Defense contractor Northrop Grumman says it plans to lay off about 200 employees, mostly in the Baltimore region. Company spokesman Jack Martin Jr. said Friday that most layoffs will be at four Baltimore-area locations: the Electronic Systems division’s Linthicum headquarters ...

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ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County schools officials have named the head of a small school district in Connecticut as their new superintendent. The school board on Monday chose Joshua Starr as their replacement for Superintendent Jerry Weast, who is leaving in ...

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LOS ANGELES — A man who claimed to be a member of the storied Rockefeller family insists he had nothing to do with the killing of a California man more than 25 years ago, his lawyer said Wednesday — a ...

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A judge has rejected a request by a Connecticut man charged in a deadly home invasion to ban the use of Twitter during his trial. New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue denied the motion Tuesday ...

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NORWALK, Conn. — Emcor Group Inc. has received a $35 million contract for maintaining the Seminole Electric Cooperative generating station outside of Palatka, Fla., the industrial construction company said Thursday. Under, the five-year contract, PPM, an Emcor subsidiary, will provide ...

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WASHINGTON — In a new case about climate change, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from electric utilities that are trying to short-circuit an effort by states to force cuts in power plant emissions. The court agreed Monday to consider ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The Better Business Bureau, criticized by Connecticut’s attorney general for a system that he called pay for play, said Thursday it’s abandoning a practice that awarded rating points simply because a business was accredited. The business group ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s attorney general is pushing the Better Business Bureau to stop what he calls a pay-to-play system that rates BBB members better than nonmembers. Richard Blumenthal’s office says he sent a letter Friday to the BBB’s national ...

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NEW YORK — Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married gay couples federal benefits. The lawsuits ...

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