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January 8, 2010 12:08 PM

Pizzerias To Cool Off

by Thomas MacMillan | January 8, 2010 12:08 PM

20100105_TM_0027.jpgTwo pizzerias will shut their doors earlier than usual tonight. In the wake of a late-night double-shooting, the neighborhood's top cop asked them to help him defuse a dangerous mix of "booze, girls, guns, and bad blood."

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"Little Warrior" Holds His Own

by Allan Appel | January 8, 2010 8:53 AM

nhiwrestling3%20007.JPGCarlos Corado locked his hands with his opponent in the ring. He was up against another older kid. Another more muscular, more experienced wrestler. Carlos had a strategy: Get him to lift his hands or lose his balance. Then he'd shoot in and go for a take-down.

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January 7, 2010 12:05 PM

Months After Hit & Run, Victim Leaves Hospital

by Thomas MacMillan | January 7, 2010 12:05 PM

122809_TM_0009.jpgMiguel Alvarado stepped out of his apartment to walk his girlfriend to her car. A passing truck driver slammed into him, sent him flying into a parked car, and drove off into the night. Two months later, he finally left Yale-New Haven -- and police have no leads on the driver.

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Police Chief: Fire Rowdy Rookie

by Melissa Bailey | January 7, 2010 7:23 AM

Bandy%2CJason.jpg.jpg"Are you a cop?"

"No, I am not," Jason Bandy allegedly replied after causing a ruckus at a downtown bar on a supposed sick day.

Bandy was a cop that night. He might not be one much longer.

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January 6, 2010 2:42 PM

Blumenthal's In

by Christine Stuart, Melissa Bailey, and Paul Bass | January 6, 2010 2:42 PM

dickblumenthalIMG_7901.JPGHartford -- Connecticut's longtime senator-in-waiting dispatched with a decade-old Hamlet routine Wednesday and leaped right into the race to succeed Chris Dodd.

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Dodd Makes It Official

by Christine Stuart, Melissa Bailey, and Paul Bass | January 6, 2010 12:18 PM

chrisdoddjackie2IMG_7815.JPGEast Haddam -- (Updated) "This is my moment to step aside," Chris Dodd proclaimed Wednesday as he ended a 30-year career in the U.S. Senate -- and shook up the race to succeed him.

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