Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said that beverage company Anheuser-Busch was moving in the right direction with its decision today to reduce the alcohol content of its “Tilt” product from as much as 12 percent alcohol by volume to 8 percent. The company made the announcement in New York and called on other beverage...
By Lisa Chedekel A former administrator of the defunct Haven Healthcare nursing home of Jewett City was sentenced Monday to three years’ probation for obstructing a federal criminal investigation. Kimberly Boccacio, 40, of Pomfret Center, was interviewed by federal agents in 2008 as part of a larger investigation into the nursing home chain. She...
The sky may not be falling and airline prices in the sky may not be falling as much as we’d like but they don’t seem to be rising either. That’s good news. Patricia Magana, who monitors such things for the smart SmarterTravel.com, finds that airfares are surprisingly steady for this time of year and...
Consumer Reports says that of the six diets it studied—Atkins, Jenny Craig, Ornish, Slim Fast, Weight Watchers, and the Zone— Jenny Craig’s diet has come out on top of the third round. “In this, our third round of diet Ratings, the overall winner is Jenny Craig, the widely-advertised commercial program that combines personalized motivational...
