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Breaking News: Karl Rove tells White House he is to be indicted.
See first item under National section.
Tonight - 8:00 PM - Private Screening of "Something for Everyone"
This 1970 cult comic classic starring Michael York and Angela
Lansbury will be screened at the home of Councilman Rashid and
Wendy Burney, 1127 Watchung Avenue.. $20. Doors open at 8:00,
film starts at 8:45 sharp. Proceeds benefit next month's Plainfield
Pride LGBT Film Festival.
Today - To-do before your mail carrier arrives! Postal workers
will collect food donations to help Stamp Out Hunger!
Leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods next to your mailbox
prior to the time of regular mail delivery today. Food items should
be in non-breakable containers, such as boxes and cans. Letter carriers will
collect donations and deliver them to food banks.
Today - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Annual Spring Book Sale, Plainfield Public Library, West 8th & Park Avenue
Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, whose projects extend the Library's
services and programs. See you there!
Today - 11:00 AM
Pre-Mother's Day march against violence starts at Neighborhood House,
644 West Fourth Street, ends at City Hall, East 6th Street & Watchung Avenue
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield puts its best face forward?"
Abbott School Funding - Editorial, CN [3rd item]: "High time"
Accident: "Plainfield cyclist killed crossing Route 22"
Red Cross [last item]: "Red Cross volunteers feted at reception"
Track & Field: "Smith, Taylor, Adams propel Plainfield to girls division title"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - John Lynch: "As federal investigation continues, Lynch plans exit from public life"
..... - Drugs: "Students shout down drugs with songs"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook - CN: "Bound Brook inspector convicted of soliciting sex"
..... - SL: "Former housing inspector convicted for soliciting tenant"
Cranford: "Two more Cranford kids contract hepatitis A"
Hillsborough: "Committee starts first phases of Town Center plan"
Scotch Plains: "Man charged in 2000 murder of Scotch Plains woman"
South Plainfield: "Trooper indicted over sex photo"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine moves to improve state college, university ethics"
..... - Complete text of the Executive Order and report of the advisory commission
Development: "Developer loses bid to stop trial on suit over eagles on Petty's Island"
Funeral Protests: "New Jersey moves to join other states barring funeral protests"
Human Trafficking: "Feds charge man in smuggling Filipino women thru Newark"
Medicare: "Deadline looms Monday for Medicare D sign-up"
Teen Murders: "Two charged in slayings of students from Newark"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Booker gets 'fatherly advice' from longtime foe James"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - Newark Housing Authority - NYT: "Pact Will Change Newark Housing Agency"
.......... - here is yesterday's Ledger story on the agreement with HUD..... - Bayonne: "World's largest passenger ship is christened in New York Harbor"..... - Parisppany/Long Branch: "Whitewater prosecutor charged with stalking ex-girlfriend"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Chart, NY Times - click to enlarge)
Breaking news - Karl Rove: "Rove Informs White House He Will Be Indicted"
Scandal Central:
..... - CIA Corruption - WP: "Ousted CIA No. 3 Is Target of Home, Office Raids"
200,000 AK-47s Go Missing - KNX1070 News: "Fear Guns for Iraq Went to Insurgents"
..... - Guardian/UK: "Small arms shipped to Iraq 'go missing' as Pentagon uses dealers"
CIA - Reuters/SL: "CIA nominee gains Senate support as spying concerns continue to swirl"
Immigration - SL: "Bush will press for immigration overhaul"
Voting Machines: "Scientists call Diebold security flaw 'worst ever'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Drugs - Paxil: "Drug maker warns of link between Paxil and suicide"
Environment: "Top 100 corporate air polluters named"
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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 | TT - Trenton Times |
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Teachers, librarians and free speech advocates:
Check out the open letter from children's author Patricia Palacco about
censorhsip by McGraw-Hill of her speeches at a recent reading conference.
Under Of Interest.
Saturday, May 13 - To-do before your mail carrier arrives! Postal workers
will collect food donations to help Stamp Out Hunger!
To do your part, simply leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods,
such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to your
mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 13. Food items should
be in non-breakable containers, such as boxes and cans. The nation's 240,000
letter carriers will then collect donations from homes across the country and deliver
them to food bank members of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank
Network and other hunger relief organizations in more than 10,000 local communities.
Saturday, May 13 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Annual Spring Book Sale, Plainfield Public Library, West 8th & Park Avenue
Hardbacks - Paperbacks - Children's books - Historic postcards - Spring plants.
Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, whose projects extend the Library's
services and programs. See you there!
Saturday, May 13 - 11:00 AM
Pre-Mother's Day march against violence starts at Neighborhood House,
644 West Fourth Street, ends at City Hall, East 6th Street & Watchung Avenue
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: (1) "Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast"
and (2) "HITS: Eerie Council meetings... Raising the roof/getting a roof... Teachers on the march... Letters, we get letters..."
Letter: Michael Smith: "Self-service gas deserves look"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Gangs: "In Trenton, Anti-Gang Measures Are Proposed"
..... - Black-owned Biz: "Behind growing numbers, a troubling trend"
.......... - Lydia Sanchez Flagg is featured, got her start on Plainwood Square
..... - Development: "Monroe mayor's many roles tie in to big proposal"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison - SL: "'Naked cop' on trial"
..... - CN: "Officer's colleagues testify in case of naked cop"
Bound Brook: "Pournaras steps down as planner"
Hillside: "Minister presses Hillside on Darfur"
Kean U.: "Spike's advice to Kean grads: No career daze"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "Choye to retire" and "Sports boosters tackle school board"
Somerville: "Somerset Medical Center phasing out outpatient mental health program"
Union County: "Worker accused of welfare theft"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Bank Scam: "Rabbi's son charged in $50 million bank scam"
GOP: "Whitman seeks empowerment for moderates"
Legislature:
..... - "3 senators push insurer to set aside part of surplus"
..... - SL: "Lawmaker to retool anti-surveillance bill"
..... - CN: "Security legislation called too sweeping"
..... - "Property tax crisis spawns task force"
..... - "Action in Trenton: Roundup"
Medicare: "3 firms leading in race to provide senior drug plans"
Newark Airport: "El Al Seeks to Do Extra Baggage Screening"
Racial Profiling: "AG cautious on call to end monitoring of trooper stops"
Towns:
..... - Newark: Bob Braun: "A new age begins in Newark ... just like all the ones before"
............ - Read this. Bob Braun knows Plainfield. He'd probably include us in the list...
........ - "New job for Booker, but same old digs"
..... - Newark Housing Authority: "Housing authority makes concessions, avoids takeover"
..... - Jersey City: "Mailman accused of grand jury leaks for insider trading"..... - Wildwood: "New Jersey's vintage motels wilt to modern real estate boom"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - AP: "E-Mails: Bush Aide Offered Abramoff Damage Control"
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - AP: "Congress Demands Phone Records Answers"
.......... - USAToday: "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls"
.............. - This is the story that broke the story -- a heavy piece for USAT!
.......... - NYT: "Bush Is Pressed Over New Report on Surveillance"
............... - "NSA Stymies Justice Dept. Spying Probe" .......... - Opinion, SL: John Farmer: "This time the Big Brother fears are justified"
..... - Lobbygate - LAT: "Rep. Lewis Surfaces in Probe of Rep. Cunningham"
..... - Torture - LAT: "Army Rules Put on Hold; Some Say They Allow Torture"
Army Reserves - WP: "Army Using Policy to Deny Reserve Officer Resignations"
Atomic Tests - Deseret News: "Test-blast battle not over yet"
Gas Taxes - SL: "Gas taxes on road to summer break"
Internet - Baltimore Sun: "Proposed rule changes would tangle the Web"
Iran - Truthout: "Iran vs. US: Nuclear Standoff or Realpolitik?"
