http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/connecticut/ en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:56:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102812/posts Floridians, when you cast your ballot on the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment this year, look at Massachusetts, California – and now Connecticut. Contrary to claims of the liars attempting to scare Floridians into voting against the marriage amendment because of the false assertions that the measure is about everything other than marriage, the Connecticut Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling today legalizing “gay marriage” is the latest reminder of why we need Amendment 2. This is not an academic, esoteric debate. The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment (also known as Amendment 2) is Floridians’ chance to settle the definition of marriage in our... Yes2Marriage.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102812/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:56:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102802/posts Los Angeles - Emphasizing the urgency of California’s Proposition 8--ProtectMarriage.com, today the Connecticut Supreme Court legalized gay marriage by a narrow margin, 4-3. Close votes also defined gay marriage in the states of Massachusetts and California. The State of Iowa was also scheduled this week to hear arguments on same sex marriage. In answer to today’s decision, the Protect Marriage Coalition and its volunteers are stepping up efforts and continuing their unprecedented grassroots campaign across the state of California. This weekend hundreds of thousands of lawn signs will appear on lawns in every community. Church services in some African American... Protect Marriage.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102802/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102708/posts The state Supreme Court's 4-3 decision Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry swept through the state with the force of a cultural tidal wave. While lead plaintiff Beth Kerrigan and her partner -- soon to be wife -- embraced and sobbed after learning of the ruling, opponents vowed to pursue a long and complicated route to change the constitution to ban gay marriage. The Supreme Court released its historic ruling at 11:30 a.m. Citing the equal protection clause of the state constitution, the justices ruled that civil unions were discriminatory and that the state's "understanding of marriage... Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102708/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102326/posts HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry. FOX 61 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102326/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:41:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083349/posts Connecticut Holds Its Breath, Awaits Impact By Ted Mann Published on 9/16/2008 in Home »State »State News Connecticut public officials trained wary eyes Monday on the developments on Wall Street, where the collapse of major financial sector companies could have seismic effects on the state budget. The state's ability to pay for prized projects and programs is closely linked to its tax receipts on income and capital gains from the wealthiest of its taxpayers, particularly those who live in Fairfield County and work - either in Connecticut or across the state line - in the very industry that has taken... The Day http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083349/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:58:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080776/posts This one has got to take the cake for stupidity and lack of journalistic integrity. The Old Media has been gyrating in ever widening circles to find new and unheard of ways to destroy Governor Sarah Palin and now from the Hartford Courant (Connecticut) we find the most ridiculous one yet. With this Robert Thorson column we have now gone from slandering Gov. Palin herself, to attacking every last member of her family -- including her Down Syndrome child, Trig -- to this latest stop on the smear Palin express: attacking Palin's hometown Wasilla, Alaska. Thorson seriously tries to make... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080776/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:18:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072658/posts Anti-War Protesters Attack Conn. GOP Delegates Some Delegates Doused With Bleach-Like Substance; Rowdy Crowd Estimated At Between 2,000-10,000 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ― Protesters attacked Connecticut delegates near the site of the Republican National Convention Monday in a demonstration where more than a dozen people were arrested by police using pepper spray amid window-smashing, bottle-throwing and tire-slashing. It was a violent counterpoint to an otherwise peaceful anti-war march not far from the Xcel Energy Center convention site. Many protesters involved in the more violent protest were clad in black and identified themselves to reporters as anarchists. They wrought havoc by... WCBSTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072658/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:37:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055537/posts KENT -- Jon Hoose's first crop of sweet corn he'd ever grown started to come in this summer about as well as the 17-year-old could have hoped. He'd gotten his own rumbling John Deere tractor as a high school graduation gift. His dad, a former dairy farmer, helped him secure about 20 acres of leased land, and loaned him the cash to plant corn and pumpkins. In early July, he stacked harvested corn on a picnic table at the end of his driveway on Davis Road, scrawled two cardboard signs advertising sweet corn and put them out on Route 341.... