COURTS CHILDREN'S KILLER SENTENCED; SWAIN GETS LIFE TERM FOR STABBING DEATHS IN EX-GIRLFRIEND'S APARTMENT COUSINS TESTIFY TO SEX ASSAULTS; A PETITE TEENAGER AND AN 18-YEAR-OLD SAID THAT JOHN GREGORY MOLESTED THEM YEARS AGO AS THEY SAT ON HIS LAP AND WATCHED TELEVISION. KILLER SENT TO PRISON, NOT HOSPITAL; JUDGE: MENTAL CARE AVAILABLE IN JAIL SUSPECT ADMITS ROBBING 8 BANKS; SAYS HEROIN HABIT WAS BEHIND THEFTS EX-GANG MEMBER TESTIFIES IN TRIAL; JUAN SANTIAGO, FORMERLY WITH LOS SOLIDOS, TELLS A MURDER TRIAL JURY THAT JAMES CUMMINGS HELPED PLAN A 1994 DOUBLE HOMICIDE. PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS BOY WAS ABUSED; PROSECUTION IN RUBENSTEIN ABDUCTION CASE CHALLENGES FINDINGS VERDICT BRINGS FAMILY JUSTICE; JURY CONVICTS SUSPECT IN 1980 MURDER CASE FIREWORKS DISPUTE HEADED TO COURT ROBBERY SUSPECT COLLAPSES IN COURT VICTIM'S LAST NIGHT RECALLED BY WITNESSES; DARRELL ASHTON'S FRIENDS TAKE STAND IN FELONY MURDER TRIAL OF HIS ALLEGED KILLER FEATURES A RECIPE FOR TROUBLE; RESTAURANT PARTNERS SERVE EACH OTHER LAWSUITS, WITH THE WORKS AT 96, JUDGE DEFT AT DEFUSING NASTY DIVORCES BAGHDAD'S MENACES HAUNT GUARDSMAN TV, RADIO REPAIR OF LAST RESORT; PIONEER SPECIALIZES IN ANTIQUES AND THE UNFIXABLE; BEN AND REBECCA COHEN GOT IN ON THE BUSINESS EARLY INVESTIGATIVE SKATERS' CHARGES DETAILED IN REPORT; POLICE INVESTIGATED IN '99 BUT DIDN'T CHARGE COACH TRINITY HIRED EMBATTLED COACH; RINK CHORES INCLUDED WORKING WITH KIDS OUT OF CONTROL; AN 18-WHEELER CRASHES INTO A FURNITURE STORE, RENEWING CALLS FOR A TRUCK BAN ON AVON MOUNTAIN BUS INDUSTRY PRESSURE TRUMPED SAFETY -- REPORT; DMV STUDY ADDRESSES PEDESTRIAN FATALITY FELONS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT SCHOOL BUS IN FATAL ACCIDENT; PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON SOUTH QUAKER TOUGHER RULES FOR BUS DRIVERS; RELL APPROVES REFORMS AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT TWO SKATERS SAY EX-COACH ABUSED THEM ROUTE 44 HAZARDS HAVE LINGERED; TODAY'S SAFETY QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF '70S DMV CITES COMPUTER SLIP-UP; WORKER DIDN'T HIT `SEND' FOR BUS DRIVER INQUIRY; COMMISSIONER PLANS WHOLESALE CHANGE FRIENDS REMEMBER MAN KILLED BY BUS SCHOOL BUS SAFETY REFORM; DRIVERS TO FACE TOUGHER SCREENING VETERAN POLICE OFFICER HAS MADE CAREER OF SURVIVING TROUBLE A LASTING IMPACT; DRIVER IN RECENT AVON MOUNTAIN CRASH STILL WONDERS WHAT WENT WRONG TRUCK FIRM HAD POOR SAFETY RECORD DMV DECISION CRITICIZED; CITING MEMOS, LAWMAKERS FAULT REVERSAL OF POLICY ON LICENSING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BEAT SYSTEM; DMV HALTS LICENSING IN WAKE OF ACCIDENT THAT KILLED PEDESTRIAN SCHOOLS RELY ON DMV REVIEWS OF BUS DRIVERS WOMAN'S DEATH REMAINS MYSTERY; FAMILY SEEKS ANSWERS; INVESTIGATION STILL OPEN POLICE, CRIME & BREAKING NEWS A LOOK INTO A SECRET WORLD; QUIET NEIGHBOR SUSPECTED