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Conn. lawmakers announce mental health proposal
Relatives of the victims of the Newtown school shooting are calling on lawmakers to pass a child mental health bill before the legislative session ends in a little more than two weeks. Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year old daughter, Ana, was one of 20 children and 6 educators killed at Sandy ...
Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment
Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways. Rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak between Boston ...
Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. Lots of patients ignore that take-it-easy advice and stay in the game, and Monday's findings suggest vigorous exercise may be ...
Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest — and most substantial — development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two ...
Commuters Face Delays After Conn. Train Accident
Commuters from Connecticut endured long, slow trips into work following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (May 20)
Biden to speak at Coast Guard Academy graduation
Vice President Joe Biden is returning to Connecticut this week to speak at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London. Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the academy's 132nd commencement on Wednesday. The vice president was in the state in February to rally support for ...
How the Conn. train crash will affect commuters
Two commuter trains collided just outside Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening, damaging the tracks and snarling travel in the Northeast. Here's a look at what commuters can expect Monday, as the work week gets under way, and beyond: METRO-NORTH RAILROAD SERVICE PROBLEMS: Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says roads could ...
Weeklong traffic mess possible after CT derailment
Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday. Malloy used dire language to describe traffic troubles for the work week ...
Crash kills Conn. student day before graduation
A 21-year-old Fairfield University student from Massachusetts has died after a car crash a day before he was to graduate. The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/10eqWgW ) that Deandre Lawton of Brockton, Mass., died when his car hit a tree near the university on Saturday. He was declared dead at Bridgeport ...
Innovative schools share ideas to improve learning
Failing 9th grade for the second year in row, A.J. Swan had accepted that he wasn't going to graduate from his Vermont high school. He'd barely made it this far, after being held back in 7th grade. It wasn't that he wasn't learning, he said, but he didn't find what ...
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