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UConn Lineman Arrested On Child Porn Charges
Staff reporterA University of Connecticut football player has been arrested on child pornography charges. Greg McKee, 18, turned himself in to state police Wednesday morning. McKee, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive lineman from Chicago, has not played for the...Tags: Entertainment, Police Arrests, Fiesta Bowl, Crimes, Social Issues
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Police: Man Charged With Killing UConn Player
Associated Press WriterPolice have charged a Connecticut man with the murder of a University of Connecticut football player outside a school-sanctioned dance, but his defense attorney says he was just trying to break up a fight. Two others also were charged in the fight that...Tags: Football, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Connecticut Football, Crimes, Murder
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UConn Football Player Stabbed to Death During Fight
wpix.comA 20-year-old star football player from the University of Connecticut was stabbed to death following an early morning dispute on campus Sunday. Jasper Howard, of Miami, a junior at the college and a starting cornerback, was killed outside a dance at...Tags: M. Jodi Rell, Football, Colleges and Universities, Jasper Howard, Crime, Law and Justice
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Calhoun Re-ups with Huskies
wpix.comConnecticut Huskies Head Coach Jim Calhoun has signed a five-year $13 million dollar contract to remain with the team. In past months Calhoun has battled health issues, taking a seven game medical leave of absence with an undisclosed condition. He has...Tags: Education, Jim Calhoun, Contracts, Connecticut
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Jasper Howard: Personal Profile
Personal profile from the UConn media guide: Career: Entered the 2008 season 10th in career punt return yardage at UConn with 358. 2008: Averaged 11.8 yards per punt return to lead the Big East and was 28th in the country in that category... His 306 punt...Tags: Nike, Inc., Education, Career and Workplace, Maine, Virginia
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Jasper Howard's Parents File $5 Million Claim Against UConn
The Hartford CourantThe parents of slain University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard are seeking more than $5 million in damages from UConn — claiming that the school provided insufficient security and supervision for a 2009 dance on the Storrs campus,...Tags: Laws, Economy, Business and Finance, Jasper Howard, Entertainment, Connecticut Huskies
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UConn Grad Develops Land Mine Detector
The Hartford CourantThe United Nations estimates that as many as 110 million active land mines are buried in the ground in 68 countries around the globe. Finding an easy and inexpensive way to detect these deadly devices that kill or maim more than 2,000 people a month long...Tags: Science and Technology, Entertainment, United Nations, Science, Cleveland State University
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Plan B Burger Bars To Open in Stamford, Springfield and Washington D.C.
The Hartford CourantIf Al Gamble hadn't needed a job when he was an accounting student at the University of Connecticut, a lot of people would have never tasted green fries, the Squeeler — a half-pork, half beef burger — or hoisted a glass of Delerium Tremens,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance, Kosher Salt, Hamburgers
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ConneCT 3QW: Mike Roer, President Of The Entrepreneurship Foundation
The Entrepreneurship Foundation is a non-profit organization in Fairfield that provides moral support to student companies, matches students with mentors and and provides a forum for student entrepreneurs to network, and share leads, customers, and...
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Bloomfield Music Students Benefit From Radio Personality's Fundraiser
The Hartford CourantThanks to a recent fundraiser that netted $45,000 for the Rosanna Davis Fund, talented but needy Bloomfield High School musicians will be able to continue receiving professional music lessons in a college setting for several more years. The fund was...Tags: Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Music, Colleges and Universities, The Hartt School, Entertainment
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Chênevert Floats The Idea of Selling UTC's Fuel Cell Business
Louis Chênevert, chief executive of United Technologies Corp., said Tuesday the Hartford-based company is considering "strategic options" for its UTC Power fuel cell business, which is headquartered in South Windsor and employs 450 in the state. "As...Tags: Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Barack Obama, Unemployment, Economy, Business and Finance
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I Should Have Skipped More Classes
The Hartford CourantIn third grade, I received an award for not missing one day of school. I was proud. I sat in my classroom every single day listening to Mrs. Sloat. I learned how to spell and divide. Teachers in fourth grade wouldn't accept print so I learned to write in...Tags: Education, John Keats, Colleges and Universities, High Schools, Walt Whitman
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