OF BEING SEXUAL PREDATOR A STABBING RAMPAGE; MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TODDLER SON, EX-GIRLFRIEND'S SISTER KEEPING LOOKOUT IN THE LOCKUP; NEW BRITAIN SEES A SAFER CELLBLOCK WITH CIVILIAN JAILERS WATCHING THE INMATES SEPARATED COUPLE FOUND DEAD AT HOME WIDOW SUES IN WAR DEATH OF HUSBAND; BLAMES AIRPLANE OPERATOR DEATH HITS HARD; TEDDY EBERSOL REMEMBERED AS SWEET KID WHO LIKED DOGS AND LOVED BASEBALL MAN CHARGED IN DEATH OF WIFE; POLICE SAY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CAUSED `TRAGIC' CRASH 'SO MUCH UNFINISHED BUSINESS'; RACHEL PAYNE, 18-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE FRESHMAN, EULOGIZED INVESTIGATORS BAFFLED BY BIZARRE SPREE; RIDING INSTRUCTOR FACES CHARGES OF ROBBING SIX BANKS IN TWO STATES POLICE ROLE IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE STILL EVOLVING TORRINGTON WOMAN IS THIRD CRASH VICTIM IDENTIFIED POLITICS THE OTHER FIGHT GLASSMAN VS. SLIFKA; CAMPAIGN 2006; A BUTTON- DOWN LIBERAL TRIES TO RAISE HIS PROFILE DMV MANAGER DENIES COMPLAINTS; ALLEGATIONS OF FAVORITISM, OTHER MISDEEDS LISTED AS EXHIBITS AT HEARING GOP OUSTER HIGHLIGHTS BATTLE OVER TOWN'S GROWTH STEWART WINS IN STATE'S BIGGEST UPSET; CHALLENGER ENDS PAWLAK'S REIGN WARD PREPARING FOR NEW CHALLENGES AS DMV COMMISSIONER CITY ADVOCATES CONFRONT SUBURB OVER DRUG ISSUE; MINISTER, OTHERS TRAVEL TO GLASTONBURY IN EFFORT TO MAKE SUSPECT FACE THEM COMPLEX HAS TROUBLE STAYING POOR; HOUSING MIRED IN INCOME DISPUTE PRISONS 1 IN 100 ADULTS IN JAIL; PRISON POPULATIONS IN STATE, NATION HIT ALL-TIME HIGH CONNECTICUT CORRECTIONS WORKERS TESTIFY ON DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT DEATH PENALTY STUDIES AT ODDS?; HEARING TO ADDRESS INMATES' BIAS CLAIMS DEATH ROW INMATES' DEMANDS ACLU LAWYER ARGUES DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION SHOULD GRANT MORE PRIVILEGES DISPUTE OVER INMATE'S DEATH; WOMAN HAD BEEN GIVEN MEDICATION AT HOSPITAL; 2 INMATE SUICIDES ALSO REPORTED INMATES AMONG US; IS IT WISE TO LET SO MANY FINISH SENTENCES AWAY FROM PRISONS? MINISTERS CRITICIZE '3-STRIKES' LEGISLATION; BAPTIST LEADERS CALL PLAN DISCRIMINATORY PRISONS IN CRISIS MODE; SOME WANT TO OPEN 504-BED WING IN CHESHIRE A NEW APPROACH IS TRIED FOR WOMEN ON PROBATION EX-CONVICT APPARENTLY ILL-PREPARED FOR RELEASE INMATES DESCRIBE PRISON CROWDING PRISON STRESS: AT A CRISIS?; STAFF SEE THEIR LIVES IN PERIL; OFFICIALS SEE SYSTEM IN CONTROL SENTENCED TO DEATH?; COULD THE STATE HAVE KEPT KEVIN CALES ALIVE? CALLS SAID TO GOUGE INMATES; CONVICTS' FAMILIES PAY HIGH RATES, BUT PRISONS COLLECT LITTLE REVISITS PRISON, WITH A MESSAGE; EXONERATED INMATE OFFERS UP HOPE LICENSING PLAN ASSISTS INMATES; PORTABLE SYSTEM FOR PRISONS EASES TRANSITION AFTER RELEASE PRISONS HELP INMATES TO BE BETTER FATHERS WORK GIVES THEM HOPE; COMPANY MAY PROVE MODEL FOR REDIRECTING EX-OFFENDERS