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Pictures in the News | February 11, 2013

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Xiangzhong 'Jerry' Yang dies at 49; leading researcher in cloning technology

2009-02-10 00:00:00

Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, who was born in poverty to a family of pig farmers in rural China but escaped to become a leading researcher in cloning technology, cloning the first farm animal in the U.S. and demonstrating the viability of such animals, died...

Police Searching For Two Prison Escapees

2013-01-06 03:08:00

�Two female�inmates were discovered to be missing from the York Correctional Facility in the Niantic section of�town�Saturday evening by Department of Corrections staff members. According to a statement from the State of Connecticut Department of...

Croll L. Grady, 76

2012-01-30 21:26:00

Croll Leslie Grady, 76, of Scotland, Pa., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the D.C. Medical VA Hospital from complications of diabetes. He was born Oct. 13, 1935, in Middletown, Conn., the son of Josephine (Merriam) Grady of Belfast, Maine, and...

FOX CT Storm Closings

2011-09-08 04:21:00

SCHOOLS Bloomfield Closed Regional District 14 Del Opening 2 Hours 09/08/2011 06:39am Windsor Locks Public Schools Del Opening 1 1/2 Hours 09/08/2011 06:22am Wooster Del Opening 2 Hours 09/08/2011 06:36am ...

The Journey of Angus MacLise, from Bridgeport to Nepal

2011-07-13 07:40:00

Dreamweapon: The Art and Life of Angus MacLise (1938-1979) boo-horray.com If, as Brian Eno once suggested, everyone who bought a Velvet Underground album started a rock band, it stands to reason that the musicians who shaped that revolutionary sound...

News to use

2011-07-15 00:00:00

Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: July 30 is the deadline to register to compete in the Epson World Shootout Underwater Photo Grand Prix. Both pro and amateur...

Why is Scotland Yard in London?

2011-07-20 00:00:00

Of all the questions to arise out of the Rupert Murdoch hearings (including: Shaving foam? Really?) one of the more intriguing is why London calls its police force Scotland Yard. The parliamentary hearings on the phone hacking scandal are looking, in...

Teen Rescued From RI Beach Sounds Warning

2009-08-28 06:27:00

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - The family of a 17-year-old Connecticut teen who was buried up to his neck on a Rhode Island beach is warning others about the dangers of digging holes in the sand. Seventeen-year-old James Boyden of Scotland, Conn., told NBC's...

Mother: Lockerbie Bomber Should Not Be Released

2009-08-14 04:30:00

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - The mother of a young Connecticut woman who died in the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, says she's heartsick that the bomber may be released from prison early. Jane Davis' 19-year-old daughter, Shannon, was among 270...

Police: Teacher Sent Explicit Texts To Student

2009-08-14 04:32:00

KILLINGLY, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut officials say a former teacher arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a high school student in Killingly was suspended two years ago for an incident involving another student. Forty-one-year-...

Pitchfork Music Festival 2010: Day 3 review

2010-07-18 16:32:43

General view of the sign for the New Scotland Yard building in Victoria on January 27, 2011 in London , England.

2012-08-29 12:24:00

Easter in Scotland is a mostly laid-back event. The Scots do the traditional things commonly associated with Easter like attending mass and having a big meal, but they also add a bit of fun, particularly for the kids. Easter fun here is all about eggs.

2012-03-30 15:40:00

For the past 100-odd years, gales, sleet, and snow have never stopped the town of Lerwick from setting the night on fire in true Norse style on the last Tuesday of January.

2011-12-31 17:53:20