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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

12 - Tue - Planning... flags... wine... and heritage...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________











Plainfield Today: "Planning, flags, wine & heritage..."

Council: "Plainfield restricts most sex offenders"
Union County College [last item]: "UCC and IBM start Web-based program"

Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Political Payoffs - Editorial, SL: "No rubber stamp in Newark"

Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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']



BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Budget: "Budget problems could mean layoffs for 800 - 20% of work force"
Campaign Promises - NYT: "Campaign Vows Meet Reality in Newark"
Council - Editorial, SL: "No rubber stamp in Newark"
Vailsburg Murders: "Bloods member wanted in killings"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race -
NYT: "Rivals in New Jersey Senate Race Mute Party Affiliations"

Corzine-Cryan-Stalker Triangle: "Pru discloses money given to state lawmakers" -- is there more than meets the eye here?
Death Penalty: "Death penalty debate to flare again in capital"
NJ Supremes: "Court weighs warnings about young sex offenders"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________


Bush - SL: "Bush calls terror war 'calling of generation'"

9/11 Remembered - SL: "Fresh reflections, old emotions"
Darfur - WP: "A Cry for Intervention in Darfur"
Domestic Surveillance - LAT: "Hidden Depths to U.S. Monitoring"
..... - SL: "N.J. says no secrets at stake in phone records probe"
..... - CN: "N.J. back in court over U.S. wiretaps"
..... - NYT: "NJ Defends Its Effort To Subpoena 5 Phone Companies"
Iraq & 9/11 - Truthout: "Iraq and 9/11: The Truth Is Out"
Iraq - Fact-Fudging, SL: "U.S. omitted bombings in Baghdad murder toll"
Iraq - GAO Report, SL: "New GAO report sees deteriorating situation"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

'Live long and prosper?': "Be an Asian woman in Bergen County" -- and map.
Religion: "Pollsters: Your image of God will decide your path in life"

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"

PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS:
The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.

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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