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Senior is denied rental car overseas
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterQuestion: My wife and I try to make one major trip abroad a year. This year we thought we would go to Northern Ireland in September, but every auto rental agency I've contacted has a maximum age for a car rental. I happen to be 82. Is there any way I...Tags: Connecticut, Travel, Rentals, Los Angeles Times, Health
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Putting cancer cells to sleep
Special to The TimesMelatonin, long known to insomniacs as an over-the-counter sleep aid, is now being studied as a way to prevent and treat breast and other cancers. Dubbed the "hormone of darkness," melatonin is made by the brain's pineal gland at nighttime. This summer,...Tags: Education, Health, Medical Research, Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses
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Despair Gives Rise To A Deadly Vision. Memory Dims. Conflict And Frustration Breed Isolation, As Friends Turn Tail. A Message From God.
The Hartford CourantJerry Yang and his wife, Cindy Tian, look at each other across the dining room table. In calm and measured voices, they prepare for Yang's death. As scientists, they review the data they have recently received from doctors. His cancer, which started in...Tags: Surgery, George W. Bush, Health Treatments, Colleges and Universities, Family
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Robbery Led to Slayings
The Hartford CourantTwo teenagers who were shot to death execution-style in Hartford Thursday morning were participating in a botched robbery, Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts said Friday. Before their deaths, Kent McLaurin, 19, of Hartford, and Xion Davidson, 17,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Death, Police Arrests, Gang Activity, Family
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Graduations Well Under Way; Simsbury Cops Find Pipe Bomb
Graduations are held at Miss Porter's School and Ethel Walker. Avon officials trim their budget. And Simsbury cops find a roasting chicken along roadway with a pipe bomb stuffed inside.
Here is a round-up of some of the news stories from Farmington...Tags: Soccer, Emergency Incidents, Painting, Crime, Law and Justice, Panera Bread Company
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Dry Skin Tips
From Dr. Jane Grant-Kels, chair Dept of Dermatology @UConn Health Center It is more common during the winter months, when humidity is low. Some people also have a genetic, or hereditary, tendency to develop dry skin. In addition, elderly people tend...Tags: Education, Family
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On the Web
UConn Health Center - The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center - The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center - New England Musculoskeletal Institute - Discovery Series Video Archive - UCHC Video Archive...Tags: Education, Family
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Hogan Defends Rehiring Retired Professors
The Hartford CourantA skeptical state lawmaker and the president of the University of Connecticut squared off Friday over the controversial system of "double-dipping" that uses short-term contracts to pay retired professors who are already receiving pensions. In his first...Tags: Connecticut, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Collective Contract, Colleges and Universities
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Proceed with caution -- and sunscreen
With warm weather on the horizon and an ever-proliferating number of sunscreens on the market, Health decided it was time to find out more about protection from the sun. We consulted Dr. Robert Greenberg, a nationally known dermatologist in private...Tags: Dermatology, Connecticut, Pharmaceuticals, Skin Cancer Foundation, Water Pollution
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When it's too hot to trot
The Hartford CourantWill Graustein describes himself as a "fair-weather runner" who avoids exercising in brutal heat. On the other hand, he finds he competes pretty well in crummy weather, from blizzards to heat waves. Graustein, 40, of Harwinton, is president of the...Tags: Connecticut, Physiology, Education, Death, Colleges and Universities
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Andrea Gross
Simsbury High School University of Connecticut, Vassar, Williams, University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State, Boston University SATs: 780v, 660m Math League; school newspaper co-editor; trivia team; summer theater; debate...Tags: Soccer, Surgery, Adults, Newspaper and Magazine, Colleges and Universities
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