Angelina Jolie Had Mastectomy to Thwart Breast Cancer Risk (1)
Writing in an editorial in today’s New York Times, the Academy Award-winning actress said she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent chance of ovarian cancer before the surgery because ... tube and pancreas, according to ...

U.S. colleges aim sustainable food efforts at hungry locals
At the most basic level, colleges are increasingly willing to donate surplus food from student farms, usually destined for the dining hall, to local food pantries, he said. "But students also want to address the bigger picture of hunger ...

Barre None: Gala Week
Don't get me wrong--one should do that all the time! I want to end this week's blog with a dedication to a young dancer named Eva, who lived in New Haven, Connecticut. I went to perform for a 'Nutcracker' a few years back and she was in the ...

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 6, 2013 in New Haven, Connecticut. The results of the matters voted on by the stockholders are set forth below.

Marcel Theroux talks doppelgangers and Dr Johnson
Dr Samuel Johnson’s house lies in an unexpectedly calm square ... It’s something that haunts literature – James Hogg’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner, for instance. “Well, it’s because you think it’s a sign of immortality, ...

Photo Release -- Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation and Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan Announce Additional Executive Management Appointments
In addition to its main office in Naugatuck, the Bank operates nine other branch offices in Southwestern Connecticut ... see the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and its subsequent Quarterly ...