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                                                     January 3, 2007
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NJ Politics

Panel calls for an end to death penalty A state study commission recommends that N's death
penalty, which has never been carried out during nearly a quarter-century on the books, should be
abolished and replaced with life imprisonment without possibility of parole Star-Ledger Bergen Record Gannett Inquirer

Gormley will retire at end of his term After three decades of deal-making and feuding with friends
and foes alike, state Sen. William Gormley has decided to retire from public office at the end of the year Star-Ledger AC Press Inquirer

NJ Environment

Court rejects hormone-free milk pricing In a legal dispute pitting NJ's dairy farmers against milk processors, the state Appellate Division overturns a new regulation that would have forced processors
to pay farmers more money for hormone-free milk, but upholds a separate fuel surcharge Star-Ledger
Two counts dismissed against Ford in U. Ringwood suit Yet the heart of the case remains,
with residents accusing Ford, which once operated the nation’s largest auto-factory in Mahwah, with negligence and nine other counts Bergen Record

PA Politics

Weighty issues await new lawmakers The freshman PA legislators - 45 men and 10
women - take the oath of office today. On docket: The fiscal 2008 budget Inquirer

PA Environment

EPA, Clean Air Act under a microscope The federal agency and the Clean Air Act
are under closer scrutiny on two fronts: a federal court ruling related to smog and the
U.S. Supreme Court's first case related to global warming Morning Call
$2.3M in recycling performance grants 20 PA communities will share the money
for their recycling efforts in 2004 PA-DEP

New York/Nation/World

Four state agencies scrutinized Fresh from bringing down state Comptroller
Alan Hevesi, Albany County District Attorney David Soares says he is
investigating allegations of wrongdoing at four state agencies Times Union
FBI examining more Bruno business deals Daily News
Report focus is on Hudson River estuary Daily Freeman

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