Gino Nicasia had locked himself in a car in a parking lot at Backus Hospital, where his mother had brought him, because he was hearing voices.

A state investigation found that the officer acted properly, when he shot the Norwich man.

The state report found that Nicasia drove a car towards the officer, striking his right hip, as the officer pushed Nicasia’s mother out of the way, and opened fire at the car.

Nicasia is charged with assault on a police officer and interfering with a police officer.

The team made the move Tuesday before playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Teixeira missed the first 53 games of the season because of an injury to his wrist. The switch-hitting first baseman got off to an encouraging start when he returned but has slumped to a .151 average with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 53 at-bats.

He left the team during its recent West Coast trip, went back to New York and received a cortisone shot Sunday. General manager Brian Cashman said Monday that Teixeira probably would be sidelined at least a week, and he was leaning toward putting the slugger on the DL.

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Three teams have gone into Game 6 of the NBA Finals on their home court down 3-2 in the series and then gone on to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The 2010 Los Angeles Lakers knocked off the Boston Celtics in seven games, as did the Houston Rockets in 1994 over the New York Knicks. Finally, the Lakers also pulled off the feat in 1988 by beating the Detroit Pistons.

Now, the Miami Heat will try to join this very select club and avoid what happened just two years ago when the Dallas Mavericks came to Miami and knocked out the Heat in Game 6 and celebrated a NBA championship on the home court of the Heat.

“This is the reason that you play 82 games, to get home-court,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “And we have to defend home-court.”

One uniting factor running through two of the teams that did win Game 6 and the series is Miami Heat president Pat Riley. The former coach was in charge of the 1994 Knicks team that lost to the Rockets and also the head coach of 1988 Lakers that knocked off the Pistons after trailing 3-2.

Riley was also president of the last Heat team to bring the Finals back to the AmericanAirlines Arena down 3-2 in 2011. In three shots, Riley is 1-2 and has a chance to even his record if his latest handiwork with the Heat can come back.

Finally, if Heat fans want one more thing to worry about heading into Game 6; in the last 25 years, only one team from Texas that made the NBA Finals lost the series. On the other hand, the only to lose was the 2006 Dallas Mavericks which went down at the hands of Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat.

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MIAMI (AP) — They lost three times in three months in one of the most overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen.

Now the Miami Heat have lost three times in five games.

So superb during the regular season, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Heat have to be something even more for the rest of the NBA Finals.

They have to be perfect.

“We look forward to the challenge,” James said.

The San Antonio Spurs can finish Miami off Tuesday night in Game 6, reaffirming themselves as one of the league’s greatest franchises.

If so, the Heat and their Big Three once again go from celebrated to devastated, just as they were two years ago when they came home from Texas facing this same predicament.

“We’re going to see if we’re a better team than we were our first year together,” James said.

The Spurs took a 3-2 lead with their 114-104 victory Sunday night. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili were all brilliant again, and Danny Green added to what could become one of the most out-of-nowhere finals MVP campaigns ever.

One more victory makes the Spurs 5-0 in the NBA Finals, keeping pace with Michael Jordan’s 6-0 Chicago Bulls as the only teams to make it here multiple times and never lose.

“We understand Game 6 is huge,” Parker said. “Obviously, you want to finish in the first opportunity you get. We understand that Miami is going to come out with a lot more energy, and they’re going to play better at home. They’re going to shoot the ball better. Their crowd is going to be behind them.”

None of that mattered two years ago.

Clearly reeling and their psyches shaken after dropping two straight games in Dallas, the Heat were blitzed early in Game 6. They never recovered, Chris Bosh inconsolable as he made his way back to the locker room afterward while the Mavericks celebrated at center court.

James had to endure the criticisms that came with not getting it done in the finals, a story line that was put to rest last year but will be back again if the Heat don’t manage to put together consecutive victories.

“We challenge ourselves to see if we’re a better team than we were,” Wade said. “Same position no matter how we got to it.”

The Heat would also host Game 7 on Thursday. They’re trying to join the 1988 and 2010 Los Angeles Lakers and 1994 Houston Rockets as the only teams to rally from 3-2 down by winning the final two on their home floor since the NBA Finals went to a 2-3-2 format in 1985.

Of course, the Heat — who won 27 in a row during the second-longest winning streak in league history — haven’t put together consecutive victories now in close to a month.

“We’re in a position where it’s a must-win and everything that we’ve done all year comes to this point, and we have to win,” Heat guard Ray Allen said. “We’ve found ourselves in so many situations this year, and we’ve thrived in tough moments because this is a tough team. We will be ready for Game 6.”

So will the Spurs, and the Heat know it.

“I’m sure this team, they’ve been here before many times. They understand winning that last game is one of the hardest things you’re going to do. And we understand it as well,” Wade said.

“But you know what? It’s the game; we’ve got to play it. I like our chances, just like they like their chances, in this series and in Game 6. We’ll see. We’ll see which team, which style is going to prevail.”

Their four titles have made the Spurs respected but never beloved. Their first, in 1999, came following a 50-game lockout season, and they certainly weren’t the team to help the NBA regain its jilted fan base.

Victories in 2003 over New Jersey, 2005 over Detroit and 2007 over James’ Cleveland Cavaliers were all low-rated, lukewarm-interest series in which the Spurs were supposed to win and did, just not in a way that erased the idea that they had boring players with a boring brand of basketball.

Win this one, though, and they will surely get their due. They would be knocking off the league’s winningest team and the game’s best player, with Duncan at 37 and Ginobili soon to be 36, behind a more wide-open offense that has helped Green break Allen’s finals record for 3-pointers.

Not that they’re thinking about that, or anything else beyond Game 6 at this point.

“We’ll reflect back and let it hit us when it’s over. We still have a lot more work to do. There’s still some business to be done. We have to carry it out and finish it,” said Green, who was cut previously by the Cavaliers and Spurs and now has made 25 3-pointers in the first five games.

It looked as though the game was finally passing by the Spurs last year, when the young Oklahoma City Thunder blew by them with four straight victories after San Antonio had taken a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

The Heat routed the Thunder for the championship and the Spurs brought back essentially the same team, believing another year in their system for players like Green and Kawhi Leonard was a better option than seeking out some quick-fix outsider.

That’s almost always been the Spurs’ way, and it’s on the verge of again being the model for an NBA title — at the expense of the Miami one that once appeared to be the way champions would be built.

“I think every one of us wants this very badly from the top on down,” Duncan said. “We’re trying to play that way.”

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James “Whitey” Bulger is on trial in a 32-count racketeering indictment accusing him of a long list of crimes, including participating in 19 killings. Here’s a look at the case against him, his defense and what’s happening in the courtroom:

THE HISTORY
The 83-year-old Bulger, the alleged former leader of the Winter Hill Gang, was one of the nation’s most wanted fugitives after he fled Boston in 1994. He was captured in 2011 in Santa Monica, Calif., where he had been living with his longtime girlfriend in a rent-controlled apartment. His early image as a modern-day Robin Hood who gave Thanksgiving dinners to working-class neighbors and kept drug dealers out of his South Boston neighborhood was shattered when authorities started digging up bodies.

