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_____LOCAL_____________________________________________________
Scattered-site housing development - Plainfield Plain Talker: "Kings Temple Ministry Awaits Development Amen"
Flu Clinic draws 157 - Plainfield Plain Talker: "Ooooooh Ouch!"
Plainfielder died on WWII bombing mission: "Lewis Leonard Kaplan finally honored in Polish War Memorial"
People's Organization for Progress: "Iraq war protest today on Front Street"
Crime: "Police probing armed robbery of cabbies by Plainfield-bound fare"
Obituary: "Mark Cameron Dunn, loving husband, father, son and brother"
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_____TRI - COUNTY AREA_____________________________________________
North Plainfield: "Villa Maria back on cutting board; Council considering stricter zoning for project"
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_____NEW JERSEY___________________________________________________
Breathalyzer replacement technology: "Dozens of drunken driving cases are on hold"
Princeton: "Part of Princeton's rare Islamic texts collection to go online"
Teaneck: "Residents battle to preserve burial site holding Dutch, slaves, Native Americans"
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_____NATION________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
===> Abramoff Affair: "After lawmakers helped tribes get federal money, they got donations from Abramoff"
======> Details on who got what: "Lawmakers Acted on Heels of Abramoff Gifts"
===> Libby's Judge: "Judge triumphed over rough streets; Spends countless hours steering urban teens toward positive goals"
Iraq War Debate:
===> Murtha: "Hawkish Dem, with many military connections, moves from voting for war to urging troop withdrawal"
===> Michael Kinsley, OpEd - Washington Post: "The Phony War Against the Critics"
===> Christian Science Monitor: "The moral stakes of exiting Iraq"
===> Bush talk of bombing al-Jazeera - Christian Science Monitor: "Editors in Britain threatened with jail if they publish leaked memo"
======> The Nation: "Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera?"
======> The Progressive: "Bush Targets Al Jazeera? CNN Head Should Get Job Back"
===> Sheehan - AP: "Sheehan and military families back in Texas, waiting for Bush"
Afghanistan - BBC: "Doubts grow over US Afghan strategy"
Supreme Court: "Alito's ethics questioned after mutual fund vote"
Padilla Indictment - The Guardian: "Torture Claims 'Forced US to Cut Terror Charges;' CIA worried secret prisons would be exposed"
Cheney, A Career Review - Salon: "Dick Cheney's long march to power; He's not going to give it up"
G.M. - Paul Krugman, OpEd - NY Times [hassle-free link]: "Is what's bad for General Motors bad for America? Yes."
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_____OF INTEREST___________________________________________________
Springsteen and the US Senate: "No love for the Boss"
Montgomery Bus Boycott: "40,000 bus boycott 'co-stars' now step into spotlight"
Do we like Ike?: "Prestigious site chosen for Eisenhower memorial"
===> A great man, whose policies inadvertently led to the demise of Plainfield's industry
Christmas Festivals: "Little Towns of Bethlehem: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, . . ."
Oil diplomacy gets local: "Venezuela sends 8M gallons of heating oil for Bronx poor"
===> President Chavez underscores point that he is anti-Bush, not anti-American
The Wobblies still going? Who knew?: "Union Steps Up Drive to Organize Starbucks"
Poetic Justice?: "Black Bear Bites Pennsylvania Hunter Who Shot It"
iPods and the Law of Unintended Consequences: "Jukeboxes, DJs Being Pushed Out by iPods"
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_____DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES____________________________
RELIEF: Online donation resources
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/Hurricane_ReliefYou_6553.html
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/katrina/
NYTimes Relief Information page: http://tinyurl.com/d7tpg
Courier News relief info: http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050906/NEWS/50901001
FEMA list: http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-2/112615864767180.xml&coll=1
KATRINA CLEARINGHOUSE: Katrina Blankenship has converted her website into a clearinghouse for Katrina survivors.
