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• Metro-North train crash: No 'carmageddon,' but commuting challenges aplenty

  officials said traffic on Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway also was at a crawl Monday morning, with the trip between Bridgeport and Stamford estimated at about an hour during the height of the rush hour.Metro-North was using 120 buses in Connecticut to 5/20/13 Read more »

• Metro-North train crash: Probe begins after collision injures 70

  the power source for the trains. He said Connecticut has an old system and no other alternate tracks.By late evening, Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett said everybody who needed treatment had been attended to, and authorities were beginning to turn their   Read more »

• Rangers send Chris Kreider down to AHL Connecticut Whale

  next game for Chris Kreider likely will be Friday against Rick DiPietro and the AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers .The 21-year-old left wing , who had a goal and assist in 11 games, was sent to the Connecticut Whale, who face the Sound Tigers in a home-and-home   Read more »

• Rick DiPietro mum after reporting to Bridgeport

  Bridgeport Sound Tigers Tuesday, but there wasn't much beyond that to report.DiPietro declined to speak with the media at Bridgeport's practice, his first day with the AHL squad after clearing waivers and being assigned to the Isles ' farm team Saturday. Islanders   Read more »

• Giants owner's nephew arrested in Connecticut

  is scheduled to be arraigned on first-degree assault and breach of peace charges on March 8 in Bridgeport Superior Court.The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, suffered life-threatening injuries that required immediate surgery, police said.The ordeal   Read more »

Around the web

• Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters

  in Bridgeport, Ct., Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan). Westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., are directed to shuttle buses, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two endangered sea turtles are shells of their former selves after 2:56 AM from ABC6 Columbus Ohio Read more »

• Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters

  Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where 2:37 AM from San Antonio Express Read more »

• Tumblr CEO’s mom gushes over billion-dollar baby

  North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters 5/20/13 from Salt Lake Tribune Read more »

• Amtrak service to Springfield disrupted by track work scheduled prior to commuter rail derailment in Connecticut

  derailed Metro-North rail car is hoisted back on to the tracks in Bridgeport. Conn. on Sunday. Crews are expected to spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains Friday evening that injured 5/20/13 from MassLive.com Read more »

• Connecticut's Trains Should Be Up And Running By Wednesday Morning

  Department of Transportation have to rebuild 2,000 feet of track after Friday’s derailment and collision on the Fairfield-Bridgeport border. The agencies also need to restring overhead catenary wires to restore electricity to the rail line and retest the track 5/20/13 from The Daily Pound Ridge  Read more »