THE PROSECUTION
Former hit man James Martorano continued his testimony for a second day Tuesday, describing more murders he said he committed at the request of Bulger and his gang. Martorano gave chilling details about murders he committed after they were ordered by Bulger and his partner, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi. Martorano also described a 1975 killing he said Bulger and Flemmi did themselves. Saying Bulger and Flemmi shot Edward Connors in a phone booth because they were afraid he would tie them to the 1973 killing of a Bulger rival.

THE DEFENSE
Under aggressive cross-examination by Bulger lawyer Hank Brennan, Martorano _ who admitted killing 20 people _ insisted he was not a hit man or a serial killer. He said he did not get paid for killing people, but instead just did it as part of his work for Bulger’s gang, to help family or friends, or to defend himself. “I always tried to be a nice guy,” he said.

THE JURY
Eleven men and seven women are serving on the jury, including 12 regular jurors and six alternates. The trial is expected to last three to four months.

BULGER
The defendant glanced over at Martorano as he got back on the witness stand, about 10 feet from where Bulger sits at the defense table.

WHAT’S UP NEXT
Bulger’s lawyers will continue cross-examining Martorano on Wednesday.

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John Martorano says he is a “nice guy” who was only trying to help his family and friends when he pumped bullets into victims while working with Bulger and his gang.

Martorano made the statements Tuesday while being cross-examined by one of Bulger’s lawyers at his racketeering trial in Boston.

It was the second day on the witness stand for Martorano. He is the one of three former associates who have struck cooperation agreements with prosecutors and agreed to testify against Bulger.

The 83-year-old Bulger is charged in a racketeering indictment with participating in 19 killings.

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Earlier AP story:

Former hitman John Martorano who admitted killing 20 people was set to testify for a second day in the racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, as Bulger’s attorneys prepared to attack his credibility.

Martarano took the stand Monday to testify against Bulger, a man to whom he was once so close he named his youngest son after him.

He said he was heartbroken when he learned in the late 1990s that Bulger and partner Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi had been working as FBI informants. That’s when he decided to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against Bulger and others in exchange for a reduced sentence, he said.

Bulger’s lawyers did not get a chance to question Martorano on Monday, but they are expected to challenge his credibility and the deal he got from prosecutors when they cross-examine him, possibly as early as Tuesday. Martorano served just 12 years in prison after admitting to the 20 murders. He was released in 2007.

In opening statements last week, Bulger’s lead attorney, J.W. Carney Jr., told the jury that prosecutors were so desperate to get Martorano to testify that “they basically threw their hands up in the air and said, `Take anything you want.”’

Bulger, now 83, is charged in a broad racketeering indictment that accuses him of participating in 19 murders in the 1970s and `80s.

Martorano spoke nonchalantly Monday when describing a string of murders he committed while he was a member of the notorious Winter Hill Gang in the `70s.

But he said he felt betrayed when he learned his former partners _ Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi _ were FBI informants.

“After I heard that they were informants, it sort of broke my heart, said Martorano.

Martorano is the first of three former Bulger cohorts who have cooperated with prosecutors and agreed to testify against Bulger.

“They were my partners in crime, they were my best friends, they were my children’s godfathers,” Martorano said, of Bulger and Flemmi. He said he named his youngest son James Stephen after them.

During his testimony, Martorano described what he said was Bulger’s involvement in several killings, saying that while he shot someone from a car, Bulger and others would ride in a second car to intervene if anyone tried to stop the shooting.

He described the death of one victim, Alfred Notarangeli, in 1974.

Martorano said Bulger’s gang decided to kill Notarangeli to help the Italian Mafia in Boston, a sometime rival, whose leadership said Notarangeli had killed one of their agents and was a “loose cannon.”

On March 8, 1973, Martorano said, he drove in the lead car while Bulger followed, both tailing a Mercedes they believed was driven by Notarangeli.

“We pulled guns and we were shooting at it,” Martorano said, referring to himself and another member of the gang.

They later learned that it was not Notarangeli in the car, but instead a man named Michael Milano, who was shot to death. Martarano said they continued to chase Notarangeli and ended up killing him and his brother, Joseph Notarangeli.

Bulger is charged in the killings of both brothers, as well as Milano’s killing.

BOSTON (AP) — Five things learned in the Boston Bruins’ win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night:

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SUPAH TUUKKA: Tuukka Rask is proving the Bruins right for putting their faith in him. Rask watched the Bruins’ entire 2011 Stanley Cup run from the bench while Tim Thomas led Boston to the NHL title, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the process. But after the enigmatic Thomas decided to take a year off from playing there’s been no drop-off. Rask’s numbers this postseason are even better than Thomas’ were two years ago: 14-5 with a .946 save percentage and a 1.64 goals-against average. (Thomas was 16-9, .940, 1.98). Rask had 28 saves Monday night to post his third shutout of the playoffs and extend his shutout streak to more than 122 minutes. He’s the biggest reason the Bruins are ahead 2-1 in the series.

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LIVELY LINE: The revamped third line of Daniel Paille, Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin paid off for the second straight game. Boston coach Claude Julien bumped Paille up from the fourth line in Game 2 and he ended up scoring the winner in overtime. Kelly scored Boston’s other goal in the 2-1 win and assisted on Paille’s goal Monday that put the Bruins up 1-0. “I think we are just putting pucks on net and reading plays,” Paille said. “I think we are managing the puck a little bit better. Just on my goal, you saw Kells go in, and I went in and then I shot. I think we are just not giving them enough time to think with the puck and we are able to get it.” Kelly and Paille also drew penalties that led to Patrice Bergeron’s goal with 5:55 left in the second, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. “We’re having fun. The three of us are working hard and having fun, which is nice,” Kelly said. “It’s always fun, but some days are more fun than others.” Indeed.

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FACE-OFF FOLLIES: Patrice Bergeron won 24 faceoffs on Monday night. That’s eight more than Chicago won as a team, and nobody had a worse night in the circle for the Blackhawks than Michal Handzus, who was a perfect 0-for-10 for a Bluto-like average of 0.00. “That’s definitely something that we take a lot of pride in and we talk about a lot,” Bergeron said. “We have some really good centermen, so it’s not just about the four centers, it’s about everyone on the ice chipping in and helping to get those battles.”

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DAVE’S NOT HERE: Chicago defenseman Dave Bolland had a rough night. He was called for three of Chicago’s six penalties and made two mistakes that helped lead to Boston’s two goals. The first was a turnover that led to Paille’s goal 2:13 into the second period. The second was cross-checking Kelly into the net and Chicago goalie Corey Crawford with 8:00 left in the second. A second Chicago penalty led to a brief 5-on-3 for Boston. Bolland was out of the penalty box, but didn’t have time to get back into the play before Bergeron put Boston up 2-0 with 5:55 left in the second. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville didn’t have much to say about Bolland after the game. “Haven’t talked to him yet,” Quenneville said. “We’ll reassess and reevaluate the game.”

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HISTORY MAY NOT HELP: The Chicago Blackhawks trailed the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 in the Western Conference finals then won the next three games. So a 2-1 deficit against the Boston Bruins certainly isn’t too big to overcome. It’s just that one comeback may not be the same as another. “I think they’re a little bit different team than Detroit was,” Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford said of the Bruins. “They’re able to sit back and wait for us to collapse defensively. You can’t block everything. But we made some plays, we had some good shots and had a couple of the chances went just wide.”

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Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Michelle Laudato of Farmington pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. district court in Hartford.

