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Assuming you aren't preoccupied with whether or not 30 million people have health insurance, then you know that the big medical news of the past week was about.mac and cheese.

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As I was wrapping up my column about a teen shot and killed last Sunday on Bassett Street, I received an email from police that a 13-year-old boy had just been shot, also on Bassett Street.

NEW HAVEN >> Nury Chavarria seemed to have found some peace of mind Saturday as she sat with her youngest child in the Fair Haven church where she sought sanctuary Thursday to avoid being deported to Guatemala."We have a lot more friends now," she said with a tired little smile. "I feel better when I have a lot of people around for me and my family.

NEW HAVEN >> The group of middle schoolers were gathered in a room just off the squash courts in Yale University's Payne Whitney Gymnasium, but they had a more weighty topic on their minds than whacking a ball with a racquet.They were taking part in the

NEW HAVEN >> A 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg in New Haven Saturday afternoon.New Haven Police and EMT's were dispatched to the area of Shelton Ave. and Ivy St. around 2:57 p.m. on Saturday for a reported shooting.Police said the victim was located about a block away on Bassett St.

NEW HAVEN >> Three Fair Haven alders came together with a message of unity Saturday as they announced their re-election bids.Alders Kenneth Reveiz, D-14, Ernie Santiago, D-15, and Jose Crespo, D-16, launched their so-far uncontested campaigns at Chatham Square Park."We're all running together as a slate trying to unite the neighborhood more," said Reveiz, who was elected in March to fill

NEW HAVEN >> A Silver Alert has been issued for Todd Perdue, 13.Todd is a white male with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 110 pounds.Todd was last seen Friday, wearing blue jeans and a black Nike hoodie.Anyone with any information on Todd's whereabouts should call police at 203-946-6321.

NEW HAVEN >> It was fun, and there were games, but the two-week "For a Girl" program was mostly about empowering young women to do and be whatever they dream.Sponsored by Dr. Lynn Fiellin's play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health and Learning Games, nine girls heard life stories from successful female faculty members at the

HARTFORD >> Eighteen police officers were identified as being statistically more likely to stop minority motorists in nine municipal police departments and the state police barracks in Hartford, according to a report compiled by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy.The report, which was a follow-up earlier report by the same group, analyzed potential problems at state police Troop H, and nine municipal departments.