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Christopher Bizilj's Family Files Suit: Family Blames Teen For 8-Year-Old's Uzi Death At Gun Show

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Westfield Sportsman's Club, Gun Show, Chris Bizilj, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Gun Laws, Gun Shows, Uzi, Submachine Gun, Connecticut, Ashford, Gun Show Deaths, Christopher Bizilj, Massachusetts, Gun Safety, Home News

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun ...

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Jodi Rell: Connecticut Governor Won't Seek Re-Election

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: John Rowland, Jodi Rell Connecticut, Jodi Rell Reelection, Connecticut Governor, Jodi Rell, Connecticut, New York News

HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. M. Jodi Rell will not run for re-election next year, saying Monday that she plans to dedicate her last 14 months in offic...

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Charla Nash: Travis The Chimpanzee Victim Seeks To Sue State

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Chimp, Charla Nash, Charla Nash Sues, Travis Chimpanzee, Charla Nash Attacked, Travis Mauling, Connecticut, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, sayi...

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Singing Of The GOP Sirens, Joe... Joe... Joe...

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homer, John McCain, Public Option, Freedomworks, Homeland Security, Wwwsourcewatchorg, Right Principles PAC, Odyssey, Factcheck.org, Benedict Arnold, Ned Lamont, Sirens, Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, myleftnutmeg.org, 60 Plus, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

As an Epic Fail saga, Joe Lieberman is basking in the fading limelight that is diminishing with time. What will he come up with next to flip those who used to support him as he continues this mad journey?

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Senator Lieberman's response

Philip G. Baker | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Presidential Election, Healthcare, Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut, Politics News

I sent an email to Senator Lieberman expressing my disappointment on the position he has just taken on healthcare. I noted that I was a contributor an...

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Is Anybody Still Surprised by Joe Lieberman?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Lieberman's announcement that he will vote against cloture for a health care bill that includes the public option should surprise nobody. His ideological home is no longer in the Democratic Party.

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New Haven's Teacher Contract a Model? Not So Fast

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Houston, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Teacher Performance Pay, Randi Weingarten, New York State, Charter Schools, Connecticut, u.s. Department of Education, Denver, School Reform, Education Reform, New York News

The contract's approach to charter schools mandates unionization, guarantees no layoffs, preserves grievance procedures, and keeps in place staff transfer rights. Reform with a union twist, one might say.

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Dodd's Bill Protects Customers From Abusive Overdraft Fees

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Carolyn Maloney, Checking Account, Maximize Penalties, The Fairness and Accountability in Receiving (FAIR) Overdraft Coverage Act, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chris Dodd, Overdraft Protection, Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009, Stamford, Connecticut, Senate Committee on Banking, Overdraft Fees, Housing, Ben Bernanke, Customer Protection, Mario Livieri, Business News

Ninety percent of bank overdraft fees happen to only ten percent of checking account holders, comprising those people who are also the most vulnerable.

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Brian Parker Other UConn Player In Jasper Howard Stabbing

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Brian Parker Stabbed, Jasper Howard Stabbed, Uconn, Uconn Stabbing, Brian Parker, Jasper Howard Brian Parker, Connecticut, Jasper Howard Dead, Jasper Howard Stabbing, Jasper Howard Murdered, Uconn Football, New York, Jasper Howard, University of Connecticut, New York News

STORRS, Conn. — A Bloomfield man will be arrested in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player, his lawyer said Monday n...

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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Study: Most States Fail To Protect The Legal Rights Of Abused Children

Causecast | Erica Liepmann | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: States Rights, Child Abuse, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Child-Abuse-Prevention, Impact News

A new study released yesterday, co-authored by First Star, a nonprofit advocacy group for neglected and abused children, and the Children's Advocacy I...

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Jared Rohrig: Ex-Cop Pleads Not Guilty To Posing As Twin Brother For Sex, Raping Woman

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Milford Police, Twin Brothers Rape, Rape, Twins, Rohrig Twins, Crime, Connecticut, Joseph Rohrig, Milford, Jared Rohrig, Twin Raped Woman, New York News

MILFORD, Conn. — A former Connecticut police officer has pleaded not guilty to allegations he posed as his twin brother to have sex with a woman...

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New Haven Police Find Pipe Bombs, Explosives In Man's Car

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Police-Bomb-Squad, New Haven Police, Bomb Squad, Connecticut, New Haven, Car Bomb, New York, Bomb Scare, New Haven-Connecticut, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two Connecticut men face charges of bomb making and other offenses after police say they found them in a Mercedes with explos...

