Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:59:03 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:59:03 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/Delay-for-Justice-69441747.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:11:02 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Petit-Family-Photo_640x480_edited-1.jpg
Dr. William Petit's frustrated over the wait he's had to see the men accused of killing his wife and daughters stand trial.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/Stamford-Cops-Catch-Criminals-With-Coke-and-Cash-69441217.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:17 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/dollars13.jpg
Stamford police officials say they made "the largest seizure of cash and one of the largest seizures of drugs in Stamford Police Department history" on Thursday.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Sidelined-for-Good--69439747.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:38:08 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/final+football.jpg
Two East Haven football starters are out for the season after they violated the school's alcohol policy for the second time in several weeks.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Bridging-the-Gap-Between-The-Homeless-and-Hot-Meals-69403567.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:20:58 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Homeless-generic-II.jpg
Every other Sunday, Ann Marie Tarinelli of Trumbull puts on a one-woman soup-kitchen in an unlikely place.

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From nailing that job interview to giving a stellar presentation in class, it’s important to learn how to communicate clearly and effectively. A Connecticut professor is showing some West Hartford high...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Protecting-Your-Personal-Information--69284992.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:31 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/KNTV_Cell_Phones_Finding_Their_Way_I_081809_69_mezzn_640x480.jpg
The cell phone has become our personal lifeline to the rest of the world, so you don't want anyone to get their hands on it. Adom Hilliman of East Hartford thrives in the wireless world, using email...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Second-Strike-Ends-Football-Players-Season-69387477.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:12:17 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/halloween+cocktails.jpg
East Haven students learn a tough lesson after attending a Halloween party.

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It's OK to look. Really, it's for a good cause.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Jury-Clears-Woman-Who-Had-Affair-With-Teen-69386932.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:09:14 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/judgegavel2.jpg
Jaymie Bermudez wept tears of happiness as the verdict was announced. She’s not going to jail for a sexual relationship she had with a 14-year-old boy.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Man-Tries-to-Lure-Boy-from-Walmart-Cops--69372632.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:23:39 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Martin_Spelas.JPG
A 70-year-old man scared a boy playing video games from a Newington Walmart by impersonating a cop, police said.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Cool-Cars-For-A-Steal-69364342.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:46 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/race_car_01.jpg
Imprisoned Danbury trash mogul James Galante's collection of fast cars is headed to the auction block.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/Beam-Strikes-Construction-Worker-in-Head-Farmington-69079117.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:37:36 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/PHI+generic+ambulance.jpg
A construction worker is dead after an I-beam struck him in the head on Wednesday morning.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Back-At-It-More-Cuts-to-State-Budget-69344837.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:43 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/jodi-rell.jpg
Gov. M. Jodi Rell is making more cuts to the state budget to the tune of more than $30 million!

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"There's no safe haven where tragedy can't strike."

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Manager played good Samaritan to a Stratford woman on way home from the stadium.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Oh-That-Song-69295457.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:05:48 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/PHI+foxwoods+back+to+south+philadelphia.jpg
Whether you love it or hate it, Foxwoods' "let’s live for the wonder of it all” song has been stuck in your head. Get ready, changes are coming to that little ditty.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Get-Ready-For-10-Digit-Dialing-69294097.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:34:14 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/phone_640x480.jpg
The state is adding two new area codes, and that means big changes to the way you will have to make calls.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/sports/Will-You-Hear-Play-Ball-in-Torrington-69289437.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:38:24 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/baseball_torrington_crop.jpg
There's one more chance to hit the home run to bring baseball back to Torrington.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/SUV-Hits-Pedestrian-in-Farmington-69071832.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:43:48 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/lifestar_4_3.jpg
A Farmington man was killed after being struck by an SUV on Brickyard Road in Farmington around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Digging-Out-of-Debt--69077297.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:24:53 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/debt_collection_448x336.jpg
The old 1920s standard "Nobody knows you when You're Down and Out" is Dave and Kim Fry's theme song these days. But they are getting some nontraditional help. This traveling folk musician and ordained...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Police-Make-Another-Arrest-in-UConn-Murder-69273367.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:40:26 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/De%27quan-Muhammad.jpg
A sixth person has been charged in connection with the murder of UConn football player Jasper Howard.
18-year-old De'quan Muhammad of Hartford is charged with Hindering Prosecution.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/breaking/Fatal_Farmington_Construction_Accident_Hartford.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:49 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Still1104_00001_640x480.jpg
A construction worker is dead after an accident in Farmington. Police say it happened in the basement of a house under construction.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/NBCLA_Raw_Hartford.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:08:50 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/NBCLAThursNoon_640x480.jpg
A look at what's on NBCLA.COM with Jon Lloyd.

