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           A sampling of top news stories... Tuesday August 22, 2006
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NJ Politics

• 2 probes launched into James' spending Federal and state investigators launched
  separate criminal investigations into the use of city-issued credit cards by Sharpe James
  when he was mayor of Newark Star-Ledger

NJ Environment  

• Xanadu signs new backer Mills Corp. announces that it signed an agreement with
  Colony Capital Acquisitions to provide funding for the troubled Meadowlands Xanadu
  entertainment and retail project Bergen Record

• Lacey nuclear plant a step closer to re-licensing Exelon Corp. can operate its
  Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey for 20 more years if it resolves certain
   issues, regulatory staff says AP Press  Inquirer  

PA Politics 

• Fitzpatrick, Murphy hold first debate Election Day may be nearly three months
  away, but Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick and Democratic challenger Patrick
  Murphy are already fighting like they're in the home stretch Morning Call  
   

• UGI to close today on purchase of PG Energy Valley Forge-based UGI is buying
  the region’s dominant natural gas utility from Southern Union Co. for $580M and renaming
  it UGI Penn Natural Gas Citizens Voice

PA Environment

• Cranberry: Sewage fouls creek A pumping problem at a sewage treatment plant in
  Butler County on Sunday caused the release of untreated sewage into Brush Creek over
  a 12-hour period and killed an undetermined number of fish Post-Gazette

New York/Nation/World  

• NY political parties benefit from soft-money donations People with deep
  pockets are getting around state’s campaign contribution limits, a new report says
  Journal News
   

• The cost of doing business The Town of Riverhead is opening up the $40M landfill
  reclamation project to contractors, but it will cots them $1,000 just for a copy
  of the RFP Newsday  

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