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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Conn.</title>
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		<title>Conn. landlord accused of killing cat with pellet gun, shovel over tenant&#8217;s unpaid $25 fee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANTAM, Conn. — A Connecticut landlord has been accused of using a pellet gun to kill a cat on his property because the tenant didn&#8217;t pay a $25 fee for it.

Tenant John Schaiver says landlord Paul Milton shot the tenant&#8217;s brother&#8217;s cat July 11 and hit it repeatedly with a garden shovel while it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix Cos. posts wide 2nd-quarter loss, reversing year-ago profit, on tax, severance costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Insurer The Phoenix Cos. on Tuesday posted a wide second-quarter loss, driven by severance costs and tax issues, sending shares down sharply.

The company lost $111.2 million, or 96 cents per share, reversing a profit of $6.2 million, or 5 cents per share in the year ago period. It posted an operating loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. Rep. Larson has elective heart valve surgery, expected to make full recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/conn-rep-larson-has-elective-heart-valve-surgery-expected-to-make-full-recovery-130626/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Eaton-robb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Rep. John Larson underwent elective heart valve replacement surgery Tuesday for a condition his doctor says the congressman has known about for at least two years.

Larson, 61, the fourth highest-ranking Democrat in the House, was resting comfortably after a successful procedure and is expected to make a full recovery, said Barry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quinnipiac poll: Majority of Americans surveyed support dropping of atom bombs in World War II</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A majority of Americans surveyed believe dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was the right thing to do, but support was weaker among Democrats, women, younger voters and minority voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

The poll, released Tuesday, found 61 percent of the more than 2,400 American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Electric to pay $50 million in settlement with SEC</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/general-electric-to-pay-50-million-in-settlement-with-sec-130391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. will pay a $50 million civil penalty to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission accusing the conglomerate of improper accounting in order to make its financial results appear more attractive to investors.

The SEC said Tuesday that GE violated U.S. securities laws four times between 2002 and 2003 when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. priest who hired investigator claims bishop threatened to send him to live with nuns</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/conn-priest-who-hired-investigator-claims-bishop-threatened-to-send-him-to-live-with-nuns-129560/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christoffersen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former Connecticut priest claims a bishop who played a leading national role in responding to the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal threatened to send him to live with nuns after he hired a private investigator to look into his pastor.

The pastor, the Rev. Michael Jude Fay, pleaded guilty to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. widow whose husband disappeared during 2005 honeymoon cruise plans to remarry</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/conn-widow-whose-husband-disappeared-during-2005-honeymoon-cruise-plans-to-remarry-129458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A woman whose husband disappeared from their honeymoon cruise in 2005 plans to remarry.

Jennifer Hagel Smith, 29, plans to marry financial analyst Jeff Agne in the fall, said her father, John Hagel.
&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t be happier,&#8221; Hagel said Monday. &#8220;We&#8217;re just thrilled she&#8217;s been able to move on with her life and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Melee breaks out during ransom exchange with purported kidnappers in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-melee-breaks-out-during-ransom-exchange-with-purported-kidnappers-in-connecticut-129283/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GREENWICH, Conn. — Greenwich, Conn., police say a family that was asked to pay a ransom to free three immigrant relatives showed up with baseball bats instead, sparking a melee involving 19 people.

The brawl happened in a shopping center parking lot Sunday morning.
The family members live about 90 miles away in Willimantic. They told investigators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: US business travel down 15 percent this year</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-us-business-travel-down-15-percent-this-year-129197/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHERMAN, Conn. — Corporate travel is expected to decline 15 percent this year, according to a new report from PhoCusWright, the travel industry research company.

In contrast, the total U.S. travel market is projected to decline only 11 percent in 2009, dipping below 2006 levels, PhoCusWright&#8217;s &#8220;U.S. Corporate Travel Distribution.&#8221; report said.
Historically, corporate travel has comprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. widow whose husband disappeared during honeymoon cruise plans to remarry</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/conn-widow-whose-husband-disappeared-during-honeymoon-cruise-plans-to-remarry-129100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut woman whose husband disappeared from their honeymoon cruise in 2005 plans to remarry.

John Hagel says his 29-year-old daughter, Jennifer Hagel Smith, plans to marry financial analyst Jeff Agne in the fall.
&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t be happier,&#8221; John Hagel said Monday. &#8220;We&#8217;re just thrilled she&#8217;s been able to move on with her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. Sen. Christopher Dodd&#8217;s prostate cancer announcement interrupts 2010 race</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Haigh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — The state&#8217;s senior U.S. senator, Christopher Dodd, has been heavily criticized for months, suffering from poor poll numbers and questions about discount mortgages he received.

