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HARD LOSS
K.J. HARMELING SCORES 13, BUT HOLY CROSS STILL LOSES TO RIDGEFIELD, 62-51, PAGE 1C

HUNDREDS KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE; ENTIRE PACIFIC PUT ON ALERT

More destruction

HUSKIES IN FINAL

KEMBA WALKERS 33 POINTS HELP UCONN BEAT SYRACUSE IN OT, 76-71, IN BIG EAST, PAGE 1C

Man gets 45 years for killing

A Guyanese man will serve 45 years in prison for killing a Waterbury man in 2009, a verdict that caused the mans mother to confront the victims family in court. PAGE 1B

KYODO NEW VIA THE AP

Reasons why we spring ahead

Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Why 2 a.m.? Get the answer to this question and others before you lose that hour of sleep. PAGE 10B See the Morning 5 for more on Daylightsaving time, Page 2A.

Residents look over destroyed buildings half submerged in water from a tsunami in Kesennuma after Japans biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday.

New quakes rock tsunami-devastated Japan

BY JAY ALABASTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Forbes: The rich get richer

The number of global billionaires grew by 199 in the past year, according to Forbes annual tally. The list includes staples like Bill Gates plus 11 people from Connecticut. PAGE 10D

Suspects cash in on electronics

Four New York residents face charges after police say they bought electronics with counterfeit bills in Connecticut and other states, then returned them for cash. PAGE 5A

SENDAI, Japan Huge earthquakes rocked northeastern Japan on Saturday, a day after a giant temblor set off a powerful tsunami that killed hundreds of people, turned the coast into a swampy wasteland and left two nuclear reactors dangerously close to meltdown. The United States Geological Survey said a strong earthquake struck just before noon in the sea in virtually the same place where the magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday unleashed one of the greatest disasters Japan has witnessed a 23-foot (7meter) tsunami that washed far inland over fields and smashed towns. Saturdays magnitude 6.8 quake was followed by a series of temblors originating from the same area, the USGS said. It See QUAKE, Page 6A

Atomic plants pose danger of meltdown

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THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN VIA THE AP

OPINION OF THE DAY: How does Gov. Malloy propose to make Connecticut more business-friendly? By putting a large tax burden on it. Rich Flint, Torrington
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An elderly man is carried by a Self-Defense Force member in tsunami-torn Natori, Japan, today.

TOKYO Japan declared states of emergency for five nuclear reactors at two power plants after the units lost cooling ability in the aftermath of Fridays powerful earthquake. Thousands of residents were evacuated as workers struggled to get the reactors under control to prevent meltdowns. Operators at the Fukushima Daiichi plants Unit 1 scrambled ferociously to tamp down heat and pressure inside the reactor after the 8.9 magnitude quake and the tsunami that followed cut off electricity to the site and disabled emergency

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>> A look at the destruction in Japan, Hawaii and on the West Coast and how to help victims, plus a look at a quakes power, Page 3A. >> The earthquake and tsunami forced multinational companies to close factories, inflicting damage on Japans economy, Page 10D.

>> Visit www.rep-am.com to see an Associated Press video report on the earthquake and tsunami. >> Also, see a video of some of the days most compelling images from Japan.

WEB EXTRAS
TO DAY AT R E P -A M .CO M >> ITS TOURNEY TIME See photo galleries and videos from the Torrington-E.O. Smith girls Class L semifinal and Holy CrossRidgefield Class LL boys quarterfinal in the Hoop Zone. >> FROM THE GARDEN See a photo gallery and video from UConns semifinal win against Syracuse in the Big East tournament, left. >> FUNNY GUY Bill Engvall brings his blue-collar comedy to the Warner Theatre on Sunday. Read about his show on the Nightlife page.

Religion teacher given 7 years for molesting boy

David Stanco asks victims forgiveness
BY SAM COOPER
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

WARNING TO WOMEN
Loss of family planning funds will cut health care
BY ALIA MALIK
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

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Some sunshine today with warmer weather. Sunday looks even better. Page 6C

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LITCHFIELD A longtime fixture of the Watertown and Thomaston religious communities was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for sexually molesting a 15-yearold boy from a religious education class he taught. The sentence for David G. Stanco, 58, Stanco of Thomaston, comes nearly a year after he was arrested. Stanco was found in his truck parked in front of the graves of his parents at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Watertown after a failed suicide attempt as investigators closed in. In a tearful plea in Bantam

Superior Court on Friday, the victims mother called Stanco a mastermind of manipulation who deserved the maximum sentence. Stanco was facing between five and eight years in prison under the terms of a deal with prosecutors. He knew all too well how to take advantage of (my son), the mother said. He was a religious educaCONTRIBUTED tion instructor, he was an organist, he was a mentor, he was a person of God ... On behalf of my family ... please, judge, keep this man in jail. Stanco had served as the choir director at United See STANCO, Page 6A

Family planning advocates say tens of thousands of women in the state could lose access to basic health care if Congress passes a budget bill that eliminates funding for Planned Parenthood and similar clinics across the country. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill Feb. 19 that, as part of $61.5 billion in cuts, would eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood and the Title X family planning program. The bill failed Wednesday in the Senate, but many are still worried a compromise measure could still ax both programs, said Judy Tabar, president and CEO of

>> THE COST If federal funding were cut completely, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England would lose $4 million of its $25 million budget, officials said. The agency maintains offices in Waterbury and Torrington, along with several other cities.

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. That vote was an assault, not only on Planned Parenthood, but its on the thousands of women that we serve here in Connecticut who come to us for primary and preventive care, Tabar said.

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