1.   Already, California and four Northeast states, including New York, have set stricter emissions rules than the rest of the country.

2.   Because the Northeast states had expensive Medicaid programs, they got more money.

3.   A surge a very cool air will follow a front in the Northeast states Sunday.

4.   After a cool dawn in interior sections, ample sunshine will boost temperatures near or above seasonal levels in most of the Northeast states.

5.   Except for Maine, Northeast states show the same declines in hunting.

6.   Enron also expects to sell power directly to consumers in several Northeast states within a few years.

7.   Frost is likely Wednesday night in mountain valleys of the northeast states, with fog forming over river valleys.

8.   Frigid air will sweep across the open waters of the Great Lakes as an air mass originating over the Canadian territory of Nunavut surges toward the Northeast states.

9.   If the EPA agrees with the Northeast states, it can then order the sources of pollution to stop operating until a plan to reduce emissions is agreed upon.

10.   In pursuing new source review cases without federal help, the greatest obstacle the Northeast states would face is geographic.