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Sunday, December 11, 2005

11 - Sunday

Still kludging. Am posting to the blog, and will give a catch-up when my system is restored...............;-( Dan

12/11/2005 - Sunday

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

PLAINFIELD TODAY:

.......... - "Free Holiday parking"

Plainfield Plain Talker:
.......... - New Administration: "Cabinet Making 2006"
.......... - Police:
............... - "Superior Officers Due For Raises, Too"
............... - "New Police Plan Dissolves Narcotics Bureau"
.......... - 2005 Mayoral Race: "One More Aria from the Fat Lady"
.......... - Library offers Holiday opportunity: "Library Asks 'Food for Fines'"
.......... - Dan's Holiday Treelighting blooper: "O PIO Mio"
Editorial, Courier: "Plainfield crime plan should wait"


TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Union County: "Dems spent big to win big; Outspent GOP 29-to-1 in freeholder victories"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

For political junkies - The Auditor: "Sunday, December 11, 2005"

Menendez: "Menendez donations top $17M"
Lych investigation:
.......... - "Lynch: 'I have no idea what the focus of this is'"
.......... - "A power list dozens named do not want to be on"
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Paterson: "Long-closed Paterson brewery buildings draw $720,000 bid at auction"


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff Affair:
.......... - "Plea Deal Near With 2nd Abramoff Associate"
..... - CIA's secret prisons:
.......... - Washington Post: "Poland to Probe Reports of CIA Prisons"
.......... - The Nation: "The Torture Administration"
.......... - NY Times: "Former CIA agent, accused of kidnapping Egyption cleric, to fight Italian warrant"
..... - Plamegate:
.......... - Washington Post: "Time Reporter Testifies in Leak Case"
.......... - Truthout: "For Rove, New Testimony, New Problems"
Iraq:
..... - 'Deadline democracy' - Washington Post: "Voting deadlines Bush's choice, yielding 'order' but no peace"
Lieberman - Slate: "Joe Republican?; Why President Bush loves Sen. Lieberman"
NAACP - Washington Post: "Bush meets Blacks behind closed doors"
Voting Rights Act - Washington Post: "DOJ staff opinions banned in voting rights cases"
Obituaries:
.......... - Sen. Eugene McCarthy: "Senate Dove Who Jolted 1968 Race"
.......... - Richard Pryor: "Iconoclastic Comedian"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Housing: "Under pressure, FEMA extends hotel program for evacuees"