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Thousands of restraining and protective orders are in place in Connecticut to help shield domestic violence victims, following the same system that Nancy Tyler had hoped would protect her from her ex-husband. Tyler, an attorney, took out a restraining order and a protective order in 2006 and 2007 against ex-husband Richard Shenkman, who had ...

Misguided critics of the state's lucrative film industry tax credit program say it's only about making Hollywood rich.

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit murder in the 2006 stabbing death of a millionaire Connecticut developer accused of real estate fraud.

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN DAVIS, 38, of Putnam, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to one count of possession of child pornography.

The long obstacle course known as local elections begins in two weeks across Connecticut, and many local officials expect that the distressed economy will lead to an exceptionally brisk political season.

A federal grand jury in Indiana has indicted a North Carolina teen for alleged Internet threats in Connecticut, Massachusetts and several other states.

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONDON FLETCHER, also known as "Yellow," 34, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a Fairfield County ...

Police say a Connecticut man has been arrested because he showed up at a dental office naked.

A 45-year-old Connecticut man is recovering from a rattlesnake bite over the weekend in Marlborough.

Sue Ginter qualfied to play in the Connecticut Open by shooting a 76 and tieing for 18th place Monday at New London CC.

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Cheshire 's fire department training staff saved a bundle this spring when it bought nine surplus laptops from the state for $480, less than the price of an average new laptop.

Connecticut, where more than half of all households use heating oil to keep warm, could bear the brunt of a broad climate change bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives last month, according to a national petroleum industry group.

Police say a fireworks explosion in Connecticut sent plastic shrapnel flying and injured two men who were standing nearby.

Bernard Madoff 's 150-year prison sentence might have been met with glee in a Manhattan courtroom Monday, but in the living room of Adelaide Madoff's West Hartford home, it was met with pity.

The US Postal Service has published the names of 13 post offices in Connecticut that may close under a new reorganization.

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

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Cindy Sebrell on 2009-06-30.   The Regional Community YMCA, a branch of the YMCA of Greater Hartford, welcomes Christine Rivers as the new program coordinator for the Northeast community.

University of Connecticut trustees have approved a policy that allows the school to pay the university president and other senior executives deferred compensation.

Connecticut scientists have called upon an unlikely champion in their war on invasive plants, releasing 1,000 tiny, weed-eating weevils in a section of Quinnipiac River State Park that is overrun by the destructive mile-a-minute vine.