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BREAKING__________________________________________________
Colin Powell's speechwriter says he 'participated in hoax'
in writing Powell's UN speech - 'Now,' PBS, tonight, 8:30 PM.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Library's Black History Month Exhibit: Mel Holston"
Plain Talker: "Attorney May Probe Mayoral Qualification Issue"
Charter Question: "Plainfield to pay for study of mayor's eligibility"
PHS Boys Basketball: "Plainfield tops East Side"
Real Estate - Some Sales Listed in Today's Courier:
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "5 sites score spots on Jets' short list for HQ, practice facility"
Edison: "Edison loses fight on sign posting; Builders' sign requirement struck down"
Roselle Park: "EPA repeats warning on lead-tainted field"
Not online: A story about the deer hunt in Scotch Plains, and another about a controversial
roadway planned by Kean University.
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Anthrax Hoaxes: "Asbury Park man charged in anthrax scare campaign"
Assembly: "Truitt again picked to fill Tucker's Assembly seat"
Budget- Editorial, CN: "Roberts' review plan offers state fresh start"
Chamber Train Trip - SL: "The Glad-Hand Express"
..... - CN: "Corzine, politicians take the midday train to Washington"
..... - NYT: "Schmooze Express Heads to Nation's Capital"
Christie Whitman - SL: "Whitman receives scolding for calling Ground Zero safe"
..... - CN:
..... - NYT: "Public Misled on Air Quality After 9/11 Attack, Judge Says"
Codey: "Codey tapped N.J. funds for 4 TV shows on state-related topics"
Cryan - OpEd, SL: "Climate of graft slimes all, guilty or not"
DMV: "Average wait 30 minutes (not bad) in first rush for photo IDs"
Newark Airport: "Newark's flight-arrival times rank last in US"
.......... But you already knew that, didn't you?....;-)
Real Estate: "Redevelopment boom lifts Hudson County to new-home lead"
Rutgers: "Activist convicted of 2003 pie attack on Israeli leader"
UMDNJ: "Trustees of UMDNJ spent big on limos"
Xanadu: "As Mills battles problems, state fears for its Meadowlands project"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL:
..... - NYT: Editorial: "The March of the Straw Soldiers"
..... - WP: Editorial: "What isolationism? Bush fiction avoids a debate on policy questions"
..... - Reuters: "Capitol Police Apologize to Activist Sheehan"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Intelligence boss spars with lawmakers over eavesdropping"
.......... - NYT: "Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying"
.......... - Boston Globe: "Specialists doubt wiretap legality, rebut assertion of presidential powers"
Army - Salon: "Out of Jail, into the Army"
DeLay Replacement - WP: "In an Upset, Boehner Is Elected House GOP Leader"
Iran - Financial Times/UK: "IAEA chief says dispute is not 'crisis situation'"
Iraq - Channel 4/UK: "Bush and Blair talked of using US spyplane to lure Saddam into war"
..... - NYT: "Insurgents Thwarting Iraq Reconstruction"
..... - AP: "Bush to Request $120B More for War Funding"
............. As the late Sen. Dirksen (R-Illinois) used to say: "A billion dollars here,
............. a billion dollars there...pretty soon, you're talkin' about real money."
..... - Independent/UK: "'Marlboro Man' turns against war he symbolised"
Lobbying Reform - WP: "Lobbying Changes Divide GOP; Many Resist Proposed Reforms"
NASA: "Inspector General probed; Failure to investigate safety violations alleged"
Supreme Court - WP: "White House Defends Texas's GOP Remapping Plan to Court"
Toles Cartoon Flap: "Post supports Toles; Toles says: 'I was not demeaning soldiers'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Black History Month (NJ): "Traces of the past brought to light in a little-known museum"
Coretta Scott King Funeral: "King Funeral Has Surprise in Site Choice"
Education: "'Three Rs' need to be joined by 'T' for tech"
Geek Alert: "Today Is D-Day for 'Kama Sutra' Computer Worm"
Savings: "The squeeze on American pocketbooks: Negative rate first since Depression"
Telegrams: "Telegrams STOP"
True Confession: "Backstory: 'I lied to Oprah, too'"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "New Orleans worries that its culture may be lost to 'artificial imitation'"
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
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BREAKING__________________________________________________
Colin Powell's speechwriter says he 'participated in hoax'
in writing Powell's UN speech - 'Now,' PBS, tonight, 8:30 PM.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Library's Black History Month Exhibit: Mel Holston"
Plain Talker: "Attorney May Probe Mayoral Qualification Issue"
Charter Question: "Plainfield to pay for study of mayor's eligibility"
PHS Boys Basketball: "Plainfield tops East Side"
Real Estate - Some Sales Listed in Today's Courier:
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- Ward 1 - 738 St. Mary's Avenue - $330,000
- Ward 2 - 1419 Evergreen Avenue - $715,000
- Ward 3 - 1053 Ironbound Avenue - $391,400
- Ward 4 - 1414 Bradford Street - $305,000
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
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. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Heights: "5 sites score spots on Jets' short list for HQ, practice facility"
Edison: "Edison loses fight on sign posting; Builders' sign requirement struck down"
Roselle Park: "EPA repeats warning on lead-tainted field"
Not online: A story about the deer hunt in Scotch Plains, and another about a controversial
roadway planned by Kean University.