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The Gunnery Sex Scandal: Robert Reinhardt, Former Prep School Dean, Charged With 4th Sexual Assault

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Robert Reinhardt, Connecticut, Prep School, Sexual Assault, Prep Schools, Prep-School-Sex-Scandal, New York, The Gunnery, Litchfield, New York News

LITCHFIELD, Conn. — The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student. For...

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Psychic Charged With Lying About Attack By Rivals

AP | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Psychic, Connecticut, Psychic Attack, New England Psychic, Janet Lee, Norwalk, Greenwich, New York News

GREENWICH, Conn. — A Connecticut psychic who said she was assaulted in an attack she believed was arranged by rival psychics has been charged wi...

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AIG's Joseph Cassano In Westport, CT: BACK On U.S. Soil

Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: AIG Financial Products, Westport, Ellen Hooker, Joseph Cassano, Connecticut, Aig, American International Group, Business News

The former AIG exec dubbed "The Man Who Crashed The World" by Vanity Fair is back in the U.S. Reuters broke the news that Joseph Cassano, the form...

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The Rare Political Party That Is a Movement

David Sirota | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Working Families Party, Rockefeller Drug Laws, New York, Political Parties, Openleft, Firedoglake, Liberals, Connecticut, Act Blue, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Democracy Alliance, New York News

Despite flying under the radar, the Working Families Party is perhaps today's most encouraging model for achieving progressive results over the long haul.

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Chris Dodd Confronts WWE's Linda McMahon On Her Senate Candidacy

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy

While Linda McMahon's announcement of her candidacy for the Senate was certainly a surprise, no one could have expected the shocking response from Senator Chris Dodd. Take a look.

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Should Michael Moore Give Up That $10,000 Fact Checker Check To Chris Dodd's Campaign?

Howie Klein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Connecticut, Senate 2010, Michael Moore, Chris Dodd, Countrywide, Capitalism Movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News

All in all, still love Moore, still want everyone to see the movie, but kind of wish he hadn't decided to jump ugly with one of the most progressive Senators in the Senate.

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Annie Le: Police Search Hartford Garbage Incinerator For Clues

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Laboratory, Clues, Crime, Bloody Clothes, Hartford, Connecticut, Missing Yale Student, New Haven, Missing Student, Annie Le, Yale, Yale Student Disappearance, Incinerator, New York News

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)- Investigators sifted through garbage at an incinerator Sunday, looking for clues into the disappearance of a Yale University gra...

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Why We Must Ban BPA From Products Made For Children

Harvey Karp | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Bpa, Connecticut, Canada, Bpa Reduction, Cdc, Senator Fran Pavley, Minnesota, Bpa Restriction, Synthetic Estrogen, Harvey Karp, Chemical, Health, Hormone, Bisphenol A, The National Toxicology Program, Dr. Harvey Karp, California Legislation, Hormonally Active Chemical, Living News

In case you missed the flurry of recent news, scientists have serious doubts about the safety of BPA (bisphenol A). And that's alarming because this h...

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No Blacklisters Please: Decency in P3 Contracting

Michael Likosky | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dulles Airport Expansion, Dorchester Tunnel, Balfour Beatty, United Kingdom Informaiton Commissioner, Public-Private Partnerships, Connecticut, Texas, p3, North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Chicago Parking Meters, California, Public Works, Highway 130, Virginia, City of Norwalk Parking Authority, Economic League, Blacklisting, Wyoming, LAZ Parking, Metro Goldline, Alfred Cunningham Bridge, Privacy, Massachusetts, Alameda Corridor, North Carolina, Illinois, Vinci, Politics News

The United Kingdom Information Commissioner recently named Balfour Beatty and LAZ Parking Company's parent, Vinci, as having funded a secret 15-year long blacklisting operation.

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If We Get This Wrong...

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Move on.Org, Debate, Jim Himes, Tort Reform, Connecticut, High School, Aarp, Health Insurance, Cancer, Congressman, Ct, Tea Party Express, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Death Panel, Norwalk, Politics News

What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.

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Frank Carnale, 83, Chases DWI Suspect 15 Miles Through New York, Connecticut

AP | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Drunk Driver, Drunk Driver New York, Danbury Connecticut, Connecticut, Dwi, Scarsdale, Southeast New York, Frank Carnale, New York News

SOUTHEAST, N.Y. — An 83-year-old driver chased a pickup truck for 15 miles from New York into Connecticut, helping police catch the drunken driv...

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The Gift of Ted Kennedy

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy Dead, Norwich-Connecticut, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Roger Hilsman, President Kennedy, Jfk, President Carter, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Senate, Robert Kennedy, Politics News

He was a terrific campaigner, as I witnessed first hand in several campaigns, including my own father's campaign for Congress in Connecticut in 1972, when Ted made a special point of speaking on my father's behalf to an enthusiastic audience of shipworkers in Norwich.

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