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Conn. man pleads guilty to 2011 RI murder

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:44:20 -0400

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island - A 26-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced to life in prison for the March 2011 kidnapping and murder of a female co-worker in Rhode Island.

Treasures: Barbedienne foundry made neoclassical tazza

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:08:14 -0400

By HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON - Dear Helaine and Joe: I wonder if you can help me evaluate the bronze presentation seen in this dish. The piece, dated 1879, was sculpted by F. Levillain. It was cast in the Barbedienne foundry (in Paris) and is 13 1/2 inches in diameter and 4 1/4 inches high. -- F. K., Middletown, N.Y.

Conn. board considers release of wife killer

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:54:29 -0400

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut - A state psychiatric board heard testimony Friday on whether it should allow some limited freedom to a man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for beating his pregnant wife to death in front of their 5-year-old son in 1998.

Wesleyan officers fired, accused of voyeurism

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:17:03 -0400

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut - Wesleyan University has fired two campus police officers who are accused of spying on a female student.