The criticisms stopped Friday, when the 65-year-old Democrat announced he&#8217;s been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and will have surgery soon.
Two of Dodd&#8217;s potential Republican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laura Bush says Michelle Obama doing &#8216;a great job&#8217; as first lady</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROTON, Conn. — Michelle Obama&#8217;s performance as first lady is getting high marks from her predecessor, Laura Bush.

Speaking to The Associated Press after a change-of-command ceremony for the USS Texas submarine in Connecticut, Bush said Friday she&#8217;s watched the current first lady from afar and is impressed.
Bush says &#8220;she&#8217;s doing a great job,&#8221; and says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Chris Dodd says he&#8217;s been diagnosed with prostate cancer, feels fine and expects to be OK</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Haigh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and will have surgery in early August, but the prognosis is good and the illness will not affect his plans to seek a sixth term next year.

Dodd said evidence of possible cancer was detected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal authorities create mortgage fraud task force in Connecticut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Federal authorities are creating a mortgage fraud task force in Connecticut to investigate schemes that contributed to the economic crisis and emerging crime trends associated with the growing tide of foreclosures.

Prosecutors in the past year have brought charges or secured convictions in several major mortgage fraud cases with the help of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now frowning: Teen accused of drawing smiley faces at Connecticut school arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STRATFORD, Conn. — He may not be so happy anymore. A Connecticut teen has been arrested on allegations he drew smiley faces all over Stratford High School while avoiding officials&#8217; efforts to catch him.

Police said the 16-year-old was the elusive hooded figure who drew the graffiti. They said he turned himself in Tuesday after being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hartford Financial posts 2nd-quarter loss as premiums decline, investment income falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said Wednesday that it lost $15 million in the second quarter, weighed down by losses on investments and a decline in premiums.

For the period ended June 30, the Hartford, Conn.-based insurance and financial services firm posted a loss of 6 cents per share. That compares with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billions in federal stimulus not enough to keep states from cutting health care programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Haigh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Aurice Barlow knows what happens when someone can&#8217;t afford dental care.

&#8220;I see people walking the streets with toothaches, teeth hanging out of their mouths,&#8221; said the former nurse&#8217;s aide. At least 30 percent of the people in this city of 124,500 are impoverished.
&#8220;Nobody cares,&#8221; she says.
Barlow is worried she&#8217;ll now become one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snakes in an SUV?: Conn. police say driver blames crash on snakes that escaped from his pocket</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Police say a driver blamed a car crash in Hartford, Conn., on two pet baby snakes that he said escaped from his pants pockets as he was driving.

Hartford police Sgt. Christene Mertes says Angel Rolon, of New Britain, claimed he lost control of his SUV on Monday when the snakes slithered near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snakes in an SUV: Conn. police say driver crashes after snakes escape from his pants pockets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Police say two pet baby snakes escaped from a 20-year-old man&#8217;s pants pockets as he was driving, leading to a car crash in Hartford, Conn.

Police say Angel Rolon, of New Britain, lost control of his SUV on Monday when the snakes slithered near the gas and brake pedals and he and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police seize 150 birds, arrest 19 people in alleged finch-fighting ring in Connecticut</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The birds have long been popular for their brilliant colors and beautiful songs, but Connecticut authorities say hundreds of saffron finches and canaries drew a crowd betting on a brawl.

Police arrested 19 people from Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey and seized 150 birds in a house raid on an alleged bird-fighting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. man whose family was killed in home invasion faces long death-penalty court battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christoffersen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — At 52, Dr. William Petit faces years — perhaps decades — of emotionally draining court hearings before the two men charged with murdering his family in a 2007 home invasion may be convicted and executed.

He&#8217;ll have to listen repeatedly to the horrific details of the crimes against his wife, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: 100 canaries seized, 19 people arrested in Conn. bird fighting ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHELTON, Conn. — Police in Connecticut say they&#8217;ve seized more than 100 canaries and arrested 19 people in connection with a bird fighting operation.

They say residents of a home in Shelton were preparing the birds to fight Sunday morning when they were arrested. The road leading to the home has been kept closed while animal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. man whose family was killed in home invasion faces long battle in death penalty case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — At 52, Dr. William Petit faces years — perhaps decades — of emotionally draining court hearings before the two men charged with murdering his family in a 2007 home invasion may be convicted and executed.

He&#8217;ll have to listen repeatedly to the horrific details of the crimes against his wife, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper publisher Journal Register reaches proposed settlement with Conn. over taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Newspaper publisher Journal Register Co. has reached a proposed settlement with Connecticut officials in which the company will pay $11 million to settle claims for income taxes.

