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The Future of Television: Are You Ready?
If you are one of the 80,000 people in Connecticut without cable television and you have yet to invest in a converter box or a new digital television then you may lose your signal Wednesday while two tests of the new digital broadcast system are conducted. Jon Hitchcock, chairman of the...
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Published 2 hours ago

Hospital Wants Sidewalk Smoking Ban
When they lit a couple of Newports outside Yale-New Haven Hospital, these visitors got booted from the property. Soon they may be kicked off of nearby city sidewalks, too. In an effort to protect patients from second-hand smoke, YNHH has asked city legislators for permission to designate the...
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Published 8 hours ago

Gov. Cancels Holiday Parties Residence Will Still Be Open For Tours
It's official. There will be no holiday party's at the governor's residence this year. Gov. M. Jodi Rell cancelled two annual holiday parties that she hosts at the Hartford residence, which will still be decorated for the holidays and open to the public this weekend. "It's because of the...
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Published a day ago

State Deficit Continues To Grow
State Comptroller Nancy Wyman estimated Monday that the state's projected budget deficit has more than tripled in the past month to $338 million. And it's showing no signs of slowing. Wyman's estimate--which is about $50 million higher than the one made by the Governor's budget office--includes...
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Published a day ago

He Was Mr. "Buy Low, Sell High"
Now a last jewel in jet-setting Bob Matthews' New Haven empire is in foreclosure. The property is 59 Elm St., the five-story, 99,850 square-foot circa 1926 office building that anchors the northwest corner of Orange and Elm streets. A court hearing is scheduled Monday on a foreclosure action...
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Published a day ago

Turkey Hangover
We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and celebrated by partaking in the age-old tradition of overeating with family and friends. We're loosening our belt and taking a rare weekend off. We'll be back on Monday.
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Published 4 days ago

Oh, Rude-y!
Those of you who are still employed may wonder what it's like to be unemployed. A snarky answer might be "You'll probably find out for yourself soon enough." Here's what it's really like: Brief chat in the personnel office, fill up boxes and take home, ponder a life living in a refrigerator...
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Published 4 days ago

Officials Seek To Save Jobs Impacted By Wall Street
US Senators Chris Dodd and Joseph Lieberman joined Gov. M. Jodi Rell at the state Capitol Wednesday to announce that they've joined forces with officials in New York and New Jersey in calling for the Department of Labor to approve a $48.2 million grant for workers displaced by the crisis on Wall...
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Published 6 days ago

Officials Temporarily Stop Quarreling Over Husky
Last week they quarreled back and forth through a series of letters, but Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Democratic lawmakers reached agreement over the separation of the state's two insurance programs Tuesday. Sen. Jonathan Harris, D-West Hartford, said it's now clear doctors no longer have to contract...
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Published 6 days ago

Lieberman Says He's Ready to Move Forward
In his first public appearance in Connecticut since the election, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman praised president-elect Barack Obama's cabinet choices and credited Obama with helping him retain his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairmanship. "President-Elect Obama...
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Published a week ago

Rell's Deposit

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Published a week ago

Lawmakers Wrap Up Day Long Session on Deficit
The General Assembly met in special session Monday to consider two bills. One bill attempted to plug the more than $300 million budget deficit with $157 million in federal Medicaid funds, $6 million in spending cuts, a tax amnesty program it expects to bring in $40 million, in addition to...
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Published a week ago