06/22/10 The raw Bridgeport News Feed

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Cheerleading expert: It's not a competitive sport The Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — An expert in cheerleading has testified that cheerleading should not be a competitive sport, saying that making it so would threaten ...

Bridgeport men face more charges for crime spree Ct Post STAMFORD -- Two Bridgeport men charged in a multi-town robbery spree were arraigned on new charges Tuesday after Stamford police said they burglarized a ...

OFF AIR REPORT FROM RAW IN BRIDGEPORT, CT Pro Wrestling Insider John Cena then comes out and he thanked NXT, Sheamus and the fans in Bridgeport because he invoked his rematch clause for tonight. ...

Bridgeport splits series with Camden Stamford Plus Magazine By Camden Riversharks The Camden Riversharks split their home series against the Bridgeport Bluefish 2-2. Ben Davis was charged with the loss in tonight's ...

Height, and depth Boston Globe Bol's American saga included stops at the University of Bridgeport and a summer with the Rhode Island Gulls of the United States Basketball League ...

Man in death probe pleads not guilty WTNH Bridgeport, Conn. (WTNH) - A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to allegations he gave a hallucinogenic drug to a 17-year-old girl who was later found ...

Life in prison expected for Times Square bomber Ct Post Shahzad, the 30-year-old University of Bridgeport graduate and financial analyst, shocked a packed federal courtroom Monday by deciding on his own to plead ...

Suspect in double homicide could face death penalty Ct Post BRIDGEPORT -- The man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her elderly grandmother could face the death penalty, if convicted of those crimes. ...

Bridgeport In The Blogosphere

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Wood Steps Up For Ned By LennieGrimaldi Wood's assistance will reach far outside of Bridgeport as helps shape the message, strategy and voter turnout for the Aug. 10 primary against Democratic-endorsed Dan Malloy. Lamont campaign headquarters is located in New Haven, ... Only In Bridgeport® - http://onlyinbridgeport.com/wordpress/

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06/10/10 Pak Taliban paid 12,000 dollars to failed Times Square bomber

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.

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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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06/11/10 Arrests And Other News From The Bridgeport Topix Message Board

Bridgeport News - June 11, 2010

Arrests (Norwalk Citizen News)

Tyshawn Neal, 29, of 816 North St., Bridgeport, was charged Tuesday with second-degree breach of peace and risk of injury to a minor.

Derecktor christens widened dry dock (Marine Log)

Derecktor Shipyards is hoping to bring in new ship repair and newbuilding work following the recommissioning of its floating dry dock Robert E. Derecktor at its Bridgeport, Connecticut, shipyard.. Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Joan McDonald christened the dry dock Tuesday, breaking a bottle of champagne ...

The WilliesTIMES Square Bomb is a Puzzler (American Reporter)

The strange car bomb found yesterday evening in Times Square by an alert T-shirt vendor and NYPD cavalry officer is the work of an amateur, it appears; but was it also the work of a bomber? In the cache of explosives police discovered in the car was three propane tanks, two five-gallon plastic gasoline carriers, a metal pot full of fireworks, some ...

Ridgefield dog case defendant in court Friday (NewsTimesLive)

Guy Marchison, the Ridgefield man who was injured when his puppy was attacked by two German shepherds in April, has hired a lawyer to represent him as the criminal case against the dogs' owner proceeds through court.

LNG Filling Station To Be Built In Bridgeport (The Hartford Courant)

A grant that's paying for natural-gas vehicles in Glastonbury and other communities also is funding a liquid natural-gas filling station for long-distance trucks in Bridgeport - the first such facility east of the Mississippi , according to a Connecticut alternative-fuel coalition.

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Alzheimer's advocates praise program revival (Thehour)

NORWALKBy CHASE WRIGHTHour Staff WriterJulia Bronder lost more than her husband when the 53-year-old engineer at Norden Systems was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1992.

A place for female veterans to call home (Thehour)

By SHALINI S. MADARASI am writing in favor of Homes for the Brave's acquisition of 893 Clinton Ave.

Big-City Mayors Snub Malloy, Endorse Lamont For Gov. (Hartford Courant)

The big-city mayors of Hartford, New Haven , and Bridgeport have all worked with Dannel Malloy, who was mayor of Stamford for 14 years.

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