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<![CDATA[Immaculate girls share state soccer title with Old Lyme]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW BRITAIN -- The sun was beginning to set behind the light towers at Willowbrook Park Saturday evening as Claudia Khouri settled the ball at her feet and lined up the biggest shot of the season for the Immaculate High girls soccer team.The Mustangs trailed Old Lyme by a goal late in the second half of the Class S state championship game and were scrambling to try and tie the score.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Richard Gregory<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:17:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Brookfield beats New Canaan for Class L boys soccer title]]>
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<![CDATA[WATERBURY -- The cover on the top of senior A.J. Stueck's emotions was beginning to rattle as the steam of frustration started to boil over the sides. There were angry slaps at the turf, shouts at the officials and numerous looks of disbelief as the Brookfield High boys soccer team found itself down two goals to New Canaan at halftime in the Class L state championship game Saturday at Municipal Stadium.]]>
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<![CDATA[jsonski@newstimes.com (Jason Sonski<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:17:20 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Saturday's high school results]]>
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<![CDATA[resultsSATURDAYFootballSTATESimsbury 34, Glastonbury 33 (OT)Conard 42, Hall 7 Avon 47, Canton 20Coventry/Windham Tech 38, Old Saybrook/Westbrook 10Field hockeyState finals at WethersfieldClass LGreenwich 2, Pomperaug 1Class MDarien 3, New Canaan 0Class SGranby Memorial 3, Lewis Mills 1Boys soccerState finalsClass LL at RidgefieldStaples 4, New Milford 0Class L at Municipal Stadium, WaterburyBrookfield 3, New Canaan 2Class M at Willowbrook Park, New BritainTolland 2,]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:02:37 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Helping people find a way off the streets]]>
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<![CDATA[After working at the Dorothy Day soup kitchen and shelter for more than 25 years, Deacon Michael Oles of Bethel knows firsthand what a night at the shelter is like.Although it was established as emergency measure, for some people living there has become a way of life.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Susan Sulich<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:46:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Man knifed to death on NYC subway]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City subway car became a scene of bloody terror early Saturday when a man whipped out a knife and killed a fellow passenger. The killing happened in front of horrified riders about "D" train in midtown Manhattan at about 2 a.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:46:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Brookfield community garden might inspire other towns to start one]]>
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<![CDATA[BROOKFIELD -- Ever wonder what Brussels sprouts looks like when they emerge on the plant? "They're small nodules, and the plants are about 4 feet high. I didn't know that. I learned something new," Dave Keefe said. The Brookfield Lions Club member saw them growing the other day in the community vegetable garden at Gurski Farm.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:29:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Week ahead]]>
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<![CDATA[Sunday, Nov. 22The Wedding Steps Bridal Expo,  from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Portuguese Cultural Center, 65 Sand Pit Road, Danbury, will be an opportunity to meet wedding industry professionals. Admission is free, and will be a chance to win a free honeymoon grand prize.]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:08:46 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Thanksgiving Day cooks up traditions as well as turkey and all the trimmings]]>
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<![CDATA[As a young girl growing up in Ridgefield's Keeler Tavern -- well before the Civil War, but long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock -- Anna Marie Resseguie wrote of a small family dinner on Thanksgiving.The journal entry, according to Elise Haas, former president of Keeler Tavern Museum, made no mention of watching football on a giant flat-screen TV.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury man arraigned on birthday]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A city man was arraigned Friday -- his 46th birthday -- for assault.Scott Rapuano, of East Pembrook Road, was arrested early Thursday morning for third-degree assault, second-degree breach of peace, and second-degree failure to appear in court.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:04:49 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Businesses join forces to feed the hungry]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A group of local businesses is sponsoring a "Food for Thought" food drive to help the St. James Church food pantry in Danbury feed 400 families in need this Thanksgiving.On Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Widow Brown's Cafe, 128 Federal Road, they will have fundraising raffles and collect food and money donations for the food bank.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:04:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Global warming  made clear  at WestConn]]>
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<![CDATA[Here are the indisputable facts, according to Berrien Moore III."The Industrial Revolution happened,'' he said in a Science at Night speech at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury this week. "It's a fact. It brought many benefits to humans.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Stew Leonard tells his life story in new book]]>
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<![CDATA[Stew Leonard did not want to tell his life story. "I didn't want to relive the past," he says."The way I saw it, I had just gotten out of a prison camp. When you walk away from that, you want to leave it behind you. I did the time. I paid for the crime.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Beth Cooney<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury military museum gets its blue star]]>
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<![CDATA[During World War II, families who had a son or a daughter serving in the armed forces hung a read and white banner in their window with a blue star in the center. If the soldier or sailor was lost in the war, the blue star was replaced with a gold star.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Lois Barber<br />contributing writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Palace Theater to show 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee' Saturday]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A locally filmed movie with an award-wining cast will have its first showing in the state at the Palace Theater on Saturday.The national pre-theatrical release of "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" will be at 6:30 p.m. The movie, which includes Golden Globe-winner Winona Ryder, was filmed in Danbury, New Milford and Newtown.]]>
