What's Happening in Connecticut

Stolen Jewett City fire truck recovered
State police say the suspect, who has not been charged, told them he took the $700,000 truck for a joy ride. The suspect has been taken to Backus Hospital in Norwich for an emergency medical evaluatio...
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Donations, government erasing Dodd campaign debt
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Although the presidential campaign of Sen. Christopher Dodd has been over since January and is $400,000 in the hole, the debt is being erased by private donations and public mo...
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Police say man burglarized his parents
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Milford police say a man broke into his parents' house for a few days of drug-fueled partying and theft while his parents were in England for the funeral of his grandmother.
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emergency repairs need for New Haven bridge
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- The state Department of Transportation has ordered that repair work begin on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge spanning the Quinnipiac River in New Haven.
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Mob beats up van driver in New Haven bike crash
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- New Haven police are investigating an accident in which a teenager's dirt bike hit a van and a mob attacked the driver of the van.
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