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Bridgeport News - June 19, 2010

Pak Taliban paid 12,000 dollars to failed Times Square bomber (Karachi News.Net)

It what further strengthens the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's direct involvement in the failed Times Square bombing plot, a federal indictment released earlier this week has revealed that the extremist outfit had paid 12,000 dollars to Faisal Shahzad to plot the explosion at the busy commercial intersection.

GBS pops concert celebrates 15th anniversary Saturday at Fairfield U. (Connecticut Post)

For thousands in the region, there's only one place to be on the last Saturday evening in June: Sitting in and around the vast grass amphitheater in front of Fairfield University 's DiMenna-Nyselius Library .

Bridgeport's take-home car reduction plan drives displeasure (Connecticut Post)

By the end of the fiscal year that starts in July, 47 city employees may have to do without the take-home cars some have been using for years, a plan that has drawn some opposition from members of the police department's K-9 squad.

Winners of American, Swedish Jenny Lind competitions to perform in Bridgeport (NewsTimesLive)

Jennifer Caraluzzi, of Bethel, wows judges during the 62nd annual Jenny Lind Competition Saturday Apr.

Newtown Savings Bank robbery suspect apprehended in Bridgeport (Connecticut Post)

The suspect wanted in connection with t`he robbery of the Main Street branch of Newtown Savings Bank Thursday was taken into custody by Waterbury police after Newtown detectives executed a search warrant at the Sunnyside Inn in Bridgeport, according to Newtown police.

More Bridgeport News From Topix:

Cops: Bridgeporter caught with drugs, cash (Connecticut Post)

A city man faces numerous drug-dealing charges after police allegedly caught him with more than $1,000 cash, cocaine powder and ecstasy pills.

Police Blotter for Friday, June 18 (Fairfield Patch)

Today's press briefing at the Fairfield Police Department included the following cases: Three unidentified males stole about $5,000 worth of clothes from Banana Republic on the Post Road in Fairfield Thursday in two separate shoplifting incidents, police said.

Penfield Rebuild on the Street (Fairfield Patch)

The town's plan to demolish and rebuild the rest of Penfield Pavilion was publicly bid on Wednesday, but the bid didn't appear on the town's Web site.

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