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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Victims of bullying -- and the bullies themselves - are at increased risk of suicidal thinking and are also more likely to attempt suicide than their peers who aren't involved in bullying, according to a systematic review of 37 studies conducted in 16 different countries.

And those who were both bullies and victims were at greatest risk, Dr. Young Shin Kim of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr. Bennett Leventhal of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago found.

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with raping a child, following a six-month police investigation.

Efforts to gain an edge against its supermarket rivals in a challenging economy have prompted Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.

Two people were rushed to the hospital, one with serious injuries, after a one-car rollover accident in the city's Allingtown section early Wednesday morning.

The heavy case load that Connecticut's courts are faced with - combined with the high stakes involved in trying a capital felony murder case - will likely mean that the two men accused of killing Jennifer ...

Company president charged in Connecticut boy's death NEW HAVEN, Conn. The president of a Connecticut swimming pool company has been charged in the drowning death of a six-year-old boy last summer.

A state prosecutor has ruled that an East Haven police sergeant was fully justified when he shot to death a suspect who pointed a handgun at him.

Story Published: Jul 22, 2008 at 9:02 AM EDT Story Updated: Jul 22, 2008 at 9:02 AM EDT As gas prices continue to rise, the price gap is closing for environmentally friendly fuels like biodiesel.

In the latest round of mastery tests, local students gained ground in almost every category.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. : A swimming pool company president was charged Monday with manslaughter in connection with the drowning of a 6-year-old boy whose arm was trapped by the suction of a powerful drain pump.

This is a July 23, 2007, file photo from the Connecticut State Police of burglar Joshua Komisarjevsky, who is currently being held in connection with the July 23, 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., where ...

Connecticut, against the tide of national trends, is digging out of the hole created by 7,600 job losses earlier this year, but economists aren't sure how long the state can hold its own against a national ...

U.S. researchers say that falls by the elderly need not be inevitable and doctor interventions can cut falls by 11 percent.

New Haven Connecticut's DEAD BY WEDNESDAY has inked a deal with Eclipse Records .

New Haven _ A fiery accident involving a tractor trailer and a car closed the southbound side of Interstate 95 in Branford during rush hour today.

It was one of the last e-mails Suzanne Jovin ever wrote, promising a friend she would return some study materials to her the next morning after she got them back from an unnamed 'somebody.'

In the e-mail written in German at 9:02 p.m., Dec. 4, 1998, Jovin told her friend she'd leave the books and CD-Rom in the foyer of her apartment. She even gave her Yale classmate the security code to her apartment in case she was not home.

Less than an hour later, Jovin was dying from 17 stab wounds to the back and head.

New Haven, Conn. - Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from 13 ...

The former leader of the Connecticut Development Authority has paid the state ethics office $16,000 in fines and voluntary payments because of a years-old conflict of interest controversy, officials announced ...

Gov. M. Jodi Rell is inviting people to take advantage of a state-sponsored program that gives 10 free bus rides to new riders.

The commuting options offer relief from high gas prices, Rell said. Options include buses, trains and telecommuting.

'This is a perfect opportunity for those folks who have been giving some serious thought to commuting because of high gas prices but aren't sure if it is for them,' Rell said in a press release.

The state is also offering a free voucher for a three-day van-pooling trial.

Commuter advocates say that the new president of the Metro-North rail commuter line comes on board at a time when demand for rail service is booming.