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Gossip Girl: The Haunting of Connecticut [Video]

Ahhh sweet resolution! Well, almost resolution. The half-season arc of Whatever Happened to Baby Serena is finally drawing to a close, and last night some answers were finally dragged kicking and screaming into the light. More

Woman Sentenced For Sexually Abusing 5-year-old Girl

Shawna Owens, 22-year-old woman from Bristo, Connecticut, , has been sentenced to a total of 84 months in prison for sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl. She also has to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life. Also a year ago, Owens was convicted in Superior Court in New Britain for abusing girls in Bristol was and sentenced to 54 months of prison and 15 years of probation. Her current sentence in Rockville will run consecutive to the New Britain sentence. added by: b2r

ABC’s Sawyer Paints Ft. Hood’s Nidal Hasan as Just ‘Another Worker with a Gun and a Grudge’

Opening Tuesday’s World News with the workplace shooting in Manchester, Connecticut, anchor Diane Sawyer saw it as one in a long line of incidents involving a “worker with a gun and grudge” as she described the nine killed as “the worst rampage since 13 were killed last November at Fort Hood, Texas.” Army Major Nidal Hasan’s business cards identified him as a “Soldier of Allah” and his actions at Fort Hood, clearly motivated by Islamic jihadism, hardly fits in the same category as an  aggrieved worker with a gun who has gone on a rampage. Nonetheless, Sawyer’s led the August 3 newscast: Good evening. Another American tragedy tonight, another worker with a gun and a grudge. This time, nine people are dead, the worst rampage since 13 were killed last November at Fort Hood, Texas. In the normally quiet down of Manchester, Connecticut, this morning one shift was letting off, another was starting the day at a beer distribution center.

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Justin Bieber Opening Act Jessica Jarrell ‘Excited’ To Tour

‘It’s overwhelming, but a lot of fun to look out and see all of those girls screaming,’ the 15-year-old says of opening for Bieber. By Jocelyn Vena Jessica Jarrell Photo: MTV News HARTFORD, Connecticut — It may be Justin Bieber ‘s world, but tourmate Jessica Jarrell seems determined to prove she deserves a place in the pop universe. The 15-year-old Mercury Records singer is opening up for Bieber this summer as the teen sensation kicks off his much-anticipated My World Tour . And while Bieber admitted some pre-tour jitters on Twitter , Jarrell was already sounding like an old pro, saying she had a “rush” before the kickoff show on Wednesday in Hartford, Connecticut, at the XL Center. “I was a little nervous earlier. I was like, ‘Oh my God! There’s going to be so many people,’ but you know I’m really excited,” she told MTV News when we caught up with her on her tour bus. “It’s overwhelming but it’s a lot of fun to be able to look out and see all of those girls screaming. It’s just crazy! You get an adrenaline rush!” In the moments leading up to the show, Jarrell said she hadn’t spoken to Bieber that day, but guessed what he might be feeling on his big day. “I haven’t talked to him today! I’m sure he’s good,” she said. “I’m sure he’s excited.” In addition to opening for Bieber (Sean Kingston is also on the bill), Jarrell also makes an appearance during Justin’s set to perform their duet “Overboard.” “I come out during his set and there’s a bunch of fog on the stairs,” she teased. “It’s going to be really cool. I’m excited about that song. It’s a lot of fun. We goof off and have a great time. We rehearsed it [Tuesday]; we had a really good time. It sounds great to be in an arena. It all sounds really good, the whole show, the lighting, everything.” Will you see Justin Bieber on tour this summer? Let us know in the comments! Related Photos Justin Bieber And His Many Lady Friends Related Artists Jessica Jarrell Justin Bieber

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Connecticut Becomes 24th State to Put e-Waste Recycling Into Law

Photo by cjb Thankfully, we’ve seen a rush of states adding new e-waste regulations and laws to their books, most recently with New York and hot on the heals of that news comes word that Connecticut will be the 24th US state to put enact an electronics recycling law, starting this fall. Gadget manufacturers will have to take note — Connecticut will require manufacturers to front the cost of transport and recycling of the equipment. As it becomes… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smoking Pot Doesn’t Affect the Way You Drive

Researchers from Hartford Hospital in Connecticut and the University of Iowa had 85 subjects participate in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial where they were tested on a driving simulator before and 30 minutes after smoking a marijuana cigarette. The researchers found there were no differences between the performance of marijuana smokers and those who were given a placebo in either the simulator's baseline driving segment or its collision-avoidance scenarios. In fact, the only difference between the two groups was that the subjects who got the real stuff were more likely to decrease their speed during certain parts of the simulation. http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/02/university-of-iowa-marijuana-pot-herb-doesnt-im… added by: unimatrix0

Connecticut Senate Candidate Misled Voters About Serving in Vietnam [Fibs]

Richard Blumenthal , the Connecticut attorney general and Democratic candidate for Senate, didn’t serve in Vietnam. So it is kind of a problem that he implied that he did. In public. On several different occasions. More

Police Arrest Man in Connection with Failed Times Square Bombing (Updated) [Arrests]

Shahzad Faisal , a 30-year-old Connecticut resident, has been taken into police custody at JFK airport. There is a Shahzad Faisal on Facebook whose profile picture shows him in Herald Square. Is it the same guy? (Update: No.) More

Police Arrest Man in Connection with Failed Times Square Bombing [Arrests]

Shahzad Faisal , a 30-year-old Connecticut resident, has been taken into police custody at JFK airport. There is a Shahzad Faisal on Facebook whose profile picture shows him in Herald Square. Is it the same guy? More

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Shahzad Faisal, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent. The Connecticut native was captured at JFK International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Dubai. According to a colleague, CNN#39;s Deb Feyerick “reports the suspect was taken off the plane when he was arrested.” A Pakistani man believed to be the driver of an SUV used as a car bomb in a failed terror attack on Times Square was taken into custody early Tuesday by federal and local police officials while trying to leav

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