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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 offers information about the services offered by the support group Mothers of Only Children of Northern New Jersey for parents of one child in New Jersey. The monthly meetings of the group alternate between child-centered play dates and nights out for parents of only child. The parents in the group exchange tips on vacation destinations that attract children, how to be a main playmate for toddlers and how to face strangers in supermarkets.

The article focuses on the results of a study by Harvard University researchers which found that Asian women in Bergen County, New Jersey live longer than any other ethnic subgroup of people in the United States, according to federal statistics. Elderly women in the county from Korea, China, and Hong Kong who were interviewed attribute their longevity to a healthy diet, belief in God, and their close-knit communities.

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 focuses on the New Jersey's child welfare system. According to the author, few changes have been made to the system since an effort to reform its inadequacies began more than 18 months ago. It is the author's view that the difficulty New Jersey officials have had in providing promised medical exams to children offers a glimpse into some of the obstacles that the state has faced in trying to repair the system. It is suggested that the system is still suffering from staff shortages, poor financing and poor communication. United States.

Focuses on infant toilet training in the U.S. How a growing number of parents view infant potty training as more sanitary, ecologically correct and likely to strengthen bonds between parent and child; Ways that the practice is being encouraged; Why the philosophy behind it challenges conventional wisdom; Observation that parents in at least 75 countries embrace the practice; Views of Ingrid Bauer, author of "Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene," and child-rearing expert Dr. T. Berry Brazelton; Advantages for families who practice the technique; Role of support groups.

Looks at how Hellfest, a three-day punk music festival scheduled to being on August 19, 2005 in Trenton, New Jersey, has been cancelled at the last minute, leaving fans stranded in the area. Comments from stranded fans regarding the cancellation; Review of how the event would have been the ninth consecutive year for Hellfest; Reports on how promoters hoped all the ticketholders would receive refunds.

Reports a federal indictment in New Jersey accuses eight women and two men of participating in a smuggling ring that brought females from Honduras to the United States. Charges against the ten for conspiracy to commit forced labor offenses, alien smuggling, and harboring illegal aliens; How Honduran women were recruited for slave labor and abused; Comment from the federal prosecutor, Christopher J. Christie; The names listed in the indictment, including the ringleader Luisa Medrano, a naturalized citizen who is from El Salvador.

Reports that a body found floating in the East River is believed to be that of a 44-year-old woman who vanished in March 2003 while walking on the Upper East Side. Description of body resembling Svetlana Aronov; Where the body was found; Clues and evidence the police were investigating including an eyewitness account that Aronov and a cocker spaniel dog got inside a taxi-cab; Results of lie detector tests taken by Aronov's husband suggesting he was not involved in foul play.

Sorbrique Grant, 22, is in her second year teaching English as a second language to 18 fourth graders at Public School 70 in the Bronx, through the Teach for America program. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Constantine Katsoris, 76, has been a Fordham University law professor for 45 years, and an arbitrator with the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers for more than 35 years. He has a Sandra Day O'Connor bobblehead doll and almost five decades of legal paperwork in his office. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Not often does the klieg-lit world of presidential campaigning reach into the shadowy side streets of the garment district or Chinatown. This week, campaign finance reports confirmed that the Republican National Committee spent about $150,000 on clothes for its vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, and her family, including $75,062 at Neiman Marcus and $49,425 at Saks Fifth Avenue in September. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Aleks Shineleva, 22, who immigrated to New York from Moscow 11 years ago, is a manager-in-training at Gimme! Coffee, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which features artisanal coffees ($12-$13 a pound) valued for their molasses-incense aroma, dry pine aftertaste and farmer-friendliness. She also paints and climbs buildings. Words she thinks she pronounces with a Russian accent: cookies, blue, salt, hoodie. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Every big political campaign has its own character and caricature. In the 1996 presidential race, there was the Soccer Mom, eclipsing the Angry White Male. When Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, this year's Republican vice-presidential candidate, introduced herself to the country on Wednesday as ''just your average hockey mom,'' a new political symbol was born. So it seems like an opportune moment to ask soccer moms what they think of hockey moms. Do they resent being hip-checked out of the national spotlight? Or are they just glad they do not have to get up for some 4:30 a.m. ice time? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Harold Wenning, 69, remembers what he called ''the one-for-five trick'' from his days running a news kiosk in Midtown Manhattan. ''They'll say it's a five and give you a one,'' he said. ''I had a guy say it was a 20 once and he gave me a one. I had a guy buy a roll of quarters from me and he gave me a dollar. That happens.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on 82-year-old magician Gregory Tanis. It states that Tanis, the oldest magician in New Jersey, still performs old magic tricks at parties, about 70 years after he first entertained at a birthday party for $5 or $10. It mentions that Tanis fees has increased to $150 from $5 or $10. It also states that Tanis has no web sites and he runs his business without modern-day conveniences.

The article reports that the health benefits processing services of the U.S. Department of Justice has improved remarkably. It is stated that improvement was observed after the department came under questioning for denying or delaying death benefits for U.S. emergency workers to their beneficiaries. It is mentioned that in August 2007 the department had denied claims made by several beneficiaries on ground of insufficient medical records.

The article presents the U.S. news briefs from metrpolitan areas. The crime rate of New York continued to drop in the first half of 2007, including number of rapes decreasing 19 percent and robberies dropping 13 percent. One of the organists of a Hudson Valley church has been accused of stealing more than $12,000 in church donations. The State Supreme Court of New Jersey has been asked by a woman to reconsider its unanimous ruling to dismiss her malpractice lawsuit relating her 1996 abortion.

