All entries by Ray

Man Defecates on Main Street Middletown

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Imagine when this guy sobers up? “Whoa, I did what? Where? Really?!”
[June 3, 2010] A man who apparently was intoxicated was arrested by Middletown police after defecating on Main Street in front of numerous witnesses …
Source: Middletown Press

Child Falls From Window, Survives

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Apparently, third time is a charm!
[June 3, 2010] A Torrington toddler was unharmed after falling from a second-story window, the third child in the state to fall from a window in the last two weeks …
Source: Register Citizen

Finding The Lost Symbol

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More summer reading fun — this time, Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol in its Masonic and noetic science glory.

Man Photographs All 169 City Signs

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This is pretty cool — it’d be even better if he had a website to show all the photos.
[May 28, 2010] Thomas Fatone of Shelton visited every one of Connecticut’s 169 municipalities and photographed each of the town’s blue-and-white roadside history markers …
Source: Connecticut Post

A Hole in the Sky?

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Okay, our universe seems to be an almost-infinite space, but even then, how can you not be impressed by a possible black hole that could be as big as 1 billion light years across?

Man Wearing Only Diaper Arrested

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Is this disturbing? Guess it depends.
[May 27, 2010] A 41-year-old Stratford man was arrested after being caught wearing a diaper, sucking on a pacifier and asking strangers at a local shopping mall to change him …
Source: Connecticut Post

For a Day, Connecticut Hottest Spot in the Nation

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Hot enough for you? Apparently it was.
[May 27, 2010] With a freak record 99 degree temperatures recorded in some spots of the state, Connecticut was the warmest spot in the nation yesterday …
Source: Hartford Courant

Travis the Chimp’s Owner, Sandra Herold, Dies

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Another chapter of this sad, gruesome and bizarre tale comes to a close.
[May 26, 2010] Sandra Herold, the owner of the Travis the chimp who savagely mauled Charla Nash in February 2009, has died in Stamford …
Source: Hartford Courant

Man Falls to Death Attempting to Retrieve Cell Phone

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Too many people falling to unusual deaths lately.
[May 24, 2010] A Meriden man fell off a cliff to his death while trying to retrieve a friend’s cell phone …
Source: Hartford Courant

Two Toddlers Fall From Windows Within Two Days

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Just an awful coincidence.
[May 24, 2010] Two 2-year-olds in Connecticut fell from windows to their deaths within two days, one in East Hartford and the other in West Haven …
Source: NBC 30