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-When prominent Connecticut Democrats marched with Senate candidate Ned Lamont in the annual Newtown Labor Day parade, one prominent Democrat wasn't with them.Sen. Joe Lieberman was farther back in the parade lineup Monday, even farther back than the Republican candidate, Alan Schlesinger. Now an independent candidate for re-election, the three-term incumbent marched several blocks behind with a group of campaign volunteers, a gap that symbolized Lieberman's split with the party stalwarts who once supported him. DETAILS

-As they prepare for a critical pre-election legislative stretch, Congressional Republican leaders have all but abandoned a broad overhaul of immigration laws and instead will concentrate on national security issues they believe play to their political strength. With Congress reconvening Tuesday after an August break, Republicans in the House and Senate say they will focus on Pentagon and domestic security spending bills, port security legislation and measures that would authorize the administration’s terror surveillance program and create military tribunals to try terror suspects. DETAILS