US states name and shame tax cheats

2010-03-19T12:16:46Z

<div><p>Americans who don't pay their taxes face hefty fines, can have their property seized or their wages witheld. Or worse still, they could find themselves named and shamed on the Internet.</p><p>The east coast state of Maryland on Thursday published on the Internet its annual "Caught in the Web" list of the 50 biggest tax dodgers in the state, along with the amount the scofflaws owe.</p><p>At the top of this...

Lilly asks public to watch for stolen Conn. drugs

2010-03-19T08:15:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Lilly asks public to watch for prescription drugs stolen in Conn. warehouse theft</div><div><p>Eli Lilly and Co. is asking the public for help in spotting $75 million worth of stolen prescription drugs.</p><p>The Indianapolis-based drugmaker also is warning con...

Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot in health bill

2010-03-18T17:30:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Nebraska's Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot, while TN, ND make hay in revised health bill</div><div><p>Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota.</p><p>Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in New Jersey for the right to marry once before are taking their case back to court.</p><p>Six couples plus the surviving partner from a seventh filed a motion Thursday claiming the state continues to discriminate against them even though it offers civil unions to same-sex couples.</p><...

Senate roll vote on jobs bill

2010-03-17T09:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate OKs legislation giving businesses more incentives to hire the jobless</div><div><p>The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 11 Connecticut's Gavin Edwards, right, grabs a rebound from Northeastern's Nkem Ojoughoh during the first half of their first round NIT NCAA men's college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Conn. officials feel pressure over job losses

2010-03-16T15:15:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Conn. officials feel pressure over job losses at United Technologies</div><div><p>Job cuts at United Technologies Corp. are adding to the political debate over taxes and other costs of doing business in Connecticut.</p><p>Gov. M. Jodi Rell told reporters that she and

DRUGS HEIST

2010-03-16T12:16:49Z

Map locates Enfield, Conn., where a drug heist occurred Sunday

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Prescription Drugs Heist

2010-03-16T11:17:29Z

The Eli Lilly warehouse is seen here in Enfield, Conn., Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Authorities say tens of millions of dollars worth of prescription drugs have been stolen in a brazen, well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company's regional warehouse in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer/Leslloyd F. Alleyne) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Post-snow, Northeast mops up from wind-driven rain

2010-03-14T17:00:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Northeast copes with flooding, power outages as rain takes up where blizzards left off; 6 dead</div><div><p>Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.</p><p>The region mopped up Sunday following a bout with high wind and heavy rains that uprooted trees, downed power lines and flooded creeks and rivers. Six people died in storm-rela...

Conn. would waive student loans in 'green' jobs

2010-03-14T12:00:19Z

<div><p>Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant.</p><p>Goulet, 55, is a student in environmental studies at Goodwin College in East Hartford, aiming to find work in wastewater treatment. Stat...

Stormy Weather

2010-03-14T11:00:34Z

A man rides a bicycle past an overturned shed Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Atlantic City, N.J. Strong winds and heavy rain downed trees and power lines throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut on Saturday, leaving...

White House backs down on health bill deals

2010-03-14T09:45:28Z

<div><p>The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health care bill.</p><p>Senior adviser David Axelrod says the White House only objected to deals that affected just one state, such one involving Medicaid and

Despite National Drop, Foreclosures In Connecticut On The Rise

2010-03-12T12:33:50Z

BRIDGEPORT, CT - MARCH 12: An abandoned property is boarded up on March 12, 2010 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A new report by RealtyTrac Inc. announced that the number of foreclosed homes in Connecticut, one of the nation's wealthiest states, is up 3.4 percent from January to February of this year. Nationwide foreclosures have decr...

NEC Robert Morris Quinnipiac Basketball

2010-03-10T19:17:46Z

Robert Morris's head coach Mike Rice yells at his team during the first half of the NCAA Northeast Conference college championship basketball game against Quinnipiac in Hamden, Conn., Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Thomas Cain)

Seniors pinched by new charges for home care help

2010-03-08T13:03:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Seniors who want to avoid nursing homes worry over new charges for home care, meals, nurses</div><div><p>Rising property taxes, failing eyesight and even a tumble that cracked her tailbone haven't forced 89-year-old Angeline DiBeneditto from the home she's had for more than six decades.</p><p>Now, though, changes in a Connecticut program that helps her and others live independently could ...

Home Care Costs Elderly

2010-03-08T13:05:35Z

Angeline DiBeneditto is photographed at home in Waterbury, Conn., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. DiBeneditto, 89, is legally blind and gets skilled nursing services, a companion/homemaker and Meals on Wheels. DiBeneditto, living on a limited income, is now paying 15 percent of the cost of ser...

CORRECTION Home Care Costs Elderly

2010-03-08T13:05:33Z

Feds look at worker fatigue in Conn. blast

2010-03-06T11:15:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal investigators looking into whether worker fatigue played a role in Conn. explosion</div><div><p>A federal agency investigating a power plant explosion in Connecticut that killed six workers last month says some workers were putting in long hours and they're looking into whether fatigue played a role.</p><p>Authorities say the Feb. 7 explosion at the Journal Register names former Synarc CFO as its chief financial officer</div><div><p>Journal Register Co., publisher of the New Haven Register in Connecticut and other newspapers, said Thursday it named the former chief financial offic...

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