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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Week of Events"
.......... Note venue change of today's Omegas event: now at Hubbard MS, 661 West 8th St.
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2005 Mayoral Election - Plain Talker: "GOP wants mayor removed over qualifications"
.......... -Courier: "City mayor's election called into question by Republicans"
1st Shooting of Year - Courier: A B-1 story not online, "Plainfield cops detain three"
...Plainfield's first shooting of 2006: A teen was shot about 4 PM on Thursday, corner of
...West 4th and Liberty; three teens -- 14, 15, and 16 -- detained. Suspected crack
...cocaine recovered at site of shooting.
PHS Basketball: "Plainfield makes statement, tops powerful Linden"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Dunellen: "Former general defends role in Abu Ghraib scandal at Library book-signing"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Cabinet - Ledger: "Committee endorses nominee for secretary of state"
.................... - Courier: "Wall Street veteran Bradley Abelow nominated as treasurer"
.......... - Senate seat - NY Times: "Senate challenge averted in NJ; Andrews will not run"
.................... - Courier: "Andrews rules out running against Menendez"
Codey: "Charitable Codey delivers $910,000 in special grants"
............. Breakdown in print edition: High: $250K - Metuchen/Edison/Woodbridge YMCA
Menendez: "Menendez's move to Senate depends on '97 Nissan Altima"
Agriculture: "Feds declare N.J. farms a disaster for 2005"
Green Acres: "After a record year, the green funding Green Acres dwindles"
Illegal Work Visa scheme: Feds seize $5.7M from Edison man who ran scheme to help
...Indians and Pakistanis enter country or stay illegally -- Front page story, not online
Merck: "Merck to pay for eco-damage"
Sea Isle City: "Homeowners still treading water over title mix-up"
Smoking Ban: "Judge won't spare bowling alleys on smoking"
UMDNJ: "No new trial for official at UMDNJ in toxic release"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - LA Times: "Bush Uses His Word of Choice a Heck of a Lot"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Impact: "Speaker pushes Ney to resign as chair in light of Abramoff links"
.......... - DeLay Replacements - LA Times: "Lobbying ties cast pall on rivals for GOP post"
............... - Washington Post: "Arizona's Shadegg may run as reformer with no lobbyist ties"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "UC-Santa Cruz: A protest, a spy program, a campus in an uproar"
Liberia: "Country's future is in Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's hands, first woman president"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
9/11 - Health Impacts: "As responder deaths mount, search for link to 9/11 cleanup"
Beer, beer, beer: "In Oregon, It's a Brew Pub World"
Chicago - LA Times: "Chicago City Clerk Charged in Bribery Scandal"
.......... - NY Times: "Chicago City Clerk Charged With Bribery in Trucking Inquiry"
Dems - OpEd, Washington Post: Howard Kurtz: "Dem vs. Dem: Why Lieberman is hated"
Domestic Spying: Morgan Cloud: "The bugs in our system: A short history of domestic spying"
.......... - David Kahn: "Back when spies played by the rules: Nevertheless, Luther was outraged"
Fiction posing as Non-fiction: "James Frey: The man who conned Oprah"
Film: "Films in Need of a Little Nip and Tuck"
MLK - Book Review: "King, Weary After Scaling His Great Mountain"
................... 'At Canaan's Edge: American in the King Years, 1965-68'
................... By Taylor Branch, Simon & Schuster. $35. Amazon link here
........ - Atlanta's King Center: "Disarray at center for Dr. King casts pall on family and legacy"
Medicare: "The States Step In As Medicare Falters"
Murtha-smearing: "Web Site Attacks Critic of War"
................... The Swift Boat slimers at work again. . .
Outsourcing: "Even Law Firms Join the Trend to Outsourcing"
Taxes: "Depreciation Appreciation 101: The ins and outs of deducting for a home office"
Television: "Hispanic TV without the Spanish; marketing to English-dominant Hispanics"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Powerless, residents wait; Many can't use FEMA's mobile homes"
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