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May 24, 2013
Researchers have released their final results in a huge, decade-long cancer study involving Pratt & Whitney workers.   Concern over the health and safety of workers at Pratt & Whitney began in the early 2000s. Several workers, all employees at the North Haven plant, were found to have died from a rare form of brain cancer.   Researchers were brought in to first, find out how many cases of cancer there were among workers; then compare that with rates among the general population. U... read more
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May 24, 2013
  I feel like a waiter.   Here are today's specials for The Nose:   An article about the way women in monogamous relationships feel their sexual desire decline more steeply than do men, served on a bed of hope from new psychopharmacology.    The promise of new advertis... read more
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May 23, 2013
  Vice President Joe Biden gave the commencement speech at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London today/Wednesday. As WNPR's Harriet Jones re... read more
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May 23, 2013
Read more in the Connecticut Mirror at ctmirror.org. Last Friday’s train crash showed the need for more investment in mass transit in Connecticut. In addition, new data reveals that Americans’ driving habits are changing, especially among younger people. Transportation advocates say it’s time... read more
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May 23, 2013
This year the state legislature will consider bill that would forbid the outdoor the tethering of dogs between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., prohibit pet sho... read more
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May 23, 2013
Metro-North railroad has announced it will restore full service to the New Haven line on Wednesday. While many commuters heeded pleas to avoid rush hour travel on Monday, some didn’t have a choice or decided to brave it anyway -- including me.  After biking to New Haven’s Union Station at 7 a... read more
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May 23, 2013
  The great recession drove many companies to look for sales overseas. A new survey of Connecticut companies shows that half of those respondin... read more
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May 23, 2013
  The administration of Governor Dannel Malloy says a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new gun laws won't make it far in court.  WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.   A group of gun rights advocates is suing the state over the guns laws passed in response to the shootings at the Sandy H... read more
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May 23, 2013
  According to the newly revised DSM V -- often called the Bible of psychiatry -- there are no hypochondriacs.   Hypochondriasis has be... read more
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May 23, 2013
Pressure is building on the military to change its culture from within after an alarming Pentagon report estimates 26,000 servicemembers were sexua... read more
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May 22, 2013
“There are a few circumstances in life in which most people respond the same way, such as starvation. The emotional and psychological stance, as we... read more
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May 22, 2013
The University of Connecticut has come out with a new study on violent video games. It looked specifically at whether video games that pit players... read more
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May 22, 2013
The fortunes of the Connecticut Office of Tourism have turned around since 2009, when then-governor Jodi Rell infamously cut state funding for tour... read more
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May 22, 2013
On Thursday, May 23, the photo of U.S Army Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel will be added to the State of Connecticut's Wall of Honor. It's a tribu... read more
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May 22, 2013
Some veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are closely watching the immigration reform bill as it moves to the U.S Senate for a vote.  As WNPR’... read more
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May 21, 2013
Once upon a time in a second term, a president used his power to go after journalists in Hartford. I could be talking about President Obama's justi... read more
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May 21, 2013
Connecticut’s largest teachers’ union filed a complaint Tuesday against Bridgeport School Superintendent Paul Vallas.  The dispute centers on the city’s school governance councils,  whose members say they’re being shut out. School governance councils were established by law in Connecticut in... read more
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May 21, 2013
For the last decade or so, Connecticut’s fishermen and shellfishermen have weathered a nearly non-stop storm of difficulties;  some related to climate change; some from pollution. One fisherman who has had enough is embarking on a new enterprise that many hope will help to save or create jobs... read more
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May 21, 2013
Poverty is a problem you tend to think of affecting very urban and very rural areas of america. But a new Brookings study shows a shocking fact: th... read more
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May 20, 2013
For many commuters, Friday evening's ride on Metro-North was uneventful at first. “The train was moving along, I guess there was no reason to s... read more
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