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           A sampling of top news stories... Wednesday August 23, 2006
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NJ Politics

• Merger seen as antidote for UMDNJ The state's top legislative leaders are reconsidering
  a merger of the scandal-ridden University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with New
  Jersey's two other public research schools, amid growing signs UMDNJ's nearly 40-year tenure
  as a stand-alone institution may be nearing its end Star-Ledger

NJ Environment  

• Corzine announces flood-control plan It will be easier to restrict building within flood plains,
  get approval to elevate houses and execute state buyouts of homes under proposals announced
  by the governor in the wake of three disastrous floods along the Delaware River in the past two
  years Trenton Times  Star-Ledger                   

• Mercury warning signs not posted The bank that held a mortgage on a bankrupt thermometer company's building was so concerned about mercury contamination on the site that its attorney
  urged the owner to post signs warning of the hazards of breathing vapors from the building,
  documents show Courier Post                                                                           

PA Politics 

• Ex-Norristown mayor gets 51-month prison sentence A federal judge sentences Ted
  LeBlanc to prison for more than four years for bribery, fraud and tax evasion Inquirer  Morning Call

PA Environment

• Neville Chemical fined The state DEP fines a chemical company $9,000 for allegedly violating
  discharge requirements Philly.com  PA-DEP
   

• Tamaqua mulls well-testing Council will vote next month whether to resume testing of
  residential wells near a controversial project involving Philadelphia area river dredge material
  Schuylkill.com Morning Call

New York/Nation/World  

• Southern Co. says missing nuclear rods found AP
• Second utility to cut mercury from coal-fired plants AP 

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