The article offers information on climatic variation being experienced in several parts of U.S. in August 2007. It is stated that New York City experienced a lot of rain and hail storm, with 19 degrees being recorded as the minimum temperature ever experienced in August. Other regions in the U.S. that are experiencing a cold weather includes Asbury Park in New Jersey were people have been warned against swimming in the ocean due to cold water.

The article presents the U.S. news briefs. It says that Shane Tomilson of Queens, New York City, was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Chameka Miller. It discusses a legislation signed by acting Governor of New Jersey, Richard J. Codey, for the expansion of two regional airports. Information is provided on Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, agreeing to pay $300,00 to settle a claim of sexual abuse.

The article reports that hundreds of policemen surrounded the Fox Hollow golf course after local dweller John Hawkins accepted that he had seen the sharpshooter in the golf course who killed an agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Barry Lee Bush, in New Jersey. The police increased its vigilance around the golf course to catch the sharpshooter.

The article highlights the growing need of transplant organs among African Americans in the U.S. Robert Kevin Waters, father of a three year old boy who needed transplantation of his diseased colon, addressing a gathering at a National Donor Sabbath, stressed the need for people to become organ donors. A study conducted by Links Inc. and Roche Holding AG found that half of the African Americans would want to donate their organs upon their death.

The article focuses on post offices of the United States, an initiative to make post offices more uniform and create professional atmosphere is being tried throughout the nation.

The article reports on the works and achievements of federal prosecutor Herbert J. Stern in the U.S.

Presents the author's account of her experience while riding a gondola with her family in New York City's Central Park. Reasons for deciding to go for a gondola ride; Sightings during the ride.

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

This article presents information about several tourist places that can be visited within a 36 hour journey within Quechee, Vermont. The east-central Vermont is a hotbed of ethnic cooking. Japanese seafood dishes and fine Chinese cuisine is available at this place. In Hanover Darmouth's College's astronomy department offers free guided glimpses of heaven. The Vermont Toy and Train Museum in Quechee Gorge Village features over 400 lunch boxes that can bring a baby boomer straight back to the third grade. INSET: Visiting Quechee..

Features the chocolate fudge served at Serendipity restaurant in New York City. Price of the chocolate fudge; Details on the taste of the menu; Availability of the product.

Features a house near a fly-fishing stream in Delhi, New York being sold by real estate agent and developer, Susan A. Budai. Size of the property; Features of the location.

Reports that a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Roosevelt, New York City after two men forced her into a black Mercedes.

Reports that a federal judge agreed that New York City violated the constitutional rights of a man who was arrested for sending an alarm letter to a candidate for lieutenant governor.

Features Cloisters Gardens located in New York City. Wildlife diversity; Walking paths; Playgrounds.

Reports that three members of a Bronx, New York, family were found dead in their home last night, a day after their electricity was cut off for lack of payment. Speculation by police that the cause of the deaths was carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in use at the house; Details of the victims, including a 2-month-old girl; Other victims of carbon monoxide poisoning; Reaction to the deaths by Consolidated Edison, the electric utility that turned off the power; Reactions of neighbors to the deaths.

Reports that a homeless couple died in an electric fire in the New York City-owned building in Bedford-Stuyvesant where they squatted. Details of the incident; Death due to smoke inhalation; Poaching of electricity from a streetlight.

Reports that Robert Durst has been acquitted on charges of killing a retired merchant seaman in a verdict given in the courts of Galveston, Texas. Other charges against Durst; Reaction of the people who knew Durst to the court decision; Investigation of the events surrounding the disappearance of Durst's former wife, Kathleen.

Reports on the search for serial sex offender Anthony Jones after the discovery of the body of a homeless woman under the boardwalk in New York City. Identification of Jones by one of the witnesses.

Reports that Queens police have charged Andre Cooper with manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in the death of his three-month-old son. Arrest of Cooper.

Reports on the arrest of a pilot of an Air France plane after he made comments about an aircraft explosion to baggage screeners at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

Reports on the Church of Craft, a faith composed of flocks in New York, and other sites worldwide. Mission of the group which is to offer nondenominational spiritual practice through the promotion of creativity; Search for a permanent home and legal assistance to clarify their tax status; Background on church founders Callie Janoff and Trismegista Taylor; Comments from those who attend.

Reports on the slaying of four people in Queens, New York. How the victims were related to each other; Lack of evidence or motive; Rarity of a multiple killing which is not thought to be gang or drug related; Continuing Investigation.

Reports on an attempted rape that was thwarted by a police officer. Assault which occurred in broad daylight in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; Hospitalization of victim for a broken jaw and head injuries; Officer who chased and tackled the suspect; Park which is usually safe during the day; Comments from local people.

Reports on a fire in Suffolk County, New York that took the lives of Betty Perichi and her two infant daughters, Jennifer and Katy. Investigation of the arson; Consideration of the failed attempts to rescue the mother and children; Injuries sustained; Comments from neighbors.

Reports on a four-alarm fire in Sunnyside, Queens in New York City in August 2003. Destruction to businesses caused by the fire; Injuries to fire fighters and police; Disruption of service along the No. 7 subway line during rush hour; Comments of transit worker John Laido and others.

Reports that a couple was shot after what is believed to have been a home invasion in Rye Brook, New York. Investigation into the incident, in which Danielle Graziano was killed and her husband, Richard, was seriously injured; How the couple ran a construction company from their home.

Talks about a free medical care offered to residents of Bowery Mission in New York City as of June 23, 2003.