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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

12 - Wed - Council's crime conference nets 'systemic'.. 'torment'.. - LWV candidate forum Thurs

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Plainfield Health Center board member Clovis Hussey's obituary was in
today's Courier print edition, not online. Will post if it becomes available...


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Council's crime conference nets 'systemic'...'torment'..."

School Board Election: "LWV candidate forum Thursday night"
Community Issues: "Afternoon community forum at Blackberry's"
New Covenant Christian Academy: "Open house at New Covenant"
Letter, CN: Jan Jasper: "End cruel calf confinement"

Connections?
Food For Thought

..... - Eminent Domain: "Towns seizing waterfront industry for housing"
..... - Sweetheart Deals: "UMDNJ lease probed; Monitor to question Newark council head"
..... - Cabbies & English: "State to review requirement that drivers speak English"
..... - Aid to Cities: "East Orange's Bowser sees lean times ahead"
..... - Development: "Big condo project for GE factory site"
..... - Violence: "A new push for real solutions to Newark's chronic violence"
..... - Purchase Order Scams: "Trial opens for cop, wife in funds bilk"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bridgewater: "Budget shift approved in special election; only 7.7 percent turnout"
Morristown & Erie Rwy.: "Freeholders see no big hike in freight rail traffic"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine: "Corzine gets moving on mass transit"
..... - "Governor enacts measures on child advocate, disabled"

Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Vas not running in special primary for 13th District"

Abbott Schools: "Court to hear Abbott case"
Bias Claim: "Civil rights director accused of racial, sexual prejudice"
Budget - SL: "Groups implore lawmakers to restore trimmed funding"
..... - CN: "N.J.'s budget predicament rare problem among states"
Eminent Domain: "Towns seizing waterfront industry for housing"
Ethics Violations: "Former Commissioner Davy faces another probe"
Immigrants - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Illegal immigrants and the wage factor"
Merck - Vioxx case: "Jurors: $9M penalty in Vioxx case; now goes to attorney general"
..... - Analysis: "Plaintiff's win may bring N.J. even more Vioxx cases"
Ramapough Shooting: "Family of dead tribal member plans to sue"
State Parks & Historic Sites: "Bond issue is sought for parks"
..... - CN: "Environmentalists say $40M not enough to aid state parks"
UMDNJ: "Sweetheart lease probed; Monitor to question Newark council head"
Towns:

..... - Newark: "Booker has stash of cash for campaign"
.......... - Contributors: "Booker's campaign is star-powered as celebs write checks"
.......... - Editorial, SL: "Same as the old boss?"
.......... - OpEd, SL: Joan Whitlow: "'Guns and Hoses' and election poses"
.......... - Council: "Council's brochure assailed; Defends 2 nonprofits' $80M"
.......... - Violence: "A new push for real solutions to Newark's chronic violence"
............... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - East Orange: "East Orange's Bowser sees lean times ahead"
.......... - Development: "Big condo project for GE factory site"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff- Newsday: "E-Mails Show Abramoff's Donation Leverage"
..... - Plamegate - Truthout: "An Updated Plamegate Timeline"
.......... - This is a keeper, especially since the spotlight has now turned on Bush and Cheney
........ - Editorial, Chicago Tribune: "Answers, Mr. Cheney"

Iran: They can't be this crazy, can they? And there won't be a politically convenient
war, will there? Read on...

..... - Editorial, NYT: "Military Fantasies on Iran"
..... - Truthout: "How Crazy Are They?"
..... - OpEd, NYT: "Yes He Would"
IRS - SL: "Senators push IRS for free electronic tax filing"
Voting Procedures - Tikkun: "Hand Counted Paper Ballots in 2008"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

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

Anne Frank: "The letters alongside the diary of Anne Frank" - She was, after all, a teenager!
DNA Ancestry Tracking: "Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests"
Judaism: "Newer traditions into ancient rites of Passover" - Feminist seders?
..... - "Kosher wines grow more sophisticated"
Race Relations: "Princeton professor is awarded grant in racial-harmony project"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Reuters: "Louisiana officials say Katrina recovery wasteful"
..... - Newsday: "Fed Inspectors: Katrina Contracts Wasteful"


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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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