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• Days Inn Offers $10K Summer Job Taking Pictures Around The U.S.

  01-05-2018 23:07
  CBS Local — Looking to travel this summer and take some great pictures? A hotel chain is looking to pay one lucky traveler $10,000 to be their “sun-tern” for a month and take as many sun-drenched photos as they can.
  The Details:Days Inn by Wyndham is hiring one person to travel the U.S. to take pictures for a month
  The summer internship pays a stipend of $10,000 with travel expenses covered
  The pictures will be featured on the Days Inn website and social media accountsDays
  
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• New Haven Murder Suspect Arrested in North Carolina

  01-05-2018 23:02
  
  A New Haven murder suspect has been arrested in North Carolina.Photo Credit: New Haven Police Department/NBC Connecticut
  
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• Couple Saves Pit Bull Shot In The Head Twice, Left For Dead

  01-05-2018 22:15
  ST. JOSEPH, MO (CBS Local) – A pit bull is fighting for her life after someone shot the dog twice in the head and left her in the woods. Luckily, a Missouri couple’s quick thinking and pleas for help on social media saved the dog before it was too late.
  The Details:A female pit bull named Lagertha was shot twice in the head on April 26
  A Missouri family found the dog and saved her from bleeding to death
  A nearby animal clinic took the dog in after the family’s pleas for he
  
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• Body Found in Car Near St. Martha's Church in Enfield

  01-05-2018 21:58
  
  Enfield police are investigating after a male body was found near St. Martha’s Church Tuesday morning.
  
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• Peter Dinklage to Star in Musical in Chester This Summer

  01-05-2018 21:25
  
  Peter Dinklage will be in Connecticut this summer to star in a musical in Chester.Photo Credit: Jason Merritt and Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
  
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• West Hartford Convenience Store Robbed at Gunpoint

  01-05-2018 21:20
  
  A West Hartford convenience store was robbed at gunpoint late Monday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Wave Of Huge Alligators Wreaking Havoc Across Southern States

  01-05-2018 20:57
  FLORIDA (CBS Local) – Alligator sightings are a common thing if you live in the south, but a wave of the monstrous creatures made their presence felt over the final weekend in April. Several residents in Florida and Texas were sent into a panic as large gators stopped traffic, invaded porches, and even approached a Target store over the weekend.
  The Details:Several large alligators were spotted in Florida and Texas over the last weekend of April
  A gator stopped traffic in Texas on U.S
  
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• Career Expo Teaches Local Kids About Opportunities

  01-05-2018 20:34
  
  High school students from Middlesex County learned all about career opportunities right here at home Tuesday when they went to Wesleyan University.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Middlesex County High School Students Learn About Opportunities at Career Expo

  01-05-2018 20:33
  
  High school students from Middlesex County learned all about career opportunities right here at home Tuesday when they went to Wesleyan University.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Posing as Flower Delivery Person Steals from Senior Citizens: Police

  01-05-2018 20:26
  
  A man is accused of posing as a contractor or flower delivery person to get into senior living facilities, then stealing from senior citizens, according to state police, and authorities are trying to identify...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Children Who Play Football Before Age 12 Show CTE-Related Symptoms Much Sooner

  01-05-2018 19:09
  (CBS Local)— A new study published in Annals of Neurology found kids who start playing tackle football before age 12 will, on average, develop cognitive and emotional symptoms associated with the degenerative brain disease CTE much earlier than those who start later. One California family whose son began playing football at 9 years old is blaming the sport for his early death.
  “I loved my son. He was just a wonderful kid,” an emotional Gregory Ransom told CBS New
  
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• New Haven Firefighter on Leave After Assault Charges

  01-05-2018 19:05
  
  A New Haven firefighter who is accused of assaulting his girlfriend in Hamden has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested and charged.Photo Credit: Hamden Police
  
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• West Hartford Considers Later School Start Times

  01-05-2018 18:58
  
  Tonight, the West Hartford Board of Education will review the final presentation explaining the benefits, costs, and effects of delaying school start times across the district. The presentation will focus on howPhoto Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Teens Smash Stolen Car During Crash in Fairfield: Police

  01-05-2018 18:57
  
  Two 17-year-old Bridgeport boys crashed a stolen car in Fairfield Tuesday morning and were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries, according to police.Photo Credit: Fairfield PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man Tried To Drown Himself, Now Suing Police Who Saved His Life

  01-05-2018 18:38
  FAIRFAX, VA (CBS Local) – A Virginia pool worker, who tried to drown himself during a bipolar episode, is now suing the police officers and lifeguard who saved him because they allegedly took too long to do it.
  The Details:Mateusz Fijalkowski is suing police for taking too long to save his life
  Fijalkowski tried to drown himself in May 2016 during a bipolar episode
  Fairfax police say they acted properly and call the lawsuit “frivolous”
  Fijalkowski wants the officers w
  
