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• Disgraced Farmington politician charged in connection to relationship with younger girl

  20-07-2018 23:22
  NEW BRITAIN -- New developments in the case of a disgraced Farmington politician who allegedly lead a double life under a different name.
  Landry, who is 42 years old, was charged in connection to a relationship he allegedly started back in 2008 with a then 12-year-old girl. He turned himself into Newington Police last week and was ordered to have no contact with the victim.
  In New Britain Superior Court, Attorney H Brian Dumeer asked Judge Joan Alexander for more time to form a defense for form
  
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• Community Applauds Opening of New Haven Indoor Firing Range

  20-07-2018 23:19
  
  For more than two decades, residents near the New Haven Police Academy on Sherman Parkway raised concerns about the sounds of gunfire from the shooting range being a nuisance in their neighborhoods.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• McDonald's Sign Appears to Take Dig at New Neighbor

  20-07-2018 22:31
  
  It appears a local McDonalds has thrown down the gauntlet to its new fast-food neighbor.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• First Alert Issued for Sunday With Threat of Thunderstorms

  20-07-2018 22:21
  
  The First Alert Weather team has issued a First Alert for Sunday with the threat of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms.
  
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• Group Burned Down Oxford Home for Insurance Money: Docs

  20-07-2018 21:30
  
  Connecticut State Police have arrested a man accused of setting an Oxford house on fire in a scheme to collect insurance money.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police/NBC Connecticut
  
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• ‘I Didn’t Know It’s Illegal’; Texas Woman Sentenced For Pilfering Conchs

  20-07-2018 21:27
  FLORIDA (CBSDFW.COM/CBS Local) – A woman from Dallas, Texas will spend 15 days in jail as punishment for taking 40 queen conchs from the waters that surround Key West.
  While it’s not illegal to take queen conch shells from the waters or lands in Florida, it is illegal if the removed shells contain a live animal at the time. Additionally, the mollusk must not be mutilated, removed from its protective shell, or killed before taking the shell.
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• 107-Year-Old Gets Birthday Parade As Her Final Wish

  20-07-2018 21:21
  STILLWATER, Okla. (CBS Local) – A 107-year-old from Oklahoma is being remembered after having one final birthday wish fulfilled.
  Myda Lewis passed away on July 16, just weeks after a very special celebration was held in the city of Stillwater. Lewis, who was born in 1911, said her only wish was to ride in a convertible in a parade.
  Word spread of Westhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation’s plan to make Lewis’ wish come true quickly. By the time the senior’s 107t
  
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• Police ID 4-Year-Old Who Died After West Haven Hot Car Incident

  20-07-2018 21:18
  
  A 4-year-old boy has died and his 2-year-old brother was rushed to the hospital after a hot car incident in West Haven Thursday, according to police.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Danbury Prison Food Service Employee Tried to Smuggle Contraband Into Prison: Official

  20-07-2018 20:56
  
  A food service worker at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury is accused of trying to smuggle mobile phones and an electric beard trimmer into the prison last year.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Troopers from CT Attend Funeral for Weymouth Officer

  20-07-2018 20:40
  
  Troopers from Connecticut left the state Friday to attend the funeral for a Weymouth officer who was killed in the line of duty.
  
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• Mayor: 2-year-old found in hot car in West Haven expected to survive

  20-07-2018 20:38
  WEST HAVEN — West Haven’s mayor said a 2-year-old found with his 4-year-old brother inside a hot car is expected to survive.
  The 4-year-old died Thursday at a local hospital.
  Police said they were called to the scene at a local apartment complex at about 3 p.m. Thursday by the boys’ father. No one has been charged, but police say their investigation is ongoing.
  Mayor Nancy Rossi said the 2-year-old, who was unconscious when taken to the hospital, is now responsive.
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• 4 year old West Haven boy, who died after being in a hot car, has been identified

  20-07-2018 20:38
  WEST HAVEN - Friday afternoon, police identified the four-year-old West Haven boy, who died as a result of being in a hot car outside of his apartment yesterday.
  A family of four is now fractured forever.
  “The name of the deceased four-year-old boy is Dusan Jenkins and his two-year-old brother is Davion Jenkins,” said Sgt. Charles Young. “The two-year-old is still being treated in the hospital.”
  The police have obtained surveillance video footage from the Terrace Heights
  
