Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley says that the 10.2 percent national unemployment rate proves that President Barack Obama's federal stimulus plan is not working.
Foley is battling against four other Republicans for the right to run against U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd in the November 2010 election.
"With unemployment rising" [...]
BRIDGEPORT - Ken Krayeske, the free-lance journalist and political activist who was arrested in 2007 after taking pictures of Gov. M. Jodi Rell at her inauguration parade in Hartford, saw most of his federal lawsuit over the incident thrown out Friday.
In U.S. District Court, Judge Stefan R. Underhill granted motions [...]
Senator John Kerry's statements on his friend, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, during an interview on CNBC are being sent around the Internet.
The interview is at [www.youtube.com]
[...]One of the few highlights of this year's budget - for taxpayers - was a drop in the sales tax cut that is scheduled to take effect on January 1.
But that cut, from the current 6 percent down to 5.5 percent, will not happen if state tax collections are not [...]
Bernard Kerik, known for his high-profile as the New York City police commissioner on September 11, 2001, pleaded guilty to eight felonies that prevents the charges from being the subject of as many as three criminal trials.
Further details are at [www.courant.com]
[...]Robert DeLuca, the son of former Senate Republican leader Louis DeLuca, has been arrested and charged this week with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.
The Hartford Courant's Bill Leukhardt is reporting that DeLuca, 53, posted $25,000 bail and is free.
Leukhardt reported that:
DeLuca's attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis of Waterbury,' [...]
