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: "Courier: Council to vote to change meeting date"
........Amended Information added: "Library's photo contest has cash prizes"
............... Due date and Opening date changed; purpose clarified...
Plain Talker: "Council Committes Aim To Hone In On Problems"
Police - SL: "Plainfield gets acting police chief"
Briefs - CN: In print but not online - Anti-war rally 11 am today, in front of Armed Forces
recruiting office, East Front Street; PHS Seniors Kenya Nesbitt, Luis Nuñez, and Danielle
Sterling were honored by City Council last week; Woman crashed her minivan into side
of Beldere Pharmacy, knocking over indoor shelving, injuring a clerk and customer...
Events for next week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Union Twp.: "Judge doesn't buy claim planner trespassed on site"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Transportation Trust Fund:
..... - SL: "Corzine sidesteps gas tax increase in transit bailout"
..... - CN: "Road fund proposal borrows $7 billion"
..... - NYT: "Corzine Offers Plan to Replenish Road Fund"
Corzine's Senate Seat - NYT: "GOP Stalwarts Line Up Behind a New Jersey Name: Kean"
Body Parts Scam: "He went door to door in search of cadavers"
Lobbying in Trenton - SL: "Cable fight ups tab for lobbying; brawl reruns this legislative session"
..... - CN: "N.J. lobbyist spending hit record high in 2005"
Ports Brouhaha:
..... - SL: "Judge orders Bush to answer suit filed by New Jersey over port deal"
..... - CN: "PA sues current Port Newark operator to block its acquisition by UAE firm"
............... "Gov. Kean condemns deal, says 'should never have happened'"
..... - NYT: "A Ship Already Sailed: Ports Ceded to Foreigners Long Ago"
............... Paul Krugman: "Osama, Saddam and the Ports"
............... Editorial: "Reaping What You Sow"
..... - WP: "U.S. Intelligence Agencies Backed Dubai Port Deal"
............... Analysis, Dan Froomkin: "The Underlying Problems"
..... - UPI: "UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - NYT: "Bush Sees a Tough Test for the Skills of the Iraqi Troops"
..... - WP: "Bush Cites 'Moment of Choosing' for Iraq"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - CSM: "Total Information Awareness projects continue though shut down in 2003"
..... - Plamegate - Truthout: "White House 'Discovers’ 250 Emails Related to Plame Leak"
....................These may be the Cheney 'smoking gun'
...........- WP: "Libby loses a round in court; denied in bid to learn leaker's identity"
..... - Torture - AP: "Memos Detail 74 CIA Landings in Canada"
2006 Elections - SL: "Port fight opens door for Democrats"
Iraq - NYT: "Muslim Clerics Call for an End to Iraqi Rioting"
Ports Brouhaha: [See New Jersey section]
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Architecture: "Preserving a Modernist Masterpiece in Princeton"
Blackberry Update: "Judge Ends Blackberry Hearing Without Ruling"
Exhibit, Brooklyn Museum: "Visions of Africa and Ohio, in All Sorts of Materials"
........."Symphonic Poem: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson"
Fannie Mae: "Senior execs manipulated accounts to reap bonuses"
Media: "Inquiring Gringos Want to Know"
.........This week's Arellano column can be seen here
Reverse Mortgages: "Increasingly, the Home Is Paying for Retirement"
Stocks - 'Shorts' Investigated: "U.S. Subpoenas 2 Columnists, Then Backs Off"
Style: "Fire: The New Granite"
Tax-Season 'Phishing': "IRS Warns Public Of Phony E-mails"
Wal-Mart: "Wal-Mart to Expand Health Plan"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Mardi Gras: "Notable Mardi Gras Absences Reflect Loss of Black Middle Class"
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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