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<![CDATA[dperreort@newstimes.com (Dirk Perrefort<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:56 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[WestConn running back honored]]>
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<![CDATA[Western Connecticut State University freshman running back Tyler DeRosa was selected as the New Jersey Athletic Conference's Offensive Rookie of the Year for his efforts this past football season. DeRosa, of Miller Place, N.J., ranks 18th in the NJAC in rushing yards per game (30.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[WestConn student plans initiative]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Western Connecticut State University student Derek Roy fell in love with Danbury when he arrived as a freshman four years ago.He grew up in a house along a dirt road in Goshen, and he was floored by the "intensity" of the city. However, he thinks the city he has embraced does not do enough for him and the other 6,600 WestConn students who call it a home during their sojourn of study.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Vinti Singh<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:05 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bethel gets to brag about its new bond rating]]>
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<![CDATA[BETHEL -- Standard &amp; Poor's has upgraded the town's bonding rating to one step away from the top rating, which local officials said rewards their vigilance."We're one notch from AAA," Bethel Comptroller Barry Curina said Thursday. "It brings us a whole different level of investments into the mix and lower interest rates.]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (Eileen FitzGerald<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:00 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ridgefield Raiders eighth-grade football team to play for New England championship]]>
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<![CDATA[Having already captured the league and state championships, the undefeated Ridgefield Raiders eighth grade football team is now set to play for the New England championship today.The Raiders will play the Pelham-Windham Razorbacks today at 5 p.m. At Falcon Field in Meriden in the AYF New England Regional championship game.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:33:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury's Meleg leads WestConn swim team to victory]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Former Danbury High swimming star Katie Meleg won three individual events to lead the Western Connecticut State University women's swim team to 1 145-132 victory over Western New England College in the Colonials' dual-meet home opener at the O'Neill Center pool on Friday.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:33:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Founder of Christian Science emphasized gratitude in Christian life]]>
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<![CDATA[An American woman, Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science in 1879. Having seen the importance of gratitude in Christian life, she established as an integral part of her worldwide church a special Thanksgiving Day service for those in the community to thank God for their blessings.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ridgefield gets another school board election]]>
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<![CDATA[RIDGEFIELD -- Republican Keith Miller and Democrat Irene Burgess faced off in one election for the Board of Education on Nov. 3. Burgess won by two votesThen, because the vote was so close -- 2,352 to 2,350 -- there had to be a complete recount. In it, Miller picked up two votes to tie it, dead even.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:21:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble in good form at WestConn]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY --The music department at Western Connecticut State University usually concentrates on either the classical or jazz programs offered there. Like many of his students, Fernando Jimenez seems happy with one foot in each of these often overlapping worlds.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Jan Stribula<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Wedding Steps bridal extravaganza planned for Sunday]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- The Wedding Steps Bridal Show will take place Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Portuguese Cultural Center, 66 Sandpit Rd.The show will feature vendors of all aspects of the wedding day, such as photography, videography, transportation, fashions, invitations, reception locations and more.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury officials to be sworn in Nov. 30]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Mayor Mark Boughton will be sworn in to his fifth term of office during a ceremony at the end of the month.Danbury resident and Superior Court Judge Thomas West will preside.For the first time, the city's swearing-in ceremony will be held in the Palace Theater on Main Street.]]>
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<![CDATA[dperreort@newstimes.com (Dirk Perrefort<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Beatles fans just as devoted as ever]]>
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<![CDATA[Mark Hasskarl remembers the first time he heard a Beatles song used in an advertisement."Happy Christmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon was played in the background of a commercial for Jamaican vacations, said Hasskarl, who lives in Danbury."Tears started welling up because I didn't want to hear the melody used any other way" than it was intended for, he said.]]>
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<![CDATA[mbruen@newstimes.com (Melissa Bruen<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Lennon lives on in Big Apple]]>
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<![CDATA[On a quiet Manhattan street, there's a room dedicated completely to the life and memory of John Lennon.In that room, people show their reverence for his contributions to the world as a songwriter, musician and humanitarian. They walk around looking at artifacts from his life, and they examine items such as the song lyrics he penned in his efforts to spread peace.]]>
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<![CDATA[mbruen@newstimes.com (Melissa Bruen<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Police: Intoxicated WestConn students sent to Danbury Hospital]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Three students from Western Connecticut State University who were reported to be intoxicated were sent to Danbury Hospital late Thursday and early Friday morning, police said.One student from Centennial Hall, who celebrated his 19th birthday Thursday, was transported by ambulance to the hospital's emergency room about 11 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[dperreort@newstimes.com (Dirk Perrefort<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Page Turners: Seeking book clubs at church and elsewhere]]>
