http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ct-news/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021541/posts Sound Off Connecticut is a popular conservative/libertarian call in talk show hosted by Jim Vicevich weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon ET. Although based in Connecticut, the show welcomes callers from all over the United States! This is your chance to sound off America! Call into the show toll free (800) 966-9842! Listen to the LIVE AUDIO STREAM at http://wtic.com - it's free and NO registration is required! If you're in southern New England listen over the air to WTIC 1080 AM, the 50,000 watt Connecticut powerhouse! Are you outside of Connecticut? Start your day off listening to Jim... Sound Off Connecticut With Jim Vicevich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021541/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021511/posts Yale University has been fined $165,000 for failing to report serious sex crimes on its prestigious campus. After a seven-year investigation into the Ivy League university’s violations, it was discovered that Yale had failed to report four sex attacks and compiled “incomplete and unreliable” crime reports, lulling students into a false sense of security. Yale reported only five sex offenses between 2000 and 2002, while Harvard reported 80 from that same period and Princeton reported 29. … The world-class university was also found to have ill-defined the boundaries of its campus, leaving crimes committed at the Yale-New Haven Hospital out,... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021511/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 05:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020984/posts A program in Palm Beach County intended to encourage residents to report suspicious behavior is attracting resistance from around the state. Under the proposed "Violence Prevention Program," anyone who sees a potentially dangerous situation — a schizophrenic person with weapons, a war veteran making threats to passersby — could call a 24-hour hotline. Legitimate-sounding calls would trigger a visit by specially trained deputies in plain clothes or by mental health professionals. The Palm Beach County Sheriff says violence prevention unit could thwart would-be killers like the recent mass shooters in Connecticut and Colorado. The program will cost $3.2 million in... Sun Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020984/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2013 14:06:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020846/posts Fox is reporting a train has derailed in Connecticut. 20 to 25 injured. Two trains collided. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020846/posts#comment Fri, 17 May 2013 23:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020862/posts According to promotional material, a United States Naval Academy professor is teaching on behalf of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a part of the US Muslim Brotherhood and where global Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi reportedly serves as a trustee. IIIT recently announced its Summer Students Program for 2013 to be held from May 26 – July 3. According to the IIIT announcement, one of the instructors for the program will be Professor Ermin Sinanovic, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland who will be teaching the following... http://www.globalmbwatch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020862/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2013 00:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018829/posts Toxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his system when he shot and killed 20 first graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. The toxicology tests were conducted as part of the autopsy by state Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver II. Sources said his final report has been turned over to state prosecutors and investigators. Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018829/posts#comment Mon, 13 May 2013 17:04:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018768/posts Listen Live: Sound Off Connecticut with Jim Vicevich 9 a.m. to noon ET (Da ily Thread)Sound Off Connecticut is a popular conservative/libertarian call in talk show hosted by Jim Vicevich weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon ET. Although based in Connecticut, the show welcomes callers from all over the United States! This is your chance to sound off America! Call into the show toll free (800) 966-9842! Listen to the LIVE AUDIO STREAM at http://wtic.com - it's free and NO registration is required! If you're in southern New England listen over the air to WTIC 1080 AM, the 50,000... Sound Off Connecticut With Jim Vicevich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018768/posts#comment Mon, 13 May 2013 14:17:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018473/posts CT Carry of Connecticut, a gun rights group, finds that one of the Obama administration's photo-op parents of children who died at the Sandy Hook School is somewhat more familiar with portrait photos that include a set of numbers directly below his full facial and side profile images. Sitting next to Gabby Giffords and the president at a White House photo event was Neil Heslin, the father of a boy shot at Newtown, Connecticut. Heslin was clearly advocating for much stricter gun control laws, yet Richard Burgess, President of CT Carry, has a possible explanation in a press release: A... