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A Connecticut judge has signed an arrest warrant charging a man caught by police in Arizona with murder in a highway truck stop beating death last April.Branford police say they obtained the warrant Monday afternoon for the arrest of 40-year-old Michael Chaves, who was charged with trespassing by Phoenix police on Sunday.
NORWALK
Xerox Corp. on Monday scheduled a shareholder vote on its planned acquisition of outsourcer Affiliated Computer Services Inc. for Feb. 5.The printer and copier company plans to buy ACS in a cash and stock deal aimed at expanding the back-office services it offers other companies. The value of the deal was estimated at $6.4 billion when it was announced in September.
BRANFORD
Branford police say they're still optimistic that they'll find a man they call a "person of interest" in the April killing of a California man at a truck stop off Interstate 95.Police have been looking for 39-year-old drifter Michael Chaves. They've notified police across the country about him, and the case has been shown on Fox's "America's Most Wanted" show.
HARTFORD
With the number of ordained priests declining nationwide, a Connecticut college is launching a master's degree program to train lay persons to become parish administrators.Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell recently received the state Board of Governors for Higher Education's unanimous approval to offer the degree, a master of arts in pastoral studies.
HARTFORD
UConn's Stanley Robinson put on a show for his two young daughters during their first visit to Connecticut.The senior forward scored a season-high 29 points and Jerome Dyson added 17 as the Huskies beat Iona 93-74 on Sunday in a final tuneup before they begin Big East play.
NEW HAVEN
The ownership of tens of billions of dollars of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting is successful, according to a court filing by Yale University.The Ivy League university sued in federal court in March to assert its ownership rights over "The Night Cafe" and to block a descendant of the original owner from claiming it. Pierre Konowaloff is the purported great-grandson of industrialist and aristocrat Ivan Morozov, who bought the painting in 1908.
HARTFORD
Most Connecticut state employees have Christmas Eve off, but not by choice and not with pay.Thursday marks the third furlough day workers have taken during the current fiscal year.
HARTFORD
Connecticut has made a habit of turning top teams into ordinary ones during its incredible winning streak.Second-ranked Stanford was the latest to fall.
HAMDEN
James Feldeine scored 13 points and Justin Rutty grabbed 14 rebounds as Quinnipiac defeated Columbia 63-51 on Wednesday night.The Bobcats (5-5) used an 8-0 run to tie the game at 35 after the Lions (5-5) had widened a 31-27 halftime lead to eight points.
HARTFORD
An inmate at the state's highest security prison slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade during a routine security check, prompting a lockdown, authorities said Wednesday.State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance said the officer was taking the prisoner out of his cell Tuesday for a routine security check at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers. The inmate punched the guard, slashed him with the weapon and continued fighting until other guards restrained him, Vance said.
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