Nearly a third of veterans deemed at high risk for suicide don’t receive the recommended follow-up care after they’ve been discharged from Veterans Health Administration inpatient mental health facilities, according to a new report from the VA inspector general.

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Cereal-flavored milk. A gadget to help women zip up a dress without assistance. A line of clothing for female motorcyclists. A new system to help pilots stay on their flight path.

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ROCKY HILL — For two decades, hundreds of Connecticut veterans have attended an annual event designed to help them address health problems and legal issues as well as access free services. This year, many also got a picture with Gov. Dannel Malloy.

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Nick Saucier, a former Army sniper who spent time in Afghanistan, has found that the skills he learned in the military now serve him well as a machinist. And his employer, Bristol’s Arna Machine, has been able to take advantage of a federal tax credit for hiring a veteran.

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At 55, Stephen Norko says he was at “the lowest point’’ of his life.  Homeless, unemployed, and feeling sick, the 17-year Navy veteran couldn’t get medical care at a VA hospital because he had an “other than honorable’’ discharge.

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U.S. Rep. John Larson is betting that if you give people the opportunity to help veterans and the post office, they’ll take it. He plans to resurrect a World War II-era tradition of selling stamps with no postal value as an expression of patriotism.

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A teary-eyed military wife and mother of an autistic child thanked U.S. Rep. John B. Larson Tuesday for introducing legislation that calls for better coverage of autism.

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In a legislative session fraught with battles over the death penalty, medical marijuana, and contentious negotiations on education reform, it’s easy to overlook areas where everyone seemed to find common ground.

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On the heels of his Tuesday trip to Kuwait, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was in Afghanistan Wednesday visiting with some of the state’s deployed soldiers.

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For Veterans Day, contributing photographer Josalee Thrift shared with us an audio slideshow she produced in 2007 for the Waterbury Republican-American titled WWII Vet Flies Again. Follow the link and click on WWII Vet Flies Again on the left, then click the play arrow to watch and listen.

Tags: Veterans Day, Waterbury Republican-American, Josalee Thrift, B17, pilot