November 24, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil  
Filed under Local News

NEW HAVEN — Members of the “New Haven 20″ will be promoted after a U.S. District Court judge ruled today that the city of New Haven violated the civil rights of the 19 white and one Hispanic firefighter when the city thew out fire officer tests in 2004 because too few African American firefighters passed.

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November 10, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom  
Filed under Local News, Tennis

Pilot Pen will drop its sponsorship of the annual New Haven professional tennis event, the New Haven Register reported, putting one of the only professional sporting events in Connecticut’s second largest city in jeopardy.
The event will go on next year, August 20-28, but the pen company will drop its sponsorship when its contract is up [...]

Police have re-implicated Yale lab technician Raymond Clark, previously called a “person of interest,” in the murder of Yale University graduate student Annie Le.
Clark was taken into custody Tuesday, but released after he volunteered a DNA sample.
According to The New Haven Register, police have now obtained a DNA match that implicates Clark in the strangling [...]

DNA test clears Yale lab technician

September 13, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom  
Filed under Crime and Justice, Local News, The News

Connecticut state police have found a body inside the wall of a Yale University building. While police have not confirmed it, presumably this is the remains of missing graduate student Annie Le, who was supposed to be celebrating her wedding day Sunday.
Police have now switched from a missing person investigation to a homicide case, said [...]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Meeting my mom on her lunch break was nice. Having my father join us was even better. Gazing at the menu trying to determine combinations that didn’t include french fries … not quite as pleasant.
One thing about “going out for lunch” is that sandwiches almost always come with fries or [...]