Still grieving after the Christmas Day fire that took the lives of his three daughters, Matthew Badger has given his first interview to Good Morning America to promote a fund in their honor which raises money for art programs in public schools. Badger explained, "Out of the darkness came this [fund]." more ›

While the criminal investigation into the fatal Christmas day Stamford house fire continues, one party is preparing for a lawsuit. Matthew Badger, whose young daughters died in his ex-wife's Connecticut home, "filed papers in Stamford Probate Court recently, seeking to administer his daughters’ estates for a potential 'wrongful-death claim,'" according to the NY Post. But Badger won't be suing his ex Madonna Badger—instead, he is targeting her boyfriend, contractor Michael Borcina. more ›

The grieving woman whose three daughters and parents died in a Christmas Day fire that ravaged her home tried to kill herself last week. A friend told WCBS 2 that Madonna Badger "is now in a safe place, surrounded by family and long-time friends.” more ›

A week after saying good-bye to her daughters with a heart-wrenching eulogy, the mother who lost her three daughters and her parents in a Connecticut house fire was re-interviewed by authorities. Stamford Fire and Rescue Chief Antonio Conte said of the investigation, "It's nowhere near completion." more ›

Today, the NY Times publishes a terribly sad photograph of the three little girls who died inside their Stamford, Connecticut home during a Christmas Day fire. In the picture, the girls, 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah and 9-year-old Lily, are with their father Matthew Badger, smiling and happy. According to the Times, funeral arrangements are still being made, but it's expected that they will take place next week. The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home's vice-president, Dominic Carella, said the girls would be placed in individual coffins. more ›

The Christmas morning fire that ripped through a three-story Victorian home in Stamford, Connecticut, killed three girls—7-year-old twins and their 9-year-old sister—and their grandparents. The home on Shippan Avenue was owned by fashion advertising executive Madonna Badger, who managed to escape the blaze and was overhead screaming, "My whole life is in that house!" more ›

A fire that broke out in the early morning in an exclusive Stamford, Connecticut neighborhood has claimed the lives of three children and two adults. Stamford mayor Michael Pavia told reporters, "It’s a terrible, terrible day for the city of Stamford. There probably has not been a worse Christmas day in the city of Stamford." Update, 12/26: The victims were the three daughters and parents of homeowner Madonna Badger. more ›

Police say that a Stamford woman was attacked last night after leaving her church—but when the attacker dragged her to the ground and began to sexually assault her, she bit her assaulters tongue! “During that attack, he stuck his tongue into her mouth and she bit off a large portion of his tongue, which we recovered at the crime scene. There was an extreme amount of blood at the scene,” said Stamford police captain Richie Conklin. more ›

Because the most talent bankers apparently would rather live in New York City than Connecticut, the Swiss banking firm UBS is considering moving from its massive Stamford, CT headquarters back to the Big Apple. As UBS negotiates a deal at to-be-built 3 World Trade Center, a Stamford man who sells "'a whole lot' of brown-bagged bottles of liquor to UBS employees every evening," tells the NY Times, "You couldn’t pay me to work at a World Trade Center tower. Have they forgotten about 9/11?" more ›

Stamford police busted an alleged prostitution ring that was being run out of a massage parlor, arresting four Brooklyn women. And they caught them in the act: Lt. Tim Shaw says police armed with a search warrant found two women in rooms with men, one of them in the middle of performing a sexual act. “[We] located condoms throughout the building. They were hidden in false-bottom hairspray cans,” said Shaw. Which is obviously hardcore proof of prostitution! more ›

The mugshot of Connecticut resident David Davis, sporting a half-haircut because he allegedly stabbed a man with scissors during his own haircut, caught fire on the Internet yesterday. And guess what—police officers who responded to the scene and saw the partially-shorn suspect were LOLing too! more ›

David Davis, 20, of New Haven has been arrested for slashing another man in the back with a pair of scissors. Unfortunately, this happened to be while Davis himself was mid-haircut, and he didn't have time to get it finished before he was arrested and charged with first-degree assault. more ›

Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who was severely mauled by a friend's pet chimpanzee, remains under sedation, according to her doctors at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The Stamford Advocate reports that they revealed the extent of her injuries as well: Nash, 55, "lost her nose, lips, eyelids, hands and bone structure in her mid-face and suffered significant brain, eye and tissue injuries in the attack." The hospital said that while her injuries have stabilized, "critical issues still remain related to a significant traumatic brain injury and injuries to her eyes that threaten her vision." The Stamford, CT police say the toxicology results for 200-pound chimp Travis, who was shot dead after the attack, will be available in the next few days. The decision whether the police will charge Travis's owner, Sondra Herold, (the police's criminal investigation is continuing) will take weeks. Nash's brother Stephen told the AP, "She's tougn. I'm optimistic. I think she can do it." more ›

The Connecticut woman who was viciously mauled by her friend's 200-pound chimp underwent surgery yesterday. The family of Charla Nash thanked people for their support, noting that she made "some good, but small progress." Her twin brother Mike Nash said, "It should be known that people who were complete strangers to us prior to this have selflessly offered their assistance to our family, and we are eternally grateful." more ›

A 200-pound chimpanzee, who was a beloved sight in his Stamford, Connecticut neighborhood, was shot by police officers after he attacked his owner's friend. The Post reports that owner Sondra Herold, 70, was having trouble containing her pet Travis: The Stamford police said that Herold "gave him Xanax in tea to quiet him, but the chimp grabbed the keys to open the kitchen door, went outside and started banging on car doors to indicate he wanted to go for a ride." So Herold called friend Charla Nash for help. more ›

The owner of a Papa John's in Norwalk, CT uploaded footage of a delivery car being robbed of a GPS system and an iPod to Youtube, hoping the community would be able to help identify the thief. more ›