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Cut border guards a break

In February 2005, Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean opened fire in Fabens, Texas, on a fleeing drug smuggler they believed was armed. Though wounded, the suspect escaped. Aware of the lack of political and judicial resolve against illegal immigration and drug smuggling, the agents tried to cover up the shooting. They were tried and found guilty on several counts; prosecutors gave the smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, immunity to testify against the agents. Mr. Ramos was sentenced to 11 years in prison; Mr. Compean, 12.

Poor model

Bridgeport, a post-industrial urban wreck teetering on bankruptcy, has adopted a suitable if wildly impractical model for its labor relations: the U.S. auto industry. Over many decades, automakers averted strikes and managed lean years by agreeing to work-rules changes and expanded long-term benefits. Now automakers are begging for help from Congress, having been laid low by onerous labor and retiree obligations that have come due.

Flying while fat

The Canadian Transportation Agency, backed by that nation's court system, has imposed a Tubbo Tax on anyone who buys a domestic ticket from a Canadian airline. The agency has ruled airlines must provide a free second seat for any passenger too obese to fit into a single seat.

Palladino: Amazing at any age
BARKHAMSTED --- She is 81 years old. She still works, two jobs in fact. She lives in a small, picture-postcard country home, with grounds she maintains herself, alongside a babbling brook, with dogs, birds, fish and a corral out back that holds a herd of horses, children's rocking to be precise.
by By Joe Palladino | Republican-American

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  Scenes from the Waterbury Area Ostomy Support Group holiday party Thu 9:26 pm
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  Scenes from the Waterbury Association of Insurance Women's meeting and holiday gathering Wed 10:53 pm
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  Ansonia beats North Branford in Class S football semifinals Tue 10:11 pm
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  CIAC Class S Playoffs, First Round : Ansonia vs. North Branford Tue 9:44 pm
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  Seymour High defeats Rocky Hill 42-7 in the CIAC Semi Final Tue 9:39 pm
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  Cheshire football beats Hamden 28-21 Tue 9:37 pm
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  UConn men crush Delaware State 79-49 Mon 10:13 pm
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  Torrington showdown - Board of Education vs. the Superintendent of Schools Mon 5:41 am
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  Folding for decades with origamist Rona Gurkewitz Sun 11:06 pm
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  UConn women drop Oklahoma 106-78 Sun 10:59 pm
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  Bruce Elfstrom teaches off-road driving techniques with his company Overland Experts Sat 6:16 pm
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  UConn men beat Bryant 88-58 Sat 5:30 pm