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NJ Politics
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Ex- state official will be retried The Attorney General's Office will retry a former high-ranking NJ Commerce Commission official on charges that she funneled more
than $11,000 in state contracts to family members. Lesly Devereaux was found guilty last month of using a state employee to run her private legal practice, but a jury deadlocked on dozen other counts Star-Ledger -
A supercomputer to make others eat its dust Kean University’s new supercomputer could be New Jersey's fastest and rank among the top 500
worldwide Star-Ledger
NJ Environment
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State says hauler put toxic
dirt onto farm
The 64-year-old owner of a Burlington County
trucking company has been charged with billing the state for proper disposal
of more than 400 truckloads of contaminated soil, then dumping the dirt on a Moorestown farm Courier Post Star-Ledger
- Sparta, other organize against DEP water rules Under tough DEP regulations, Lake Mohawk and the Wallkill River will fall under "Category One" protection, and Sparta says it could stand to lose significant portions of its athletic fields, school grounds and commercial areas that fall within 300-foot boundaries restricting development along the shores NJ Herald
PA Environment
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Report says renewable energy would lift PA’s economy Moving to "a renewable energy economy" would create more than $6 billion in new economic activity, including a $460 million increase in net farm income, and create more then 44,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania, according to a study released yesterday Post-Gazette
- Norfolk Southern fined for train wrecks Two pollution incidents in the Alle-Kiski Valley are among five for which Norfolk Southern Railroad will pay a $575,000 fine to the PA Clean Water Fund Tribune Review
PA Politics
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Nutter eyes Chi strides Philadelphia Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter is in Chicago today getting crime-fighting tips from Mayor Richard Daley Philly.com
New York/Nation/World
- Study: Dredging causing 'leaks' in Great Lakes AP
- Spitzer vetoes hazardous waste dump limits Buffalo News
- LI seeks congestion-pricing quid pro quo Newsday
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