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SINUOUS hand-blown glass hurricane lamps from Williams-Sonoma Home rest on rustic terra-cotta bases.
A Moving Company's Practice Keeps A Family Waiting
Since the beginning of the month, Susan and Elliot Shimkowitz have been storing their perishable food in an ice chest in their new home in Michigan while their refrigerator, gas grill, freezer and a dozen other ...
Homicide, Other Shooting Reported In Hartford
A young man was shot and killed in a downtown parking lot, moments before a teenage girl was shot in the face and seriously wounded while sitting on a porch in the city's North End.
Daniel Begley Sr., 56, was convicted of sexual battery and kidnapping in connection with the 2006 attack.
Bodies Found On I-384 On-Ramps
The bodies of two men were found at on-ramps to I-384 in Manchester and Bolton early Sunday.
A Mountain Of Music With Avalon String Quartet
The Music Mountain Summer Music Festival continues with the Avalon String Quartet on Sunday at 3 p.m. Members of the quartet are, from left, Cheng-Hou Lee, cello; Blaise Magniere, violin, Marie Wang, ...
A Space Just Waiting To Be Shared
When workmen began tearing up the concrete slabs on Bushnell Plaza in downtown Hartford recently, I took a hard look at it.
Trahan And Campbell Nearly Break Record For Lead
D.J. Trahan and Chad Campbell barely made the cut in the Travelers Championship, but they had a share of the top spot before the leaders teed off today.
Whose Skull? Perhaps More Time Will Tell
Investigators have made little progress in their efforts to identify the person whose skull was found by a hunter 20 months ago in the mud at Cove Meadow peninsula along the Connecticut River .
Thousands in Conn. without power after storm
Norfolk _ More than 21,000 utility customers throughout Connecticut don't have power to make their pot of coffee this morning following a powerful storm.
Thousands without power after storms
Violent storms that brought an end to a four-day heat wave Tuesday night caused more than 30,000 power outages across the state and forced Metro-North to close the New Canaan rail branch Wednesday.
Thousands of CL&P customers without power
The four-day heat wave is over, but Tuesday night's violent storms that brought relief has left 20,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers without electricity.
Severe weather kills 5; water rises in Indiana
Wicked weekend storms pounded the country from the Midwest to the East Coast, forcing hundreds of people to flee flooded communities, spawning tornadoes that tore up houses and killing at least five people.
Safe-Street Efforts Take A Hit
Nick Carbone, a prominent public servant turned notable gadfly, has spent his adult life advocating and agitating for Hartford.
Prosecutors Vow To Retry Wilcox After Insurance Fraud Mistrial
Jurors who deliberated insurance-fraud charges against the owner of a runaway truck that caused a deadly Avon Mountain crash deadlocked because they disagreed on the credibility of a key witness, a juror said ...
Kennedy Undergoing Surgery For Brain Tumor
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor, his office said.
Obama distances himself from another clergyman
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that he was "deeply disappointed" by a supporter's sermon at his church that mocked Hillary Rodham Clinton .
The 1st Mariner Arena opened in 1962 as the Civic Center. It became the Baltimore Arena in 1986, then 1st Mariner Arena in 2003.
Obama Speaks At Wesleyan In Kennedy's Place
Edward Kennedy with a call to service at Wesleyan University that was a tribute to a storied political dynasty and a nod to his own presidential ambitions.
Ancient Japanese Drum Music To Accompany Wesleyan Grads
When most schools celebrate commencement, it's set to the soaring strains of "Pomp and Circumstance." Not so at Wesleyan.