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• Pet of the Week – Henry

  27-07-2017 23:57
  Henry is a Maltese-Poodle Mix ot “Malti-Poo!” He is almost a year old and is a neutered male. He is a friendly and happy boy. He is young and happy, and gets along with most everyone. He gets along with other dogs, and loves people. He is still very much a puppy and will need someone to continue his basic training but he has a history of living well with other dogs and with kids. In his last home, he […]
  
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• 78-Year-Old Man Reported Missing in Stratford

  27-07-2017 23:32
  
  A 78-year-old man has been reported missing in Stratford on Thursday.
  
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• Team Tony’s Tigers Gears Up for Second Closer to Free Ride

  27-07-2017 23:26
  
  While undergoing treatment, Laura Luzzi remembers seeing the Closer to Free riders from the 8th floor of the Yale-New Haven’s Smilow Cancer Hospital.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• House OKs $1.6B down payment for Trump’s wall

  27-07-2017 23:22
  WASHINGTON —  The Republican-led House has voted to make a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The vote was 230-196. Republican leaders avoided voting directly on the divisive issue Thursday. Instead, they tucked the wall provision into a broader procedural vote. Trump promised at nearly every rally and campaign event that Mexico would pay for the wall. Mexico said no, and U.S. taxpayers will have to provide the
  
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• Cena’s final ride: Marine dog with cancer gets tearful farewell

  27-07-2017 23:17
  MUSKEGON, Mich. — Hundreds of people showed up to a final ride that was organized for a Marine veteran’s bomb detecting dog. Corporal Jeff DeYoung, who served with Cena in Afghanistan before adopting him, organized the ride for his dog Cena last week, according to WXMI. Cena was recently diagnosed with bone cancer, and a ride in an open top Jeep was at the top of DeYoung’s “bucket list” that he made for his dog. For more stories about pets […]
  
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• Whipping post in Waterbury to be removed and placed in museum

  27-07-2017 23:03
  WATERBURY — A controversial post on the Waterbury green that served as a whipping post will be removed and likely preserved in a museum. Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary, met with local NAACP officials Thursday and announced the action. The post on the Waterbury Green had been an unassuming part of city history for decades, but a recent performance piece posted to Facebook drew attention to the fact that it was once also a whipping post. In the piece, a young […]
  
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• WWE: Raw, SmackDown To Eventually Become Online Only

  27-07-2017 23:01
  By Chuck Carroll
  WWE is a television giant. Complete with its flashy presentation and larger-than-life characters, it has conquered not only all competitors in professional wrestling, but nearly everyone else on paid television. This past Monday, its flagship show Raw accounted for three of the five highest-rated hours on cable, with each segment averaging near or above 3,000,000 viewers. The following night, SmackDown Live! was the second-highest-rated show, trailing only Discovery Network&rsqu
  
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• Friday forecast: Partly cloudy, warm, humid

  27-07-2017 22:47
  Scattered showers will continue tonight, maybe even a rumble of thunder through 9-10 p.m. Then some clearing is expected as we head towards daybreak Friday. Friday will be dry with partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions. High temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. We’re watching a big storm nearby Friday night into Saturday morning. At this point, indications are that it’ll stay mainly to our south, but we could get clipped by a few showers or a […]
  
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• Not All Happy With Fuel Charge Proposal

  27-07-2017 22:40
  (Cromwell, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The public will get a half dozen opportunities in August and September to comment on a Comprehensive Energy Strategy released this week by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
  It’s an update of a plan that first came to fore five years ago to study cheaper, cleaner ways to produce energy.
  One of the components of that plan calls for a charge on heating and propane consumption.
  But Chris Herb, president of the Connecticut Ene
  
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• Double Shooting Reported In East Hartford

  27-07-2017 22:33
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – East Hartford police are investigating the shooting of a man and a five-year-old boy.
  The shooting occurred Thursday afternoon in the area of 10 Great Hill Road.
  Police Lt. Joshua Litwin says the two victims are expected to survive.
  Authorities haven’t released the victims’ names or details of what happened. No arrests have been announced.
  
