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A "It's amazing to watch tough, street guys with tattoos take a foal and treat it like a father would." - Connecticut Department of Corrections Commissioner Leo C. Arnone.

"It's amazing to watch tough, street guys with tattoos take a foal and treat it like a father would." - Connecticut Department of Corrections Commissioner Leo C. Arnone.

"X Factor" U.K. boy band One Direction literally brought out the big guns at the New York City premiere of "Men in Black III," the sci-fi action comedy starring WiIll Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin.

A dedication ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday for the opening of a new animal rehabilitation facility at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Uncasville.

Terrie Sisgoreo can joke about it now. She can stand in the Emergency Room entry of Backus Hospital and say that it was the estimated price of replacement windows that nearly did her husband in.

North Stonington Police said an Uncasville woman swerved into another car Monday night on Route 2, causing a crash, and then she left the scene.

A Carlie Poworoznek, an 11-year-old equestrian from Uncasville, will compete in this summer's Pony Club Nationals , The Bulletin is reporting.

Gale Fallon of Uncasville, the chaplain for the VFW Post 10067 Ladies Auxiliary, uses her cellphone Sunday to locate fellow members of her group prior to the beginning of the annual Montville Memorial Day Parade.

Local package store owners bracing for statewide Sunday liquor sales today say they aren't expecting a big boost in business but feel they must stay open to remain competitive.

Despite being scheduled against another popular boy band, Big Time Rush, more One Direction tickets have sold on TicketNetwork.com* than tickets for any other band since tickets became available in March.

One Direction is currently the biggest boy band in the world, and the group's meteoric rise to global fame is chronicled in the book "One Direction: Behind the Scenes," which is set to go on sale on October 16, 2012.

SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2012 Ten years ago today, boxing fans witnessed what many including this columnist acknowledge as the greatest single round of boxing ever: the ninth round of the first bout between Arturo "Thunder" Gatti and "Irish" Micky Ward.

Rock band Van Halen on Thursday postponed more than 30 concert dates of their U.S. summer tour, leading to speculation the "Runnin' with the Devil" group was feuding again.

Van Halen reportedly is postponing an entire run of North American summer concerts.

Hostess Brands Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in January, has notified the state that it is expecting up to 38 layoffs at facilities in Uncasville and Norwich, just a portion of an expected 187 job reductions throughout Connecticut.

Hostess Brands Inc. has issued layoff notices to 187 workers at five locations in Connecticut, but the Texas-based commercial bakery said it hopes to save the jobs as it emerges from bankruptcy.

Coming of age as a music lover in the 1970s presented an opportunity for many to get to know the sounds of their favorite bands intimately.

In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, singer Bobby Brown performs with New Edition at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.

John Altavilla of the Hartford Courant recapped the Connecticut Sun's 87-85 loss to the Minnesota Lynx in Uncasville, CT writing that the biggest roster battle for the Sun is now between guard Dawn Evans and post Chay Shegog.

Ted Genard, a Connecticut native residing in Uncasville, graduated from Norwich Free Academy in 1965 and Thames Valley State Technical Institute in 1967 with an associate's degree in Tool and Manufacturing Technology.