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Oil drops under $118, settles at 3-month low

startribune.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Oil drops under $118, settles at 3-month low Oil prices briefly dropped below $118 a barrel Wednesday -- $30 below their record high -- after a jump in U.S. crude and other fuel supplies fed beliefs that high energy prices are...                    

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DCF Needs Urgency

courant.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Maybe the death of 7-month-old Michael Brown could have been avoided had the state Department of Children and Families more aggressively tackled problems highlighted by a report on the agency five years ago. We'll never know.                    

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State vets sign up to vote

thehour.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Associated Press WEST HAVEN -- Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has been allowed to hold a voter registration drive and voter education session at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven. She met with patients...                    

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Rell wants training center scaled back

hartfordbusiness.com     Aug 5, 2008   1 related          

Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the Adjutant General of the Connecticut National Guard is working with the U.S. Army to scale back a planned military training center in Middletown. Under the proposal, the Armed Forces Reserve Center...                    

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Let Vets Register

courant.com     Jul 22, 2008   19 related          

This is the sort of thing that gives mindless bureaucracy a bad name. On May 5, the Department of Veterans Affairs issued a directive saying voter education and voter registration drives were not permitted at VA health care...                    

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Court sanctions against unlicensed tractor trailer school and owner announced

americantruckersatwar.com     Jul 22, 2008   1 related          

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Higher Education (DHE) Commissioner Michael P. Meotti today announced that an unlicensed tractor trailer school has received steep sanctions after defying court orders to...                    

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Lawmakers debating gas, energy prices again

thehour.com     Jul 22, 2008   2 related          

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. -- State politicians agreed Tuesday that they need to do more to help Connecticut residents struggling with high energy costs. But they have yet to decide how best to do it....                    

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The inartful Dodd-ger

michellemalkin.com     Jul 21, 2008   1 related          

By Michelle Malkin • July 21, 2008 10:01 AM Unscrupulous borrower Sen. Chris Dodd still won’t come clean on his special home loan deal. Kevin Rennie turns up the heat on The Dodd-ger in the Hartford Courant: I took the Dodd...                    

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State Says It May Sue VA

courant.com     Jul 19, 2008   5 related          

At Issue Is Ability To Educate, Register Voters Connecticut officials say the state might sue the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs if it continues to block efforts to educate and register voters in federal veterans' facilities.                    

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Rebate Rightly Rejected

courant.com     Jul 18, 2008          

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal hit the nail right on the head Monday when he issued an opinion that Gov. M. Jodi Rell's last-minute plan to give a modest rebate to electrical customers in Connecticut is illegal.                    

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