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2 hrs ago | StamfordPlus.com

Blumenthal, Murphy, DeLauro, Esty announce grants for Brookfield, New Milford and Stratford

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal , Senator Chris Murphy , Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty today announced the award of two Fire Prevention and Safety Grants to assist Brookfield, New Milford and Stratford fire fighters in safely responding to emergencies.

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Related Topix: Milford, CT, New Milford, CT, Stratford, CT, Rosa DeLauro, US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy

Mon May 20, 2013

The Washington Post

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The original Big Red supercomputer, seen here, is almost two times the size of the newer Big Red II at the Indiana University Data Center, in Bloomington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Al Franken, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Sports

China Daily

Officials warn of chaos from derailment

Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Train Disaster, Bridgeport, CT

Sun May 19, 2013

Darien News-Review

Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days

Investigators from National Transportation Safety Board in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday May 18, 2013 to find the cause of Friday evening's Metro-North train collision that left more than 60 people injured.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Train Disaster, US News, US Senate, Democrat

New York Magazine

Dozens Injured in Connecticut Train Crash; Northeast Service Suspended [Updated]

Federal investigators are looking into what made a New Haven-bound Metro-North train jump the tracks near Bridgeport, Connecticut at the height of Friday's rush hour, crashing into a westbound train and injuring at least 70 people, three of them critically.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Train Disaster, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bridgeport, CT

The Larchmont Daily Voice

NTSB: Fractured Rail Joint Among Possible Causes Of Train Crash

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. As investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board continue their review of Friday's Metro-North train crash, they are looking at what role a fractured rail joint may have played in the accident, according to board member Earl Weener.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Fairfield County, CT, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Sat May 18, 2013

Watersblogged

train crash

Source: www.newsday.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013Investigation under way after Conn.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy

The Paramus Post

Senators Menendez, Lautenberg and Blumenthal, and Rep. Maloney Introduce Bill

WASHINGTON, DC In observance of America's National Women's Health Week, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez , Frank R. Lautenberg , Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Carolyn Maloney, Democrat, Robert Menendez, US Senate, Women's Health, Health, Frank Lautenberg

The Day

Local passengers affected by New York-New Haven Amtrak service suspension through Sunday

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn.

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Related Topix: New York, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy, Train Disaster

The Review

Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash | 44 minutes

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Fairfield, CT

KHOU-TV Houston

Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Connecticut, Connecticut Government

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested... Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Lottery

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Senators Lead Push To Change Military's Sexual Assault Policy

This afternoon, President Obama met with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to discuss the problem of sexual assault in the military.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US Military, US Air Force

Thu May 16, 2013

Connecticut Post

Best and the rest of the past week

Thumbs up to Chuck Close, of New York, an artist and volunteer mentor with the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities and its national Turnaround Arts Initiative pilot program at Bridgeport's Roosevelt School .

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Elizabeth Esty, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Senator Chris Murphy, Bridgeport, CT

Connecticut Post

Ct. lawmakers seek federal help for new Sandy Hook school

A police road block is at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Monroe, CT, Representative Elizabeth Esty, US House of Representatives, Senator Chris Murphy, Washington, CT

The Miami Herald

Conn. lawmakers seek federal funds for Newtown

Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are attempting to secure federal funds to help Newtown build a new elementary school after last year's massacre - and they say senators owe the residents after failing to support legislation that would have expanded background checks for certain gun purchases.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Representative Elizabeth Esty, US House of Representatives, Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut, Connecticut Government

Wed May 15, 2013

The Day

Senate seniority sometimes goes too far

When the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee met last week to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy as President Obama's secretary of environmental protection, all eight Republican members were absent but nine of the ten majority Democrats were ready to vote for her.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Rosa DeLauro, John Larson, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat

CSP

U.S. Senate Seeks Tobacco Tax Increases

Five U.S. Senators have introduced Senate Bill Number 826, which would increase the cigarette tax by $.94 per pack for a new federal rate of $1.95 per pack, and impose tax parity on other tobacco products.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Tom Harkin, Frank Lautenberg, Richard Durbin, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue May 14, 2013

CBS Local

Blumenthal: Justice Department's Seizure Of AP Phone Records 'Deeply Troubling'

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Hartford, CT, Eric Holder

WHDH

Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term

President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Tax, US Senate, Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat