamden street Monday is getting better.Photo Credit: Hamden Police
  
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• Candidates Train to Become U.S. Army National Guard Officers

  19-07-2017 17:56
  
  More than 120 men and women from 12 states, are training this week in East Lyme to become officers in the U.S. Army National Guard.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bristol Man Charged in Southington Fatal Crash

  19-07-2017 17:53
  
  Police have arrested a 37-year-old Bristol man after an investigation into a fatal crash in Southington in March.Photo Credit: Southington Police
  
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• Guilty Plea In Sports Bar Shooting

  19-07-2017 17:33
  
  MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) – A Massachusetts man who shot and wounded three people at a Connecticut sports bar has pleaded guilty to assault.
  The Record-Journal (http://bit.ly/2tq8Tuf ) reports that Erick Gomez of Springfield, Massachusetts, entered the plea Monday.
  He was charged with shooting the victims at Meriden’s Noiise Sports Bar in April 2016.
  Surveillance video showed Gomez firing six shots in the crowded bar after an argument with an unidentified person.
  Gomez was arrested in Mich
  
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• Bridgeport man convicted of gun trafficking charges

  19-07-2017 17:26
  
  BRIDGEPORT — A bail bondsman has been convicted of buying guns in Georgia and reselling them illegally in his home state. The Connecticut Post   reports 29-year-old Mark “Buddy” Williams, of Bridgeport, pleaded under the Alford doctrine on Tuesday to firearms trafficking and illegally transferring firearms. That means he did not admit guilt, but acknowledged prosecutors had enough evidence for a guilty finding at trial. The judge then found him guilty. Authorities say he b
  
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• Another Scorcher with Temps into the 90s

  19-07-2017 17:26
  
  Today will mark the second day of a four day heat wave with inland high temperatures once again reaching the low 90s.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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• Fire at Hartford Barber Shop Knocked Down

  19-07-2017 17:24
  
  Firefighters responded to a small fire at a barber shop in Hartford this morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police rescue Hamden hawk after it was injured

  19-07-2017 16:53
  
  HAMDEN — An animal control officer (ACO) rescued a hawk in Hamden Monday after it injured its wing. ACO responded that morning to the area of Shepard and Sherman Avenue. There were reports saying an injured red-tail hawk was standing in the middle of the street. The officer said he was able to secure the bird and that it’s wing was seriously injured. The hawk was taken right away to “A Place Called Hope” in Killingworth. The Hamden Animal Control […]
  
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• Cooling Centers Open in Connecticut

  19-07-2017 16:47
  
  With temperatures expected to soar past 90 degrees the next few days, cities and towns are opening cooling centers.Photo Credit: Getty Images/EyeEmThis 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 Warn Of Uptick In Vehicle Thefts, Burglaries

  19-07-2017 16:38
  SUFFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Lock it, or lose it. That’s the message from Suffield police, who are urging vehicle owners to ensure they don’t become an easy target for criminals by leaving their vehicles unlocked, or valuables or the keys inside.
  Suffield and Manchester police recently convened a meeting of around 40 investigators from law enforcement agencies in Greater Hartford, to share intelligence on vehicle thefts and burglaries– which authorities say are on
  
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• Sun’s Miller To Coach WNBA East Stars

  19-07-2017 16:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Connecticut’s Curt Miller will replace New York’s Bill Laimbeer as coach of the East in the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday.
  Laimbeer cited personal reasons for his decision not to coach the game in Seattle.
  His wife contracted a virus on a recent trip to Africa and hasn’t fully recovered.
  With the Liberty on the road for nearly two weeks after the All-Star break, Laimbeer would have had no time to spend with her.
  Miller will be coaching in his first All-St
  
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• Statewide police effort leads to arrests in Suffield car theft spree

  19-07-2017 16:14
  
  SUFFIELD –Through mutual help between departments, police have arrested two boys believed to be responsible for car thefts in Suffield. Police say that they had been investigating a string of car thefts between May 23 and June 3. On June 27, detectives arrested a sixteen year-old boy after they saw him driving a stolen car from Suffield in the Hartford’s south end.  They had been helping Suffield police and were able to later return the stolen car to its owner. A […]
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Presidential Commission on Election Integrity meets for 1st time

  19-07-2017 15:41
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C — On Wednesday at the DNC voting rights commission held a press conference just before the Commission on Election Integrity met for first time. Members of the DNC Commission include Let America Vote President Jason Kander, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and Reps. Terri Sewell, Joaquin Castro, Grace Meng and Gwen Moore, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Colorado House Spe
  
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• Presidential Commission on Election Integrity meets for 1st time

  19-07-2017 15:41
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C — On Wednesday at the DNC voting rights commission held a press conference just before the Commission on Election Integrity met for first time. Members of the DNC Commission include Let America Vote President Jason Kander, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and Reps. Terri Sewell, Joaquin Castro, Grace Meng and Gwen Moore, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Colorado House Spe
  
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• DNC voting rights commission holds press conference

  19-07-2017 15:41
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C — On Wednesday at the DNC voting rights commission will hold a press conference as the Commission on Election Integrity meets for first time. Members of the DNC Commission include Let America Vote President Jason Kander, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and Reps. Terri Sewell, Joaquin Castro, Grace Meng and Gwen Moore, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Colorado House Speak
  
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• Starbucks embraces its status as jargon king

  19-07-2017 15:30
  
  LONDON (CNNMoney) — What do you do when you get called out for your bull****? At Starbucks, you embrace the accusation. Newspaper columnist Lucy Kellaway — who has campaigned against corporate jargon for 25 years in the pages of the Financial Times — last week accused Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz of being “a champion in the bull**** space.” The dig was especially high profile because Kellaway said it was her final column on the subject. Much of the br
  
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• Audi ad likening women to used cars in China backfires

  19-07-2017 15:21
  
  HONG KONG (CNNMoney) — An Audi commercial equating women to used cars has riled up consumers in China. The Chinese commercial opens with a young couple on the cusp of getting married, when the groom’s mother suddenly interrupts the ceremony to inspect the bride. After yanking the bride’s nose and ears, and prying open her jaw to inspect her teeth, the mom appears satisfied and gives the couple the okay. She casts one last disapproving look at the bride’s chest […]
  
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• For 4 Life Sentences for Bizarre Fake Bomb Bank Robbery

  19-07-2017 15:20
  
  A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for a home invasion and botched robbery that ended with a fake bomb strapped to an executive at a New Britain, Connecticut, bank in 2015.Photo Credit: WBIR
  
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• Frontier Airlines is doubling in size

  19-07-2017 15:14
  
  SEATTLE (CNNMoney) — Ultra-low cost carrier Frontier Airlines is doubling in size. The expansion, announced Tuesday, will add 21 new cities and 85 new routes to the airline’s network. By the summer of 2018, Frontier will operate 314 non-stop flights. That’s double what it flies today. “These new flights will allow us to serve even more of America and make flying a truly affordable option,” said chief executive Barry Biffle in a statement. Sunny locales like Tampa, M
  
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• 2 new Harry Potter books set to be published in October

  19-07-2017 15:08
  
  LONDON (AP) — Two new books from the Harry Potter universe are set to be released as part of a British exhibition that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the series. The British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition, “A History of Magic,” opens in October and runs through February 2018. In an earnings statement released Tuesday, British publishing house Bloomsbury revealed that two new Potter books will be released in conj
  
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