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If Only Lying Politicians' Noses Grew Longer
The Hartford CourantSeveral elections ago, when fact checkers began checking and presenting the veracity of the words and numbers that candidates were slinging about in speeches, commercials, news interviews and talk shows, one might have thought it would bring some...Tags: Elections, Talk Shows (genre), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics
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'Broadway Or Bust': Young Connecticut Stars Share Spotlight On PBS
The Hartford CourantWhen Alli Kramer of Amity Regional High School in "PLGEO100100205270000">Woodbridge and Shavance Stephens of the magnet school Regional Center for the Arts in Trumbull won top acting honors at the fourth annual Connecticut High School Musical Theater...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Smash (tv program), Entertainment Events, Education, Woodbridge
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New Haven's Theater Scene is Bursting
Most states are lucky to have one theater that's won the Tony Award for Best Regional Theater. Connecticut has five, and two of them are in New Haven. The Yale Repertory Theatre [1120 Chapel St., New Haven; (203) 432-1234, yalerep.org], right downtown on...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Entertainment Events, Frank Sinatra, Education, Richard Montoya
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Derek Jeter Is Still Playing The Game The Right Way
The Hartford CourantOnce upon a time in baseball, it was easy to enjoy greatness. Today, in the shadow of performance-enhancing drugs (known as PEDs), enjoying the players who stack up awe-inspiring numbers just ain't easy. Players, rightly or wrongly, are under the...Tags: Ernie Banks, Rod Carew, Baseball, Willie Mays, Lou Brock
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Tackling The Problem With Football
The Hartford CourantBanned from football was I. My big brother, Ron, too. Because we were just young boys — about 8 and 10 — you're probably picturing a field of devastation on which big Frankie and Ronnie dealt such teeth-rattling blocks, such bone bone-...Tags: Justice System, Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, Football, Gale Sayers
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Connecticut Politicians Use Digital Advertising To Target Highly Specific Voter Groups
Linda McMahon is promoting her U.S. Senate candidacy on the "personalized" radio website Pandora — possibly targeting Connecticut listeners who are both likely Republican primary voters and enjoy wrestling theme songs. Over on Capitol Report...
Tags: Mitt Romney, The New York Times, Politics, Linda McMahon, Entertainment
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Syria Burns While The World Plays Games
The Hartford CourantLike 40 million other Americans, I tuned in to the opening ceremonies of the XXX Olympiad in London. Among the thousands of Olympic athletes who marched in the opening night ceremony were 10 from Syria, a nation awash in bloodshed under the government of...Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Bashar Assad, NBC (tv network), Awards and Prizes, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Health Care Battle Reflects Slavery's Legacy
The Hartford Courant"If a Slave lives four years, he has earned his Purchase-money, consequently you may afford to work him to death in that time." Connecticut Courant — March 30, 1767 Yeah, I know. Talking about slavery makes folks uncomfortable. It was so long...Tags: Conservation, Health, Barack Obama, Slavery, Politics
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Best Local Four-Year College
1) Yale University Michael Morand often visits the Advocate offices to receive Best of New Haven honors for Best University. Yale has won many times, and Morand has accepted it under many different titles. He's just become Yale's Deputy Chief...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Sports, Prospect, Quinnipiac University, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Best Acupuncturist
1) Dr. Tina Zigo (The Center For Natural Healing) Dr. Tina Zigo is a Naturopathic Physician who was educated locally, earning her Bachelor's at Southern Connecticut State University and her Doctorate at the University of Bridgeport's College of...
Tags: Health, Naturopathic Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Homeopathy Medicine, Stamford
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Speaking Up To Strangers Who Offend
The Hartford CourantIn between the learning, there were a number of grade school pranks my classmates and I would play at Whittier Elementary in Waukegan, Ill. — like writing something clever on a small piece of paper, sticking tape or paste on the other side and...Tags: Toy Industry, Frank III Harris, New York City, The Wire (tv program), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Unhappy Connecticut Republicans could give their primary votes to "Uncommitted"
Got a call the other day from a Republican friend, one of those traditional Connecticut middle-of-the-road GOP types, the sort who trends liberal on social issues but thinks wild-assed Democratic spending sucks. He was sounding rather relieved. “I&...
Tags: Democratic Party, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jimmy Carter, Voting
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