Teens spend an average of 9 hours a day with media

Teens spend an average of 9 hours a day with media

NEW YORK (AP) — Teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day absorbing media and despite all the new options, music and television remain the favorites.

Common Sense Media released an exhaustive survey Tuesday outlining how young people spend screen time. One concern: the number of youngsters who feel comfortable multi-tasking while doing homework.

Ex-con former Bridgeport mayor reaches brink of comeback
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Ex-con former Bridgeport mayor reaches brink of comeback

Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Five years after his release from prison, former Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim has ridden an unlikely comeback bid to the brink of winning back his old job in Connecticut's biggest city.

Ganim, who spent seven years behind bars for corruption, enters Tuesday's election as the endorsed candidate of the hard-luck city's most powerful party after defeating two-term incumbent Mayor Bill Finch in the Democratic primary.

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