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Winter Storm Hits Connecticut

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:08:00 -0500

A fierce winter storm took its time arriving in Connecticut on Saturday, but the snow piled up by Sunday morning, and roads ranged from slippery to treacherous.

McMahon Eager To Wrestle In Political Ring

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Before she was the multimillionaire CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, dressing in Chanel suits, mingling with media moguls and dreaming of becoming a U.S. senator, Linda McMahon was broke.

More Vacant Seats At UConn Basketball Games

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

When her husband wasn't feeling well a few weeks ago, Sandi Brooks of Vernon began offering her UConn women's basketball tickets to friends. Free tickets to see the best basketball team in the country.

State Funds To Help Out 6 Housing Developments

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

About $10 million in state funds will go toward six housing developments throughout state, with the goals of increasing the amount of affordable housing and creating new jobs, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Saturday.

Shoppers Press Ahead On The Final Weekend Before Christmas

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Tom Sekator had a strategy for coping with Saturday's shopping rush, compressed and intensified as it was by the approach of a late afternoon winter storm:

Armed Robbery In New Britain

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Two armed men robbed the TD Bank branch at 252 Allen St. about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, police said.

One Dead In Killingly Crash

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

One person was killed in a crash at routes 12 and 21 at about 4 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Woman Found Dead In Pomfret Identified

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An autopsy determined that a woman who was found dead in her Wolf Den Drive home Wednesday died of multiple stab wounds, state police said Saturday. She was identified as Robin Cloutier, police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said. A police news release did not list Cloutier's age, but public records indicate she was 38.

Woman Robs Plainfield Bank

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A woman wearing a scarf around her face walked into the Eastern Federal Bank on Lathrop Road at 11 a.m. Saturday, handed the teller a note demanding money and fled with an unspecified amount of cash, local police said.

Accident Causes Gas-Line Break In Newington

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A car slid into a natural gas line and ruptured it at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday at East Robbins Avenue near the Berlin Turnpike, police said.