Topic: Connecticut

Everybody is Dreading Monday's 'Carmageddon'

AP

Friday's horrifying crash on the Metro North railway in Connecticut has halted train service for tens of thousands of daily commuters into New York City. 

By Philip Bump

Apr 2, 2013

The Extremes of U.S. Gun Laws: From a Few Restrictions to Mandated Ownership

The spectrum of political responses to gun violence is neatly defined by two policy measures that advanced over the last 24 hours: new gun registration, permits and paperwork in Connecticut and in a Georgia small town mandatory ownership. That these are the poles, though, suggests that opponents of new gun laws have already largely won.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 1, 2013

Connecticut Lawmaker Tells Teen Girl to Check Out His Snake

State Rep. Ernest Hewett told a 17-year-old girl, "If you're bashful I got a snake sitting under my desk here." In public. On the record. At a legislative hearing. While she was testifying about a program to overcome social anxiety of the very sort you might develop if a creep humiliates you by saying sexual things about you in public.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 11, 2013

Trimming the Times

A Landmark Nuclear Deal, Female Gun Owners, and the Dog Show

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Connor Simpson

Jan 9, 2013

Teary Connecticut Governor Slams NRA and Congress on Gun Proposals

In his first post-Newtown State of the State address Wednesday, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy said Washington's delays on national gun legislation were "unacceptable" and rejected the NRA's proposal to put a gun in every American school. 

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Newtown School Shooting: Live Updates

The latest info from the investigation in Connecticut indicates that Nancy Lanza may have left her son alone at home before the shootings, and begins to paint a clearer picture of Adam Lanza himself.

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By Jen Doll

Dec 17, 2012

Newtown, the Monday After: Progress Out of Sorrow?

In a mysterious, confusing case, there are so far very few surprises, but there are already lessons worth learning.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 16, 2012

Obama: We Must Change

When President Obama took the stage Sunday evening in Newtown, Connecticut, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. By the time he read the names of the victims, you could hear the sobs.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 14, 2012

Newtown, Connecticut: How 'The Safest Place in America' Became Tragedy Town

A small town has been poisoned by history, a parish that will never need its state mentioned after it — a new kind of Columbine, and worse.

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By Connor Simpson

Nov 20, 2012

Did Linda McMahon Screw Over a Staffer With a Bounced Check and a Condom?

The failed Senate candidate is playing the "deny everything" game after a report that one of her campaign staffers received a cruel kind of severance pay.

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By Connor Simpson

Nov 6, 2012

A $100 Million Later, Linda McMahon Won't Be a Senator from Connecticut

Not even a 'heel turn' could help her. Linda McMahon lost her second bid for a senate seat in Connecticut to Democratic challenger Chris Murphy. The Associated Press called the race in Murphy's favor already. 

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By Dashiell Bennett

Nov 6, 2012

Linda McMahon Turns 'Heel' and Sides with Barack Obama

Running as a down-ballot Republican in a deep blue state has its challenges, but Senate candidate Linda McMahon might have found a last-minute solution: Pretend you're not a Republican! 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 24, 2012

Poll Watch

Romney's Gallup Lead Drops to 3 Points

Today in Poll Watch: Gallup has brought Romney's lead down to three, Murphy is now up by six in Connecticut, a new poll shows cause for concern for Obama when it comes to enthusiasm, and two polls show how tight it is in Ohio.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 17, 2012

Poll Watch

Obama Eked Out a Win This Round

Today in Poll Watch: Insta-polls give President Obama the second debate, and the Connecticut Senate race is still in a dead heat.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 4, 2012

Poll Watch

America Thinks Romney Won This Round

Debate viewers think Mitt Romney beat President Obama, and the Connecticut senate race is basically tied. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 29, 2012

Poll Watch

Christie's New Jersey Goes for Obama

The New Jersey governor may have appeared at the GOP convention last night, but a poll from his state shows Obama with a strong lead. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 29, 2012

Trimming the Times

GOP Platforms Then and Now, The Amish, Tom Hardy's Voice

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 28, 2012

Poll Watch

Romney is Behind When it Comes to Empathy

We're in convention season and it looks like Romney is lacking on questions of empathy. Meanwhile the two candidates are tied in North Carolina, DNC territory, while Obama holds leads in Connecticut and Iowa. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.  

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By Adam Martin

Aug 14, 2012

$10,491 Electric Company Rebate Means Homework For the Rest of Us

The news of a Connecticut woman who finally extricated a $10,491 rebate from her power company after she was charged for 25 years for the electricity going to the streetlights near her house means we should all probably be checking our bills a lot more closely.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 2, 2012

Poll Watch

Is Obama Really Leading by 10 Points?

A Pew national poll shows Obama with a 10-point lead, the suburbs are tricky for the candidates, and New Jersey and Connecticut lean Obama. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter. 

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By Adam Martin

Jun 1, 2012

Connecticut's New Medical Marijuana Law Is So Square

Connecticut became the 17th state to make medical marijuana legal on Friday, but before New Yorkers with headaches and back pain jump on the first Metro North see a doctor, you should know: This is a far less forgiving law that in other states.

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Why Tuesday Is All About Turnout

For a candidate like Romney, viewed in some Republican circles as a consolation prize in an election year in which stronger and more conservative politicians took a pass, Tuesday’s turnout could help “express’’ the enthusiasm gap, if it exists.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 2, 2012

America's Latest Banking Villain Was Accused of Stabbing a Cab Driver

We do not know exactly what happened with the Morgan Stanley executive arrested for balking on his fare and then stabbing the cab driver outside his home, but we do that Jennings is in for a hell of a time in the press.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 27, 2012

Woman Who Lost Her Family in Christmas Day Fire Reportedly Attempted Suicide

The tragic story of a deadly Christmas Day fire in Connecticut took another sad turn after it was reported that the woman who survived attempted to kill herself.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 28, 2011

Connecticut Fire Victims Died of Smoke Inhalation

The latest news from that horrible Christmas day fire in Stamford, Connecticut, comes from the local coroner's office, which announced on Wednesday that all five of the victims died of smoke inhalation.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 27, 2011

The Heartbreaking Details From That Christmas Day Fire in Connecticut

Details continue to emerge about the fire that killed five people and destroyed the Stamford, Conn. home of fashion branding executive Madonna Badger, and the latest is that fire officials confirmed that fireplace embers were disposed of inside the house just a couple hours before the fire broke out.

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 29, 2011

Rich Guys Who Won the Lottery May Have Been Collecting It for Someone Else

It turns out the "Greenwich asset managers win the $245 million jackpot to the chagrin of everyone" story may be more complicated: the people you see slightly smiling pictured may have just been collecting the money for a client, according to a neighbor who has talked with plenty of media outlets.

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By Eric Randall

Nov 28, 2011

Three Rich Guys from Greenwich Are Winning the Lottery of Life

In today's feel-bad story of the day, three asset managers, two of whom live in Greenwich, Connecticut, won a $254 million jackpot in the Powerball lottery, the Associated Press reports.

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