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Homeless Mom Could Face Jail for Sending Son to Wrong School

Education can be expensive, but for Tanya McDowell, ensuring her son receives a good education could cost her her freedom. The Connecticut woman has been charged with larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny for allegedly stealing $15,686 from Norwalk Public Schools for enrolling her son in an elementary school even...

Gas Prices Top $4 in Nation's Capital, 5 States

NEW YORK -- Drivers in Washington, D.C., on Saturday joined motorists in five states who are paying more than $4 per gallon for gasoline. The average price for gas in New York could top $4 by early next week. Hawaii, Alaska, California, Illinois and Connecticut already have pump prices above that mark, according to AAA's...

Were Colorado UFOs Simply Road Flares Tied to Balloons?

Ever since three red lights in a triangular formation were seen and videotaped over Lafayette, Colo., there's been a flurry of online sparring between skeptics and ufologists over what was in the sky on the evening of March 20. First the background: A formation of three red lights was observed over Colorado. They were...

Joke's on the Northeast With April Fools' Snow

BOSTON -- A no-joke April Fools' snowstorm descended upon parts of the Northeast early Friday, a cruel prank on a region that was finally enjoying a reprieve from its long, white winter. The spring snowstorm was expected to last through Friday morning -- April Fools' Day -- dropping up to 10 inches of snow in some areas...

Brother and Sister Save Baby Sitter's Life

A Connecticut police department is celebrating a pair of siblings who saved their baby sitter's life in January. Naida Maldonado, a former police officer, has been baby-sitting Nina Stoop, 7, and her brother Tucker, 10, their entire lives. When Maldonado had trouble breathing around dinnertime on Jan. 26, Nina knew...

Background on Connecticut

Connecticut () is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south (with which it shares a water boundary in Long Island Sound).

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