_____LOCAL_____________________________________________________
Scattered-site housing development - Plainfield Plain Talker: "Kings Temple Ministry Awaits Development Amen"
Flu Clinic draws 157 - Plainfield Plain Talker: "Ooooooh Ouch!"
Plainfielder died on WWII bombing mission: "Lewis Leonard Kaplan finally honored in Polish War Memorial"
People's Organization for Progress: "Iraq war protest today on Front Street"
Crime: "Police probing armed robbery of cabbies by Plainfield-bound fare"
Obituary: "Mark Cameron Dunn, loving husband, father, son and brother"
___________________________________________________________________
_____TRI - COUNTY AREA_____________________________________________
North Plainfield: "Villa Maria back on cutting board; Council considering stricter zoning for project"
___________________________________________________________________
_____NEW JERSEY___________________________________________________
Breathalyzer replacement technology: "Dozens of drunken driving cases are on hold"
Princeton: "Part of Princeton's rare Islamic texts collection to go online"
Teaneck: "Residents battle to preserve burial site holding Dutch, slaves, Native Americans"
___________________________________________________________________
_____NATION________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
===> Abramoff Affair: "After lawmakers helped tribes get federal money, they got donations from Abramoff"
======> Details on who got what: "Lawmakers Acted on Heels of Abramoff Gifts"
===> Libby's Judge: "Judge triumphed over rough streets; Spends countless hours steering urban teens toward positive goals"
Iraq War Debate:
===> Murtha: "Hawkish Dem, with many military connections, moves from voting for war to urging troop withdrawal"
===> Michael Kinsley, OpEd - Washington Post: "The Phony War Against the Critics"
===> Christian Science Monitor: "The moral stakes of exiting Iraq"
===> Bush talk of bombing al-Jazeera - Christian Science Monitor: "Editors in Britain threatened with jail if they publish leaked memo"
======> The Nation: "Did Bush Really Want to Bomb Al Jazeera?"
======> The Progressive: "Bush Targets Al Jazeera? CNN Head Should Get Job Back"
===> Sheehan - AP: "Sheehan and military families back in Texas, waiting for Bush"
Afghanistan - BBC: "Doubts grow over US Afghan strategy"
Supreme Court: "Alito's ethics questioned after mutual fund vote"
Padilla Indictment - The Guardian: "Torture Claims 'Forced US to Cut Terror Charges;' CIA worried secret prisons would be exposed"
Cheney, A Career Review - Salon: "Dick Cheney's long march to power; He's not going to give it up"
G.M. - Paul Krugman, OpEd - NY Times [hassle-free link]: "Is what's bad for General Motors bad for America? Yes."
___________________________________________________________________
_____OF INTEREST___________________________________________________
Springsteen and the US Senate: "No love for the Boss"
Montgomery Bus Boycott: "40,000 bus boycott 'co-stars' now step into spotlight"
Do we like Ike?: "Prestigious site chosen for Eisenhower memorial"
===> A great man, whose policies inadvertently led to the demise of Plainfield's industry
Christmas Festivals: "Little Towns of Bethlehem: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, . . ."
Oil diplomacy gets local: "Venezuela sends 8M gallons of heating oil for Bronx poor"
===> President Chavez underscores point that he is anti-Bush, not anti-American
The Wobblies still going? Who knew?: "Union Steps Up Drive to Organize Starbucks"
Poetic Justice?: "Black Bear Bites Pennsylvania Hunter Who Shot It"
iPods and the Law of Unintended Consequences: "Jukeboxes, DJs Being Pushed Out by iPods"
___________________________________________________________________
_____DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES____________________________
RELIEF: Online donation resources
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/Hurricane_ReliefYou_6553.html
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/katrina/
NYTimes Relief Information page: http://tinyurl.com/d7tpg
Courier News relief info: http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050906/NEWS/50901001
FEMA list: http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-2/112615864767180.xml&coll=1
KATRINA CLEARINGHOUSE: Katrina Blankenship has converted her website into a clearinghouse for Katrina survivors.
