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William Ackerman, A No-Nonsense Man
Friends describe William C. Ackerman as kind, but gruff.
The 51-year-old was a good man, they say, adding that "only the good die young."
Friends say that Ackerman was one of nine people to die in a shooting at Hartford Distributors on Tuesday. They...Tags: William Ackerman, High School Sports, South Windsor
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Bryan Cirigliano, President Of Teamsters Local
About a dozen grim-faced people stood in the front yard of Bryan Cirigliano's home at 26 Sleepy Hollow Road in Newington, near the West Hartford town line, on Tuesday afternoon.
Cars lined the quiet street of modest homes, and three police officers stood...Tags: Bryan Cirigliano , Career and Workplace, Omar S. Thornton, Unions, Newington
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Francis Fazio, Of Bristol, Made Effort To Warn Others
They were picking their loads when the shooting started.
The older drivers at Hartford Distributors, the guys with the most seniority, always picked their delivery routes first, before the younger drivers got to choose.
The drivers would gather in a...Tags: Plainville, Craig Pepin , Omar S. Thornton, Vehicles, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Victor James: Windsor Grandfather Had Planned To Retire
— After driving a truck for about 30 years, Victor James was planning to retire from Hartford Distributors this year.
James, 60, who was among those killed at the company Tuesday, had two adult daughters and four grandchildren. He owned a neat,...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Defense, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Victor James
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Edwin Kennison's Great Loves: His Daughter, The Yankees
![Edwin Kennison Jr. was such a huge New York Yankees fan that he had two Yankee tattoos: the iconic "NY" on one arm and the team's World Series wins on his leg.](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/55349696-12065750.jpg "Edwin Kennison Jr. was such a huge New York Yankees fan that he had two Yankee tattoos: the iconic "NY\" on one arm and the team's World Series wins on his leg.")
Edwin Kennison Jr. was such a huge New York Yankees fan that he had two Yankee tattoos: the iconic "NY" on one arm and the team's World Series wins on his leg.
"He loved sports in general," his wife of 17 years, Katherine Kennison, said.
Kennison, 49,...Tags: New York Yankees, East Hartford, College Sports
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Douglas Scruton: 'A Blue-Collar Guy'
![When Mikel O'Brien heard about the shooting at the building where her husband, Douglas A. Scruton, worked, she repeatedly, frantically called his cellphone. "I kept waiting and waiting for him to call back," she said. "But he never did."](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/55349522-12065818.jpg "When Mikel O'Brien heard about the shooting at the building where her husband, Douglas A. Scruton, worked, she repeatedly, frantically called his cellphone. "I kept waiting and waiting for him to call back,\" she said. \"But he never did.\"")
When Mikel O'Brien heard about the shooting at the building where her husband, Douglas A. Scruton, worked, she repeatedly, frantically called his cellphone. "I kept waiting and waiting for him to call back," she said. "But he never did."
Instead, she got...Tags: University of Connecticut Football, Football, Sports, Douglas Scruton
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Time To Study Gun Violence As Public Health Issue
The Hartford CourantWe need a Bobo Doll with teeth. In the early 1960s, Stanford University psychologist Albert Bandura conducted experiments that involved, in part, an adult mistreating an inflatable doll named Bobo in the presence of children. Bandura then recorded the...Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Personal Weapon Control, Omar S. Thornton, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Politicians' Tucson Answer: More Guns
The Hartford CourantI don't think there is much question: That Jared Loughner is more disturbed than ideological. That the voices, more than talk radio, influenced his actions. That guns don't kill people, crazy people with easy access to guns do. That talk radio will...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, E.E. Cummings, Entertainment, Jared Lee Loughner
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Fox CT Expanding News Team
The Hartford CourantTwo new faces will join the Fox CT news team in the next two weeks, the Hartford TV station announced Monday. Jeevan Vittal will begin Jan.17, and Ayana Noni Harry starts Jan. 24. "Jeevan and Ayana are two very talented reporters," said Fox CT news...Tags: Television Industry, Entertainment, Princeton University, North Carolina, New York City
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Disgruntled Employee Kills 2 in Kraft Food Plant Shooting
Associated PressPHILADELPHIA -- Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police...Tags: Employees, Injuries and Wounds, Omar S. Thornton, Health and Medical Professionals, Family
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