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• Two entrepreneurial juniors from Tolland High School start Kelghan Soap Company

  01-05-2018 18:15
   
  HARTFORD —  The Kelghan Soap Company has evolved into a successful business for two entrepreneurial juniors from Tolland High School.   Tasked with researching any topic of their choice for a 7th grade school project back in 2014, Kelsey Leach and Meghan Myles stumbled upon soap making and were hooked.  They first started selling their handmade soaps,  made with natural, eco-friendly ingredients in milk carton molds,  to friends, classmates and teacher
  
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• Netanyahu says he has proof of secret Iranian nuclear program

  01-05-2018 18:15
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  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has evidence Iranian officials were “brazenly lying” when they said Iran wasn’t pursuing nuclear weapons and that the Islamic republic is keeping an “atomic archive” at a secret compound.
  “Tonight, I’m here to tell you one thing: Iran lied — big time,” Netanyahu said late Monday during an address from the Israel Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.
  Calling it one of the greatest achievemen
  
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• Guitar legend Gibson seeks bankruptcy protection

  01-05-2018 18:14
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The maker of the Gibson guitar, omnipresent for decades on the American rock ‘n’ roll stage, is filing for bankruptcy protection after wrestling for years with debt.
  Gibson guitars have been esteemed by generations of guitar legends. After Chuck Berry died, his beloved cherry-red Gibson guitar was bolted to the inside of his coffin lid. David Bowie favored the 1989 Gibson L4 when he fronted Tin Machine. Slash swears by them.
  A pre-negotiated reorganization pl
  
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• Facebook Asks Users, ‘Does This Post Contain Hate Speech?’

  01-05-2018 18:09
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (CBS) — Is Facebook stepping up its efforts to combat hate speech?
  On Tuesday morning, many users reported seeing a prompt beneath every Facebook post on their News Feed asking if the post contained hate speech.
  The Facebook note about hate speech (Screengrab from Facebook.com)
  Some noted that it appeared to be a bug on Facebook’s part, offering “test” options to people who clicked yes. The message apparently disappeared for many Facebook users within a
  
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• Another ‘Pizza Rat’ spotted dragging slice across subway floor

  01-05-2018 17:42
  Pizza Rat is back!
  A subway rodent was once again spotted with a full slice of cheese pizza at a Manhattan train station, online video of the occurrence showed Fox News reports.
  Footage posted to Instagram by user @michaelcourant shows the rat tugging the filthy slice down the middle of the subway tracks on the 6 line at the Lexington Avenue-59th Street station.“I JUST SAW PIZZA RAT! I repeat: I JUST SAW PIZZA RAT! Lexington Ave./59th Street on the downtown 6 track #Blessed,&rdqu
  
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• Leaderboard: The Fuzzy Math Of Zurich Classic’s Team Format

  01-05-2018 17:39
  By Dan Reardon
  Sometimes the math doesn’t work out. Sometimes you write the equation and plug in the number,s but you don’t get the answer you anticipated. That’s what happened in New Orleans at the Zurich Classic.
  The second-year team format, and the days switching between Foursome and Fourball attracted one of the best “name” fields in recent tournament history. All four current major winners were on the roster. U.S. Open Champion Brooks Koepka was back in action
  
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• Warm Weather Finally Arrives

  01-05-2018 17:24
  
  After a chilly April, warmer weather is here for May.
  
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• Woman Accused of Falsely Reporting Carjacking in North Haven

  01-05-2018 17:21
  
  A New Haven woman who told police that she was carjacked after a crash in North Haven last month is accused of making the ordeal up and has been arrested.Photo Credit: North Haven Police
  
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• Troubleshooters: 'At a Price' Investigation

  01-05-2018 17:20
  
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• Good Samaritans, ROTC members help victims of firey crash in California

  01-05-2018 17:13
  LOS ANGELES — Four people were injured, two critically, after a big rig and car crashed on the 405 freeway in California, KTLA reports.
  Video showed Good Samaritans along with ROTC member sfrom UCLA helping the victims of the crash as rescue crews arrived.
  The crash happened when a truck carrying concrete collided with a vehicle on the northbound 405 freeway on Monday, according to CHP.
  Video from the scene shows a car crushed underneath the truck, which had overturned near the center divi
  
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• Report: NFL Not Considering Eliminating Kickoffs This Season

  01-05-2018 17:04
  Ryan Mayer
  In the NFL’s continuing quest to make the game safer, many rules changes have been made, and a number of other ideas have been considered. One that has been gaining more steam in the last several years is the idea of eliminating the kickoff. The play has been a part of the sport since its inception, but recent data has suggested that players get injured at a higher rate on kickoffs than they do on other plays. Despite that, league executive vice president, Troy Vincent, told rep
  