..... - WP: "U.S. Under Pressure To Talk to Tehran"
Pentagon - SL/KRT: "Pentagon's financial management termed an 'embarrassment'"
Tax Cuts - Editorial, NYT: "The Republican Agenda for 2006: Tax Cuts for a Favored Few"
Visas for Scholars - CSM: "Foreign scholars denied visas are still waiting to hear why"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Strange but True Dept., L.A. Div.: "It's a miracle: Paralytic flees on foot"
Battered Women: "Coalition puts spotlight on plight"
Censorship: "Open Letter From Children's Author Patricia Polacco"
Muslims in America: "Devout Muslims in a secular land take pains to focus on their devotion"
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SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
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 | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
*Abbreviated post today -- off to the Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Breakfast.
Saturday, May 13 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Annual Spring Book Sale, Plainfield Public Library, West 8th & Park Avenue
Hardbacks - Paperbacks - Children's books - Historic postcards - Spring plants.
Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library, whose projects extend the Library's
services and programs. See you there!
Saturday, May 13 - 11:00 AM
Pre-Mother's Day march against violence starts at Neighborhood House,
644 West Fourth Street, ends at City Hall, East 6th Street & Watchung Avenue
Be sure to check out the Katherine Harris stories in National....
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast"
Letter - 'Transit Villages': Pat Ballard Fox: "Development could spark city growth"
..... - Missed this in yesterday's haste over the Booker win...gives important background -- Dan
YMCA: "Plainfield YMCA chief's focus is community"
Speaking Out: Rick Taylor: "City's young learn media's importance"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Dems - SL: "Assembly leader takes on property taxes"
.......... - CN: "Proposals target pension abuse, school district spending, shared services"
..... - Mayors: "Mayors renew calls for tax convention"..... - Anti-immigrant bias?: "Letter leads to removal in Bound Brook".......... - and here's the Letter: "Bound Brook saw respite from illegals"..... - Townwide Free Wireless: "Summit is looking to cast wireless net"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Jayson Williams: "Williams asks state Supreme Court to block retrial"
Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools: "The Cupcake Wars"
Somerville: "Business district revamp difficult"
UC Juvenile Detention Center: "At vigil for her late son, a mother seeks justice"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine buys the ticket for Trans-Hudson rail tunnel in 2009"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Sires ignores primary foe in TV ads"
Budget: "Senators unmake hospital 'bed tax'"
Pru Suit: "Court orders unsealing of Pru lawsuit"
Verizon vs. Cable Co's.: "Union lambastes Verizon's cable plans"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "Booker borrows idea to cut city's red tape"
............. - "A day to celebrate -- and give thanks"
.......... - Council Runoff: "Winner's slate has unfinished business".. ... - NYT: "In Victory Laps, Booker Greets Newark's Hopeful and Doubtful"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - East Orange: "Schoolkids earn top state prize; Cited for helping Katrina victims"
..... - Long Branch: "Long Branch poll plot alleged"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Wonkette - Harris had complained the media doctored her photos)
Florida 2006 Election: Katherine Harris is giving the GOP fits--
..... - Wall Street Journal: "Katherine Harris Battles Old Friends For Florida's Keys"
.......... - archived here if you have hassles...
..... - Wonkette: "Breaking News: Katherine Harris to stay in it 'til November"
.......... - "Katherine Harris Continues to be Tested By Fire, Disgruntled Former Staffers"
Federal Courts - SL: "ABA calls Bush nominee "not qualified""
HUD: "Secretary Denies Rejecting Contract over Vendor's Dislike of Bush"
Iran - CSM: "US, Iran standoff grows tenser"
..... - Letter to US - LeMonde: "Letter of Iranian President to President Bush"
Israel/Palestine - InterPress: "Keep Hamas in Power, Israeli Leader Demands"
Republicans - WP: "Hard-Core Republicans Are Fleeing President"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
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 | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
*I know it's 'sposed to be Cory Booker's day, but you just gotta take note of the National
items: we've got a scoop on domestic spying, Molly Ivins on the best little whorehouse
in Washington, and a wonk-piece on the Neocons and the disaster they're brewing...
But you will want to read the Cory stories...and pay attention to the Abbott schools ruling!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Change comes to New Jersey?"
