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Nearly one-quarter of suicides in the U.S. occur on Wednesdays, about twice as many as almost every other day of the week, a new study has found.

Preventing and reversing heart disease through diet, featuring the former head of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic.

A state judge has scheduled a hearing next week on whether to publicly disclose his long-awaited final report in the grand jury investigation of corruption allegations in the administration of Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez.

A new report from a major insurance company doesn't paint a very flattering portrait of Connecticut drivers.

A Manchester man has been charged with murder in last week's fatal shooting at a candlelight vigil for a homicide victim.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - New Britain police have made two more arrests in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed while sleeping in 2006.

AP Firefighters hose down the blaze that engulfed the home of Richard Shenkman on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 By EVERTON BAILEY Jr.

Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union and NBC30's "Community Shred-It Day" A Success Biz Buzz Submitted by Joanne Morrison on 2009-07-07.   Thousands of documents awaited shredding at Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union's Rocky Hill, Connecticut location as part of the credit union's "Shred-It Day," presented by Nutmeg and NBC30.

The Hartford, Conn., police bomb disposal unit is driven into place in South Windsor, Conn.,... The Hartford, Conn., police bomb disposal unit is driven into place in South Windsor, Conn., Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

Perez was arrested in January and was looking for a dismissal of the charges.

Call them "rail fans", or "iron horsemen", or "ferro-equinologists", whatever you call them, they take the business of play very seriously.

More than 200 professors at Connecticut's public colleges took the state's early retirement offer at the end of last month.

Richard Rodriguez, president of the 400-member union, said he would not discuss specifics of the proposal turned down by membership, nor would he discuss earlier offers or counteroffers made in talks in recent months about changes to the contract.

A 6-year-old boy from Waterbury , visiting in Hartford, suffered second- and third-degree burns after a sparkler ignited his clothing about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.

People Submitted by Tom Mariam on 2009-07-01.   Rachel Ginsburg, of West Hartford, has joined Cohen and Wolf, P.C. as a summer associate.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport said it will withdraw its federal lawsuit against Connecticut's ethics office after learning it is no longer being investigated for possible lobbying violations.

Unionized nursing home workers say they've settled new contracts with 10 facilities, more than three months after their labor agreements expired.

Three people were shot, one fatally, Wednesday night at 269 Main St., the site of a homicide Tuesday afternoon.

Def Leppard's music is a steady-enough presence on the radio that the band members never have been too far removed from hearing the songs the way they recorded them.

Just days before a report on Hartford Mayor Eddie Pereza TMs corruption case is due, the president of the Urban League of Greater Hartford is calling it quits.