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PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Using Blogs: Searching a blog, or all blogs"
Plain Talker: "Senior Center Plans Up For Review"
Bias crime: "Plainfield leaders take activist to task; dispute claim of bias crime surge"
......... Freeholder O'Mapp gets double mention...
Fire: "West 7th Street fire is under investigation"
Letter to Editor, CN: Nancy Piwowar: "City must fix mayor problem"
PHS Boys Basketball - Tournament Schedule: "Plainfield vs. Union/Roselle Park"
Surveillance: "Feds give towns new low-key surveillance tools"
Real Estate Sales - SL:
..... - Ward 1 : 269 Leland Ave - $324,000 | 1336 East 2nd St - $360,000
..... - Ward 2 : 837 Richmond St - $359,900 | 1135 Denmark Rd - $423,000
..... - Ward 3 : 718 West 8th St - $659,900 | 312 West 6th St - $435,000
..... - Ward 4 : 1659 South 2nd St - $363,000 | 938 West 4th St - $342,000
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Union County Dems - from the Politics NJ website:
Former Assembly Speaker Albio Sires will have the support of the Union County Democratic organization in his bid for Congress in the 13th district. Sires has won the endorsement of Democratic County Chairman Charlotte DeFillipo, State Sen. Ray Lesniak, Assemblymen Neil Cohen, Jerry Green and Joseph Cryan, Assemblywoman Linda Stender, Surrogate James LaCorte and Freeholder Angel Estrada of Elizabeth. (02/06/06)
Elizabeth: "Officer in pursuit of drug suspects is hit by 2 vehicles"
NYPD
Manville / NYC - Eric Hernandez - SL: "Manville mourns as N.Y. cop dies"
..... - CN: "Manville alum shot by fellow cop dies"
..... - NYT: "Shot in Case of Mistaken Identity, Officer Dies After 11-Day Ordeal"
.......... - "Extraordinary Medical Effort Can't Stop the Deadly Work of 3 Bullets"
Rahway: "Tons of garbage discovered in Rahway house"
Roselle: "Recall Campaign fails"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine lines up 2 leaders for UMDNJ board"
Davy's email blitz: "U.S. probe targeting ex-official with state"
........ Even in the heartland of corruption, some things are just beyond the pale...
Gambling Scandal: "Gretzky talked about betting ring on wiretap"
Menendez: "Auto union aid boosts Menendez"
Muhammad Cartoons: "NJ Muslims decry cartoons, violent reprisals in Islamic world"
Newark: "City's best-kept secret: Will James run?"
Schools Construction Corp.: "Current projects over budget, all 'suburban' money gone"
Totowa: "At one-year vigil for victim, lawmakers urge state to help find killer"
UMDNJ: "Tangle over phone services; Freeze in $5M payments angers companies"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush Budget - Truthdig: Robert Scheer: "Take From the Poor, Give to the Military"
.......... - The Federal Budget, full text is here
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - LAT: "Lobbyist's Ties to Lawmaker Examined"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - CSM: "US plans massive data sweep. Will it go too far?"
.......... - LAT: "White House agrees to meet -- finally -- with two intelligence committees"
.......... - WP: "Secret Court warned spy data may have led improperly to warrants"
2006 Elections - AP: "Iraq War Draws Veterans Into Politics"
Gonzales Testimony - Editorial, NYT: "The Art of Saying Nothing"
Iraq - The Coalition - SL: "U.S. allies filter homeward; even Britain eyes exit"
Muhammad Cartoons - CSM: "Muslim Americans split on cartoons"
NASA - NYT: "Young Bush appointee resigns his post at NASA" Small bang.
Senate - LAT: "After Harsh Letter, McCain and Obama Enjoy Civil Phone Call"
Social Security - WP: "Bush's Social Security Sleight of Hand"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Business: "Univision Considers Going on the Block"
Charity Fundraising: "Seeking New Sources of Money, Charities Get in on Poker Craze"
Geek Patrol - High Def TV: "Why HDTV is getting a fuzzy reception"
King Funeral: "A Eulogy for King, a Scolding for Bush"
Poker: "Seeking New Sources of Money, Charities Get in on Poker Craze"
Sports - Varsity Bowling?: "Making Varsity, With a Ball That Has Holes in It"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Storm Victims Face Big Delay to Get Trailers"
.......... - "Slow-moving bureaucracy leaves N.O. stuck in a cycle of waiting"
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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