Connecticut

Northern Correctional Institution Inmate Slits Guard's Throat

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York


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...

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

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


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

Labor Agency Overwhelmed By Jobless Claims In CT

AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York


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

Michael Moore Threatens To Boycott Connecticut Over Lieberman

AP | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics


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

The Smoke's On Me

Jerry Zezima | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy


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.

John Lomax III, UConn Stabbing Suspect, Pleads Not Guilty

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


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

Rosa DeLauro: Recall Joe Lieberman

Politico | Manu Raju | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


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...

Lieberman Vows to Fight for Assholes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.15.2009 | Comedy


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.

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

Posted 12.14.2009 | Home


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 ...

John DiNello Found: Yale Lab Technician Found Safe Near Home

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Home


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...

Help Needed: Political Entrepreneurs in State Capitols

Ned Lamont | Posted 12.10.2009 | New York


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.

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

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York


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...

New Haven's White Firefighters Win Promotions

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York


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

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


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...

Lieberman Exploring New Ways to Be a Dick

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.20.2009 | Comedy


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.

Beyond Guantanamo: Torture Thrives in Connecticut

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


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.

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


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 ...

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

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


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...

Charla Nash: Travis The Chimpanzee Victim Seeks To Sue State

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


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...

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

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


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?

Senator Lieberman's response

Philip G. Baker | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


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...

Is Anybody Still Surprised by Joe Lieberman?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


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.

Dodd's Bill Protects Customers From Abusive Overdraft Fees

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


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.

Brian Parker Other UConn Player In Jasper Howard Stabbing

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


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