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A line item appearing in the governor's proposed budget for the next two years is a payment of $500,000 to a man named James Calvin Tillman. The East Hartford resident is not being paid for providing any services to the state - his payment is an act of restitution by Rell for the 18 years Tillman served in state prison. (1) comment
Good news for the anti-feminist movement in America - another "feminist myth" has now been debunked. Wrexham Maelor Hospital in Great Britain recently conducted a study that aimed to analyze the problem of drink-spiking in local nightclubs and pubs. The hospital examined 75 women who alleged that their drinks had been spiked over the course of one year. (1) comment
From the tenor sax players to the clarinets - you are not people! To the guy lifegaurding at the gym today, everyone in the middle exercise room can see that you're reading about the Fashion Police, just thought you should know. Please pick more sexist jokes so you can make up for the loss of 'It's Just School. (0) comments
UConn held its annual Day of Remembrance to commemorate the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, on Feb. 20. Earlier that morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that detainees at Guantanamo Bay cannot challenge their imprisonments in U. (0) comments
Are you better off than you were four years ago?" President Ronald Reagan uttered that exact phrase during his 1980 presidential campaign. That phrase alone spoke volumes of the current state of our nation in 1980 and will also speak volumes for the 2008 presidential election. (0) comments