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Court listings: April 8
William Remy Whiteside, 28, of 12963 Richmond Heights Drive, exhibition driving, fined $120. Ray Der Htoo, 23, of 608 S. First St., No. 1, overdriving road conditions, fined $120. Donald James Ganje Jr., 46, of 305 S. High St., operating improper...Tags: Punishment, Westport, Fines
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More than 900 Expected At Mayor Segarra's Inaugural Ball Saturday
The Hartford CourantMayor Pedro Segarra's inaugural ball is sold out, with more than 900 guests attending Saturday's event at the Connecticut Convention Center. Tickets, priced at $100 each, sold out last week. The ball will be paid for by a combination of ticket sales...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Cigna Corporation, Eddie A. Perez, XL Center, Hospitals and Clinics
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Are the benefits of natural gas worth the dangers of fracking?
A politically sexy ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new pro-environment fueling station in Bloomfield, Conn., took place on Dec. 9. Three weeks later, on New Year's Eve, a scary 4.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Youngstown, Ohio.
The link between those events...Tags: Skin Lesion, Symptoms, Environmental Politics, Norwich, Conservation
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Concerns About Online Piracy Act Growing Among State's Congressional Delegation
The Hartford CourantIs the tide shifting on a controversial bill that would give the government and copyright holders broad new powers to stop online piracy? Over the weekend, the White House signaled that it has strong reservations about the controversial Stop Online...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate, Apple iTunes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, White House
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The Online-Piracy Mess: How Chris Dodd and Hollywood blew it with SOPA
A cool $1.5 million a year.
That's what the Motion Picture Association of America is reportedly paying Connecticut's formerU.S. Sen. Chris Doddto slide an anti-Internet-piracy bill through Congress. His insider knowledge, his old-fashioned liberal...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, White House, Lobbying
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House Democrats sing to Obama: 'Let's Stay Together'
"Let's Stay Together" is turning into something of a new anthem for the Democratic Party. Last week, President Obama sang a bit of the Al Green tune during a fundraiser at the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem, a moment that became an instant sensation....Tags: Apollo Theater, Elections, Democratic Party, Al Green, Parties and Movements
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Mailbag: 'Bridge to nowhere' is wrong priority
Too bad you can't do a survey to determine how the residents who get stuck with the bill feel about this latest City Council decision to build a bridge to nowhere. (Re. "Newport council approves $2-million bridge," Nov. 29). Every day we read about...Tags: Learning Disability, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Mining
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A glimmer of good news for Obama in jobs report
Associated PressFinally, a flicker of economic hope for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats, even if it's a faint one. November's sharp drop in the unemployment rate shows that jobs are finally moving in the right direction and suggests the economy is on...Tags: Unemployment, Federal Reserve, Labor Legislation, White House, Ronald Reagan
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Analysis: Obama's course correction on birth control politics shifts dynamic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's opposition is now the divided one.
For three weeks of heated rhetoric, Republicans cast the president's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to...Tags: U.S. Senate, Health Treatments, Healthcare Laws, White House, Religion and Belief
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NU Enjoys Power Connections
The Hartford CourantNortheast Utilities, now facing scrutiny over its slow reconnection of storm-damaged power lines, has established a network of connections with Connecticut's political establishment, including Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration and other...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate, Regional Authority, Concerts, George W. Bush
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Connecticut's Leaders in Congress have Evolved Their Views on Gay Marriage
When the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was passed in 1996, all but one member of Connecticut's congressional delegation voted for the legislation that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman. Times have changed. Connecticut has legalized...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Rosa DeLauro, Crime, Law and Justice
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Shirlene Gaines Heston
Shirlene Gaines Heston, age 84, passed peacefully on September 9, 2011. She is remembered with much love by her family and friends. A resident of Orange County since 1959, Shirlene resided in her final years at Vintage Newport, in Newport Beach, and her...Tags: John Wayne, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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