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• Afternoon and Evening Showers

  27-07-2017 22:20
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are forecasting periods of rain through the afternoon and into the early evening hours.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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• Florida man robs bank, then gets naked and throws money

  27-07-2017 22:11
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say they arrested a man who robbed a bank, stripped naked and ran down the street throwing stolen money — a spectacle that he somehow thought would jump-start his career as a comedian. Instead, the FBI says 25-year-old Alexander Sperber is charged with bank robbery. A federal complaint says the man told authorities he parked his car at the bank, made a gun motion with his hand and demanded money from the teller, […]
  
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• 1 person injured in Hamden fire

  27-07-2017 22:11
  HAMDEN — Firefighters battled a house fire Thursday morning that left one person injured. Hamden Fire Department said the fire broke out at 4400 Whitney Avenue around 11:50 a.m. Officials said the male victim was able to self-rescue himself but escaped with burns and smoke inhalation. “The first arriving Engine Company found the homeowner curbside and reported a working fire at the address. Fire suppression operations were initiated and care of the patient was taken over by Resc
  
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• PD: 5-year-old and man struck in drive-by shooting in East Hartford

  27-07-2017 22:04
  EAST HARTFORD —  Police say a 5-year-old child,  and a 19-year-old man were victims of a drive-by shooting Thursday afternoon. East Hartford police said at this time there is an active scene and an investigation is in progress. Police said the shooting happened in the area of 10 Great Hill Road around 4 p.m. Police said both victims have been hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries but the nature of the injuries are unknown at this time. The victims have not been [&he
  
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• 1 person injured following shooting in East Hartford; police investigating

  27-07-2017 22:04
  EAST HARTFORD —  East Hartford Police are responding to a shooting that took place Thursday afternoon. East Hartford police said at this time there is an active scene and an investigation is in progress. Police said the shooting happened in the area of 10 Great Hill Road. One person was injured in the shooting but the extent of the injuries are unknown at this time. It is unknown if anyone else was injured. FOX61 has a crew heading to the scene and […]
  
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• 2017 Mountain West Conference Football Preview: West Division

  27-07-2017 22:00
  Ryan Mayer
  College football season is almost here. As you prepare to root for your favorite team on Saturday, we’ll bring you previews of each conference, separating the teams into a couple categories: contenders, bowl teams, and rebuilding. The tiers are fairly self-explanatory. Contenders means these teams will push for the division/conference title. Bowl bidders are expected to be in the conversation for a bowl bid. Rebuilding teams are in the process of attempting to get into cont
  
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• Man on a mission to explore spots where 3 states meet

  27-07-2017 21:58
  THOMPSON, Conn.  — Brian Butler is a tripointer. The 63-year-old lives in Holliston, Massachusetts, about 20 miles from the Connecticut and Rhode Island borders. That’s where he picked up the unusual hobby of visiting spots where at least three states or three Canadian provinces meet. Butler says he was hiking near his home in the Douglas State Forest with a topographical map in 1998 when he decided to look for the point where the three southern New England states come […
  
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• Search Underway for Suspect in Hartford

  27-07-2017 21:31
  
  A search is underway in the Airport Road area of Hartford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• All Lanes Open on Route 8 North in Shelton

  27-07-2017 21:01
  
  Route 8 North in Shelton was closed after a two-car crash that caused serious injuries, according to state police, but now all lanes are open.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Stratford PD reminds residents to ‘subtract the distraction’ while driving

  27-07-2017 20:52
  STRATFORD – The Stratford Police Department along with the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Office has announced the continuation of the “U DRIVE. U TEXT. U PAY.” initiative– an effort to crack down on drivers who choose to distract themselves by using cell phones while driving. The first leg of this two-part campaign, which took place in April 2017, found that there was a 17% drop in cell phone use by drivers at observation locations where
  
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• Fire in Hamden House Started in Fireplace Insert: Officials

  27-07-2017 20:47
  
  One person was burned and suffered smoke inhalation when a Hamden home caught fire Thursday morning and officials think the blaze started in a newly supplied fireplace insert that is powered by propane.Photo Credit: Hamden Fire Department
  
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• Man arrested on drug charges in Bridgeport in ’15, pleads guilty to illegally reentering U.S.

