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PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Week of Events"
Letter to Editor, Courier: Jay D. Ahlbeck: "Bush's abuses cause for worry"
Missing Teens: "Missing Plainfield, N. Plainfield girls found with stolen money"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Roselle: "Officials vow to work together, mayor eyes revitalization plan"
South Plainfield: "Residents wary of plan for 500-unit housing"
Union County: "County declares hiring freeze; Mandated expenses are cited"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Ledger: "Farber outlines agenda as AG, to focus on sentencing, guns, immigrants"
.................... - Editorial, Courier: "Cutting jobs is job one for Corzine"
......................... - Staffing: "Corzine to take over with 62 fewer workers"
......................... - Farber: "Top lawyer nominee may face tough road"
.................... - 'Thank You' tour: "Corzine embarks on tour of gratitude"
.................... - NY Times: "Corzine Picks Zulima Farber for Attorney General"
Development: "Builders buy mobile home sites for teardowns?"
Development: "Court: Jerseyans have no right to wetlands challenge hearing"
DWI Test: "Prosecutions to resume with data from new Alcotest"
Hoboken: "Woman who exposed corrupt mayor escapes prison time"
Irvington: "After-school anti-gang initiative pushed"
Lynch Investigation: "Pennrose Properties says it's not the target of fed probe"
Montclair: "School Board gives benefits to domestic partners"
Newark - Ledger: "Cash crisis puts Devils arena on thin ice"
......................... - Precincts: "Ground broken: two new precincts boost community presence"
.................... - NY Times: "Violent Crime Rising, James hails first of 2 new police precincts"
Tax Relief: "Assemblyman Manzo pushes his tax relief plan"
UMDNJ: "Monitor to dig deep on contracts"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - NY Times: "In Strong Words, Bush Tries to Redirect Debate"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff - Bloomberg: "Scandal threatens to derail Ralph Reed's political ambitions"
.................... - Christian Science Monitor: "An e-mail trail of money and influence"
.......... - CIA's Secret Prisons: "Swiss inquiry says Egyptian document must be followed up"
.......... - DeLay - NY Times: "In Texas-sized irony, redistricting is one more hurdle for DeLay"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "In Shift, Bush Says He Welcomes Inquiry on Secret Wiretaps"
......................... - "F.B.I. Tries to Dispel Surveillance Concerns"
.................... - ABC News: "NSA whistleblower alleges millions spied on"
al-Jazeera Bombing Plan - Reuters: "2 Brits face trial over leak of Bush bombing plan"
.......... - NY Times: "Al Jazeera: From Network, to a Bush Target, to Courts"
Iran - Herald/UK: "Israelis plan pre-emptive strike on Iran"
Iraq War - San Jose Mercury: "U.S. airstrikes in Iraq could intensify"
Pentagon: "Pentagon defends its body armor; addresses report's allegations"
Supreme Court - Ledger: "Dems press Alito on a past Princeton group membership"
............... - Princeton group: "'Concerned Alumni' had troubling attitudes on women, minorities"
............... - Court TV?: "Bending the judge's ear; Senators lobby as well as interrogate"
.......... - AP: "Alito Turns Aside Democrats' Criticism"
.......... - LA Times: "Alito's Ties to Controversial Princeton Group Probed"
.......... - NY Times: "O'Connor Casts a Long Shadow on the Nominee"
............... -Editorial: "Judge Alito, in His Own Words"
.......... - The Independent/UK: "Bush nominee 'believes in an all-powerful presidency'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Cereal? Cereal. : "Serving Good Intentions by the Bowlful"
Film: "Don't ask, don't see; Many straight guys say 'no thanks' to 'Brokeback Mountain'"
Gardening: Valerie Sudol: "Preseason preview - When you can't plant, plan"
'Intelligent Design': "Parents in small Cal. town file suit to attack 'Intelligent Design'"
Israel: "Flap over young Jews' visits to Holy Land; Some stay to work for Palestinian cause"
The Lobbying Culture: "Analysis: Lobbyists' emergence reflects shift in capital culture"
Policing Strategy: "NYC's Police Director Gives Department a Makeover"
Queen Latifah: "Latifah walks red carpet at Newark film premiere"
Real Estate: "NAR: Lobbying to sell your house; under attack from two directions"
TV: "Few Are Booking Ads on 'The Book of Daniel'"
............ Being an Episcopalian, I can confess many of the elements are dead on.
............ But with plot lines resembling a bowl of spaghetti, Jesus-as-buddy, and no
............ real spark of life, I predict a flatliner. Too bad, interesting premise. -- Dan
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Can New Orleans Save the Soul of Its Food?"
.......... - "City Revival Plan Draws Sharp Criticism"
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