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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield Events Calendar now online"
Plain Talker: "TV Or Not TV: Council Considers"
Two briefs in Courier are not online: Shiloh Baptist Church's MLK commemorative service
.........at 7 PM on Monday, January 16 [see below], and the postponement of a business
.........networking event at Neighborhood House to January 25.
MLK Week of Events:
Friday - Jan 13, 7pm: 'The Origins of Slavery' at Mohawk Lodge #307
Saturday - Jan 14, 2 - 4pm: 'Dr. King - Educational Trailblazer' at PHS Auditorium
Sunday - Jan 15, 6pm: Ecumenical Worship Service: Rev. Leon Harrell, speaker, at Shiloh Baptist
Monday - Jan 16, 8:30am: 30th MLK Memorial Breakfast: Dr. Herbert Daughtry, speaker, at PHS
.........7pm: MLK Commemorative Service: Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson, speaker, at Shiloh Baptist
Tuesday - Jan 17, 7pm: Annual NAACP Essay Contest, City Hall Library
Wednesday - Jan 18, 7pm: 'Live Like Dr. King: Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win' at Friends Meeting House
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Middlesex Borough: "Borough swears in new mayor; predecessor's job switch draws criticism"
Roselle: "State probing Roselle's no-bid hiring of sports company in $32K contract"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Transition: "Corzine makes deep cuts in executive staff"
.................... - "Corzine casts wide net for Cabinet"
.......... - Senate seat: "Challenge to Corzine is tossed"
Codey - Ledger: "'Accidental governor' mixes humor with tribute to his wife"
.................... - Legacy: "Mental health just part of Codey's legacy as governor"
.................... - Editorial: "The spin-free governor"
.......... - Courier: "Governor highlights successes, challenges"
.................... - Transcript: "Text of Gov. Codey's speech"
Assembly - Ledger: "Excitement reigns for 11 freshmen taking oath"
.................... - Courier: "Property taxes, ethics top Assembly's agenda"
...........................'Property taxes, health care and pay-to-play are the biggest issues.
............................We also need to let the people know that we are prepared at any
............................cost to ensure that tax dollars are being used appropriately.'
..................................-- Assemblyman Jerry Green, D-Plainfield
Medicare: "State pays $4.7M drug costs for those in new Medicare program"
Newark: "Fire director caught between Council and unions"
Nutley: "20 homes have been burgled, jewelry taken since holidays"
Supreme Court: "Top state court rejects warrantless searches of cars of arrested motorists"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ faulted for $16 million in no-bid pacts"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - Ledger: "Bush says discussing Iraq war risks comforting enemy"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff - Slate: "The New Etiquette of Lobbying: Emily Post, meet Jack Abramoff"
.................... - AP: A Defender: "Calif. Rep. Rohrabacher Defends Abramoff"
.......... - DeLay - Washington Post: "Rivals for DeLay post no strangers to K Street lobbyists"
.................... - Ledger: "DeLay's suspicious move; tried to shut casino after donation from a different tribe"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "FISA judges and Justice Dept. meet over eavesdropping program"
.................... - Washington Post: "Inspector General Sets Probe In NSA Bugging"
.......... - Plamegate - Truthout: "Fitzgerald Maintains Focus on Rove"
Iraq War - Christian Science Monitor: "Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion"
.......... - Financial Times/UK: "Bremer claims he was used as Iraq ‘fall guy’"
IRS - The Poor: "I.R.S. Limited Tax Refunds of Poor, Congress Is Told"
.......... - The Rich: "I.R.S. Is Sued on Failure to Release Tax Data of Wealthy"
Supreme Court - Ledger: "Alito tells critics: I'll be fair"
.......... - NY Times: "Presidential Power Has Limits, Alito Tells Senators"
.......... - Village Voice: James Ridgeway: "Alito and His Coaches: Hearings are an inside game"
.......... - TomPaine.com: Ralph Neas: "Cracking The Alito Codebook"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
B.E.T.: "Chief of BET Plans to Broaden Programming Appeal"
Diabetes: "In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay"
Film: "King Vidor's 'Hallelujah,' the first great American sound movie in a new DVD"
............ One of three Black-themed movies newly issued by Warner Home Video
................. And here's a link to the Amazon listing (at $14.98)
Immigration: "More and More, Mexican Women Risk All to Enter U.S."
Islam: "Before the feast, Muslims symbolically stone the devil"
Logging: "New Uses for Glut of Small Logs From Thinning of Forests"
............ A spectacular library interior finished with small-diameter logs is here
Mesoamerica: "Discovery Pushes Maya Writing Back to 2300 Years Ago"
Queen Latifah: "Latifah returns to her home court -- Newark -- to premier new film"
Roadcams: "Britain plans total electronic surveillance of roads; arrests up tenfold"
Science: "Cells That Read Minds: Mirror Neurons"
Sexual Abuse: "Detroit's Catholic Bishop Says Priest Abused Him as Teenager"
Videotaping Public Meetings: "Glen Ridge: Lights, camera, school board!"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Commission to Seek Overhaul of Schools and Transit"
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