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Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but two historical parks dedicated to his legacy can't afford to bid on them Dallas-based Heritage Auctions estimates the shackles are worth at least ...
No Jackpot Winner
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 07-46-47-52-57 Powerball: 17 (seven, forty-six, forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-seven; Powerball: seventeen) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $105 million jackpot. The prize goes to an ...
Mass. man convicted of 2009 ax killing over loan
A 32-year-old Braintree man was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2009 ax killing of a neighbor who refused to lend him money. The Norfolk Superior Court jury deliberated for two days before returning the verdict against Lucas Walters on what would have been the 35th birthday of his ...
Conn's Malloy faces approval woes despite crises
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has led the state through several natural disasters and the Newtown school massacre since his election in 2010, gaining high marks for his leadership and work ethic, but Connecticut voters are far from completely won over by the Democrat. With the 2014 gubernatorial race beginning to ...
Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina
Less than a week after Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed gun restrictions into law in April, gun manufacturer PTR Industries said it intended to leave the state to avoid the damage it expected to be inflicted on its business. On Wednesday, the rifle manufacturer kept its promise, announcing it ...
Conn. judge suspended 30 days for late decisions
A state judge was suspended without pay for 30 business days after admitting Wednesday that she was late in issuing child welfare rulings, some of which were more than nine months overdue and delayed placement and adoption proceedings. The suspension approved by the state Judicial Review Council was the second ...
Man jailed in shooting of hunting beagles
An Enfield man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail in the deaths of three hunting beagles that were shot and killed by his son. John Lake was not with his 13-year-old son when the boy shot the beagles in November, but he said in court that he removed ...
United Tech sees possible impact from court order
A federal court order that United Technologies Corp. pay $473 million plus interest to compensate for alleged fraud in its sale of fighter jet engines could cut into revenue and profit, the aerospace giant said in a regulatory filing. Judge Thomas M. Rose of the U.S. Southern District Court of ...
State trooper fatally shoots man near Conn. fires
A state trooper fatally shot a man who charged at authorities waving a club-like object as firefighters battled blazes at a nearby home and detached garage in Salem, state police said. Police and firefighters responded to the fires on Witter Road shortly after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. When they arrived, a ...
Conn. poll shows support for new gun control law
While a new Quinnipiac (KWIHN'-uh-pee-ak) University Poll shows a majority of Connecticut voters support the state's new gun control law, there's doubt whether enough has been done to help prevent another mass school shooting like the one in Newtown. In a survey released Wednesday, 57 percent of registered voters said ...
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