Conn. worker cites gas smell an hour before blast
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A worker who was in a Connecticut power plant when it exploded on Sunday tells The Associated Press there was a smell of natural gas in the plant less than an hour before the blast....

Vt. health chief: Tritium may in Connecticut River
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The state's top health official said Tuesday it's reasonable to assume a radioactive substance leaking from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is reaching the Connecticut River....

Winter storm forecast prompts closings
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials have announced school closings and cancellations across Connecticut as the state braces for a major winter storm that forecasters say could dump up to 20 inches of snow....

Senator wants more investigators at Conn. plant
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A New Jersey U.S. Senator wants authorities to grant a federal agency that investigates chemical accidents immediate access to the site of a fatal power plant explosion in Connecticut....

Officials assess damage to homes near power plant
PORTLAND, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut state and local officials have met with Portland residents to document damage at homes due to an explosion at a power plant across the Connecticut River in Middletown....

NH panel recommends against gay marriage repeal
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A House committee that deadlocked a year ago over legalizing gay marriage voted Tuesday against repealing New Hampshire's five-week-old law allowing the unions....

Workers spent 80-plus hours a week at Conn. plant
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Some workers building a Connecticut power plant shattered by a gas explosion had been spending more than 80 hours a week there before the blast killed five Sunday, The Associated Press has learned. One employee said workers smelled gas less than an hour beforehand and were told to open doors wider for air....