16 - Friday

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

12/16/2005 - Friday

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

PLAINFIELD TODAY:
.......... - "Construction on City pools under way, all to be ready for 2006 season"

Public Safety Director: "Jiles Ship leaves Plainfield post, returns to Attorney General's office"
Body found - Ledger [1st item]: "Woman's body found in West 3rd Street apartment"

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Union County: "Freeholders raise their salaries by 5.3 percent"
Corruption:
.......... - Hillsborough - Ledger: "Official faces prison; gave improper permits in exchange for work on home"
............... - Courier: "Former Hillsboro official indicted"
.......... - Old Bridge: "Probation, resignation for township engineer"
.......... - Somerset County Parks - Ledger: "Contractor tells of kickback to official"
............... - Courier: "Foreman will testify against accused construction official"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine's Senate seat: "Corzine passes the Senate baton; introduces Menendez to fellow Dems"
.......... - Quinnipiac poll: "Choice of Menendez gets the thumbs-up from voters"

Lame Duck Legislature:
.......... - Casino commission: "Codey's casino panel appointee falls off agenda"
.......... - Charitable immunity - Ledger: "With Senate approval, charitable immunity nears end"
.................... - Courier: "Charitable Immunity Act changes head to Codey's desk"
.......... - Death penalty: "Senate acts to suspend executions for a year to allow panel to assess it"
.......... - Smoking - Ledger: "Senate passes ban on indoor public smoking except in casinos"
.................... - Courier: "Workplace smoking ban gets Senate OK"
.......... - Springsteen honored - Ledger: "Sen. Lesniak leads Springsteen karaoke tribute"
.................... - Courier: "Bill would create Springsteen license plate"
.......... - Stem cell research: "Stem cell bond clears Senate but faces Assembly hurdles"

DYFS: "New Jersey Child Welfare System Is Missing Its Own Targets"
Federal judgeships: "Deal set to fail; White House won't discuss doubts over Black Newark judge"
Gas tax - Tom Moran, Ledger: "Time to pay the piper -- at the gas pump"
............... - Editorial - Courier: "Few options on gas tax hike remain"
Newark: "City Hall is prepared for a big restoration for its centennial in 2006"


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair: "Ex-Abramoff partner Adam Kirdan pleads guilty to fraud"
.......... - CIA's secret prisons - Financial Times, London: "EU disquiet over ‘renditions’ grows"
.......... - DeLay - Boston Globe: "DeLay seeks testimony of grand jurors"
.................... - Washington Post: "Democrats criticize Bush remarks, liken to jury tampering"
.................... - AP: "White House Defends Bush Comments on DeLay as 'presidential prerogative'"
.......... - Domestic spying: "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts"
.................... - NY Times: "Pentagon Is Said to Mishandle a Counterterrorism Database"
.......... - Iraq War runup - Washington Post: "Report: Bush had more prewar intelligence than Congress"
.......... - Plamegate - Reuters: "White House takes issue with Novak on CIA leak claim"

Bush - OpEd, Ledger: "Bush must learn to be a wartime leader"
............... Bob Sommer lectures at the Bloustein School of Public Policy at Rutgers
Federal Election Commission: "Former Bush Campaign Lawyer to Head FEC"
Freedom of Information: "Bush Issues Order to Ease Access to Information"
Iraq:
.......... - Election: "At least 10 million cast ballots around country"
............... - Analysis: John Farmer - Ledger: "Elections won't end the crisis in Iraq"
.......... - Iraqi casualties - The Progressive: "Does 30,000 Mean Anything to Bush?"
Literacy: "Study: 1 in 20 Americans not literate; 29% have only basic skills, half college grads flunk simple test "
Military Recruiting: "Army enlisting more low-scoring recruits; many observers worry about quality of soldiers"
Prostitution: "In a Shift, Anti-Prostitution Effort Targets Pimps and Johns"
.......... - New Jersey connection: "Mailman by day, award-winning pimp by night"
Rev. Al: "Sharpton Agrees to Pay FEC $100,000 for 2004 campaign"
Torture: Bush Caves - Int'l Herald Tribune: "Bush and McCain reach deal on treatment of terror suspects"
.......... - Analysis - LA Times: "McCain Held All the Cards, So Bush Folded"
Obituary: "Former Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin, Critic of Waste"
.......... - Some recipients of his monthly 'Golden Fleece' awards are here


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Civil Unions: "First Civil-Union Couple Parting Ways"
Coffee - A brewing revolution: "Coffee makers see big trend in small packages"
Election interference - New Hampshire: "GOP official convicted in phone-jamming of Dem HQ"
Genetics: "Scientists Find DNA Change That Explains White Skin"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - New Orleans: "Bush pledges $1.5B for New Orleans,doubling aid for flood protection"