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A sampling of top news stories... Monday, May 22, 2006

NJ Politics

• Tales of torment: First look at McGreevey book Former Gov. James E.
  McGreevey felt as if he were "marching slowly into hell" as he fought to overcome
  his homosexuality and failed, engaging in anonymous trysts with men at highway
  rest stops even as he polished the image that would propel him to the state's highest
  office, he writes in his tell-all memoir Star-Ledger

• Torricelli target of on oil-for-food probe A Senate committee is examining
  whether former NJ Sen. Robert Torricelli improperly intervened with Iraqi officials
  nearly a decade ago on behalf of a campaign contributor seeking lucrative contracts
  under the United Nations oil-for-food program Star-Ledger

NJ Environment

• DEP plan would leave toxic water Some underground water supplies would
  remain permanently polluted under a proposal NJ is considering to reduce the cost
  of cleanups. It would allow lead, arsenic, chromium and other hazardous chemicals
  to remain in groundwater at up to 10 times the levels considered acceptable, if human
  and ecological health is not at risk Bergen Record AP Press  

• State suing equity firm for eagle harassment The legacy of a dead eaglet,
  discovered in early 2004 starving on Petty's Island in the Delaware River, is shaping
  up to be an investigation and court battle worthy of "Law & Order" Star-Ledger

PA Politics 

• Judge in 'intelligent design' case reflects Post-Gazette

PA Environment

• State Senate enviro chairwoman raps DEP on mercury Mary Jo White, chair
  of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, condemned what she
  termed “repeated misrepresentations” by the DEP in the debate over crafting a state
  mercury reduction rule News release

        > Business, labor and coal join in opposing DEP rule PA Energy News

        > PUC also concerned PA Enviro Digest

New York/Nation/World  

• Pataki signs 8-cent cap on gas tax Associated Press
• Lawmakers seek federal help to beat a beetle NY Times
• House keeps ban on offshore drilling AP

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