State Lists Unclaimed Properties: Are You on the List?
Connecticut officials are trying to solve a $400 million mystery: Who owns the cash? The state treasurer's office says the unclaimed funds include dormant balances in savings and checking accounts, unclaimed wages and uncashed checks for insurance benefits. The agency says the money belongs to 887,000 people.
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Ceiling Collapse Damages Emily Dickinson Homestead in Mass.
A partial ceiling collapse at the Emily Dickinson Homestead in Amherst has damaged some historical artifacts and forced a temporary closure of the museum. Executive Director Jane Wald says plaster from a ceiling in the parlor area fell on Sunday, damaging a teapot, sofa and set of chairs.
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| Miami quarterback Jacory Harris wears the name of Jasper Howard, the University of Connecticut football player who was killed last week. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) |
Tributes to Jasper Howard Around College Football
The University of Connecticut Huskies took the helmet and jersey belonging to Jasper Howard with them to Mountaineer Field, where WVU fans also paid tribute to the fatally stabbed cornerback. Deleon Gause of Boston College and Chris Chancellor of Clemson wore #6 jerseys in his memory.
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Company Expands Recall of Highly Flammable Robes
Highly flammable women's robes sold by Blair are now linked to nine deaths, and the company is expanding a recall to include more products imported from the Pakistani manufacturer. Since June, Blair LLC of Warren, Pa., has received four more reports of deaths linked to the full length women's chenille robes.
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Storrs Vigil Honors Slain UConn Football Player
Several teamates of slain UConn football player Jasper Howard appeared on stage at a vigil in his honor at dusk outside the student union.
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Listener Shares Pumpkin Photos
WTIC listener Lois Zabel of Bristol has heard Angela Dias report each fall on stories involving pumpkins. This year she decided to share photographs she had taken in Damariscotta, Maine, this month, at that community's "Pumpkinfest and Regatta," including giant pumpkin races.
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Find Flu Shot Clinics and Information on Seasonal and Swine Flu
Some Connecticticut residents have reported problems finding locations to obtain flu shots. Click the headline for a list of sites and phone numbers which may help, both with general information on the swine and seasonal flu, and for links to find a clinic near you.
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Four Years After Land Taken, Fort Trumbull Land Still Empty
Feral cats glare at visitors from a miniature jungle of Queen Anne's lace, thistle and goldenrod. Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most well-known eminent domain project.
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Connecticut DEP Announces Fall Foliage Website
Fall foliage viewers will be able to get an update on the level of color change around the state with a new website set up by the state Department of Environmental Protection. DEP says it will update the site each Monday and Wednesday through the fall.
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PHOTOS: Hazardous Materials Dumped in 4 Towns
Police in Connecticut raided a Bristol business after 55-gallon barrels of hazardous materials were found dumped illegally at several locations in four towns. State police say they expect to make arrests in connection with the dump sites discovered Friday night and Saturday in Bristol, Plymouth, Burlington and Harwinton.
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