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Referendum Wrong For State
Laurence D. Cohen [Op-Ed, July 4, "Power Mustn't Fall Into The Wrong Hands"] rightly casts aspersions on the General Assembly's practice of constantly acceding to schoolchildren's desire to name a state this-and-that (including a state fish and state...Tags: Connecticut, California, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Parliament, Referenda
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40 Dead In Kabul Blast
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan -- A car bomb ripped through the front wall of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 40 people in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan's capital since the fall of the Taliban, officials said. The massive explosion...Tags: Regional Authority, Laws, Terrorism, Government, Injuries
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Selective Common Sense
Considering their positions on the First Amendment, The Courant's editors have a lot of gall using the argument that "the U.S. Constitution means what it plainly says," and a "common-sense reading" of the Second Amendment would limit gun possession to...Tags: Interior Policy, National Government, Gun Control, Government, Hospitals and Clinics
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Former journalist challenges Patterson for state seat
State Rep. Pat Patterson wasn't one of the lucky ones who held onto his seat this year because of a lack of opposition. A former Orlando Sentinel reporter stepped forward on the last day to qualify. Barry Flynn, 62, recently left his job as an...Tags: Local Authority, Ben Johnson, Elections, Barack Obama, International Speedway Corp.
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Sullivan Hopes Sub Experience Can Help Beat Courtney
Courant Staff WriterIt was a hot, windless day at Asnuntuck Community College and Frank Gulluni, director of the school's Manufacturing Technology Center, was earnestly explaining to a visiting candidate how important it still was to train workers for manufacturing jobs in...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Academic Progress, International Military Interventions, Alaska, Government
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People in the news
•Olivia Shuck of Williamsburg completed the requirements and was approved for the Congressional Award Gold Medal, Congress' highest honor for youth service. Shuck volunteered more than 400 hours at Mary Immaculate Hospital and planned and executed two...Tags: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Susan Harris, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), John Robinson, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Thousands Weather Rain, Thunderstorms To Watch Soccer Match
Almost 4,000 fans weathered rain and thunderstorms Tuesday to catch the New England Revolution play in New Britain, Berlin's town council voted to create a new agency and Bristol's city council approved a new contract through 2011 with the police union....Tags: Economic Policy, Baseball, Government, Family, George Steinbrenner
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Celebrating The Failures Of Founders' Follies
On Wednesday we celebrated the greatest day in our national history. Sound ridiculous? Not to John Adams, who in 1776 wrote to his wife, Abigail: "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Washington Post Company, John Adams, Government, Heads of State
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Deaf native of Ghana fulfills dream to be citizen
ann.givens@newsday.comAny time he got a break from his job cleaning the fourth floor at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Joe Sarpong would duck into a closet and study a notebook. "How many amendments are there to the Constitution?" he would ask himself, or, "How many voting...Tags: Nassau County, Justice System, Manhattan, Fourth of July, Judges
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Ways to achieve energy independence
By Ron Klein Each July 4th, we gather with family and friends to celebrate the patriotism and courage of the earliest Americans as they declared their independence. This year, we have an obligation to stand together behind a new declaration — a...Tags: Energy KD, Laws, Renewable Energy, Energy Saving, Credit and Debt
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