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A sampling of top news stories... Monday, May 15, 2006

NJ Politics

• Lynch's exit changes his party's dynamics Former state senator John Lynch,  
  whose power and influence extended beyond his political term of office, and whose
  business dealings have been under investigation by federal authorities for more than
  a year, says he is bowing out of public life to save his friends and associates from
  being maligned Star-Ledger 1  Star-Ledger 2 

• Sopranos' can't beat this tale of corruption For decades, Laborers' Local 394
  in Elizabeth was considered by many to be a mobbed-up union. Now it may be the
  target of a hit by its own parent union Star-Ledger

NJ Environment

• NJ beaches are closed to protect shorebirds The state has closed sections
  of beaches on the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean to protect migrating shorebirds 
  Inquirer Courier Post 
• Running on hydrogen On a 12-acre lot in Hunterdon County  sit 10 cylindrical
  fuel tanks – waiting for the day Mike Strizki's four-bedroom colonial will become NJ’s
  first hydrogen-powered house Bergen Record

PA Politics 

• Three legislative leaders in dogfights Last summer's pay increase debacle
  has come back to haunt them as they battle to keep their seats Inquirer

PA Environment

• PPL to sell 50% stake in Arizona power plant at a loss PPL Corp., Allentown,
  says it agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in an Arizona plant to LS Power Equity
  Partners for $115M in cash as it sheds its investments in the Southwest Inquirer

• Spread of zinc pollution in Palmerton to be studied The EPA announces it will
  give Palmerton $200,000 for a study to determine the extent of metal pollution around
  the borough caused by decades of zinc smelting Morning Call

New York/Nation/World  

• The greening of nuclear power NY  Times

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