Murder suspects arraigned in court
WATERBURY -- Two suspects in a double homicide in Watertown were arraigned in Waterbury Superior Court this morning. Claude Turner, 36, and his wife, Elizabeth Swiderski Turner, 26, remained silent...
View ArticleAny kind of salsa can perk up chicken breasts
Chunky tomato salsa tops sauteed chicken breasts for this quick 15-minute meal. It's simple enough for any weekday meal or a holiday weekend with friends. Any type of bought salsa can be used for this...
View ArticlePicky eater turns foodie
Succotash, okra, broccoli, the skin on the top of pudding. Everyone has a picky-eater moment when they push back from the table, recoiling in horror from some textural or flavor element that grosses...
View ArticleAnsonia football field torn up by ATV
ANSONIA.(AP) — Ansonia High School's football field has been badly damaged after someone broke into the facility with what authorities believe was at least one all-terrain vehicle. Ansonia Mayor James...
View ArticleState Rep. Michelle Cook, two other women, injured in car crash
TORRINGTON -- State Rep. Michelle Cook was one of three women injured in a three-vehicle crash today at the intersection of Winthrop and Amherst streets. Police said all the injuries are minor....
View ArticleFlash flooding hits Naugatuck|Residents displaced, roads closed, homes and...
NAUGATUCK — An afternoon storm Monday dumped more than five inches of rain on the borough, causing flash flooding that displaced dozens of residents, closed roads and damaged homes and cars. No...
View ArticleNYC caseworker fired for soliciting ferret-sitting
NEW YORK — An employee of New York City's Human Resources Administration has been fired for asking a welfare recipient to baby-sit his ferret. The New York Times reports that the city's Conflict of...
View ArticleIslamists filling key posts in Egypt
CAIRO — Egypt's Islamist president swore in his first new government Thursday, led by a devout Muslim and including five members of his Muslim Brotherhood in unglamorous but ideal ministries for a...
View ArticleClinton focuses on security in East Africa|With VIDEO
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Preserving a fragile peace between Sudan and South Sudan, stepping up the hunt for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and boosting African counter-terrorism efforts in...
View ArticleUS-bound Cubans pour into Panama
Associated Press METETI, Panama (AP) — Led by smugglers armed with knives and machetes, Mayra Reyes and 14 other Cubans sloshed through swamps and rivers and suffered hordes of mosquitoes as they...
View ArticleSan Juan mayor to sleep on streets
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital says he will sleep aboard a bus on the streets of San Juan to prove they are safe. Jorge Santini said Thursday that he and his family will...
View ArticleDid Mayas used chocolate as spice?
MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time they have found ancient chocolate residue on a plate rather than...
View ArticlePalestinian debate over timing of next UN bid
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The next international showdown over “Palestine" seems inevitable, with President Mahmoud Abbas determined to seek U.N. General Assembly recognition of statehood for his...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ernesto forms off Caribbean
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is speeding toward a chain of small, popular vacation islands in the Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center in...
View ArticleShakespeare in prison|An honest play speeds jail time best, being plainly told
It got a standing ovation. Then again, it was a captive audience. William Shakespeare's "Richard III," the hair-raising tale of one man's murderous pursuit of power, was performed this week for about...
View ArticleArgentina celebrates bond payoff
Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Bond payoffs are supposed to be boring, but Argentina's president is celebrating Friday's final $2.3 billion payment on a bond given to people whose...
View ArticleMillions of phony pages may lead some to call it Fakebook
LOS ANGELES — More than 83 million Facebook accounts are estimated to be duplicates or fakes, the social networking giant said in a regulatory filing this week. In the filing, Facebook said there are...
View ArticleHouse passes livestock disaster relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday extended disaster assistance to livestock producers reeling from rising feed prices caused by the drought that has scorched much of the nation. The 223-197 vote...
View ArticleGOP-led filibuster blocks cyber-security bill
WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, top national security officials held a classified briefing in the Capitol for about half the U.S. Senate, warning that the country's critical infrastructure was highly...
View ArticleSenate panel revives dozens of tax breaks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's tax-writing panel voted to renew dozens of tax breaks for businesses like biodiesel and wind energy producers, even as the GOP-controlled House passed symbolic...
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