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The article reports on an agreement reached between the Fairfield United Soccer Association of Connecticut and the Internal Revenue Service over withholding taxes from the soccer group's coaches. Youth sports leagues across the United States have been waiting for this case to resolved so that the employment status of such coaches would be clarified.

The article focuses on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's audit of the Fairfield United Soccer Association of Fairfield, Connecticut. The author reviews how the youth soccer league seen its budget boom in the recent future and raised nearly $400,000 in dues. According to the author, many youth sports clubs across the county are beginning to question whether or not they are growing too fast for their parent managers to keep up.

The article presents news briefs related to crimes and sentences in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Zachary Gibian was sentenced 25 years in prison by the New York Supreme Court for killing his stepfather. John Merla, the former mayor of Keyport, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in Federal District Court for accepting bribes during his tenure. The body of missing New York City college student Joseph Zahornacky was found in a lake in Connecticut.

Profiles editorial cartoonist Matt Davies in Norwalk, Connecticut. Pulitzer prize received for editorial cartooning; Educational and family background; Challenges faced in the job.

Presents news briefs concerning New York and Connecticut, as of June 10, 2003.

Reports on the murder of Damontis Johnson, football player of the Ansonia High School in Connecticut. on November 27, 2002.

Reports on the arrest of Patrick Arbelo, a graduate of Fairfield University in Connecticut, who took hostage of a classroom on February 12, 2002.

Presents news briefs in the United States as of October 27, 2000. Signing of a policy which prohibits driving with a hand-held cellular phone in Hauppauge County, New York; Investigation on the death of Luis Rodriguez at the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey; Amount to be spent by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut for the construction and renovation of its buildings.

Reports on the effort of college students from Quinnipiac College Poll in Hamden, Connecticut and from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York to conduct public opinion surveys. Why the students are conducting polls; Comments from Jeffrey B. Plaut, a principal at Global Strategy Group; Remarks from Robert Y. Shapiro, a political science professor at Columbia University specializing in public opinion.

Pays tribute to Biagio DiLieto, a former mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, who died on November 8, 1999. Highlights of his career; Survivors; Comments on DiLieto.

Deals with the proposal of Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland to build a football stadium in East Hartford. Information on the stadium; Explanation from Rowland; Projected cost of the stadium.

Focuses on the visit by United States President Bill Clinton in Hartford, Connecticut on November 3, 1999. Comments by Robert W. Fiondella, chairman and chief executive officer of Phoenix Home Life on the President's visit; Activities of the President while in Hartford; Amount of grant to be announced by the President to Hartford Housing Authority to fight drugs.

Focuses on the mourning in Norfolk, Connecticut, for the death of Gene and Barbara Billings and their friend, Henrietta Mead, who all died in the EgyptAir crash on October 31, 1999. Sentiments aired by residents; Background information on the victims.

Reports on an investigation into a fatal shooting that cleared police officer Robert Flodquist in New Haven, Connecticut. Reasons for the shooting; Views on the decision.

Looks at the factors that helped Connecticut register the nation's biggest increase in fourth-grade reading scores between 1992 and 1998. Median income and academic achivements of Connecticut; Increase in the percentage of fourth graders who met the panel's two highest performance standards in reading; Stand of education advocates in New York.

Focuses on the debate surrounding the proposed waterfront mall the Galleria at Long Wharf in New Haven, Connecticut. Belief that the mall could revitalize the town; Opposing factions including the owners of competing malls; Other factors including the financial straits of one of the developers of the Galleria; Coding issues as to what constitutes a downtown area in New Haven; The role of Mayor John DeStefano.

Focuses on development planned for Hartford, Connecticut, in light of an early November 1999 visit by United States President Bill Clinton as part of his tour of US areas affected by poverty. Features of the waterfront Adriaen's Landing project; University of Connecticut stadium plans; Privately funded projects; State and federal contributions; Crime; Commercial vacancy; Details.