Bill Leukhardt

Reporter, Hartford Courant

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Hartford Courant journalist since 1994, a Waterbury native, polysyllabic but monolingual. If I learn a second language, I'll be bi-ignorant.

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BBC News - Irish potato famine mystery solved by scientists bbc.in/10J3xQb

Irish potato famine mystery solved by scientists

bbc.co.uk — Scientists have used plant samples collected in the mid-19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. A plant pest that causes potato blight spread to Ireland in 1845 triggering a famine that killed one million people.
BBC News - Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US bbc.in/19Wxxx6

Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US

bbc.co.uk — Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report. The findings for 2012 spoke of an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia. It also said there was growing anti-Semitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran.

Enormous python killed in Florida is a state record

grindtv.com — Invasive reptile, which was dispatched with a knife, measures 18 feet, 8 inches, and weighs 128 pounds A Miami man briefly wrestled with and ultimately used a knife to kill a Burmese python measuring 18 feet, 8 inches. That sets a state record for pythons captured or killed in the wild.
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RT @RiverwalkJazz: Brilliant 1926 riff tune PERDIDO ST. BLUES by Johnny Dodds featured this week on Riverwalk #Jazz. Original: http://t.co/…

Johnny Dodds - The Chronological Johnny Dodds 1926 - Perdido Street Blues

youtube.com — Johnny Dodds with the New Orleans Wanderers Musicians: Johnny Dodds (clarinet), George Mitchell (cornet), Kid Ory (trombone), Lil Hardin (piano), Johnny St. Cyr (banjo) Perdido Street Blues Written-By Louis Armstrong
RT @dorrymarra: @RememberRachelD @GirlBeHeard We will never forget, You are in our thoughts and prayers as we bring the message. http://t.c…

Previously know as Project Girl Performance Collective

girlbeheard.org — Previously know as Project Girl Performance Collective
RT @GioBenitez: So incredibly sad... out of the 51 confirmed dead, @ABC has learned at least 20 were children. Death toll expected to rise.…

Danbury Police Investigate Armed Robberies

courant.com — A Citgo gas station and a Subway restaurant were robbed at knife-point over the weekend, police said. Investigators are trying to determine if the robberies are connected. The robbery at the gas station, located at 300 White St., was reported Sunday at 7:04 p.m.

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