A federal bankruptcy judge in New York earlier this month cleared the way for Journal Register to emerge from Chapter 11 protection.
Yardley, Pa.-based Journal Register [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Post: ESPN outed own reporter in Peeping Tom video showing Erin Andrews nude in hotel room</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — The New York Post on Thursday defended its publication of photos from an illicitly filmed Internet video showing ESPN reporter Erin Andrews naked in a hotel room by accusing the sports network of having outed her.

ESPN on Wednesday said it was banning Post reporters from appearing on the company&#8217;s programs because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Post blames EPSN for publicizing nude Peeping Tom video of reporter Erin Andrews</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — The New York Post says ESPN is to blame for identifying reporter Erin Andrews as the subject of a secretly filmed Internet video that shows a woman naked in a hotel room.

ESPN is banning Post reporters from appearing on the company&#8217;s programs because the newspaper published three photos from the video.
A newspaper [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Xerox Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit tumbled 35 percent but topped Wall Street forecasts, as cost cutting helped offset another weak period for sales.

The company also projected third-quarter earnings below expectations, however. The worldwide slowdown in business is leading companies to spend less on printer and copier supplies. And budgets for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethan Allen predicts 4th-quarter profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DANBURY, Conn. — Furniture maker Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. said Tuesday it expects fiscal fourth-quarter profit below expectations because of a sharp decline in sales.

The company expects its fiscal fourth-quarter loss, excluding restructuring impairment and other charges, will be 24 cents to 27 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect a loss of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESPN reporter Erin Andrews surreptitiously videotaped nude in hotel, video posted on Web</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/espn-reporter-erin-andrews-surreptitiously-videotaped-nude-in-hotel-video-posted-on-web-116151/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN reporter Erin Andrews&#8217; attorney and the network say she was surreptitiously videotaped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room.

The blurry, five-minute video was posted on the Internet. It shows a nude blond woman standing in front of a hotel room mirror. It&#8217;s unknown when or where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Technologies 2Q profit falls 24 percent as co. records restructuring costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — United Technologies Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell nearly 24 percent as the diversified manufacturer posted double-digit declines in key businesses.

The diversified manufacturer also cut its revenue guidance for the year and lowered the high end of its profit forecast range.
Net income totaled $976 million, or $1.05 per share, down from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Technologies 2Q profit falls 17 percent as co. records restructuring costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — United Technologies says its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent as the diversified manufacturer recorded restructuring costs.

The Hartford, Conn.-based company says net income totaled $976 million, or $1.05 per share, down from $1.28 billion, or $1.32 per share, in same period last year. The latest quarter included 22 cents per share in restructuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>De Silvestro extends Atlantic Championship points lead with 3rd win of season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Simona De Silvestro has won again, extending the lead in the Atlantic Championship point standings with her third victory of the season.

The 20-year-old Swiss driver, the only woman in this year&#8217;s Atlantic field, started from the pole position Saturday at Lime Rock Park in the No. 78 Team Stargate Worlds entry. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC chairman settles divorce with Swedish countess with payout of $6.5M more, for $42.5M total</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — The chairman of United Technologies has ended his marriage — and a public divorce trial — by giving his Swedish countess ex-wife an additional $6.5 million.

George David and Marie Douglas-David signed the agreement Friday in Hartford Family Court. The payout draws an end to a rancorous trial that featured days of testimony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut diocese plans appeal to US Supreme Court over sex abuse documents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut sought Friday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep under wraps sex abuse documents that could shed light on how a prominent retired cardinal handled the allegations.

Bridgeport Diocese officials asked the state Supreme Court to continue a stay on releasing the documents while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Conn. diocese appeals to US Supreme Court over release of sex abuse documents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep sex abuse documents under wraps.

Bridgeport Diocese officials on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to continue a stay on releasing the documents while it appeals to the nation&#8217;s highest court.
The state court has ruled that more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefighter at center of Supreme Court case has career marked by triumphs, legal skirmishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Frank Ricci&#8217;s name is on the lips of almost every senator in the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Sonia Sotomayor. His buddies know the 35-year-old New Haven firefighter by other names.

They call him Cushion because another firefighter landed on him when the two fell more than 10 feet at a Yale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts man pleads guilty to lesser charges in slaying of Conn. millionaire developer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[STAMFORD, Conn. — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit murder in the 2006 stabbing death of a millionaire Connecticut developer accused of real estate fraud.

Twenty-three-year-old Leonard Trujillo (troo-HEE&#8217;-oh) of Worcester agreed to the plea deal Friday, on the eve of his trial. Prosecutors dropped a murder charge against him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kidnapped Conn. woman says she feared for her life as ex-husband held her hostage for 13 hours</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — An advertising executive&#8217;s former wife who police say was held hostage by her ex-husband for hours inside his Connecticut home told a newspaper she did not expect to survive the ordeal, which ended when he allegedly set the house on fire after she escaped.