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• Gov. Malloy announces long-term partnership with General Dynamics Electric Boat

  01-05-2018 16:57
  GROTON — Governor Malloy announced today a partnerhsip with General Dynamics Electric Boat that aims at helping the company bring nearly 1,900 jobs to the state by 2034.
  The Governor’s office says that the state’s investment will allow EB to maintani its position as the highest-quality provider of submarines to the U.S. Navy, capturing additional overhaul and repair work while continuing the delivery of the Virginia Class submarines.
  “Since the American Revolution, the Pr
  
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• Brady ‘Pleads the Fifth’ When Asked If Pats Appreciate Him

  01-05-2018 16:34
  
  Speaking Monday night in a sit down interview with Jim Gray at the Milken Global Conference in Los Angeles, Brady was asked if he's happy with the Patriots.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• ‘Mean Girls,’ ‘SpongeBob’ lead Tony nominations list

  01-05-2018 15:52
  NEW YORK  —The musicals “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” have each gotten 12 Tony nominations, leading the pack for the 2018 awards to be given out in June.
  “The Band’s Visit,” ”Carousel” and “Angels in America” closely follow with 11 nods each.
  Critic and audience favorite “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has garnered 10, along with the revival of “My Fair Lady.”
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• The Baseball Report: Kingham Dazzles In Debut

  01-05-2018 15:40
  Ryan Mayer
  The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted right-hander Nick Kingham out of high school in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB draft. After eight years, including a season and change missed due to Tommy John surgery, Kingham finally debuted with the big club over the weekend. He didn’t disappoint.
  Going against the St. Louis Cardinals, Kingham took a perfect game into the seventh inning before Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong singled to left field with two outs to break up the bid. The 20 batte
  
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• Milford Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Juvenile

  01-05-2018 15:39
  
  Milford police have arrested a local man who is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• When a WWII veteran couldn’t walk to his wife’s grave, two volunteers carried him there

  01-05-2018 15:38
  George Boone figured that 70 yards away was the closest he could get to his late wife’s grave site during his visit to Arlington National Cemetery. At 96, the WWII veteran lacked the strength to make the trek from the car on his own. Then two observers stepped up to help him.
  Boone, a former B-24 pilot who was shot out of the sky and held as a prisoner of war by the Nazis during his service, traveled to Washington, D.C. from North Carolina on an Honor Flight. Although his wife Alma&rs
  
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• Crash Caused Delays on I-91 North in Middletown

  01-05-2018 14:29
  
  There were heavy delays on Interstate 91 North after a crash in Middletown, but the scene has cleared.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Father gets flack for making son carry sign admitting to bullying

  01-05-2018 14:24
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  VOLUSIA COUNTY Florida — Most parents teach their children not to bully and if they do, a punishment usually follows or an apology to the kid who was bullied.
  A dad in Florida is getting a lot of attention on social media for the way he taught his son that bullying is not acceptable.
  Michael Yager said he was outraged after finding out his son bullied several classmates.
  So as  a punishment he made his son hold up a sign on the side of the road that said “I am a
  
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• South Korea begins dismantling loudspeakers along border with North

  01-05-2018 14:03
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  South Korea is dismantling a bank of loudspeakers along its border, which for years have been used to blast propaganda and music, including K-Pop, into North Korea.
  The speakers had been broadcasting on a regular basis since January 2016, they were turned back on as a response to Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test. They can be heard for miles.
  South Korea turned them off again ahead of Friday’s historic inter-Korean summit, during which its President, Moon Jae-in, met w
  
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• At a Price: From Connecticut to North Carolina

  01-05-2018 06:30
  
  When Beth Console and her husband made the decision to leave South Windsor for Concord, North Carolina, they joined nearly 30,000 other people who are leaving Connecticut each year.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• CCSU Faculty Senate Calls for CSCU President to Resign

  01-05-2018 05:46
  
  In an almost unanimous vote on Monday, the Faculty Senate at Central Connecticut State University called for Connecticut State Colleges and Universities President Mark Ojakian to step down.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Mansfield Considers Ban on Plastic Bags

  01-05-2018 05:45
  
  The Town of Mansfield is considering banning one-time-use plastic bags.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Feeding Our Families Food Drive a Huge Success

  01-05-2018 03:23
  
  NBC Connecticut and Telemundo’s Feeding Our Families food drive along with our NBC stations in New York donated enough food to provide more than 1.9 million meals throughout the tri-state area.
  
