Hartford Hospital Emergency room doctor Alise Frallicciardi Monday gently rolled over the lifelike baby mannequin in the hospital bed and discovered several long bleeding cuts on his back. She asked Stephen P. Donahue, a hospital trainer playing the part of the baby’s well-dressed but evasive father, what happened. “I never saw that. I don’t know […]
July 9, 2012 @ 12:00 am
Connecticut’s prison population year-to-date for 2012
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UConn researcher’s focus: Could stem cells slow the aging process?
Morgan Carlson’s earliest memory is the day he found out that his mother and father would someday die. “I broke down and began screaming and yelling when I realized my parents were going to die and that I, too, was going to die,” he said. He has always been troubled about the idea of the […]
Panel will develop state police staffing standard
Now that the state legislature has repealed the 14-year-old — yet often ignored — minimum state police staffing requirement, its chief investigative arm has begun developing standards that will take its place. The Program Review and Investigations Committee has approved a scope of study that should produce a new series of criteria to replace the […]
DeLauro launches attack on farm bill that would slash food stamps
House Republicans are about to go after a federal program Rep. Rosa DeLauro holds dear and she’s not taking it lightly. DeLauro, D-3rd District, plans to hold a news conference with fellow House liberals Tuesday to condemn a GOP farm bill that would cut the food stamp program by about $1.6 billion a year. Reductions […]
Bysiewicz stays positive with second TV ad
Susan Bysiewicz, who won her first statewide primary with a memorable attack ad in 1998, is keeping it positive with her second TV spot in her U.S. Senate race, promoting her record while ignoring the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, Chris Murphy. A smiling Bysiewicz looks into the camera and says, “Some people say I […]
Malloy gets warm welcome at NAACP convention over abolition of death penalty
With organ music underscoring his rhetorical points, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy addressed the faithful today at the NAACP national convention in Houston, where he was honored for signing into law a bill repealing the death penalty for future crimes. Malloy scored points at the expense of Gov. Rick Perry, who sent video greetings instead of […]
McMahon, Shays respond differently to Obama tax plan
Linda McMahon and Chris Shays, the two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, responded to President Obama’s proposed middle-class tax cut today with statements that were similar in substance, but sharply different in tone. In a statement apparently aimed at a general-election audience, McMahon emphasized her agreement with Obama on the need for a middle-class tax […]
Esty raises $340,000 in Q2
Former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire, reported today that her congressional campaign has raised $340,000 in the three-month period ending June 30, giving her $900,000 cash on hand six weeks before the Aug. 14 Democratic primary. She now has raised $1.5 million. Esty is one of three Democrats trying to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, […]