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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

30 - Tue - TW3: May 22-29... Draft boards ready to roll... Prayer at public events...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "TW3: May 22 - May 29, 2006: Plainfield-centered news of the past week"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Developers: "In Jersey, a little land is big prize for builders"
..... - Pedestrian Safety - Editorial, SL: "Protection for pedestrians"
..... - Prayer at Public Events - OpEd, CN: "Majority rule bad idea for public prayers"
..... - Military Draft: "Military draft boards ready to roll"

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___________________________________________________________________________

East Amwell: "Town wants to ensure its portion of Lindbergh estate is preserved"
Somerville - CN: "Attendance falls, but spirits high at annual race"
..... - SL: "Argentinian wins 50-mile finale at 63rd annual bike tour"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Budget - Editorial, SL: "Painful budget realities"
Hurricanes: "Experts: State isn't immune to hurricanes"
Memorial Day / Veterans:
..... - "State recognizes 3 more vets of Vietnam as home-grown"
..... - "Saluting the fallen of wars old and new"
Pandemic Planning - SL: "Officials aim to fine-tune strategy"
..... - CN: "Officials to gather at bird flu summit"
Rutgers: "A 'plume' with a view of an oceanic experiment"
Supreme Court - SL: "N.J. child adopters await siblings ruling"
..... - CN: "Court to weigh rights of adopted siblings"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Scandal Central:

..... - Domestic spying - SL: "Privacy becomes the rarest material"

2006 Elections - SL: "Most incumbents safe as Congress sinks in the polls"
Afghanistan - SL: "Riots tear Kabul after U.S. truck crashes"
Immigration Reform - SL: "Ranchers see Border Patrol accomplishing little"
Iraq - SL: "Iraq bomb kills two in CBS crew and soldier"
Marine Corps - SL: "General not prejudging Marines"
Military Funerals - SL: "Military funeral protesters face jail and fines outside national cemeteries"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Indonesia - Earthquake: "Quake's toll tops 5,000; U.N. makes global appeal"

Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/


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ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES

CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |

AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
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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