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• Connecticut FAA Employee Accused of Downloading Child Porn on Work Laptop

  20-07-2018 20:27
  
  A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Connecticut is accused of downloading child pornography on his work laptop and has been arrested.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Boy dies after he’s left in day care bus for more than 3 hours while temperatures soar past 100

  20-07-2018 20:21
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  A 3-year-old boy was found dead in a bus outside his day care in northwest Houston after he was apparently left inside following a field trip, as temperatures outside soared to nearly 100 degrees.
  The boy was one of 28 students from the “Discovering Me Academy” who were taken by bus Thursday to a nearby park for a field trip earlier in the day, the Harris County sheriff’s office said.
  The group returned to the day care between 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
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• Cohen recorded Trump discussing payment to ex-Playboy model

  20-07-2018 20:12
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  The FBI is in possession of a recording between President Donald Trump and and his former personally attorney Michael Cohen in which the two men discuss a payment to a former Playboy model who has alleged an affair with Trump, Rudy Giuliani and a source familiar with the matter told CNN Friday.
  Cohen has other recordings of the President in his records that were seized by the FBI, said both a source with knowledge of Cohen’s tapes and Giuliani, who described the other recording
  
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• Police Investigating Shooting at Keney Park in Hartford

  20-07-2018 20:07
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at Keney Park in Hartford.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Woman Gives Birth In Chick-Fil-A, Baby Promised Job And Food For Life

  20-07-2018 20:06
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (CBS Local) – A newborn baby in Texas has already been guaranteed food for life  and a job, after her mother gave birth in a Chick-fil-A bathroom.
  Falon Griffin was having intense contractions when she and her husband stopped at the fast-food restaurant in San Antonio to drop off their daughters with a family friend. She had to use the bathroom, but the restaurant was closed.
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• Investigation Into a Drug-Related Shooting in West Hartford Has Led to Another Warrant

  20-07-2018 19:50
  
  Police have obtained another arrest warrant after an investigation into a shooting during a drug transaction in West Hartford last month.Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• ‘Have It Your Way’: Burger King Customer Cuts Line, Makes Her Own Food

  20-07-2018 19:48
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS Local) – Burger King’s slogan may be “have it your way,” but one customer took it too far when she was caught making her own meal at one of the chain’s Florida eateries.
  Two Jacksonville Burger King employees were reportedly fired after allowing the female customer to get out of line and start making food in the fast food shop’s kitchen. “She definitely, she had it her way,” Jeffrey Jones told WJAX.
  
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• ‘An Almond Doesn’t Lactate’: FDA To Crack Down On Soy, Almond ‘Milk’

  20-07-2018 19:43
  WASHINGTON, DC (CBS Local) – The Food and Drug Administration has a message for soy and almond milk drinkers: you’re not drinking milk and your bottle labels may change very soon.
  FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb addressed the agency’s enforcement of “standards of identity” during a Politico media event in Washington. Gottlieb says the FDA will begin cracking down on companies marketing non-dairy products as “milk.”
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• Tractor-Trailer Overturns in New London

  20-07-2018 18:58
  
  A tractor-trailer overturned in the area of North Frontage Road in New London and the ramp toward Interstate 95 South is closed.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• New law in Baltimore bars sodas from kids’ menus

  20-07-2018 18:43
  Restaurants in Baltimore are now officially barred from including sodas and other sugary drinks on kids’ menus, according to a city ordinance that went into effect Wednesday.
  Baltimore is now the biggest U.S. city and the first on the East Coast to pass this kind of measure, said Shawn McIntosh, director of the Sugar Free Kids Maryland advocacy group. Seven California cities and Lafayette, Colorado, have enacted similar ordinances, according to health officials.
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• Slain Massachsuetts police officer laid to rest

