http://wcbs880.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:28:18 EST en-us An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has pleaded not guilty to interstate stalking. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Pleads-Not-Guilty-in-ESPN-Reporter-Erin-Andrew/5740015 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:27:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5105267 Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says his office is investigating whether schools in the state have broken laws requiring the reporting of child abuse and neglect to authorities. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Attorney-General-Richard-Blumenthal-In/5738344">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:44:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5103994 Three New Haven police officers crashed their cruisers while pursuing a shooting suspect in a chase that ended with the arrests of two people. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Pusuit-Leaves-Three-New-Haven-Police-Officers-Inju/5737403">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:25:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5103365 Connecticut prison officials expect to recommend this week whether a prison can be closed to help save the state money. Gov. M. Jodi Rell had asked the Department of Correction for a recommendation by Friday. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Prison-Officials-to-Answer-Rell-on-Clo/5732133">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:40:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5098713 The oldest remaining houses built by free blacks in Connecticut are considered irreplaceable by national historians. But they're in danger of being torn down in Bridgeport. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:50:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5098193 Two Connecticut teens are dead after one lost control of the car they were inside and struck a tree in Shelton. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Two-Teens-Killed-in-CT-Car-Crash/5729531 ">READ MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:29:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096662 Connecticut officials are auctioning off rescued and rehabilitated horses that were cared for by staff and inmates at the Gates Correctional Facility in Niantic. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Officials-Auctions-Off-Rescued-Horses/5728952">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:55:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096360 A Milford police officer is facing arraignment on manslaughter and reckless driving charges in connection with a cruiser crash last summer that killed two teens. <a href="http:// http://wcbs880.com/Police-Officer-To-Be-Arraigned-in-Fatal-Crash/5728543">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5096132 Bright high school seniors heading for college majors in science and technology could be cashing in on one Connecticut firm's recession-bucking success. <a href="http:// http://wcbs880.com/CT-Firm-Offers-Science-and-Technology-Scholarships/5728248">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:15:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5095925 Waterbury authorities say lightning apparently struck a house during an early morning storm that drenched Connecticut, but no one was seriously injured. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Lighting-Hits-Waterbury-Home--No-One-Injured/5724682">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5093618 &nbsp;A New Hampshire county sheriff's office says an inmate who cut a hole in the ceiling of his cell and escaped was last seen in Connecticut. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Search-Turns-to-Connecticut-for-Escaped-Inmate/5724279">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5093336 An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews is expected to make his first court appearance Friday. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Accused-of-Videotaping-ESPN-Reporter-Erin-Andr/5722566">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5092244 Waterbury authorities say lightning apparently struck a house and medical workers took one person to a hospital as a precaution. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Lightning-Strikes-Waterbury-Home/5722573">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:06:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5092249 Connecticut officials have reached a 35-year agreement to transform the state's 23 service plazas along the major highways, adding more types of restaurants and upgrading facilities. <a href="http:// http://wcbs880.com/Upgrades-Coming-to-Connecticut-s-Travel-Plazas/5717769">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5088054 A Connecticut lawmaker says he's paid more than $390 in fines and his driver's license has been reinstated after he was pulled over by police a second time for illegally using a cell phone while driving. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Lawmaker-Stopped-Again-for-Using-Cell-Phone-in-Car/5715873 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:26:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5086712 The Hartford Courant is being sued by a smaller, family owned newspaper that is seeking financial damages for what it calls the Courant's repeated plagiarism of its stories. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Paper--The-Hartford-Courant--Being-Sue/5715341 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:14:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5086335 Drivers long stuck in Route 7 traffic dumped here into the center of Brookfield are hopeful. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Route-7-Bypass-Opens-Today-in-Connecticut/5713495">READ MORE&nbsp;&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5085044 A ladies' man is bringing his charms to ``The Simpsons.'' <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Women-Wins-Contest-to-Create-New-Chara/5713663">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:44:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5085166 A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Black-Firefighters-Object-to-White-Promotions/5708304 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:48:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5080617 The ACLU of Connecticut is warning the Enfield school board to stop holding graduation ceremonies at a Bloomfield megachurch, claiming the graduates and their families are unconstitutionally being subjected to religious messages. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-ACLU-Demands-End-to-Graduations-at-Chu/5706671">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:58:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5079442 A Connecticut psychic is asking a state judge to let her into a probation program to settle charges that she lied to police about an assault she said was planned by her rivals. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Psychic-Seeks-Probation-for-Attack-Sto/5705373">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:22:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5078447 Bridgeport police say a city teacher whose father was the late Congressman Stewart McKinney led officers on a brief car chase before being charged with drunken driving and illegally carrying a loaded handgun. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Bridgeport-Teacher-Faces-DUI--Gun-Charges/5703954">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:07:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5077439 A Stratford man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempting to kill a federal law enforcement officer at a Bridgeport gas station in 2007. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Sentenced-to-13-Years-in-Cop-Shooting/5698745 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:45:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5072854 A Connecticut judge has agreed to keep sealed for another two weeks search warrant affidavits in the case of an animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Judge-Extends-Sealing-of-Warrants-in-Yale-Killing/5698546">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:53:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5072738 Connecticut health officials say a patient who died at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam has been confirmed as the state's 17th swine flu fatality since April. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Swine-Flu-Death-Toll-Hits-17/5693931">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:05:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5069458 A court appearance is scheduled for today for a man who has been charged with an act of terrorism.&nbsp; <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Former-Cop-to-Appear-in-Court-for-Terror-Charges/5686271 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5063227 East Hartford authorities say they probably won't continue a search for a man who went missing after a minivan sank in the Connecticut River. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Authorities-Won-t-Continue-Search-for-Missing-Man/5685408">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:22:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5062626 A Connecticut woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her 57-year-old boyfriend, who was run over by a car in Old Saybrook last year. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Woman-Arrested-in-Fatal-Hit-and-Run/5685666">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5062811 New Haven police say a city man doused his wife and her two children with an accelerant and set fire to the woman, who suffered burns on up to 40 percent of her body. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Sets-Wife-on-Fire-in-Connecticut/5684145">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:18:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5061758 Two units of the Connecticut Army National Guard are sending 700 soldiers to the Middle East in the largest single deployment of Connecticut guard members since the Korean War. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Army-National-Guard-Deploys-700-to-Mid/5679693">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:46:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5057468 Connecticut officials say they want the state to get ahead of the curve in planning for the eventual widespread presence of electric-powered vehicles. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Planning-for-Future-with-Electric-Cars/5679462">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:46:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5057267 Changes made five years ago to a Connecticut law aimed at revealing medical mistakes at hospitals have allowed the facilities to keep more errors secret, a Hartford Courant analysis shows. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Medical-Errors-Hidden-after-Connecticut-Law-Change/5679436">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5057247 A University of Connecticut student goes before a judge this week, accused of committing an act of terrorism by posting threatening Internet messages after the stabbing death of football player Jasper Howard. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:33:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5056917 Two units of the Connecticut Army National Guard are sending 700 soldiers to the Middle East in the largest single deployment of Connecticut guard members since the Korean War. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:51:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5056506 Emergency crews are searching for a man whose minivan has been found in the Connecticut River. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:48:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5056504 Authorities are investigating two fires that occurred within minutes of each other in a University of Connecticut dormitory. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:10:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5055387 A Bridgeport man was killed after exiting his car following a minor accident on Route 95 south. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:18:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5054856 The Connecticut Army National Guard is deploying 700 soldiers this weekend to the Middle East in the largest single deployment of its troops since the Korean War. <a href="http:// http://wcbs880.com/CT-Army-National-Guard-Deploying-700-to-Mideast/5675748">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:24:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5054280 A videotape catches a Wilton school teacher stealing money from other teachers. