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Bristol home searched with links to former NFL star Hernandez

By Dan Katz • Jun 27, 2013

Police from Massachusetts and Connecticut have searched a home in Bristol, Connecticut with links to former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. Hernandez starred at Bristol Central High School, graduating in 2007 as one of the nation's top prospects. He's now been charged in the shooting death of a semi-pro football player from Boston.


Walking A Beat: Community Policing In New Haven

By Michelle Hackman • Aug 17, 2012
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The new police chief in New Haven, Connecticut assigns his officers to walk beats in the city's neighborhoods to get to know those communities. He hopes these new walking beats will reduce the crime rate. Like the state's other two biggest cities, New Haven's crime rate has far exceeded the national average for the past 20 years. Michelle Hackman walked a beat with two of New Haven's policemen to see what community policing looks like and whether it can put a dent in the city's crime.

A Talk With Jules Feiffer

By Mark Herz • Feb 23, 2011

In this PRNDI Award-winning interview, Mark Herz talks to Jules Feiffer. Feiffer's been a cartoonist for the The Village Voice, a children's book illustrator, playwright, and screenwriter. He shares his perspective on being in the eighth decade of a prolific career.

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