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Beaches Make Comeback Seven Months After Sandy

By STEVE GRANT, Special to The Courant — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:09:00 EDT

Crews Worked Through Winter, Spring On Restoration

By the time storm Sandy wound down last fall, it was clear that some of the most popular coastal state park beaches in southern New England were all but destroyed.

Passenger Injured In Train Crash Sues Metro-North

By DAVE ALTIMARI, daltimar@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:21 EDT

A Mystic woman injured in last week's train crash in Bridgeport filed suit Friday against the Metro-North Railroad.

Four More Charged In Medicaid Fraud Case

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:00 EDT

Allegedly Plotted With Former Plainville Physician To Obtain And Sell Prescription Drugs

Four people were arrested this week as the result of an investigation into Medicaid fraud that has already produced four arrests and one jail sentence for a former physician.

Man Shot By Police Officer In Ridgefield, Dies At Hospital

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:54:15 EDT

State Police Are Investigating Shooting

A man who allegedly confronted police while holding a handgun was shot by an officer at a Ridgebury Road home on Friday night and died later at a hospital, state police said.

Retired Police Officer, Charged With Possessing Child Porn, Allegedly Had Inappropriate Contact With Minor

By KELLY GLISTA, Kglista@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:22 EDT

A retired Middletown police officer, charged earlier this month with possession of child pornography, was arrested Thursday on additional charges for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a minor.

NTSB Focuses On Recently Replaced Equipment In Rail Collision Probe

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:14:00 EDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators are focusing on a recently replaced piece of equipment as they probe the cause of last week's train derailment in Bridgeport.

Hartford Building That Was In Danger Of Collapsing Being Torn Down

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:00 EDT

Resident Loses "Thousands" Of Dollars Worth Of Belongings Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page

Janis Comstock watched Friday as a backhoe bucket tore into her bedroom, catching her clothes. She saw her full-length, white down coat from New Zealand hanging in her closet, and she couldn't watch anymore, she said.

Fire Forces Family To Flee South Windsor House

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:21:08 EDT

A large fire destroyed a barn-type building on Collins Lane early Friday morning and forced the evacuation of a nearby home.

Car Crash, Fire Shuts Down Route 2 West

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:55:12 EDT

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A car burned after a crash Friday morning, shutting down the westbound lanes of Route 2, state police said.

Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse

Elaine Porterfield — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:16:00 EDT

MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.