(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: E-ZPASS EXPANDED AT BRIDGE The Port Authority is adding a fifth E-ZPass toll lane to the upper level of the George Washington Bridge beginning today.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: EX-UNION CHIEF INDICTED - A former union president was arrested yesterday, charged with taking bribes from management to prevent labor unrest.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: BLACK REPRESENTATION - New Jersey gained 7 black elected officials from 1998 to 1999, a 3 percent increase that put the total at 239.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: 12th DISTRICT STILL ON HOLD The outcome of New Jersey's 12th Congressional District race remained unclear yesterday as legal obstacles delayed the count in two of the district's five counties.

(NYT) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: TRANSIT DEFICIT POSSIBLE - Several new rail projects may lead to a $2.2 billion deficit for New Jersey Transit over the next five years, agency officials said.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: AIRPORT TRAVEL CAVEATS Traveling Thanksgiving week is rarely easy at Newark International Airport, and officials expect about 470,000 travelers between Wednesday and Sunday, about the same as last year.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: UTILITY TO CUT RATES - Public Service Electric and Gas announced yesterday it would reduce electric rates by 2 percent in early February.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: MAN KILLED IN CLUB SHOOTING - One man was killed and seven other people were wounded in a shooting at a Newark nightclub early Sunday morning.

Steven Greenhouse (NYT) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: SCHOOL SUIT The parents of a Paterson teenager have sued the local school district, asserting that their learning-disabled son was excluded from a special education program.

(AP) NEW JERSEY NEWARK: MAN SHOT TO DEATH A Newark man was shot and killed on Saturday when a bicycle rider opened fire at the man's house.