Prosecutors say Laudato used her position at a Webster Bank branch in Bristol to steal more than $178,000 from the accounts of at least 18 customers between July 2009 and June 2010. Most of the victims were in their 80s and 90s.

Laudato was accused of withdrawing money from CD accounts to replace funds she had taken from others and taking the money in increments of $10,000 or less to avoid transaction reporting requirements.

She faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

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Forty pregnant military wives, whose spouses are on deployment from the Navy’s submarine base in Groton or the Connecticut Army National Guard, were the guests of honor Tuesday at the “Operation Shower” luncheon.

They received gift packages that included baby clothes, crib bedding, bottles, diaper bags and toys.

The event was put on by bedding company Carousel Designs with what they called a “red, white and coo,” theme.

Organizers say the event gives the woman a chance to share stories and get support from other military mothers-to-be.

Television personality Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, the wife of actor Alec Baldwin, served as master of ceremonies. The couple is expecting their first child together in a few months.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut’s regulated utilities have wasted no time seizing on a new state energy policy passed by the legislature less than two weeks ago to encourage natural gas hookups.

Connecticut Natural Gas, Southern Connecticut Gas and Yankee Gas have presented state regulators with a rare joint proposal outlining how they would spend tens of millions of dollars to connect 280,000 customers over 10 years. They are asking the state to approve a new rate plan to finance the massive project.

In its proposal, Yankee Gas, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, said capital spending would be $35 million next year and more than $96 million in 2015 and 2106. The Southern Connecticut Gas Co. said capital spending will be $61 million in the three years while Connecticut Natural Gas expects capital spending of about $47 million in the same period.

The utilities say they’ve received numerous requests from potential customers asking to be connected to natural gas, which is generally less expensive than oil, a primary home heating fuel in the Northeast. In addition, state energy policy announced by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy last October seeks to spur greater use of natural gas by residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Yankee Gas stands to gain about 85,000 new customers, a 40 percent increase from its current 213,000 customers, said Rodney Powell, president of Yankee Gas.

“It’s been a good time to be in the gas business,” he said.

Southern Connecticut and CNG, both part of UIL Holdings Corp., expect to increase the number of customers by two-thirds, to nearly 540,000 from its current 340,000, said Bob Allessio, vice president of gas operations at CNG and Southern Connecticut.

The utilities are asking regulators to approve new rates that would spread the cost of hookups over 25 years, eliminate a required contribution toward construction for customers connected to gas lines that are 150 feet or closer to gas mains and make other rate changes to encourage the large-scale switch to natural gas. The companies also spell out to regulators the millions needed in revenue and what they believe the expansion costs will be.

Family-run home heating oil companies that have been stung by skyrocketing oil prices have complained to state officials that Connecticut is promoting unfair competition.

Malloy rejected that argument, telling reporters on a conference call on Tuesday that no one is required to convert to natural gas.

“What am I supposed to do?” he asked. “Leave the people of Connecticut to pay higher and higher prices?”

The utilities plan to launch a marketing campaign, collaborate with state agencies and offer rebates and other financing tools as incentives to switch to natural gas.

The drive to rely more on natural gas is in response to prices that have declined in the past few years, driven primarily by rising domestic production. In contrast, oil prices have been rising in response to increased global demand.

The three utilities warned regulators that the plan may be too large to draw enough contractors and heating and ventilating workers may be unable to keep up with customer demand. They also said construction could fail to meet schedules.

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The 65th Infantry Regiment, which was composed entirely of soldiers from Puerto Rico, was the last segregated military unit in the United States.

The regiment was established shortly after United States acquisition of Puerto Rico in 1898. Members of the unit, known as “Borinqueneers,” are said to have played a large role in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

Blumenthal says the Medal would recognize the Borinqueneers’ important role in U.S. history, as well as honor them for their commitment to service.

“The Borinqueneers are part of a proud tradition of military service that includes the Tuskegee Airmen, the Montford Point Marines, the Navajo Code Talkers, and the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team,” Blumenthal said.

“All of these units have rightly earned the Congressional Gold Medal for their service and sacrifice in the face of injustice, and the Borinqueneers should be awarded this high honor as well.”

Blumenthal’s bill mirrors an earlier House bill presented by Congressman Bill Posey of Florida and Congressman Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico. As of Tuesday, the House bill has the support of 43 cosponsors.

Blumenthal’s legislation has gained the support of 7 other senators from across the country.

After nearly three full games (13 periods), the Bruins and Blackhawks got past their pleasantries and engaged in a full-on brawl in the waning seconds of Game 3.

With roughly 20 seconds to go and the Bruins leading 2-0, Zdeno Chara dumped Bryan Bickell to the ice on front of the Boston net. Bickell tugged on Chara’s jersey and then cross-checked the much taller defenseman in the side.

Had the cross-check come in the middle of the game, Chara no doubt would have let it go without responding. Such is the price one pays while protecting the front of the net. However, with the game in hand, Chara decided to send a message to the Blackhawks that if they want to camp out in front of the net, they’re going to have to pay a price.

Chara clobbered Bickell, smothering him into the ice and remaining on top of him for several seconds until a sea of white and black sweaters converged upon them.

Out of the scrum emerged Brad Marchand and Andrew Shaw, who said before the series that he’d like to model his game after the pesky Bruins winger. Neither player landed any punches while standing, but after they wrestled each other to the ground, Shaw delivered a heavy right punch to Marchand, who was lying on his back on the ice. It may have violated “the code,” but it likely just canceled out Chara’s bullying of Bickell.

Given there’s so much at stake during these games, it’s almost a guarantee that neither team will be going out of its way to retaliate or threaten to drop the gloves in Game 4 and beyond — at least not unless a game is pretty much over, like it was in Game 3.

Regardless, messages were sent loud and clear. The Blackhawks, who could not generate any traffic in front of Tuukka Rask all game, know they’re going to have to endure a certain level of punishment if they hope to accomplish that. And both ways, the Bruins and Blackhawks know that they won’t be receiving Christmas cards with friendly holiday greetings from each other come December.

Game 4 will take place Wednesday night at the TD Garden.

State Police were called to the lake, after a person at a dock at 100 Lake Lillinonah Road North saw a body.

Authorities have not yet said if the body has been identified, but 33- year-old Eric Langlois went missing last Tuesday on the other side of the lake in New Milford.

At one point, the search for the photographer was suspended due to strong currents and high water.

His friends and relatives had also been looking for him in the area.

The state medical examiner is working to identify the body.

After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

Rask stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the 2013 playoffs.

Corey Crawford made 33 saves for the Blackhawks.

Game 4 is Wednesday night in Boston before the matchup of Original Six teams returns to Chicago for a fifth game. The teams split the first two games there, with the Blackhawks winning Game 1 in triple-overtime and the Bruins stealing home-ice advantage on Paille’s goal in the first OT of the second game.

But this time the intrigue came before the opening faceoff instead of after the end of regulation.

Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara and Chicago forward Marian Hossa were both injured during warmups. But while Chara needed just some stitches after his collision with teammate Milan Lucic, Hossa was a late scratch with an unspecified injury.

Hossa, who has three game-winning goals in the playoffs this year, was tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points and was third on the Blackhawks with 17 goals during the regular season.

It was a loss the Blackhawks couldn’t afford.

Not with Rask stopping everything that came his way.

The Bruins’ goalie, who was a backup to Conn Smythe-winner Tim Thomas in the team’s 2011 Stanley Cup run, didn’t face as difficult a test as in the first period of Game 2, when the Blackhawks sent 19 shots at him but managed just one goal. But he stymied them all game and got some help from the post on Bryan Bickell’s shot with 42 seconds left in the game.

The puck caromed off the right post and the goal light flickered on briefly, but play continued for another 30 seconds before the whistle blew and the game degenerated into fisticuffs. Chara was on top of Viktor Stalberg, pounding away, and Andrew Shaw got the better of Brad Marchand.

By the time it was all sorted out, the benches were a little emptier but the scoring column for Chicago was still blank.

After a scoreless first period, the Bruins made it 1-0 when Paille slapped in the puck at 2:13 of the second, falling to one knee for extra power. It stayed that way until late in the second, when the Bruins picked up their first power plays of the game on two nearly identical plays, with a Bruin racing to the net and a Blackhawk undercutting his skates and sending him crashing into the left post.

Boston set up their offense during the 11-second two-man advantage, and just five seconds after it expired — but before Dave Bolland was able to get back into the play — Jaromir Jagr slid one across the middle, past Lucic in the center to Bergeron on the other side for the easy one-timer.

It was Jagr’s 197th career playoff point in 199 games, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on the NHL’s all-time postseason points list.

Notes: Jagr had been tied with Paul Coffey on the career postseason scoring list. … Two of Jagr’s playoff points came on goals scored against the Blackhawks when they were swept by Penguins in 1992 final. … Boston’s Gregory Campbell, who broke his leg blocking a shot in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, attended the game. … The Bruins have killed off 27 straight penalties in the playoffs. … Boston’s David Krejci entered the game tied with Chicago’s Andrew Sharp for the most goals in the postseason with nine. The Bruins center entered the game leading all scorers with 23 points. … The Bruins are attempting to win a Cup for the second time in three seasons for the third time in their history. They also did it in 1939 and ’41 and again in 1970 and ’72. … Bruins won their seventh straight home playoff game. … The Blackhawks fell to 3-5 on the road in the postseason. … Ben Smith, who played just one game this regular season and none in the playoffs, replaced Hossa in the lineup. … Stalberg replaced Brandon Bollig in the lineup for Chicago.

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The summit, “Fueling the Nation: The Transportation Transformation,” was held by the National Journal and brought together government representatives and energy, environment, and industry experts to discuss the future of the United States’ fuel policy.

Larson spoke out about the Natural Gas Act, which he sponsors in the House, and discussed the benefits of fracking and other alternative energy sources. Fracking, he says, is “breakthrough” that could help the United States reduce its dependency on foreign energy.

Larson also said that with more energy independence, the country could have a stronger bargaining chip in foreign policy.

“It places the United States back in the center of the room and at the table instead of being outside the glass doors, listening in when…global energy policy gets decided,” Larson said.

Without a major alternative energy strategy in place in the United States, moderator Ron Fournier questioned Larson about his party’s lack of action, despite holding control of the White House over the last 5 years. Larson said both Democratic and Republican administrations of the past have failed to deal with the issue.

In the years to come, Larson hopes to see the nation adopt President Obama’s “all of the above” strategy towards alternative energy, which would focus on making efforts to utilize as many alternative energy sources as possible.

Well, Crosby’s not even doing the complaining himself, leaving his agent, Pat Brisson, to be his mouthpiece. As Damien Cox of the Toronto Star passed along on Friday, “Sidney Crosby’s agent is convinced Zdeno Chara of the Bruins intentionally punched Crosby where he had broken his jaw in Game 1. Nasty.”

Game 1, in case you have forgotten, took place two full weeks before the agent spread the word. The reason may be because it took a while to not only find footage of the “punch” but to then display in slow-motion in such a way that it looked to be a heavy blow to the jaw. In real speed, Chara’s “punch” of Crosby was nothing more than a shove with his left arm, which only came after Crosby had grabbed the back of Chara’s shoulder pads following a whistle in front of the Boston net.

But in super slow-motion, and with some sort of mega zoom, Crosby and his agent were convinced that Chara had purposefully taken the time to carefully target Crosby’s exposed jaw with a direct jab in the middle of a scrum. And so they gathered the video and sent it along to TSN, which was happy to “report” on the wretched assault on hockey’s golden boy. (TSN’s Darren Dreger actually took Chara aside to show him the video. Chara is in the middle of playing for the Stanley Cup.)

The play in question came just five minutes into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Tuukka Rask covered a puck, and Chara shoved Brenden Morrow out of the crease. Crosby reached out with his left hand and grabbed the back of Chara’s neck. Chara turned, saw Crosby grabbing onto him, and shoved him with his left hand to separate himself from Crosby. The Penguins’ captain did not let go of the Bruins’ captain, and after exchanging a few words, they were eventually separated by officials.

While the Zapruder-esque slow-motion footage provided by TSN looks damning for Chara, the video at regular speed (uploaded to YouTube by user @dafoomie) of the “incident” shows it for it is: nothing.

First and foremost, if Crosby’s jaw was not able to withstand the punishment that takes place during Stanley Cup playoff games, then the plastic shield guarding his jaw should never have been removed from his helmet. But it was, and that’s not any opponent’s fault.

“[Team doctors are] comfortable with it coming off, being hit and things like that,” Crosby said of the removal of his face shield prior to the series against the Bruins, thereby indicating his jaw was OK.

If Crosby wanted special treatment due to an injury from which doctors determined he had already recovered, then he shouldn’t have been on the ice at all.

Secondly, and perhaps worst of all, is the fact that this may be the first time in history that a hockey player has complained publicly about generic post-whistle roughhousing two weeks after it happened. Hockey is a man’s game, played by self-respecting tough guys who can get gashed open by a skate blade and still pretend like it doesn’t hurt. And yet, there is Crosby, upset he was shoved by a man whom he had grabbed seconds earlier. Accusing Chara of targeting his jaw two weeks after the fact is no doubt an unprecedented move in hockey’s rich history. (Continued…)

The “intentional” assault on Crosby’s jaw was used to explain why the 25-year-old was so upset at the end of the second period of that game. On his way off the ice after the second with the Bruins leading 1-0, Crosby said something to Chara, drawing a laugh from the 6-foot-9 defenseman. Crosby then bumped into Rask and appeared willing to get into a jousting match with the netminder. Then, after Evgeni Malkin and Patrice Bergeron fought each other and fell to the ice, Crosby and Chara confronted each other at the center ice faceoff dot. They exchanged words, with Chara leaning over to look Crosby eye-to-eye, and they eventually walked to their respective locker rooms.

Crosby went on to be held without a single point as his Penguins were swept by the Bruins.

Crosby did sort of refer to the play in question after the game.

“They’re letting a lot go out there, and the more it gets like that, the more it’s going to escalate,” Crosby said of the referees, who penalized him for interference as well as slashing in Game 1. “You can only control and channel that stuff so much. You keep letting guys do that stuff, you’re just going to push the envelope. That’s something we obviously want to stay away from, but it’s kind of a natural thing when it gets like that.”

Crosby might not have referred to the “punch” specifically at the time, because he knew his video team would need some time to rewrite history before it went public.

Just like the many instances of Crosby doing things on the ice that the most talented player in the world does not need to be doing, it’s disappointing to see. It’s why those of us who had hoped we were seeing the next Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux have come to terms with the fact that we simply are not. Crosby may be more talented than anyone else on the planet, but the more he gets caught up in nonsense like this instead of simply dominating hockey games, the less likeable he becomes.

That shift Crosby had in double overtime of Game 3 in Boston, when he lost his helmet and went on a determined rampage to try to score the game-winning goal? That’s the Crosby we all want to see. Knowing he’s capable of that but seeing him get tangled up in this is what makes it so difficult to embrace Crosby as this generation’s greatest player.

By coming out and not only claiming a regular post-whistle shove was a direct punch but also claiming Chara purposely targeted an injured jaw is a legitimately low and contemptible action by Crosby, who continues to act like he is bigger than the game. Hopefully some day, he’ll learn he is not.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Metro-North student traffic controller and his supervisor were suspended without pay after a track foreman was fatally struck by a train last month, a railroad spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The suspensions occurred the day of the accident and are pending the outcome of a National Transportation Safety Board investigation, said Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders. The workers will then be subject to an internal disciplinary hearing according to the terms of their collective bargaining agreement, she said.

The NTSB, which is still investigating the May 28 accident, urged the railroad Monday to provide backup protection for track maintenance crews who now depend on train dispatchers.

Robert Luden, 52, was hit by a train in West Haven. The NTSB said Luden, of East Haven, had requested the track section be taken out of service for maintenance. That was done, but the NTSB said that before the work was finished the section was placed back into service by a student traffic controller who didn’t have the required approval of a qualified controller or the foreman.

The NTSB said Metro-North, which operates between New York City and Connecticut, had already tightened its procedures after another rail traffic controller mistakenly placed a track section back into service May 4. The board recommended use of a device known as a shunt, which work crews can attach to rails in a work zone to alert controllers and approaching trains.

“Metro-North can take immediate action to ensure the safety of work crews on their tracks,” NTSB Chair Deborah A.P. Hersman said. “Shunting tracks is simple, feasible and readily available.”

Anders said the railroad has received the recommendation and “will implement safety improvements as quickly as possible.”

Anders said that since the fatal accident Metro-North has required approval by the chief rail traffic controller to remove a track block. She said Metro-North is developing new technology to require mechanical input from the track worker to start and end blocks.

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Forty-six-year-old Stacey Goodnow of Norwalk was arraigned on a disorderly conduct charge Monday in Norwalk Superior Court. She was held on $100,000 bail after her arrest Friday, but a judge lowered her bond to $5,000 and she posted it Monday.

Goodnow is a teacher at Western Middle School. Police say she left a phone message for a colleague on June 7 threatening to “shoot up” the school. Officials placed her on paid administrative leave.

Goodnow told The Hour newspaper that she was only joking and made the comment in frustration over her colleague being denied tenure. She said her comments were taken out of context.

“I am anti-gun, I would never do anything like that. No, I was joking. I was frustrated,” she told the newspaper.

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Commissioner Dan Esty says the bills allow Connecticut to continue to move forward with its 21st century energy and environmental agenda.

Some of the measures expected to be discussed on the envirionment side: clean water funding, cleanup of contaminated sites, waste transformation, dam safety, and coastal resiliency.

As far as energy, efficiency, cleaner electricity, natural gas and transportation.  

Esty’s briefing begins at 2:00 p.m. from DEEP headquarters in Hartford.

A career fair is being held from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m..

The fair is co-sponsored by the state Department of Labor, the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce and Workforce Alliance.

Organizers say there will be about 40 employers on hand seeking to fill positions ranging from entry-level to management.

In addition, professional resume writers at the state Labor Department will be on hand to offer critiques and provide tips to make resumes stand out.

Authorities say 19-year-old city resident Keith Callabrass was shot multiple times Sunday night on Cleveland Avenue in the North End. He was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.

Officers responded to a reported shooting on Cleveland Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. and found Callabrass injured with several gunshot wounds.

No arrests have been made, and a motive isn’t clear. Anyone with information is urged to call Hartford police.

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They say a witness saw 20-year-old Maurice Bacote take the bike from in front of a Sam’s Food Mart on Campbell Avenue.

The witness followed the suspect and was able to retrieve the bike, but not before Bacote allegedly threw it at the witness, who sustained a hand injury.

A police officer was flagged down and gave chase, finally capturing Bacote outside his Elm Street address.

He’s facing charges of larceny, breach of peace, assault, and interfering with an officer and is being held on bond.

Clinton police charged 67-year-old Kenneth Palifka of Westbrook on Monday with avoidance of an ignition interlock device, which requires an alcohol-free breath sample to start a car.

Police say Palifka and a friend went boating on Long Island Sound and drank alcohol Monday. Authorities say when the two men returned to a marina, Palifka couldn’t start his vehicle and asked others for breath samples.

A phone message seeking comment was left at Palifka’s home Tuesday. It’s not clear if he has a lawyer.

Court records show Palifka is serving two years of probation for two DUI convictions.

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Perry came to the Northeast to woo New York and Connecticut businesses,  including Connecticut gun-makers unhappy with the state’s new gun law. He toured Colt’s Manufacturing and shot at a gun range there,

During the visit,  Perry talked about the regulatory and tax policies in Texas designed to make the state attractive to business.

Listen as he describes some of his efforts to former Connecticut Governor John Rowland on the WTIC Afternoon program.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The White House is reporting progress on President Barack Obama’s initiatives to reduce gun violence, but says the most important step would be getting a reluctant Congress to pass new firearms laws.

Vice President Joe Biden was announcing Tuesday that the administration has completed or significantly advanced 21 of the 23 executive actions that Obama ordered in January in response to the Connecticut elementary school shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six staff members.

Biden’s remarks at the White House come while Obama is traveling in Europe. They are meant to keep up pressure on lawmakers after the Senate voted down a gun bill in April that would have expanded background checks for firearms purchases.

But White House aides can’t point to a single senator who has switched positions to make passage possible, although they say they are working to find lawmakers willing to compromise with them.

Biden was announcing that the progress includes developing a federal emergency response planning guide for schools and houses of worship to prepare for a shooting, tornado or other disasters, and expanding federal training for first responders to react to a shooting.

The two executive orders with the most remaining work are finalizing regulations to require insurers to cover mental health at parity with medical benefits, expected later this year, and putting a confirmed director at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Obama’s nominee to head the ATF, B. Todd Jones, had a Senate hearing last week but has little chance of advancing amid political wrangling over a position that hasn’t been confirmed in six years.

Also, officers who searched Jermaine Richards’ home found two DVDs that depict dismemberment, police said in the affidavits released Monday.

Richards, 30, is charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Alyssiah Wiley, a 20-year-old sophomore psychology major at Eastern Connecticut State University. She disappeared near the Willimantic campus on April 20, and her dismembered remains were found a month later in a wooded area of Trumbull, about a mile from Richards’ Bridgeport home.

Wiley tried to break up with Richards via Facebook in April and he became upset, police said. Afterward, Richards told a friend that Wiley “doesn’t know who she’s messing with” and that he was “going to get rid of her,” according to the arrest warrant affidavit for Richards.

The friend questioned Richards about how he was going to get rid of her and Richards replied, “Trust me. I’m a nurse,” the affidavit says.

