Word: connecticut
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Gary Gilmore, the first man executed after the death penalty resumed in 1976, was a volunteer. So were infamous inmates like Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and serial murderer Aileen Wuornos. Exactly three years ago a Connecticut serial killer named Michael Ross became the first man executed in New England in four decades after clamoring loudly for his own death. In each instance the volunteers hijacked the justice system, and Ross's case was no different: he engaged in a long and public opera of narcissism, self-pity and, in essence, self-promotion. His victims were all but forgotten...
...chose to make that 18-hour drive, I’ll never know. Well, that’s not entirely true: I was starting a new adventure.In the picture, I’m standing in front of a “Welcome to Massachusetts” sign at the Connecticut border. My hands are stuffed in my pockets. If you look closely enough, you can see a hint of fear-tinged-excitement in my eyes as I prepared to arrive on the campus that would forever change my life.I knew it was going to be a long drive...
...House of Representatives in March passed legislation that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses, when policies offer coverage for both. "Mental illness and drug addiction are every bit as real and serious as physical illness," said Congressman Joe Courtney, a Democrat from Connecticut, of his vote in favor of the bill. "And by providing intervention and early treatment we may be able to prevent more serious and costly conditions down the road...
...assets of some 3.8 million current and former federal employees, everyone from letter carriers to U.S. Senators, whose retirement funds are socked away in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), one of the largest and fastest-growing 401(k)-style funds in the U.S. If Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut has his way, the TSP will soon radically alter the way it picks some of its stocks. Lieberman told TIME he will introduce legislation to give all TSP participants the option to disinvest in companies that do business in or with countries labeled by the U.S. as state sponsors of terrorism...
...Northeast Invitational. A field of 10 schools gathered to play 36 holes on Friday afternoon under sunny skies. Bryant University won the day, posting two rounds of quality golf, 295-295. Sacred Heart followed with a score of 293-300, finishing in second by just three shots. Central Connecticut and Quinnipiac tied for third, posting 298-310 and 293-315, respectively. Host Rhode Island pulled in at fifth, shooting 302-314, and Harvard found its place in sixth, 307-314. After the first round, Sacred Heart and Quinnipiac were tied for first, besting Bryant by two shots in the first...