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Friday, February 03, 2006

03 - Friday

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

BREAKING__________________________________________________
Colin Powell's speechwriter says he 'participated in hoax'
in writing Powell's UN speech - 'Now,' PBS, tonight, 8:30 PM.



PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Library's Black History Month Exhibit: Mel Holston"
Plain Talker: "Attorney May Probe Mayoral Qualification Issue"

Charter Question: "Plainfield to pay for study of mayor's eligibility"
PHS Boys Basketball: "Plainfield tops East Side"
Real Estate - Some Sales Listed in Today's Courier:
  • Ward 1 - 738 St. Mary's Avenue - $330,000
  • Ward 2 - 1419 Evergreen Avenue - $715,000
  • Ward 3 - 1053 Ironbound Avenue - $391,400
  • Ward 4 - 1414 Bradford Street - $305,000
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Berkeley Heights: "5 sites score spots on Jets' short list for HQ, practice facility"
Edison: "Edison loses fight on sign posting; Builders' sign requirement struck down"
Roselle Park: "EPA repeats warning on lead-tainted field"
Not online: A story about the deer hunt in Scotch Plains, and another about a controversial
roadway planned by Kean University.



NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Anthrax Hoaxes: "Asbury Park man charged in anthrax scare campaign"
Assembly: "Truitt again picked to fill Tucker's Assembly seat"
Budget- Editorial, CN: "Roberts' review plan offers state fresh start"
Chamber Train Trip - SL: "The Glad-Hand Express"
..... - CN: "Corzine, politicians take the midday train to Washington"
..... - NYT: "Schmooze Express Heads to Nation's Capital"
Christie Whitman
- SL: "Whitman receives scolding for calling Ground Zero safe"
..... - CN:
..... - NYT: "Public Misled on Air Quality After 9/11 Attack, Judge Says"
Codey: "Codey
tapped N.J. funds for 4 TV shows on state-related topics"
Cryan - OpEd, SL: "Climate of graft slimes all, guilty or not"
DMV: "Average wait 30 minutes (not bad) in first rush for photo IDs"
Newark Airport: "Newark's flight-arrival times rank last in US"
.......... But you already knew that, didn't you?....;-)
Real Estate: "Redevelopment boom lifts Hudson County to new-home lead"
Rutgers: "Activist convicted of 2003 pie attack on Israeli leader"
UMDNJ: "Trustees of UMDNJ spent big on limos"
Xanadu: "As Mills battles problems, state fears for its Meadowlands project"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush - SL:
..... - NYT: Editorial: "The March of the Straw Soldiers"
..... - WP: Editorial: "What isolationism? Bush fiction avoids a debate on policy questions"
..... - Reuters: "Capitol Police Apologize to Activist Sheehan"

Scandal Central:

..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL: "Intelligence boss spars with lawmakers over eavesdropping"
.......... - NYT: "Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying"
.......... - Boston Globe: "Specialists doubt wiretap legality, rebut assertion of presidential powers"

Army - Salon: "Out of Jail, into the Army"
DeLay Replacement - WP: "In an Upset, Boehner Is Elected House GOP Leader"
Iran - Financial Times/UK: "IAEA chief says dispute is not 'crisis situation'"
Iraq - Channel 4/UK: "Bush and Blair talked of using US spyplane to lure Saddam into war"
..... - NYT: "Insurgents Thwarting Iraq Reconstruction"
..... - AP: "Bush to Request $120B More for War Funding"
............. As the late Sen. Dirksen (R-Illinois) used to say: "A billion dollars here,
............. a billion dollars there...pretty soon, you're talkin' about real money."
..... - Independent/UK: "'Marlboro Man' turns against war he symbolised"
Lobbying Reform - WP: "Lobbying Changes Divide GOP; Many Resist Proposed Reforms"
NASA: "Inspector General probed; Failure to investigate safety violations alleged"
Supreme Court - WP: "White House Defends Texas's GOP Remapping Plan to Court"
Toles Cartoon Flap: "Post supports Toles; Toles says: 'I was not demeaning soldiers'"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________











