EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Football fans lined up three deep Saturday to applaud and shake hands as players walked from their buses into Rentschler Field for the UConn Huskies’ first home game since the slaying of Jasper Howard.
All the players and many fans wore Howard’s jersey number, 6, on T-shirts to honor the cornerback who [...]
Republicans on Capitol Hill are challenging an assertion by House leaders that their new health-care package comes in under President Obama’s spending limit of $900 billion over the next decade.
The true cost of the measure, the GOP argues, is more than $1 trillion.
A House leadership aide dismissed the charge as “GOP spin.” But, in this [...]
Muslim leaders called for justice today at the funeral of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the Islamic leader killed by FBI agents this week during a shootout in Dearborn.
“We are looking for justice,” said Imam Mohammed Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom to a packed crowd that spilled outside. “The closest road to Allah is justice. [...]
Rescuers searching the coast off San Clemente Island where a midair collision occurred have found debris but no survivors, officials said today.
The collision between a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules transport plane and a Marine Corps AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter occurred about 7:10 p.m. Thursday, 20 miles east of San Clemente Island. A nearby pilot reported [...]
ISLAMABAD — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, facing criticism in Pakistan for the U.S.’s expanding ties to India, ruled out Washington playing a formal mediation role between New Delhi and Islamabad on the issue of the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
Mrs. Clinton’s position further diminished Pakistani hopes that the Obama administration would use its international [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five drug companies are now increasing production of the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu, and 10 million more doses are expected next week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Saturday.
President Barack Obama on Friday expressed frustration about the slow pace of production of the vaccine, which has resulted [...]
George Clooney exits the White House
George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey as well as key lobbyists and fundraisers were some of the first to visit the Obama White House, records show.
The White House put some 480 visitor records online on Friday in response to specific requests for information.
The newly-released data covers a period from 20 January [...]
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Security, not candidates, will determine whether voters in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous districts risk going to the ballot box for next week’s disputed presidential run-off vote.
The first round in August was marred by fraud and the run-off is also under a cloud, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s rival, former foreign [...]
The Citrus County Commission on Tuesday approved matching seed money for a full-time Small Business Development Center to help small businesses in Citrus County.
The commissioners approved funding the center at their regular meeting, and will use $32,500 from the county’s Business License Tax Fund to establish a center that will be located in the Citrus [...]
Ginny Brown-WaiteWASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed her resolution, H. Res. 831; Supporting the Goals and Ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month:
“As the mother of an adopted daughter, I know first-hand the immense joy that an adopted child can [...]
Student raises money for injured dog
Volunteers ‘carry the day’ at special gathering
Five seated on housing advisory committee 
Fire Rescue now offers ‘enhanced services’ to county
Senior Care recognized at commision meeting
Citrus Memorial announces 2011 Volunteer of the Year
CF administrators recognized for National Guard support