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12/29/2005 - Thursday
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
.........."Sharon Robinson-Briggs will become first woman mayor on Sunday"
No Plainfield crime, politics, school, business or other local news in papers today.
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
South Plainfield: "Borough officials reverse course on suit, want settlement details made public"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - OpEd, Ledger: "His top priorities: Ethics, finances; a checklist for assessing the Gov"
.................... - Supreme Court: "A critical choice for Corzine: Naming chief justice"
......................... - Background: "NJ sets precedent for political balance in its Supreme Court"
Body Parts: "Routine call ignited probe; Checking on donor, doctor grew worried"
'Cop2Cop' Program: "Helping the police purge their demons"
East Orange: "Women to be majority on 10-member city council"
.......... - "Cop facing brutality lawsuits back on force; City waited too long to discipline him"
Edison - Editorial, Ledger: "Lame ducks and bare knuckles: Choi takes one on the chin"
............ ". . . Middlesex County is Hudson County with lawns . . ."
Hiring Freeze: "State budget shortfall brings hiring freeze"
Housing - Part 5 of 8, Courier: "Affordable housing? Not in New Jersey"
Passaic County: "Passaic County to stop holding immigrant detainees at jail"
Property Taxes for a Church: "Christ Church gets only a 15% tax break"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Budget boosts oversight; New hires banned until Corzine review"
State Slogan: Kathleen O'Brien: "New Jersey, the lousy slogan state"
Taxes - OpEd, Ledger: "The least-tough choice for most is to tap the rich"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush:
.......... - Analysis, Washington Post: "Bush Team Rethinks Its Plan for Recovery"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair: "Lobbyist's troubles: Biggest Congressional corruption scandal in decades?"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Ledger: "Spy agency in trouble again -- now over Web 'cookies'"
.................... - Christian Science Monitor: "Half of Americans say Bush has right to OK secret program"
.................... - LA Times: "Lawyers question use of US spy program in getting evidence against their clients"
.......... - Paid-for 'News': "Pentagon Calls Its Pro-U.S. Websites Legal"
Army Record-keeping: "Army faulted for sloppiness on inventory"
FEMA: "Internal Audit Views FEMA as Albatross for Homeland Security"
Iraq - OpEd, Washington Post: Dale Andrade: "Three Lessons From Vietnam"
Military Recruiting: "School boards starting to give parents more detailed opt-out information"
Padilla: "US defends conduct in Padilla case; Supreme Court asked to overrule 4th Circuit"
Supreme Court Nominee: "Alito urged U.S. to back off plea in Black Panther case"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Advertising: "Republican Strategist Gets Heat for Taking Mexico as Client"
Catholicism: "Limbo, an Afterlife Tradition, May Be Doomed by the Vatican"
............ It may be out of fashion, and moderns may snicker, but no one in Monsignor's
............ catechism class [Baltimore catechism, I'll have you know!] at St. John Bosco
............ in Sheridan, NY, ever, ever snickered -- about limbo, purgatory, or plenary
............ indulgences. O mores! O tempores!
Conservative Christians: "New Cultural Approach: Reviews, Not Protests"
Evolution, the Board Game?: "Helping Out Darwin's Cause With a Little Pointed Humor"
Gullah: "Gospel According to Gullah; slaves' descendants translate Bible into ancestral language"
Housing: "'Supportive housing' has both a profit and a social motive"
Kwanzaa: "Karenga extols 'African holiday that celebrates family'"
Music: "The Net Is a Boon for Indie Labels; 'Fans Are Dictating'"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Wrestling With Memories Amid Mounds of Trash"
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