] The message is clear: Bottled water is "good" water, as
] opposed to that nasty, unsafe stuff that comes out of the
] tap. But in most cases tap water adheres to stricter
] purity standards than bottled water, whose source -- far
] from a mountain spring -- can be the parking lot of an
] industrial facility in New Jersey. Forty percent of it
] began life as, well, tap water.

What's in your Bottled Water?

] It is a UNIX shell script to download NJ foreclosures
] (sheriff's sales in New Jersey) from nj.com web site. It
] can be modified to download similar real estate
] foreclosure listings in other states, if URL of a web
] page with such info is available.

Angry Sheriff

] Mohegan - A New Jersey tour bus believed to be headed
] to Foxwoods Resort Casino struck the facade of the
] Mohegan Sun casino's Riverview parking garage Sunday
] afternoon, shearing off a portion of the vehicle's roof
] and injuring roughly 30 passengers.

The picture is the best part..

30 Hurt When Bus Hits Garage At Sun

] A Briton has been arrested in the US after a suspected
] plot to supply a lethal surface-to-air missile to
] terrorists.
]
] It is thought the alleged target might have been a
] commercial aircraft or the US President's personal
] aircraft.
]
] Western intelligence officials have confirmed to the BBC
] it was a multinational sting operation, involving agents
] from the US, Russia and Britain.
]
] It resulted in the arrest of a British arms dealer at
] Newark in New Jersey on Tuesday.
]
] Two people were later arrested in New York and the trio
] are expected in court on Wednesday.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Briton arrested in 'terror missile' sting

I'm blogging from somewhere around Wytheville, VA thanks to FlyingJ's new Wifi service. I have a power inverter, so I've just been leaving my laptop on running MacStumbler. Its a great way to catch truck stops with net access.. You get about as much notice as with a really tall sign.

$1 for 15 min, $1.95 for an hour, $4.95 a day, etc.. Not too bad.

Making lousy time.. After I was about an hour away from where I was staying in Jersey, I had to turn around because I realized I forgot my glasses.. Couldn't find my tape adapter either, no mp3s in car.. Doh!

Flying J Travel Plazas, now with Wifi

] NEWTON, New Jersey (AP) -- County Democratic officials
] want a state Senate candidate to quit the race over a
] nude photo contest he entered, but Jim Morrison says he's
] in to stay.
]
] "If people want to know about it, they should know I won
] the contest," the 32-year-old attorney said.

YEAH NEW JERSEY!

Senate candidate's nude photos cause debate

Rattle wrote:
] ] At least 100 dead fish were seen yesterday floating in
] ] the Oyster Creek by the nuclear power plant here, a
] ] veteran fisherman reported.
] ]
] ] Plant investigators saw four dead fish by the Route 9
] ] bridge that crosses the creek and another near the
] ] plant's property line, but officials here said the plant
] ] did not cause them to die.
] ]
] ] "We've checked all of our systems and we've done
] ] nothing," said Ernest J. Harkness, site vice president at
] ] the Oyster Creek plant.
]
] ] The plant was shut down since Tuesday following an
] ] electrical malfunction. Power generation should resume
] ] within the next two days, Harkness said.
] ]
] ] In December, the largest fine ever assessed on a New
] ] Jersey nuclear power plant for causing a fish kill --
] ] $372,912 -- was levied by the state Department of
] ] Environmental Protection against Oyster Creek.
]
] Oh yeah.. The plant is _never_ killing the fish. Not this
] time, not earlier this year, not every six months this
] happens.
]
] This time it was only a few hundred (or the offical number of
] "four"), last time it was thousands. Does this mean they are
] getting better?
]
] The workers are still striking too..

For God's sake, will you MOVE already?! I've been pissed that you live within spitting distance of that plant for some 10+ years now, would you please MOVE!? Don't come crying to me when you grow a third eye from the radiation. :.)

RE: Asbury Park Press | Official: Plant did not kill any fish

] Electrical workers at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant
] in central New Jersey have gone on strike, adding another
] woe to a troubled week for one of the nation's oldest
] nuclear-generating stations.
]
] The walkout, by 215 of the plant's 450 workers, started
] abruptly just before noon on Thursday after weeks of
] fruitless negotiations over old work rules, staff
] reductions and employee benefits.
]
] Two days before the strike, Oyster Creek was forced to
] stop producing electricity after a cable failure knocked
] out power to about half the plant's safety system,
] including security cameras, alarms, sensors, pumps and
] valves, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
] Makeshift repairs restored the power, but Oyster Creek is
] barred from generating power until a new cable is
] installed, said Neil Sheehan, a commission spokesman.

Lots of activity around the plant today.. At least 150 people out picketing along with the normal crop of police cars, humvees, soldiers, machine guns, and big concrete barriers.

Nuclear Plant Electrical Workers Strike, Citing Job Reductions

] I had recently driven down Route 9 in the Pleasant Plains
] section of Dover Township. As I passed several gas
] stations, I noticed that their price for regular gasoline
] was an average of $1.29 per gallon, with the cheapest the
] Wawa station at $1.26 a gallon for regular gasoline.

NOT FAIR!!!!!!!! I WANT $1.26 FOR FULL-SERVE!!! I'm paying about $1.65 for self-serve!!!!! NOT FAIR!!!!
All hail New Jersey, land of refineries, and cheap gas.

$1.26!?

] Christie Whitman, sometimes cast as a lone voice on Bush
] environmental matters, announced Wednesday she will soon
] step down as administrator of the Environmental
] Protection Agency.
]
] In her resignation letter posted on the EPA's Web site,
] the former New Jersey governor cited a desire to spend
] more time with her family. Her resignation will be
] effective June 27.
]
] "I am proud of the work this agency has done and of the
] contributions it has made to the success of your
] administration," Whitman, 56, said in a letter addressed
] to President Bush and dated May 20. "... It has been a
] true honor to be able to lead this agency as it worked to
] implement the innovative, effective environmental
] policies to which you are so clearly committed." (Text of
] letter)
]
] Whitman is the most prominent woman to leave the
] administration.
]
] In a statement, Bush praised Whitman, saying she "served
] my administration exceptionally well."
]
] Environmentalists have long suggested Whitman was unhappy
] with the White House over several key environmental
] policies, but she has steadfastly said she was happy in
] her work.

SUUUURE she wants to spend more time with her family. Uh huh. Why is it that is ALWAYS the #1 excuse sighted when someone unexpectedly steps down from a post? /me thinks the truth is she just cant head an agency called the Environmental Protection Agency in an administration with such a shady environmental track record.

Laughing Boy

EPA's Whitman submits resignation letter