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           A sampling of top news stories... Wednesday July 19, 2006
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NJ Politics

• Probe of Attorney General Farber to cost state $75,000 a month The state's investigation
  into whether Attorney General Zulima Farber intervened in a traffic stop to help her boyfriend will cost taxpayers at least $460 an hour, but they will not have to pay for the private attorney representing her.
  Star-Ledger  Gannett

• Turnpike chief under ethics inquiry The State Ethics Commission says there are “indications"
  NJ Turnpike Authority Chairman Joseph Simunovich violated ethics laws when he took free trips
  aboard a jet co-owned by one of the highway's biggest contractors Bergen Record

NJ Environment

• Corzine urged to shore up flood control After three major floods in the Delaware River basin
  in 21 months, NJ's three  top  environmental groups call on the governor to quickly implement
  flood control measures Star-Ledger   Gannett   Daily Journal 
   

• More funds likely for solar program The Board of Public Utilities could today pass a budget
  releasing more funds to its Clean Energy Program, which is inundated with applications for solar
  rebates; BPU awarding $1-2M in rebates weekly Star-Ledger 

PA Politics 

• Pay-raise foe is 47,000 signatures short for Pa. governor's bid When he launched his
  independent campaign for governor three months ago, legislative pay-raise pugilist Russ Diamond
  faced a daunting challenge - collecting 67,070 signatures to get his name on the fall ballot AP

PA Environment

• CNX says fuel reserves may be 3 times as big as once believed The company plans
  to begin exploring the potential of two sites by Labor Day -- a 548,000-acre coal bed methane
  site in Central PA, designated "Nittany," and a 70,000-acre shale site spanning western KY
  and southern IL, called "Cardinal” Post-Gazette

• Venango businessmen fire up biodiesel fuel company They see their 900 sq. feet of
  manufacturing space, plastic storage containers and tubing, and a whole lot of used cooking oil
  as a way to ease the USA’s dependence on petroleum The Derrick

New York/Nation/World  

• Latest maneuvers likely to delay dredging EPA now admits Hudson River project probably
  won't start in 2007 Times Union

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