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<![CDATA[Once in a while I hear from someone in the area who's looking for a book club to join. It can be hard to find an established club looking for new members.Book clubs can be started in a variety of ways. I've talked to members of clubs that began as a group of friends who were already acquainted, as strangers who met through online sites or through libraries, as co-workers who wanted to stay in touch after their workplace association ended, and men who wanted to enjoy discussions among]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Carolyn Mueller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:08:10 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[How they met: Zdanowskis celebrate 70 years of marriage]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13835101?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[John and Helen Zdanowski celebrated a major milestone last month -- their third diamond anniversary was Oct. 14. Any couple would be fortunate to make it to their first diamond anniversary, which is the 60th anniversary.Once you hit the diamond leagues in the traditional anniversary tables, they tend to stick with diamonds as the choice for subsequent milestones.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Carolyn Mueller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Stew Leonard tells his life story in new book]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13834862?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Stew Leonard did not want to tell his life story. "I didn't want to relive the past," he says."The way I saw it, I had just gotten out of a prison camp. When you walk away from that, you want to leave it behind you. I did the time. I paid for the crime.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Beth Cooney<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:33 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ives documentary to air on PBS]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13834637?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Uncle Charlie has a beard. In the 1940s, that was unusual, said his niece, Sally Ives Wilkes."The only other man I ever saw with a beard was Santa Claus,'' she said.He was also an environmentalist before most people knew the word. When an airplane roared over while he was out walking in Redding, he'd get exasperated.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Failure of capitalism or government policy?]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13834388?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Many people are finding it fashionable to blame our current economic problems on the failure of capitalism -- as if capitalism was something that they're bored with and they've decided it's time to try "something new" like socialism (which isn't really "new).]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:42 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[CIAC approves new playoff system for football]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13832489?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13832489]]>
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<![CDATA[After years of debate and dozens of proposals, the CIAC announced it will adopt a new playoff format for football in 2010.Under the new system, which the CIAC board of control voted to unanimously accept Thursday, there will be four equal divisions by enrollment.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Chris McNamee<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Line of storms to move east, clearing this afternoon]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13832102?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[The line of thunderstorms that rolled over the state early this morning has moved off to the east, but not after lightning struck a Waterbury home at about 4:30 a.m., damaging the roof and sending one person to the hospital.Between a fourth and a half-inch of rain fell on most of Fairfield County between midnight and 7 a.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Staff reports)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:02:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Groton teacher charged with sexually assaulting student]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13831963?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[GROTON -- Police in Groton have charged an art teacher at Robert E. Fitch Senior High School with sexually assaulting a female student. Police allege 29-year-old Timothy Riendeau engaged in inappropriate conduct with the girl. He was arrested Thursday at his home in Groton on two counts of second-degree sexual assault.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (The Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:03:17 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Budget woes close local caretakers out of Alzheimer's respite program]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13829394?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Angel Cognetta has spent the last several years caring for her aging parents, a full-time job that requires her to help them with their bills, manage their many medications and bring them to countless doctor's appointments.Over the summer, the Stamford resident heard from a social worker about a state program that helps provide a respite for caretakers of family members with Alzheimer's disease.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Lisa Chamoff<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:49:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury strip club owner pleads guilty to tax evasion]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826976?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826976]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A Warren man who concealed his ownership of several adult entertainment establishments, including a notorious Danbury strip club, has agreed to pay the government more than $350,000 in back taxes after pleading guilty in federal court Thursday to a single count of tax evasion.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[jpirro@newstimes.com (John Pirro<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:42:20 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[LOCAL TV LISTINGS]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13829169?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13829169]]>
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<![CDATA[(21) Charter CommunityVision(23) Comcast Cablevision11 a.m.(23) Somos Latinos11:30 a.m.(21) Cornerstone Assembly(23) Spotlight On...Noon(21) Richter Arts Presents(23) Bethel Teens1 p.m.(23) Underground TV &amp; More1:30 p.m.(21) Sri Chinmoy2 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Immigrants can learn about becoming citizens at workshop Dec. 3]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13823260?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Local organizations announced a partnership Wednesday to promote U.S. citizenship and inform immigrants about the benefits of naturalization.The International Institute of Connecticut, the Hispanic United Church of Christ and the Brazilian Catholic Community Center will offer a community workshop on the topic Dec.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:27:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Speeding Danbury man charged with DUI]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13827817?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Police charged a 44-year-old Danbury man with drunken driving after he was stopped for speeding on White Turkey Road Extension early Thursday.Luis Rodriguez-Hiraldo, of Fern Street, was traveling at nearly 90 mph when he was pulled over just after 12:30 a.