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                                         Monday November 13, 2006
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NJ Politics 

At UMDNJ, an attempt to cover up $36M fraud The state's medical university took
in $36M in illegal Medicare and Medicaid payments as part of a kickback scheme designed
to bolster its troubled cardiac surgery program, and top school officials conspired to cover it
all up, according to the school's federal monitor Star-Ledger  Courier-Post

More subpoenas in Menendez probe Federal investigators have resumed their inquiry
into a rental deal between U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and a nonprofit agency,
issuing new subpoenas in the days after he was elected to a full six-year term, according
to a government source Star-Ledger  Bergen Record

NJ Environment       

Democrats' victory seen as boost for environment The Democrats' big win on Tuesday
should boost efforts to rid the Meadowlands of toxins, save forests in the Highlands and clean
up the state's Superfund sites; new allies on Capitol Hill B. Record

BPU has surplus of lawyers Despite a long-standing executive order meant to keep the
state's lawyers in the Office of the Attorney General and not within individual departments,
the Board of Public Utilities has significantly increased its number of in-house lawyers, or
legal specialists Gannett
 

PA Politics

Mayoral candidates rev up The electronic voting machines weren't even cool yet on
Tuesday night when Philadelphia's Democratic mayoral contenders began elbowing their
way into the spotlight. Literally Inquirer

PA Environment    

 PA power plant protesters












 

                                                 
                                                 
                                                  Lake Fong/Post-Gazette
 Ivan Piontek is the head of the Reliant Energy
Citizens Action Group, a group of   people from
Cheswick and Springdale, PA. It formed to
challenge an incessant loud hum from a fan at
the Reliant Energy power plant in Springdale.
One person likened the noise to having a
"helicopter hovering over your head." Story

City must transfer water plant Before turning out the lights at its Nov. 28 budget
meeting, Easton City Council needs to complete one last task: Turning over the keys
of the city water plant to the Easton Suburban Water Authority Express-Times                                              

New York/Nation/World  

GOP worries about effects of state losses NY Times
A Baykeeper who stirs the waters NY Times
Renewable fuels may provide 25% of energy by ’25 WSJ

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