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Pete Seeger honored by alma mater
- Folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger returned to Connecticut to be honored by his alma mater.The 89-year-old musician received Avon Old Farms School's first Distinguished Alumnus award on Saturday. Seeger graduated the boys' boarding school in 1936. Conn. man says police broke into home, ripped out catheter
- A man alleges that police entered his home illegally and ripped a catheter from his body during a child pornography investigation that led to the arrest of two neighbors.Andrew Glover, 60, of New Britain filed a notice with the city Thursday that he intends to pursue a federal civil rights lawsuit. He accused the officers of inflicting severe injuries as he was recovering from intestinal surgery in February. Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.The measures include banning convicted sex offenders from the site, limiting older users' ability to contact subscribers under 18 and participating in a task force set up earlier this year to find ways to better verify users' ages and identities. Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
- A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage.City attorney M. Jeffry Spahr said the official response is that her claim is denied and in his words, "poop happens." Facebook, states agree on new safeguards
- Facebook, the world's second-largest online social networking site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.The changes include banning convicted sex offenders from the site, limiting older users' ability to search online for subscribers under 18 and joining a task force seeking ways to better verify users' ages and identities. New Haven Register publisher lands job at hospital
- The publisher of Journal Register Co.'s flagship newspaper, the New Haven Register, is leaving the company for a post at a New Haven hospital.Kevin Walsh will become vice president of development at Yale-New Haven Hospital on June 1, the hospital announced Wednesday. Coldplay to help ESPN market European Championship soccer
- Coldplay and ESPN are teaming up on a soccer marketing campaign.The rock band's music will be featured in promotions for ESPN's coverage next month of the European Championship soccer tournament, the sports network announced Wednesday. Women enters pleas in 1-year disappearance of teenage girl
- Two women who lived in the home where a missing teenager was found hiding last year pleaded no contest to criminal charges Tuesday and could face up to 10 years in prison.Kimberly Cray and Ann Murphy entered the pleas to kidnapping, conspiracy and risk of injury to a minor, attorneys in the case said. Prosecutors say the women helped hide the girl knowing she had been reported missing. Conn. man sues Texas group over flag name
- A Connecticut man who says he trademarked the term "Flag of Honor" is suing a Texas nonprofit group that has been using the phrase in remembering public safety officials killed in the line of duty.John Michelloti of Greenwich created a flag tapestry in honor of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Proceeds from his "Flag of Honor" have been used to give victims' families a framed version of the flag. Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease
- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's no evidence long-term antibiotics can cure "chronic Lyme" disease - or even that such a condition exists.The agreement settles an unprecedented antitrust investigation by Connecticut's attorney general over the matter. The doctors group makes clear that current guidance for treating Lyme disease remains in place. |
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