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:27:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13828955?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[CHICAGO -- "The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Caryn Rousseau <br />Associated Press)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:27:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury Hospital completely smoke free]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826647?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826647]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY --  From now on, smokers won't be able to duck out of Danbury Hospital and light up outside the lobby. They won't be able to get a few last drags in while they walk across the parking lot.As of Thursday, for the first time in its 124-year history, the entire hospital campus is smoke-free.]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:17:17 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury High kids grateful to be here]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826887?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- They've come from India and Ecuador and Guiana and Mexico, from Turkey and Brazil, China and Pakistan. They speak 45 languages, sit side-by-side at lunch and help each other with homework and obstacles.But, next Thursday, Danbury High School students from the city's immigrant families share with their native born classmates the traditional American holiday of Thanksgiving.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Person in chicken suit ruffles feathers in Colo.]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13828163?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13828163]]>
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<![CDATA[DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango's city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl. At a council meeting Tuesday, someone in a chicken costume quietly entered the council chambers just as the mayor was discussing a recently-passed backyard hen ordinance.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[New Route 7 bypass friendly to turtles, snakes, salamanders]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825766?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[BROOKFIELD -- "There was a little turtle. He lived in a box. He swam in a puddle. He climbed on the rocks," according to the lyrics of a classic children's song by Vachel Lindsay.And he crossed under the Route 7 bypass safely.Because of a $1 million culvert, Eastern box turtles that live near the new 2.]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:09:48 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Artist Jeanne-Claude dies; co-created 'The Gates&apos;]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13828016?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large- scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Ula Ilnytzky<br />Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48:12 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ignite a child's imagination with great books]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13827954?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13827954]]>
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<![CDATA[Children haven't had much time to experience the world, but that doesn't mean they aren't curious. Children are innately imaginative and curious, and reading great books together helps to fuel those powerful tools.Take a look at the books reviewed below.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury children find books in their mailbox]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826067?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- When Romina Faccennini goes to her mailbox, her 3-year-old daughter, Agustina, asks, "Are there any books?"For the past three months, Agustina and her brothers, Santiago, 2, and Nicolas, 9 months, have each received a book in the mail appropriate for their age.]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (Eileen FitzGerald<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:13 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Vanity plate leads to suspect in Danbury assault]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826023?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826023]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY-- A distinctive vanity plate helped police identify a suspect in the baseball-bat beating of a man outside a downtown nightspot in August.Fisnik Gashi, 20, of the Bronx, N.Y. was charged with first-degree assault for allegedly fracturing the skull of a 19-year-old Carmel man in a Main Street parking lot on Aug.]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[jpirro@newstimes.com (John Pirro<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Page Turners: Seeking book clubs at church and elsewhere]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826542?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Once in a while I hear from someone in the area who's looking for a book club to join. It can be hard to find an established club looking for new members.Book clubs can be started in a variety of ways. I've talked to members of clubs that began as a group of friends who were already acquainted, as strangers who met through online sites or through libraries, as coworkers who wanted to stay in touch after their workplace association ended, and men who wanted to enjoy discussions among]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Carolyn Mueller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:02 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Parents' guide to new movie releases]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826064?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13826064]]>
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<![CDATA["Planet 51"Rating: PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor. What it's about: A world enduring the doo-wop black-and-white-TV global paranoia of its own "1950s" is visited by an alien -- a NASA astronaut. The kid attractor factor: Animation, a cute robot, a cute alien dog.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Roger Moore <br />The Orlando Sentinel)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:06:26 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Folk, salsa, films]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825984?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[Folks will want to head to Ridgefield this weekend for some, well, folk music. On Sunday at 4 p.m., as part of its "Acoustic Celebration" series, Temple Shearith Israel at 46 Peaceable St. will welcome Canadian folk and roots artist John Wort Hannam."I've been told I'm a born storyteller with a keen eye for the quirky and lyrics that create stories behind the songs," Hannam says.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:06 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[What's up doc? Photos on display at Danbury Hospital]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825981?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[These photos have definitely been doctored.Until next week, 100 photos taken by 28 members of Danbury Hospital 's medical staff -- doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, among others -- will be on display as part of the hospital's second annual photo show.]]>
