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Victims’ Friends: “How Did This Happen?”

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 31, 2007 4:18 pm | Comments (6)

Katrina Jenkins (pictured) sat in a tense waiting room Friday as her best friend — one of the victims in a double shooting at the Vandome Night Club Thursday — lay clinging to life in a hospital bed. With six cops working at the club at the time, she and clubgoers wondered how the shooters got away.

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Engineer Pressed In Dumping Case

by Nick Vinocur | Aug 31, 2007 9:41 am

As the government wrapped up its case against a Greek shipping company in New Haven federal court, defense attorneys rallied to try to discredit the testimonies of the last three witnesses to appear in the trial.

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Cop Sues City Over Sick Time Crackdown

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 31, 2007 7:49 am | Comments (11)

A veteran city patrol officer who was kicked off the police dive team is suing the city in federal court, arguing through his lawyer (pictured) police department higher-ups were “capricious” and “unfair” when they cracked down on officers abusing sick time days.

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Postcards From The Peruvian Edge

by Staff | Aug 31, 2007 7:44 am

A couple from a New Haven church that traveled to Peru found itself at the site of an earthquake — and at the call of a nation grappling with a massive human tragedy.

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“I’m Tired Of Being Scared”

by Melinda Tuhus | Aug 30, 2007 5:25 pm | Comments (1)

A famous minister from New York and a sixth-grader from New Haven (pictured; click here to hear him go) had unsettling words for feds and police chiefs gathered at City Hall to assess what clergy and cops can do to fight crime.

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Officer Recovering From Crash

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 30, 2007 2:12 pm

Officer Craig Miller was hit in his police cruiser while driving through Fair Haven Wednesday night. The crash happened at Lombard and James. The offending driver fled on foot. Miller got “banged up and bruised,” was treated for minor injuries, and is now at home, recovering from the incident, according to police spokesmen Officer Joe Avery and Jessica Mayorga.

In other news, according to Avery:

A chinese deliveryman had just dropped off some food at 84 Exchange St. Wednesday night when two masked men approached him. The showed a gun, stole $300 and fled.

Harrison Who?

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 30, 2007 1:55 pm | Comments (3)

So long, Indiana… a new Hollywood heavyhitter is expected in town next week: Robert De Niro will be filming scenes of the thriller “Righteous Kill” in an East Rock home.

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Dad Marked “Present”

by Allan Appel | Aug 30, 2007 12:51 pm | Comments (1)

This remarkable young single dad, James Via, made it with his three kids to orientation night at King/Robinson Interdistrict Magnet School, where the principal told parents that their involvement must go beyond checking homework.

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Ship’s Engineer Details Dumping Deception

by Nick Vinocur | Aug 30, 2007 9:18 am

Facing jail time in a federal deep-sea pollution trial, a Filipino engineer accused of lying to U.S. maritime authorities lashed out against his Greek employers in federal court in New Haven, saying he had been pressured into his lies by higher-ups onboard a leaky oil tanker.

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Activists Ask: Rosa, Wherefore Are Thou?

by Melinda Tuhus | Aug 29, 2007 11:40 pm | Comments (1)

Following an action Tuesday night in which protesters called on members of Congress to vote to bring U.S. troops home, peace activists (like Henry Lowendorf, pictured in file photo) are calling on U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro to sign onto a letter vowing to vote against any more funds for the war in Iraq. Seventy of her colleagues have done just that.

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