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055537/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051133/posts BRIDGEPORT — The jury in an attempted murder-rape case in Fairfield was dismissed Thursday after a hangman's noose was found drawn on a blackboard in the jury deliberation room. Superior Court Judge Lawrence Hauser said he had no choice under state law but to dismiss the six jurors and three alternates, and to order the case begin over again. The judge pointed out the noose has come to symbolize racial or ethnic bias because of the history of lynchings. A Halloween display in Stratford attracted widespread condemnation when a dark-skinned mannequin hanging from a noose was included in the display... connpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051133/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038369/posts I flushed my pills down the toilet. The prescription had expired. I had a queasy impulse to jettison the medicine this way because of some vague understanding that expired medicine could be dangerous. It may, but not in the way I imagined. Scientists are now finding a vast array of pharmaceuticals, from sex hormones, to anti-convulsants, to mood stabilizers, in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, the Associated Press found recently. The drugs get there via people like me, blithely tossing drugs into the water system — and through the natural metabolic practices of a country... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038369/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026645/posts HARTFORD, Conn. - A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away. The chilling scene — captured on video by a streetlight surveillance camera — has touched off a round of soul-searching in Hartford, with the capital city's biggest newspaper blaring "SO INHUMANE" on the front page and the police chief lamenting: "We no longer... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026645/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:05:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015141/posts DanburyNewsTimesArticle Last Updated: 05/12/2008 04:14:20 AM EDT Lyme disease care under fire Medical groups differ on courses of treatmentConnecticutBy Robert Miller Staff Writer In the battle over how best to treat Lyme disease, a new settlement between Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and a major medical group might seem to offer at least a little hope of expanded treatment for those with the tick-borne disease. That, however, would involve a change in the lines of debate over the disease, and it's not clear there will be any yielding. The settlement, reached this month between Blumenthal and the Infectious Diseases Society of... newstimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015141/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 07:12:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013877/posts HARTFORD, Conn.: A man alleges that police entered his home illegally and ripped a catheter from his body during a child pornography investigation that led to the arrest of two neighbors. Andrew Glover, 60, of New Britain filed a notice with the city Thursday that he intends to pursue a federal civil rights lawsuit. He accused the officers of inflicting severe injuries as he was recovering from intestinal surgery in February. Glover's lawyer, Paul Spinella, said police entered Glover's apartment Jan. 30 and Feb. 28. Glover wasn't involved in child pornography, has not been charged and has no criminal record,... International Herald Tribune | AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013877/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 03:04:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995739/posts NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - A sex offender recently released from prison brazenly invaded a home, shot two women meeting for morning coffee and abducted one of them, whose body was found about 10 miles away, police said. Leslie Williams, 31, told police that he entered the unlocked home Sunday morning looking for money and a car, but that when two women inside saw his face, he had no choice but to shoot them, according to an arrest warrant. Carol Larese, 65, was seriously wounded while her visiting friend, MaryEllen Welsh, 61, was abducted. Police say in the arrest warrant that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995739/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 23:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1988106/posts HELP BUILD CT’S VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL Includes an all day picnic & blessing of the bikes SAVE THE DATE JOIN US FOR A FUNDRAISING PICNIC SATURDAY APRIL 5TH 2008 (rain date Sun 6th) TIME: 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm PLACE: DEVITT’S FIELD, DEEP RIVER, CT. 06417 Exit 5 off RT 9, FOLLOW SIGNS ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT: CT VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL DONATION: ADULTS $20.00 Under 10 free w/paid adult CONTACT: JOE DIPIETRO 1-860-983-5021 or 526-1948 TO BECOME A SPONSOR WWW.CT612MEMORIAL.ORG Dedication May 17th 2008 in Coventry, CT JOE DIPIETRO 1-860-983-5021 or 526-1948 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1988106/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984983/posts NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say two New York residents have been indicted on charges of trying to smuggle $500,000 from the U.S. to Jordan. Authorities say a grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging 35-year-old Hassan Abuzaitoun and 33-year-old Mohammad Alazzam with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to smuggle bulk cash from the United States. Both are naturalized U.S. citizens from Jordan residing in Yonkers, N.Y. Abuzaitoun also is charged with making false statements to federal law enforcement officers. The indictment alleges that Abuzaitoun and Alazzam transferred large quantities of cash from the... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984983/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:55:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984440/posts Connecticut 22nd District State Senate Special Election Results Unofficial numbers: Russo (R) - 3639 Mulligan (D) - 2215 Everyday Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984440/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:28:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980155/posts Lebanon (AP) _ State police say two 7-year-olds and an 8-year-old at Lebanon Elementary School have been charged in a plot to hurt their bus driver with a knife. The children are in the second and third grade and police say they carried knives to school in their backpacks. Two of the children were arrested Friday and charged with reckless endangerment, possession of a dangerous weapon and threatening. A third child was arrested Monday on the same charges. All three have also been charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Police say the children also threatened a kindergartner with a... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980155/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975290/posts The heated debate over whether to allow undocumented immigrants to attend public colleges and universities at the same tuition rate other Connecticut residents pay could soon reignite at the state legislature. Under a bill introduced by state Rep. Felipe Reinoso, D- Bridgeport, Connecticut students living in the country illegally would pay in-state tuition rates at all state public colleges and universities, rather than the pricier out-of-state rates they must pay now. A similar bill was passed by the state legislature along partisan lines last year after a hard-fought debate, but Gov M. Jodi Rell vetoed the measure. Another bill, introduced... Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975290/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965998/posts I have just seen Hillary Clinton and her former Yale law professor both in tears at a campaign rally here in my home state of Connecticut. Her tearful professor said how proud he was that his former student was likely to become our next President. Hillary responded in tears. My own reaction was of regret that, when I terminated her employment on the Nixon impeachment staff, I had not reported her unethical practices to the appropriate bar associations. Hillary as I knew her in 1974 At the time of Watergate I had overall supervisory authority over the House Judiciary Committee's... Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965998/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:54:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954207/posts It’s Election Day in Connecticut. Voters in the 32nd Senatorial District (Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Woodbury, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown) head to the polls today to choose between Watertown Town Councilor Rob Kane and Kenny Curran, the Democrat Town Committee Chairman in Bethlehem and the former employee of corrupt Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez. The Waterbury Rep-Am has the story. Capitol Watch weighs in, too. The first Senate race run with public dollars, Headless Horseman commented, gotten nasty of late, as Curran criticized Rob Kane for missing Town Council meetings. Damning, yes? Well, it turns out that Mr. Kane did... Everyday Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954207/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:24:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948261/posts Danbury (WTNH) _ Protesters gathered outside Danbury City Hall tonight to rally against a plan that will crackdown on crime involving illegal immigrants. "Immigrant rights are under attack! What do we do! Stand up! Fight back," was the rally cry outside City Hall. Working with federal immigration agents, two to four Danbury police officers would be trained to handle immigration investigations, arrests, detainments and even begin the deportation process. Inside, dozens of citizens in favor of the plan say it is critical to curb crime committed by Danbury's illegal population. "We chronically hear that we need tools, we need things,... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948261/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 15:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943547/posts Questions About Allah? Billboard May Help New Ad Near 1-84 Promotes The Site Of What Will Become The State's Largest Mosque By ANN MARIE SOMMA Courant Staff Writer December 23, 2007 Drivers traveling west on I-84 are invited to turn east — toward Mecca. A billboard promoting Islam near the Cheshire exit, and only a short distance from the construction of what will be the largest mosque in the state, encourages drivers to call a toll-free number to learn about the world's second largest religion. The Connecticut chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America, which paid for the... The Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943547/posts#comment Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940366/posts "THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Sen. Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, will endorse Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for president tomorrow. The two will appear together at a press conference Monday morning in New Hampshire, weather permitting." Weekly Standrd http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940366/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940367/posts Democratic and Republican sources say that Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut and fierce supporter of the war in Iraq, will formally endorse Sen. John McCain tomorrow in New Hampshire. A McCain spokesperson declined to comment. A source familiar with the endorsement said that the two will appear of NBC's Today Show tomorrow morning and at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire. The endorsement could help McCain with independents in the state. Combine that with news that Rudy Giuliani is scaling back his advertising buy there, that the Boston Globe endorsed McCain, and that McCain's rivals are... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940367/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:59 GMT