January 23rd, 2011
In the aftermath of Keith Olbermann’s abrupt departure from MSNBC, some are speculating on whether he’ll end up at another network or return to sports broadcasting. (more)
January 20th, 2011
In 1964 I read your editorials, written as chairman of the Yale Daily News from Mississippi, where you, a nice Jewish boy from Stamford, Conn., were risking your comfortable life (and indeed, perhaps your very life itself) in the great moral cause of our generation: ending segregation and winning civil rights for all black Americans. (more)
January 20th, 2011
Fart jokes led to the death of one person and the stabbing of three at a weekend party, the Hartford Courant reported Tuesday. (more)
January 19th, 2011
Add David M. Walker, the former comptroller of the United States under Presidents Clinton and Bush, to the list of likely candidates to run for Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman seat in 2012. (more)
January 18th, 2011
Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will announce tomorrow that he will not seek re-election in 2012, a source says. (more)
January 18th, 2011
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) will announce tomorrow whether he plans to retire or run for a fifth term in office in 2012, a long-awaited decision for the man who has become a liberal lightning rod in recent years. (more)
January 17th, 2011
OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a Connecticut man is charged with stealing a funeral urn containing the ashes of his girlfriend’s grandmother.
Connecticut State Police say 37-year-old Mark Kzakrzeski of Southbury was carrying a pistol when he stole the urn during a fight Friday at the woman’s home in Oxford. (more)
December 30th, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint alleging that Sen. Christopher Dodd obtained a cottage in Ireland at a low price as an improper gift from a businessman. (more)
December 10th, 2010
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3: “Countdown” viewers witnessed a small but historic moment tonight when Keith Olbermann tacitly admitted he is a giant pain in the Keith Olbmermann. The admission came during his nightly “Tweet of the day” segment, when he reads aloud Twitter postings that are either funny (to him) or flattering (to him). Tonight’s tweet addressed his tiff last week with Bristol Palin: “Aww, Keith, Bristol is pissed at you,” a woman named Sabrina Brown wrote. “To Ms. Brown and Ms. Palin, I worked for ESPN for a total of seven and a half years,” he replied on air. “‘Bristol is pissed at me’ is my default setting.” (more)
November 23rd, 2010
Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick will join the Humane Society of the United States in speaking about the horrors of dogfighting with students of two high schools in New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday. (more)
November 17th, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. — Three weeks before she would travel to face an opponent she thought often about this summer, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey sat in her office at the Ferrell Center and reflected on the moment when last season was lost. (more)
November 16th, 2010
Michael Steele’s chances of winning a second term as chairman of the Republican National Committee suffered a body blow Tuesday with the release of a searing letter from a departing top aide, who said Steele has wasted money and allowed the RNC’s donor base to “wither.” (more)
November 15th, 2010
Sen. Joe Lieberman faces no easy road to victory in 2012. (more)
November 10th, 2010
Public high school students in New Haven now have another reason to go to college: free tuition. (more)
November 9th, 2010
What is it that makes ‘Bristol the Pistol,’ as her mother calls her, seemingly bulletproof? (more)
November 8th, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The lingering question over who will be Connecticut’s new governor was settled Monday after Republican Tom Foley conceded the race to Democrat Dan Malloy despite calls by the state GOP for investigations into voting irregularities. (more)
November 5th, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Democrat Dan Malloy has won Connecticut’s gubernatorial election after days of back-and-forth over vote totals and irregularities, yet his Republican opponent is reviewing the numbers to see if he can make up the margin. (more)
November 4th, 2010
Follow the blue path. (more)
November 2nd, 2010
An 18-state survey of likely voters shows that President Obama’s approval rating is dropping in all states but Connecticut, according to Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm. (more)
November 2nd, 2010
Senator John Cornyn said Senate Republicans next year would extend their hand across the aisle … and try to pull Democrats and Independent Joe Lieberman over to their side. (more)
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