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Anthrax Hoaxes: "Asbury Park man charged in anthrax scare campaign"
Assembly: "Truitt again picked to fill Tucker's Assembly seat"
Budget- Editorial, CN: "Roberts' review plan offers state fresh start"
Chamber Train Trip - SL: "The Glad-Hand Express"
..... - CN: "Corzine, politicians take the midday train to Washington"
..... - NYT: "Schmooze Express Heads to Nation's Capital"
Christie Whitman - SL: "Whitman receives scolding for calling Ground Zero safe"
..... - CN:
..... - NYT: "Public Misled on Air Quality After 9/11 Attack, Judge Says"
Codey: "Codey tapped N.J. funds for 4 TV shows on state-related topics"
Cryan - OpEd, SL: "Climate of graft slimes all, guilty or not"
DMV: "Average wait 30 minutes (not bad) in first rush for photo IDs"
Newark Airport: "Newark's flight-arrival times rank last in US"
.......... But you already knew that, didn't you?....;-)
Real Estate: "Redevelopment boom lifts Hudson County to new-home lead"
Rutgers: "Activist convicted of 2003 pie attack on Israeli leader"
UMDNJ: "Trustees of UMDNJ spent big on limos"
Xanadu: "As Mills battles problems, state fears for its Meadowlands project"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL:
..... - NYT: Editorial: "The March of the Straw Soldiers"
..... - WP: Editorial: "What isolationism? Bush fiction avoids a debate on policy questions"
..... - Reuters: "Capitol Police Apologize to Activist Sheehan"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Intelligence boss spars with lawmakers over eavesdropping"
.......... - NYT: "Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying"
.......... - Boston Globe: "Specialists doubt wiretap legality, rebut assertion of presidential powers"
Army - Salon: "Out of Jail, into the Army"
DeLay Replacement - WP: "In an Upset, Boehner Is Elected House GOP Leader"
Iran - Financial Times/UK: "IAEA chief says dispute is not 'crisis situation'"
Iraq - Channel 4/UK: "Bush and Blair talked of using US spyplane to lure Saddam into war"
..... - NYT: "Insurgents Thwarting Iraq Reconstruction"
..... - AP: "Bush to Request $120B More for War Funding"
............. As the late Sen. Dirksen (R-Illinois) used to say: "A billion dollars here,
............. a billion dollars there...pretty soon, you're talkin' about real money."
..... - Independent/UK: "'Marlboro Man' turns against war he symbolised"
Lobbying Reform - WP: "Lobbying Changes Divide GOP; Many Resist Proposed Reforms"
NASA: "Inspector General probed; Failure to investigate safety violations alleged"
Supreme Court - WP: "White House Defends Texas's GOP Remapping Plan to Court"
Toles Cartoon Flap: "Post supports Toles; Toles says: 'I was not demeaning soldiers'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Black History Month (NJ): "Traces of the past brought to light in a little-known museum"
Coretta Scott King Funeral: "King Funeral Has Surprise in Site Choice"
Education: "'Three Rs' need to be joined by 'T' for tech"
Geek Alert: "Today Is D-Day for 'Kama Sutra' Computer Worm"
Savings: "The squeeze on American pocketbooks: Negative rate first since Depression"
Telegrams: "Telegrams STOP"
True Confession: "Backstory: 'I lied to Oprah, too'"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "New Orleans worries that its culture may be lost to 'artificial imitation'"
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
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