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You would think that Valentine's Day and and politics don't mix, but one of the most beloved traditions in Windsor has its roots in an election year "ploy." As the story is told by those in the know, in 1962 town clerk George Tudan was looking for a way to "get his name out." The position, at the time was elected, and Tudan had to campaign hard ... (more)

The stress and nightmares from years of investigating fatal crashes - coupled with repressed memories of a childhood sexual assault - drove a former Granby police captain to child pornography, his lawyer said.

One of the state's oldest cold-case files was reopened Wednesday when police searched the place Mary Badaracco was last seen in August 1984 - her former home in Sherman.

Three months after Republicans swept to power at city hall, the GOP-dominated council and Democratic mayor are in a battle over union contract negotiations.

When the tough economy meant cuts in funding for the Middletown chapter of the American Red Cross , the chapter's program directors agreed in 2009 to take pay cuts in order to balance their budget.

The state's forensic crime lab, staggered by a huge backlog of untested crime scene evidence, has won back its professional accreditation.

The career of Bill Pacelia, the award-winning coach of the girls varsity soccer team at Rocky Hill High School, has ended.

The parties trying a sexual abuse complaint against the Archdiocese of Hartford spent much of Friday arguing over how much the jury should hear of testimony given at a related legal proceeding by one of the world's foremost experts on clergy sexual abuse.

The stumbling search for a new state election watchdog ended Friday with a quick and unanimous vote by the State Elections Enforcement Commission to appoint lawyer Michael J. Brandi, a Hamden Democrat, as its executive director and general counsel.

Sex Week 2012's porn princess, Maggie Mayhem, is not expected to wreak havoc on the Yale University campus as her stage name might suggest.

Don't want to use direct deposit for your state income tax return? That may leave you waiting for a debit card this year instead of a paper check.

Don't want to use direct deposit for your state income tax return? That may leave you waiting for a debit card this year instead of a paper check.A TheA state Department of Revenue Services A is making a move that will eliminate paper checks, instead turning to debit cards for residents.

Wadsworth Attends Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce Legislative Breakfast Farmington State Rep.

During a city hall confirmation hearing that council President Shawn Wooden called "unprecedented," Kennedy asked why Mayor Pedro Segarra wants to be on the school board.

Former NBA player and University of Hartford standout Vin Baker , who lost his Durham home and Old Saybrook business to foreclosure in recent years, is accusing his longtime financial advisor of mismanaging millions of dollars of his money.

An anonymous donor has pledged to match up to $500,000 in contributions to support the 2012 season of the SS&C SummerWind Performing Arts Center.

The latest coup for the start-up liquor maker is inclusion of its signature Onyx Moonshine in official gift bags at this year's Grammy Awards , company co-founder Adam von Gootkin said Wednesday.

Two Republican state senators called Tuesday for passage of a bill this year to take pensions for future state employees out of union negotations and to stop employees' widepread practice of "padding" of their pensions with heavy overtime as they prepare to retire.

File photo shows Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Wuterich arriving for a pre-trial hearing with his lawyer and girlfriend at Camp Pendleton, California CAMP PENDLETON, Calif - A U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, was spared jail time on Tuesday for his role the killings that brought international ... (more)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011.