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Premium Content Super Sunday means Conn. houses divided

 February 4, 2012

While the teams will play Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Connecticut may be the place that has seen more trash talking, friendly and not-so-friendly wagers, tales of past glories and arguments over coming results than any other state in the...

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Premium Content Time for Stonington to learn FOI lesson

 February 3, 2012

A town should realize it has a serious problem when an attorney, well paid to provide legal advice on handling requests for public information, is doing such a poor job that a Freedom of Information Commission attorney takes the extraordinary...

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Premium Content Dealing with sexual abuse at CGA

 February 2, 2012

Problems involving sexual offenses have perpetually plagued many institutions - the family, schools, the church, the workplace - and the military often faces additional challenges when trying to deal effectively with the issue because of...

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Premium Content City should find common ground with NAACP

 February 1, 2012

It was distressing to see representatives of the Connecticut chapter of the NAACP emerge from a meeting with New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio and members of his administration complaining of arrogant treatment and offering no hint...

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Premium Content Potential for sea change in energy policy

 January 31, 2012

Experienced mariners navigating through eastern Long Island Sound are well advised to steer away from the notoriously treacherous Plum Gut off Orient Point and The Race off Fishers Island during peak ebb and flood, when extraordinarily...

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Israeli attack on Iran may be imminent

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran militarily over...

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Raucous convention awaits GOP

For political junkies, this is the midwinter of our discontent. With the Florida Republican primary over with, there is more than a month to go before Super Tuesday, and the next debate is three weeks away. That means I have even less...

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Mustering two cheers for Euro's Super Mario

Two years into the European debt crisis, there was something faintly comical about the headline in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal: "Leaders of Euro Zone Agree on Closer Union." That phrase must be on a program key on computers in...

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Defending Paula Deen's Southern-fried decisions

Premium Content Celebrity chef Paula Deen lustily massages salt into "a mighty fat hog," as the dogs circle the cooking island. For the yams, "I'm only using half a stick of butter," she drawls before breaking into high laughter. Deen's popular Food...

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Bonfire of the billionaires: Burning through the budget

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Republicans, Democrats, the tea party and the Occupy Movement - it seems every American from 1 to 99 seems to have their own favorite plan on how to tackle taxes and federal spending. Assuming there's room for one more plan, I've borrowed bits...

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Premium Content Reader critical of Dumpster ruling

I am writing in response to David Collin's Feb. 1 commentary, "$7,600 in property taxes, to look at a Dumpster," that...

Premium Content Law change better than just an apology

It was good to see that Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio apologized on behalf of the city and the New London Development Corp.

Premium Content Medicare treats doctors unfairly

Your Feb. 1 article, "More Medicare patients being refused," demonstrates how desperate and disgusted doctors have become...

Premium Content Help vets while broadening NL fire ranks

Concerning the situation with the New London Fire Department not having any minorities that qualify for a position: I...

Premium Content Little steps can help water quality

Water conservation in Connecticut is not a topic that receives much press, but I believe that more people should have...

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Q&A with Governor Malloy

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Envision a cruise ship capsizing in Arctic seas

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The tragic loss of the Italian-flag cruise ship Costa Concordia in the Tuscan waters off Italy's Isola del Giglio on Jan. 13 provides a sobering...

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New London's treasure

Premium Content As New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio and Coast Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz continue the discussions they began this...

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