  27-07-2017 20:45
  BRIDGEPORT— A 36-year-old man will be sentenced to prison in October after pleading guilty to one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien. Luis Manuel Rodriguez Burgos, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1995, according to court documents. In 2005, Rodriguez Burgos was convicted in Arizona for attempted transportation of narcotic drugs for sale and was sentenced to three plus years of imprisonment. He was deported fr
  
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• 2017 Mountain West Conference Football Preview: Mountain Division

  27-07-2017 20:31
  Ryan Mayer
  College football season is almost here. As you prepare to root for your favorite team on Saturday, we’ll bring you previews of each conference, separating the teams into a couple categories: contenders, bowl teams, and rebuilding. The tiers are fairly self-explanatory. Contenders means these teams will push for the division/conference title. Bowl bidders are expected to be in the conversation for a bowl bid. Rebuilding teams are in the process of attempting to get into cont
  
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• New York Assault Suspect in Custody in New Britain

  27-07-2017 19:25
  
  An investigation into a New York city assault case shut down roads in New Britain on Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com and New York City Police
  
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• Sound Off CT: Are The Democrats Out Of Tricks?

  27-07-2017 19:06
  Don Pesci, Red Notes From A Blue State, asks are the Democrats running out of tricks?
  Then, A.B. Stoddard, Associate Editor & Columnist RealClearPolitics, looks at the standoff between Trump and Sessions, which continues to escalate.
   
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Can Scaramucci Redeem Trump’s TV Failure?

  27-07-2017 19:03
  National political correspondent and veteran congressional reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, David Lightman says since Day One, Donald Trump’s White House has failed where he once had his most success — on television.  Anthony Scaramucci intends to turn that around.  Can he do it?
   
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Retail Feeding Frenzy on Front Street

  27-07-2017 19:01
  Greg Seay, News Editor Hartford Business Journal, talks the next phase for Front Street.  UConn’s Front Street arrival has set off a retail feeding frenzy. Learn more…
   
  
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• Ray Dunaway: What Could Go Wrong for Investors?

  27-07-2017 19:00
  CFP® CBS News  Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger is back with Ray. What could go wrong for investors? If you’ve been thinking that stock markets have been pretty quiet this year, you are right.
   
  
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• McDonald’s employee fired after posting ‘dirty’ photos of ice cream machine ‘drip tray’

  27-07-2017 19:00
  LAPLACE, La. — A McDonald’s employee in Louisiana claims he was fired after tweeting photos of a drip tray from the restaurant’s ice cream machine. The employee, only identified by Nick, shared photos of a drip tray from inside the ice cream machine. According to Nick, a restaurant manager is supposed to regularly clean the tray. This came out of McDonald's ice cream machine in case y'all were wondering… pic.twitter.com/DTXXpzE7Ce — nick (@phuckyounick) July 14, 20
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Seizing Fannie and Freddie Profits

  27-07-2017 18:57
  Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and a columnist at The New York Times, has covered the world financial markets for The Times since May 1998. She says the U.S. foresaw a better return in seizing Fannie and Freddie profits.
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• TSA Now Requiring Separate Screenings For Electronics Larger Than A Cell Phone

  27-07-2017 18:35
  CBS Local — The airport security screening process just got even more frustrating for flyers.
  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced it’s requiring “all electronics larger than a cell phone” to be removed from carry-on bags and screened separately. The new rules are similar to the process used for screening laptops that the TSA has had in place for years.
  The stricter rules will apply to common carry-on items like tablets, e-readers, and
  
