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One man's quest to heal a Connecticut city

LA Times - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 03:00
Where others in ailing Bridgeport see poverty, derelict homes and abandoned factories, Philip Kuchma dreams of a mini-Manhattan.

Philip Kuchma brightens as he drives past a vacant lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut's most populated — and poorest — city.


49ers get shut out on Defensive Player of the Year honors

San Jose Mercury - 12 min 50 sec ago
Justin Smith didn't win the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award Saturday, and neither did his 49ers teammate Patrick Lewis.

Cal Bears rout Arizona State Sun Devils 68-47

San Jose Mercury - 17 min 53 sec ago
Allen Crabbe scored 19 points and Cal rebounded from its first defeat of the season at Haas Pavilion with a 68-47 rout of Arizona State on Saturday afternoon.

San Francisco Giants look to push through the adversity of disappointing 2011 season

San Jose Mercury - 24 min 57 sec ago
'This year, I do think there are guys in there who will help hold each other more accountable, to do things right,' says manager Bruce Bochy.

Cardinal women rout Arizona for 17th straight win

San Jose Mercury - 37 min 29 sec ago
Joslyn Tinkle had a career-high 22 points and matched her career best with 11 rebounds, leading five starters in double figures in No. 4 Stanford's 91-51 rout of Arizona on Saturday, the Cardinal's 17th win in a row.

49ers Alex Smith finishes third in Comeback voting

San Jose Mercury - 40 min 25 sec ago
Quarterback Alex Smith of the 49ers finished third in voting for NFL Comeback Player of the Year, the Associated Press announced Saturday.

Stanford men fall to Arizona Wildcats 56-43

San Jose Mercury - 47 min 1 sec ago
The first home conference loss of the season for the Stanford men's basketball team -- a 56-43 defeat to Arizona -- was one of the Cardinal's best defensive efforts of the season.

Gingrich Patron Adelson Said to Be Open to Aiding Romney

New York Times: U.S. - 47 min 56 sec ago
The casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has relayed assurances that he will donate millions more toward defeating President Obama even if his candidate is not the nominee, associates said.

Whooping crane migration comes up short

LA Times - 48 min 58 sec ago
While following an ultralight aircraft guiding them to Florida, young Maryland-bred birds get distracted in Alabama. They'll stay there for now.

What's that saying about leading a horse to water? The latest effort to teach Maryland-bred whooping crane chicks to migrate to Florida for the winter has been called off because the endangered birds will no longer follow the ultralight aircraft leading them.


Family speaks up in hazing death of Santa Clara Marine

San Jose Mercury - 52 min 9 sec ago
The family of a Marine from Santa Clara who took his life in Afghanistan last year after several hours of hazing is speaking up, saying the military is not doing enough to stop the practice, and that one of the perpetrators in the hazing of Lance Cpl. Harry Lew received too lenient a punishment.

One killed in East Oakland shooting Saturday

San Jose Mercury - 52 min 14 sec ago
Man pronounced dead at the scene in 400 block of 105th Avenue in Sobrante Park neighborhood.

Illinois’s Metro East Disputes Levees’ ‘Unacceptable’ Rating

New York Times: U.S. - 56 min 8 sec ago
Officials and residents in the Mississippi River flood plain known as the American Bottom say the Army Corps of Engineers overreacted after Hurricane Katrina.

Pennsylvania Schools’ Funding Fight Pits District Against Charter

New York Times: U.S. - 56 min 14 sec ago
The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – so severe that it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.

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