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           A sampling of top news stories... Tuesday August 1, 2006
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NJ Politics

• Leap in pension payments to wallop towns Some $650M  will be due; higher taxes,
  cuts in services ahead? Star-Ledger  
  > Expectations high as tax reformers start work Assembly Republicans predict
  property tax cuts of between $3,000 and $5,000 Gannett      

• Menendez warmed to trips taken to sunny destinations During the cold months
  of January, February and March from 2000 through 2004, Sen. Robert Menendez took
  10 trips to such sunny destinations as Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Texas, California
  and Hawaii Bergen Record                                                   

NJ Environment

• Exelon says now or never for PSEG deal Exelon essentially tells the state to put up
  or shut up on the company's proposed takeover of NJ's largest utility company, Public
  Service Enterprise Group. Chicago-based Exelon agrees to sweeten incentives for ratepayers
  and the state, but only if BPU acts quickly on a deal that has been in the works for 18 months
  Star-Ledger  Courier Post   

• An industrial dump that may taint reservoir Across NJ’s northern border lies another
  patch of public parkland draining into public water supplies and filled with possibly toxic
  substances that no one seems in any hurry to look at Bergen Record

PA Politics 

• Deadline today for securing spots on statewide ballot Greens say they have enough
  signatures to secure ballot spots for U.S. Senate and governor. A threat to Casey’s double-digit
  lead? Post-Gazette

PA Environment

• Landfill expansion plan not ready Waste Management Inc. has some work to do on
  its application before it can expand its Plainfield Township landfill, according to the state
  DEP Morning Call

• DEP approves Hazleton dredge permit It will allow material dredged from rivers and
  harbors to be used in constructing an  amphitheater in Hazleton Times Leader Standard Speaker

New York/Nation/World  

• Pataki paves the way for ethanol Law voids contract clauses that kept many retailers
  from selling fuel Times-Union

• There's gold in them thar smelly hills A single ton of junked PCs has more gold than
  17 tons of ore. That's why landfills might--just might--pay for their own cleanup Fast Company

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