Feds Net 38 In Global Phishing Busts

Crime Ring steals Social Security, Credit Card Data From Internet Users"AP) Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime...

Newspaper Chain Hires Adviser as It Weighs Restructuring

Journal Register owns 22 daily newspapers and 310 non-daily publications, clustered in six main areas: greater Cleveland, greater Philadelphia, Connecticut, Michigan, and New York's Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions. Among its publications is The New Haven...

The everlasting phone book; why won't it go away?

I haven't used a phone book in years. There are stacks of unwanted phone books in the lobby of my apartment building. The death of the phone book is imminent, but it is taking much too long. The environmental...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Skittle Teen Cleared of Contraband

In light of how heavy a Connecticut middle school came down on a kid for buying a bag of Skittles, they should consider themselves as getting off easy if they avoid a lawsuit. Had the media not picked up this...

Part of New York train service suspended

UPDATE: March 5 - 5:50PM EST" Hearing that Metro-North Railroad service into and out of Grand Central Station was halted soon before Tuesday's evening rush, Chizuko Broinowski of Greenwich, Conn., expected she'd be among hundreds of commuters having to take a subway to the...

Questions about Chelsea Clinton at polling place

"Questions about Chelsea at polling place Posted Feb. 5, 2008Updated 7:25 PM (WTNH) _ This might cause a headache for Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign in Connecticut. It's Chelsea Clinton inside a New Haven polling place at 6:00 a.m. So why might...

Super Tuesday Eve Polls: Clinton and Obama tied, McCain leads Romney

The tight reace between Clinton and Obama will make for an interesting day tomorrow. Look for McCain to take a strong hold of the Republican race. "But three national polls taken over the weekend suggest her...

Atheist doctors more likely to care for the poor than religious ones

"Atheist doctors are likely to practice medicine among the underprivileged than religious physicians, even though most religions call on the faithful to serve the poor, according to the results of large cross-sectional survey of US medical practitioners published in Annals of...

Bad verdict is thrown out in CT

"Almost four years to the day after U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson accepted the bizarre verdict in the Malik Jones civil rights case, the judge has tossed it out. The federal lawsuit stemmed from the shooting death of Malik Jones in 1997 by an East Haven police...

Does food 'addiction' explain explosion of obesity?

"Obesity has long been blamed on weak willpower, overeating, genetics and lack of exercise. Now scientists increasingly are seeing signs that suggest there may be an additional contributor: food addiction. Monday night and again today, dozens of the nation's leading...

Cocaine (The Energy Drink) Pulled From Shelves

The spokesman for Redux, which markets Cocaine, attempts to explain away his product's name association, but to limited success."An energy drink called Cocaine has been pulled from stores nationwide amid concerns...

A Date on the town with Rebel Leaders

"Rebel Bachelors So you’re a New Yorker of some years, let’s say, and you get a phone call from the leader of an African rebel army. It’s his first time in the States, and he wants you to show him the town. I was heading south through Connecticut in...

Smaller colleges bypassing TV for Web

"NEW HAVEN, Conn. - When Yale football coach Jack Siedlecki goes on a national recruiting trip, he hears the same questions over and over from parents. "They always want to know, 'Are you on TV? Can I get the games?'" Siedlecki said. With the exception of the game against...

Briton charged in online terrorism case (AP)

" NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A British man was indicted Wednesday on charges he helped run terrorism fundraising Web sites, set up terrorists with temporary housing in England and possessed a classified U.S. Navy " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> U.S. Navy document...

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