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“We don’t know when we’re

going to receive their numbers.”
SECRETARY OF THE STATE SUSAN BYSIEWICZ

RAIDERS
ROCKED
BRENDEN LYTTON,
TORRINGTON FALL,
42-27, TO HEARTS,
PAGE 1C

WOMEN STILL PERFECT

IN THEIR FIRST EXHIBITION GAME,
NO. 1 UCONN DEFEATED FRANKLIN
PIERCE, 112-41, AT STORRS. TIFFANY
HAYES HAD 25 POINTS. PAGE 1C

Recounts on and off in Corner

An error in counting votes in New Hartford
means there won’t be a recount in the 62nd
House District. But a recount will take place
in the neighboring 63rd District. PAGE 1B

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A frustrated Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz fields reporters’ questions Thursday about the lack of returns from Bridgeport.

The miner with a heart of gold

The long count drags on
State waits for Bridgeport to report election results today
The Chilean miner who jogged through the
tunnels while trapped underground says he closed — and one day after all and incomplete results, includ- each candidate’s totals.
BY PAUL HUGHES
hopes to finish the entire route of the New REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN towns and cities were supposed ing Bridgeport. The Malloy camp expressed
York City marathon this weekend. PAGE 4A to report election results. The informal report from confidence throughout the day
HARTFORD — A spellbind- The vote counting continued Bridgeport had Malloy winning Thursday that Malloy will pre-
ing political who-won-it contin- in Bridgeport into Thursday the state’s largest city by 12,646 vail when the final Bridgeport
3rd quarter home sales decline ued Thursday, as all Connecticut evening. Secretary of the State votes. The final vote count from numbers are tabulated.
Sales of single-family homes fell for a third waited on Bridgeport’s official Susan Bysiewicz announced the other 168 towns and cities Meanwhile, the Foley camp
straight month in Connecticut, a dropoff returns to settle the disputed shortly before 6:30 p.m. that her have Foley leading by 8,395 continued to urge caution.
from the nine months preceding the current governor’s election. office will not receive or process votes. “I think our message from the
Democrat Dan Malloy and the official returns until today. However, Malloy ends up Foley campaign today is that
run when sales were steadily rising. PAGE 1D Republican Tom Foley each Bysiewicz had called Malloy 4,251 votes ahead when the un- there not be a rush to judgment,
claimed to be the governor- the winner on Wednesday by official tally from heavily De-
Toddlers watching too much TV elect two days after the polls 3,103 votes based on unofficial mocratic Bridgeport is added to See WAIT, Page 9A
Excessive television, video and computer
time is linked to delayed speech, aggressive
behavior and obesity in children, but some
parents still aren’t catching on. PAGE 10B LAND OF STEADY HABITS SHAKEN
OPINION OF THE DAY: “Most if not all of the
Tally troubles raise doubts about election accuracy
Postal Service’s monetary problems can be traced to the sys- BY JIM MOORE of the process.”
>> Why optical scan voting It’s about time, said Luther
tematic looting of the post office, as has been done by greedy REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
machines will never be tied Weeks of Glastonbury. Weeks, a
politicians with the Social Security Trust Fund surplus.” It is an article of faith among to a central network, Page 9A certified state election official
— Ed Mulrenan, Waterbury voters that every vote is counted >> Where your paper ballot and executive director of a
— and reported — accurately. goes after you vote, Page 9A coalition of election watchdogs,
READ THE FULL LETTER ON PAGE 8A That faith is being shaken was raising red flags about
this election, with no winner yet missed votes and discrepancies
declared in the gubernatorial what the tallies are. long before Tuesday.
race. A still-unfolding election State Rep. James F. Spallone, The Connecticut Citizen
WEB EXTRAS JIM MOORE REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

