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Man Gets 14 Years For Multiple Stabbing During Middletown Home Invasion - Hartford Courant
Outside the courtroom, the 30-year-old victim from New Britain, who refused to give his name citing "serious concerns" about his safety, said he never agreed to the 14-year prison sentence, 10 years of which are mandatory prison time for Menns.
Source: Man Stabbed Father To Death With Screwdriver [CT Post] - Hartford Courant
Aaron Ramsey of 125 Signal Hill Road allegedly stabbed his 73-year-old father, Edward Ramsey with a screwdriver, late Thursday night, according to a police source who asked not to be identified because details of the investigation had not been ...
Obama seeks to curb Iran, Syria dissident monitoring - Hartford Courant
Social media tools that allowed democracy campaigners to organize rallies across the Middle East and North Africa are being monitored by Tehran and Damascus to "facilitate serious human rights abuses," an administration official said.
Government Official Fibbed to Politico About Cost of GSA Conference Under Bush - Hartford Courant
But an anonymous source provided numbers to the news outlet Politico last week, floating the idea that the opulence of the GSA Western Region Conference had its roots in the Bush administration. The source turned over documents to Politico showing that ...
In Manchester's Tent City, Freedom And Troubles In A Patch Of Woods - Hartford Courant
She did not want to be identified. Scables even had a vegetable garden last summer that produced "tomatoes like this," he says, demonstrating the girth with both hands. Dressed in a black leather jacket, sweater and clean jeans, he says he showers with ...
Andre Drummond Leaving UConn, Will Enter NBA Draft - Hartford Courant
"It's the decision of a lifetime," said a source close to Drummond. Drummond, 18, from Middletown, was one of the most highly sought-after high school players in the country when he played at St. Thomas More last season. During the summer, Drummond, ...
EU seeks to decide who gets UN climate fund seats - Hartford Courant
LONDON (Reuters) - European Union ambassadors were due to meet on Wednesday in an effort to settle a dispute over the allocation of seats to member states on the United Nations' Green Climate Fund (GCF) board, sources close to the matter said.
Police Union, City Reportedly Close To New Contract - Hartford Courant
By JENNA CARLESSO, jcarlesso@courant.com The Hartford Courant After nearly two years of working under an expired contract, the city's police union is close to reaching a new labor agreement, sources close to the negotiations said.
Police Source: Nothing Stolen From Trinity Student During Attack - Hartford Courant
That suggests the crime was not a random robbery and that the student, sophomore Chris Kenny, may have been targeted, the source said. In the days after the March 4 attack, Trinity College President James F. Jones wrote to the college community that ...
Bass' Companion Recounts Home Invasion, Threat Of Death, Being Injected - Hartford Courant
Nicolescu's mother, 59, who declined to give her name, sat in the sometimes packed courtroom gallery Wednesday. Outside the courthouse she said through tears that her son is a kind, hard-working man incapable of holding people hostage and threatening ...
AU Optronics convicted of LCD price-fixing, to appeal - Hartford Courant
One juror, a middle-aged white woman who declined to give her name, said the jurors took the testimony of those who pleaded guilty in the LCD probe "with a grain of salt" but relied on it nonetheless. "All the decisions were difficult.
UPS won't raise TNT bid price much: sources - Hartford Courant
(Reuters) - United Parcel Service will only sweeten its 4.9 billion euros ($6.4 billion) bid for Dutch parcel-delivery firm TNT Express by a symbolic amount at best, three sources close to the talks said. The US firm has little incentive to improve its ...
Greek bond swap offer "going well": government official - Hartford Courant
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has seen a strong take-up of its bond swap offer to private investors, a government official said on Thursday ahead of a 2000 GMT deadline for accepting the deal, a key element in an 130 billion euro international rescue ...
With Few Buyout Takers, Pratt Eliminates 46 East Hartford Jobs - Hartford Courant
"I came in for my shift and I was there two minutes and they told me I was out of a job," said a machinist, who declined to give his name. The machinist said he had worked a total of 28 years for Pratt parent United Technologies Corp.
Waiting List Grows For Families Of Adults With Intellectual/Development ... - Hartford Courant
One Connecticut woman — who asked that her name not be used — is caring for her 54-year old intellectually disabled sister. Until their death, the sister had lived with her parents, who would not apply for state services because, said the Connecticut ...
Georgia on his mind, Gingrich fights in own backyard - Hartford Courant
Many voters in Gringrich's own home state may be waiting to see who wins in Michigan and Arizona before committing to the former speaker. "I like him, but he's not a front-runner," said one woman in northern Atlanta, who refused to give her name.
Canterbury Fire Considered Suspicious - Hartford Courant
The homeowner, who did not want to be identified, told FoxCT's Mike Magnoli that he was able to escape from the home along with his wife and daughter. The house is a total loss, fire officials said. It could be seen on a sign laying in the front yard ...
Obama budget to propose election year spending on jobs, roads - Hartford Courant
Obama's budget proposal, which he will submit to Congress on Monday, will project a $901 billion deficit for fiscal 2013, a sharp drop from the $1.33 trillion funding gap that is predicted for this year, a senior administration official said on Friday.
Efrain Johnson's Trial Begins In Triple Murder Over Drug Turf - Hartford Courant
The daughter, who declined to give her name, said it was the second time she had seen the photos after first viewing them at Aquart's trial. "It hurts me to see my mother like that," the daughter said. "She had her faults, but she was a caring mother ...
Malloy Proposes Pumping $50 Million Into Education Cost Sharing - Hartford Courant
Of that $128 million, 80 percent is targeted for low-achieving "priority" districts, the source said. Currently, 63 percent of the education-cost sharing money goes to those districts. "The governor articulated a series of principles several months ago ...
Boatright's Family Stands By UConn Guard - Hartford Courant
Jaeh Thomas, and others close to Boatright who spoke to The Courant on condition of anonymity, are certain that a former boyfriend of Boatright's mother, Tanesha, has been making myriad accusations to the NCAA in an effort for revenge.
State Utility Regulators Expected To Reverse Decision And Review Proposed NU ... - Hartford Courant
By JANICE PODSADA, jpodsada@courant.co The Hartford Courant State utility regulators will review the proposed merger of utility giants Northeast Utilities and NSTAR, a Boston-based company, a source close to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ...
UConn Quarterbacks Coach Headed For Top Job At Fordham, Sources Say - Hartford Courant
UConn quarterbacks coach Joe Moorhead is on the verge of being named head coach at Fordham, sources said Wednesday night. Moorhead, a 1996 Fordham graduate, is expected to be the school's choice to ...
Attorney Seeks Halt To Hearings On Food Stamp Fraud - Hartford Courant
The employees spoke on the condition of anonymity because they have not been publicly charged with anything and want to avoid potential retaliation by their supervisors, Rochlin said. By Monday, four of them had received written or verbal notices that ...
Are CT Lottery Winners Better or Worse After A Big Win? - Hartford Courant
After dozens of calls and emails to Connecticut's big lottery winners, Seitz; schoolteacher Matthew Ehmka of Meriden and a 59-year-old divorced woman — a former Pfizer employee, who asked that her name not be used, agreed to an interview. ...