News: Heating costs are expected to be way up this winter no matter how you heat your home, and those who use oil are already feeling the pinch. How are they adjusting, and what is causing these skyrocketing prices?

Daybreak: Actor Christian Bale discusses fatherhood, his new film “Amsterdam” and the uneasy state of the world.

Business: Medicare open enrollment starts soon, but 7 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries say they don’t compare Medicare plans during this period. Here’s why you should.

Opinion: The ECHO complex going up on Bayonet Street in New London and others like it that combine public support with incentives such as tax credits are meant to avoid some of the pitfalls of public, low-income housing projects. Those amounted to segregation, often being erected in the least desirable places and, once built, avoided by people who did not have to live in them.