Connecticut News

Connecticut News.

• Indomitable Spirit

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:17 AM ET

  me realize how much I needed them."Nash also draws strength from her 17-year-old daughter, a senior in high school who is living with friends in Connecticut while her mother recovers in Ohio. Mercifully, Nash has no memory whatsoever of the day of the attack and the first few months of he Read More

  More like this in: Ohio, Cleveland Clinic, US, Entertainment, TV
• 
  Top 10 Healthiest Cities for Women

  By Jac Chebatoris | Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:22 PM ET

  metro areas that made the cut include:Bethesda, MarylandPortland, MaineCambridge, MassachusettsSan Francisco, CaliforniaHonolulu, HawaiiStamford, ConnecticutMadison, WisconsinSanta Barbara, CaliforniaFargo, North Dakota Not only is Hawaii a near-Utopian place to live, but women in Honolul Read More

  More like this in: Health, San Francisco, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, Portland, Honolulu, Self magazine
• 
  USDA Gives Female Farmers a Hand

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:21 PM ET

  farming future, HMI will partner with the University of New Hampshire, Cornell University and Women in Agriculture Networks in Maine, Vermont and Connecticut. Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: New York, Farmers, Texas, Agriculture, Farming, Teaching, Vermont, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Maine, USDA
• 
  Living Green by Feeding Pigs

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:39 PM ET

  of leftovers. Students then feed the scraps to Patty and Pork Chop, who are happy to have the salvaged vittles. Photo courtesy of Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Recycle, Garbage, Methane, US, Science, Regional/Local, Environment, Animals & Pets
• 
  Snuggle Up to These Cuddle Bugs

  By David Bois | Fri Sep 4, 2009 3:00 PM ET

  information about how to protect yourself as you do so, than to become acquainted with the real thing. Photo ©GIANTmicrobes, used wit Read More

  More like this in: Health, Health Care, Toys, Salmonella, Science, Healthcare
• 
  Frustrated With Your Parents? Sell 'em on Craigslist!

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Sep 1, 2009 1:07 AM ET

  for a younger set of parents, an Erector set or a hot blond. Amatrudo, who admitted he really doesn’t want to trade in his parents, told FOX 61 in Connecticut that he got the idea for the ad after surfing the listings on Craigslist and becoming intrigued by all the unusual items for sal Read More

  More like this in: Humor, Craigslist, Barter, Classified Advertising, US, Life & Style, Family
• 
  Giving Students a Better Chance at the AP Exams

  By Marc Hertz | Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:02 PM ET

  Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, aims to improve math and science education in the United States. NMSI selected six states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia -- to take part in its AP Training and Initiative Program (APTIP). The program's "combination o Read More

  More like this in: ExxonMobil, Science, United States, Schools, Nonprofit, Virginia, Massachusetts, Dell, Kansas, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Alabama
• 
  Reality Bites

  By Lisa Germinsky | Mon Aug 3, 2009 2:37 PM ET

  number of college grads are "holding out" for something better to come along. The pattern is so pervasive, the president of the University of Connecticut, Michael J. Hogan, addressed it in his commencement speech:"My first word of advice is this: Say yes," Hogan urged the graduates when i Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Economy, Fashion, Recession, Unemployment, Tuition, NBC Universal
• 
  Racing Toward a Pot of Gold For Education

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  20 states that can model innovative methods of improvement, according to the Foundation Center. Seven states — Tennessee, Rhode Island, Indiana, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Colorado and Illinois — are already situated in the starting gates, having freed-up charter schools to do what must b Read More

  More like this in: Education, Schools, India, Grants, Tennessee, Arne Duncan, US, Social Responsibility, Education, Politics & Policy, Giving, Development
• 
  What Should We Listen To Next--Bad Brains? Simple Minds? Talking Heads?

  By David Bois | Tue Jul 7, 2009 5:46 PM ET

  but the activity of the human brain is being transformed into complex and strangely beautiful musical patterns.Dan Lloyd, philosophy professor at Connecticut's Trinity College, begins with brain activity data collected by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). These electronic impulse Read More

  More like this in: Health, Music, Technology, Science, Entertainment, Cutting-edge, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Music