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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Week of Events"
.......... Note venue change of Saturday's event: now at Hubbard MS, 661 West 8th St.
Graffiti - Plain Talker: "Tagging: It's not all Greek to me"
Norton Bonaparte - Plain Talker: "Not In Plainfield Any More?"
.......... - Courier [next to last item]: "Bonaparte may be going to Topeka, KS"
Plainfield/North Plainfield: "Runaways may have stolen $18,000 from girl's grandfather"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Hillside: "Reservist accuses town of slight in firefighting job"
Hillside/Elizabeth: "3 hurt in clash at game between Hillside and Elizabeth girls"
Piscataway: "Appeals court deals town a blow in Halper case"
Rahway: "Police shoot Rahway man during drug raid on his home"
Scotch Plains: "Panel to hear plans for educational children's farm"
[Westfield] - NY Times: "Federated Puts Lord & Taylor on Block"
.......... - Courier: "Lord & Taylor on the market; Central Jersey stores in limbo"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine Cabinet - Ledger: "Corzine nominates former colleague as state treasurer"
.......... - NY Times: "Financier Is to Be Named New Jersey's Treasurer"
.......... - Mid-Level Managers - Ledger: "Clearing the decks: Corzine demands 180 resign"
Contaminated Water: "NJ to get millions from Merck, Shell, others over tainted water"
Economy: "Economists: Money moving out of state due to job growth shift"
Environment: "Codey directs agencies to clean with 'green'"
Medicare: "NJ's stopgap tab mounting"
Medicare Fraud: "Feds accuse Middlesex Co. foot doctor of massive Medi-fraud"
Mendham: "Mendham braces for increases; Revaluation spikes value of properties"
Mutual Fund Brokers: "Record settlement for New Jersey in USB fund-trading scandal"
Newark: "A $100M accord with Devils on arena"
Newark: "Inspector who took $30 bribe is rehired after firing in Newark"
NJPAC: "Program reaffirms the King legacy"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Inspector general clears lifting freeze, but wants watchdog"
State Budget: "Sudden burst of good news"
State Slogan - Ledger: "Contest winner gets the credit but whose line is it?"
.................... - Courier: "Winner chosen for new state slogan"
.................... - NY Times: "New Jersey Picks a Slogan"
UMDNJ: "Codey says no to ads that praise UMDNJ"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - DeLay - Washington Post: "Replacement Contest: Money talks, but in a whisper this time"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Washington Post: "Corralling domestic spying; new standards in the works"
Deficit - NY Times: "Deficit Will Climb in 2006, White House Says"
.................... - Washington Post: "Deficit Could Top $400 Billion"
Iraq War - Christian Science Monitor: "Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion"
Supreme Court - Ledger: "The grilling ends and the waiting begins"
........................ - Opinion: John Farmer: "Hearings marred by partisanship"
............... - NY Times: "Democrats Still Dislike Him but Can't Stop Him"
............... - LA Times: "Liberal Groups Vow to Dig In"
............... - Washington Post: "Alito Likely To Become A Justice"
.................... - Analysis: "Measured Replies Paint Picture With a Conservative Tint"
.................... -OpEd: E.J. Dionne: "A Hearing About Nothing"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Fashion: "What's Sexy Now? The Slip"
............ "All those midriff-baring pieces have taken on a tacky nature
............ . . .A slip is the new pristine version of sexiness."
Forcing bulbs: "A shot of gin helps paperwhites keep from getting floppy"
............ and the Cornell students' research can be found here
Gilbert & Sullivan: "Nanki-Poo has a little list: 'Mikado,' 'Pinafore' and 'Trial by Jury'"
Satellite Radio: "Satellite Radio Leaves the Car to Go Home and on Walks"
School Vouchers: "After setback, what's next for vouchers?"
Teacher Merit Pay: "Houston Ties Teachers' Pay to Test Scores"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Big Easy: Who can rebuild?"
........... - Bush Visit: "In New Orleans, Bush Speaks With Optimism but Sees Little of Ruin"
........... - Levees: "New Orleans Schoolgirls Have a Message for the President"
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