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Saturday, April 01, 2006

01 - Saturday - Google chooses Plainfield for marketing test

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________







Plainfield Today: "Plainfield chosen for Google marketing test, participants to be paid $250"
Plain Talker: "Plainwood Square Park To Get Official Designation"

Crime: "Plainfield man pleads guilty to armed robbery of motel, store"
PHS Softball: "Watchung Conference team-by-team capsules"
All-Area Top HS Athletes: There are ten pages, many Plainfield students. Start here.
..... - Be sure to click on the pages to enlarge the images.

Connections?
Other stories pertinent to Plainfield

..... - Cop-on-cop issues: "Cop details PBA chief's threats against him"
..... - Daylaborers: "Day laborers organizing, seek work center"
..... - Policing crime 'hotspots': "Paterson cops go to foot patrols in high-crime areas"

Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']


Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Sen. Ray Lesniak - Editorial, SL: "Looks like payback on Elizabeth schools"
Bedminster/Bridgewater: "Medevac battle grinds on"
Bound Brook: "Bound Brook approves $10.5M budget, 16% increase"
Fanwood: "For every bride, shop had the perfect gown"
Old Bridge: "Ex-Old Bridge official may get only 6 months for shakedown"
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Schools: "Candidates want to conquer budget issues"
Springfield: "Women face prostitution counts after police raid"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Atlantic City Expressway: "Legislator suggests leasing Atlantic City Expressway"
..... - Gormley to Lesniak: 'I'll see you, and raise you one'
Attorney General/Div of Law: "State lays off 40 staff lawyers"
Budget: "With water tax, turning on faucet to cost New Jerseyans"
Giants/Jets Stadium - SL: "NFL teams and state agree on stadium"

..... - NYT: "NJ reaches new agreement with Jets and Giants for stadium"
Horse Doping: "Doping charges rock top harness racing team at Meadowlands"
Schools: "New 'No Child' list upgrades schools"
..... - The complete list is on the state's Dept of Ed website here
UMDNJ: "New president barring top aides found to have misused funds from teaching"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Ex-UMDNJ aide gets probation in witness-tamper"
..... - Montclair: "Citizens group seeks takeover of hospital"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:

..... - DeLay: "Plea in DeLay Case Snares Close Confidant"
..... - Domestic spying - AP: "John Dean Blasts Warrantless Eavesdropping"
..... - Iraq - Independent/UK: "The US propaganda machine: Oh, what a lovely war"
..... - Iraq War runup - Nat'l Journal: "Prewar Intelligence: Insulating Bush"
.......... - Be forewarned, this is a wonkish, detail-filled piece

527s - NYT: "G.O.P. Is Taking Aim at Advocacy Groups"
Delphi/GM - SL: "Auto parts firm seeks to void contracts; UAW warns of strike"
Immigration - OpEd, WP: Dana Milbank: "Immigration debate gets branded with a scarlet 'A'"
Iraq - Reuters: "Rice admits "thousands" of errors in Iraq"
Lobbying Reform - Editorial, SL: "Ethics reform falls short"
Voting Machines - Truthout: "States Pressured to Certify Voting Machines"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________














Real Estate: "Some New Math on Homes"
..... - These homeowners, also economics professors, put their professional tools to work
..... - analyzing whether there really is a bubble. Their answer? Not what you might expect.
Daylight Savings Time: "It's wacky in Indiana"
Documentary Films: "Smithsonian Agreement Angers Filmmakers"


SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
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The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

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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