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Monday, July 31, 2006

31 - Mon - TW3: Jul 24-30... Blanco memorial service... Condos a tough sell?... Gay marriage debate...

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National Night Out: "National Night Out weeklong celebration continues"

PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "TW3: Jul 24 - 30, 2006" -- Blanco memorial service... Gay marriage debate... Women to be ordained as Catholic priests...
Plain Talker: "Condos: A Tough Sell?"

Ray Blanco: "Memorial service set" -- Courier and Ledger.

Muhlenberg [next to last item]: "Charity gives $60K to medical center"
Workplace Incident: "Assault charges downgraded in wake of Plainfield man's blackout"

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain - OpEd, NYT: "Case Won on Appeal (to Public)"
..... - Condo Development: "Developers Nationwide Nix or Delay Condo Projects"
..... - Illegal Immigrants: "U.S. Puts Onus on Employers of Immigrants"
..... - Asylum Rulings: "Study Finds Disparities in Judges’ Asylum Rulings"

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___________________________________________________________________________

Piscataway: "Piscataway residents fear facelift will ruin neighborhood"
South Plainfield - SL: "Exotic dancer to plead not guilty in skulls case"
..... - CN: "Accused stripper to fight charges"
..... - AP: "Exotic dancer plans to fight charges over human remains"
Westfield: "Jobs for Girly Men" -- contributed by readers MJ and CD


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Arena Deal - OpEd, SL: Joan Whitlow: "It's a safe bet Booker's review of arena deal is the way to go"
Cop Shoots Suspect - SL: "Newark cop kills suspect in drug deal" -- Witnesses say man was handcuffed
..... - NYT: "Newark Officer Fatally Shot Suspect in Custody, Police Say"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

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Property Tax Reform:

Report - NYT: "In Tackling Tax Problems, Corzine Is All Business"
Ideas - AP: "As property tax reform talks begin, possible tax changes emerge"

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College Tuition: "Tuition going up at Jersey colleges"
Summer Programs: "Governor's Schools open on 6 college campuses"
Lemon Law: "Courts steer parties into mediation to handle surging caseload"

NY Observer Sale: "Developer’s Son Acquires The New York Observer"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

2008 Election - NYT: "Atlas Group Strives to Map Out Success for Democrats"
Middle East - NYT: "From Carnage in Lebanon, a Concession"
..... - Analysis, WP: "Crisis Could Undercut Bush's Long-Term Goals"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Gay Marriage: "For Some Gays, a Right They Can Forsake"
..... - OpEd, NYT: Dan Savage: "Same-Sex Marriage Wins by Losing"

Catholic Church: "Women Face Excommunication over Ordination to Priesthood"

Device Chargers: "Why can't one charger boost all electronic devices?"
Food Portions & Perception: "A knife, a fork, and a full spread of units"

Health: "So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You" and longevity/body size chart.
Health: "Dialysis at home is on the rise for active patients"
Media Matters: "Growth of Online News Readers Levels Off; Local News Wanted by Readers"

Psychology: "How the Brain Helps Partisans Admit No Gray"

Recreation: "For boccie lovers, the game's a ball" -- or is it BOCCE -- as in the team T-shirts?

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

BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |


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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