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<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Erik Ofgang<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:00 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Singers invited to perform in Messiah]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825862?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[The first chorus rehearsal for the Danbury Music Centre's annual performance of Handel's "Messiah" will be Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main St. The performance will be at the First Congregational Church on the corner of Deer Hill Avenue and West Street on Dec.]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:27:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA['Nutcracker' tickets on sale]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825860?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825860]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury Music Centre's production of "The Nutcracker Ballet" will take place Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 12 at 6 p.m., and Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. All performances are at Danbury High School, 43 Clapboard Ridge Road, and tickets -- which always go fast -- are now on sale.]]>
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<category domain="Media News Group">
<![CDATA[/YT Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:27:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury Library to host 2009 Tellebration!]]>
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<![CDATA[http://www.newstimes.com/danbury/ci_13825544?source=rss]]>
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<![CDATA[You can join thousands of storytelling enthusiasts around the world by attending the fourth annual observance of Tellebration! at the Danbury Public Library, 1007 Main St., on Saturday at 1 p.m.Tellebration! is traditionally observed around the world on the weekend before Thanksgiving.]]>
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<![CDATA[Autumn crocuses surprise the shady November garden]]>
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<![CDATA[Did you know that you can have colorful crocuses in your garden twice a year?Yep, once in the spring; we're all familiar with those bright yellow, purple, white and lavender flowers at a time when we desperately need color. But certain crocuses, such as crocus speciosus, also bloom in October and November.]]>
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<![CDATA[Traffic smooth in Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY --  The morning commute should be a smooth one today, as there is no congested traffic in downtown Danbury, at about 7:30 a.m.Traffic on I-84 eastbound and westbound is heavy but flowing. Traffic westbound slows down a bit around exit 9, at about 8 a.]]>
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<![CDATA[Agent: No danger to officers before fatal shooting in Hartford]]>
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<![CDATA[HARTFORD -- A federal agent has testified that he didn't believe there was a threat to him or a Hartford detective when the detective shot a man to death in 2005. Daniel Prather, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, took the witness stand Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of now-retired Detective Robert Lawlor in Hartford Superior Court.]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:29:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Abbott Tech falls short in semifinals]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW BRITAIN -- Abbott Tech senior boys soccer player Joe Groski has dealt with the same perception for four years."People see 'Tech' on our jersey and they think they're going to walk all over us," Groski said. But, after blowing out Kaynor Tech in the first round of the Class M boys soccer state tournament and defeating two public schools -- Montville and Suffield -- in the next two rounds, Abbott Tech boys soccer proved it could hang with anyone in the state.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com ({&quot;staff header&quot;/}By Kevin Duffy<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wednesday's high school results]]>
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<![CDATA[resultsWEDNESDAYFootballSCC INTERAmity 34, Guilford 7Field hockeyClass L semifinalsGreenwich 1, Farmington 0Boys soccerState semifinalsClass LLStaples 3, Glastonbury 2Class LBrookfield 3, Torrington 1New Canaan 2, Bunnell 0Class MTolland 1, Ellington 0Granby Memorial 1, Abbott Tech 0Class SLyman Memorial 4, East Hampton 0Cromwell 1, Somers 0Girls soccerState semifinalsClass LLWesthill 2, Ridgefield 1Class LNew Canaan 3, Masuk 0Class MNorthwest Catholic 4, St.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Pomepraug's Crick burns SWC defenses]]>
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<![CDATA[SOUTHBURY -- It's nothing new to the world of high school running backs, but when it comes to Pomperaug senior Ben Crick the old description of "football speed" is perfectly suited for No. 20.Just ask the bulk of SWC defenders who have watched the back of Crick's jersey get smaller as he raced toward the end zone during the regular season.]]>
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<![CDATA[jsonski@newstimes.com (Jason Sonski<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:52:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury Festival of Trees to raise funds for Ann's Place]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- The seventh annual Festival of Trees this weekend at the Danbury Plaza Hotel has offerings for family members of all ages.The festival, which raises money for Ann's Place, the Home of I CAN, a local provider of cancer services, will be Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.]]>
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<![CDATA[Festival of Trees in Ridgefield this weekend]]>
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<![CDATA[RIDGEFIELD -- When the staff at the gift shop at The Gilded Nest decided to enter the Holiday Festival of Trees, it was a late entry, and their first idea, some version of a tree with lighting, wasn't working out."We decided to go with glitter,'' Jeanne Rowella, one of the store's owners, said Wednesday.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:23:56 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[State freeze means increase in Danbury magnet school tuition]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- School leaders from Brookfield, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown and Redding, districts that send students to the Danbury-run Western Connecticut Academy for International Studies, learned Tuesday that state cuts in funding for magnet schools mean they'll have to pay higher tuition next year.]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (Eileen FitzGerald<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:23:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury celebrates Tellabration Saturday]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY-- Twenty-one years ago, Connecticut storyteller "Paw Paw" Pinkerton fulfilled his dream of setting aside a night each year for storytellers to gather and share stories among families and friends.Danbury Library joins in what has become an international event called Tellabration Saturday featuring Carrie Sue Ayvar, a third-generation storyteller from Florida who blends traditional, international and personal tales in stories in Spanish and English.]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (Eileen FitzGerald<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Laughing Matters]]>
