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Bridgeport News - July 3, 2010

Sharks!!! Coast Guard Says Beware (NBC Connecticut)

It's probably not what you want to hear as you head out for your Fourth of July trip to the beach, but the Coast Guard has issued a shark advisory for the waters off New England.

'Idol Live' Show in Bridgeport Moved Up Two Months: Roger Catlin | TV Eye (The Hartford Courant)

It sometimes happens that a concert may be postponed a day, a week, or a month. But it's very unusual for one to be moved up -- especially one that's moved up two months.

Bridgeport poised to ax workers after concessions fall short (Connecticut Post)

Two days into the new fiscal year, the city is finalizing a list of workers to be laid off and will begin distributing the notices next week.

Man who kept body on ice in California is deported (ctpost)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Stephen David Royds was deported June 25.

Brick Oven does 'half gourmet' (NewsTimesLive)

Pizza is serious business in Connecticut and Bridgeport, so if you open a pizza restaurant, you better offer a good product.

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Cops: Alien-fearing man not allowed to buy rifle (News Times)

Fairfield police arrested Dane Eisenman, 57, on a warrant Thursday morning, a little more than a month after he paid cash for a .30-06 rifle.

Diane Smith's new book celebrates GBS & all things great in CT (Connecticut Post)

Celebrating all that is great -- and distinctive -- about Connecticut comes easily to Diane Smith .

Bridgeport/Stamford firms No. 1 in "swag'' (Hartford Business)

Fairfield County businesses and nonprofits can't buy enough coffee mugs, key chains, T-shirts, refrigerator magnets or other giveaway merchandise where they can put their brands in front of consumers, according to a promotional-product industry report.

Cops: 17 charged in Bridgeport gun trafficking ring (Connecticut Post)

A joint federal and state investigation ended Wednesday with 17 arrests linked to a web of firearms trafficking centered at the P.T. Barnum public housing complex on the west side of Bridgeport.

Friends recall Norwalk shooting victims (Norwalk Citizen News)

Friends, co-workers and family on Sunday mourned the deaths of Enid Dickens and her mother, Rona Knight , who were gunned down in their home two weeks ago in what police said was one of the most horrific incidents of domestic violence in the city.

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