HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Connecticut authorities have ordered a fire watch around the clock at a University of Connecticut dorm which was built with a wrong sprinkler system.

HARTFORD, Conn., May 16 (UPI) -- The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a measure to limit soft drink and snack sales in the state's public schools.

PLAINFIELD, Conn., May 15 (UPI) -- Dog lovers nationwide are scrambling to find homes for some 1,000 greyhounds that were left facing an uncertain future when a Connecticut dog track closed.

SOMERS, Conn., May 13 (UPI) -- Serial killer Michael Ross Friday became the first person executed in New England in nearly half a century.

HARTFORD, Conn., April 21 (UPI) -- Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed legislation letting same-sex couples enter into civil unions and have nearly all rights granted married couples.

HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery for breast cancer Monday.

HARTFORD, Conn., July 1 (UPI) -- Connecticut Lt. Gov. M. Jodi Rell was sworn in Thursday as the state's 87th governor, replacing Gov. John Rowland, who stepped down amid a corruption scandal.

HARTFORD, Conn., June 29 (UPI) -- A Connecticut legislative committee completed its inquiry into whether Gov. John Rowland should be impeached, a probe made moot by Rowland's resignation.

HARTFORD, Conn., June 21 (UPI) -- Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, under fire for alleged ethical improprieties, said Monday he would resign from office effective at noon July 1.