] The state is working with the federal Nuclear Regulatory
] Commission and PSEG Nuclear, which runs the plant, to
] investigate the leak of radioactive water, which is
] around a spent-fuel pool building on the site, according
] to a DEP statement.
]
] According to the DEP, the leak was identified when
] elevated levels of radioactive tritium were discovered in
] ground water and reported last week by the NRC, which
] regulates the nuclear power industry. DEP officials
] confirmed ground water contamination in samples analyzed
] yesterday.

For Rattle: Salem 1 started operating in 1977. Oyster Creek went online in '68, I believe. I recommend you move. Now. :) But don't move here... "Millstone Power Station sits on a peninsula on the eastern end of Long Island Sound. The site is 3.2 miles west-southwest of New London, Conn. The station consists of three units: Millstone 1, a 660-megawatt unit, began commercial operation in 1970 and is currently undergoing decommissioning. Millstone 2, an 870-megawatt unit, began commercial operation in 1975, and Millstone 3, an 1,150-megawatt unit, began commercial operation in 1986."

Radioactive water leak found at Salem I plant

] "I didn't like it at all. I think it's stupid," said
] William Parkway Cimilluca, who grew up in West Orange and
] now lives in St. Petersburg, Fla. "How would you like to
] be named after a road?"

How would -you- like to be named after a road??

] Eastern Connecticut, long viewed on the national sports
] radar as nothing more than useless real estate between
] Boston and New York, unveiled its first major
] professional sports franchise Tuesday at Mohegan Sun
] Arena.

i like that.. "useless real estate". that's cute.

Newest WNBA Franchise Is Welcomed To New Home

] State police are investigating the murder of a
] middle-aged man whose body was found Sunday night lying
] near a parked car on the side of Route 2.

i will bet you anything that this has to do with the casino. this is all anyone keeps talking about at work. apparently we don't get a lot of murders up here.

NO, connecticut does NOT need more casinos!!!

] The city's waterfront redevelopment plan provides for the
] Pony to stay at the corner of Second and Ocean avenues
] with condominium units to be built on the rest of the
] block. The Pony owners faced financial challenges that
] made a deal with Larry Fishman and his brother, Glen A.
] Fishman, the managing partner, look inviting.

Glen Fishman is the coolest Rabbi you'll ever meet. He smokes. He curses. He had a stripper come to his 40th birthday party (that was before he got religious, obviously).

Good.. the Pony isn't moving.

] Exceptional Shore Location
]
] PALACE AMUSEMENTS
]
] For Sale to Serious Buyer
] Interested in Preserving a Landmark

HOLY SHIT! TILLIE'S ON EBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SAVE TILLIE!!! HE'S ON EBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

] An 80-year-old man has been arrested on charges that
] might be described as shopping cart rage.

HAHAHAHHAHAAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Grocery Store Customer, 80, Charged With Bumping Man's Cart

] Munk told police he did not see Frid, who was wearing
] dark clothes, Lawson said. The impact was on the left
] front of the car near the headlight, he said.
]
] Frid was transported to Kimball Medical Center by the
] Hatzolah, an ambulance service that mainly serves the
] Orthodox Jewish community. He was pronounced dead at 9:15
] p.m., Lawson said.

How many points is that?

I miss Lakewood sometimes.

] A woman who stole a patrol car and led police on a
] 60-mile, high-speed pursuit Sunday night won her
] temporary freedom by squeezing her double-jointed body
] through a small opening in the car's plastic glass
] divider, authorities said yesterday.
]
] Police yesterday described the woman, Jennifer A. Lach,
] 33, of Wall, as a drunken and out-of-control
] manic-depressive who left the scene of an accident,
] fought with a pedestrian at a gas station, attacked an
] officer, stole a South Belmar police car and sped down
] the Garden State Parkway with lights flashing and sirens
] wailing while cursing at police on their own radio.

This is just fascinating.

Stolen cruiser crashes after 60-mile chase; Charges mount

] Members of the Metal Trades Council at Electric Boat will
] receive $200 checks today for surpassing the company's
] safety goals in 2002. Security officers, who ended the
] year without a single lost workday due to injury, will
] get $150.

Damnit. My union doesn't give out safety bonuses. Why not??? MDA-UAW members (us designers, engineering assistants, and various other office workers) here at EB could have safety issues! Papercuts! Staples! I trip on the lumpy rug outside my office damn near every day! My job is dangerous too!!!! Yet another bonus I don't get.. sigh..

That's right, baby... another bonus that I DON'T GET!!!!!!!!!!!!