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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

03 - Wed - Bd of Ed faces new challenges... Council seeks repeal of overcrowding law... Naked cop fled crash...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Board of Ed faces new challenges"
Plain Talker: "Barksdale, Abdul-Haqq, Logan-Leach Sworn In; Cathcart is BOE President"
.......... - and: "City Council Seeks Repeal Of Anti-Overcrowding Ordinance"

Abbott Schools
- SL: "State justices hear argument for freezing aid to poor schools"
.......... - "Farber argues Abbot fiscal failures mean districts can do without more aid"
..... - CN: "Before high court, Farber pushes for Abbott funds freeze"
..... - NYT: "Trenton Asks for a Freeze in School Aid"

Crime: "Plainfield man accused of fondling girl at church"
Girl Scouts: "Girl Scout volunteers are honored by Washington Rock Council"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Google 'Mashups': "Trinity College Uses Google to Map the Invisible City"
..... - Human Trafficking: "State offers perfect atmosphere for trafficking predators"
.......... - By the way, yesterday's Ledger story pointed out the suspects came to
.......... - the attention of authorities during the Plainfield case of four years ago
..... - Eminent Domain: "Bloomberg Says Power to Seize Private Land Is Vital to Cities"
.......... - Aaahh! But the debate is over using it for private -- as opposed to public -- purposes...
..... - Immigration Reform - LAT: "Immigrants Demonstrate Peaceful Power"
.......... - SL: Analysis: "With no overall leader, rights groups ponder the next step"
....../... - NYT: Analysis: "After Immigration Protests, Goal Remains Elusive"
..... - Sewerage Privatization: "Sewerage authority privatization stirs up debate"
..... - Recall - Editorial, CN: "Joerger's decision a winner for Bedminster"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bedminster: "County GOP overrules town committee, Holtaway gets line"
Edison: "Victims say off-duty cop fled from crash naked"
Garwood: "Garwood councilman charged with DWI"
Mt. St. Mary's & McAuley School: "Two Somerset schools join together for a prom"
Trailside Center: "Trailside Center will host annual Union County Pet Fair Sunday"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

MIA: An interesting story on two fast-food restaurants serving halal food -print only

Menendez/Kean Race - SL: "Sparks fly over big oil donations in Senate race"
..... - CN: "Dems, GOP sling Big Oil"

Anthrax: "2 anthrax samples found mislabeled in state lab cache"
Bird Flu: "Experts find nonlethal virus in Camden poultry market"
Budget: "Corzine defends sales tax hike, hospital fee"
..... - Tom Moran: "The GOP's point man in cutting the budget"
Commercial Real Estate: "Signs of an Upturn in New Jersey"
Giants/Jets Stadium: "Corzine airs discontent on roofless Meadowlands deal"
Self-serve Gas: "Corzine's self-service gas plan tanks"
Smoking: "State snuffs 25-foot smoking ban"
Supreme Court: "State Bar calls state judiciary too hasty; Rare swipe at Poritz"
SUV Emissions: "Jersey and 9 states suing Washington over SUV pollution"
Wind Farms: "Panel calls for experimental wind farm offshore" -- why not in Trenton?
Towns:

..... - Newark: "Televised debate for mayoral hopefuls tonight"
.......... - Rutgers-Newark Forum: "Hopefuls take on schools, Booker's war chest"
.......... - Blount: "A Newark upstart eyes an upset"
.......... - North Ward: "Dark horse quits North Ward race in Newark"
....... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Orange: "10 battling for 4 seats on Orange City Council"
..... - Belleville: "Budget battle just beginning in Belleville"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - Boston Globe: "3 Senators slam president over defying statutes"
..... - Financial Times: "Bush in ‘ceaseless push for power’"
..... - TomPaine: "Jim Lobe: Gimme That Old-Time Geopolitics"

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff: "Logs on Abramoff Visits to White House to be Released"
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Afghanistan: "Al Qaeda strategist is reported in custody"
Energy Market Manipulation - Truthout: "Senatorrs Press for
Release of Enron Evidence"
Fairleigh Dickinson: "Entrepreneur's gift goes to alma mater FDU and his mentors"
Immigration Reform - See under Plainfield section
Iran - NYT: "U.S. and Europe Draft U.N. Resolution on Iran"
Iraq - Foreign Policy: Lt. Gen. William E. Odom:
"Cut and Run? You Bet."
Nuclear Testing - AlterNet: "Bush's Nuclear Madness"
Voting Machines - Financial Times: "Electronic voting switch threatens mass confusion"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Free Speech: "Montana grants pardons 88 years after using sedition laws to suppress speech"
Hip-Hop: "Citing Fights, Landlord Sues to Evict 'Hot 97' Radio Station"
Internet Access - Editorial, NYT: "Keeping a Democratic Web"
Obesity: "Millions of U.S. teens on brink of diabetes"

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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding: "Qatar Grants Millions in Aid to New Orleans"
..... - Including $17M to Xavier, the country's only historically Black Catholic university

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