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<![CDATA[When I woke up one morning last summer, I found my world oddly scented with chocolate chip cookies. I had not made any in a long time and the homes near us were unoccupied at the time, so I decided it was just wishful thinking.It is widely known that the fragrance of chocolate chip cookies has a very positive effect on anybody with a nose.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:44:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Journalist group defends Fairfield U. paper]]>
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<![CDATA[FAIRFIELD -- The Society of Professional Journalists has weighed in on the controversy engulfing The Mirror, a student-run newspaper at Fairfield University, urging officials at the private Jesuit school not to assert heavy-handed administrative control.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Linda Conner Lambeck<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[U.S.-flagged cargo ship repels pirate attack off Somali coast]]>
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<![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said. Pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama last April and took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage, holding him at gunpoint in a lifeboat for five days.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Texas A&M remembers fatal '99 bonfire collapse]]>
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<![CDATA[COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&amp;M University marked the 10th anniversary of a bonfire collapse that killed 12 people with a somber candlelight vigil. More than 3,000 people attended a vigil that began early this morning  at 2:42, the exact time of the Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:26:33 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Immaculate girls reach Class S state title game]]>
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<![CDATA[WATERBURY -- The script may be the same every year, but the Immaculate High girls soccer team isn't getting tired of it.Nearly every fall, Immaculate has a solid record in the rugged South-West Conference, followed by a dominating performance in the Class S state tournament.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (David Bilmes<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[UConn turns back Hofstra's upset bid]]>
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<![CDATA[STORRS -- The UConn men took a couple of pop quizzes in their first two games of the season. Tuesday night, the Huskies experienced a true test.Forget simply not winning comfortably or having to exert some extra effort to hold off an opponent's charge.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Neill Ostrout<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[GOP chair urges candidate to challenge Murphy]]>
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<![CDATA[HARTFORD (AP) -- The chairman of the Connecticut Republicans has asked one of his party's candidates for U.S. Senate to consider switching races. Chris Healy said on Tuesday that he has urged state Sen. Sam Caligiuri to challenge U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, a two-term Democrat in the 5th congressional district.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:47:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[David Dear leaves post as publisher]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- David Dear Jr. has left his position as the publisher of The News-Times and the Greater New Milford Spectrum.Mark Aldam,  senior vice president for Hearst Newspapers, announced Dear's departure to the newspaper's staff Monday.Dear, a fifth-generation newsman, served in the position of publisher of the daily and weekly papers for two years.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:03:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Three boards get tough message in Ridgefield regarding taxes]]>
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<![CDATA[RIDGEFIELD -- The message was blunt: Any increase in the town's budget next year will mean an increase in taxes."If the budget goes up 4 percent, that means taxes will go up 4 percent, David Ulmer, a member of the Board of Finance, told his counterparts on the boards of selectmen and education Monday.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:03:17 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Shepaug Valley High hires new principal]]>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Conn. -- The search for someone to replace Eugene Horrigan, longtime principal of Shepaug Valley High School, is over.Kimberly Gallo, 51, signed a contract Tuesday with Region 12 Superintendent Bruce Storm. Gallo, who is assistant principal at Nonnewaug High School in Region 14, will start at Shepaug on Jan.]]>
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<![CDATA[stuz@newstimes.com (Susan Tuz<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[resultsTUESDAYField hockeyState semifinalsClass LGreenwich vs. Farmington, ppd. to today, 6 at DanburyPomperaug 0, Glastonbury 0 (3OT, Pomperaug wins on penalty strokes, 2-0)Class MDarien 3, Hand 1New Canaan 1, Avon 0Class S at PomperaugLewis Mills 2, Haddam-Killingworth 0Granby Memorial 5, North Branford 0Boys soccerClass LL semifinalsNew Milford 4, Guilford 2Girls soccerClass LL semifinalsGlastonbury 3, Fairfield Ludlowe 1Class L semifinalsAvon 2, RHAM 1Class M]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:19:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[WestConn's Stein earns honor]]>
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<![CDATA[BRISTOL, R.I. -- The New England Women's Volleyball Association announced today the 2009 NEWVA All-New England Teams, comprised of the top Division III women's volleyball players in the region. WestConn senior middle hitter Becca Stein was named to the Third Team following a stellar senior campaign.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:19:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Stony Hill tree lighting set for Saturday]]>
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<![CDATA[BETHEL -- The Stony Hill Four Corners businesses plan to hold a tree-lighting ceremony Saturday in the Wachovia parking lot at the Bethel Big Y Plaza.Firefighters plan to collect food from noon to 5 p.m.The Bethel Methodist Choir will lead a carol sing, and Santa and Mrs.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:58:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury Concert Chorus brings Walden Pond to life]]>
