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In 'Lincoln,' a historical lapse
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been acclaimed not just by critics but by historians as well for its acute and realistic portrayal of the 16th president as he maneuvered to pass the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. But the...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Entertainment, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Fiction, Literature
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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Steven Spielberg, Bipolar Disorder, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment
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Congressman who criticized 'Lincoln' calls Affleck theory 'hilarious'
Rep. Joe Courtney (D.-Conn.) understands it looks a little strange that he issued a letter chastising Steven Spielberg when it was Ben Affleck who helped him get elected. But he finds the idea that Affleck put him up to it — or that he took it upon...Tags: Steven Spielberg, University of Connecticut, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment, Rahm Emanuel
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Connecticut politicians are upset that Husky game is on cable TV
Company TownA couple of Connecticut politicians are miffed that today's NCAA game between the University of Connecticut and Bucknell will be on cable TV instead of CBS. As part of the new NCAA TV deal that CBS and Turner Broadcasting signed...... -
Keeping Student Loan Rates Low Benefits All
If it is spring, it is the time of flowers, showers and congressional bloodletting over federal student loan interest rates, set to rise in July. Again. Last year, the federal act expired that had kept federally subsidized Stafford student loan rates...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Parties and Movements
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CT House Delegation: No Apologies For Spending, Regulation
The Hartford CourantThe message was clear Thursday as Connecticut's five representatives in the U.S. House gathered in Hartford to talk about economic matters. We need to invest. We need to spend. Whether it's high-speed rail, advanced airline navigation systems, basic...Tags: Aetna Inc., John B. Larson, U.S. Department of Defense, Financial and Business Services, U.S. Army
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Congress Flies Through A Fix – To Help Congress
It's nice that Congress managed to unclog the air routes by un-sequestering air traffic controllers at small airports such as Tweed in New Haven, but really, the gesture is less than public-spirited. Former state Rep. Patrick J. Flaherty, now an...Tags: U.S. Senate, Head Start, U.S. Congress, Unemployment Benefits, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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CT Delegation Springs To Defend Bases
There won't be a new round of military base closures in 2015 if members of Connecticut's congressional delegation have anything to say about it. And, true to form, they have plenty to say about it. In his new defense budget, released April 10, President...Tags: Military Equipment, New London (New London, Connecticut), Chris Murphy, U.S. Department of Defense, Richard Blumenthal
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Courtney eyes surplus equipment during Afghanistan trip
The Day, New London, Conn.In Afghanistan this weekend, Congressman Joe Courtney said he saw billions of dollars of equipment already packed and ready to be shipped home. Inside a Kabul storage depot, Courtney said, there was a massive parking area lined with Stryker vehicles,...Tags: Government, Afghanistan, Local Government, U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama
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Obama's Defense Budget Good For State Contractors, A Challenge For Sub Base
The Hartford CourantThere's good news for Connecticut in most, but not all, of the defense budget that President Barack Obama released Wednesday. The spending plan still supports the same two Virginia Class submarines ordered from Electric Boat as well as spending on the...Tags: North Korea, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense, Groton, Richard Blumenthal
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Blumenthal, Courtney: Say 'No' To Majority Of CL&P Storm Costs
The Hartford CourantU.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Joe Courtney urged the state's utility regulator Monday to dock Connecticut Light & Power most of the $414 million in storm costs it wants to recover from ratepayers. "In what other line of business would a company...Tags: Northeast Utilities, Weather, Electricity Production and Distribution, Weather Reports, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Newtown Bicyclists Arrive In D.C. To Press For Gun Control
The Hartford CourantWASHINGTON — Twenty-six cyclists arrived Tuesday at the Capitol after a four-day ride from Newtown, bringing a plea for tighter gun limits to a reluctant Congress. "Here's our message: Please put politics aside and get it done," said Monte Frank...Tags: Interior Policy, John B. Larson, Personal Weapon Control, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Esty
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