&#8220;I truly don&#8217;t know why he didn&#8217;t kill me,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. man accused of abducting ex-wife, torching home, released from hospital, taken to prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut&#8217;s Correction Department says a man accused of holding his ex-wife hostage and burning down their suburban Hartford house during a standoff has been released from a hospital and taken to prison.

An agency spokesman says 60-year-old Richard Shenkman was brought to a prison in Suffield on Wednesday after being released from Hartford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Conn. man who kidnapped ex-wife, wouldn&#8217;t leave burning home was on &#8217;suicide mission&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — An advertising executive who handcuffed his ex-wife and held her hostage inside their home was on a &#8220;suicide mission,&#8221; printing out piles of papers on how to kill himself before setting the house on fire, police said.

Richard Shenkman spent most of Tuesday handcuffed to his hostage, ex-wife Nancy Tyler, and had downloaded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. suspect taken from burning home after hostage standoff arraigned in hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut advertising executive taken from his burning home after police say he kidnapped his ex-wife and held her hostage during a 13-hour standoff has been arraigned in his hospital room.

Defense attorney Hugh Keefe says Richard Shenkman&#8217;s arraignment was delayed by about a half-hour Wednesday because Shenkman was heavily medicated and slipping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Connecticut man shows up naked and 5 days late for dental appointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STRATFORD, Conn. — Police say a Connecticut man has been arrested because he showed up at a dental office naked. Police say 41-year-old Christopher Hoff, of Stratford, also was five days late for his appointment. Authorities said Hoff entered Optimus Dental&#8217;s office Monday with nothing on. A startled female receptionist screamed, and he ran away.

Officers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police investigate possible ritual in theft of child&#8217;s body from Conn. cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christoffersen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STAMFORD, Conn. — Authorities investigating the theft of a 2-year-old girl&#8217;s body from a Connecticut cemetery said Wednesday that evidence at the crime scene points to a possible ritual.

Stamford Capt. Richard Conklin said investigators are looking at the crime &#8220;as a ritualistic sort of thing.&#8221; He cited beliefs such as Santeria, a Caribbean blend of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bomb squad searches house in Conn. day after standoff; man accused of taking ex-wife hostage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Everton Bailey Jr.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A bomb squad searched the smoldering site of suburban Hartford home for signs of explosives on Wednesday, a day after a 13-hour standoff involving an advertising executive who police say kidnapped his ex-wife and called for a priest to give her last rites before setting their house on fire.

Richard Shenkman came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Connecticut man showed up naked (and 5 days late) for dental appointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STRATFORD, Conn. — Police say a Connecticut man has been arrested because he showed up at a dental office naked. Police say 41-year-old Christopher Hoff, of Stratford, also was five days late for his appointment. Authorities said Hoff entered Optimus Dental&#8217;s office Monday with nothing on. A startled female receptionist screamed, and he ran away.

Officers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. man who police say took ex-wife hostage hospitalized, home still smoldering</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A Connecticut man remains hospitalized and his home in suburban Hartford is still smoldering, after police say he kidnapped his ex-wife and held her hostage in a 13-hour standoff.

A Hartford Hospital spokesman says Richard Shenkman is in stable condition Wednesday morning. Police say it appears he suffered smoke inhalation.
Police say Shenkman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. company ends plans for Conn. garbage-to-energy power plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WATERBURY, Conn. — A Massachusetts company says it is no longer interested in building a garbage-to-energy power plant in Waterbury.

Chestnut Hill BioEnergy has terminated its contract to buy a former Waterbury factory to convert it into the power plant.
The company said Tuesday it is not interested in engaging in a fight for 18 months with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. man who took ex-wife hostage in standoff faces kidnapping, arson charges, police say</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Everton Bailey Jr.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive — who vowed he wouldn&#8217;t be divorced until his ex-wife was dead — kidnapped her from a parking lot and called for a priest to give her last rites before setting their house on fire during a 13-hour standoff, police said.

Richard Shenkman gave up about midnight Tuesday as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. man who took ex-wife hostage in 13-hour police standoff faces kidnapping, arson charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive — who vowed he wouldn&#8217;t be divorced until his ex-wife was dead — kidnapped her from a parking lot and called for a priest to give her last rites before setting their house on fire during a 13-hour standoff, police said.

Richard Shenkman came out a back door at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. standoff ends when ad executive flees burning home, ex-wife safe after kidnapping</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive who snatched his ex-wife from a parking lot, held her hostage for hours during a standoff with police and then refused to leave their burning home finally surrendered when flames made their way to the basement where he was hiding, authorities said.

Richard Shenkman was taken by ambulance away [...]]]></description>
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