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<![CDATA[Listening to a new piece of music is like meeting someone for the first time, says Richard Price, Danbury Concert Chorus music director.Listening once is like knocking on the door and saying hello. Listen again and you're walking into the house and having a look around.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Gilbert Mott<br />CONTRIBUTING WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:58:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[New Fairfield resident charged with multiple violations in Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Police said a traffic stop for erratic driving on Monday night led to a field sobriety test and charges against a New Fairfield motorist.Police charged Matheus De Santana, 21, of Oxford Road, New Fairfield, with operating under the influence, failure to grant the right-of-way, and driving at slow speed.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:51:29 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury resident faces DUI charge after traffic stop]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A Danbury resident was arrested Sunday afternoon after he was observed driving erratically on West Street, police said.According to police, three parties flagged down an officer to report an unsafe driver. James Munz, 73, of Division Street was observed pulling out of a parking lot onto West Street and then pulling back into the lot, and when an officer pulled him over, an odor of alcohol was detected, police said.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:51:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury woman arrested for July accident in New Milford]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW MILFORD -- A Danbury woman injured in a head-on collision on Kent Road (Route 7) in July was arrested on a warrant Sunday and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.Lora Pearson, 40, Park Avenue, was additionally charged with failure to drive to the right.]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury jury convicts Morquecho in 2006 murder]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A Superior Court jury on Tuesday convicted a Danbury man of killing the mother of his two children outside her Rose Street apartment in 2006, seven months after another jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case.Julio Morquecho, 36, a former Balmforth Avenue resident already serving five years in prison for stalking 22-year-old Maria Chulca, could draw an additional 25 to 60 years behind bars when he returns to court for sentencing on the murder charge early next year.]]>
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<![CDATA[jpirro@newstimes.com (John Pirro<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:12 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA["Going Rogue'' going pretty well]]>
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<![CDATA[Sarah Palin country, it is not.But Tuesday at the Borders bookstore on Federal Road in Danbury, the salmon-fishing, moose-carcass dressing, hockey mom from Wasilla, Alaska, was outselling Stephen King."She's beating everyone else today,'' said store bookseller Karen Varian.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:09 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Don't pay back taxes and Danbury will give you the boot]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- City residents behind on paying their car taxes may wake up this week to find a large metal boot, or lock, attached to their vehicle, making it impossible to drive.Officials said the program is aimed at collecting more than $2 million in unpaid property taxes over the past three years alone.]]>
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<![CDATA[dperreort@newstimes.com (Dirk Perrefort<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Four charged with Danbury bias attack taped on cell phone]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- City police arrested four suspects Tuesday morning for an alleged bias attack on two Mexican men last month that a witness videotaped on his iPhone.Police said the four suspects, three of them brothers from Bethel and the fourth, a Danbury resident who cleans the city police station, shouted racial slurs as they beat and robbed the victims in a Balmforth Avenue parking lot in the early morning hours of Oct.]]>
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<![CDATA[jpirro@newstimes.com (John Pirro<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:04 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury driver charged after hitting parked vehicles]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Danbury police arrested Rossay Recinos, 22, of West Street, at 1 a.m. Monday after her car allegedly struck two parked vehicles.She was charged with driving under the influence, evading responsibility and operating without a license, according to police.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:57 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bethel GOP to have holiday party]]>
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<![CDATA[BETHEL -- The Bethel Republican Town Committee will have its annual holiday party Dec. 5 at the Stony Hill Inn on Route 6.The meet-and-greet session starts at 6 p.m., with dinner to follow at 6:45. The cost is $45 a person.Guests are asked to make reservations with Kitty Grant at 203-792-4995 by Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:49 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Mohegan Sun trip on Dec. 2]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Ziggy's Senior Travelers is sponsoring a Dec. 2 trip to the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville.The bus will leave at 9 a.m. from the commuter parking lot at Chuck's Steak House on Segar Street and will return at 7 p.m. The trip costs $23. Call Angie at 203-743-0718 for other details.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Candlewood Lake drawdown to be shallow this year]]>
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<![CDATA[The ribbon of mud flats around Candlewood Lake will be only half as wide this winter as last winter, as the lake will have a shallow, rather than a deep, drawdown this year."It will be in the 5-foot range,'' Larry Marsicano, executive director of the Candlewood Lake Authority, said Monday.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:41:23 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Romanian admits $150,000 ATM scam]]>
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<![CDATA[Victor Vasile Constantin, a 23-year-old Romanian national who learned English by watching movies, scammed at least $150,000 from Bank of America customer accounts by placing a small camera and a scanning device on automatic teller machines in South Norwalk, Greenwich and Ridgefield branch offices.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Michael P. Mayko<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:41:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Route 7 bypass in Brookfield set to open Thursday]]>
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<![CDATA[BROOKFIELD -- Commuters may have an easier time driving home Thursday when the Route 7 bypass officially opens up to traffic.After decades of discussion, planning and eventually construction, a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 2.3-mile stretch of highway is set for Thursday afternoon, according to Judd Everhart, director of communications for the state Department of Transportation.]]>
