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Sunday, April 23, 2006

23 - Sun - Plainfield police car causes fatality... Shot teen stilll critical... Linden replays Plainfield's good fortune?...

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The ENTIRE Courier appears to be MIA this morning...will post later if available

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Plainfield police vehicle causes fatality" -- Courier News

Crime: "Teen still critical after Plainfield shooting"
Pedestrian Killed - SL: "Police car hits and kills North Plainfield father on Front Street"


Connections?
Food For Thought

..... - Verizon vs. Cable: "Long Island: Tug of War Played With Cable"
..... - Surveillance Cams: "The Camera Never Blinks, but It Multiplies"
..... - Loft Condos: "Lofts proposed for East Newark"
..... - Gooses and Golden Eggs: "Nest egg set aside by Suliga is eaten by Council"

Events for this week are here

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


TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Cryans, Again!: "Assemblyman's son breaks terms of probation"
Elizabeth: "Family wants street named after legend Carrie Thomas"
Exhibit, UCC - Cranford: "Indian-American artist portrays world of Superman and Shiva"
Linden: "Expenses, tax cuts eating nest egg set aside by Suliga"
..... - If they get it, they will spend it...just like Plainfield did the sewer settlement money...


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

MIA: Two Corzine '100 Days' stories: A 'Report Card' and a timeline -- in print edition only

Corzine - Editorial, SL: "The next 100 days will be Corzine's test"
Menendez: "Can Menendez Count on Black Voters?"

The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, April 23, 2006"

Arts Funding: "N.J. arts funding: Who's dropping the ball?"
Budget - NYT: "Arts: Heading Off a Culture Clash"
Cable: "Verizon turns to towns on cable quest"
Earth Day: "About 150 people clear 5 tons of trash from Raritan River's banks"
Immigrants and English - OpEd, SL: Fran Wood: "Driving toward common sense"

Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Sires and Vas quarrel over source of donations"
Minor League Baseball - NYT: "Diamond District"
..... - And here is a map of tri-state minor league locations
The Mob - SL: "The wiseguy and the wire: A capo, in his own words"
..... - link to online audio of the tapes, and transcripts
Newark Airport Security: "Newark chief fired after feds learned security plan was incomplete"
Rutgers Forum: "U.S. Muslims assess state of Iraq"
UMDNJ - NYT: "Medical School Chief Starts With Triage for Its Image"
Xanadu: "Kean and Byrner: No paradise in Xanadu deal"
Towns:

..... - Newark: "Ron Rice: For would-be mayor, the mission of a lifetime"
............. - North Ward: "Lively 3-way contest for North Ward council seat"
........ - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Hoboken: "Misplaced cartridge holds key to $32.2M school budget vote"
..... - East Newark: "Lofts proposed for East Newark"
..... - Princeton: "Drunken incidents frighten Princeton"
..... - Florham Park: "Housing, offices, hotel in game plan for Jets' site"
..... - East Orange: "Dreams of revival realized slowly"
..... - Glen Ridge: "Capital needs review stirs taboo subject: Bonds"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________











Bush - Rolling Stone: Sean Wilentz: "The Worst President in History?"
.......... - More from the Stone: "Forrest Gump's Evil Twin?"
..... - Editor&Publisher: Greg Mitchell: "A Crisis Almost Without Equal"

Scandal Central:
..... - Plamegate - Truthout: "Grand Jury Hears Evidence Against Rove"

CIA Firing - NYT: "Colleagues Say C.I.A. Analyst Played by the Rules"
..... - TPM: "The Firing of Mary McCarthy"
IFCO Immigrant Raid - LAT: "What Was Behind the Big Raid"
..... - NYT: "Crackdown on Workers Brings Dismay and Anxiety"
Immigration: "Immigration: Conspiracy Against Assimilation"
International Monetary Fund - LAT: "IMF Sees U.S. Budget, Trade Deficits as Risk Factors"
Iran - Harper's: "Debunking the nuclear “bunker buster”"
..... - PhysOrg: "Prominent Physicists Send Letter to Bush: Nuking 'Gravely Irresponsible'"
Iraq - LAT: "Iraqi Parliament Endorses New Prime Minister"
..... - Lahore Daily Times: "20,000 kidnapped in Iraq since January"
..... - ABC: "Poor Planning Could Push War Costs to $1 Trillion"
..... - NYT: "Ex - CIA Agent Says WMD Intelligence Ignored"
Rice Leak - LAT: "Lobbyists' Lawyers Say Rice Leaked Information"
..... - Guardian/UK: "Spokesman Denies Rice Leaked Defense Info"
Rumsfeld - NYT: "Young Officers Join the Debate Over Rumsfeld"
Veterans Affairs - LAT: "Former VA Chief Has Interest in Contract Company"
White House Staff - TPM: "New WH Policy Chief Was "Brooks Brothers" Rioter"
..... - NYT: "Bush Counsel Harriet Meiers May Be Next in Shake-Up"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________











Pennies: "A Penny for Your Thoughts, and 1.4 Cents for the Penny"
Civil War Re-enactment: "Re-enactors burnish tarnished image of NJ's 33rd Regiment
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College Finances: "In class, in debt, enraged" and tips: "Paying your way"
Containers are 50: "In praise of the lowly container"
Gossip: "New York's School for Scandal Sheets"
- Today is pretty weak tea, Page 6 notwithstanding...
Lawns: "Engineering a Mow-Less Lawn"
Woman-to-Woman Friendships: "Silence often accompanies a split between female friends"
..... - Book Review: "Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Women and Rivalry"

BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


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AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor
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CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City]
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LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio
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PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |

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