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On a cool evening in October, Alain Malcolm, 20, walked into a vacant two-story colonial house in Bristol, Connecticut. Two members of a local internet vigilante group — who regularly try to expose and shame alleged child predators they entice online — were waiting for him. Malcolm was tall and handsome. The oldest son of Jamaican immigrants, he wholly subscribed to the idea of the American dream. In high school, Malcolm was vice president of the Future Business Leaders of America club, assistant captain of the tennis and swim teams and a member of the student council and Model United...

Woman injured in crash on Route 202 By John Pirro staff writer Article Last Updated: 11/05/2007 04:19:06 AM EST WASHINGTON, Conn.-- A Torrington woman was seriously injured when her car ran off Route 202 Sunday morning and hit a utility pole. Elizabeth Stimson, 38, was taken by LifeStar Helicopter to Hartford Hospital after the 10:02 a.m. accident, where she was being treated for head injuries, state police said. Stimson, who was driving a 1995 Honda Passport, was headed west when her vehicle ran off the right side of the road, flattening about 100 feet of guide wire, before it hit...

Back in the saddle again The Pony Express returns to Wyoming By Becky Orr rep6@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle When Stanley Bean led Apache into a gallop, the pair came close to making the 21st century disappear. Cars and the semi-trailers that sped past them on U.S. Highway 26 near Torrington took a back seat to the rhythmic thud when Apache's hooves sank into the damp grass alongside the road. Bean, 59, has worked in ranching for 40 years. He lives in Riverton and was one of the riders in this year's Pony Express re-ride. On a hazy Tuesday...

Former Gov. Stan Hathaway dies at 81 By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Former Wyoming Gov. Stan Hathaway died at his home Tuesday evening surrounded by family and friends. He was 81. Labeled by some as "Wyoming's favorite son," Hathaway served two terms as governor from January 1967 to January 1975. He is best known for spearheading efforts to establish mineral severance taxes in the state as well as creating the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund in 1974. "Stan Hathaway was an extraordinary person," said his longtime friend and law firm partner Brent Kunz. "History...

Torrington man stages another run for House By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Al Hamburg, notorious in Wyoming for his bids to seek federal elected office, has filed papers with the Federal Election Commission signifying his intent to run for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. This year the Torrington man is running as a Democrat; he changed his party registration last week. He also has run as a Republican, an independent and as a member of the New Alliance Party, under whose banner he won his greatest success. "I made it...