Richards is being detained on $1 million bail and is set to return to Bridgeport Superior Court on Thursday. He has not yet entered pleas.

His lawyer, John R. Gulash, said Tuesday that he could not discuss the allegations in the affidavits.

“I believe it would be inappropriate to comment on a pending case,” said Gulash.

When police searched Richards’ home, they found two DVDs of films depicting human dismemberment _ “Absolute Death and other Strange Occurrences” and “Death: the Final Journey, volume five,” according to search warrant affidavits obtained by the Connecticut Post.

Police also found an empty garbage bag box, five rolls of duct tape and pants with bleach-like stains at Richards’ home, police said. Authorities searched Richards’ car and said they found latex gloves, balled-up duct tape mixed with hair and paper towel-like material and plastic bags, according to the affidavits.

Richards also owns a multifamily house in Ansonia where police said they seized several saws and axes, affidavits say.

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The governor met privately with representatives from Connecticut Light & Power, United Illuminating, AT&T, Dominion Resources, Sprint, Verizon, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast and Cox Communications to discuss preparedness efforts and readiness in advance of the local peak season, which runs from mid-August to mid-October.

“We take this stuff very, very seriously,” Malloy said. “We are going to be as well-prepared as any state can be.”

Malloy also announced that a two-day emergency preparedness drill is planned for June 20 and 22. It will simulate an ice storm in western Connecticut, but will involve all of the state. Previous drills have involved simulated hurricanes. Malloy said this latest exercise will provide an opportunity to improve communications for road-clearing and restoration of utilities, as well as test state and local emergency command centers and mutual aid systems.

Connecticut has been hit hard by storms in recent years. Since Malloy first took office in 2010, the state has received five federal disaster declarations. Those storms, which often left thousands without electricity for days, led to numerous reforms affecting how the state and local governments and the utilities prepare and respond to major natural disasters.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted 13 to 20 named storms for this year’s hurricane season June through November. Around seven to 11 could become hurricanes, with three to six possibly becoming major hurricanes. On average, there are 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

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ATLANTA (AP) _ The Atlanta Braves waited a long time to get going.

Finally, at 1:22 a.m., Freddie Freeman gave them a most improbable victory.

Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to ruin a brilliant performance by Dillon Gee, leading the Braves past the Mets 2-1 Monday night in a game that was delayed nearly four hours by rain.

Gee (5-7) drove in New York’s lone run and totally shut down the Braves until the end. Justin Upton singled with one out before Freeman launched a towering drive into the right-field seats on a 2-2 pitch to end a game that didn’t start until nearly 11 p.m.

Until then, Gee had allowed only two runners as far as second base.

“It’s nice to wait around that long and get the win,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “Our best two at-bats were our last two.”

Freeman had three hits on the night, but what he’ll remember most is the second game-ending homer of his career.

“I knew I hit it good enough,” he said. “I didn’t know if it was going to stay fair, actually, because it was an inside pitch. I didn’t know if I was able to get my hands inside. But once I saw it get up to its highest peak, I knew it was gone.”

For the Mets, it was another bitter blow in a disappointing season, especially coming off a walk-off victory of their own the previous day, when they scored four runs in the ninth for a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

This time, they watched the Braves mob Freeman at home plate in a wild celebration.

“It’s tough,” said Gee, who lost for the first time in five career starts at Turner Field. “That’s a tough loss.”

The right-hander badly fooled Freeman on a changeup with his 100th pitch of the night.

For No. 101, he tried to finish off the slugging first baseman with a slider.

Bad move. Gee was denied his first career shutout on a night when he allowed just five hits.

“He had seen a lot of changeups,” Gee said. “I thought the slider was the right pitch. I just didn’t make a good one.”

David Carpenter (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless ninth. Tim Hudson worked seven innings for the Braves, allowing only Gee’s RBI single with two outs in the seventh.

Rain pushed back the first pitch 3 hours, 43 minutes _ the long delay coming at a most inopportune time with the teams facing a day-night doubleheader Tuesday to make up a game that was rained out on May 4.

But at least the Mets got this one in. Not even midway through the season, they’ve already had six games postponed by inclement weather.

The announced crowd of 22,048 appeared to be less than 10,000 by the time the game finally started, and dwindled even more before it ended less than 12 hours before the scheduled start of the doubleheader at 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday.

Gonzalez wasn’t even bothering to go home, saying he planned to spend the night at the ballpark. The Braves lined up hotel rooms nearby for any players who wanted to stay close to Turner Field with such a short turnaround.

Hudson pitched around trouble until the seventh. New York pushed runners into scoring position four times in the first six innings, but Hudson escaped three times with strikeouts, the other time with a double play.

Finally, New York broke through. John Buck led off the seventh with a single and scored from second when Gee grounded a single to left with two outs.

Until the ninth, Atlanta’s only serious scoring threat against Gee came in the second, when Freeman led off with a double into the right-field corner. Evan Gattis grounded out, B.J. Upton flied out and Dan Uggla whiffed to end the inning.

Lucas Duda started at first base and got four hits, after the Mets reversed course on moving him from the outfield to his more natural position. They feared using Duda at first might send the wrong message to former starter Ike Davis, who’s been demoted to Triple-A to try to work out of a massive slump.

Clearly, the move agreed with Duda, who had four hits in a game for the third time in his career. The last came on Sept. 16, 2011, against the Braves in Atlanta.

About 45 minutes after the scheduled first pitch, the rain let up. The crowd cheered when the grounds crew ran on the field to sponge off the tarp and pull it into the outfield, but their hopes of getting started were quickly dashed.

Radar showed another thick line of storms moving in from the west, so Braves officials held off on starting the game. What remained of the sparse crowd had to pass the time by watching coverage of the Philadelphia-Washington game on the big video board in center field. That game ended before this one even started, as did every contest on the East Coast.

After another round of showers, the Braves optimistically announced the game would begin at 10:05 p.m. The tarp was removed, the players warmed up, the lineups were announced, and a choir came out to belatedly sing the national anthem. But the rain picked up again, and the tarp had to be put back on.

Finally, at 10:53 p.m., Hudson threw the first pitch to Juan Lagares.

NOTES: The Braves plan to add RHP Cory Rasmus to their roster as an extra player for Tuesday’s doubleheader. The Mets will boost their roster to 26 players by activating RHP Scott Atchison. … Mets reserve INF Justin Turner was late joining the team in Atlanta after staying behind in New York to get an MRI. He’s had a ribcage problem for several days and might have to go on the disabled list, according to manager Terry Collins. … Alex Wood (0-0) makes his first career start for the Braves in Game 1 of the doubleheader against New York’s Matt Harvey (5-1). Then, in the nightcap, touted Mets prospect Zack Wheeler makes his big league debut against Atlanta’s Paul Maholm (7-5).

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The NTSB, which said it is still investigating the May 28 accident, urged the railroad on Monday to provide backup protection for track maintenance crews who now depend on train dispatchers.

Robert Luden, 52, was hit by a train in West Haven. The NTSB said Luden, of East Haven, had requested the track section be taken out of service for maintenance. That was done, but the NTSB said that before the work was finished the section was placed back into service by a student traffic controller who didn’t have the required approval of a qualified controller or the foreman.

The NTSB said Metro-North, which operates between New York City and Connecticut, had already tightened its procedures after another rail traffic controller mistakenly placed a track section back into service May 4. The board recommended use of a device known as a shunt, which work crews can attach to rails in a work zone to alert controllers and approaching trains.