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• 9-year-old faces charges after Alexa records his voice during break-in

  27-07-2017 18:29
  GLOUCESTER, Mass.  — A 9-year-old Massachusetts boy faces breaking and entering charges after his voice was captured on the Amazon Alexa device he stole from his neighbor’s home, according to The Gloucester Times. According to the paper, the homeowner told police several items were stolen from her home, including an iPhone and Amazon Alexa. The woman provided police an Alexa audio recording on her phone that sounded like her neighbor’s son. The audio recording apparen
  
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• Binge Drinking Down Among College Students, Study Finds

  27-07-2017 18:26
  CBS Local — The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) was concerned with the rate of drinking among college students, so it started an ongoing study into drinking in 1999. That study has provided an unexpected update in July’s issue of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: binge drinking in college students is actually on the decline.
  The study found that the number of college students between 18 and 24 years old who binge drink is down from 45 perce
  
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• Immigrant From Guatemala Fighting Deportation Order

  27-07-2017 18:24
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — Supporters of a Guatemalan man facing deportation are calling on federal officials to allow him to stay in Connecticut while he continues efforts to become a U.S. citizen.
  Joel Colindres entered the country illegally in 2004 and married a citizen in 2010. He and his wife live in New Fairfield with their 6-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter.
  Dozens of supporters marched along Main Street to the federal courthouse in Hartford Thursday morning.
  Col
  
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• Brutality Suit Against Cop Goes To Trial

  27-07-2017 18:16
  GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) – A lawsuit alleging brutality by Connecticut police filed by a man in his 70s is heading to trial.
  Edmund Schwesinger Jr. alleges in the suit filed in 2015 that he was assaulted by a Greenwich police officer during a 2013 traffic stop.
  Schwesinger’s attorney tells the Greenwich Time (http://bit.ly/2v0OEU1 ) the case is going to trial because settlement negotiations stalled.
  The suit alleges Schwesinger was shoved against his vehicle after he was pulled over whi
  
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• Larry David learns he’s related to Bernie Sanders on ‘Finding Your Roots’

  27-07-2017 18:14
  HOLLYWOOD — How did Larry David deliver a spot-on impression of Bernie Sanders on “Saturday Night Live”? Apparently it’s in his DNA. In an upcoming episode of “Finding Your Roots,” a PBS program in which celebrities find out more about their lineage and history, David will learn he has genealogical ties to the senator and former presidential candidate, who he channeled for numerous appearances on “SNL” during the election. David spoke about the sur
  
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• Walnut Street back open in New Britain after initially closed for investigation

  27-07-2017 17:59
  NEW BRITAIN – Police say Walnut Street in New Britain has been reopened after it was initially closed for an investigation. The investigation is taking place near the New Britain Police Headquarters, where SWAT was also on scene. Stay with FOX61 as this story develops.  
  
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• Toddler found unresponsive from meth, fentanyl overdose; mother charged

  27-07-2017 17:49
  GRANITE CITY, Ill. — An Illinois mother faces several charges after her 17-month-old son overdosed on methamphetamine and fentanyl, according to KTVI. Emergency officials found Billie Jean Cottle, 25, and the 17-month-old child unresponsive and showing signs of a drug overdose. “Once they got in the bathroom they found Billy Jean Cottle unresponsive suffering from an overdose. The more disturbing fact is in her grasp of her arm was her 17-month-old child who was also unresponsive. He
  
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• Workin CT: Inside the mind of a LEGO Master Builder

  27-07-2017 17:48
  When Pete Donner started at LEGO twenty years ago, his dream was to be a Master Builder. Two decades later, he is one, putting his creativity to the test every day to make masterpieces like Luke Skywalker from Star Wars Episode 7. Luke is made up of about 25,000 to 30,000 bricks and took hundreds of hours to make with builders crafting it from the computer program to what you see standing here. “On all projects, it’s kind of a […]
  
