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           A sampling of top news stories... Tuesday July 25, 2006
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NJ Politics

• Corzine, Menendez withhold judgment on Farber Corzine appointed Attorney
  General Zulima Farber to the job, and Menendez vigorously backed the choice Gannett
  > Mike Kelly NJ's attorney general has a boyfriend named Hamlet with a driving
  record less akin to Shakespeare than to the Dukes of Hazzard Bergen Record     

• Lance: Session on property taxes not so special For most state lawmakers,
  the so-called "special summer session" of the Legislature scheduled to convene
  Friday to address property-tax reform is looking more like a half-day of summer school
  Gannett            

NJ Environment

• Homeland chief: Wall off chemical tankers along Pike Concerned about the
  potential for a terrorist attack on freight trains, NJ's homeland security czar proposes
  walling off the view of parked chemical tanker cars along the NJ Turnpike at critical
  points in Newark and Linden Star-Ledger

• U.S. House protects Jersey river The Musconetcong would be added to the nation's
  list of Wild and Scenic Rivers if Bush signs the bill that won final Congressional approval
  on Monday. Then a council representing river municipalities, the National Park Service
  and others would work to protect it Express-Times

PA Politics 

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PA Environment

• Scientists: Global warming to blame for extreme weather The recent, unexpected
  hard rain events, which fall on the heels of a drought watch in some parts of PA, are the
  result of recent changes in the Earth's climate system, they say. Apparently, it's not that
  it's raining more; it's just raining harder Bradford Era

• Can corn waste fill energy gap? After the corn harvest, whether for cattle feed or corn
  on the cob, farmers usually leave the stalks and stems in the field, but now, a team of
  Penn State researchers think it can be used not only to manufacture ethanol, but to
  generate electricity directly Standard-Journal

New York/Nation/World  

• Bloomberg defends Con Ed, angering Queens NY Times
• Politicians blow fuses at Con Ed response Daily News
• LI scallops harvest largest since ’97 Newsday

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