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NEWS ABOUT: New Haven

New Haven stories: 16 news summaries

 Sotomayor: 
 White House 
 Picked My 
 Clothes 

Justice describes grueling nomination process at Yale

Oct 19, 09 1:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every aspect of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination procedure to become the newest Supreme Court justice was so controlled that she was even told what to wear at the acceptance ceremony, she said in a talk at Yale yesterday. Sotomayor, who appeared on campus for her 30th Yale Law School reunion, wanted... More »

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New Haven • Yale Law School • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

OPINION

 Another 
 Murder 
 Defies Race 
 Stereotypes 

Annie Le case latest to stir ugly racial fears, which proved false

Sep 18, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - When news of Annie Le's murder first emerged, scaremongering commentators seized on the dangers of studying on an "urban" campus, blogs author and sportswriter Jeff Pearlman—by which they didn't mean "an endless stream of Starbucks storefronts." Lo and behold, her alleged murderer is a "... More »

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crime • New Haven • Connecticut • stereotypes • racism • Yale • Annie Le • Raymond Clark

 Co-Workers: 
 Clark's a 
 'Control 
 Freak' 

Lab tech placed in solitary after being charged with murdering Annie Le

Sep 18, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark's co-workers at the Yale animal lab where he worked say the murder suspect was a domineering "control freak" who considered the animal cages his territory, a law enforcement source tells AP. Clark was placed in solitary confinement yesterday after being charged with murdering grad student Annie Le,... More »

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Yale University • murder • New Haven • solitary confinement • Annie Le • Raymond Clark

 Clark Charged With Murder 

Yale lab tech accused of killing Annie Le arraigned, enters no plea

Sep 17, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark III has been charged with the murder of Yale grad student Annie Le, the Hartford Courant reports. Clark, a lab technician at Yale, was arrested this morning at a motel and arraigned in Superior Court in New Haven. Clark, 24, did not submit a plea. His bail remains... More »

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Yale University • crime • murder • New Haven • Connecticut • arraignment • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • lab technician

 High-Profile 
 Murders 
 Haunt Yale 

Race and class issues feature heavily in killings from past

Sep 15, 09 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graduate student Annie Le's murder is just the latest in a series of high-profile killings to rock Yale University in recent history, reports Gawker, which dubs the university "Murdertown of the Ivies." The Yale killings too often feature a troubling mix of race, class, and bungling by authorities,... More »

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Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • New Haven • manslaughter • Annie Le

UPDATED

Student Named as Suspect in Yale Homicide

Has defensive wounds, failed polygraph test; may not be fellow Yalie

Sep 14, 09 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police have a suspect in the slaying of a Yale graduate student: another student—not necessarily enrolled at Yale—who bears defensive wounds and failed a polygraph test, MSNBC reports. An autopsy performed today confirmed that the body found yesterday is Annie Le's. Police have turned their focus to finding... More »

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murder • New Haven • body • student • suspect • Yale • manhunt • police search • Annie Le

UPDATED

 Yale Student's 
 Body Found: Cops 

Annie Le's remains recovered on her would-be wedding day

Sep 13, 09 8:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A body believed to be that of a Yale graduate student missing since Tuesday has been found, the New Haven Independent reports. Annie Le, 24, had last been seen in the building that housed her lab; "we are assuming" the remains found within a wall in the basement... More »

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Yale University • crime • New Haven • homicide • Connecticut • graduate student • Annie Le

 FBI Sifts Trash for Clues 
 to Missing Yalie 

Investigators hope for hints in lab garbage

Sep 13, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI began investigating today a Hartford trash facility for any clues to the disappearance of Yale student Annie Le, the Hartford Courant reports. A spokesman says the FBI is looking for evidence in garbage from a New Haven laboratory where Le was last seen. Investigators have also started reviewing... More »

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investigation • FBI • New Haven • Connecticut • disappearance • Yale • Hartford • Annie Le

