Former Maine ski resort exec launches wood-pellet venture
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- With oil prices continuing to rise, a former ski industry mogul and part-owner of the Boston Red Sox has started a venture that aims to convert thousands of home heating systems in the Northeast from oil to wood pellets....
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Guilty plea by former salesman in Danbury trash probe
NEW HAVEN, Con. (AP) -- A former salesman at a Danbury trash hauling company that's at the center of a federal racketeering investigation has pleaded guilty to criminal charges....
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Probation for New Haven chiropractor accused of harassment
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A judge has granted a special form of probation to a New Haven chiropractor charged with harassment for making a series of crank calls to a Wethersfield stroke victim....
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Southington teacher resigns over bikini controversy
SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- The husband of a second-grade teacher in Southington says his wife has resigned after controversy over her appearance on a satellite radio shock jock's show....
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Woman who sued Old Saybrook, rescuers setttles for $870,000
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) -- A woman whose family sued Old Saybrook and her rescuers after the sport utility vehicle she was riding in plunged into a river has settled the suit for $870,000....
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Chinese woman denied visa to see dying father in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Congressman Joe Courtney is trying to help a Chinese woman get a visa to visit her dying father in Connecticut....
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Report: 2 killed when private plane crashes in Greene County
SNOW HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Two people were killed Thursday when a homebuilt airplane crashed in Greene County, authorities said....
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Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday....
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Yale fires back at South Korean university over fake degree
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Details of a sex scandal involving a top South Korean official and an art history professor, who lied about having a Yale degree, will be used by the Ivy League school to defend itself against a federal lawsuit filed by the South Korean university that hired the professor....
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Democrats planning special session
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A day after adjourning the 2008 legislative session, some state lawmakers want another crack at the budget and other unfinished business and may return to the Capitol in the next several weeks....
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Courtney seeks more money for second sub production
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Joe Courtney says he has asked for $300 million federal funding for doubling Virginia-class submarine production to two ships a year beginning in 2010, a year earlier than the Navy had planned....
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80-year-old woman dies after alleged beating by husband
HEBRON, Conn. (AP) -- State police say an 80-year-old Hebron woman has died two weeks after her husband allegedly beat her with a hammer....
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Rell: Low-interest loans OK'd for Norwich fire victims
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell says victims of the April 26 fire that destroyed a Norwich apartment complex can apply for low-interest federal loans....
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Motorcycle accident victims identified
STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- Stonington police have released the names of two people killed in a motorcycle accident....
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Eightmile River wins federal protections
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush has signed into law a bill providing federal protections for Connecticut's Eightmile River....
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Connecticut top judge outlines changes for courthouses
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP (AP) -- Connecticut's chief justice says she plans to lift a ban on camera phones in state courthouses....
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Demonstration permits issued for Cheney visit
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) -- Supporters and opponents of the war in Iraq have been granted permits to demonstrate during Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's commencement....
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Waterford man killed in house fire
WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Fire officials are investigating a blaze at a Waterford home that killed a 55-year-old man....
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Woman blaming Norwalk over child's shoes ruined by dog dung
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces....
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Former Montville school employee convicted of embezzlement
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) -- A former employee of St. Bernard High School in Montville has pleaded no contest to charges he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the school over a period of several years....
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