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<![CDATA[dperreort@newstimes.com (Dirk Perrefort<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:41:20 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury school administrators agree to modest one year contract]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- School administrators have agreed to a contract that puts them in line with the city teachers' agreement but gives the group the chance to renegotiate in a year.The Board of Education unanimously approved the contract of the 41-member Danbury Administrators Union during its meeting last week.]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (Eileen FitzGerald<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:41:15 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Parents charged in reckless driving incident]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- A husband and wife were arrested Sunday on charges that stemmed from a motor vehicle incident that occurred about 6:15 p.m. on Lake Avenue near Crestdale Avenue, police said.Lorraine Martin, 31, of College Park Drive, was charged with failure to obey a control signal, failure to carry registration, failure to carry a license, and one count of risk of injury to a minor, police said.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:58:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Immaculate High to stage 'Twelfth Night&apos;]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- If the play is by William Shakespeare but the setting is the American West, you're at the Immaculate High School production of "Twelfth Night."Freshman Buddy Stokes stars as Duke, junior Meagan Gonzalez is Viola, senior Geri Buderwitz is Olivia, freshman Aidan Buckley is Sebastian, and junior Joe Czel is Sir Toby Belch.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:48:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Triangle Street closed in Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Triangle Street will remain closed until about 4 p.m. Friday while construction crews regrade the Metro-North railroad crossing.The closure will affect Triangle Street from Wildman to Taylor streets, according to a statement released by the mayor's office.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:57:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Triangle Street construction forces HART bus detours]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Because of railroad construction, public transit buses will detour around Triangle Street through Tuesday, according to Housatonic Area Regional Transit. Service will return to normal on Nov. 21.The detours affect these routes:n The 2 Stony Hill bus from Pulse Point to the Bethel Y:From Main Street, left on Keeler, left on Liberty Street, straight to Patriot Drive, right on White Street to Newtown Road.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:42:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Fighting tunnel vision]]>
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<![CDATA[It starts with night blindness. Peripheral vision -- the things you see at the sides of your field of vision -- goes next.By the time men suffering with choroideremia reach early middle age, they're down to tunnel vision."Then, it's pinpoint vision,'' said John Polkowski of Bethel.]]>
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<![CDATA[bmiller@newstimes.com (Robert Miller<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:20:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Former death-row inmate to speak at WestConn]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Juan Melendez was 33 years old when he was charged with murdering and robbing Delbert Baker in Florida. Baker was shot three times, his throat was cut, and he was robbed of his gold jewelry. Melendez was brought to trial. Although there no physical evidence was presented, he was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery.]]>
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<![CDATA[eitzgerald@newstimes.com (Eileen FitzGerald<br />Staff writer)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:05:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Fundraiser supported Special Olympians]]>
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<![CDATA[The Danbury Public Schools Special Olympics Family would like to thank our community for their support of our annual tag sale fund-raiser. It was wonderful to see so many people from our community gather together, shop, chat and support our athletes! Your donations helped us raise over $3,000.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:37:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Manchester woman arrested in fatal hit-and-run]]>
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<![CDATA[OLD SAYBROOK -- A Manchester woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her 57-year-old boyfriend, who was run over by a car in Old Saybrook last year. Police charged 50-year-old Elena Hernandez of Manchester with felony evading responsibility, but stopped short of accusing her of running over Felix Diaz of Middletown in a hotel parking lot exactly one year ago, on Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (The Associated Press)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:23:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Dive team to search Conn. River for missing man]]>
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<![CDATA[EAST HARTFORD -- Dive teams plan to resume a search for a man who went missing after a minivan sank in the Connecticut River in East Hartford. Police were called to a boat launch at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday and found the minivan nearly 150 feet down the river from the ramp.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (The Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:06 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[New Haven man charged with setting wife on fire]]>
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<![CDATA[NEW HAVEN -- New Haven police say a city man doused his wife and her two children with an accelerant and set fire to the woman, who suffered burns on up to 40 percent of her body. Police say the children escaped harm before their apartment in the city's Fair Haven section went up in flames shortly after 7:30 a.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:23:18 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Danbury girl honors veterans with her voice]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- She's become a fixture at recent Veterans Day ceremonies at Danbury's War Memorial, along with the former servicemen and women, the flags and the speeches by local dignitaries.For the past three years, 12-year-old Maria LoStocco has paid homage to America's heroes the way she knows best, with her voice.]]>
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<![CDATA[jpirro@newstimes.com (John Pirro<br />Staff Writer)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:25:07 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Hundreds attend vigil outside Lieberman's home over health care]]>
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<![CDATA[STAMFORD -- Quietly holding candles, hundreds of clergymen, congregants and reform advocates lined the sidewalks outside Independent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's Stamford home Sunday night in a show of support for universal health care."When we heard not only would he vote against it, but he'd use his power, his position as a swing vote .]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (Devon Lash<br />STAFF WRITER)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:25:00 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Support sought for benefit basketball game in Danbury]]>
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<![CDATA[DANBURY -- Organizers of an upcoming benefit plan to contact local businesses and residents seeking support for the Danbury Police Explorers Post No. 33 annual New York Giants Alumni Benefit Basketball Game vs. the Danbury Police Explorer All-Stars. The game is scheduled for March 6 at 7 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<pubDate>
<![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:17:31 -0700]]>
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