  20-07-2018 18:31
  HANOVER, Mass. — A Massachusetts police officer who was shot and killed while investigating a car crash last weekend is being laid to rest.
  A funeral Mass for Weymouth Sgt. Michael Chesna was held Friday morning at St. Mary of the Sacred Heart in Hanover, followed by a burial at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.
  Chesna was killed Sunday by a man who police say threw a rock at the officer and then repeatedly shot him with his own weapon.
  The suspect also is charged with killing a 77-ye
  
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• State Reviewing Health Insurance Rate Increase Plans

  20-07-2018 18:19
  
  The state Insurance Department is reviewing proposals to increase health insurance rates in Connecticut in 2019 and the governor is slamming President Donald Trump.Photo Credit: NBCWashington.com
  
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• Ancient sarcophagus yields horrible-smelling secret

  20-07-2018 18:12
  This picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows an ancient tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic period found in the Sidi Gaber district of Alexandria. (Getty Images)
  Egyptian archaeologists have unsealed and opened a mysterious granite sarcophagus discovered on a construction site in Alexandria — only to find the remains of three mummies in a pool of leaked sewage water.
  Photos released Thursday evening by Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities show a team of arch
  
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• VIDEO: Waitress Body Slams Customer Who Groped Her

  20-07-2018 17:54
  Savannah, Ga. (CBS Local) – A Georgia waitress has become an online sensation after body-slamming a customer who was caught on camera groping her.
  21-year-old Emelia Holden was working at Vinnie Van Go-Go’s in Savannah on June 30 when surveillance cameras caught Holden’s attacker inappropriately touching her as he walked by. “I looked at him and I said, ‘You don’t touch me, motherf—–!'” the young waitress told People.
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• Daughter Stole $600,000 from Dad for Bills, Gambling: Police

  20-07-2018 17:17
  
  An Oakdale woman is accused of embezzling more than $600,000 from her father and his business and using the money for her bills, taxes and her gambling habit, according to police.Photo Credit: Norwich Police
  
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• 27 reported tornadoes rip through Iowa

  20-07-2018 17:13
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  DES MOINES, Iowa — Several tornadoes tore through Iowa, overturning cars, flattening homes and leaving people injured.
  There were 27 reports of tornadoes in the state Thursday, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said. The exact number will be released by the National Weather Service when it surveys the damage.
  One reported tornado hit a company in Pella town, about 40 miles from Des Moines, sending at least seven people from Vermeer Corporation to hospital with injuries.
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Baseball Looks Ahead

  20-07-2018 16:13
  Baltimore Orioles vs. Toronto Blue JaysFriday, July 20, 2018, 7:07 pm ET
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  My numbers have the Blue Jays toppling the Orioles in 65 percent of simulations for their Friday matchup, making Toronto worth the price as a moderate home chalk. The Blue Jays have won four straight when starter Sam Gaviglio pitches on full rest, and are 5-1 in their past six Friday games. The Orioles are 1-10 when Dylan Bundy takes the mound against AL East opponents.
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• 4 Connecticut Swimming Areas Remain Closed

  20-07-2018 15:42
  
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• Video shows the last moments before duck boat sinks in Missouri lake

  20-07-2018 14:38
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  WARNING: Some may find the above video disturbing.
  BRANSON, Missouri – When choppy waves began crashing against two duck boats in a lake in Missouri, Jennie Phillips-Hudson Carr started recording.
  “We are at Branson and on the showboat! A storm came in as we got on and there was 2 ducks that you ride out there and 1 went under,” she posted Thursday night on Facebook along with video of the boats bobbing up and down.
  “Not sure if everyone on it is OK.
  
