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Saturday, July 22, 2006

22 - Sat - Public employee pay... Ledger on development - If it ain't broke... Cheesesteak inventor dies...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Public Employee Pay - The 'Bergen Record' series and more"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Crime: "Orlando Set to Shatter Homicide Record"
..... - Development - Editorial, SL: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" -- Development or 'Hispanic displacement'?

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___________________________________________________________________________

New Brunswick: "Officials probe pious landlord's rental clauses"
North Plainfield - CN: "Pair reject plea deal in death of grandson"
..... - SL: "Couple offered deal in death of newborn"
Piscataway - CN: "Halpers vacate family farm"
..... - SL: "Hefty fines persuade Halpers to abandon farm during night"
Roselle: "New claims disputed in Roselle council race"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________










Rutgers: "Kirkpatrick Chapel first: Rutgers chief's wedding"

AG Zulima Farber - SL: "Farber apologizes but won't step down"
..... - CN: "AG Farber sets out to defend conduct"
Crime - Noah Cuebas - SL: "Families of victims subjected to winks, threats and profanity"
..... - NYT: "Suspect in String of Felonies Pleads Not Guilty, Insolently"
..... - CN: "Newark man charged in violent crime spree"
Lawyer Advertising - NYT: "Lawyer Ads Cannot Tout ‘Super’ Status"
PSE&G Merger: "Report adds fuel to fire over Exelon merger"
State Pension Funds: "More of pension fund to be under private management"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________









USPS: "New postal superheroes to stamp out evil" and "Comic-Con Draws Superheroes, Sci-Fi Fans"

Iraq - AP: "Ex-Pentagon Officials Accused of Fraud" -- including allegations of arms sold that may fall into the hands of insurgents attacking our troops!!!
Jefferson Case - WP: "Nigerian Entangled In Jefferson Investigation"
Mideast - Analysis, WP: "In Mideast Strife, Bush Sees a Step To Peace" and a panorama of destruction (Quicktime)
..... - Diplomacy, WP: "Rice Plans Talks on Crisis With Mideast Leaders"

OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________











Obituary: "Harry Olivieri, Inventor of Philly Cheesesteak"
Urban Myth?: "Sears Maintains Benefits for Military Reservists" -- thanks to LM for this tip, and DO check out the site!

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

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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

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/

Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"

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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 | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |

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