] Norwich - Police evacuated hundreds of shoppers from
] the Big Y Supermarket and adjoining Wal-Mart on Route 82
] Thursday after a man robbed a bank inside the grocery
] store and left a box he said contained a bomb.

You have to read this, even if it's just for the picture.
The Norwich Bulletin had a similar photo (unfortunately it's only in the print version) of the guy NOT in the bomb suit pushing the cart, and the guy in the bomb suit walking behind him. It's hysterical. I'm going to have to scan it and post it somewhere sometime.
Anyway... this is big news around here. Like the Great White Fire.

Bank Robber's Fake Bomb Forces Evacuations

] Groton - With most of the major design projects at
] Electric Boat drawing to a close by late next year, the
] company is casting about for other work that can keep its
] staff of 3,000 designers and engineers busy, EB President
] John P. Casey told local elected officials Tuesday.

I'm glad I'm not an engineer or a designer. But I am MDA...

EB Seeks New Work To Fill Design Void

] Warwick, R.I. - Ending a nine-month investigation
] and widespread speculation about criminal charges, a
] grand jury Tuesday indicted the owners of The Station
] Nightclub and the tour manager for the band Great White
] on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with
] the February inferno at the club that killed 100 people
] and injured hundreds more.
]
] The grand jury charged each of the three men with 200
] counts of involuntary manslaughter - two
] felony charges for each person who perished.

R.I. Grand Jury Indicts Three In Station Fire

] Well, these are gay men who perpetually produce
] entertaining shows. The Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus is
] in its 18th season, and each year, the ensemble comes out
] with two productions, all wittily written by music
] director Winston Clark.

Queer Eye for the Magi

] FREEHOLD, N.J. -- A man who had to endure a three-day
] erection after penile surgery was awarded $3 million by a
] jury two years ago, but an appeals court ordered a
] Monmouth County judge to lower the award.
]
] So Superior Court Judge Alexander Lehrer did -- by one
] penny.

$3M Verdict In Penile Surgery Case Sparks Court Flap

] Blodgett said his estimates on the impact are based on
] not only the loss of the base, but the prospect of
] spin-off effects, including the loss of the region's
] largest defense company, Electric Boat.
]
] "There is some speculation that should the sub base
] close, EB may not be far behind," Blodgett said.
]
] An increasing amount of EB's workload is repair and
] maintenance work on Groton-based submarines, and even for
] its new-construction submarines there are efficiencies
] that result from being close to the base, he noted.

sigh..

Region Faces Harsh Blow If Sub Base Is Closed Down

] LAKEWOOD -- The culprits behind swastikas spray-painted
] around an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood off Route 9
] remained unknown yesterday but the incident reverberated
] across the township and the state.
]
] "There is clearly a problem in Lakewood," said Shai
] Goldstein, director of the New Jersey Anti-Defamation
] League. "9/11 didn't begin with box cutters and the
] Holocaust didn't begin with gas chambers. Both of them
] started with words."

I miss Lakewood.

Asbury Park Press | Story

] Mohegan%u2014 Mohegan Sun had record gaming revenues of
] $1.06 billion and improved hotel occupancy during the
] past fiscal year, but the rising costs of employee
] benefits lowered the bottom line, executives said
] Wednesday.

I helped!!!

Mohegan Sun Sees Record Gaming Revenues In '03

] Dissatisfied with what they term fiscal mismanagement by
] township and school officials, residents of the Fairways
] and Four Seasons adult communities sat in a hearing room
] in Trenton yesterday trying to convince anyone who would
] listen that they should be allowed to secede from
] Lakewood.

Lakewood seniors seek to secede, become part of Dover Twp.

] The captain of the Groton-based USS Hartford and the
] squadron commander who was aboard the submarine when it
] grounded off Sardinia last month have been removed from
] duty after the admiral in charge of submarines in the
] Mediterranean "lost confidence in their ability to
] command", a Navy spokeswoman said.

Skipper, Squadron Commander Relieved