Last year, the land trust that manages the Trout Brook Valley preserve in Connecticut placed a moratorium on allowing dogs off leash, igniting a battle.

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At Connecticut Preserve, a Battle Over Leashing Dogs

Two days after 76 applicants were mistakenly told they had been accepted to Vassar College, the school’s president apologized for the confusion and said the college would reimburse the students’ $65 application fees.

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After Mistake, A Mea Culpa From Vassar

A jury on Friday recommended that Joshua Komisarjevsky receive the death penalty for his role in a deadly Connecticut home invasion in 2007.

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Jury votes for death in home invasion

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A jury has condemned a Connecticut man to death for killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 attack in their suburban home. The jury deliberated over the span of five days before returning the verdict against Joshua Komisarjevsky (koh-mih-sar-JEV’-skee). His accomplice, Steven Hayes, is already on death row. Read full article > >

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Man condemned to die for killing 3 in Conn. home invasion; will join accomplice on death row

The lawyer for a man convicted of murdering a Connecticut mother and her two daughters described his client as “damaged” and suffering from a mood disorder during a last-ditch attempt Friday to spare his client's life.

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Lawyer: Conn. murderer ‘damaged’

Just because you’re scrimping and saving for the holidays doesn’t mean you can’t afford a little self-indulgence. Some pamper possibilities: Less than $10 Agnes Chin has been the pastry chef at Palena in Cleveland Park (3529 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-537-9250) for a year now, which means regulars have learned the pleasures of her edible interpretations of all four seasons. Warm Spice Cake ($9), the best of her fall collection, pairs an individual serving with cream cheese ice cream, an almond tuile kissed with orange zest, and a rum raisin sauce shot through with cinnamon. Chin calls the composition, laced with ginger and nutmeg, “a carrot cake without carrots.” I call it irresistible. Read full article > >

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Tom Sietsema’s holiday splurges for every budget

Some districts in the New York region, where an October snowstorm caused widespread power failures, may have to shrink spring break or extend the school year.

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Storm Forces Many Schools to Use Up Snow Days Early

Carmen Cardona, a disabled Navy veteran from Connecticut, is challenging the constitutionality of two federal laws that define marriage as being between opposite-sex partners.

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Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Carmen Cardona Sues

Like many federal contractors, General Electric has a lot riding on the work of a new congressional “supercommittee,” which will help decide whether to impose massive cuts in defense and health-care spending. But the Connecticut-based conglomerate also has a potential advantage: A number of its lobbyists used to work for members of the committee, and will be able to lobby their former employers to limit the impact of any reductions in the weeks ahead. GE is hardly alone: Nearly 100 registered lobbyists used to work for members of the supercommittee, now representing defense companies, health-care conglomerates, Wall Street banks and others with a vested interest in the panel’s outcome, according to a Washington Post analysis of disclosure data. Three Democrats and three Republicans on the panel also employ former industry lobbyists on their staffs. Read full article > >

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Members of debt panel have ties to lobbyists

Missing ceiling tiles reveal wires and beams. The faint smell of mold lingers. Water drips onto the track bed. Dark spots stain the concrete walls. Escalators don’t move, and safety cones and other equipment greet customers when they get off the trains. Welcome to one of Metro’s busiest stations: Farragut North. The rail stop, at Connecticut Avenue and L Street NW, looks more like a construction zone. In fact, it is. Crews are installing additional support for a water main that runs above the underground platform, and tiles need to be replaced after a street construction accident sent a chunk of concrete through the station’s ceiling in November . Read full article > >

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Farragut North station work to continue for months

In return for four-year, no-layoff clause, the unions agreed to a two-year wage freeze and changes to health care and pension benefits.

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Connecticut Workers Approve Contract They Had Rejected

Amid a bitter debate over taming the federal deficit, the political parties are in rare agreement on a need to curb the nation’s spending on health care — and on Medicare most of all. But with Democrats on the Hill vilifying a plan by House Republicans to privatize Medicare, lawmakers are stalemated over how to curb costs in the program, which is forecast to be the biggest contributor to future federal deficits. Despite the lack of political momentum, a few Democratic health-policy experts contend that changes are needed quickly, and on Friday, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, an independent, put forth his own plan, lamenting the “partisan pugilism.” For the most part, Democratic health-policy analysts support a patchwork of older ideas, such as raising retirement ages, making moderate use of private subsidies or setting higher prices for wealthy participants. Read full article > >

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A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a chimpanzee in 2009 received a face transplant Friday-only a month after undergoing a full face and hand transplant, which was unsuccessful. Charla Nash, 57, was attacked by a neighbor’s 200-pound chimp-the…

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Chimp Victim Gets Face Transplant

A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a chimpanzee in 2009 received a face transplant Friday-only a month after undergoing a full face and hand transplant, which was unsuccessful. Charla Nash, 57, was attacked by a neighbor’s 200-pound chimp-the…

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The state is considering holding back students born after Oct. 1, a process known as “redshirting,” so they won’t be overwhelmed by peers who have already turned 5.

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Connecticut May Limit 4-Year-Olds in Kindergarten