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Remains ID'd As Missing Woman; Boyfriend Arrested In Her Death

By JENNY WILSON, jenwilson@courant.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:00 EDT

The month-long search for a missing Eastern Connecticut State University student came to an abrupt end Saturday when police identified Alyssiah Wiley's remains and charged a man in her death.

Graduates Leave UHart, But It Won't Leave Them

By MARA LEE, maralee@courant.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:55:00 EDT

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A commencement speech that touched on elephant excrement, the stupidity of drinking and driving, and Balzac's thoughts on the relations between the sexes delighted graduates of University of Hartford Sunday, so much so that they gave novelist and commencement speaker Bernard Cornwall a standing ovation.

Fairfield University Senior Dies Day Before Graduation

By NICHOLAS RONDINONE, nrondinone@courant.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:28:18 EDT

A soon-to-be graduated senior of Fairfield University died Saturday morning in a car accident.

Commuters Face Nightmare As Metro-North Scrambles To Get Passengers Around Crash Site

By NICHOLAS RONDINONE, nrondinone@courant.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:10 EDT

Fairfield Police Warn Of 'Overloaded' I-95 Commute Monday; Malloy To Announce Plan For Service At 6 P.M. Briefing

— The roughly 125,000 commuters who rely on the Metro-North rail line — as well as thousands of other travelers — face a potential nightmare of detours and traffic jams Monday morning in the aftermath of Friday's train crash in Bridgeport.

Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark National Weather Service warning

Chris Francescani — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:33:03 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide tornado struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to Minnesota.

A Hartford Wise Guy And A $500 Million Museum Heist

By EDMUND H. MAHONY, emahony@courant.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:38:00 EDT

It was a shore dinner in Maine a decade ago that transformed Robert Gentile, an aging, unremarkable wise guy from Hartford, into the best lead in years in one of the world's most baffling crime mysteries, the unsolved robbery of half a billion dollars in art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Passenger Dies In Head-On Collision In Waterbury

By Staff Reports — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:42 EDT

A male passenger was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision on Highland Avenue Saturday, police said.

Small Plane Crashes In Plymouth

By JENNA CARLESSO, jcarlesso@courant.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

A small plane crashed into heavy brush about 1,500 feet from a Waterbury Airport runway Saturday afternoon. No one was injured.

Bridgeport Man Found Dead, Pinned By Car May Have Been Homicide

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

A fatal incident involving a motor vehicle Saturday morning may have been a homicide, police said.

Dozens injured as car plows through parade in Virginia

Gary Robertson — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:00 EDT

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said.