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• Man Reported Missing in Milford Has Been Found

  20-07-2018 14:24
  
  Police have found the 22-year-old Milford man they were searching for Thursday.Photo Credit: MIlford Police
  
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• Life Star called to overnight Lebanon crash

  20-07-2018 13:23
  LEBANON — Fire officials say one person was injured and taken to the hospital by Life Star after a car crashed into a tree overnight.
  Around 12:45 a.m., the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department says a car crashed into the tree on Trumbull Highway near Diane Drive. When first responders arrived, they found a car laying on its side, on top of a person.
  Crews had to use the jaws of life to extricate the person, who fire officials say was conscious but had moderate injuries.
  It took crews about 3
  
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• Person Found Pinned Under Car in Lebanon After Crash

  20-07-2018 13:17
  
  One person was flown to the hospital after a car hit a tree in Lebanon early Friday morning and one person was found pinned under the car.Photo Credit: Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department
  
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• FOX61 Student News: Dr. William Petit works to remember his family

  20-07-2018 13:00
  Story by Madeline Dobson and Alexandra Fischer, Daniel Hand High School.The FOX 61 Student News program empowers Connecticut middle and high school students to explore the world of multi-media journalism by giving them the opportunity to capture, edit and publish original content under the guidance of industry professionals.
  Each student produced and hosted segment will showcase a local story or event, highlighting all that is great about our state and align with our station's mission of H
  
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• Foodie Friday: East Street Eatery in Wolcott

  20-07-2018 12:49
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  Missing AttachmentWOLCOTT — In golf terminology, the food at East Street Eatery is a hole in one!
  The lunch and dinner hot spot at the Farmingbury Hills Golf Course has some of the tastiest food in the area.
  Each dish is made to order using only the best ingredients, and when possible, is local farm to table.
  The menu is filled with homemade items like a mozzarella Spedini with marinara AND Alfredo sauce. The crispy deep fried appetizer has a unique te
  
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• Another Wells Fargo mess: Pet insurance ripoff

  20-07-2018 12:35
  NEW YORK — Not even pet insurance is safe from Wells Fargo’s scandals.
  Wells Fargo has begun refunding customers who were harmed when the bank charged them for products including pet insurance, legal services, home warranties and other forms of insurance, a person familiar with the matter told CNNMoney on Thursday.
  An ongoing review at Wells Fargo has found billing and telemarketing problems with so-called “add-on” products that are added to customer accounts, the source
  
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• Mostly sunny, temps in 80s Friday; Rain moves in this weekend

  20-07-2018 10:48
  Overall, we'll continue a nice trend of warm sunny days and comfortable refreshing nights. The weather will stay dry through Saturday.
  Saturday night a storm will take a run up the East Coast boosting the humidity and bringing some rain along with it for Sunday. There's a chance most of the rain ends by early afternoon with some improvement late-day. But if you are still flexible with outdoor plans this weekend Saturday looks like the safer bet.
  Even after the storm moves out, the humidity and
  
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• Duck boat capsizes in Missouri, killing 11 people, some of them children

  20-07-2018 09:43
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  BRANSON, MO  — A duck boat capsized and sank during a severe thunderstorm in Missouri, killing at least 11 people, some of them children, authorities said.
  Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said at least five people are unaccounted for and seven others were injured in Thursday night’s incident on Table Rock Lake near Branson. “I believe it was caused by weather, yes,” he said.
  Video posted by Jennie Phillips-Hudson Carr and shot from a nearby larger vessel
  
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• Steam Pipe Explosion Leaves Bus-Sized Crater on NYC Street

  20-07-2018 08:53
  
  An asbestos-lined, 86-year-old steam pipe exploded in the heart of the Flatiron District Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than four dozen buildings amid "real concern" carcinogenic debris thrown stories...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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• Town Council nixes purchase of West Hartford UConn campus

  20-07-2018 05:04
  WEST HARTFORD -- Plans for an international company to buy the West Hartford UConn campus is moving forward.
  In a town council meeting Thursday night, the town voted unanimously to note purchase the property, but Deputy Mayor Beth Kerrigan said the company, Seven Stars Cloud Group will be great for the town because of job opportunities.
  The company agreed to purchase the 58-acre property for 5.2 million dollars. It is a digital financial technology company whose CEO is Bruno Wu.
  “What the
  
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• Mostly clear tonight, with temperatures in the 60s

  20-07-2018 04:39
  Overall, we'll continue a nice trend of warm sunny days and comfortable refreshing nights. The weather will stay dry through Saturday.
  Saturday night a storm will take a run up the East Coast boosting the humidity and bringing some rain along with it for Sunday. There's a chance most of the rain ends by early afternoon with some improvement late-day. But if you are still flexible with outdoor plans this weekend Saturday looks like the safer bet.
  Even after the storm moves out, the humidity and
  
