Republicans Call Angry Groups to Testify at Sotomayor Hearings

Americans for a Pluralistic US Supreme Court circulates an online petition in support of President Obama's nominee.Yahoo News reports that the Republicans are planning to bring stakeholders in their political coalition into the hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of...

Jim Calhoun Salary Questioned by Ken Krayeske at Press Conference

University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun had a testy interview with freelance reporter Ken Krayeske after a recent home game. Krayeske repeatedly asked Calhoun about his $1.6 million salary, which makes...

Cocaine Found On 4 Out Of 9 Bills

This might amaze you there is cocaine on four out of nine tested bills. The only thing i can think out is that the ratio around my house is going to be more like 6 out of 9 Bills.Either way i never know money was...

Vampire Presidential Candidate Arrested

A self-professed vampire, who's running for president of the United States, sits in a Tennessee jail. Police arrested Jonathon "the Impaler" Sharkey on warrants out of Minnesota. He is just like every other person...

Queen Ifrica Hits U.S East Coast With 3 Live Performances

Today, Queen Ifrica is arguably the top female culture artist.Nicknamed the "Fiyah Muma," Ifrica is performing for the first time in Hartford. (Also scheduled to perform on the bill is longtime reggae singer...

Higher Volume Indicates Push Toward Turning Point

" Stronger volume in stock trading Friday could raise hopes that the eight-day blowout on Wall Street is pushing toward a capitulation bottom.   Over the past week the stock market has posted its biggest drop ever, tumbling some 18 percent and...

Candy with chemical in Chinese milk ... FOUND IN CONN. !!

" HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An industrial chemical blamed for sickening thousands of infants in China was found in candy in four Connecticut stores this week, a state official said Wednesday. Days after...

Survey: Many believe in divine intervention

"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. ...

Midwest Air cuts service to 11 cities

Rising fuel costs have forced Midwest Air to reduce air service considerably. The airline had served 47 cities in January, and is now down to 32, grounding a third of its fleet."The Midwest Air Group will cut...

Euthanasia for wild horses

The growing population of wild horses has become a serious problem in the U.S. There are an estimated 33,000 mustangs across 10 of the Western states and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management can't afford to care...

Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs

Too much of news happening around but bad news for newspapers themselves. American newspaper industry is undergoing most difficult phase in the business. One of the biggest American publisher Tribune Co. is...

New Haven's 19th century phone book heads for auction block

"One of the first telephone books in the United States, published in Connecticut in 1878, is expected to fetch between $30,000 and $40,000 at an auction Tuesday. "

Utah town may revise bikini ban

KANAB, Utah - A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead...

Man In Video of Hit and Run Left Paralyzed From Neck Down

"Shocking video shows Angel Arce Torres, 78, barely making it across the street when two cars hopped into the wrong lane chasing each other. One hits Torres leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, while...

Dow Slides Nearly 400 Points; Oil Surges

"The markets opened lower on Friday and then just kept falling, hit by remarkable rise in the price of crude oil and a spike in the unemployment rate."

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