http://www.mail.com/locations/2866-connecticut.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/2866-connecticut.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099456-easier-travel-ahead-conn-commuters.html BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling. Normal commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was scheduled to resume during Wednesday morning's rush hour on one of... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099456-easier-travel-ahead-conn-commuters.html 2013-05-21T13:06:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2097266-conn-lawmakers-to-seek-hearings-derailment.html BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways. Rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak between Bos... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:29:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2097266-conn-lawmakers-to-seek-hearings-derailment.html 2013-05-21T00:29:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2095890-weeklong-traffic-mess-ct-derailment.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday. Malloy used dire language to describe traffic troubles for the work week ahead in an area that even in normal time... Sun, 19 May 2013 23:32:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2095890-weeklong-traffic-mess-ct-derailment.html 2013-05-19T23:32:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2094720-official-broken-rail-eyed-conn-train-crash.html BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident. National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Saturday the broken rail... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:25:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2094720-official-broken-rail-eyed-conn-train-crash.html 2013-05-18T23:25:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094882-conn-ntsb-officials-to-tour-train-crash-site.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and other Connecticut officials will also particip... Sat, 18 May 2013 12:02:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094882-conn-ntsb-officials-to-tour-train-crash-site.html 2013-05-18T12:02:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094404-conn-commuter-trains-collide-60-to-hospitals.html FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. About 700 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City's Grand Central Station to New Haven d... Sat, 18 May 2013 03:57:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094404-conn-commuter-trains-collide-60-to-hospitals.html 2013-05-18T03:57:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092896-birth-anteater-conn-zoo-staff-puzzled.html GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived. Officials at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center tell the Greenwich Time (http://bit.ly/14wsum4 ) they had removed the only male anteater from the enclosure in August, long before the six-month gestatio... Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092896-birth-anteater-conn-zoo-staff-puzzled.html 2013-05-17T12:47:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091290-newtown-parents-seek-focus-school-security.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 massacre, had thought security could have been tighter, althoug... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091290-newtown-parents-seek-focus-school-security.html 2013-05-16T20:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086512-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-conn-polo-match.html GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry helped lead a polo team to victory in a charity match before a society crowd Wednesday in Greenwich, wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in which he also toured areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy and avoided the kind of salacious headlines stirred by his last American tour. The prince scored a... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:45:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086512-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-conn-polo-match.html 2013-05-15T21:45:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087000-conn-chef-set-to-feast-cicadas-invasion.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef. Lai, owner of Miya's Sushi, tells the New Haven Register (http://bit.ly/16eNZfy ) that he plans to fill a big freezer full of Brood II cicadas, once the... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087000-conn-chef-set-to-feast-cicadas-invasion.html 2013-05-15T15:19:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2081122-future-house-where-ohio-victims-held-debated.html CLEVELAND (AP) — An imposing, 10-foot privacy fence has been erected to guard the home of Cleveland rape and kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro, with windows and doors boarded shut to keep people out of the place that police say was once meant only to keep people in. Patrols cars were still parked across the entrances to the block on Monday to keep away onlo... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2081122-future-house-where-ohio-victims-held-debated.html 2013-05-13T15:30:18Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Todd Schneider came with a lot of celebrity cachet when he was hired in 2010 as chef at Virginia's historic Executive Mansion and he was soon cast as the co-star with first lady Maureen McDonnell when a cable channel toured the governor's residence, the gardens he tended and the kitchen he ran. As the beaming first lady looked on, Sch... Sat, 11 May 2013 16:30:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html 2013-05-11T16:30:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078210-newtown-panel-tear-sandy-hook-rebuild.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown parents Steven Uhde and Peter Barresi didn't want the town to abandon the elementary school property where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December and build a new school elsewhere, saying that would be like letting the gunman win. So they were glad Friday night when a task force of 28 local elected official... Sat, 11 May 2013 07:04:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078210-newtown-panel-tear-sandy-hook-rebuild.html 2013-05-11T07:04:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2072872-ssc-tech-carlyle-will-sell-half-stake.html WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that its biggest shareholder, private equity firm Carlyle Group, plans to sell about half its stake in the company. Shares of the financial services software maker are trading at all-time highs. SS&C said Carlyle Group plans to sell 7.5 million shares and will have a 9.2 percent stake in... Thu, 09 May 2013 00:34:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2072872-ssc-tech-carlyle-will-sell-half-stake.html 2013-05-09T00:34:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2066172-medal-honor-society-honors-newtown-educators.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The six educators killed in the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored Monday by an organization comprised of Medal of Honor recipients. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society said it chose the women to receive its Citizen Honors Medal, the highest award it gives to a civilian, after receiving dozens of nomi... Mon, 06 May 2013 22:13:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2066172-medal-honor-society-honors-newtown-educators.html 2013-05-06T22:13:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2053216-starwood-1q-top-wall-streets-expectations.html STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lodging operator Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income surged 66 percent, bolstered by a large tax benefit. The company also provided a 2013 earnings forecast above Wall Street's expectations and said that a limited supply of hotels is driving increased room rates in North America. I... