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Friday, May 26, 2006

26 - Fri - HITS... Sentence in racial attack... Red Cross staffer charged... $100K for West End planning...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: A daytime shooting... Employee treatment mean-spirited?... Supporters having 2nd thoughts?..."
Plain Talker: "Council On Election Hiatus"

2004 Assault: "Plainfield man sentenced in racial attack"
Red Cross: "Ex-Red Cross staffer charged in service theft"
West End - CN: "$100K grant brings hope to Plainfield's West End"
..... - SL: "West End gets $100K to plan its resurgence"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Flood Insurance: "Flood insurance bill could boost premiums for 40,000 in Jersey"
..... - Campaign Funds: "Ex-Kearny mayor gets probation, fine for diverting funds"
..... - SCC: "School agency admits past, looks to future"
.......... - Suspended projects to stay on shelf if it can't spend more than $8.6B
..... - Dumping: "Inquiry unearths laxity by County employees on dumping"
..... - Budget 'Games': "Perth Amboy revenues still don't add up"
..... - High-tech Parking Meters: "Big changes for Newark's parking meters"
..... - Al Faiella: Joan Whitlow: "His own economic development came first"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bedminster: "Ex-mayor replacing Joerger"
Bridgewater: "Ice cream vendor is guilty of drug sales"
Edison: "Off-duty officer arrested; Accused of waving gun at first-aider"
Elizabeth: "Goodman's Deli: A hearty slice of tradition for Bulgarian immigrant"
Hillside: "Troubled tavern in Hillside reopens; State upholds appeal"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine: "In Japan, Gov. plugs Jersey plants to Pru execs"
Menendez / Kean Race: "Kean hits Menendez's votes on illegals"

Legislature: "Vas missed 80 percent of his committee hearings"
Rutgers: "'Big brother' trims RU's security force; 29 guards laid off"
State Employee Benefits: "Tiptoeing through the minefield of state workers' benefits"
Voting Machines: "Essex County certifies 700 electronic voting machines"

Towns:

..... - Newark: "African-American Heritage Statewide Parade and Festival Hits 40"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Trenton: "Vote recheck ordered in Trenton mayoral race"
..... - New Brunswick: "Phone photo leads to arrests in Mother's Day attack"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Reuters: "Ex-Bush Official Safavian Hid Ties to Abramoff, US Says"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - WP: "Gonzales's Rationale on Phone Data Disputed"
.......... - CSM: "For telecoms, a storm of lawsuits awaits"
..... - Jefferson Raid - SL: "Bush seals documents seized in raid for 45 days"
..... - Plamegate - National Journal: "Rove-Novak Call Was Concern To Leak Investigators"
.......... - NYT/AP: "Experts Says Cheney Can't Avoid Testifying"

Enron - Houston Chron: "Enron jurors find Lay, Skilling guilty"

FDA - Reuters: "Top FDA staff say left out of contraceptive ruling"
..... - WSJ: "Americans Growing Less Confident In FDA's Job on Safety, Poll Shows"
Immigration Reform - WP: "Senate Passes Immigration Bill"
..... - SL: "Immigration reform splits Congress"
..... - Knight Ridder Newswire: "Think tank's immigration study challenged by critics"
..... - SL: "Immigrants who played by the rules feel forgotten"
Iran - Guardian/UK: "U-turn by White House as it blocks direct talks with Iran"
Iraq - SL: "Bush and Blair admit 'missteps' in Iraq" -- transcript of remarks
SEC - Marketplace/NPR: "Negroponte given power to waive SEC rules"
Treasury - SL: "Treasury secretary Snow reportedly set to quit"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Churches - WSJ: "Churches Embrace the Web In Bid to Attract Members"

HIV: "Researchers trace HIV's origin to wild chimps in Cameroon"
Memorial Day: "Forgetting to remember those who sacrificed for freedom"
Munchmobile 2006: "Season launched with search for best hamburger"
Phone Taxes: "U.S. hangs up on phone tax, vows refunds"

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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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