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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.

Focuses on the printing and issuing of their own money by communities in the United States. The systems of local currencies as a way to rebuild communities; The legality of the currency systems; The example of the city of Willimantic, Connecticut.

Reports on court documents that include detailed evidence and incriminating statements by eight men and women charged in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in New Milford,Connecticut, unsealed by a judge on November 6, 2002.

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.

Reports on the decision of the Trust for Public Land organization to buy the real estate Treetops owned by the torch singer and actress Libby Holman in Greenwich and Stamford, Connecticut. Terms of the agreement between International Paper and developer, Brickman Associates in New York City; Annual maintenance cost of the estate; Brief history of the estate.

Reports on the death of Angelica Marie Padilla, an 11-year-old newspaper carrier whose body was found in the woods near her home in Willimantic, Connecticut on August 14, 1998. What was the cause of Padilla's death; Advise which authorities gave to parents; Comments from Mark S. Solak, Windham County's top prosecutor; Details on the incident.

Discusses the problems of widening the bridge over the Pequabuck River in Farmington, Conn. The bridge's `historical integrity'; Pros and cons for selling it.

States that Hartford, Connecticut police failed to thoroughly investigate a dispute between Governor John G. Rowland and his wife Deborah in 1994, according to Ralph G. Elliot, a lawyer for the Hartford Courant. Arguments made by Elliot before the State Appellate court; Details of the investigations carried out by the police; Information on the dispute between Rowland and his wife.

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]

STANDING on the steps of the federal courthouse in New Haven, the lawyer Karen Torre reveled in her clients' victory in a recent case before the Supreme Court. She anointed her clients -- the white firefighters who scored well on a promotion test -- ''a symbol'' for millions of Americans who are ''tired of seeing individual achievement and merit take a back seat to race and ethnicity.'' But the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision last month -- that New Haven should not have scrapped the test -- perpetuates profound misconceptions about the capacity of paper-and-pencil tests to gauge a person's potential on the job. Exams like the one the New Haven firefighters took are neither designed nor administered to identify the employees most qualified for promotion. And Ms. Torre's identity-politics sloganeering diverts attention from what we need most: a clear-eyed reassessment of our blind faith in entrenched testing regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the move of Children's Rights Inc. and the Center for Children's Advocacy to file court papers accusing the State of Connecticut of reneging on its agreement to let a federal monitor manage its troubled child-welfare system. Filing of the case at the Federal District Court; Inclusion of timely reporting of abuse and neglect; Provision of adequate medical, dental and mental health care for children.

Examines the college career of United States vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman. His position as chairman and chief editorial writer for the Yale Daily News, a student-run Yale University paper; Issues covered in editorial columns published during his time at Yale, including Jim Crow, smoking and sock hops; His praise of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Presents business updates around New York as of August 23, 2000. Relocation of International Paper's headquarters from Purchase, New York to Stanford, Connecticut; Acquisition of the Bottle Rocket company by ACTV, a publicly traded company that develops technology for interactive television.

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 Bridgeport, Conn., filed bankruptcy papers that amounted to an urban manifesto of grievance against the federal and state governments, accusing them of leaving economically depressed and racially isolated cities to struggle alone with costly social problems. (Related articles on page 26: Guide to the future, an analysis of fiscal problems in other cities, by S. Bartlett; For Mayor Moran, Bridgeport's revival proves elusive, by D. Hevesi.)

Reports on the naming of Brian P. Toolan, managing editor at `The Philadelphia Daily News' newspaper, by `The Hartford Courant' to run its newspaper. Number of years Toolan worked at the Philadelphia paper; When Toolan is scheduled to start as editor and vice president of The Hartford Courant; Comments from Toolan; Who Toolan succeeded.

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.

Announces the appointment of Douglas D. Wheat as chairman of Playtex Products, a Westport, Connecticut-based tampon manufacturer.