http://www.mail.com/people/2840-dan-malloy.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/people/2840-dan-malloy.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099456-conn-rail-service-to-return-to-normal-wednesday.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After a nearly four-hour commute Tuesday morning, Orlando Cordero was thrilled to hear train service was returning to normal as workers were finishing repair to tracks damaged by last week's train collision in Bridgeport. Regular commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and N... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099456-conn-rail-service-to-return-to-normal-wednesday.html 2013-05-21T20:38:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100460-espn-cutting-workforce-smartly-managing-costs.html NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is cutting its workforce, the latest Disney division to reduce staff. "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs," the sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday. "While difficult, we are confident that it will make us more competitive, innovative and productive." ... Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100460-espn-cutting-workforce-smartly-managing-costs.html 2013-05-21T19:26:37Z 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/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/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/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/politics/2004790-obama-hes-determined-ever-gun-bill.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama's gun con... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:52:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004790-obama-hes-determined-ever-gun-bill.html 2013-04-09T02:52:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003998-conn-gov-faults-gun-lobbyists-restrictions.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy harshly criticized gun industry lobbyists on Sunday, saying they are doing too little to halt gun violence. Just three days after he signed into law new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, the governor compared Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Associat... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:17:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003998-conn-gov-faults-gun-lobbyists-restrictions.html 2013-04-07T20:17:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997328-conn-gun-law-model-congress.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines Thursday in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a bipartisan deal that gun control proponents hope will spark action in Washington and state legislatures across the country. Just four months ago, the ... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:18:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997328-conn-gun-law-model-congress.html 2013-04-04T21:18:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1999064-obama-gun-control-tougher-slog-than-immigration.html ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) — Conceding the fraught politics of guns, President Barack Obama said Thursday that passing legislation curbing access to firearms would be a tougher slog than an immigration overhaul. Obama told an intimate group of high-dollar donors Thursday he is optimistic immigration legislation can succeed within the next few months, because t... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:27:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1999064-obama-gun-control-tougher-slog-than-immigration.html 2013-04-04T20:27:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997244-conn-lawmakers-pass-wide-ranging-gun-control-law.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers gave final approval early Thursday to a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown that one lawmaker called "the nation's worst nightmare." Following a total of more than 13 hours of re... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:23:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997244-conn-lawmakers-pass-wide-ranging-gun-control-law.html 2013-04-04T07:23:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1993476-customers-pack-conn-gun-stores-deal-laws.html NEWINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Customers packed gun stores around Connecticut on Tuesday ahead of a vote expected to bring sweeping changes to the state's gun control laws, including a ban on the sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown shooting and a new classification for more than 100 types of guns as banned assault weapons. ... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:19:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1993476-customers-pack-conn-gun-stores-deal-laws.html 2013-04-02T21:19:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1992360-conn-lawmakers-unveil-bipartisan-gun-control-plan.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With an announcement of sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, Connecticut lawmakers said they are hoping to send a message to Congress and other state legislators across the country: A bipartisan agreement on gun control is possible. Legislative leaders on Monday revealed proposals spurred by the Dec. 14 Newtown school shooting f... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:53:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1992360-conn-lawmakers-unveil-bipartisan-gun-control-plan.html 2013-04-02T06:53:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1986144-motive-remains-unclear-newtown-school-shooting.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Newly released search warrants in the Newtown school shooting have revealed that gunman Adam Lanza's home was packed with weapons and ammunition, but the documents do not shed any new light on what could have driven him to massacre 20 children and six educators inside an elementary school. Lanza left behind journals, which state po... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:40:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1986144-motive-remains-unclear-newtown-school-shooting.html 2013-03-29T06:40:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983900-newtown-gunman-access-to-huge-weapons-cache.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — When Adam Lanza walked out of his house for the last time, he left behind firearms and knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition — taking only four guns. They would suffice. He loaded the weapons into his car, drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School, blasted his way into the building and within five minutes fired off 154 shots wi... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:53:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983900-newtown-gunman-access-to-huge-weapons-cache.html 2013-03-28T22:53:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963488-conn-govs-panel-issues-early-gun-control-ideas.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An advisory panel reviewing the deadly Newtown school shooting for Connecticut's governor on Monday recommended requiring registration of all firearms in the state and mandating all its K-12 classrooms have doors that can be locked from the inside. There was also enough consensus among the commission members to recommend bans on hig... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:22:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963488-conn-govs-panel-issues-early-gun-control-ideas.html 2013-03-18T22:22:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1947234-nra-steps-up-lobbying-efforts-connecticut.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The National Rifle Association helped bus hundreds of supporters to the Connecticut Capitol on Monday, the latest sign of its stepped-up presence in a state that hasn't typically posed a challenge to the gun rights organization's mission. The NRA decided a week ago to help organize a lobby day after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy released hi... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:12:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1947234-nra-steps-up-lobbying-efforts-connecticut.html 2013-03-11T21:12:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1913492-obama-warns-risks-budget-cut-uncertainty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday said looming automatic spending cuts are already affecting the economy, while a top administration official warned that the nation's borders would be less secure if billions of dollars are yanked from the budget Friday. "The uncertainty is already having an effect," Obama said. "Companies are preparing la... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:48:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1913492-obama-warns-risks-budget-cut-uncertainty.html 2013-02-26T01:48:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1911472-condemn-pending-budget-cuts-spread-blame.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who's to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and governors worrying about the mess. But as leaders rushed past each other to decry the potentially deva... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:20:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1911472-condemn-pending-budget-cuts-spread-blame.html 2013-02-25T04:20:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1905960-connecticut-biden-urges-action-gun-control.html DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden sought to rally support for the Obama administration's gun control proposals as he spoke Thursday at a conference on gun violence being held not far from the scene of December's school massacre, saying it fundamentally altered the debate. Biden acknowledged gun control has traditionally been viewed as the thi... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:49:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1905960-connecticut-biden-urges-action-gun-control.html 2013-02-21T23:49:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1884454-northeast-commuters-struggle-with-icy-roads.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The workweek opened with a white-knuckle ride Monday in the snow-clobbered Northeast as drivers encountered unplowed streets, two-lane roads reduced to a single channel and snowbanks so high it was impossible see around corners. Schools remained closed across much of New England and New York, and more than 80,000 homes and businesse... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1884454-northeast-commuters-struggle-with-icy-roads.html 2013-02-11T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1877994-state-by-state-northeast-snowstorm.html A look at effects in states and provinces in the path of the massive storm that swept across the Northeast U.S. and southern Canada: CONNECTICUT The storm dumped at as much as 3 feet of snow on Connecticut, paralyzing much of the state. President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency for the state, allowing fede... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1877994-state-by-state-northeast-snowstorm.html 2013-02-11T01:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1854382-school-shooting-conn-debates-mental-health.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing mental health care following the deadly Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have little insight into the mental state of the 20-year-old gunman. The prosecutor in the case, Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, said he cannot release information about Ada... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1854382-school-shooting-conn-debates-mental-health.html 2013-01-29T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842386-conn-panel-task-responding-to-newtown.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A panel charged by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy with recommending a broad range of state policy changes after the deadly Newtown school shooting began its work Thursday, urged to focus on the issue of mental health and how it can intersect with gun violence. The panel embarked on the task as the top prosecutor in the case, Danb... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842386-conn-panel-task-responding-to-newtown.html 2013-01-24T21:26:00Z