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Teacher-Caught-Stealing-from-Other-Teachers/5673757 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:24:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5052766 Hamden authorities say a construction worker has died after he was struck by a forklift at Quinnipiac University. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Worker-Killed-at-Quinnipiac-University/5672929 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5052218 DNA evidence on a bloody sock found hidden in the ceiling and an ink pen found under the body of a Yale graduate student links an animal research technician to her killing, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Bloody-Socks-Link-Accused-Yale-Killer-to-His-Victi/5669598">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:14:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5049601 Bridgeport officials say smoke alarms did go off during a public housing complex fire that killed a woman and her three young children, and the building was up to code. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Three-Children-Die-in-Bridgeport-Fire/5667991">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:23:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5048501 Connecticut authorities say a car smashed through the front windows of a Milford nail salon and ended up halfway into the shop in an accident that injured eight people. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/8-Injured-in-Nail-Salon-Crash/5668301">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:55:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5048750 Connecticut public health officials have placed St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center on probation for one year, citing various state violations. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Hospital-Placed-on-Probation/5664670">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:35:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5045515 A Hartford man accused of shooting a city police officer made a brief court appearance to be arraigned on attempted murder and assault charges. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Judge-Sets--3-5-Million-Bond-for-Alleged-Connectic/5662561">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:05:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5043961 Fairfield University officials are looking into harassment claims against the student newspaper after a satirical column sparked a protest on campus. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Student-Newspaper-Faces-Harassment-Claims/5662495 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5043915 A former ESPN production assistant whose affair with broadcaster Steve Phillips led to their firings says she confronted his wife only so he would stop pursuing her. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Former-ESPN-Assistant--I-Never-Stalked-Steve-Phill/5662226 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:29:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5043731 Gay and lesbian couples will be gathering at Connecticut's Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the day the state began allowing same-sex marriages. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/It-s-Been-a-Year-of-Gay-Marriage-in-Connecticut/5660471">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:49:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5042627 The star attraction at New York's Rockefeller Center this Christmas will be a 76-foot Norway spruce from Connecticut. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/2009-Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-Being-Cut-D/5650673">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:13:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5034660 Hartford police say a city officer investigating a series of burglaries was shot during an early morning foot chase with a fleeing suspect, who was caught and arrested by other officers. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Police-Offier-Shot-On-Duty-in-Hartford/5648935">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:09:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5033217 On Wednesday's episode of ``The Oprah Winfrey Show,'' Charla Nash says she's starting to get stronger. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Stamford-Chimpanzee-Attack-Victim-Appearing-on--Th/5649943">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wcbs880.com/EXTREMELY-GRAPHIC-PHOTO--Chimp-Attack-Victim/5653466">WARNING: Graphic Photo of Charla Nash</a>&nbsp;<img alt="" width="20" height="14" src="http://imgsrv.wcbs880.com/image/wcbs/UserFiles/Image/bugs/bug_photo_20x14_2.jpg" /> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5034154 A former drama and music teacher at Montville High School has been sentenced to seven years in prison for having sex with two students. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Former-Teach-Sentenced-to-Prison-for-Having-Sex-wi/5650639">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:03:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5034640 Connecticut Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's decision not to seek re-election could create big political drama in a small state, where Democrats hope to reclaim the governor's mansion for the first time in nearly two decades while keeping embattled Sen. Christopher Dodd in office. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Rell-s-Departure-Gives-Democrats-hope-in-Connectic/5644662">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:59:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5029512 A Milford police officer has been arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with a car crash last summer that killed two Orange teens. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Milford-Cop-Charged-in-Fatal-Crash/5644367">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:34:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5029301 State police have reopened all lanes of Interstate 691 in the Meriden area after cleaning up two different tractor-trailer accidents that snarled the morning commute. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/All-Lanes-Reopen-on-I-691/5641850">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:23:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5027317 An emotional Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Monday she will not run for re-election next year, stepping away from the job after a difficult budget battle with Democrats and an ever-darkening state economic crisis. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Governor-Rell-of-Connecticut-Will-Not-Seek-Re-Elec/5634511">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a><br /> <em><strong><a href="http://wcbs880.com/Rell--Thank-You-for-the-Honor/5634511 ">LISTEN&nbsp;INSIDE&gt;&gt;</a></strong></em> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:17:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5021200 State police say a baby suffered serious head injuries after reportedly being ejected from a car during a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 91 in New Haven. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Police--Baby-Ejected-from-Car-in-Crash/5632401 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:37:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5019776 A fire in a big rig hauling flammable methanol closed a heavily traveled portion of Interstate 95 in southwestern Connecticut for hours early Monday, diverting tens of thousands of rush-hour commuters. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/I-95-Shut-Down-in-Connecticut/5630347">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:08:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5018345 A court hearing is planned to determine when to release documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Hearing-Planned-on-Releasing-Church-Abuse-Document/5625750">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:36:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5013926 An estimated 40,000 onlookers are estimated to have turned out for the annual Veterans Day Parade through the streets of downtown Hartford. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Thousands-Attend-Veterans-Day-Parade-in-Hartford/5625697">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:10:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5013887 Making local phone calls in Connecticut will soon take more work.&nbsp; The state Department of Public Utility Control says that starting next Saturday the area code must be included for all numbers dialed, even if they are local calls. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:47:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5013668 Connecticut will use federal stimulus money to help some domestic violence shelters across the state stay open around-the-clock and preserve five state prosecutor positions. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5013408 A Superior Court judge could decide this week whether to open the files of a 21-year-old Bloomfield man accused of fatally stabbing a University of Connecticut football player. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:13:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5013372 Connecticut officials say 3,000 bottles of anti-flu medicine for children are being distributed this week to hospitals and clinics. <a href="http:// http://wcbs880.com/CT-Hospitals-To-Get-Anti-Flu-Medicine-for-Kids/5622348">READ MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5011199 A Connecticut judge is scheduled to hear closing arguments Tuesday in the case of an inmate on a hunger strike who's been force-fed by prison officials. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Closing-Arguments-Scheduled-in-Hunger-Strike-Case/5622258">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:36:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5011153 An effort to honor a Sept. 11 victim in the small Connecticut town of Kent has unexpectedly became a contentious debate. That's because the victim's father has insisted his son's memorial say he was murdered by &quot;Muslim terrorists.'' <a href="http://wcbs880.com/9-11-Memorial-Turns-Controversial/5622039">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:57:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5011035 A Connecticut man who stabbed his live-in girlfriend to death with a fork and knife has been sent to prison for 45 years. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Man-Sentenced-for-Fork-and-Knife-Killi/5615073">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:18:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5006343 Farmington police say they haven't been able to figure out who parachuted off a 1,340-foot-tall transmission tower on Rattlesnake Mountain, and the tower's owner is calling the stunt ``insane.'' <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Parachutist-Jumps-from-Large-Transmission-Tower/5606499">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:31:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4999353 New Haven police have arrested a 19-year-old city man in connection with the death of his 5-month-old son last year. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Teen-Charged-in-Baby-s-Death/5606489">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:30:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4999345 The chairman of the Connecticut Republicans says Tuesday's municipal election results bode well for the GOP in the upcoming 2010 elections. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Conn--GOP-Chair-says-Elections-Bode-Well-for-2010/5600199 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:33:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993773 A Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee is seeking to sue the state for $150 million. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/CT-Woman-to-Sue-State-in-Chimpanzee-Attack/5599774 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:16:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4993453 Republican officials claimed victory in Tuesday's municipal elections in Connecticut, picking up seats in Stamford and Norwich while holding onto some in Democratic-heavy towns. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Republicans-Make-Strides-in-Connecticut/5598085">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:02:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4992217 Arthur Ward, Dem, elected Mayor, City of Bristol, Connecticut. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Ward-Elected-Mayor-of-Bristol--CT/5591533">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:03:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4986550 Connecticut judge has ordered CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz to pay his ex-wife $916,000 a year in alimony and child support. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/CBS-Sportscaster-to-Pay-Ex-Wife--900-000-a-Year/5588758 ">READ MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:49:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4984589 Polls have closed across Connecticut as 162 cities and towns select their next municipal leaders.