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States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed
Attorneys general in Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut announced Thursday they are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a more thorough environmental review of storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste at plant sites. It was another effort by states to turn up the pressure on federal agencies to keep ...
Woman pleads guilty to polo match trespassing
A Toronto woman has pleaded guilty to trespassing near last week's celebrity polo match and fundraiser held by Britain's Prince Harry in Greenwich. Police say 36-year-old Wen Qi was on a list of potential trespassers provided a security agency. The Stamford Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/187RIvr) Qi told authorities she was a ...
ESPN hires sports radio host Paul Finebaum
Longtime Alabama sports talk show host Paul Finebaum is joining ESPN and the SEC Network. ESPN announced Thursday that Finebaum will host a daily radio show from Charlotte, N.C., starting in August. He will also make appearances on other platforms for the network. The SEC Network, scheduled to launch in ...
Newtown approves selection of Sandy Hook principal
Colleagues of a woman hired as the new principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School say she has the skills and the experience to help it recover from last December's tragedy. The selection of Kathleen Gombos was unanimously approved by the Board of Education. She will become the Sandy Hook principal ...
Train service back on track after Conn. derailment
Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City returned to normal, along ...
Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows
Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July. Publicist David Brokaw provided no other details Tuesday. Franklin announced earlier this month that she would cancel scheduled performances in Chicago and ...
ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs'
ESPN is cutting its workforce, the latest Disney division to reduce staff. "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs," the sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday. "While difficult, we are confident that it will make us more competitive, innovative ...
Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC
Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation's top humor prize on Tuesday. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Burnett will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ...
Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment
Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways. Rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak between Boston ...
Commuters Face Delays After Conn. Train Accident
Commuters from Connecticut endured long, slow trips into work following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (May 20)
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