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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Veterans day... League Conference... Darden letter on school funding... Rutgers football... FBI & Menendez...

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Plainfield Today: "Veterans Day 2006"
Plain Talker: "League Conference: What For?"

Letter - CN: Robert Darden: "School districts need more funding"

Rutgers Football - SL: "For delirious students, it's a scarlet world"
..... - CN: "Scarlet Knights enjoy limelight"
..... - NYT: "Football Victory Puts a Glow on Rutgers"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Today:
10 AM - 4 PM. Art, Antiques & Collectibles Appraisal. duCret School of Art. 1030 Central Avenue. Info: 757-7171. $5/item. Celebrating duCret's 80th Anniversary year.

- - -: 10 AM. Veterans Day Ceremony and Laying of the Wreath. War Memorial Flagpole. East 7th & Watchung.

- - -: 8 PM. Plainfield Symphony: A Night At The Opera. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Info: 561-5140. $25/General seating. $15/Senior & Student. Post-Concert 'Between the Bars' buffet $25.

Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.

Events for this week are here

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

Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']


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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez - SL: "More subpoenas in Menendez probe"
..... - Bergen Record: "FBI intensifies Menendez rental probe"

DYFS: "DYFS pays $7.5M to settle Faheem negligence"
Gay Marriage: "Polarizing legislation follows gay marriage court ruling"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
School Funding: "New school funding plan could add $1 billion in aid"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________















Editorial Cartoon: Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle

2006 Elections - Analysis, WP: "Democrats Win Bigger Share of Religious Vote"
2008 Elections - WP: "Ohio May Hold Key Lessons for 2008"
Bush - WP: "President's Evasion on Rumsfeld Raises Truth Issues"
Congress - WP: "Bush Promises He Will Work With Senate Democrats"
Iraq - WP: "Pentagon to Reevaluate Strategy and Goals in Iraq"
LAPD - WP: "Beating of L.A. Suspect Sparks Outcry"
Lobbyists - SL: "Democrats prepare to put stricter rules on lobbyists"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Film: "N.J. native shooting film in Central Jersey"
Obituary: "Jack Palance, 87, Film and TV Actor"
Veterans: "What Is the Iraq War Really Like? The Veterans Tell Their Stories"

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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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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