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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

17 - Wed - Surveillance cams: good, bad, ugly... Pemberton Ave chop shop?... Parade committee all-Plainfield... Naked cop saga continues...

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The Courier is in la-la land today: Online shows yesterday's Local, front page, state
news. Will post later, if they get it up. -- DD



PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Surveillance Cams: The good, the bad, the ugly"
Plain Talker: "Parade Committee Will Be All-Plainfield"

Drake House: "Courier: Photos and audio"
Pemberton Avenue Chop Shop?: "Device helps collar 4 with a stolen car"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Student loans: "Loans turn into an albatross, steering grads away from teaching"
..... - Garbage for Cops: "Los Angeles Doubles Garbage Rate to Expand LAPD"
..... - John Lynch: "King of politics is full of sound and fury, signifying his decline"
..... - Immigration - Editorial,SL: "Jersey needs a new approach"
..... - Booker Builds Connections: "Booker adds Payne to team"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Berkeley Hts/Springfield: "Contaminated soil dumped in quarry"
Clark: "Two held in spree of thefts from cars"
Edison: "Spokesman for Edison's mayor returns to his Hudson County roots"
..... - "Cleanup at Edison Ford plant to begin"
Naked Cop Coverup?: "Witness: Police did poor job at crash scene; Speed also questioned"
Union County Police: "County cop admits to drug buy in uniform"
Union County Social Services: "Charges mount in county worker's theft case"


BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________

Booker Builds Connections: "Booker adds Payne to team"
..... - Connecting the dots with the politically connected Payne family...
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine: "Corzine's bail loan called uncollectable"

Budget: "Official calls jobless fund just enough for next year"
..... - "Legislators grill college officials on costs"
Employment Rate: "Unemployment in state zooms past national rate"
Governor's School: "Governor's School will open this summer, thanks to fundraising effort"
Immigration - Editorial,SL: "Jersey needs a new approach"
Legislator Financial Disclosures: "Lawmakers' earnings stir conflict questions"
John Lynch: Tom Moran: "King of politics is full of sound and fury, signifying his decline"
Medicare: "End-of-life care in N.J. is priciest but not best"
UMDNJ: "Newark Council Prez Bradley pulled off board at UMDNJ"

Towns:

..... - Newark: "Shooting kills teen; Spate of violence claims 17th victim"
..... - East Orange - SL: "East Orange detective and wife guilty in scam"
.......... - NYT: "Ex-Detective Is Now Fugitive, With Wife"
..... - Passaic: "5 arrested, 80 kilos of cocaine seized in Passaic raids"
..... - Orange: "Now fielding tributes, Monte Irvin"
..... - East Orange: "City honors stars with Walk of Fame"
.......... - "Stars came out the 1940 night 'Edison' debuted"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:

..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL/Reuters: "Bush to allow wider review of eavesdropping"
.......... - NYT: "Verizon Denies It Gave N.S.A. Local Phone Records"
............... - "BellSouth Denies It Gave Records to N.S.A."

Dems - SL: "Corzine friend tapped as national fundraiser for Democrats"
..... - NYT: "G.O.P. Voters to Be Target of Radio Ads by Democrats"
GOP - WP: WashPost/ABC Poll: "Republican Leadership Approval Hits All-Time Low"














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(Chart, LA Times)


Immigration Reform - LAT: "Senate Rejects Border Security Amendment"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
















(Illustration, NY Times)


Books on Bush - NYT: "All the President's Books"


Meetings: "Taking the 'ee!' out of 'meeting' - How to stop torturing your colleagues"
Opus Dei: "Inside the real Opus Dei - NJ Headquarters"
Retirement Planning: "IRA Swaps Could Cost U.S. Billions in Tax Revenue"
..... - a must read article if retirement is anywhere in your futured...
Road Rage: "A Miami vice: Road rage rated as worst"


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