| October 20, 2009 | - Twitter closed the accounts of 33 Connecticut
Republicans who had registered under the names of Democratic state representatives and posted tweets that state Republican chairman Chris Healy described as “satire.” “I'm not quite sure what the issue is,” said Healy of Twitter's decision, “other than that the Democrats were successful in stopping free speech.”
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Hartford Advocate
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| June 29, 2009 | - The U.S. Supreme Court determined “reverse discrimination” to be unconstitutional, thereby permitting the fire department of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to promote more white men to positions of authority.
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NY Times
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| February 18, 2009 | - A chimpanzee who previously starred in ads for Coca-Cola was stabbed by its owner and then shot to death by police in Stamford, Connecticut, after mauling a guest to its home.
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MSNBC
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| October 20, 2008 | - David Moore, a former Air Force mechanic in Connecticut who is building a flying bat-suit, admitted that he had “failed miserably” this year. “It looks,” he said of his crumpled nylon contraption, which he calls The Fletcher, “like a pile of spaghetti right now.”
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Hartford Courant
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| May 25, 2008 | -
Obama gave the commencement address at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. “You know that feeling when you're so excited you have to pee?” asked Lola Pellegrino, '08. “I'm feeling that. In my heart.” Obama, who spoke in place of Senator Ted Kennedy after Kennedy was diagnosed with a likely fatal malignant brain tumor, called for a “generation of volunteers to work on renewable energy projects.” Twenty-five thousand people attended. “I can't imagine anyone that the Wesleyan student body would possibly be more excited about,” said Sarah Lonning, '06. “Maybe Gandhi, if he weren't dead.”
| Source 1:
The Prereq
Source 2:
Bloomberg.com
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| April 17, 2008 | - Baker Liturgical Art, LLC, the Connecticut-based clothing company hired by the Vatican, revealed that more than 150 artisans (including 50 seamstresses), and 1,500 yards of fabric were necessary to outfit the Pope and his entourage in new vestments for their 6-day stint in the United States. Brian Baker, the company's president, also created a one-size-fits-all flex-miter for the occasion.
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Hartford Courant
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| March 6, 2007 | - After stabbing his wife multiple times a Connecticut man gave the knife to his son and said, “Now you stab mommy.”
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AP via CNN.com
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| February 15, 2007 | - An airline pilot from Minnesota won two $25,000 lottery jackpots over two consecutive days, while the winning ticket of a $3.5 million Connecticut Classic Lotto jackpot expired without the winner stepping forward.
| Source 1:
AP via MiamiHerald
Source 2:
NYT
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| January 16, 2007 | -
Connecticut was fighting with Texas over which state invented the hamburger. “We are even the birthplace of George Bush, who wants people to think he's from Texas,” said New Haven mayor John DeStefano. “The hamburger is as much a New Haven original as President Bush.”
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AP via CNN
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| September 7, 2006 | - Joseph Lieberman returned to the Senate for the first time since losing the Connecticut
Democratic primary, and Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) offered to buy him a dog.
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Washington Post
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| August 26, 2006 | - A college student from Connecticut was found with a stick of dynamite in his luggage at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
| Source:
KNX1070 Radio via Google News
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| August 23, 2006 | - Senator Joseph Lieberman compared the Iraq and the Spanish civil wars, saying both were a “harbinger” of worse conflict.
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New York Times
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| August 20, 2006 | -
Shimon Peres had dinner with Connecticut
Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.
| Source 1:
The New York Times
Source 2:
The Penninsula (Qatar)
Source 3:
The New York Times
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| August 8, 2006 | -
Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman lost the Democratic
Senate primary election to anti-Iraq-war candidate Ned Lamont. Lieberman then announced that he would run as an independent candidate, and that “Team Connecticut” would “surge forward to victory.” Vice President Dick Cheney said that Lamont's victory was encouraging to “Al Qaeda types.”
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Chicago Sun-Times
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| June 20, 2006 | - A six-toed cat named Lewis was placed under house arrest in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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The New York Times
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| June 2, 2006 | - Two people died when a plane owned by Pat Robertson crashed off the coast of Connecticut.
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Bloomberg
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| April 9, 2006 | - Researchers in Connecticut said that global warming has led to a massive decline in the lobster population of the Long Island Sound; however, if the polar ice caps melt and sea levels rise 30 feet, colder water might bring the lobsters back.
| Source 1:
The Stamford Advocate
Source 2:
CTV.ca
Source 3:
Chicago Sun-Times
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| April 4, 2006 | - A physicist in Connecticut was looking for funding for time-travel experiments. His proposed machine, he said, "uses light in the form of circulating lasers to warp or loop time."
| Source:
PhysOrg.com
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| February 10, 2006 | - Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland was released from prison.
| Source:
The New York Times
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| August 22, 2005 | -
Connecticut filed a lawsuit that argues that the Bush Administration's
No Child Left Behind Law is illegal because state and local funds are required to follow the law. "Give up the unfunded mandates," said Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, "or give us the money."
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AP
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| July 12, 2005 | - An eating-disorder and female-self-esteem expert collapsed in a Connecticut supermarket after huffing nitrous oxide from whipped cream canisters.
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Boston.com
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| June 24, 2005 | - The University of Connecticut was planning to offer a master's degree in homeland security.
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CNN.com
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| May 13, 2005 | -
Connecticut held its first execution in forty-five years.
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Reuters
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| April 24, 2005 | -
Connecticut voted to allow gay civil unions.
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365Gay.com
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| April 12, 2005 | - Scientists at Yale University used lasers to control headless fruit flies.
| Source:
ABC Online
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| April 1, 2005 | -
Scientists in Connecticut inseminated a whale.
| Source:
Live Science
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| February 1, 2005 | - Convicted murderer Michael Ross withdrew his offer to "volunteer" to allow Connecticut to execute him.
| Source:
Newsday
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| December 23, 2004 | - John G. Rowland, the former governor of Connecticut, pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy.
| Source:
New York Timesimes
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| November 0, 2000 | -
Connecticut legalized gay marriage.
| Source:
The Washington Post
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