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All Conn. parks, forests to be open for holiday
Connecticut park officials say all 107 state parks and 32 state forests will be open for the Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer season. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said visitors will notice various improvements. They include 22 new rustic camping cabins available for rent at ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 04-05-16-18-53, Mega Ball: 28 (four, five, sixteen, eighteen, fifty-three; Mega Ball: twenty-eight) Estimated jackpot: $15 million
Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were: 4 (four)
Malloy defends effort to restrict Newtown records
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is defending efforts to restrict the release of certain public records related to the Newtown school shooting, saying he wants to protect the victims' families. Malloy said Friday that "an extraordinary set of circumstances" happened on Dec. 14, when a gunman opened fire at the Sandy ...
Duncan, Malloy pledge support for school security
State and federal officials, including the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, offered reassurances Friday that efforts are underway to improve school security in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and the gun violence experienced in Connecticut's state capital and other cities. Appearing at a ...
Newtown denied bid to postpone hearing on records
Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission on Friday denied a bid by Newtown officials to postpone a hearing on a request by The Associated Press for records related to the gunman in December's school shooting. An attorney for the town asked for a continuance until after the state legislature adjourns on ...
Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge
During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public. ...
Education Department giving Newtown $1.3 million
Schools in Newtown, Conn., will receive $1.3 million in federal aid to recover after the shootings that left 26 students and educators dead last year. Education Secretary Arne Duncan planned to announce the School Emergency Response to Violence grant during a visit to the state on Friday. The grant to ...
Rangers scratch Richards for pivotal Game 4
Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards was a healthy scratch Thursday night when New York stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 overtime victory in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins. Richards, a star player earning $12 million this season, stayed on ...
Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants
An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois at ...
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