United Technologies 2Q profit falls 17 percent as co. records restructuring costsHARTFORD, Conn. — United Technologies says its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent as the diversified manufacturer recorded restructuring costs. De Silvestro extends Atlantic Championship points lead with 3rd win of seasonLAKEVILLE, Conn. — Simona De Silvestro has won again, extending the lead in the Atlantic Championship point standings with her third victory of the season. UTC chairman settles divorce with Swedish countess with payout of $6.5M more, for $42.5M totalHARTFORD, 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. Connecticut diocese plans appeal to US Supreme Court over sex abuse documentsNEW 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. APNewsBreak: Conn. diocese appeals to US Supreme Court over release of sex abuse documentsBRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep sex abuse documents under wraps. Firefighter at center of Supreme Court case has career marked by triumphs, legal skirmishesNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Frank Ricci’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. Massachusetts man pleads guilty to lesser charges in slaying of Conn. millionaire developerSTAMFORD, 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. Kidnapped Conn. woman says she feared for her life as ex-husband held her hostage for 13 hoursHARTFORD, Conn. — An advertising executive’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. Conn. man accused of abducting ex-wife, torching home, released from hospital, taken to prisonHARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’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. Police: Conn. man who kidnapped ex-wife, wouldn’t leave burning home was on ’suicide mission’HARTFORD, Conn. — An advertising executive who handcuffed his ex-wife and held her hostage inside their home was on a “suicide mission,” printing out piles of papers on how to kill himself before setting the house on fire, police said. Conn. suspect taken from burning home after hostage standoff arraigned in hospitalHARTFORD, 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. Police: Connecticut man shows up naked and 5 days late for dental appointmentSTRATFORD, 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’s office Monday with nothing on. A startled female receptionist screamed, and he ran away. Police investigate possible ritual in theft of child’s body from Conn. cemeterySTAMFORD, Conn. — Authorities investigating the theft of a 2-year-old girl’s body from a Connecticut cemetery said Wednesday that evidence at the crime scene points to a possible ritual. Bomb squad searches house in Conn. day after standoff; man accused of taking ex-wife hostageSOUTH 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. Police: Connecticut man showed up naked (and 5 days late) for dental appointmentSTRATFORD, 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’s office Monday with nothing on. A startled female receptionist screamed, and he ran away. Conn. man who police say took ex-wife hostage hospitalized, home still smolderingSOUTH 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. Mass. company ends plans for Conn. garbage-to-energy power plantWATERBURY, Conn. — A Massachusetts company says it is no longer interested in building a garbage-to-energy power plant in Waterbury. Conn. man who took ex-wife hostage in standoff faces kidnapping, arson charges, police saySOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive — who vowed he wouldn’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. Conn. man who took ex-wife hostage in 13-hour police standoff faces kidnapping, arson chargesSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive — who vowed he wouldn’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. Conn. standoff ends when ad executive flees burning home, ex-wife safe after kidnappingSOUTH 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. Conn. standoff ends when ad executive flees burning home, estranged wife safe after kidnappingSOUTH 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. Police say Conn. woman safe, husband taken away in ambulance after hours-long standoffSOUTH 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 was taken away in an ambulance early Wednesday, authorities said. Police say Conn. woman out safe, house on fire in SWAT team standoff with estranged husbandSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A woman held hostage for hours by her estranged husband at their former home got out safely Tuesday, said police, who surrounded the house as it was engulfed in flames with the defiant man still inside. Police say Connecticut woman safe, house on fire in SWAT team standoff with estranged husbandSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A woman held hostage for hours by her estranged husband at their former home got out safely Tuesday, said police, who surrounded the house as it was engulfed in flames with the defiant man still inside. SWAT team in gear, gunshots fired at Conn. home where man holds ex-wife hostageSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — Gunshots have been fired at a Connecticut home where an advertising executive has been holding his ex-wife hostage, and smoke can be seen coming from it. SWAT team gears up, power cut to Conn. neighborhood where man holds ex-wife hostageSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — Power has been cut to a Connecticut neighborhood where an advertising executive has been holding his ex-wife hostage in their former home, and a SWAT team is putting on its gear. Police: Man who didn’t want divorce holds ex-wife hostage in Conn. home, bomb squad respondsSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive kidnapped his ex-wife from a parking garage Tuesday, held her hostage for hours in a suburban home and fired gunshots as police negotiators and a bomb squad waited outside, authorities said. Police say child’s body found in New Jersey river was stolen from Conn. cemeterySTAMFORD, Conn. — A body found in a New Jersey river this week belonged to a 2-year-old girl whose remains were stolen from a grave in Connecticut, police said Tuesday. Connecticut police investigate theft of toddler’s body from Stamford cemeterySTAMFORD, Conn. — Connecticut police say the body of a 2-year-old boy apparently has been stolen from a grave at a Stamford cemetery. Lawyer says man holding ex-wife hostage in their Connecticut home; bomb squad respondsSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A Connecticut ad executive has apparently taken his ex-wife hostage at their home and fired shots out of the house. |
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