Felix finally claims gold medal in 200 on a big day for USA
LONDON (AP) — No more heartbreak for Allyson Felix. No more silver, either. Denied twice on the world's biggest stage, Felix won the Olympic gold medal she's been yearning for, taking the 200 meters...
View ArticleSome losing more than medals at the Games
LONDON — It wasn't exactly a race to celebrate back home, though Rene Herrera of the Philippines did manage to set a personal best in a men's 5,000-meter heat Wednesday at the Olympic stadium. That he...
View ArticleTake a seat, Great Britain
LONDON — Have a seat, Britain. You might not like what you're about to hear. Those 22 gold medals at the Olympics so far? More than two-thirds were won sitting down. And that's not counting a 17th...
View ArticleGranderson's 3-run HR helps Yankees top Tigers
DETROIT — Curtis Granderson snapped out of a short slump by hitting his 30th homer and driving four runs, helping the New York Yankees beat Detroit Tigers 12-8 Wednesday night and ending the Tigers'...
View ArticleContenders race to get ready for PGA Championship
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The final major of the year, and everyone was cramming for their last big exam. Ernie Els and Adam Scott walked up to the 18th green at Kiawah Island on Wednesday evening about...
View ArticleBryant, U.S. overwhelm Australia, advance to semis
LONDON — As the shot fell through the net, Kobe Bryant held up three fingers on each hand. It was his third straight 3-pointer in the fourth quarter, enough for the U.S. men's Olympic team to finally...
View ArticleMay-Treanor, Walsh win another gold medal
LONDON — Misty May-Treanor danced on the sand and then off it, taking a victory lap around the court before leaving Horse Guards Parade with Kerri Walsh Jennings as three-time Olympic beach volleyball...
View ArticleHamilton homers as Rangers outslug Red Sox 10-9
BOSTON — Following Josh Hamilton's resurgence, the Texas Rangers outslugged the Boston Red Sox. Hamilton continued to work his way back from of a prolonged slump and the Rangers belted four homers to...
View ArticlePackers giving McCabe plenty of support
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Mike McCabe may be idle for nearly two weeks, away from the practice field and team meetings with his teammates and coaches from the Green Bay Packers while he rehabs a left hip...
View ArticleTop city golfer charged with assaulting caddie|Hermstadt could be banned from...
WATERBURY -- The city's top amateur golfer has been charged with beating up his former caddie at one of the city's two public golf courses, and may lose his local playing privileges. Rudolph Hermstadt,...
View ArticleWinsted housing group to accept Section 8 applications|Group faces federal...
WINSTED -- The Winchester Housing Authority, faced with a discrimination lawsuit, will now accept Section 8 applications from people living outside its 17-town service area after a vote to change its...
View ArticleCharities not getting all receipts from donated books|For-profit book...
Got books? Maybe it's time to unload some. Got a charity? Choosing one might involve a little non-book research. A Massachusetts company called Got Books has begun collecting used books at bins located...
View ArticleArea seniors boycott Foxwoods|Take exception to remarks made by resort...
NAUGATUCK -- When Harvey Frydman, director of the Naugatuck Senior Center, heard about a Boston Globe column in which the CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino seemed to belittle senior citizens, he did not...
View ArticleWalsh, May-Treanor pick up third gold medal on the beach
LONDON (AP) -- Misty May-Treanor danced on the sand and then off it, taking a victory lap around the court before leaving Horse Guards Parade with Kerri Walsh Jennings as three-time Olympic beach...
View ArticleFifteen suspects nabbed in sweep|Police, probation officers scour Torrington...
TORRINGTON — Fifteen suspects and probation violators found themselves face-to-face with police after a Wednesday night "warrant sweep" across the area, police reported early today. Between 4 p.m. and...
View ArticleAsh tree quarantine imposed in New Haven County
PROSPECT -- The director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station today will impose a quarantine on the movement of ash and firewood in New Haven County to limit the spread of a tiny green...
View ArticleOne Plymouth grievance related to safety concerns
PLYMOUTH -- Of nine grievances filed within the past year by Public Works Department employees, one is related to safety concerns, and it was a request to reverse a disciplinary action, not a...
View ArticleNew Haven lawyer with gun at Batman movie arrested
NEW HAVEN -- A prominent Connecticut attorney who brought a handgun to a movie theater showing the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" said Wednesday that the charges are baseless and that he followed...
View ArticleHearing opens on Litchfield Stop & Shop plan
LITCHFIELD -- Real estate developer Mark Greenberg's plan to move Stop & Shop from its current location to a building that would be built in his Village Green commercial plaza was unveiled...
View ArticleConsultant pitches ideas for Torrington's downtown
TORRINGTON -- Downtown retailers should think about how to clean their store windows, improve perceptions about downtown and become part of a "continuous ribbon of streets that look like they're...
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