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Full Train Service to Resume Wednesday Morning, M.T.A. Says

5.20.13 at 6:36pm by Connor Ryan

Metro-North Railroad plans to resume regular train service on the New Haven Line on Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday afternoon.

“We are confident that the reconstruction work, inspection and testing will be completed in time for a normal rush hour on Wednesday,” Howard Permut, Metro-North's president, said in a statement.

The shuttle train between New Haven and Bridgeport, as well as the bus connection to Stamford will be used again on Tuesday.

The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced

5.20.13 at 5:15pm by Melissa Block

There is one place in the country where a law enforcement agency can trace a gun found at a crime scene back to a buyer — the ATF's National Tracing Center in West Virginia. But the tracing process is usually tedious, involving multiple phone calls and searching, by hand, through paper records.

Washington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed

5.20.13 at 5:15pm by Eliza Barclay

Despite its name, the "pot pig" experiment isn't an attempt to develop a new meaty treat for stoners. Instead, a Seattle butcher is feeding marijuana seeds, stems and root bulbs to swine as a cheeky money-saving measure.

British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Heads For Scrap Yard

5.20.13 at 5:15pm by Scott Neuman

The former Royal Navy flagship fell victim to a 2010 defense review that recommended scrapping the vessel and selling its Harrier jump jets.