Connecticut will receive $521,250 in federal funding to improve its plans for “energy emergencies,” Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Wednesday, two days before the anniversary of the 2003 Northeast blackout.

Savor a slice of David Glass cake, and they say you’ll never forget the taste.

K enyon Laboratories in Higganum has been manufacturing and selling Kenyon Gyro Stabilizers and accessories for more than 50 years.

Pratt & Whitney said Thursday that its costs are 40 percent lower at a Columbus, Ga., plant than at the 825-employee Cheshire repair station the company has proposed closing by 2011.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has cited the Obama administration’s best-seller list of mostly smaller, fuel-saving cars like the Ford Focus to describe the success of the “Cash for Clunkers” rebate program.

Retail sales were disappointing in July, and the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. The latest government reports reinforced concerns about how quickly consumers will be able to contribute to a broad economic recovery.

The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage.

The state will auction off 223 vehicles recently removed from its fleet in Wethersfield Saturday morning, in a sale Gov. M. Jodi Rell called a “double whammy” win for taxpayers — millions of dollars saved from the thinning of the fleet, and good deals for car-buyers.

The state will auction off 223 vehicles recently removed from its fleet in Wethersfield Saturday morning, in a sale Gov. M. Jodi Rell called a “double whammy” win for taxpayers — millions of dollars saved from the thinning of the fleet, and good deals for car-buyers.

The rising tide of anger nationally over health care reform boiled over in Connecticut Wednesday, not with protests, but with a proposal — as state officials called for major changes in how rate increases are granted on individual health insurance policies.