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018473/posts#comment Sun, 12 May 2013 15:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018226/posts CBS Anchor: 'We Are Getting Big Stories Wrong, Over and Over Again' "Our house is on fire." Daniel Halper May 11, 2013 12:09 PM CBS anchor Scott Pelley said at a speech at Quinnipiac University that journalists "are getting big stories wrong, over and over again." "Our house is on fire," said Pelley. The video of Pelley's speech is courtesy of nowthisnews.com. "These have been a bad few months for journalism," he added. "We're getting the big stories wrong, over and over again." The CBS newsreader was quick to take at least partial blame. "Let me take the first arrow:... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018226/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 16:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017741/posts Five weeks after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a gun control law outlawing any retail sales for the entire product line of Stag Arms, the maker of military-style rifles unveiled a new design Thursday that its owner said will not be subject to the Connecticut ban. From the outside, the new firearm looks identical to other Stag rifles, complete with matte black finish, pistol grip and adjustable stock. Stag owner Mark Malkowski showed a prototype of the new rifle in the shipping room of his New Britain plant, explaining why he feels certain that it's legal. It's not a radical... Hart\ford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017741/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 09:40:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017553/posts Connecticut’s historic gun law signed by Governor Dannel Malloy went into effect last month, signed April 4, but the state is giving gun manufacturers and gun shops until June 1 to understand and apply the laws to their businesses. Gun shop owners like Mark Malkowski, owner of Stag Arms, have said they should have been given more time to interpret it before it went to law. Stag Arms, producer of the AR-15 in Connecticut, said it was considering moving out of Connecticut when the new law passed because the gun cannot be sold here, only out of state. The owner... FoxCT.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3017553/posts#comment Thu, 9 May 2013 19:53:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016957/posts NEWTOWN — People who seek change in gun laws following the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings shouldn’t get frustrated at the pace of progress because one way or another, change will come, speakers said Tuesday night in a gun violence panel discussion at Newtown High School. “I have no doubt that change is coming,” said Dave Ackert, founder and chairman of the Newtown Action Alliance, which organized the “What’s Next in Gun Legislation?” panel discussion. Within three days of the U.S. Senate failing to pass an expanded background checks compromise bill, the alliance began a “Shame on Congress”... NewHavenRegister.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016957/posts#comment Wed, 8 May 2013 10:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016946/posts Before Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 more at Virginia Tech in 2007, he was able to purchase firearms because his mental health history had not been reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Now, using federal grant money made available in response to that school massacre, Connecticut is creating a database of individuals who are disqualified from owning a gun for mental health reasons, part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the federal background check system by improving state reporting. The new system captures both Probate and Superior Court records to include people who have... The Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016946/posts#comment Wed, 8 May 2013 07:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016871/posts Vice President Joe Biden has a commandment for pastors, rabbis and nuns: He wants them to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may have to wait until Congress wraps up work on an immigration overhaul. Biden met for two-and-a-half hours Monday with more than a dozen leaders from various faith communities – Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, to name a few. Both Biden and the faith leaders encouraged each other not to give up on what has been an arduous and thus far fruitless effort by Biden and President Barack... The Blaze / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016871/posts#comment Wed, 8 May 2013 00:39:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016577/posts Hearings on how to divide $7.7 million among 40 families affected by the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown have been postponed after questions were raised about whether more money should go those families. The hearings were scheduled for this week. A three-person committee headed by former federal judge Alan Nevas was formed to distribute the money, which comes from an approximately $11.3 million fund under the control of the Sandy Hook-Newtown Community Foundation Inc. The group had determined that the money would be distributed among the families of the 20 first-graders and six women killed in the... Hart\ford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016577/posts#comment Tue, 7 May 2013 11:40:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016464/posts Texas Gov. Rick Perry might not have been able to name three federal agencies he'd close, but he has his sights on attracting at least that many Connecticut gun manufacturers and he used the NRA convention in Houston over the last four days to make his best pitch. Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016464/posts#comment Tue, 7 May 2013 00:26:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016209/posts Listen Live: Sound Off Connecticut with Jim Vicevich 9 a.m. to noon ET (Da ily Thread)Sound Off Connecticut is a popular conservative/libertarian call in talk show hosted by Jim Vicevich weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon ET. Although based in Connecticut, the show welcomes callers from all over the United States! This is your chance to sound off America! Call into the show toll free (800) 966-9842! Listen to the LIVE AUDIO STREAM at http://wtic.com - it's free and NO registration is required! If you're in southern New England listen over the air to WTIC 1080 AM, the 50,000... Sound Off Connecticut With Jim Vicevich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016209/posts#comment Mon, 6 May 2013 13:09:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016205/posts Texas Governor Rick Perry might not have been able to name three federal agencies he’d close, but he has his sights attracting on at least that many Connecticut gun manufacturers and he used the NRA convention in Houston over the last four days to make his best pitch. Along with his famous charm, Perry had 70,000 gun enthusiasts on hand to help make the case for firearms companies feeling unloved back home. One firm, PTR Industries of Bristol, already said it will exit Connecticut and it’s starting to look like others will head South or West. The Republican governor and... The Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016205/posts#comment Mon, 6 May 2013 12:58:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015873/posts On the same day that the 2013 NRA Convention began in Houston, TX Barack Obama was in Mexico telling an audience that “most of the guns used to commit violent crimes here in Mexico, come from the United States.” What he didn’t tell that audience was that his administration is responsible for Operation Fast and Furious, a program in which the ATF told reluctant gun store owners to sell high-powered guns to bad guys who would then ‘walk’ those guns to drug cartels in Mexico. Yet, Republicans and gun rights activists have avoided bludgeoning those in the administration and on... Shoebat Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015873/posts#comment Sun, 5 May 2013 03:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015433/posts Jose Maria Islas of New Haven caught a break this week, at least for a while, in his desire to keep from being deported to his native Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His lawyer, Danielle Briand, thinks that since ICE is considering their request for a stay of removal, Islas ultimately will be given the stay and allowed to remain in the United States. If Islas is not deported, it will mean he can work at a job that is low-paying for most Americans but allows him to earn the money he needs to support his wife and... Middletown Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015433/posts#comment Fri, 3 May 2013 19:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014938/posts Would you be opposed to a shooting range in a state forest? WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014938/posts#comment Thu, 2 May 2013 15:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014284/posts Somers High School went into "soft lockdown" after a bullet was found on the campus Tuesday. Students were allowed to walk through the hallways and go to their classrooms during the soft lockdown. However, no one was allowed to enter or leave the building, school officials said. Police searched the building and nothing was discovered. School officials said the building was in lockdown for a brief time and students were able to return to their normal, daily routine after it. Students will be dismissed at their normally scheduled time. WFSB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014284/posts#comment Wed, 1 May 2013 00:45:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014047/posts Should Connecticut Grant Driver’s Licenses To Undocumented Immigrants? Branford Eagle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014047/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013983/posts So much has happened since April 4 that it seems like more than four weeks since Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed the strict gun control bill into law. We had the showdown on background checks in the U.S. Senate, and of course, the Boston Marathon bombings. One thing that hasn’t happened — and won’t happen until June 1 — is the state clearing up all the sales rules on military-style weapons and magazines larger than 10 rounds, for retailers and manufacturers. That’s a long time for an up-or-down answer on whether a merchant can sell his or her wares under... Hart\ford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013983/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:50:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013835/posts The state NAACP branch's takeover of Bridgeport's long embattled local chapter surprised few people last week. For months the local branch of the civil rights organization, whose membership has dwindled over the years, had been bitterly divided over questions of financial impropriety, membership issues and election woes. But it's not alone. Last month, the same types of issues led the national leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to call for the reorganization of the Waterbury branch as well. And earlier this year, questions of election impropriety cast a shadow over the installment of a new... ctpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013835/posts#comment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:29:10 GMT