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• Route 7 Closed in Norwalk After Serious Crash

  01-05-2018 03:21
  
  Serious injuries have been reported after a car and a motorcycle collided on Route 7 in Norwalk Monday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Spada, judge and public safety commissioner, dies at 85

  01-05-2018 02:26
  HARTFORD  — Arthur Spada, a former Connecticut judge and state public safety commissioner praised for rooting out police corruption and criticized for personally pulling over speeding drivers, has died. He was 85.
  Spada died Thursday of undisclosed causes, according to the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel in Wethersfield.
  The Hartford native worked as an attorney for 20 years before being nominated as a Superior Court judge in 1977 by Democratic Gov. Ella Grasso.
  In the 1990s, Spada inves
  
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• Schools fret as teens take to vaping, even in classrooms

  01-05-2018 02:03
  BOSTON  — Sneaking a cigarette in the school bathroom? How quaint. Today’s teens have taken to vaping, an alternative to smoking that’s so discreet they can do it without even leaving the classroom.
  Health and education officials across the country are raising alarms over wide underage use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products.
  The devices heat liquid into an inhalable vapor that’s sold in sugary flavors like mango and mint — and often with the addictive dr
  
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• Boy, 10, dies after climbing into tumble dryer while playing hide-and-seek

  01-05-2018 02:01
  HOUSTON  — Police say a 10-year-old Houston boy died after he climbed into a tumble dryer during a game of hide-and-seek.
  The Harris County medical examiner’s office said Monday that the boy was electrocuted. Investigators initially thought he may have suffocated when he climbed into the machine in the laundry room of an apartment complex Friday.
  Christina Rodriguez identified the child to KTRK-TV as her son, third-grader Fernando Hernandez Jr.
  Police Detective Michael Arrington
  
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• A black customer was asked to prepay for his meal. Now, the restaurant has to pay him thousands

  01-05-2018 01:55
  The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Toronto restaurant to pay a black customer $10,000 Canadian dollars for racially discriminating against him and his friends.
  Emile Wickham was celebrating his 28th birthday with three friends when the group decided to grab a bite at Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant on May 3, 2014.
  The four were the only black patrons in the restaurant, Wickham said, and they were stunned when the waiter demanded they pay before they were served
  When the group complain
  
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• Trump deserves Nobel for role in talks with North, South Korea’s leader says

  01-05-2018 01:41
  South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that US President Donald Trump would be a worthy winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement in the warming of relations with North Korea.
  A former South Korean President, Kim Dae-jung, won the prize in 2000 for his role in setting up a previous summit with North Korea, and his widow suggested Monday that Moon should also get the award.
  Moon demurred in response, saying the US President ought to get it instead. “President Trump should
  
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• Juror says Bill Cosby’s own words led to his conviction

  01-05-2018 01:37
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  Bill Cosby’s admission that he obtained prescription Quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with convinced at least one juror the comedian was guilty of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, that juror said.
  Harrison Snyder, in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Monday, said he believed Constand’s claim that Cosby assaulted her in 2004 at his home in a Philadelphia suburb.
  And, Snyder, said, the testimony of five
  
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• Crash kills pregnant woman, baby survives

  01-05-2018 01:27
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   Flint, MI — A crash in Flint left a pregnant woman dead, but her baby survived along with two other victims involved.
  The crash happened on Saturday, April 28 at 12:16 a.m. on Dort Highway and East Carpenter Road.
  Flint police said a gray GMC Envoy was southbound on North Dort Highway while a red Pontiac Grand Am was eastbound on East Carpenter Road.
  The Pontiac Grand Am failed to stop for the blinking red light and struck by the GMC Envoy on the driver’s side, caus
  
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• 3 Marines charged with rape in New Orleans, authorities say

  01-05-2018 01:20
  Three US Marines have been charged with sexual assault in a case involving a Tulane University student and her friend in New Orleans, according to court documents from the Parish of Orleans in Louisiana.
  Lance Corporal Alexander Davenport, 20, was charged with two counts of first-degree rape; Lance Corporal Jared Anderson, 18, was charged with one count of first-degree rape; and Private First Class Antonio Landrum, 18, was charged with one count of third-degree rape.
  According to police affidavi
  
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• Eight people displaced after fire rips through Hartford housing complex

  01-05-2018 01:10
  HARTFORD -- Eight people were forced from their homes after flames tore through their housing complex.
  Crews responded to 932 Garden Street in Hartford at about 3:15 p.m. Monday afternoon. They encountered thick, black smoke and heavy flames shooting up and out of the building.
  Firefighters initially started with an interior attack, but had to pull out once the roof started to collapse. They were able to safely extinguish the remainder of the blaze from the outside.
  No civilians or firefighters
  
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• CT Residents Would Get Discounts on Tolls: Internal Document

  01-05-2018 00:33
  
  Connecticut residents, especially commuters, would see significant discounts if an EZ-Pass system was to be implemented as the toll collection service if and when Connecticut authorizes tolls on its highways.
  
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