EPA releases report detailing problems with waste impoundments at W.Va. power plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft report detailing previously reported problems with two waste impoundments at an American Electric Power coal-burning plant in West Virginia.

Black Conn. firefighters object to promotions for white co-workers who won court case. A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Black Conn. firefighters object to promotions for white co-workers who won court case. A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Conn. Supreme Court says owners of truck in fatal crash can sue insurer over coverage dispute. The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the owners of a dump truck involved in a fiery crash in Avon in 2005 that killed four people and injured 11 others.

`The Simpsons' character contest winner is the Bomba, picked out of 25,000-plus entries. Ladies' man Ricardo Bomba is bringing his charms to "The Simpsons," and it's all the doing of a hospital operations manager with a vivid imagination.

`The Simpsons' character contest winner is the Bomba, picked out of 25,000-plus entries. Ladies' man Ricardo Bomba is bringing his charms to "The Simpsons," and it's all the doing of a hospital operations manager with a vivid imagination.

Conn. woman allegedly set on fire by boyfriend heard screaming during 911 call by neighbor. A Connecticut woman who police say was set on fire by her boyfriend can be heard screaming in a 911 call tape released by authorities.

NEW HAVEN - Patrick Witt knew he wasn't in Lincoln anymore when a fellow student at his Yale residential college asked if he was going to sign up for the tailgate before the Lafayette game. ``Actually, I'm on the team,'' Witt told him. ``As much as I'd like to be at the tailgate, I'll be unable to attend.'' That was part of Witt's metamorphosis from Cornhusker to Bulldog, which Yale people will tell you is a significant evolutionary upgrade. At Nebraska, where Witt played last year, everyone knew who the quarterback was and could critique every snap he'd taken. Here Witt is a student who happens to play football, which was a major reason why he transferred last spring. Last week Witt had a rough game at Princeton, throwing three interceptions and losing a fumble as the underdog Tigers hung a 24-17 defeat on the team they most love to hate. If he'd had that kind of a day with Nebraska, Witt likely would have been hanged in effigy across the state. ``If you had a bad game, you feel like

AP answers your questions on the news, from space shuttle complexity to a credit union agency. A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?

AP answers your questions on the news, from space shuttle complexity to a credit union agency. A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?

Evgeny Korolev bid farewell to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (9/7) opening-round victory which knocked the veteran out in his final appearance at the Thailand Open on Tuesday.

Former number one Marat Safin stretched his farewell tour out another day as he reached the second round of the Thailand Open Tuesday 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over German fifth seed Philipp Petzschner.

Connecticut judge grants probation for 18 men accused in bird-fighting operation. A Connecticut judge has granted probation to 18 of 19 men arrested in connection with a bird-fighting operation.

Police: Yale U. retiree who had complained about benefits brought weapons, ammo to campus. A retired Yale University employee who had complained about his benefits showed up at the Ivy League school with a rifle, ammunition and a knife, but his attorney said he had no ill intent.

Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction in the first successful rigorous study of this approach to treating illicit drug use.

Fighting cocaine addiction with vaccine-like shots shows promise in government-funded research. Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction in the first successful rigorous study of this approach to treating illicit drug use.

WASHINGTON - For the past five years, researchers in a modest office overlooking the New Haven green have carefully documented cases of assassination and torture of democracy activists in Iran. With more than $3 million in grants from the US State Department, they have pored over thousands of documents and Persian-language press reports and interviewed scores of witnesses and survivors to build dossiers on those they say are Iran's most infamous human-rights abusers. But just as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center was ramping up to investigate abuses of protesters after this summer's disputed presidential election, the group received word that - for the first time since it was formed - its federal funding request had been denied. ``If there is one time that I expected to get funding, this was it,'' said Rene Redman, the group's executive director, who had asked for $2.7 million in funding for the next two years. ``I was sur prised, because the world was watching human rights vio

WASHINGTON - For the past five years, researchers in a modest office overlooking the New Haven green have carefully documented cases of assassination and torture of democracy activists in Iran. With more than $3 million in grants from the US State Department, they have pored over thousands of documents and Persian-language press reports and interviewed scores of witnesses and survivors to build dossiers on those they say are Iran's most infamous human-rights abusers. But just as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center was ramping up to investigate abuses of protesters after this summer's disputed presidential election, the group received word that - for the first time since it was formed - its federal funding request had been denied. ``If there is one time that I expected to get funding, this was it,'' said Rene Redman, the group's executive director, who had asked for $2.7 million in funding for the next two years. ``I was sur prised, because the world was watching human rights vio

2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel for studies of the protein-making factories within cells. Two Americans and an Israeli won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for creating detailed blueprints of the protein-making machinery within cells, research that's being used to develop new antibiotics.

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