One of the limousines in Barack Obama's fleet has broken after reports that it was mistakenly filled with the wrong fuel at the start of the US president's visit to Israel. The Guardian has the full story here.......
Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff today issued the following statement on the death of Staples High School graduate Roger W. Muchnick in a U.S. Marine Corps training accident in Nevada: “This is a sad day for Westport where Roger grew up. At Staples, he was well known as a popular football and lacrosse player and was well liked by his friends, teachers, and coaches. “He is the second Staples graduate on active duty with the Marines to die in an accident in little more than three years, and our community once again is in shock “Our hearts go out to the Muchnick family and friends. We deeply share their loss.”
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kasey Kahne seized first when Brad Keselowski spun his tires on a restart with 40 laps to go, leading the rest of the way to capture Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. USA Today has the full story and results here...
Kyle Bush took the lead late in the race at Bristol this afternoon. Rookie Kyle Larson gave him a run for his money, Bush won by a fender. Who are you rooting for at the Bristol Sprint Cup race?
Is it acceptable or unacceptable for an openly gay Boy Scout to share a tent with a heterosexual boy on an overnight camping trip? Is it acceptable or unacceptable for a lesbian to serve as a den leader for her son’s Cub Scout den? Those are among the questions in a survey being distributed to 1.1 million Scout leaders, alumni, volunteers and parents as the Boy Scouts of America considers whether to lift its ban on gay membership. Two of the 13 questions concerning gays and Scouting are open-ended. Others ask whether a scenario is acceptable or unacceptable. Some are yes-or-no questions, such as this one: “Do you believe the current policy prohibiting open homosexuals from being Scouts or adult…
Baltimore MD--Under Proposed Bill, Students Who Form Finger In Shape Of Gun Would Not Be Suspended State Senator J.B. Jennings say he wants it to bring some common sense discipline to state schools. Last week Anne Arundel County school officials suspended 7-year-old Joshua Welch last week for eating a pastry in the shape of a gun. Senator Jennings said “These kids are 6 or 7 years old. They don’t understand what they’re doing,” Jennings says zero tolerance rules on school campuses are going too far, so he wrote a bill. It bans school leaders from suspending students who make the shape of a gun with their fingers or food, or students who draw a gun on a piece of paper. …
A lawsuit filed by the National Restaurant Association and others argued that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Board of Health illegally regulated beverage sizes, and a judge has invalidated the ban. Bloomberg promises to appeal. Salon has the full story and transcript here.......
Police from Fairfield asked the Public Health Committee Wednesday to allow them to regulate hookah lounges, which they said can currently act as de facto nightclubs in their town. Capt. Joshua Zabin, the Fairfield Police Department’s patrol commander, said officers often respond to calls at hookah lounges, which operate from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. He said it has a negative impact on the neighborhood. CT News Junkie has the full story here..... Video above was posted March 2012
Earlier tonight an Amber Alert was issued, looking for a white 2001 Chrysler Town and Country minivan out of North Stonnington CT. We were the only news source to report that Deborah Denison had taken her grandchildren from daycare, had a .38 revolver and had suicidal tendencies. We were the first new source in the country to report that the van was located around a lake running near Foxwoods parked by Lake of Islles. Trooper One, the state police helicopter is in the air searching. The Major Crime Unit was called to the scene to investigate. Sadly the van was found with all three dead in the minivan along with a suicide note in the van. Troopers and EMS responded…
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) will not start due to a lack of funding, the Navy said. Lincoln was expected to move to Newport News shipyard next week to begin the overhaul. However, as a result of the fiscal constraints resulting from the ongoing continuing resolution (CR), the contract for the refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) has not been issued to Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. America's Navy has the full story here.....