“Metro-North can take immediate action to ensure the safety of work crews on their tracks,” NTSB Chair Deborah A.P. Hersman said. “Shunting tracks is simple, feasible and readily available.”

Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the railroad has received the recommendation and “will implement safety improvements as quickly as possible.”

“Safety is our first priority,” she said in an email.

Anders said that since the fatal accident Metro-North has required approval by the chief rail traffic controller to remove a track block. She said Metro-North is developing new technology to require mechanical input from the track worker to start and end blocks.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who’s leading a Wednesday committee hearing on rail safety, urged Metro-North to immediately implement the recommendation. He said the hearing will consider whether the shunt technology should be required.

“Railroad workers shouldn’t have to risk their lives to repair tracks,” he said.

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“I haven’t done anything, but I’m leaning toward the disabled list,” New York general manager Brian Cashman said Monday on a conference call.

Teixeira missed the first 53 games of the season because of a wrist injury. The All-Star slugger is hitting just .151 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 53 at-bats.

The 33-year-old Teixeira left the team during its recent West Coast trip, returned to New York and got a cortisone shot Sunday. Cashman said Teixeira probably wouldn’t be able to play for at least a week.

Teixeira and the Yankees talked before the season about surgery, but decided against it. Cashman said he had “no regrets” about trying to heal the injury without an operation.

“Is it something that’s going to force him to have surgery? I can’t rule any of that out,” Cashman said.

Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long recently said the switch-hitting Teixeira seemed to be having more trouble swinging left-handed. Teixeira is just 3 for 35 (.086) as a lefty.

Cashman said he wasn’t mad at Long for that public comment. But Cashman sounded a bit miffed, saying Long hadn’t reported that problem to the medical staff or front office.

The Yankees already have a crowded disabled list that includes infielders Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Youkilis and Eduardo Nunez, outfielder Curtis Granderson, catcher Francisco Cervelli and pitcher Michael Pineda.

Cashman said Youkilis is being examined by a back specialist. The former star is hitting .219 with two homers and eight RBIs in 105 at-bats.

Cashman said he’s hoping Youkilis’ condition improves, but “back issues usually don’t get better.”

Several of the rehabilitating Yankees worked out Monday at the team’s spring training complex in Tampa, Fla.

Rodriguez faced a minor league right-hander in his first live batting practice session. He saw 30 pitches, broken into two rounds, and put a half-dozen balls into play.

Rodriguez also fielded grounders at third base and made throws to first and second, and ran sprints in the outfield.

Jeter took batting practice for the first time in the indoor cage. Nunez and Cervelli played long toss.

Granderson also long tossed and said he would be in New York on Thursday to have his broken knuckle examined.

 NOTES: The Yankees, who have lost five of six, were off Monday. They open a two-game series Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers in their first visit to the Bronx since clinching the 1981 World Series. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, who starred for the Yankees and later was a coach, will be in uniform at Yankee Stadium for the first time since being passed over after the 2007 season to become the team’s manager. Cashman reiterated he thought he made the right choice in selecting Joe Girardi over Mattingly and Tony Pena. Cashman said the fact that Mattingly hadn’t been a major league manager at that point “was a big separator.” Cashman said this series would be a chance for Yankees fans to salute Mattingly, adding Donnie Baseball “is and will always be a Yankee.” Over the weekend, Mattingly said he was looking to seeing a lot of familiar faces in the Bronx and had no negative feelings about getting skipped over as manager. “Not one bit,” Mattingly said. “Everything worked out for the best. I love being the manager of the Dodgers and am proud to work for another great organization.” … The Yankees are adding former big league DH-1B Randy Ruiz to their Triple-A roster. Ruiz, 35, was born in the Bronx and hit .272 with 12 home runs and 25 RBIs in 68 games with Minnesota and Toronto in 2008-10. The righty hitter has played in Japan, Mexico and the minors since then.

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NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman says the accident, in which a passenger train travelling 70 mph hit the worker, shows current procedures are not effective.

The agency is urgently recommending “redundant” protection for maintenance crews.  backup signal protection for maintence crews who depend on train dispatchers to provide signal protection. (See the NTSB recommendations.)

The NTSB says the day of the accident a rail traffic controller and a student controller had taken the section of track out of service at the request of the maintenance foreman,   but the student controller reopened the track just over an hour later without approval of the regular controller or the foreman.

Even though Metro-North had put additional safety produred in place after a similar error in which an out-of-service track had been placed back in service, the new procedures did not prevent the fatal accident.

Instead, the NTSB is recommendinbg that Metro-North take immediate action to ensure the safety of work crews through a procedure known as “shunting,”  in which the crew attaches a device to the rails in a work zone, alerting the controller, and also giving a stop signal to approaching trains.

Those planes took off again after the storms moved through,  and then, when the Boston area felt the impact of the storms, two international flights –  one British Airways and one Virgin Airlines — landed at Bradley.

All the planes parked at the remote ramp before taking off for their original destinations.

This season’s winner is Pittsburgh Penguins’ center Sidney Crosby.

Crosby wins his second Lindsay Award after posting 56 points in just 36 games, before breaking his jaw and missing the team’s final 12 games.

“It is nice to be recognized by the guys that you play against,” Crosby said. “I think it’s obviously a compliment.”

The Penguins’ captain returned to the form he had reached before his concussion issues began at Heinz Field during the Winter Classic in 2011.

“I was well rested,” Crosby joked. “I got [back] to the level that I wanted to.”

Crosby was also nominated for the Hart Trophy, which is the official league MVP. That award went to the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin.

Crosby wanted to win, but said losing out on the award will not cause him any lost sleep.

Crosby’s teammate, Kris Letang was nominated for the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman. The award was given to Montreal’s P.K. Subban.

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Maybe they sensed that there would still be a lot more hockey before the night was over.

Ten periods into their championship series, the Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks headed to Boston for Game 3 on Monday night. No one would be surprised if this one’s as close as the first two.

“I think it’s pretty much what everybody expected,” Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask said Sunday. “I mean, I don’t know if anybody expected to go to triple overtime the first game, but still it’s been tight, one-goal games. That’s usually how the playoffs go.”

Neither team skated on the off-day on Sunday, instead choosing to conserve their energy after playing four extra periods while trading overtime victories that left the series tied at one game.

“It’s a lot about getting your rest,” Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith said after arriving in Boston about an hour late because of air traffic. “It’s not rocket science, you just get sleep and do as best you can and do all those little things to get ready to go.”

Read: 3 Keys For A Game 3 Victory

After their triple overtime win in Game 1, the Blackhawks dominated the first period of Game 2, outshooting the Bruins 19-4. Heading off the ice for the first break, Tyler Seguin ditched the microphone he had been wearing as part of the TV broadcast.

Then he went back into the dressing room so the team could hash out its problems in peace.

“It was really a mix of everybody saying something,” Seguin said. “I definitely knew it was coming, so I threw my shoulder pads in the training room and put a towel over it so no one could hear what we were saying. I think we needed that team wake-up call.”

Only Rask prevented things from getting worse.

“Not much needed to be said after that first period,” said Chris Kelly, who was one of the more vocal players in the dressing room.

“I think Tuukka pointed out that was a pretty terrible period by our team. If it wasn’t for Tuukka, it would have been a lot worse.”

