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Commuters Face Nightmare As Search Begins for Cause of Metro-North Crash

By KELLY GLISTA, DAVID OWENS AND JENNY WILSON, Kglista@courant.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:23:00 EDT

Three Train Riders Still In Critical Condition; More Than 70 Were Injured

— Commuters face a potential nightmare of detours and traffic jams after the collision of two Metro-North trains shut down tracks between the Fairfield and Bridgeport rail stations Friday night.

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.

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

Three Shot, One Dead, In New Haven

Staff Reports — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:58:42 EDT

A city man was killed and two other men were injured in a shooting near the intersection of Crown and College streets early Saturday, police said.

Home Destroyed By Fire In Southington

Staff Reports — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:40:19 EDT

A home on Old Farms Road was destroyed by an early morning fire Saturday, fire officials said.

Oxbow takes the Preakness, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown

By Chris Korman , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:00 EDT

Gary Stevens caught the water bottle tossed his way, took one swig and threw it back.