My laptop has crashed! Will have to kludge things until I can devote couple of hours to being online
with HP people to get it restored. Am posting to the blog, and will give a catch-up when my system
is restored..................;-( Dan
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plain Talker: "Oy Tannenbaum"
TRI-COUNTY_________________________________________________________________________________
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "Parents as split on contract issues as teachers, board"
Westfield: "Officer sues Westfield over criminal checks"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Profiling: "Held for 7 Days, Man Says New Jersey Profiling Continues"
State pensions: "Panel urges benefits cuts for teachers, others, later retirement"
Newark Airport Security: "Nine more bags elude screeners; Continental's fourth violation in 2 months"
Montclair: "Council tables 'garagescape' ban in Montclair"
Newark: "Rise in Ironbound incidents prompts installation of surveillance cameras"
NATION_____________________________________________________________________________________
Hampton University and anti-Bush Protest: "Students face expulsion over promoting protest observance"
Scandal Central:
.......... Corruption - Christian Science Monitor: "Ethics cloud grows wider over GOP"
............... - The Hill: "Cunningham co-conspirators’ largesse extended to many"
............... - LA Times: "Contractors Linked to Bribery Case Worked Together"
Iraq:
.......... Bush Address:
............... - LA Times: "Bush Offers 'Strategy for Victory' in Iraq; again rejects a timetable for withdrawal"
............... - Washington Post: "An Offering of Detail But No New Substance"
............... - Ledger: "Presidential pep talk downplays the problems"
............... - Think Progress: "Response: Deconstructing the “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq”"
Bush's public presence - LA Times: "Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone"
al-Jazeera - Truthout: "Did Bush Plan to Bomb al-Jazeera?"
Amtrak - Ledger: "Bush, in reversal, clears $1.3B in aid to Amtrak"
War on Terror - LA Times: "Legal dodge ball: Sidestepping courts by moving detainees or changing status"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina/Rita: "Hurricane Recovery: A Forgotten Priority?"
