Connecticut

Northern Correctional Institution Inmate Slits Guard's Throat

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Prison Violence, Prison System, Connecticut, Inmate, Guard Attack, Northern Correctional Institution, Guard Slashed, Somers, New York News

HARTFORD, Conn. — An inmate at the state's highest security prison slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade during a routine security chec...

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Duke Energy Settlement: Plant Polluting Region's Air Agrees To Cut Emissions

nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Duke Energy Agrees to Cut Emissions, Carbon Emissions, New Jersey, Connecticut, Duke Energy, Adirondacks, Pollution, Air Pollution, New York, New York News

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut joined the federal government and two environmental groups in a 1999 lawsuit over pollution from the Duke plant, ...

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Labor Agency Overwhelmed By Jobless Claims In CT

AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Connecticut Department of Labor Overwhelmed, Unemployment Rate, Connecticut, Financial Crisis, Jobless Claims, Joblessness, New York, New York News

HARTFORD, Conn. — A crush of unemployment claims has slowed the Connecticut Department of Labor's filing system to a crawl. The state agency po...

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Michael Moore Threatens To Boycott Connecticut Over Lieberman

AP | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lieberman, Boycott, Celebrities Talk Politics, Michael Moore, Medicare Buy In, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Medicare Buy in Lieberman, Health Care, Politics News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is threatening to organize a boycott of Connecticut in response to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's op...

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The Smoke's On Me

Jerry Zezima | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Frequent Flier Miles, Smoke, Dominican Republic, Wife, Sumatra, Cigars, Humor, Soccer, Bible, Tv, Manicure, Garage, Connecticut, Brazil, Nicaragua, Comedy Central, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

I like a good cigar once in a while. And I have had none better than the one I smoked recently. That's because I rolled it myself.

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John Lomax III, UConn Stabbing Suspect, Pleads Not Guilty

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Uconn, Uconn Stabbing, Crime, New York, Connecticut, John Lomax, Jasper Howard, Hartford Connecticut, New York News

HARTFORD, Conn. — A man accused of stabbing a University of Connecticut football player to death in October has pleaded not guilty to murder. D...

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Rosa DeLauro: Recall Joe Lieberman

Politico | Manu Raju | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lieberman, Medicare Buy In, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Sen. Joe Lieberman, Joe Lieberman, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News

A House Democrat from Connecticut said Tuesday that Sen. Joe Lieberman should be recalled from office over his opposition to the Senate health care bi...

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Lieberman Vows to Fight for Assholes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Assholes, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Andy Borowitz, Connecticut, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

While Lieberman's decision to align himself with the nation's a-holes could be a high-risk strategy, politically speaking, a new poll of likely Connecticut voters indicates that they are a key constituency for him.

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Skull And Bones House (VIDEO): Tour Shows "Tomb's" Courtyard

Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Skull Bones House, Connecticut, Skull and Bones Video, Ivy League, Geronimo, New Haven, Skull, Skull and Bones, Skull and Bones House, Home News

Housecleaning is in order if this footage of of Skull and Bones house at Yale University is real. The video, blogged about by Ivy Gate, was posted ...

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John DiNello Found: Yale Lab Technician Found Safe Near Home

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Home

Read More: University, John Dinello, Raymond Clark III, John Dinello Missing, Connecticut, Ivy League, New Haven, Yale University, West New Haven, Annie Le, Yale Daily News, Missing Person, Yale, Raymond Clark, West Haven, Home News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police say they've found a Yale University employee who was missing for several days. Police say 47-year-old John DiNello wa...

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Help Needed: Political Entrepreneurs in State Capitols

Ned Lamont | Posted 12.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Energy, Jobs, 2010 Elections, Health Care, Ned Lamont, Economy, Connecticut, Ned Lamont Connecticut Governor, Ned Lamont Governor, New York News
Ned Lamont

Connecticut is sorely in need of a chief executive who will focus on creating jobs and getting our economy back on track. That is why I formed an exploratory committee for the office of Governor.

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"Holy" Cow Named Moses Has White Cross On Forehead, Thought Divine By Some (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Brad Davis, Dairy Farm, Cow, White Cross, Connecticut, Bovine, Moses, Cow With Cross, Holy Cow, New York News

STERLING, Conn. — A holy cow perhaps? Or maybe a divine bovine? A calf born at a dairy farm in Sterling last week has a white marking on its for...

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New Haven's White Firefighters Win Promotions

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, White Firefighters, Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, New Haven 20, New Haven Fire Fighters, Race, Promotions, Aptitude Tests, New Haven, Connecticut, Supreme Court, Discrimination, Tests, Black Firefighters, Sonia Sotomayor, Ricci, Destefano, Ricci v. Destefano, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)-- A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landma...

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Christina Lee Attack: Howard Stewart Pleads Not Guilty To Burning Girlfriend, Trying To Light Daughter On Fire

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Christina Lee, Howard Stewart, Connecticut, Video, Daughter, Howard Stewart Attack, 911 Call, Crime, New Haven, Arson, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to charges he set his girlfriend on fire and tried to set her 12-year-old daughter a...

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Lieberman Exploring New Ways to Be a Dick

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, U.S. Senate, Senate, Andy Borowitz, Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, United States Senate, Health Care, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

As the health care reform bill makes its way through the U.S. Senate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman said today that he was "actively exploring" new ways to be as big a dick as humanly possible.

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Beyond Guantanamo: Torture Thrives in Connecticut

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Medical Ethics, Law, Rape, Arthur Caplan, Physicians, Crime, American Medical Associaton, Prisoners, Civil Rights, William Coleman, Guantanamo, Connecticut, Edward Blanchette, World Medical Association, Human Rights, Health, Doctors, Prisons, Medicine, Bioethics, Torture, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

In the case of Coleman v. Lantz, Connecticut has argued for the right to force feed a hunger-striking inmate in an excruciatingly painful manner.

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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

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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

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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
Mary Ann West

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
Philip G. Baker

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

Read More: John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Joseph Lieberman, George W. Bush, Connecticut, Chris Dodd, Democratic Party, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Ned Lamont, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Health Care, Republican Party, Chuck Schumer, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

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
Thomas W. Carroll

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
Mary Ann West

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

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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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