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• Meriden cop hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl

  20-07-2018 04:34
  MERIDEN - At 9 a.m. on Thursday morning Meriden police went to View Street for a suspicious person and when they arrived on scene they found a woman who had overdosed on fentanyl, laying halfway in a car.
  When police went to administer Narcan, one of the officers touched the bag of drugs and became nauseous, passing out and needing a dose of Narcan himself.
  The Meriden Police Department is crediting the paramedics with Hunter Ambulance with administering the Narcan.
  Both the woman and the
  
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• Daytrippers: Flyboarding at Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park

  20-07-2018 04:30
  PORTLAND --There are 27 acres to explore at Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park but, perhaps, the most interesting corner of the outdoor adventure complex is where a group called HydroFlyNE has set up camp. After a quick lesson and safety briefing, you can now go "Fly Boarding" at Brownstone. "Everyone wants to fly, everyone wants to walk on water -- here you go!" said Sean Hayes, the owner of Brownstone.
  HydroFlyNE is owned by former Army Ranger Ryan Stryker who says, "we've flown anyone
  
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• Driver who dodged 1,645 tolls learns her fate

  20-07-2018 04:06
  MOUNT JOY, Pa. – A woman who dodged tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike 1,645 times over a five-year period will end up paying more than $12,500 for those trips.
  Lori Yearick, 45, of Mount Joy, Penn., pleaded guilty, and her plea deal allows her to pay a lot less than she was originally said to owe: $92,000, thanks to the turnpike policy of charging toll dodgers the amount they would have owed had they traveled the highway’s entire length. Her trips occurred between the Harrisburg Eas
  
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• Baby found dead after mom went to work, left him alone for 8 hours: police

  20-07-2018 04:04
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police have arrested a mother for child abuse after her 1-year-old boy was found dead in their apartment.
  On Tuesday, July 17, at around 4 p.m., police were called to the apartment near 19th Avenue and Hatcher Road.
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  The mother, Donielle Joyce King, 32, was at home, and the baby was unresponsive on the bed.
  The child was declared dead at the scene.
  According to court paperwork, King “admitted she le
  
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• Cities where millennials make the most money

  20-07-2018 03:57
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  In May 2018, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the consumer price index (CPI), which measures the price changes for a “market basket” of consumer goods and services, rose 2.8% over the last 12 months. This represented a significant increase in inflation, which is at a six-year high, and contributed to the stagnation of real wages, which remained unchanged year over year.
  These economic trends affect all demographics
  
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• Utz recalls mislabeled potato chips

  20-07-2018 03:02
  WASHINGTON – A popular snack maker has issued a recall, saying their chips aren’t properly labeled to indicate they include soy, which can cause health issues for some people.
  According to the Food and Drug Administration, Utz® Quality Foods, LLC., is voluntarily recalling select expiration dates of Utz® Carolina Style Barbeque Potato Chips due to undeclared soy allergen. The recall was initiated after learning a certain number of packages were mislabeled. People who have an
  
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• Tree service worker killed in Guilford accident

  20-07-2018 02:30
  GUILFORD – A tree service worker is dead after an accident in Guilford.
  Police are not releasing many details at this time, but say they were called to the intersection of State Street and Little Meadow Road just before 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon for a reported work site accident.
  Guilford Fire/Rescue found an injured 46-year-old man who was working for a private tree service; they rushed him to Yale-New Haven Hospital, but, police say, ‘he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.’
  
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• Comic-Con kicks off amid period showing off fandom’s ugly side

  20-07-2018 02:30
  Comic-Con, we have a problem.
  Once again, 130,000 pop-culture enthusiasts will descend on San Diego beginning July 18, immersing themselves in their favorite movies, TV and other pastimes for Comic-Con International, turning the sprawling convention into the center of the media universe.
  Yet while the annual gathering is generally characterized by fans enthusiastically interacting with celebrities, a darker side of fandom has been in the headlines of late, reflecting the sort of distasteful mino
  
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