washingtonpost.com - ConnecticutConnecticutPark Connecticut: Head and Shoulders Above the Rest- May 9, 2005 The Park Connecticut rises six stories above Connecticut Avenue in the Van Ness neighborhood of Northwest, but it also plunges five stories down from street level in the back, where balconies provide residents views of Rock Creek Park from their luxury apartments.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56195-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Conn. Backs Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples- May 9, 2005 Connecticut's House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would make the state the second to establish civil unions for same-sex couples, and the first to do so without being directed by a court.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51518-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Connecticut Killer's Execution Delayed- May 9, 2005 New England's first execution in 45 years was abruptly postponed early Saturday after a federal judge reprimanded the serial killer's attorney, saying he was "terribly, terribly wrong" for trying to help end his client's life.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47561-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Santorum Urges Majority Leader to Answer Critics- May 9, 2005 Sen. Rick Santorum warns Tom DeLay Sunday that he needs to "lay out what he did and why he did it" if he is going to put an end to questions about his travel and dealings with lobbyists.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42422-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Conn. to Probe Wal-Mart on Child Labor- May 9, 2005 Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said yesterday he will ask other states to join him in investigating allegations that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. broke child labor laws, calling a recent related settlement between the company and the Labor Department "a sweetheart deal."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31047-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Connecticut Closer to Approving Civil Unions- May 9, 2005 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut could become the second state in the nation to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples -- and the first to do so without being prompted by a court order.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22026-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... 'Forgotten' Victim's Memory Is Upheld- May 9, 2005 Friends call Dzung Ngoc Tu a forgotten victim. The 25-year-old graduate student from Bethesda was one of eight women that Michael Bruce Ross confessed to killing in Connecticut and New York in the 1980s. He told investigators that he strangled Tu in 1981 on the Cornell University campus, where both were studying agriculture.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45702-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |