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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Amtrak, Transportation Industry, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), National Transportation Safety Board
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Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Four gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., all canceled. A show in White Plains, N.Y., — brought back a few years ago after being called off for a decade because of the Columbine shooting...
Tags: Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Personal Weapon Control, Danbury, Crime, Law and Justice
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Co-writer of 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Charlie Daniels Band member and a co-writer of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" has been killed in a car crash in Tennessee. A news release from the band says Joel "Taz" DiGregorio died Wednesday night in a crash on...Tags: Charlie Daniels
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READER SUBMITTED: Tunxis Students Garner Scholarships And Awards
FarmingtonOver 100 Tunxis students received awards and scholarships at the 30th Annual "Student Achievement Recognition Ceremony," held on May 3 at Tunxis Community College, Farmington. For a complete list of Tunxis award and scholarship recipients, visit http://...Tags: Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Southington, Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Canton (Hartford, Connecticut), Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut)
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LETTER: What Will Become Of Simmons Farm?
Several years ago, I was driving toward Avon from Farmington when I passed the Simmons Family Farm. I slowed, then stopped to view the peaceful setting of the Holstein dairy herd grazing. I began the practice of driving out of my way to view the farm at...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), West Hartford, Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), New Britain
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Scott Smith, Former Police Officer Once Charged With Murder, Committed Suicide
The Hartford CourantScott Smith's desire to serve his fellow citizens led him to become an emergency medical technician and, ultimately, a police officer in New Milford. But after shooting and killing a fleeing felon in the line of duty in December 1998, his police career...Tags: Criminal Laws, Danbury, Litigation, Police Investigations, Racism
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State Senate Votes To Raise Minimum Wage Over 2 Years To $9 Per Hour
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted Thursday night to raise the minimum wage - an issue that has been controversial through the years. The latest version calls for raising the wage by 75 cents per hour over two years with no index for inflation. As such, the wage...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Republican Party, Martin M Looney, Labor Markets
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Bill Letting Newtown Families Veto Disclosure Of Records Might Raise Fairness Issues, Officials Say
The Hartford CourantThe secretly drafted bill that would give Newtown massacre victims' families the power to veto disclosure of some investigative records might create a broader precedent — because future crime victims' families could ask for the same power in their...Tags: Government, Health and Safety at School, New London (New London, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Sandy Hook Promise
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Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike; Sunday Deer Hunting Approved By House; Racial Profiling Law Strengthened
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted Thursday night to raise the minimum wage — after a huge clash between Republicans and Democrats. The latest version calls for raising the wage by 75 cents per hour over two years, with no index for inflation. As such, the...Tags: Hunting, Lifestyle and Leisure, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Racism, Crime, Law and Justice
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House Approves Driver's Licenses For Undocumented
The Hartford CourantFollowing a debate that stretched on for more than seven and a half hours, the state House of Representatives approved a bill just after dawn on Thursday that offers undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a Connecticut driver's license. The...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Martin M Looney, Republican Party, Illegal Immigrants, Voting
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Annie Leibovitz, premio PrÃncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades
ReutersMADRID, 23 mayo (Reuters) - La fotógrafa estadounidense Annie Leibovitz, conocida mundialmente por sus retratos de personalidades y famosos, fue galardonada el jueves con el premio PrÃncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades. El jurado...Tags: Rolling Stone, Richard Nixon
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House Approves Undocumented Immigrant Drivers License Bill After All-Night Debate
Following a Republican filibuster that stretched on for more than seven and a half hours, the state House of Representatives approved a bill just after dawn on Thursday that offers undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a Connecticut drivers...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Martin M Looney, Republican Party, Voting, Illegal Immigrants
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