Crime: "Plainfield driver faces 10 years for trying to flee"
The Monday Afternoon Club: "State Convention highlights work of women's clubs"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Abbott Schools Ruling - SL: "Top court orders 'Abbott freeze' but lets schools appeal"
........ - CN: "Top court upholds Abbott aid freeze"
........ - NYT: "Court Allows Corzine to Freeze Aid to Poor School Districts"
..... - Historic Preservation: "Preservation NJ names key spots to preserve"
........ - Councilman Burney is a board member of the state's nonprofit preservation group
..... - Parks and Green Space: "A map guide to city's green side"..... - School Residency: "District gets tough on school enrollment"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater - CN: "Hindu temple denied expansion"
..... - SL: "Hindu temple's plan still falls short"
Central Jersey: "Local teen speaks at rally supporting Darfur genocide victims"
Elizabeth: "A guide to city's green side"
Somerset County: "A welcoming home for young women with no place to go"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Abbott Schools - see under Plainfield section
Budget - SL: "Abbott Superintendents take heat on 'obscene' compensation"
..... - CN: "Abbott funding requires reform, officials say"
Domestic Abuse: "Essex County: Safety net in place for Asian women"
Medical Marijuana: "N.J. lawmakers to consider legalizing medical marijuana"
NJ Right to Life: "Cranford-based pro-life group misused donations"
Picatinny Embezzlement Scheme: "Ex-Picatinny Arsenal manager and son charged"
Xanadu: "Hartz presses suit to halt Xanadu"
Towns:
..... - Newark - SL: "Newark voters embrace 2002 loser"
.......... - Booker: "Before day of triumph, years of canny spending"
.......... - Sharpe Votes: "The vintage Sharpe James shows up to vote"
.......... - Ron Rice: "Candidate Rice marched uphill from the beginning"
.......... - North Ward: "Newcomer Ramos trounces Corchado"
.......... - Runoff Council Races: "As winners celebrate, 6 runoffs remain"
.......... - Opinion: Tom Moran: "Dusting off hopes for a safer, kinder city"
.......... - Opinion: Joan Whitlow: "Newark needs more than regime change"
.......... - Campaign notes: "A fleet of campaign vehicles keeps democracy in motion"....... - NYT: "On 2nd Try, Booker Glides In as Newark Mayor"
.......... - Analysis: "Cory Anthony Booker: On a Path That Could Have No Limits"....... - CN: "Booker wins Newark mayoral election in landslide victory"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Long Branch: "Schneider team wins again in Long Branch"
..... - Trenton: "Palmer wins 5th term; Unusually tight victory for 16-year mayor"..... - Bayonne: "Showdown for Doria, Conaghan"..... - Paterson: Torres triumphs, calls city the winner..... - Teaneck: "Mosque leaders say NYC transit police handcuffed them"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Graphic, New York Times)
Bush - NYT: "Bush's Public Approval at New Low Point"
..... - Chart of public perceptions of the President and the Parties
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - AlterNet: "Potential Evidence Surfaces of Bush's Illegal Spying"
..... - OK, gang -- this is our scoop of the week. Remember, you heard it first here!
..... - Hookergate: Molly Ivins: "The Best Little Whorehouse in Washington"
CIA - NYT: "Clash Foreseen Between C.I.A. and Pentagon"
..... - LAT: "Despite Opposition, Bush Backs Hayden as CIA Chief"
Oil - Asia Times: "The US's geopolitical nightmare"
..... - Neocons+Oil=Crisis. This essay is the moral equivalent of broccoli --
..... - read it, it's good for you -- the "Mearsheimer and Walt" paper is here (PDF)
Rumsfeld - TomPaine: Ray McGovern: "My Meeting With Rumsfeld"
..... - This is the man -- a 27-year CIA analyst -- who caught Rummie in a bald-faced lie,
..... - leaving him speechless on national TV...
Tax Cuts - Bloomberg: "Republicans Set Aside Middle-Income Tax Cuts to Focus on Rich"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Image, New York Times)
Real Estate: "A Chill Is in the Air for Sellers"
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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - The Response: Center for Public Integrity: "E-mails from the Edge of Disaster"
..... - For junkies, there is a link to the complete PDF file of 928 pages of emails
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 | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.*