Waterbury Republican Regis-

drama has included a ballot
shortage in Bridgeport and dis-
D-Essex, co-chairman of the
Government Administration
Election Audit Coalition, found-
ed in 2007, includes League of
TO DAY AT R E P -A M .CO M trar Nancy Vitarelli, left, and agreements among the cam- and Elections Committee, said Women Voters of Connecticut,
Democratic Registrar Patricia paigns, Secretary of the State while the state’s latest election Connecticut Citizen Action
>> PHOTO FINISH Photos and video Mulhall hold one of the vote Susan Bysiewicz and The Asso- may not rise to the level of Flori- Group, Connecticut Common
from the NVL volleyball championship final between reports generated by the new ciated Press (which tallies da’s debacle in 2000, “it will cer-
Woodland and Seymour high schools. optical scan machines. statewide numbers) on just tainly cause us to review much See ELECTIONS, Page 9A
>> OFF THE RECORD Columnist Joe
Palladino, left, points out the new world champions
of baseball won it without any overpaid megastars.
>> RED ZONE Photos from last night’s Torrington-Sacred Heart
game, and a look at tonight’s key matchup of Woodland at Naugatuck. Jury today begins deciding Lung cancer deaths can
>> HOOPS VIDEO Film from the UConn men’s basketball
exhibition game against American International College at Gampel Pavilion.
>> EMERGENCY LANDING Dramatic footage taken by a
if Hayes should live or die be reduced by CT scan
passenger of a Qantas plane landing with one of its four engines on fire. To read this story in its
BY LAURESHA XHIHANI BY THOMAS H. MAUGH II
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN LOS ANGELES TIMES entirety, go online to
www.rep-am.com.
NEW HAVEN — Steven LOS ANGELES — Advanced
High51 Chance for more
showers before noon,
Hayes stood face to face
Thursday with the jurors who
CT imaging can reduce deaths
from lung cancer by 20 percent
tool for identifying tumors.
“This is the first clear demon-
will decide if he should be put among heavy smokers, accord- stration that a screening proce-
Low 31 then remaining to death for his involvement ing to long-awaited results from dure can be effective in
cloudy. Page 7C in one of the most shocking the first comparison of CT scan- reducing deaths from lung can-
crimes in the state’s history. ning and regular chest X-rays. cer,” Dr. Douglas Lowy of the
Accent 7-10B Editorials 8A People 10C The jury begins its deliber- The results of the study National Cancer Institute, which
ations today. among more than 53,000 former sponsored the $250 million
Annie’sMailbox 10C Horoscope 10C Religion 8-9B As he pleaded with jurors and current heavy smokers study, said at a news conference.
Business 1D Jumble 9C Sports 1C to spare Hayes’ life, defense were so conclusive that the The study “has important im-
Classified 3D Lottery 2A Stocks 2D attorney Thomas Ullmann study was terminated prema- plications for public health,”
asked Hayes to stand up and AP ARCHIVE turely last week and letters were added Dr. Harold Varmus, di-
Comics 8C Movie times 7C Sudoku 9C walk up to the middle of the Thomas Ullmann, attorney sent to all the participants advis- rector of the National Cancer In-
Crossword 9C Obituaries 5-6B Television 9C courtroom to face the men for defendant Steven Hayes, ing them of the results. stitute, “but no one should
and women who will decide outside court in New Haven. The findings are considered believe that it is safe to continue
40 pages. © 2010 Republican-American his fate. Wearing a blue dress to be a major step forward in to smoke or to start smoking. We
Established 1881, Waterbury, Connecticut shirt, his shoulders slouched, Hayes’ side. “You may not fighting lung cancer, which is can reduce deaths by 20 per-
All rights reserved Hayes faced the jurors with- like him. You may despise expected to kill an estimated cent, but screening does not pre-
Read today’s editions online out looking at them. him. He is not a rabid dog.” 157,000 Americans this year, vent lung cancer or prevent the
6 34373 12494 2
“This is a human being,” because chest X-rays have nev- large majority of deaths from
at www.rep-am.com
said Ullmann, standing at See HAYES, Page 9A er been shown to be an effective lung cancer.”