<a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Residents-Voting-in-Local-Elections/5585531"><br /> READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:48:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4982252 Hartford police have identified a teenager struck and killed by an out-of-control car, and they've arrested another teen who they say was behind the wheel. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Hartford-Police-Identify-Dead-Pedestrian/5586451">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:14:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4982971 Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez is trying to keep allegations that he tried to extort $250,000 from a real estate developer separate from charges that he accepted a bribe. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Hartford-Mayor-Opposes-Combining-Cases/5586457">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:16:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4982976 Have you forgotten where your polling place is? <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Where-to-Vote---2009-General-Election/5586332">CLICK HERE&nbsp;&gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:55:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4982893 Police in Connecticut say a 12-year-old boy shot a younger child with a BB gun in Stamford while trying to rob the victim and a friend of their Halloween candy. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Halloween-Hold-Up--Child-Shot-With-BB-Gun/5579010 ">READ MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:36:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4976863 A 19-year-old sophomore at Yale University has been found dead by his roommates at the school. Yale says Andre Narcisse of Roosevelt, New York, was discovered unresponsive Sunday morning at Branford College, one of the school's residential colleges.&nbsp;<a href="http://wcbs880.com/Student-from-Long-Island-Found-Dead-at-Yale/5571039">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:31:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4970149 Bristol police are investigating a fatal shooting. Police say a man was shot to death early Sunday morning on Davis Drive. Officers say there were numerous calls to 911 reporting the shooting just after 1:30 a.m. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:31:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4969907 A new report says Norwich and New London have a higher percentage of problem gamblers who called the state Helpline than would be expected based on their population. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:35:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4969719 Heather Moran, of Bethel, wants everyone to know there are still good, honest people in this world. People like Britta Wasloff, a retired legal secretary and part-time employee at Walmart, who found and returned the two-carat heirloom engagement ring Moran lost on Oct. 20. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:38:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4967618 Connecticut's auto retailers and the U.S. Army say they've reached a deal in which veterans will be guaranteed job interviews when they return to civilian life. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Conn--Car-Dealers-Pledge-to-Interview-Veterans/5567831">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:34:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4967525 Connecticut football fans lined up three deep to applaud and shake hands with players as they walked into Rentschler Field for the first Huskies home game since Jasper Howard was slain. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Fans-Show-Support-for-Slain-Football-Player/5567673">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:56:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4967392 A Connecticut man who shot a fellow hunter by accident while killing a pheasant is set to be arraigned before a state judge. READ<a href="http:// http://wcbs880.com/Man-Set-to-be-Arraigned-in-Hunter-Shooting/5567638">&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:39:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4967360 Plans to allot $15 million for a juvenile detention facility in Bridgeport have been put on hold. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Juvenile-Detention-Facility-in-Connecticut-Put-on-/5563485 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:19:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4964529 Manchester police have charged a local woman with a felony after they say her 3-year-old child wandered from their home and managed to cross a busy street. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Mother-Arrested-After-Child-Wanders-from-Home/5561435">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:15:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4963167 Naugatuck police say they're searching for a woman who was running an illegal dentist's practice in her apartment. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Police-Searching-for-Fake-Dentist-in-Connecticut/5561182">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:29:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4962959 University of Connecticut police charged an 18-year-old Wethersfield man Thursday with posting threatening Internet messages after the stabbing death of football player Jasper Howard. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Cops--Teen-Discouraged--Snitches--in-UConn-Death/5555488 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4957749 A Connecticut hotel is being sued over the stabbing death of a 21-year-old woman, whose mother claims hotel managers could have prevented the death if they had banned underage parties. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Mom-of-Murdered-Victim-Sues-Connecticut-Hotel/5555454">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4957719 Connecticut officials are trying to solve a $400 million mystery: Who owns the cash? <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Looking-for-Owners-of--400-Million/5552080">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4954987 The arrest warrant for a North Haven man charged in the death of his 4-month-old niece says he confessed to police that he swung the baby sharply and saw her head ``snap.'' <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Uncle-Swung-His-Niece--Saw-Her-Head--Snap-/5550971">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:06:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4954234 A Connecticut jury has acquitted a former high school teacher of charges he had sex with a teenage student in his Milford apartment in 2003. