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A Connecticut businessman was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Tuesday for conspiring with others to corrupt the oil privatization process in Azerbaijan .

Preventing another financial crisis A A Nov. 10: The Huffington Posta TMs Roy Sekoff talks about new legislation proposed in Congress that would create a new agency to oversee the banking industry.

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The battle over health care shifted back to the Senate as President Obama prodded lawmakers on Sunday to push ahead one day after the House narrowly approved the most sweeping bill of its kind in four decades.

Police in several Connecticut towns said they're dealing with a sticky situation a ' chewing gum thefts.

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.

Connecticut authorities say Interstate 95 in Fairfield is closed in both directions as crews clean up a tanker truck fire and officials check for roadway damage.

About 45,000 people came to Hartford on Sunday afternoon to watch the Connecticut Veterans Day Parade, the largest in New England.

A group of Hartford activists went door to door Sunday, trying to persuade residents in the North End to refuse services from Connecticut's Department of Children and Families.

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.

The Connecticut Science Center has filed suit against the world-renowned architectural firm that designed it, seeking at least $10 million and claiming that architects at Pelli Clarke Pelli designed an iconic roof that was "structurally unsound." The construction of the center's steel body was all but complete nearly two years ago when state ...

The Connecticut State Police promoted 21 Troopers during a ceremony held at the Connecticut State Police Training Academy on Friday, November 6, 2009.

An effort to honor a Sept. 11 victim in Connecticut has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from the victim's father insisting that his son's memorial say he was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."Town officials in Kent say it would be inappropriate to single out a religious group on a project on town property that's paid for with ...

The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.

As the lone survivor of a deadly 2007 Connecticut home invasion called for an investigation into why prison officials let a writer interview one of the defendants for a book, the state attorney general said Friday a probe has already begun.

Bristol Man Arrested in Trumbull Receives 70-Month Sentence for Illegally Possessing Gun, Ammunition Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL O'BRIEN, 29, formerly of Armand Road, Bristol, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 70 months of ...

A string of domestic violence deaths and assaults.An economy that's heaping stress on families.Budgets cuts and staffing shortages that are straining court and shelter services for victims.Amediaspotlight. These factors have led to a sharper focus on domestic and dating violence among high school, college, police and court officials --but the issue ...

While Ned Lamont's entry into Connecticut's governor's race has created a stir, some question whether the businessman can generate the same enthusiasm he did in 2006 when he challenged Sen.

Looking to buy or cut-your-own Christmas tree in the New Haven, Connecticut area? There are several places in the area that allow people to choose and cut down their own Christmas trees or pick out a pre-cut Christmas tree.

POUGHKEEPSIE A number of Mid-Hudson Valley State senators, all Republicans, Wednesday announced plans to introduce legislation to remove the MTA payroll tax on the four northern counties in the Metro-North region Rockland, Putnam, Orange and Dutchess.