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Vocalist Orelia comes in to NewsRaw to talk about her latest album and her work with children's music.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/ZBA-Gets-Between-Man-and-His-Goats-Southinton-69142977.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:45:39 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/goat3.jpg
Emelia wants to save the Daniel True’s goats in Southington, so the 6-year-old has started a petition to make sure they don’t go anywhere.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Father-of-Slain-Baby-Arrested-New_Haven-69125837.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:33:23 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Morris_Hill_cropped.jpg
A 19-year-old New Haven man has been charged with risk of injury to a minor in connection with his infant’s son’s death.

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Earlier this week, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal posed a question that's been weighing on people's minds. Are vaccine makers and distributors price gouging?

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/health/Vote-Over-Hospital-Strike-Set-for-Wednesday-68838242.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:36:56 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/HEALTHCAREWORKERS_640x480.jpg
Nurses and technicians at L&M Hospital have voted to authorize a strike.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Coast-Guard-Academy-Honors-Fallen--69067987.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:25 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/military+chopper+crash-640.jpg
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy honors the nine people who went missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter collided on Thursday over the Pacific Coast.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Middletown-Voters-Pick-Giuliano-For-Third-Term--69030752.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:38:43 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*80/MiddletownRace.JPG
Middletown voters went to the polls and when the numbers came in, they picked Mayor Sebastian Giuliano for another term.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/station/as-seen-on/68977642.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:05:37 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/White_House_Music.jpg
Eighteen students from Connecticut are going to learn from the pros at the White House.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Mr-Blumenthal-Goes-to-Washington-68852672.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:14:23 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/111108-scotus-p1.jpg
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants the states, and local residents, to have the power to fight high electricity rates, and that took him to Washington on Tuesday to argue his point before the United...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Kent-911-Memorial-Debate-Goes-National-68839647.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:32:19 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/sept11memorialV.jpg
A battle is brewing in Kent over whether a Sept. 11 memorial will say a fallen resident was "Murdered by Moslem extremists," and Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly is getting involved.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Revenue-Shortfall-Could-Jeopardize-Sales-Tax-Cut--68840117.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:51:04 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/thrift+store+blazers.jpg
The state budget deficit could bigger than expected and jeopardize the planned sales tax cut from 6 percent to 5.5 percent. The Hartford Courant reports that if the trend continues, the January sales-tax cut...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Homegrown-Celebrities-52369907.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:14:18 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/82981683.jpg
Whether born and raised or here to stay, many celebrities call Connecticut home.

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Anthony Johnson, 20, is now charged with murder after a man died in an execution-style shooting early Sunday morning on Davis Drive in Bristol.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Enfield-Police-Warn-of-Rabid-Animals-68804997.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:45 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*114/raccoon1108b.jpg
Enfield Police are warning residents to keep their distance from wild animals after four recently tested positive for rabies.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Stanley-Works-To-Buy-Black--Decker-68789602.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:29:03 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*80/hammer.jpg
Stanley Works and rival toolmaker Black & Decker plan to merge in a $4.5 billion deal.

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