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Hamden, Connecticut is affectionately known as the "Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden was originally settled in 1638 as part of the New Haven Colony. Land Area: 33 square miles. Population (2000): 56,913. Official website: www.hamden.com
Hamden, Connecticut is affectionately known as the "Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden was originally settled in 1638 as part of the New Haven Colony. Land Area: 33 square miles. Population (2000): 56,913. Official website: www.hamden.com
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...Tags: Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America, John McKinney, Periodicals, Lobbying
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Connecticut lawmakers pass wide-ranging gun control law
Connecticut lawmakers gave final approval early Thursday to a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown that one lawmaker...
Tags: Barack Obama, Periodicals, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Democratic Party, Interior Policy
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Poll finds surprising Pennsylvania support for gas-tax increase
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellA scientific poll conducted by Quinnipiac University of Hamden, Conn. found what I consider a surprising level of support for increasing the rate of Pennsylvania’s gasoline tax to help raise revenue for the state’s crumbling bridges and roads.... -
Late Washington Post journalist's family will donate book proceeds to Beaver Island health care center
BEAVER ISLAND — The Hoffman family landed on Beaver Island in 1915 by way of a young girl’s allergies. The girl, Marg Hoffman, suffered so badly in Illinois where the family lived that they searched continually farther north until they...
Tags: Family, Allergies, News Media, The Washington Post
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Terps a No. 4 seed, Navy a No. 15 seed in NCAA women's tourney
From Baltimore Sun staffThe Maryland women’s basketball team learned tonight that it will be a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 13 seed Quinnipiac in College Park on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. The Terps finished the season 24-7 and in second place in the...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), National Collegiate Athletic Association, Queens (New York City), College Sports, Maryland Terrapins
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Technology: Snowed in, in the age of hashtags
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., The Wall Street Journal, West Haven, The Weather Channel (tv network), Media Industry
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Monster blizzard storms through Northeast
BOSTON -- Carrying hurricane-force winds, a monstrous blizzard pounded the Northeast on Satur day, dropping more than two feet of snow in many areas and causing as many as 650,000 homes and businesses to lose power. Even as snow-clogged roads gave...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Long Island Expressway, Air Transportation Delays, Suffolk County (New York), Suffolk County (Massachusetts)
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Indiana inventor flush with excitement over RV toilet
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Rod Livingston of Richmond is hoping to become flush with success. Livingston is the inventor of Dry-Flush, an odorless, waterless toilet designed for use in RVs and boats, now being manufactured in Connecticut and sold by...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Joint Ventures, New Products
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Our town was Wilder's town too
Chicago makes a claim on many writers — Nelson Algren, David Mamet, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg — even if those scribes spent only a portion of their lives within its sweet confines. But Thornton Wilder, the author of such iconic plays...
Tags: Chris Jones, Nelson Algren, University of Chicago, Lynn Fontanne, Ernest Hemingway
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As Roanoke Valley kids begin winter break, they can reach out to the children in Newtown, Connecticut
WDBJ 7 Anchor/ReporterMany school children in our area are starting winter break this week, and they might be looking for some craft projects to do with all of their free time at home. Family-friendly Web site, Macaroni Kid Roanoke always has plenty of craft ideas, and fun...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Lies, darn lies and poll results: Who got it right on Election Day?
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekBy the time the dust finally settled on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama carried Pennsylvania by 5.2 percentage points over Republican nominee Mitt Romney. So this begs the question: Just how correct were Pennsylvania’s army of pollsters in... -
More bad news for Gov. Tom Corbett in new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekForget About April. August is shaping up to be a pretty cruel month for Gov. Tom Corbett -- at least when it comes to his standing among Pennsylvania voters. First there was that Aug. 16 Franklin & Marshall College poll......
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