WIBX 950 » connecticut http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Sun, 19 May 2013 15:07:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Two Metro North Commuter Trains Crash and Derail in Fairfield, Connecticut http://wibx950.com/metro-north-mta-trains-derailment-connecticut/ http://wibx950.com/metro-north-mta-trains-derailment-connecticut/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:25:20 +0000 Eric Meier http://lite987.com/?p=209062 A Metro North commuter train traveling from suburban Connecticut into Grand Central Terminal in New York City derailed in Fairfield, Connecticut and then collided with an outbound train. Social Media is feeding the first photos of the derailment and aftermath.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/metro-north-mta-trains-derailment-connecticut/feed/ 0 Obama Unveils Gun Control Proposals http://wibx950.com/obama-unveils-gun-control-proposals/ http://wibx950.com/obama-unveils-gun-control-proposals/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:47:18 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=138306 Washington, DC (WIBX) - President Obama has announced stricter background checks and an assault weapons ban to help stem gun violence.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/obama-unveils-gun-control-proposals/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images New York Responds to the Newtown, Connecticut School Shooting http://wibx950.com/new-york-responds-to-the-newtown-connecticut-school-shooting/ http://wibx950.com/new-york-responds-to-the-newtown-connecticut-school-shooting/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:47:05 +0000 Eric Meier http://townsquarenewyork.com/?p=9256 Across the nation, we try to make sense of the horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut today.  Newtown is just a few miles from the New York state line along Interstate 84.  New Yorkers respond to today's event:

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]]> http://wibx950.com/new-york-responds-to-the-newtown-connecticut-school-shooting/feed/ 0 Douglas Healey/Getty Images 27 Feared Dead In Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting In Newtown, Connecticut http://wibx950.com/27-feared-dead-in-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-in-newtown-connecticut/ http://wibx950.com/27-feared-dead-in-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-in-newtown-connecticut/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:17:54 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=130677 Newtown, CT WIBX) - We are now receiving reports that perhaps as many as 27 people have been shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/27-feared-dead-in-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-in-newtown-connecticut/feed/ 0 Photo Credit: Hartford Courant courant.com Lucky Larry The Lobster Let Loose [VIDEO] http://wibx950.com/lucky-larry-the-lobster-let-loose-video/ http://wibx950.com/lucky-larry-the-lobster-let-loose-video/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:59:56 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=89383 Niantic, CT (WIBX) - The Niantic River Bridge operator sounded the opening and closing sirens in honor of Lucky Larry the Lobster, who was released at an undisclosed location in the Long Island Sound.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/lucky-larry-the-lobster-let-loose-video/feed/ 0 Brian U, Flickr Is Your State Paying the Most for Electricity? http://wibx950.com/states-pay-most-least-electricity/ http://wibx950.com/states-pay-most-least-electricity/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:09:12 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61411 Turning up the dial on your thermostat in the fall and winter months is bound to add major coin to your electric bill, so you power through. Unless you live in Utah, and then you really have nothing to worry about, according to new data released this week.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/states-pay-most-least-electricity/feed/ 0 David Silverman, Getty Images Connecticut State Lawmaker Wants to Change the Date of Halloween http://wibx950.com/change-date-halloween/ http://wibx950.com/change-date-halloween/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:46:12 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=56483 Connecticut State Representative Tim Larson has proposed that the state change the date of Halloween so it always falls on a weekend.

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