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:54:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2053216-starwood-1q-top-wall-streets-expectations.html 2013-04-30T22:54:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2048668-england-stride-2-tragedies.html BOSTON (AP) — They are six small states, settled before the nation's birth, wedged between New York, Canada and the Atlantic Ocean: New England. The region is uniquely defined by its compact geography, its culture and its "sense of place," as Harvard history professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich put it. "The mystique that has grown up over the centuries, perpe... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2048668-england-stride-2-tragedies.html 2013-04-27T16:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045560-ge-capital-cuts-lending-ties-with-gun-stores.html NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric's finance arm is cutting ties with gun dealers, halting financing offers at about 75 gun shops across the U.S. in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre that took the lives of 20 schoolchildren and six teachers and administrators. The December school shooting ignited a national debate about gun laws and drove some compan... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:17:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045560-ge-capital-cuts-lending-ties-with-gun-stores.html 2013-04-25T23:17:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044798-skakel-slams-trial-attorney-conn-murder-appeal.html VERNON, Conn. (AP) — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel launched a barrage of criticism Thursday against the attorney who represented him at his murder trial, portraying an overly confident lawyer having fun and basking in the limelight while making fundamental mistakes from poor jury picks to failing to track down key witnesses. Skakel testified in his latest... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:18:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044798-skakel-slams-trial-attorney-conn-murder-appeal.html 2013-04-25T22:18:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2044158-2-beloved-tv-soaps-revived-online-starting-monday.html STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Taped to a wall at the entrance to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford is this greeting: "Welcome (back) to Pine Valley." Pine Valley, of course, is the mythical setting of "All My Children," a daytime drama that ran on ABC for nearly 41 years until it was snuffed in 2011. But now, in one of those plot twists so common to soap o... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:53:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2044158-2-beloved-tv-soaps-revived-online-starting-monday.html 2013-04-25T14:53:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029350-gun-control-what-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They did it with the aid of Newtown, Conn., families, who brought photos and stories of the sl... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:26:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029350-gun-control-what-issue.html 2013-04-18T20:26:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027418-what-gun-control-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They did it with the aid of Newtown, Conn., families, who brought photos and stories of the sl... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027418-what-gun-control-issue.html 2013-04-18T18:13:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter's school massacre in Newtown, Conn. "This effort isn'... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:57:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html 2013-04-18T03:57:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2026916-newtown-families-disappointed-senate-vote.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Emotionally drained and weary family members of the Newtown shooting victims, thrust into a new role as gun control lobbyists, said they're disappointed but undaunted by the U.S. Senate's rejection Wednesday of an amendment expanding background checks for gun purchases. Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:12:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2026916-newtown-families-disappointed-senate-vote.html 2013-04-18T00:12:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2022266-skakel-trial-lawyer-slammed-murder-appeal.html VERNON, Conn. (AP) — The former attorney for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was accused Tuesday of getting caught up in the media spotlight surrounding his client's high-profile murder trial and making fundamental errors from jury selection through closing arguments. Skakel's latest appeal trial began Tuesday with his former lawyer defending himself agains... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:43:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2022266-skakel-trial-lawyer-slammed-murder-appeal.html 2013-04-17T00:43:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2021934-griner-no-1-pick-phoenix-mercury-wnba-draft.html BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Brittney Griner left an indelible mark on women's college basketball. Now she's ready to take on the pros. The Phoenix Mercury took Baylor's star center with the top pick in the WNBA draft Monday night. Despite knowing she was going first, the two-time AP Player of the Year admitted she was extremely nervous. "It'... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:48:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2021934-griner-no-1-pick-phoenix-mercury-wnba-draft.html 2013-04-16T02:48:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2020518-newtown-parents-study-clues-to-violence.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel were plunged into grief when their only child, 6-year-old Avielle, was killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As scientists, they wanted answers about what could lead a person to commit such violence. The couple believes it's unlikely there ever will be a full answer ex... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:05:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2020518-newtown-parents-study-clues-to-violence.html 2013-04-15T16:05:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017404-white-house-newtown-mom-pleads-gun-control.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shooting used the opportunity to fill in for President Barack Obama during the weekly radio and Internet address to make a personal plea from the White House for action to combat gun violence. "Thousands of other families across the United States are also drowning in our gri... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:52:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017404-white-house-newtown-mom-pleads-gun-control.html 2013-04-13T21:52:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017268-navy-panel-urges-ouster-officer-who-faked-death.html GROTON, Conn. (AP) — A newly appointed nuclear attack submarine commander who went to extreme lengths to end an extramarital affair thought the issue was behind him — until the family of his ex-girlfriend got in touch with the Navy. Now the military career of Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II, who faked his death to end the eight-month affair, appears to be over. ... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:50:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017268-navy-panel-urges-ouster-officer-who-faked-death.html 2013-04-13T06:50:49Z