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1 A8 a THE DAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 2002 4 Spreading its wings 100 1 High: 61 Low: 43 LONG ISLAND SOUND ATLANTIC OCEAN 6 ptcloudy 6 'W I The 'Ail or details call 439 2920 I jSj if' Jf1 JV WEATHER ORECASTS TODAY marineIBHWW wimaaiW i GRANDPIANOS IA al ormerly Marvel Shop Established 1932 23 193 629 523 73 70 64 84 46 52 57 70 OI AY 67 62 83 52 70 55 81 59 82 77 68 57 69 46 52 36 67 47 68 52 49 By STEVE STRUNSKY Associated Press Writer See Some Of Prettiest Diamonds In The MARINE SUMMARY: High pressure will bring partly sunny skies to the region with excellent visibility but offshore waters remain rough surprised by the increase reported by the Census Bureau David Popenoe of the National Mar riage Project at Rutgers University which studies marriage trends and ways to strengthen marriage offered several possible reasons been a slight trend toward conservatism among teens less premari tal sex more fear of he said could conceivably have something to do AIR QUALITY Yesterday was 34 with pollutants predominately particulate matter of Providence was convicted of rack eteering conspiracy while former US Rep James A Traficant Jr of Ohio was put behind bars for bribery and racketeering Christopher Christie the United States attorney for New Jersey said he has made corruption a focus of his office augmenting its anti corruption unit from seven to 12 assistant US at torneys with prosecutors who might otherwise been assigned to fraud or violent crime Aggressive prosecution may give the appearance perhaps unfairly that corruption is rampant in New Jersey compared with other states Christie said But if there really is more cor ruption in New Jersey he added it may have to do with all the opportuni ty for kickbacks and other official misdeeds inherent in the strong tradition of local government think a systematic problem here the way our set Christie said so many municipalities 566 of them so many counties just so many pots to stick your hand wwwnjlegstatenjus San Diego San rancisco Sarasota Seattle St Louis St Paul St Petersburg Syracuse Tampa Tucson Wash DC Partly sunny and mild h'J Edward Bloustein School of Plan ning and Public Policy at Rutgers Uni versity you link that with certainly the reputation of the state has been Lieberman said the Garden State has long been fertile ground for graft think a lot of it has to do with historical he said Jersey was in the early and middle 20th century one of the places where machine politics developed Just the expectations about how to get things done in New Jersey take their cue from happened for a long New woes come even as other communities battle corruption in high places This year Vincent 'r visibility: 10 mi wind: SW 15 20kt waves: 2 3 feet water temp: SUNDAY Cloudy with scattered showers High: 62 Low: 51 But Torricelli is hardly alone Einong New Jersey officials touched Sy corruption allegations this past TUESDAY Cloudy with periods of rain breezy High: 58 Low: 51 MONDAY Mostly cloudy with a chance forshowers High: 64 Low: 50 INDOOR STORAGE ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYST EMS MILITARY SENIOR AND CASINO DISCOUNTS REE MOVING CARTS EXTRA HIGH CEILINGS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK REE TRUCK WITH MOVE IN CLIMATE CONTROLED LEVEL AUTOS MOTORCYCLES BOATS CONTRACTORS UNIT W247 ACCESS Accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs Approved by the Ct State Dept of Ed as a private spec cd program 60 showers showers ptcloudy rain cloudy ptcloudy ptcloudy ptcloudy ptcloudy cloudy ptcloudy 78 58 61 65 52 58 ptcloudy 32 cloudy 49 cloudy 2 cloudy 49 cloudy 72 sunny ptcloudy ptcloudy rain ptcloudy Connecticut College Program I Washington (AP) The number of in this age group only 45 percent of married teenagers surged nearly 50 15 to 19 year olds were hitched in 2000 percent during the 1990s reversing a but researchers were nonetheless decades long decline Marriage remains fairly uncommon WEDNESDAY Mostly cloudy with rain likely: with welfare reform But a This generation of teens is the to