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NEW HAVEN >> Some of your favorite radio shows will be coming to you live from the top of Gateway Community College.Officials with the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network and Gateway Community College announced a partnership between the two public entities Monday that is expected to give students broadcasting experience and expand WNPR's reach in the community.

NEW HAVEN >> Police arrested two suspects Monday in connection with a robbery of a pizza delivery man.Amar Walton, 26, of Coleman Street, West Haven, and Sonya Bracy, 37, of Butler Street, New Haven, were both charged with second-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.

HARTFORD >> The good news: there's growing demand for energy-related jobs in Connecticut. The bad news: like their counterparts in manufacturing, most business leaders in the energy sector are struggling to fill entry-level positions due to a lack of qualified candidates, a new survey found.As interest in renewable energy and energy efficiency continues to swell, the sector is poised to continue growing in the state.

BRANFORD >> Long Island Sound has been a "No Discharge Zone" for boaters to dump sewage since the 1970s, and the East Shore District Health Department is looking for more ways to help boaters comply, while going one step further to protect the environment.Fundraisers have been planned for the

NEW HAVEN >> Dr. Joseph Akar is treating a common heart ailment with two newly developed techniques that increase patient safety.Atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heartbeat, "is really the most common abnormal heart rhythm in humans," Akar said.

The distance between Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport and Gateway Community College is New Haven is not that far.Housatonic's president, Paul Broadie, hopes the cultural distance between the two campuses can be as easily bridged.

A stunningly good, extraordinarily comprehensive paper on the health effects of saturated fat in our diets has weighed them in every relevant way, measured them with every pertinent metric, and found them wanting.

NEW HAVEN >> Anticipation and excitement from city officials for the debut of a much-anticipated, new city stage Saturday at the 22nd International Festival of Arts & Ideas couldn't prevent a gray and muggy day.

NEW HAVEN >> Detention was bad enough, but the debt he owes, left him in tears. Victor, a city resident who was recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had his $15,000 bail posted through Libre by Nexus, a Virginia company that has been the subject of at least two lawsuits over its fees and marketing tactics.

NEW HAVEN >> Scientists from Yale University and the University of Cambridge in England have teamed up to develop a potential cure for multiple sclerosis.It's the first treatment that addresses the disease by disarming the immune cells that have turned against the body's nerve cells, rather than simply suppressing them.