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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

FB&M condos a tour de force... Caboose chugs away... Charges follow teacher rally...

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Plainfield Today: "Faith Bricks & Mortar condos a tour de force"
Plain Talker: "A Royal Visitor"

Caboose Leaves Town: "Lawn caboose chugs out of Plainfield"
School Contract - SL: "Charges follow rally by teachers"
Drugs & Kids: "Kids on city streets sometimes reach a crossroads"
Independent voters: "A Shifting Away From Party Ties" -- Though focused on Arizona, the trend is national.

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Events for this week are here

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

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Middlesex County Dems: "Democrats refuse to return Lynch donations"
New Brunswick: "Feds also probing city's housing-rehab programs"
Rahway: "Rahway cops ask new help in '99 murder"
Roselle Park: "Council race remains intense and very 'personal'"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race - APP: "Monmouth U/Gannett poll has Menendez ahead by 9 points"
..... - PoliticsNJ: David Rebovich: "Kean calls on famous father for final push"

Essex County: "After years of neglect, County's crime scene unit gets a new facility"
Ethics Panel - SL: "State's rusty watchdogs resume bickering"
..... - CN: "Awakened ethics panel suffers lethargic start"
Legislature:
..... - College Fire Safety: "Senate panel backs college fire safety bill"
..... - DYFS: "Chief says more needs doing on DYFS overhaul"
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Pay-to-play limitations take shape in Trenton"
..... - Schools Construction Corp.: "Lawmakers can't get answers on school construction failure"
..... - Supreme Court - SL: "Senate fills 2 seats on Supreme Court"
.......... - CN: "Senate approves 2 additions to top court"
Medco: "Medco Health pays $155 million to settle fraud, kickback charges" -- This is Doug Forrester's company?
Rutgers: "Rutgers teams finds cutting fat cuts cancer in mice"
..... - "Rutgers' newest power saver is an energy institute"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Questions fill court for Seton Hall jury selection"
Superfund Sites - NYT: "NJ Vows to Overhaul Environmental Cleanup Work"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Authority Costs: "Authorities outdo state in treating employees"
Editorial, SL: "Keep tax-plan options open"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














Editorial Cartoon: Sheneman, Star-Ledger

Iraq - NYT: "Bush abandons phrase ‘Stay the Course’ on Iraq"
.......... - WP: "Bush's New Tack Steers Clear of 'Stay the Course'" -- Bush Cuts and Runs from 'Stay the Course'
..... - Pat Tilllman's Brother: "After Pat’s Birthday" -- Pat Tillman's brother speaks out against the war.
..... - Talks - Times of London: "US in secret truce talks with insurgency chiefs"
..... - Corruption - CBS: "CBS: Corrupt arms deals cost Iraq $800M"

2006 Elections - WP: ABC/WashPost Poll: "Independents Favor Dems by 2 to 1"
Foley Fallout - WP: "Hastert's Top Aide Testifies in Foley Case"

Military - WP: "Debt Keeping Troops From Duty"
Voting Machines - ABC: "Electronic voting machines could skew elections"

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(Photo, NY Times)
Global Warming?: "Frozen in Memories, but Melting Before Their Eyes"

Blacks & South: "Many blacks seek good life in South"
Black & White Masons: "Masons Struggle With Racial Separation"
Health Insurance: "Health coverage choking firms, new study finds"

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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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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