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October Storm Hits Connecticut
Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Litchfield County, FEMA, Plainville, Vernon (Tolland, Connecticut)
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UC Regents Reach Settlement in Deadly UCLA Lab Fire
KTLA NewsWESTWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- The University of California Regents have reached a settlement in the case of a 2008 laboratory fire that killed 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji. The UC Regents have agreed to "comprehensive...Tags: Chemistry, Lawyers, KTLA, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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Porn Industry Moving Out of L.A. Over Condom Mandate?
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- A new city ordinance requiring porn actors to wear condoms during filming took effect on Monday and officials in neighboring communities say they don't want the porn industry to relocate to to their cities. Nearby Simi...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Celebrities, Justice System, Pornography
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Questioning college
As the economy tanked over the last couple of years, the wisdom of a college education became increasingly debated.
There is the cost. Tuition and fees alone at four-year public schools average $8,244 for in-state students and $20,770 for out-of-staters,...Tags: Finance, Teaching and Learning, PBS (tv network), Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition
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Emergency exercise preceded Indiana fair disaster
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage. That exact scenario ahead of last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair was eerily...Tags: Weather, Weather Warnings, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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State Fair Commission will not contest fines issued in stage collapse
The Indiana State Fair Commission announced they will pay and not contest the fines issued against them in regards to the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair.
The Indiana State Fair Commission was issued fines totaling $6,300 after the results...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Punishment, Fines, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health
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Job Shadow Day aims to help students' career paths
Staff Writer, Copy EditorBefore they headed out to their assigned locations for Job Shadow Day 2012, Sara Hansen and Cynthia Cortez, both 14-year-old eighth-graders from Holtville, were told to bring loose-fitting clothing. Although they knew they were going to a local...Tags: Business, Teaching and Learning, Employment Opportunities, Business, Health
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Newman University President speaks out on contraception rules
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA letter from Newman University to the White House. "I don't know if he's going to read it or not,” University President Noreen Carrocci said. Carrocci sent her first letter ever to a U.S. president Monday. She's upset over the Obama...Tags: Insurance, Health Treatments, Employment Opportunities, Family Planning, White House
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Mid-America Sound places blame for State Fair tragedy on Sugarland
Testimony released by one of the companies found to be involved in the State Fair stage collapse is placing the blame on Sugarland.
Seven people were killed and dozens more were seriously injured when the stage at the Indiana State Fair collapsed...Tags: Entertainment, Weather, Music, Weather Warnings, Concerts
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IOSHA Investigators: Sugarland not to blame in State Fair stage collapse
The tragedy of the stage collapse on Aug. 13 will never be forgotten. Jennifer Nettles, lead singer of the band Sugarland, calls it a defining moment in her career.
"There are no words for that kind of tragedy, and the power of nature and what happened,"...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health, Sugarland (music group)
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Seeing more than just blurred vision in your eye exam
When people come to the Reisterstown office of Drs. Eickhoff & Rowe for eye exams, the optometrists do more than simply ask which line of letters they can read on the eye chart.
Like other eye doctors, James Eickhoff starts with a "complete case history,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Heart Disease, Park Slope, Glaucoma
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