Girl's Treehouse, Taller Than Law Allows, Could Be Torn Down
An 8-year-old New Jersey girl's treehouse might have to be torn down after a neighbor has complained that it violates city laws. Katie Tenebruso's family built the 19-foot-tall treehouse as a...
View ArticleGrumpiness Leads to Productivity, Study Finds
Grumpiness can lead to productivity, a new study's findings suggest. A recent study published in the Academy of Management Journal found that creativity improves when people experience negative...
View ArticleLetters Ask Judge to Teach Jesse Jackson Jr. a Lesson
While the court files are packed with sympathetic and supportive letters for former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, who will be sentenced in a Washington, D.C., courtroom...
View ArticlePolice Seek Second Man in Connection to Hernandez Case
Police say they're seeking another man in connection with the killing of Odin Lloyd. Authorities issued an alert and wanted poster for Ernest Wallace, who's considered armed and dangerous. They say...
View ArticleTop News Photos of the Week
US & Senegal's First Families: First Lady Michelle Obama and US President Barack Obama pose with Senegal President Macky Sall (R) and his wife Marieme Faye Sall (L) on June 27, 2013 outside the...
View ArticleResidents Call on Mayor to Help Clean Up Neighborhood
Dozens of Waterbury residents held a meeting Thursday night and demanded the city to get involved in cleaning up their neighborhood. The dozens of abandoned homes in the Willow Plaza Neighborhood have...
View ArticleCity of New Britain Releases Storm Report
"A city potentially put at risk," was the phrase used in a new report to describe New Britain during the February blizzard. The city ordered up an independent review and found that it has work to do....
View ArticleNew Owner for Historic Race Rock Lighthouse
New London's historic Race Rock Lighthouse has a new owner. The lighthouse, formerly under the control of the federal government’s General Services Administration (GSA), was transferred to the New...
View ArticleSuspect in Theft of PTO Funds Charged
Ansonia police have charged a 48-year-old local woman with larceny in connection with the alleged theft of funds from the Prendergast School Parent Teacher Organization in Ansonia, police said. Police...
View ArticleMan Charged With Hate Crime in Assault on Wesleyan Professor
Middletown police have charged a man with a hate crime in connection with an attack on a Wesleyan professor. The incident occurred Monday evening in front of LaBoca Restaurant on Main Street. Officers...
View ArticleArmy Blocks Newspaper Website With NSA Leaks
Government workers at the Presidio in Monterey were blocked from accessing parts of the Guardian newspaper's website this week according to reports. The Guardian was one of the outlets to first publish...
View ArticleOne Killed in I-95 Crash in Greenwich
A 57-year-old Weston man was killed while attempting to change a tire on a tractor-trailer along Interstate 95 in Greenwich early Friday morning. Police said Henry Wagmeisler, a 57-year-old technician...
View ArticleTeen Arrested in Shooting Death of NJ High School Grad
A New Jersey teenager has been arrested in the shooting death of a high school senior who was killed just hours after he received his diploma at his graduation ceremony, prosecutors say. Casey Cole,...
View ArticleThousands Celebrate Chicago Blackhawks Victory
Holding the Stanley Cup high to thousands of cheering Blackhawks fans, team captain Jonathan Toews described it all as "unbelievable." "For the guys that were here in 2010, we didn't think there was a...
View ArticleMetal Clipboard With Flight Docs Mysteriously Falls from Sky
A Long Island, NY, man is still shaken after he says a metal object plummeted from the sky and slammed into the pavement just feet from where he was standing outside his home Thursday. Gus Binos was...
View ArticleGirl's Treehouse Sparks Court Battle
An 8-year-old New Jersey girl's treehouse might have to be torn down after a neighbor has complained that it violates city laws. NBC 4 New York's Jen Maxfield reports.
View ArticleChicago Blackhawks Parade, Rally Pose Big Security Challenge
Long suffering Chicago sports fans dream of days like a Blackhawks victory parade, but for law enforcement personnel such events are security nightmares. "Boston was a reawakening," says former Chicago...
View ArticleObject Falling from Sky Nearly Lands on Man
A Long Island New York man is still shaken after he says a metal object fell from the sky and slammed into the pavement just feet from where he was standing outside his home Thursday. Chris Glorioso...
View Article4-Woman Ring Drugs, Steals From Men: Deputies
Florida authorities are searching for a four-member ring of women who have gone home with men they meet at upscale bars, drug them and then steal from them. The Broward Sheriff's Office has gotten...
View ArticlePerry and Davis Clash in Texas Abortion Debate
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday admonished the star of a Democratic filibuster that helped kill new Texas abortion restrictions, saying state Sen. Wendy Davis' rise from a tough upbringing to Harvard Law...
View Article