Neither Kelly nor coach Claude Julien nor any of the other Bruins would divulge what was said in the room.

But something snapped them out of their funk.

“Claude came in a little bit later, but I think we were all equally upset about that first period,” said Daniel Paille, who scored at 13:48 of overtime to end it.

“Definitely, Claude let us know and it was a way for us to wake up. And, also, players were keeping each other accountable, too, so it was good.”

Whatever was said, the Blackhawks managed only 15 shots over the next two-plus periods to Boston’s 24.

For the game, the Bruins had 50 hits — 10 by Milan Lucic — to 34 for Chicago.

“They’re in the Stanley Cup final for a reason,” Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane said. “It’s not like you’re going to have the momentum or dominate for three periods. Obviously, we’d love that.

“We know momentum is huge in the playoffs. You want to keep it as long as you can.”

But Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland said they relaxed after taking an early lead and dominating the first period. Another goal was disallowed when the referee lost sight of the puck and blew the whistle moments before it rolled under Rask and over the goal line.

Read: 5 Things We Learned In Game 2

“You always have to have your foot on the gas against this team,” Bolland said. “They’re a physical team. You see the guys they have. They’re a big team and they play hard and they’re going to hit, so you’ve got to be ready for that.”

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said he didn’t think the team lost momentum by having an extra day off before Game 1 on Wednesday and Game 2 on Saturday.

“We had a great first period,” he said. “We did everything we wanted except get to two (goals).”

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Police arrested  26-year-old Jonathan Gibbs of Meriden  Monday,  He’s charged with murder and held in lieu of $3 million bond for arraignment Tuesday.

While it was mission accomplished in that sense, both of these teams know the series is a long way from being decided. The winner of tonight’s Game 3, though, will be in the driver’s seat with a 2-1 series lead.

For the Bruins to gain that lead, here are three keys to Game 3.

Milan Lucic, Wrecking Ball
In the days of Mark Recchi, the nickname “Wrecking Ball” was thrown around for the veteran’s willingness to skate to the dirty areas and take and give out the punishment that comes with the territory. But even Recchi himself never actually resembled a wrecking ball, at least not like Milan Lucic did in Game 2.

Sports Final: Bob Beers On Bruins’ Game 2 Win, Previews Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Final

The big-bodied left winger used his size to his advantage in Game 2, absolutely bullying the Blackhawks with clean but heavy body checks all night long. On the stat sheet, Lucic was credited with a game-high 10 hits, four more than any other player, and though there’s no way to properly quantify their impact, there’s little doubt he helped wear down the Blackhawks. It was evident in the third period, when Lucic would enter the Chicago zone on the forecheck. By that point, Blackhawks D-men could be seen taking circuitous routes to the puck in order to let Lucic get there first. The D-men likely figured they’d have a better chance battling for the puck than they would getting crushed into the end boards.

The question for Game 3 is whether Lucic wore down himself with all that hitting. After more than 38 minutes on the ice in Game 1 and a punishing 24:33 time on ice in Game 2, Lucic is no doubt a little tired heading into Game 3. Then again, so is everyone else. If Lucic can once again impose his presence the way he did in Game 2, it’ll be another long night for the Blackhawks.

Tuukka Being Tuukka
At this point, there’s really not much left to say about Tuukka Rask. He saves just about every single puck he sees, and even some he doesn’t. His numbers are absurd, and he was the sole reason the Bruins had any chance to even win Game 2.

Stanley Cup Notebook: Rask, Thomas Remain Connected

Fortunately for him, it would be hard to believe it could get much tougher than the first period of Game 2, when he stopped 18 of 19 shots, with only a Patrick Sharp shot through a couple of bodies finding its way into the net.

Unfortunately for Tuukka, the man across the ice has been just as good. Here’s how Corey Crawford’s numbers compare to Rask this postseason:

Crawford: 13-6 record, .935 save percentage, 1.72 goals-against average
Rask: 13-5 record, .944 save percentage, 1.73 goals-against average

For Rask, that means there’s no room for a letdown. While he didn’t really have much of a chance on three of Chicago’s four goals in Game 1, he may have to make an impossible save or two to keep similar shots out of the net going forward. Knowing how solid Crawford’s been for Chicago, it looks like these games will all come down to one goal. Rask is going to have to maintain his out-of-control pace as the team’s MVP for the Bruins to keep winning games.

O From D
A major part of the Bruins’ somewhat surprising run to the Cup Final was unlikely scoring from the blue line. Though Adam McQuaid made the play to keep the puck in the Chicago zone for the game-winning goal in Game 2, the defensemen have yet to find the back of the net for the Bruins this series.

Prior to the Final, the blue-liners chipped in with a healthy dose of complementary scoring. Johnny Boychuk netted five goals, which is still tied for fourth-most on the team this postseason. Torey Krug, quite memorably, scored four goals against the Rangers in the second round, while Adam McQuaid doubled his regular-season goal total with two, including the lone goal of the Bruins’ Game 4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In this series, goals from the D-men won’t be a necessity, but they may be the biggest key if the Bruins hope to try to build a lead bigger than one goal. Whether it’s a Boychuk blast through traffic, Krug on the power play or a well-placed wrister by Andrew Ference, Game 3 would be a good time for the D-men to get on the score sheet.

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The study, which speaks not only to young children but adolescents as well, was said to have found an increase in incidents of mental health distress in those who fought with their brothers and sisters.

Working out of the University’s Crimes Against Children Research Center, researchers first poured over all data collected by their National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence.

The survey reportedly represents 3,599 children nationwide, with ages of participating children ranging from one month to 17 years of age.

The effects of physical attacks of varying natures, theft and purposefully broken property, and psychological aggression were all monitored and chronicled by researchers at the University.

Of those asked, 32 percent said they experienced some form of sibling victimization. And in those children, a greater deal of mental health distress was noted, especially in younger age groups.

“Even kids who reported just one instance had more mental health distress,” Corinna Jenkins Tucker, associate professor of family studies at the University and lead author of the study, was quoted as saying by EurekAlert. “Our study shows that sibling aggression is not benign for children and adolescents, regardless of how severe or frequent.”

The study, officially titled “Association of Sibling Aggression with Child and Adolescent Mental Health,” was published in the journal Pediatrics in July, the website additionally reported.

Lorraine Outlaw (Courtesy New Haven Police)

About $300-thousand worth of phones were taken from shops around the state, including in Orange, Hamden, New Haven, Trumbull, East Haven, Wallingford, Clinton, and New Britain.

New Haven Detective Sergeant Robert Lawlor says the phones were being re-sold on the street.

The suspects came in hooded up and masked up, so you couldn’t really their faces,” Lawlor said.  “They came in either right before closing time, or right after opening, which was kind of a unique thing.”

Forenzo Rakeem Murphy (Courtesy New Haven Police)

In custody are 20-year-old Lorraine Outlaw of Bridgeport, 21-year-old Forenza Murphy of Bridgeport, and 22-year-old Michael Carbonell of New Haven.

Police are still looking for 22-year-old Demetrius Wilkes.

All face charges including robbery and larceny.

One of the robbers wore a distinctive sweatshirt, which was made by a relative.

Michael Carbonell (Courtesy New Haven Police)

The item of clothing helped investigators find the suspects, when they found it later, during a search.