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Former-Teacher-Acquitted-of-Sexual-Assault/5550953">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:04:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4954220 Several witnesses identified the man charged with fatally stabbing a University of Connecticut football player as the killer, prosecutors said Wednesday. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Witnesses-Identified-the-Suspect-in-the-Stabbing-D/5550231">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:47:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4953677 Lt. Christopher Davis says it appears the Manchester High School students learned the password by watching a school official. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Computers-Hacked--Grades-Changed-in-Connecticut/5542365">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:34:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4947458 North Haven police have arrested a local man in connection with the death of his 4-month-old niece, who authorities say suffered multiple blunt force trauma while in his care. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Man-Arrested-After-Baby-Dies/5541909">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:06:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4947056 A three-judge panel has convicted a 28-year-old man for his role in a shooting death during a Waterbury home invasion last year. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Convicted-in-Waterbury-Home-Invasion/5542927">READ MORE&nbsp;&gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:06:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4947935 Police: 3 arrested in fight that killed UConn player; 1 of them is charged with murder. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Charge-Filed-in-Death-of-University-of-Connecticut/5534257">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:25:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4941562 A Connecticut town official is calling for a telephone warning system that would alert residents if dangerous animals escape from an Olympic medalist's private zoo. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Official-Wants-Zoo-Warning-System-in-Connecticut/5534266">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:27:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4941568 Hartford police say a city school crossing guard pushed a child to safety before being hit by a car driven by a man who ignored the guard's order to stop. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Crossing-Guard-Pushes-Child-to-Safety/5532151">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:31:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4939908 Police say they've caught a former Connecticut man who was on the run for 11 years after skipping out on his sentencing for a Norwalk knife slashing. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Fugitive-Caught-After-11-Years/5533137">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:27:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4940813 Police and prosecutors have formed a new cold case for eastern Connecticut that will try to find the killers in unsolved homicides in the region. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Eastern-Connecticut-Gets-Cold-Case-Unit/5531668">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:58:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4939467 Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state needs to know when the federal government plans to ship more flu vaccine. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Governor-Rell--State-Needs-More-Swine-Flu-Vaccine/5526222">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:27:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4934678 The ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination has also been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday.. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Assistant-in-Phillips-Scandal-No-Longer-Works-Ther/5524051 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:51:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4933303 A slain UConn football player's teammates were gathering in Miami for his funeral. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Mudered-University-of-Connecticut-Football-Player-/5522570">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:31:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4932359 Hartford police say they're investigating the death of a 46-year-old woman whose body was found in the back of a van. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Woman-s-Body-Found-in-Back-of-Van/5522526">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:26:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4932330 Norwich police say they searching for a knife-wielding home invasion suspect who broke into a woman's home and assaulted her. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Violent-Norwich-Home-Invader-Being-Sought/5522510">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:24:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4932327 Connecticut state police have identified a man who was shot to death by a Bethel police officer over the weekend. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Shot-by-Cop-Identified/5522434">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:14:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4932270 Baseball analyst Steve Phillips has been fired by ESPN after admitting to an affair with an assistant at the cable network. READ<a href="http://wcbs880.com/Former-Mets-GM-Phillips-Fired-by-ESPN/5517088">&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:59:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4927933 Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell wants the federal government to overhaul its system for producing and distributing flu vaccine. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:55:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4927228 Whether they're considered cliques or gangs, officials agree that teens in Connecticut's capital city are finding solidarity in tightly knit groups. