A problem with the FAA system that collects airline flight plans caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday, the second time in 15 months that a glitch created such problems.

Thomas J. Herlihy Jr., a former state senator who was elected to the Simsbury Board of Selectmen on Nov.

Authorities say a Rhode Island woman's gambling debts led her to embezzle almost $335,000 from the company that runs East Lyme 's school lunch program.

Ann Deavere Smith talks about her new one-woman play, "Let Me Down Easy," which covers life, death and health care, on "Bill Moyers Journal" . "NOW" wonders what's up with the unemployment numbers.

Browns wide receiver Josh Cribbs was taken to a hospital for further tests after being injured on a hard hit on the final play of Baltimore's 16-0 win over Cleveland on Monday night.

A year after finding a Middletown man mortally injured and unresponsive after being hit by car in a motel parking lot, police on Saturday arrested the man's girlfriend in the case.

UConn senior defender Brittany Taylor scored her first goal of the season in the 18th minute of overtime, giving the Huskies a 1-0 victory over Boston University in an NCAA women's soccer first-round game Friday in Newton, Mass.

Hamden authorities say a construction worker has died after he was struck by a forklift at Quinnipiac University .

Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood , have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals.

The Westminster School has announced that William V.N. Philip, who has held a variety of teaching and administrative positions for 26 years at the school, will become the eighth headmaster there since the school was founded in 1888.

Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said Sunday.

The Ledge Light Health District has opened registration for its H1N1 vaccine clinics to children aged 5 to 18 with high-risk medical conditions, including asthma, blood disorders, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, immune disorders, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease and neurological disease.

After years working as a flight attendant, Jayne Valente was looking forward to launching her own interior-decorating business.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now are economic growth and job creation.

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