(Photo, Bernice Paglia, Courier News)
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Ozymandias - thoughts truly for our times"
Plain Talker: "Immigrants Protest At City Hall" and "Marchers Make Evening Protest"
Immmigrant Rallies [including NJ and US]:
..... - CN: "Multiple protests, but few disruptions, in Central Jersey"
.......... - Statewide: "From loud rallies to quiet streets, immigrants make nonpresence felt"
..... - SL: "Nationwide boycott for new legislation draws huge crowds"
.......... - Business: "Demonstrations ripple through N.J. businesses"
.......... - Passaic: "Mayor helps defuse tensions in Passaic"
.......... - Schools: "Crowded protests help empty some classrooms in Jersey"
.......... - Mexico: "In Mexico, calls for boycott go largely unheeded"
.......... - Morristown: "In midst of historic Green, hundreds of immigrants rally"
.......... - New Brunswick: "Marchers' message hits New Brunswick"
..... - NYT: "Nationwide Immigrant Rallies Are Under Way" - pics are here
..... - LAT: "Immigration Dissent Sweeps L.A. and the Nation" - pics are here and here
.......... - Analysis: "After Marches, Finding the Way Forward"
.......... - Editorial, LAT: "Pass comprehensive immigration reform now"
.......... - Economic Impact: "Immigrants Take Economic Impact to the Streets"
..... - Chi Trib: "Immigrants at crossroads"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Antiwar Demo - Area Residents quoted: "Giving the President a Pink Slip"
..... - Tax Rebate Apps in Mail: "Senior and disabled homeowners can receive up to $1,320"
..... - Human Trafficking - SL: "Network busted; Believe illegal immigrants forced into prostitution"
................ - "Men were seen as hard-working business owners"
.......... - NYT: "Human-Smuggling Inquiry Leads to Raids and Arrests"
..... - After-School Care: "Newark Museum after-care program inspires kids"
..... - Development: "Condos, parking for Cranford's south side"
........... - 'Steep Slopes': "Caldwell weighs 'steep slope' limits"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "A new look on the way for Cranford's south side"
Union Twp.: "4-year-old Union twins drown in their backyard pool"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Gas Prices: "N.J. legislators want to leave the gasoline hose to the pros"
Housing Assistance Scam: "2 admit helping in stealing $880K from housing program"
Legislature: "Senate budget panel wants new water tax to evaporate"
NJT: "NJ Transit plans an alternative for worker pensions"
Public Advocate: "Public advocate applauded for 'smart' budget efficiency"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Third mayoral candidate pushes worker rights in Newark race"
.......... - Voter Profile: "Of new voters, most in North Ward; Overall registration down"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Hillside: "Tapping their inner Picasso; Newark Museum after-care inspires kids"
..... - Caldwell: "Caldwell weighs 'steep slope' limits"
..... - Montclair: "Montclair township manager to lose housing allowance"
..... - East Orange: "Ornate former bank makes way for $115 million education complex"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "Bush walks fine line on Iraq after not-so-banner 3 years"
.............. - Poll: "Most poli sci, history profs give Bush presidency low marks"
The Dollar - Times/London: "Dollar starts the big slide against major currencies"
FEMA - Truthout: "Rearranging the Deck Chairs?"
Gas Prices - NYT: "Republicans Drop a Tax Plan After Businesses Protest"
..... - Germany: "Germans, Already Mad, Try to Get Even"
Immigrant Rallies [see Plainfield section]
Iran - TomPaine: "Negroponte's Iran Intelligence War"
.......... - InterPress: "Iran Pushes for Talks With U.S. on Nukes, Security"
Iraq - Insurgency - The Age/Australia: "US 'allowed Zarqawi to escape'"
..... - Reconstruction - Guardian/UK: "Billions wasted in Iraq, says US audit"
.......... - NYT: "U.S. Pays for 150 Iraqi Clinics, and Manages to Build 20"
National Anthem - SL: "For national anthem in Spanish, see State Department Web site"
Oil - TheStreet.com: "How China Is Winning the Oil Race"
Puerto Rico - SL: "Budget crisis shuts Puerto Rico"
Secrecy - Chi Trib: "Bush team imposes thick veil of secrecy"
Stock Market - MSNBC: "Bernanke comments cool off markets"
.......... - So, Bernanke's getting a little on-the-job training?
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Business Travel: "Avoiding Tan Suits in Toyo and Other Travel Gaffes"
..... - 'Global Business Etiquette' - publisher's site, Barnes & Noble (best price), an online guide
Limbaugh: "Limbaugh Cuts Deal in Prescription Case" - this really helps us fights drugs?!!
Pension Loophole: "Pensions in Peril Over Church Exemptions"
Self-Heating Latte?: "Self-Heating Latte Cans Bring an Explosion of Interest from Lawyers"
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