live their whole lives with AIDS ag major public health concern Sonief counselors suggested wedded teens are taking to heart the until theme projected by s5hiXl sex education classes Regardless the trend runs counter to happening among all Ameri cans who generally are waiting longer to get married or men the median age of first marriage was 268 in 2000 up from 261 in 1990 and 228 in 1950 St SUNSHINE INDEX 0 10 clearPRECIPITATION As of 3 pm 000 in Monthly total 082 in Yearly total 3049 in Yearly norm 4138 in Climate data recorded In Groton Weather provided by the Meteorological Studies and Weather Center at Western Connecticut State University Danbury CT Visit their web site at: TEMPERATURES Yesterday Record Norm'al Mean temp Departure from mean at $4995 Caruso Music 4429600 HEATING DEGREE DAYS or Yesterday Monthly total Season total Season norm THE NUMBER DEGREES THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMP ALLS BELOW Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit airbanks 17 Grand Rapids 60 Honolulu 85 Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Beach 5528 7127 5540 42 wrap High: 56 Low: 46 AnE RTE 184 GROTON ftOJUVU WEDNESDAY A chance for showers earlyX then sunny High: 56 Low: 44 I A Waterford 443 1499 kJAlLDIV Groton 445 8767 jewelers Norwich 887 8667 www4aradergemacom AAaa 1 SEL STORAGE 21 Terminal Way Norwich (860)889 4466 8 I $10 Off irst Month Rent with this Coupon Refreshments Served REE Giveaways Door Prizes Hunter Douglas Shades of Winner's Choice Uncasville Rt32 367 0519 Mattress Outlet 20 Giiaranteed Lowest Prices Simmons Gold Bond Restoped ic Toddler Playgroup Openings for 18 34 month olds Tfie New London Moff New London CT 860 443 8437 A 1 visibility: 10 mi waves: 6 8 feet wind: SW 15 25kt I water temp: 56' BAROMETRIC PRESSURE 3 pm ri 3001 in election season even among candi dates for Senate Corruption might even be credited with helping busi nessman Douglas orrester earn the nomination as the Republican candi date The initial Senate front runner among Republicans was indicted last week on federal charges that he abused his office to raise campaign funds Essex County Executive James Treffinger had dropped out of the primary race in April after the BI raided his house leaving orrester to go on to win the pri mary 'Treffinger is accused of extorting $15000 from a sewer repair firm Tlnifprl Gunite Corn The firm was similarly involved in a federal indict Cianci 3ri the former mayor ment of Paterson former mayor Martin Barnes Barnes pleaded guilty in July Another former New Jersey mayor Kenneth Gibson of Newark pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges last week In the same week a federal grand jury indicted a former Asbury Park councilman and a developer in a bribery scheme that had previously netted a guilty plea from a former As bury Park town manager And last month a federal appeals panel rejected an appeal of a corrup tion conviction by a former Camden mayor Milton Milan the third may or of that city in recent years to be in dicted on a run for said James Hughes director of the NOV 11 NOV 19 NOV 27 DEC 4 SUNSET TONIGHT 4:35 pm SUNRISE TOMORROW 6:30 am MOONRISE TODAY 11:48 am MOONSET TODAY 8:53 pm You are confiafly invited to tfte OPEN HOUSE New Jersey voters deal with politics touched by turmoil but most say used to it Census: More teens getting married in past decade Introducing the 'Hunter Douglas Gatfety Showroom Sunday November 10 2002J 12:00 4:00 pm Newark NJ In the past few nonths a US senator dropped out of lis re election race citing an ethics scandal a county executive was in licted for abusing his office and a mayor pleaded guilty to tax evasion i or some in the Garden State ust business as usual in New Jersey are fairly ised to said Robert Lieber man of Columbia School of International and Public Affairs The problems got nationalattention in September when a feder al corruption investigation intowhether Sen Robert Torricelli took gifts in exchange for political favors eventually forced him to drop his bid for re election He was 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