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Judge in Conn.: Cheerleading not a college sport

Last updated Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 2:07pm

HARTFORD, Conn. — Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering a Connecticut school to keep its women's volleyball team.

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Trapped Conn. man tried cutting off his own arm

Pat Eaton-Robb The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 8:30pm

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Jonathan Metz had been trapped for two days in his basement with his left arm stuck in a broken furnace. Smelling rotting flesh, he decided that amputation was his only hope.

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New England floodwaters recede, but danger remains

Eric Tucker, Pat Eaton-Robb The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 1:48pm

WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Stacey Marcure thought she and her family had survived the worst of flooding two weeks ago, when no more than 5 inches of water seeped into her basement. Then she woke to a fresh burst of heavy flooding spurred by record-setting rainfall that caused havoc in this former mill town and much of the Northeast.

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(The Associated Press) Ken Green (right) prepares to walk from a golf cart at a charity golf tournament on Monday in Danbury, Conn.

Ken Green says loss of leg won't keep him off tour

Pat Eaton-Robb The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 28, 2009 - 10:01pm

DANBURY, Conn. -- Ken Green has overcome depression, financial troubles and a bad back. He doesn't plan on letting the loss of a leg keep him off the Champions Tour.

The pro golfer had his lower right leg amputated after an accident in June that killed his brother and girlfriend. He said Monday that he hopes to be back on the tour by April.

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