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           A sampling of top news stories... Tuesday August 15, 2006
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NJ Politics

• Report: Farber violated ethics code Attorney General Zulima Farber violated the state's
  code of ethics but did not break the law when she went to the aid of her boyfriend during a
  traffic stop, according to a report by the special prosecutor investigating the Memorial Day
  weekend incident Bergen Record  Read the report

• NJ leads nation in 2006 tax increases NJ's state government raised taxes this
  year more than any other in the nation, says a preliminary report by a national
  organization AP Press 

NJ Environment  

• Churches, towns clash over development When God comes before the planning
  board, the results are often less than rapturous. Churches, synagogues and mosques
  are like other developers: To get what they want, they hire savvy lawyers, mollify
  neighbors and sometimes fight off lawsuits Bergen Record  

• Highlands region getting $20M to buy up sensitive land Governor Corzine signed
  legislation Monday earmarking $80 M million for open space preservation in the state
  Bergen Record

PA Politics 

• Fitzpatrick now rejects Bush's strategy in Iraq Bucks County congressman who
  once firmly backed President Bush's handling of the Iraq war is now calling the president's
  stay-the-course approach "extreme" Inquirer

PA Environment

• Stench returns DEP, police set meeting in Excelsior to address noxious compost and
  coal refuse pile fire Shamokin News-Item
   

• Railroad cited for spill that devastated stream The state Department of Environmental
  Protection has cited Norfolk Southern for killing thousands of fish in more than 30 miles of
  top-quality streams in McKean County when a train traveling more than 50 mph over the
  speed limit derailed June 30 Post-Gazette Bradford Era 

New York/Nation/World  

• AFL-CIO endorses Cuomo for AG Journal News
   
• Power Project license gets public scrutiny Exclusion of $16M habitat program poses
  concern for enviros Buffalo News

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