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WATERBURY -- An 18-year-old man was listed in stable condition at Saint Mary's Hospital after police reported he was jumped by three Hispanic men Monday night.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old Hartford man has died from injuries suffered in an accident following a police pursuit that stretched from the capital city to Bloomfield.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police in Hartford have issued a warning to residents of Connecticut after noticing a new trend in car thefts involving newer model cars with key fobs left inside the vehicles.

DALLAS (AP) — Among the 16 people who were killed in a hot air balloon crash in Texas over the weekend were a couple celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary, a researcher whose work focused on treating burn victims and a woman who took her mother as a belated Mother's Day gift, grieving family members said.

WATERTOWN — The owners of a vineyard on Plungis Road are planning to break ground on their tasting room in about two weeks.

TORRINGTON — When Robert Kittredge couldn't find his pickup truck Sunday morning from the South Main Street garage where he left it, he wondered whether one of his friends was pulling a prank.

SALISBURY Residents seem to like the idea of the town buying the Pope property on Salmon Kill Road, but no one is quite sure how it should be used.

WOODBURY — Members of a Main Street steering committee plan to invite members of the town's Arts Alliance to its next meeting to discuss ways of promoting the arts and local artists.

WATERBURY — A sex offender who is a former New York police officer was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday in connection with the rape of a young girl who was in his care.

WATERBURY — A city man who was sought by U.S. Marshals will serve seven years in prison for slashing a Naugatuck man in the face, which left him with what may be permanent nerve damage.