PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Tomorrow... tomorrow... tomorrow..."
Crime: "Four men charged in Plainfield kidnappings, robbery"
Collegiate Basketball: "Plainfield's Muhammad helps lead Cincinnati past Louisville"
Medicare: "Pallone in Plainfield: Medicare changes are tough pill for druggists to swallow"
Tax Overpayments: "Council authorizes transfer of unclaimed, overpaid taxes to surplus"
Workplace Accident: "Plainfield man injured in industrial accident"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Edison mayor and council clash on hiring attorney, business administrator"
Linden: "Drug lord in murder plot gets 20 years; 'Little Gotti' used fear to rule"
Sayreville: "Sayreville picks Weiner Lesniak, law firm with political ties to Democrats"
Scotch Plains: "Volunteers to raise funds for Jewish Federation of Central Jersey"
Somerville: "Muslim center gains ground in fight for Somerville mosque"
Union Twp.: "Woman says officer put her at risk for identity theft"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Legislature:
..... - Cabinet: "Corzine DEP and Human Services choices sail on to full Senate vote"
..... - Cell Phones - SL: "Crackdown advances on cell phone drivers"
.......... - CN: "Senators reintroduce cell phone bill"
..... - Katrina: "Assemblyman criticizes N.Y. hurricane assistance"
..... - Medicare: "New Medicare drug plan baffles senators, citizens"
..... - Property Taxes: "Access to tax records clears panel"
Maplewood: "Police station to be first 'green' cop shop in New Jersey"
Newark: "City lets Devils slide on hotel; Both sides concede to move arena along"
Paterson: "Ex-official at Paterson schools pleads guilty to taking bribes"
Schools Data: "State cannot decipher vast trove of school data"
'Sunshine' Law - Editorial, CN: "Bright idea: Let more 'Sunshine' in"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "Bush budget geared to military; Tax cuts crimp family aid, NJ railways"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying hearings:
.......... - CN: "Senators challenge Gonzales on domestic spying program"
.......... - Boston Globe: "Prominent conservatives break with Bush on spying"
.......... - NYT: "In Limelight at Wiretap Hearing: 2 Laws, but Which Should Rule?"
.............. - The Times has excerpts here, an analysis here, and Findlaw docs here
.......... - USAToday: "Telecoms let NSA spy on calls"
CIA - WP: "Top Counterterrorism Officer Removed Amid Turmoil at CIA"
Iraq - Independent/UK: "Britain could start pulling out of Iraq in May, US general says"
..... - NYT: "Oil Graft Fuels the Insurgency, Iraq and U.S. Say"
Muhammed Cartoons: "Caricatures stoke Muslim rage across globe"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Eminent Domain: "Court faults seizure of house to aid religious group which built private school"
Geek Patrol: "Making the case for file backups"
King Funeral - WP: "King Funeral Site Reflects Changes in Black America"
..... - Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A full coverage section is here
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: "Sailor gets angry reply to bottle message"
Obituary: "Myron Waldman, Who Drew 'Betty Boop' Cartoon, Is Dead at 97"
Tripping through British museum: "Clumsy visitor brings fall of Qing dynasty vases"
Web Reviews: "Hotel Reviews Online: In Bed With Hope, Half-Truths and Hype"
........ As the Web becomes important in influencing commerce, worries that
........ hotels -- and other online merchants -- influence 'user' reviews
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "The 'devastation tour' is New Orleans' newest attraction"
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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