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:31:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4926871 The family and friends of a slain Connecticut cornerback are gathering for a viewing at a Miami mortuary. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:54:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4926831 Police say a Connecticut man was killed in Maine when he was ejected from a pickup truck and into a stream after the truck struck a bridge. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:06:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4925991 Bethel police say an officer has shot and killed a man in a private home after responding to a call about someone attempting suicide. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:05:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4925770 Rising over downtown New Haven, the 14-story glass-and-stone tower houses what will be one of the world's most advanced cancer research and treatment centers. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Philanthropy-Makes-Yale-Cancer-Center-a-Reality/5513560">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:03:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4925466 Connecticut's economy and the state of its workforce will be discussed at a legislative forum this week. The General Assembly's Commerce and Labor and Public Employees committees are hosting a joint invitational hearing at the State Capitol on Monday. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Conn--Lawmakers-Hold-Economic-Briefing/5513312">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4925269 A Connecticut education official says the state has its first swine flu outbreak at a public school this year. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Connecticut-Public-School-Has-First-Swine-Flu-Outb/5509233">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:15:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4922545 A second man has pleaded guilty in Connecticut to kidnapping and raping a Connecticut jogger in 2003. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Man-Pleads-Guilty-to-Raping-Jogger-in-Connecticut/5509455">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:48:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4922725 Connecticut state police are investigating a fatal crash they say was caused by a wrong-way driver on a Hartford highway. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Wrong-Way-Crash-Leaves-One-Person-Dead-in-Hartford/5508620">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4922167 Connecticut state police say three people from Waterbury were killed when their car slammed into a tree on Route 69 near the Prospect line. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Three-People-Killed-in-Connecticut-Car-Crash/5508608">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:58:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4922163 Sen. Chris Dodd is up for re-election in 2010. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/President-Obama-Campaigning-for-Sen--Chris-Dodd-To/5507000">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:48:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4921396 Republicans and Democrats in Stamford say hundreds of their campaign signs have been stolen across the city, and they're pointing the finger at each other. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Hundreds-of-Campaign-Signs-Stolen-in-Stamford/5438479">READ MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:09:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4868439 Connecticut officials say this year's state budget could end up further in deficit because of declining slot machine revenues at the two casinos in the state. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Decline-in-Slots-Revenue-Hits-Connecticut-Budget/5418675">READ&nbsp;MORE &gt;&gt;</a> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:20:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4853126 A new month brings new fee and tax increases in Connecticut. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/New-Fees-and-Laws-Take-Effect-in-Connecticut/5341406">READ MORE&nbsp;&gt;&gt;</a> Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:22:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4790833 The Yale graduate student presumed to have been killed in her lab building and stuffed into a wall there was probably not the victim of a random act, police said Monday as they sought to ease fears about student safety. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Police--Body-Found-Inside-Yale-Lab-Building/5207521">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:51:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=4681677 No need to keep the kids home from school next Tuesday if you want to make sure they see the inauguration of Barack Obama. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Inauguration-is-Teachable-Moment/3675838 ">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;</a> Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:37:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3369850 Two Newtown teenagers are in trouble for alleged actions on their Facebook online social networking pages. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Facebook-Postings-Lead-to-Arrests/3589704">READ&nbsp;MORE&gt;&gt;&gt;</a><br /> <br /> Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:23:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3294638 State troopers and police in several Connecticut cities are looking for a man who allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and their two young children in Hartford. <a href="http://wcbs880.com/Police-Seek-Man-in-Alleged-Hartford-Kidnapping/3589522">READ MORE&gt;&gt;&gt;</a><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:25:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3294474 Leaders of the Democratic-controlled legislature say they'll vote Jan. 14 on Gov. M. Jodi Rell's second plan to reduce the current fiscal year deficit.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:11:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3287073 Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.<br /> Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:43:00 EST http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/3557541.php?contentType=4&contentId=3266493&isPreview=1&noCache=1&nextPage=%2Fappx%2Fblurb%2Fblurb_page_summary.php%3FstnPageId%3D3557541%26contentType%3D4%26contentId%3D3266493 A mistrial has been declared in the case of a 22-year-old New Haven man charged in connection with a city boutique owner's shooting death last year.