Black History Month (NJ): "Traces of the past brought to light in a little-known museum"
Coretta Scott King Funeral: "King Funeral Has Surprise in Site Choice"
Education: "'Three Rs' need to be joined by 'T' for tech"
Geek Alert: "Today Is D-Day for 'Kama Sutra' Computer Worm"
Savings: "The squeeze on American pocketbooks: Negative rate first since Depression"
Telegrams: "Telegrams STOP"
True Confession: "Backstory: 'I lied to Oprah, too'"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding: "New Orleans worries that its culture may be lost to 'artificial imitation'"


ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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Thursday, February 02, 2006

02 - Thursday

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


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plain Talker: "City Council Approves 2005-06 Budget"

Annual Schools Report Card:
..... - CN: "School report cards - Complete data, sorted many ways"
............Factoid: Between them, Stillman, Clinton and Washington Schools have
............about 30% primarily Spanish-speakers. Surprise?: Creole, Portuguese too.
..... - SL: "2005 New Jersey Report Card"
............The Ledger offers three tools: 1) You can get a finance and student performance
............summary by district, 2) Get comparative rankings, 3) the complete reports.

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

7th Congressional District: "Ferguson far ahead of Stender in fundraising"
Edison: "Choi says Wal-Mart's $1 million payment doesn't cover real costs to town"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth's plan to sell to builder put on hold by BOE suit"
Gangs: "Stronger Middlesex Co. iIndictments send message to gangs"
Eric Hernandez Shooting - NYT: "After Shooting, Police Wrestle With Rules"
Piscataway: "Piscataway to appeal $18M price for farm"
Roselle Park: "EPA plans cleanup as lead found at 2 fields"
Scotch Plains / Fanwood Schools: "Impasse has teachers picketing again"
Union County - SL: "Canister charity for animals accused of fraud in lawsuit"
..... - CN: "State claims Union County animal welfare charity defrauded public"
Watchung: "Eco-group files suit challenging Watchung deer hunt"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine Cabinet: "Man who once attacked DYFS now gets ready to lead it"

Budget - CN: "Assembly Speaker Roberts urges fiscal restraint in lieu of tax hikes"
......... - "Got a budget cut in mind? The state wants to hear it"
..... - SL: "Novel approach to spending: Seek cuts first, then plan a budget"
Annual Chamber Train Ride: "Citizens' group to protest 'greed train' to capital"
Domestic Partners: "Essex Co.: Benefits proposed for domestic partners"
Health: "Deadly 'c. difficile' bacterial infections on rise in N.J."
Insurance: "NJ Supreme Court says policyholders liable if insurer fails"
Newark: "Rutgers-Newark swaps law school hotel plan for graduate housing"
PSE&G: "Online negotiations may lead to increase in electricity bills"
Rutgers: "Scientist envisions curry as cancer-fighter"
UMDNJ - SL: "UMDNJ clears chief's resignation and buyout"

..... - NYT: "Board Accepts Resignation of Medical University Leader"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush: State of Union - SL: "Energy experts find Bush speech wanting"
..... - CN: Editorial: "In Bush's America, dissent is no virtue"
..... - AP: "Bush Skips Complex Realities in Address"
..... - LAT: "Bush stretches to defend surveillance; Some facts, figures disputaable"
..... - Newsweek: "White House straining under the weight of its own contradictions"
..... - NYT: "Bush's Goals on Energy Quickly Find Obstacles"
..... - TomPaine.com: John Edwards: "The America We Believe In"

Scandal Central:

..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - CNet: "AT&T sued over NSA spy program"
.......... - CSM: "Senate hearings target: Bush's war powers"
..... - Plamegate: "E-mail records may be missing in CIA leak probe"

Alito's First Move: "New justice joins majority in delaying an execution"
Iraq - NYT: "Former U.S. Official in Iraq to Plead Guilty to Corruption"
Patriot Act Surprise - Fox: "New provision creates tighter barrier to officials at public events"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Architecture: "High-Rises That Have Low Impact on Nature"
BlackBerry: "Patent Office Ruling Aids Manufacturer of BlackBerry"
Dining Out: "Plainfield's Lois M. reviews Jersey City's 'Liberty House'"
Editorial Cartoon Provokes - E&P: "Joint Chiefs Protest Toles Cartoon with amputee"
..... Is it because of the amputee soldier or the doctor's name? See here
Enron: "Ex-Executive Says Enron Fudged Data"
l'affaire Frey: "Frey Says Falsehoods Improved His Tale"
..... But did their exposure help his sales?...Chart here
States' Fiscal Crises: "Feeling the pinch, states ask: Want to lease a toll road?"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Response - SL: "Katrina report puts the blame on Chertoff"
..... - NYT: "Congressional Investigators Criticize Response to Hurricane"


ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

01 - Wednesday

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


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "In Memoriam - Coretta Scott King"
.......... An online Guest Book and a selection of photographs,
.......... audio and video clips, reflections and obituaries.

Coretta Scott King -
CN: "Plainfielders remember strides made by Coretta Scott King"
.......... The print edition has a file photo of Mrs. King speaking in Plainfield in 1980.
.......... Also pictured are former mayor Rick Taylor and former councilman Joe Montgomery.
Obituary: "Carrie G. Lattimore, lifelong Plainfield resident"
PHS Boys Basketball: "Plainfield beats Elizabeth"
Union County Jail: "Plainfield family's lawsuit cites county in son's death"


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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Cranford: "Cop charges town with racial bias in lawsuit"
Elizabeth: "Board of Ed sues city for land"
Eric Hernandez - CN: "Off-duty NYC cop's leg amputated"
..... - SL: "Officer shot by fellow cop loses part of his leg"
..... - NYT: "Officer's Leg Amputated as He Struggles to Survive Gunshot Wounds"
Hillside: "Community Food Bank's kitchen a site for training, healthful cooking"
South Bound Brook / Bound Brook: "Queen's Bridge gets emergency repairs"
Union Twp.: "PBA calls suspension of moonlighting payback for contract talks
impasse"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine Cabinet - CN: "3 latest Cabinet choices: Economic Growth, DOT, Insurance"
..... - SL: "Corzine nominates 3 for key Cabinet posts"
Governor's 'gift' fund - Editorial, CN: "Governor's 'gift' fund needs to be overhauled"

East Orange: "Cops' new home well on its way"
Housing Prices: "Affordable housing in NJ viewed as a crisis"
Jersey City: "Security to expand at PATH entrances"
Minority Contracts: "Essex business expo aims to open doors"
Trenton: "Trenton leader's friendship with King stretched back decades"
UMDNJ: "Corzine to aid US Senate's investigation of UMDNJ"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush's 'State of the Union' Speech:

..... - Annotated Transcript: "What the president said in his address to the nation"
..... - Ledger: "Bush urges nation not to isolate itself"
.......... - Analysis: "Bush yields on some key issues and retreats on others"
.......... - Editorial: "Bush's familiar script"
..... - Courier: "Bush: Defeat terror threat, oil 'addiction'"
.......... - Analysis: "In issues facing America, Bush skips over realities"
.......... - Dems: "Dems: Bush lacks leadership"
..... - NY Times: "Bush Warns About Dangers of Isolationism"
.......... - Analysis: "Bold Visions Have Given Way to New Reality"
.......... - Dems: "Democrats Point to 'Poor Choices' in Policy"
..... - WP: "Bush Warns Against Shrinking Global Role"
.......... - Analysis: "A Speech Both Stately And Stolid"
.......... - Dems: "Kaine Assails 'Poor Choices, Bad Management'"

Supreme Court: "Alito confirmed after partisan Senate vote"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Black Families and DNA Testing: "Taking Black Family Trees Out of Slavery's Shadow"
....... This four-hour series begins tonight on PBS - check your local listings.
Computer alert: "Computer worm aims to wipe out your files"


ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

31 - Tuesday

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

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BREAKING NEWS - 8:09 AM
"Coretta Scott King Dies at 78"
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Zoning: What a difference having rules makes..."
Plain Talker: "Overpayment Issue Taxes Councilman's Generosity"
..... - "Veteran Cops and a New Gizmo May Fight Crime"

Budget - Ledger: "Council okays budget with 3 pct. tax increase"
Muhlenberg, Health Center: "Receive state grants for emergency preparation"
Letter to Editor, Courier: Carol Davis: "Gratitude for facts on Plainfield mayor"

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Edison: "Edison hears a humbler mayor; Choi abandons talk of crisis"
Eric Hernandez shooting: "Video of Attack Offers Clues in a Shooting"
..... - CN: "Three arrested in assault on police officer hit by friendly fire"
..... - NYT: "Police say shooting of an officer appears to have been justified"
Lyme Disease: "Lyme disease problem grows in Union County"
Union County: "Cost-cutting in county with fewer vehicles"
Westfield: "Mayor to meet with residents during Saturday appointments"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine Cabinet - SL: "After last-minute fireworks, Senate OK's Farber, Levin"
..... - CN: "Senate approves pair of Cabinet choices"

Murder in Essex County - Part 3 of 3 - SL: "An airtight case leaks"
..... - Companion stories: "Weak case lets 2 suspects walk", "The prosecutor: Paula Dow"
....... Part 1 story is here. Part 2 is here, with companion story here. A Google map that can
....... be viewed several ways is here. A chart [PDF] showing the outcomes รก la Tufte is here.

Codey - SL: "Codey hands out gifts on his way out of office"
..... - CN: "Codey gave millions from emergency fund"
Cryan Allegation: "New AG Farber to probe disputed donation"
Economy: "Economists see shaky fiscal ground"
Kearney Bridge: "Cop's family plans to sue DOT over bridge defect"
Newark: "Feds prodded city to transfer arena project from Housing Authority"

UMDNJ: "U.S. Senate opens probe of UMDNJ over alleged Medicare fraud"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Army - Reuters: "Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty through 'stop-loss'"
Iraq War - Truthout: "Military Hides Cause of Women Soldiers' Deaths"
Medicaid - NYT: "Budget to hurt poor people on Medicaid, Congressional report says"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Exxon: "Exxon Mobil posts largest annual profit for U.S. company ever"
..... Reader Tracy C. has forwarded this very funny animation on Exxon and global warming.
Holocaust: "Elizabeth agency will help distribute funds to poor Holocaust survivors"
Obituary: "Wendy Wasserstein; Her Plays Spoke to a Generation"
Savings: "America's savings rate worst since Depression"
Slavery: "Mexican find adds to history of slavery"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - Rebuilding - Editorial, NYT: "Louisiana in Limbo"


ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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Monday, January 30, 2006

30 - Monday

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


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Plainfield Avenue underpass opens to traffic as NJT finishes work"
Plain Talker: "Storm Cleanup Tops 100 Tons"

Board of Ed - Editorial, CN: "Get politics out of school dispute in Plainfield"

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Eric Hernandez as Manville HS Senior
(Click on picture to go to Courier coverage)


Officer Eric Hernandez Shooting - NYC (Midnight, 1/29/2006)

Officer Henandez was a 1999 graduate and star football running back at Manville
High School.


This 'friendly fire' case looks to be shaping up as a major incident. The original
NYT story, which is here, led with his 'apparent' intoxication, and only in the 7th
paragraph do we learn that the young man he had on the ground says he never
heard the police give a warning before shooting Hernandez.

The Courier ran the AP story, which gives a lengthy rendition of the incident as it
unfolded, only mentioning in the 10th paragraph the hospital tests which verified
the officer's intoxication.

