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Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (file / credit: Governor's Office)

Gov. Dan Malloy Sides With Giants In Super Bowl, Pokes Fun At Boston Fans

When it comes to sports, Connecticut is in an interesting position. With the Super Bowl coming up, you have to pick a side. Are you rooting for the New York Giants or the New England Patriots?

2012/01/23

Passengers wait as a Metro-North passenger train approaches the platform. (file/credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Metro-North Rolls Out Quiet Cars On New Haven Line

Cell phone calls and loud games are banned on quiet cars. Riders are also urged to speak in a whisper.

2012/01/09

A new M-8 rail car is seen in Stamford, CT - Mar 1, 2011 - Photo: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880

Fares Go Up On The New Haven Line

Tolls went up on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. Commuters in Connecticut are dealing with a more expensive ride as well.

2012/01/03

New Haven Mayor John DeStefano (credit: @MayorDeStefano / Twitter)

New Haven Mayor Seeks To Extend Voting Rights To Illegal Immigrants

Already known as a refuge for people from other lands, New Haven is tightening its embrace of newcomers as its mayor seeks to extend voting rights to illegal immigrants and other non-citizens, a policy challenge that comes shortly after attacks on “sanctuary cities” by Republican presidential candidates.

2011/12/20

Cross Bronx Expressway - Bronx, NY - Dec 19, 2011 (credit: NYC DOT)

Transportation Planners Identify Worst Traffic Bottlenecks In NYC Area

Some of the top ten traffic bottlenecks in the New York City area are not in the five boroughs, but those roads that go around them, according to a new study.

2011/12/19

New Haven Mayor Wants Illegals To Vote In Local Elections

One Connecticut mayor is asking the legislature to allow illegal immigrants to vote in local elections.

2011/12/14

New Haven, CT (file / credit: H0n0r via Wikipedia)

Burning Bible Damages New Haven Christmas Tree

A vandal has set a Bible on fire, damaging wires that helped illuminate New Haven’s Christmas tree on the Green.

2011/12/13

Joshua Komisarjevsky Sentenced To Death In CT Home Invasion

The jury deliberated over the span of five days before returning the verdict against Joshua Komisarjevsky, who will join his accomplice Steven Hayes on Connecticut’s death row.

2011/12/09

Second Cheshire Home Invasion Trial Begins

The trial of 31-year-old Joshua Komisarjevsky, charged with the killings of a woman and her two daughters during a home invasion in 2007, got off to a contentious start today.

2011/09/19

Aaron Thomas, dubbed the East Coast Rapist by law enforcement, leaves New Haven Superior Court after his arraignment in New Haven, Conn., Monday, March 7, 2011. Thomas is suspected in the sexual assault of at least 17 women from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Suspect In Rape Cases Due Back In Conn. Court

A Connecticut man awaiting trial on charges in a series of rapes and other attacks along the East Coast is due back in court.

2011/09/18

Stefan Pryor (file / credit: City of Newark)

Newark Deputy Mayor Stefan Pryor Chosen To Take Over Connecticut Schools

A co-founder of an acclaimed New Haven charter school and deputy mayor of New Jersey’s largest city has been introduced as Connecticut’s new education commissioner.

2011/09/08

Raymond Clark III (L); Le (R) (AP Photo)

Report: Annie Le’s Family Sues Yale University After Grad Student’s Killing

The 24-year-old body was found stuffed behind a wall at a Yale lab on Sept. 13, 2009. Raymond Clark III was sentenced to 44 years in prison for her killing.

2011/09/07

Two women look at a home that had a tree fall on it during Tropical Storm Irene on August 30, 2011 in Southport, Connecticut. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Obama Declares Major Disaster In Five Conn. Counties; Many Residents Still In The Dark

The federal funding will be available to state and local governments and some nonprofits for emergency work and repair in five Connecticut counties. They include Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven and New London.

2011/09/03