 Bloody Clothes 
 Linked to 
 Missing Yale 
 Student 

Officials deny reports that Annie Le's body was found

Sep 12, 09 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have found bloody clothes tucked in a ceiling at Yale near where missing student Annie Le was last seen, the New Haven Register reports. Declaring the building a crime scene, officials held a news conference today and denied reports that the 24-year-old doctoral student's body had also been found.... More »

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New Haven • missing student • Yale • Annie Le

 Yale Professor Quizzed 
 Over Missing Student 

One of Annie Le's professors abruptly canceled class around the time she vanished

Sep 12, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Yale professor has been interviewed by police over the disappearance of graduate student Annie Marie Le, New York Daily News reports. Le was due to attend the professor's class on Tuesday but it was abruptly canceled and Le was found to be missing hours later. The cancellation so close... More »

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New Haven • professor • missing person • graduate student • Annie Marie Le • Annie Le

Yale Grad Student Disappears Days Before Wedding

Cops see no evidence of foul play involving Annie Le, missing since Tuesday

Sep 10, 09 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Yale graduate student due to be married on Sunday hasn’t been seen since Tuesday, the university’s Daily News reports. Video shows Annie Marie Le, 24, entering a building on the New Haven, Conn., campus, but there’s no evidence of her leaving. Authorities say her fiancé, family... More »

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Yale University • New Haven • wedding • foul play • graduate student • Annie Marie Le • runaway bride • cold feet • Annie Le

Tossed Ruling No Rebuke
to Sotomayor: Dems

Firefighter decision shows judicial 'modesty'

Jun 29, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are struggling to paint the Supreme Court’s rejection today of an opinion by nominee Sonia Sotomayor as proof that she is, in fact, not an “activist judge,” Roll Call reports. The high court decided to reverse Sotomayor’s 2nd Circuit ruling against white New Haven firefighters... More »

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Charles Schumer • New Haven • firefighters • Connecticut • nominee • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • reverse discrimination • 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

 White Firefighters'  
 Bias Claims Head  
 to High Court 

Conn. team complained after promotion test dumped

Apr 10, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hoping to become lieutenants, 77 New Haven firefighters took a promotion test—but when none of the 19 black firefighters qualified, the city jettisoned the results. Their hopes dashed, 17 white firefighters sued the city for racial discrimination, and the case is now set for the Supreme Court. It marks... More »

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John Roberts • race • New Haven • firefighters • Connecticut • racial inequality • US Supreme Court • racial equality • racial discrimination

 Recession Shutters 
 Famed Yale Club 

Mory's has closed until further notice

Dec 29, 08 4:59 PM CST
(AP) - Mory's, a legendary Yale University eating and drinking club that traces its roots to the Civil War—and whose membership includes two presidents named Bush—is the latest victim of the recession. A list of patrons that has included the likes of Al Pacino, Tom Hanks, and Jodie Foster hasn't... More »

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New Haven • restaurant • recession • club • meltdown • Yale • financial crisis • financial meltdown • Mory's • recession depression

Hillary Tears Up Again

Genuine conviction or tactical display?

Feb 4, 08 12:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton choked up on the campaign trail again today, the Chicago Tribune reports, and dabbed at her left eye during a moving introduction by an old friend in New Haven. Her old boss was describing his pride that the bell-bottomed woman he knew was now a presidential candidate. "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New Haven • crying • emotion • Penn Rhodeen

Feds Arrest
29 Illegals in
New Haven

Raid follows controversial ID cards
for undocumented immigrants

Jun 7, 07 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Immigration agents arrested 29 illegal immigrants in New Haven on Wednesday, two days after the city OKed a new program to give municipal ID cards to illegals. The Mayor was skeptical of the timing, suggesting the feds targeted the city politically. "There are in America 11,000 cities, towns... More »

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immigration • politics • illegal immigrant • New Haven • protection

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