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3 min ago | The Day

Local policing isn't just local anymore

The job of local law enforcement officers has never been easy. Each day an officer steps onto the street and into the unknown.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Newtown, CT, Stonington, CT

4 hrs ago | State of Connecticut

Connecticut Commuter Service Plan in effect for Monday, May 20, and...

The Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North Railroad today released the following information regarding service on the New Haven commuter rail line, in the wake of the May 17 derailment in Bridgeport.

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Related Topix: New Haven, CT, Bridgeport, CT

7 hrs ago | Click2Houston

9 still hospitalized after trains crash

Nine people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, New Haven, CT

11 hrs ago | Groong

Armen's Armenian Muse

Hartford Courant May 16, 2013 Thursday STATEWIDE EDITION ARMEN'S ARMENIAN MUSE Pianist/composer Armen Donelian, a veteran of the international jazz scene who incorporates his Armenian heritage into his compositions, leads his trio Friday at 8:30 and 10 p.m. at New Haven's Firehouse 12, 45 Crown St.

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Related Topix: World News, Armenia

15 hrs ago | State of Connecticut

UPDATE ** State Police Make Arrest in Missing Person Case

On May 17, 2013, State Troopers assigned to K-9 duty were conducting a search in the town of Trumbull in a wooded area off of Quarry Road.

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Related Topix: Trumbull, CT, Criminal Defense Law, Law

19 hrs ago | North Port Sun

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn.

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Related Topix: Fairfield, CT, Connecticut Government

Sat May 18, 2013

WCSH 6 Portland

Maine fugitive with loose lips arrested in Conn.

Authorities say an FBI agent arrested 31-year-old Ernest Almeida on Friday after overhearing him bragging aboard an Amtrak train about being wanted in Maine.

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Related Topix: Connecticut Government

Connecticut Post

SEEN: 2013 Staples Jr. prom?

Were you SEEN at the Staples High School Jr. Prom? Westport 5/18/2013 Photo: Todd Tracy/ Hearst Connecticut Media Group Were you SEEN at the Staples High School Jr.

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Related Topix: Westport, CT

Connecticut Post

Dry spring might soften mosquito season's bite

Bug off It might not be West Nile season yet, but here are precautions you can take just in case: Use insect repellents when you go outdoors -- specifically repellents containing DEET, picaridin, IR3535 and para-menthan-diol. These repellents provide longer-lasting protection than some other products.

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Related Topix: West Nile Virus, Health, Entomology, Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Day

Remains found in Trumbull are those of Eastern Connecticut State student

The Connecticut State Police confirmed Saturday, May 18, 2013, that the human remains discovered in a wooded area in Trumbull have been identified as missing student Alyssiah Marie Wiley.

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Related Topix: Trumbull, CT, Eastern Connecticut State University, Meriden, CT

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Feds probing Connecticut train crash

Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Government

WRIC-TV Richmond

Probe Begins After Connecticut Commuter Trains Crash

Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal

WNYT NewsChannel 13

70 hospitalized after commuter train crash in Conn.

Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Connecticut Government

Connecticut Post

Remains are missing ECSU student's

The human remains found in the woods in Trumbull Friday morning are that of missing Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Marie Wiley, State Police said Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Eastern Connecticut State University

Connecticut Post

Ken Dixon: Legislature 2013 heads for the eggs-it

After all, the 2013 legislative session is not going to be measured by the number of "studies" that will gather dust in the Legislative Library , or its bold initiative on the chicken crisis.

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Related Topix: Guns, Connecticut Government

Fri May 17, 2013

The Beaumont Enterprise

Nearly 50 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Fairfield, CT

Mansfield Today

Statewide art contest includes four students from Mansfield

For the 2013 Secretary of the State's annual poster contest, Secretary Merrill honored 40 students - selected from a field of more than 500 entrants from nearly 50 participating elementary schools - for their posters depicting acts of good citizenship happening in their community.

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Related Topix: Hartford, CT, Haddam, CT, Norwalk, CT

Examiner.com

2013 Memorial Day parades in Connecticut

Sunday, May 26th at 2pm the Memorial Day parade in Ansonia will begin at Nolan Field.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Ansonia, CT, Cheshire, CT, Derby, CT

The Miami Herald

Conn. lawmakers seek federal funds for Newtown

Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are attempting to secure federal funds to help Newtown build a new elementary school after last year's massacre - and they say senators owe the residents after failing to support legislation that would have expanded background checks for certain gun purchases.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Representative Elizabeth Esty, US House of Representatives, Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut Government

Connecticut Post

Divers search ponds for missing student

A state police SUV is stuck in the mud while attempting to trailer out a state police dive boat following a search for missing ECSU student Alyssiah Marie Wiley in Bunnell's Pond in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Related Topix: Bridgeport, CT, Eastern Connecticut State University

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