Ansonia News

SOUTHEAST - A Connecticut woman faces multiple child-endangerment charges after an undercover deputy saw her lighting up marijuana inside her parked car with her two children and her nephew in the vehicle, ... via Journal News

“A lot of people are going to be happy with this train”

Riding the 5:57 a.m. to Stamford on its inaugural run, Adam Sevelowitz calculated that Metro-North was about to save him a few hundred dollars a month.

Jeffrey Stovall was cheerfully observing how the 5:57 would get him in to Bridgeport in plenty of time for work, while a couple of cars back, Charles Baldino pointed out a welcome amenity aboard an early-morning rush-hour train: empty seats.

'The 6:40, that one's packed,' Baldino said Monday morning on his Derby-to-Bridgeport commute. 'Once the word gets out, this should be jammed. With gas prices the way they are, this is the best thing going.' Read more

What: A phone jack for your computer that lets you plug in a standard phone and make low-cost calls. via Hartford Courant

A former Ansonia man has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the death of his 7-month-old daughter, who died of an overdose of cocaine and cold medicine three years ago.

Forty-two-year-old Steven Bobbins pleaded guilty in Derby Superior Court to risk of injury to a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia, charges that carry more than 10 years in prison. Sentencing is set for June 5.

Similar charges against the child's mother, Lois Tremblay, are pending. She is free on bail and her next court appearance is April 23. Read more

“We'd have a massive loss if we tried to sell our cars. And I can't have a tiny little car because I have three children who go to three different schools.”

Every morning, Giles Hacking gets into his Mercedes CL500 in West Kensington and drives to his office across town near London Bridge. via Hartford Courant

“We feel like if they weren't interrupted, there would have been an attempt. Would they have been successful? We don't know.”

WAYCROSS, Ga. - - A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the ... via Hartford Courant

“Norwegian is under entirely new pressure than it was just a few years ago, especially because of the development of the Internet and the media”

A couple of weeks ago, Random Reports made note of Finland's sex scandal, in which Minister for Foreign Affairs Ilkka Kanerva was rumored to have sent suggestive text messages to an exotic dancer. via Hartford Courant

If the outdoors beckons, bookmark www.localhikes.com , a website that will set you off on the right foot. via Hartford Courant

“I think my teammates know that I'm going to tell the truth”

The end of another grueling UConn women 's basketball practice is nothing but a technicality for Renee Montgomery. via Hartford Courant

“I wanted to get her back into the mix”

Her right knee hurt and it didn't seem to make much sense to push it. She played only 29 minutes, watching for the most part two weeks ago when her team won the Big East tournament championship. via Hartford Courant

“Having a shared moment of complete silence with a group of people is a really interesting way of being quiet”

Wake up in the morning, and here it comes: the daily onslaught of e-mail messages, Facebook updates, video-game adventures, IM chats, Netflix deliveries, text-message alerts, Flash ads, crying kids, barking ... via Hartford Courant

“It's intimate, a ship where people can get to know people.”

"Welcome to my office," Capt. Paul Wright said as he opened the security door to the bridge of the Queen Victoria. via Hartford Courant

“The Broadwater project has always been more about corporate greed than about real energy solutions.”

Gov. M. Jodi Rell blasted federal regulators Wednesday for their "ludicrous" assessment of the Broadwater natural gas plant proposal and called on them to reject the project as "an environmental nightmare." ... via Hartford Courant

“The pieces are exceptional for that era”

Leonardo da Vinci drew everything from war machines to anatomy sketches. Now it seems he may also have been an early illustrator of the chess puzzle. via Hartford Courant

Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight times. via Hartford Courant

A couple of new studies show that men are doing twice as much housework as they did 40 years ago, and they have also tripled the amount of time they spend with their kids. via Hartford Courant

“If we're not there, (people) will just access someone else's content”

The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimates for fiscal 2007, CEO Robert Iger said Monday. via Hartford Courant

The Tomahawk cruise missile was launched from a U.S. submarine off the coast of the African nation, U.S. officials said, but they declined to identify the target or provide other details. via Hartford Courant

“Daddy, did you guys break the Web?”

Microsoft Corp. gave early testers their first glimpse of its next-generation Web browser Wednesday, and said Internet Explorer 8 will adhere to the same standards as competitors' programs. via Hartford Courant

“It is welcomed news that Ambac and the financial institutions that are working with the company are raising the necessary capital to preserve its credit rating for the benefit of all of its policyholders”

's plan to raise $1.5 billion in capital enables the bond insurer to stay in one piece, New York insurance regulators said Wednesday, after the company had considered splitting its operations. via Hartford Courant