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 NJ Politics   

• Handling NJ's boom in illegals The state’s illegal immigrant population has grown so dramatically
  in size and impact in the last decade that the League of Municipalities has formed a task force to study
  the community and its effect on the state Bergen Record
• Getting an early start on civil unions Across NJ, gay and lesbian couples line up to apply for a
  civil-union license on the first day NJ’s new law allowed them Inquirer  Star-Ledger  Cartoon
  > Civil unions law also impacts business  Employers who deny health insurance and benefits to employees in civil unions could find themselves on the losing end of a legal battle G. Times

NJ Environment

• Towns uncertain of state's affordable housing rules An appellate court ruling that ordered the
  state to revise its estimate of NJ's affordable-housing needs has left many municipalities uncertain
  about how they should proceed Bergen Record  
   > State is appealing housing decision Glouco Times
   
• New weather tool may help farmers Bill Nardelli, who farms 1,000 acres in Cumberland County,
  still watches the full moon to determine when a frost will come. Now, the weatherman offers a tool
  to help farmers gauge when it’s safe to plant  AC Press
  
   

• Phila. mayor’s brother arrested for unpaid tickets T. Milton Street Sr., who last week
  announced his candidacy for mayor of Philadelphia, was handcuffed and jailed for five hours
  yesterday on charges that he ignored traffic tickets in two South Jersey towns Inquirer  Courier-Post

PA Environment

• A big wheel in tire recycling For decades, millions of waste tires were piled at makeshift dumps,
  where they became a breeding ground for mosquitoes and rodents. But in recent years, waste tires have undergone transformation from trash to treasure in a burgeoning industry that collects, processes and
  sells tire rubber. Liberty Tire Recycling, above, in Braddock, PA,  is one of them Post-Gazette
   

• Improvements coming soon to mine communications There's growing evidence the underground
  coal mining industry is close to solving problems such as poor communications and the inability to track missing miners that hindered rescuers called to the January 2006 Sago Mine explosion and other sites Times Tribune

New York/Nation/World  

• A new deal for casino at Monticello Raceway AP     

• NY Comptroller DiNapoli writes off poison pen Daily News
• Orange & Rockland in $5.4M site cleanup Record Online

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