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           A sampling of top news stories... Thursday September 21, 2006
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NJ Politics 

• Poll: Voters split on Kean, Menendez The bitterly fought NJ Senate race between
  U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and his Republican opponent, Thomas H. Kean Jr., remains
  a dead heat, despite a federal probe into a lease deal involving the Democratic lawmaker,
  a new poll shows Inquirer  Star-Ledger  Gannett   

• Ethics meeting canceled as Bryant inquiry is urged A legislative ethics panel
  canceled a meeting set for today as a Republican senator announced he would push
  lawmakers to investigate a powerful Democrat who is accused of being given a no-show
  job with a state school Star-Ledger

Environment  

• NJ lawmakers seek spinach contamination source NJ’s senators and congressman
  press federal authorities to identify the source of recent E. coli outbreak and assure
  consumers that New Jersey spinach is safe AC Press
  > Jersey distributor recalls vegetables in  scare Newsday
  > FDA seeks root of spinach problem Forbes
•  Many battling just to breathe A UMDNJ study finds that asthmatic children in
  Warren County experience more difficulty breathing as air pollution levels rise, even when
  levels are below public health standards  Bergen Record Star-Ledger Express-Times

PA Politics 

• Weldon blasts report labeling him corrupt  A government watchdog group that
  accused U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon of violating federal bribery laws in 2004 -- when his re-
  election was virtually guaranteed -- struck again Wednesday, labeling him as one of the
  "most corrupt" members of Congress during a vulnerable point in his political career
  Delco Times

PA Environment

• NY officials working on reservoir flood reduction plan New York City officials
  say they were optimistic they will soon have a short-term management plan to reduce
  the amount of water the city stores in its three Delaware River reservoirs in the Catskills
  Philly.com

• Liner won't cure Rt. 33 sinkhole A controversial technique aimed at preventing
  sinkholes has been abandoned as the ticket to solving the recurring and costly problems
  along a Northampton County creek near Route 33 Morning Call Express-Times

New York/Nation/World  

• Ground Zero workers get a lift Bergen Record

• NYRA warns state to pay up or lose tracks Times Union

• California sues car makers Reuters  NPR Audio  

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