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Presents information on the lawsuit filed by Brickman Associates against International Paper on October 24, 2000 over the sale of a wooded property in Connecticut. Details on the sale of the land to the Trust for Public Land conservation group; Plans of Brickman Associates for the area.

Reports on the billing-fraud case which federal prosecutors have filed against Dr. Joseph Spinella relating to allegations of excessive Medicare payments for prescription drugs. Allegations that he conspired with drugmaker TAP Pharmaceutical Products to receive money for prescribing prostate-cancer drug Lupron; Company history of TAP Pharmaceuticals.

The first day of jury selection in the Cheshire triple murder case offered a taste of the intense emotions the case has brought to Connecticut, but ended without any jurors chosen in the capital murder trial. The slow pace showed that court officials may have rightly figured that picking a jury could take months. Some potential jurors were excused after saying that the media had given them detailed knowledge of the case. ''It's all over the papers,'' one panel member said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that on August 26, 1998 convicted sex offender Jose Torres was arrested by police in the death of 11-year-old neighbor, Angelica Padilla, who was killed while delivering papers in Willimantic, Connecticut. Charges that were brought against Torres, who was on parole; Issues that were discussed by authorities at a news conference prior to Torres' arrest; Questions about the effectiveness of the state's `Megan's Law,' that were raised by the case.

Reports that in Hartford, Connecticut, cousins Jeffrey Colon and Jose Javier Colon were charged for a 1993 drive-by shooting. Who they were accused of killing; Comments made by the police; What court papers had mentioned; Description of their sentences.