</object> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:29:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3205491 A federal judge has scheduled a hearing to review the five-year prison sentence given to former Bridgeport state Sen. Ernest E. Newton II. Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:05:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=252222 The U.S. Supreme Court today let stand the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:18:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=240173 Candidates face the judgment of voters today HARTFORD About 30 percent of registered voters already had cast ballots in several Connecticut communities by midday today. Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:32:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=237235 Though Sen. Joe Lieberman expects to win a lot of Republican votes Tuesday, he said he won't feel especially beholden to the GOP if he is elected to a fourth term. Visit WCBS Campaign Central. Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:12:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=236580 Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger prepared for a televised debate Thursday night, but the candidate who leads in the polls said he would not share the stage.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:14:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=234850 46 people died of work-related injuries in Connecticut in 2005, down 15 percent from the previous year. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:07:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=232651 A salmonella outbreak potentially linked to produce has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states, health officials said Monday. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:31:00 EST http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=232603 A new poll shows that Senator Joe Lieberman is building on his lead over his Democratic challenger, leading him by 17 points. Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:37:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=226824 Justice is being sought for 17th century victims of Connecticut's witch hunts. A group of Connecticut residents, some of whom are descendants of victims executed as witches, are calling on the state to issue pardons. Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:17:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=226811 The parents of a 13-year-old Shelton boy who died of a heroin overdose have filed a lawsuit against the couple accused of providing the drug to the boy. Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:45:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=224607 Jessie Campbell showed no visible reaction as the verdict was announced. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:34:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=222565 The family that controls Cablevision Systems Corp. has offered to buy out the rest of the company's shareholders in a deal that values the cable-television company at $7.9 billion, according to published reports. Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:27:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=219491 Police say a woman who set off a panic when she asked an eleven-year-old boy to get in her sport utility vehicle last week was only looking for a lost dog, as she claimed. Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:19:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=218516 Doug Barnhart was so repulsed by the notion of picking up dog poop that he hired a service to do it. But he is gradually overcoming his revulsion now that he's planning to open his own scoop shop later this year. Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:45:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=217444 Former Connecticut governor John Rowland, who served prison time after pleading guilty to corruption charges, says ethics rules can't prevent all corruption in government. Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:46:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=216746 A judge has ruled that a gay couple from Rhode Island has the right to marry in Massachusetts. Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:13:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=214541 Democrat Ned Lamont continues to struggle to find support among Republican and unaffiliated voters in his attempt to defeat three-term incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman in November's election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:39:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=213607 The first Connecticut high school football coach facing suspension under a new rule aimed at punishing those who run up the score has won his appeal. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:11:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=208613 Rural telecommunications provider Citizens Communications Co. said Monday it is buying a smaller rival, Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Inc., for $1.16 billion in cash and stock. Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:35:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=207182 Consumers nationwide should not eat fresh bagged spinach, say health officials probing a multistate outbreak of E. coli that killed at least one person and made dozens of others sick. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:50:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=205853 Some experts are checking out the mummy at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport to see if it's real. Two imaging experts from Quinnipiac University, who specialize in mummies, are at the museum today to get a look behind the bandages and wrap. Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:29:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=205313 A Norwich baby broke a record the moment he was born. Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:08:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=205174 A death study in Connecticut shows that suicides account for three times as many violent deaths as homicides in the state. Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:30:00 EDT http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=205157