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Newtown, Other Gun Violence Victims To Have Strong Presence At State Of The Union Speech
The Hartford Courantjlender@courant.com Much of the story at Tuesday night's State of the Union speech will be about Connecticut, from the Newtown massacre to Manchester, where bullets killed eight employees at Hartford Distributors in 2010, to Bridgeport, where a 3-year-...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Hartford Distributors, Jim Himes, Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals
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Obama Proposes $500 Million Strategy Addressing Guns And Mental Health
The Hartford CourantResponding to the Newtown massacre, President Obama Wednesday proposed a $500 million plan to address gun violence, including a federal assault weapons ban, background checks for all firearms sales and increased security and mental health counselors at...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Laws, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Law Enforcement
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In Gun Address, Obama Talks About Grace McDonnell
The Hartford CourantAs he announced proposals to curb an "epidemic" of gun violence Wednesday, President Barack Obama paused to address the parents of 7-year-old Grace McDonnell, who sat in the front row at the White House. After she died in the Newtown school attack,...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama, The Washington Post, White House
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Reaction To President Obama's Initiatives To Reduce Gun Violence
Reaction was extensive and varied to President Barack Obama’s noontime speech Wednesday in which he proposed legislation and announced executive actions intended to reduce gun violence after the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre. Gov. Dannel P....Tags: Family, Laws, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Newspaper and Magazine, Media Industry
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Wasserman Schultz magically appears in photo of congressional women
Sun SentinelThe Democratic women of the House, sworn in on Thursday, first gathered that morning for a photo. Except four didn’t make it by the appointed hour. So House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office came up with a solution worthy of Stalinist...Tags: U.S. Congress, Lois Frankel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Culture, Photography
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We Must Change, President Tells Nation
The Hartford CourantA somber President Obama told a shattered community that the nation has let its children down. "We're not doing enough,'' Obama said during an interfaith service at Newtown High School on Sunday night. "And we will have to change. Since I've been...Tags: Waterbury, Jim Himes, Middlebury, Government, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Md. specialty pharmacies seek distance from meningitis outbreak
Technicians at the Cape Apothecary compounding pharmacy in Annapolis spend their days mixing drugs that are no longer sold commercially or creating specialized batches of medicine for patients such as children who can't handle the normal dose.
Federal...Tags: Chemical Industry, Annapolis, Hospitals and Clinics, Meningitis, Pharmaceuticals
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Connecticut's Airport Dreams Are Stuck in a Holding Pattern
Connecticut's biggest airports seem to be stuck in a strange and frustrating limbo. Lots of local and state folks see them as potentially high-flying engines of economic prosperity, but they never quite achieve lift-off. Bradley International Airport...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Trips and Vacations, American Airlines, Inc., Travel, Washington, DC
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Federal produce-testing program spared -- for now
Tribune reporterA government program that tests produce for dangerous pathogens has been given a reprieve from the chopping block — but only for five more months. The 11-year-old Microbiological Data Program works with labs across the country to screen about 15,...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Illness, Food Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Marketing
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'Unemployed need not apply' a disturbing trend
![I recently found an array of online job postings that greet seekers with these encouraging words: "MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, NO EXCEPTIONS."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-09/64442033-02141527-187105.jpg "I recently found an array of online job postings that greet seekers with these encouraging words: "MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, NO EXCEPTIONS.\"")
I recently found an array of online job postings that greet seekers with these encouraging words: "MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, NO EXCEPTIONS."
How lovely. In a country with 13.9 million unemployed residents, that's akin to a restaurant requiring a hungry...Tags: Career and Workplace, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Annazette R Collins, Sandwiches, Rex Huppke
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Crime and Punishment: Bethany police officers deny issuing quotas
Southington real estate agent Christian Bedard allegedly demanded an SUV to keep quiet about all the gay sex he says he had with Minnesota Twins pitcher Carl Pavano. Bedard allegedly sent a message, via Facebook, to the MLB player's sister, threatening to...
Tags: Danbury, East Hartford, Minnesota Twins, Government, Condos
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Concerns About Online Piracy Act Growing Among State's Congressional Delegation
The Hartford CourantIs the tide shifting on a controversial bill that would give the government and copyright holders broad new powers to stop online piracy? Over the weekend, the White House signaled that it has strong reservations about the controversial Stop Online...Tags: Social Media, Movies, Jim Himes, Christopher Dodd, Architecture
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