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• Kahn: The Hall Of Famers Among Us

  27-07-2017 17:43
  By Andrew Kahn
  There are Hall of Famers you maybe never got to see in person for various reasons: Babe Ruth or Walter Johnson, because you weren’t born, Sandy Koufax or Kirby Puckett because you didn’t get tickets when they came to your city. But even if your baseball fandom is just beginning, you have a chance to see Hall of Famers—before they get to Cooperstown, of course.
  On Sunday, Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Ivan Rodriguez will become the latest inductees. Perhaps you re
  
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• Crash Closes Part Of Route 8

  27-07-2017 17:43
  (Shelton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A serious crash in Shelton has a portion of Route 8 shut down.
  State Police say a little after 10:00 this morning, two vehicles were involved in a collision on the northbound side of the highway between exits 11 and 12.
  Police say at least one person had to be extricated.
  The crash is at a crossover from southbound to northbound, police said.
  No word yet on the extent of injuries.
  
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• Motorcyclist in Critical Condition After Crash in Orange

  27-07-2017 17:37
  
  A 67-year-old man is in critical condition after a motorcycle crash in Orange on Wednesday morning.
  
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• 2 Arrested After K2 Bust in New London

  27-07-2017 17:29
  
  New London police said they have arrested two people after seizing synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, Wednesday, and they are looking whether this case is linked to more than a dozen recent possible...Photo Credit: New London Police
  
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• Route 8 North in Shelton Closed After Serious Crash

  27-07-2017 17:25
  
  Route 8 North in Shelton is closed after a two-car crash that caused serious injuries, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 3 Suspects in Car Burglaries Arrested in Old Saybrook

  27-07-2017 17:25
  
  Three people accused of burglarizing several cars were arrested around 3 a.m. in Old Saybrook after fleeing in a stolen vehicle from Glastonbury, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Feds to announce charges for domestic dispute aboard ship

  27-07-2017 17:23
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal authorities plan to announce charges in what has been described as a domestic dispute aboard a cruise ship in U.S. waters off Alaska that led to the death of a 39-year-old Utah woman. The FBI said a suspect is in custody. Princess Cruises says the woman died Tuesday night on the Emerald Princess, which was on a weeklong trip that left Sunday from Seattle. The ship docked in Juneau, Alaska, on Wednesday morning. Few details about the case were
  
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• Dozens Protest to Support New Fairfield Man Facing Deportation

  27-07-2017 17:23
  
  Dozens of people are protesting on Main Street in Hartford today to support of a New Fairfield man from Guatemala who is facing a deportation order.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Excessive force lawsuit against Greenwich police goes to trial

  27-07-2017 17:16
  GREENWICH — A lawsuit alleging brutality by Connecticut police filed by a man in his 70s is heading to trial. Edmund Schwesinger Jr. alleges in the suit filed in 2015 that he was assaulted by a Greenwich police officer during a 2013 traffic stop. Schwesinger’s attorney tells the Greenwich Time the case is going to trial because settlement negotiations stalled. The suit alleges Schwesinger was shoved against his vehicle after he was pulled over while talking on his cellphone on t
  
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• US warns tourists going to Mexico about tainted alcohol

  27-07-2017 17:14
  MILWAUKEE — The U.S. State Department is warning tourists going to Mexico about reports of tainted alcohol causing drinkers to become sick or pass out. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently reported about travelers becoming sick after drinking alcohol at Mexican resorts. In January, a 20-year-old Wisconsin woman vacationing in Mexico with her family died after she was pulled from a resort pool. The State Department has added the warning to its travel site for Mex
  
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• Jury Returns Indictment for Doctors Accused of Selling Drugs to Addicts and Dealers

  27-07-2017 16:56
  
  Federal officials said a federal grand jury has returned an indictment for two Connecticut doctors who were arrested in connection with what authorities are calling the largest ever health care fraud enforcement...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com and the U.S. Department of Justice
  
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