A story to run in Monday's Times reports he is still in critical condition, and that
conflicting versions of the incident are emerging from witnesses. Monday Ledger
story is here. Monday Courier story is here.

One Plainfielder, an African-American whose brother is an NYPD officer, commented
that the perception is that a badge is a 'license to shoot Blacks and Hispanics first and
ask questions later,' and that fear of this kind of 'friendly fire' is why his brother transferred
out of undercover and back into the uniformed service.________________________



TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________


Commercial Real Estate: "Demand rising for office space"
Negro League: "Research could pave way for 39 hopefuls for
new chance at Cooperstown"
....... Thanks to research by Union County College history prof Lawrence Hogan.


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Corzine - CN: "Governor quick to put all his cards on the table"
.......... - "Corzine to tackle priority problems"

Murder in Essex County - Part 2 of 3 - SL: "Crime Scene Unit: Evidence of a crisis"
..... - Companion story: "Known for three slayings but, with witnesses balking, tied to only 1"
....... Part 1 story is here. A Google map that can be sliced and diced a gazillion
....... ways is here. A chart [PDF] showing the outcomes รก la Tufte is here.

Cheesemaking: "A European-style 'cheese farmer' in Long Valley"
Cherry Hill: "Seeking a Sense of Place"
Davy Emails - Editorial, Ledger: "Shamefully self-serving"
Hoboken: "Hoboken Is No Longer for Adults Only"
Legislature: "11th hour haste leads to Trenton mistakes"
PSE&G / Exelon: "Creating the Nation's Largest Utility Company"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bush:
..... - OpEd, Ledger: John Farmer: "A weaker president will try to play it safe"
..... - Editorial, Albany [NY] Times-Union: "Bush is at war with Americanism"
..... - NYT: "Congress returns: Can Bush reassert himself?"
..... - Int'l Herald Tribune: "Lawmakers Urge Bush to Make Abramoff Information Public"
..... - Newsweek: "Bush appointees fought quiet battle to rein in president's power; paid for it"

Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff Sings:
.......... - WP: "White House Official [Safavian] Warned Abramoff"
.......... - NYT: "Official Tipped Abramoff on Tyco's Case, Filing Says"
..... - Frist - Reuters: "Frist clarifies comment on 'totally blind' stock"
................. So, if it wasn't 'total,' was it at least 'truthy'?

DeLay Post - NYT: "In Election, a Fight to Lead the G.O.P. in a Crucial Year"
Democrats: Unsought Advice Dept.: "Pitching Values to Democrats as a Way to Win"
Global Warming - NYT: "Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him"
IraQ - Newsweek Exclusive: "Direct Talks—U.S. Officials and Iraqi Insurgents"
Palestine - NYT:
"A Little Democracy or a Genie Unbottled"
.......... - "Rice Admits U.S. Underestimated Hamas Strength"
Patriot Act - SL: "Patriot Act nears the wire -- again; Senate stalemate is unchanged"
Supreme Court - NYT: "Conservatives See Court Shift as Culmination"
War on Terror - LAT: "CIA expands use of 'Assassination Drones'; Allies not always told"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Canada: "A New Leader in Canada Means..."
Censorship: "Outwitting the World's Internet Censors"
Economic Development:
"Luring Business Developers Into Low-Income Areas"
....... New-market tax credits, little-known tool, has been around since 2000. Who knew?
Health-care, Pensions,...Next?: "The new corporate outsourcing: Get government to do it"
Penmanship?: "Remember Penmanship? That's So 20th Century"
The Really Wealthy: "Corporate wealth share rises for top-income Americans"
Social Psychology: "Study Ties Political Leanings to Hidden Biases"
Spying, Bond-style: "Talk to the Rock, and Other Spy Tricks"
Trees: "SF's New 'Historic Tree' Laws Crack Down on Urban Paul Bunyans"
Unions: "Labor Movement Pays Dearly for Success"


DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

Katrina - FEMA: "Interior Dept. Report Describes FEMA's Scant Use of Its Help"


ABBREVIATIONS 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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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