For “Blow” and Tell? [January 4, 2011] A student at Westport’s Coleytown Elementary School brought a dummy grenade to school to show friends, but administrators didn’t realize it was a fake and …
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Let this be a lesson … to someone. [March 12, 2013] A Greenwich student brought a live bat to school to study for science class, but fearing rabies exposure, the school called …
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How many times do you think she said to herself “This can’t be real!” before it was confirmed? [December 9, 2009] An East Hartford student attending the University of Delaware made a …
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Method acting, to the extreme? [April 16, 2010] A Wesleyan student was injured when a prop samurai sword malfunctioned during a campus production … Source: NBC 30
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This never happened to The Hamburglar. [September 8, 2010] A student at Middletown High School was tasered after he was allegedly caught stealing a Jamaican pattie from the school cafeteria … Source: …
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Anything to win, right? [September 19, 2009] A former Central Connecticut State University athlete claims that the coach of the track team forced him to drink a cup of blood … Source: …
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Mmm … pi. [April 6, 2011] Masuk High School students in Monroe constructed a paper chain representing the value of pi in hopes that the chain, which is more than a mile …
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His plan was scuttled. [September 19, 2012] The commander of the USS Pittsburgh nuclear submarine was relieved of his duties after it came to light that the married man faked his death …
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Sounds like they’re trying to milk the headlines! Seems udderly ridiculous. [February 23, 2010] The Suffield chapter of FFA created a 40-foot-long bar of soap made from 30 pounds of goat’s milk …
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Okay, it’s not full of pirate treasure, but it’s still not everyday the wreck of a Connecticut ship is discovered . . . [Dec. 23, 2008] The largest ship built on the …
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The “good guys” aren’t supposed to fight each other, are they? [November 2, 2010] Two men dressed as superheroes Captain America and Spider-Man were arrested after a Halloween night brawl in Stamford …
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Clean-up in aisle 5! [September 2, 2012] Employees at a Hartford supermarket were able to subdue a would-be robber and bind him with duct tape until police arrived … Source: Hartford Courant