http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/section.cfm?uid=49 Copyright 2009 New Haven Advocate TheOtherRoom.com CFML RSS Generator Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST en-us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15546 America is in the middle of an epidemic, one that's worse than swine flu, worse than E. coli , and one that's far worse than Glenn Beck. People are getting addicted to Internet pornography. And it's the worst kind of danger for American history, morality, community and oh by the way... By Carrie Czerwinski http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15546 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15547 When Gov. Jodi Rell slashed the already approved state budget by $34 million a fortnight ago, she probably felt she was making a point about prudence and frugality. In at least one exchange, though, she comes off as a petty welcher. Among her many controversial cuts, Rell blithely took $43,000 from... By Christopher Arnott http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15547 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15548 Patricia Gill rushed her 17-year-old daughter Gabrielle to the hospital. Gabrielle's period had lasted for nearly a month; she was weak and having terrible stomach pains. At the hospital, she received three blood transfusions and had to stay overnight. "She almost died," says Gill.... By Betsy Yagla http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15548 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15551 Something very large is growling in your back yard, ripping up your bird feeder. It's a bear. It's hungry. And it won't stop. So you shoot the big bugger in the leg with your trusty .22 and call the cops, only to find yourself under arrest for illegal bear hunting. Anthony Scirpo, the... By Gregory B. Hladky http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15551 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15552 It could be considered the "perfect storm" for Connecticut's fledgling public campaign finance system, and it may not be survivable. A ferocious series of political, judicial, fiscal, legislative and economic pressure fronts are coming together in a way that has state and party officials... By Gregory B. Hladky http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15552 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 9:53:42 AM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15469 Sharon Begley, “Science Journalism in an Irrational World” at Yale’s Poynter Series 4 p.m. Nov. 12. Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, 53 Wall St., Room 208. opa.yale.edu/poynter.aspx . We have a lot of science. A lot of technology. A lot of knowledge. In short, a... By John Stoehr http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15469 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 3:52:03 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15451 Heiwa Salovitz slipped as he was trying to get out of the shower. Scraped, bruised, wet and cold, it took him 11 hours to get back into his wheelchair. While night fell, he crawled from the bathroom, across the kitchen to his living room, pulled himself onto a futon and then into his wheelchair. It... By Betsy Yagla http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15451 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 3:52:03 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15452 Most of the time I watch TV," Yahaira says with a sheepish laugh during an interview on her health habits. Yahaira, a large, pretty 25-year-old, was sitting on her living room couch in front of her big-screen TV while her two young daughters scurried in and out of the house. Yahaira was being... By Betsy Yagla http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15452 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 3:52:03 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15455 On the afternoon of Dec. 10, 1989, relatives of 83-year-old Ewing Scroggs went to check on him at his home on San Diego's Mission Boulevard. Worried neighbors hadn't seen the elderly man for several days. Scroggs, who lived alone in the city's Pacific Beach neighborhood, known for its... By Daniel D'Ambrosio http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15455 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 3:52:03 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15456 A 22-year-old thug from Stamford is convicted on Oct. 14 of possessing a "Street Sweeper 12 gauge revolving cylinder shotgun." Five days later, a Bridgeport coke dealer gets time added to his sentence for having a loaded Glock 23. The end of last month saw a career criminal from Hartford... By Gregory B. Hladky http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15456