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Today, May 20, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
'Plainfield in Focus' - Photographs of contemporary Plainfield.
Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue.
Tomorrow, May 21, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
13th Annual FOSH Garage Sale. Last year had over 100 participants.
Info: www.foshnj.com
MIA: The Courier's Local and State news is not online this morning.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Plainfield In Focus - Contemporary Photographs at the Plainfield Public Library"
Plain Talker: "West End Group Mobilizes"
Crime: "Shaun 'Wafi' Long charged in fatal Antwine McAllister shooting"
Plainfield Schools - Alpha Academy: "Plainfield teacher relates tough past to inspire students"
Salvation Army - SL: "Salvation Army cited in fraud on immigrants"
..... - NYT: "Suit Says Preacher Cheated Immigrants"
Connections? Food For Thought..... - Addiction Services: "Addiction service group gave grants to its own, state finds"
..... - Police Pay: "Bloomberg blames Police Union for Low Pay of Recruits"
..... - Daylaborer Muster Zones: "Mamaroneck Seeks to Settle Lawsuit Filed by Laborers"..... - SCC: "Turner Construction warned for balking at orders to remediate Trenton site"..... - Mt. Laurel Housing: "Fed-up judge strips Carlstadt, East Rutherford of zoning powers"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Edison's Choi fills out his administration"
Roselle: "Large white car sought in hit-run deaths of kids"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Attorneys & Pro bono service: "Poritz plea: Justice for all"
'Funnel Cloud': "No TD? Score it a funnel cloud"
Hospital 'Bed Tax': "New hospital association chairman criticizes bed tax"
Mt. Laurel Housing: "Fed-up judge strips Carlstadt, East Rutherford of zoning powers"PARIS Grants: "State hands out $27.8 million to preserve public archives"
Ramapough Shooting: "Ramapough case's 911 tapes released"
Torricelli - NYT: "Panel Explores Torricelli Role in Oil-for-Food Program"
..... - SL: "Torricelli target of Senate probe on oil-for-food program"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - WP: "Growing Number of GOP Seats In Doubt"
Air Force Reuters: "Top Air Force brass said to be under FBI probe"
Conn. Race - NYT: "Democratic Rival Forces Lieberman Into a Primary Over War"
English as Official Language - LAT: "Senate Backs Role of English"
Immigration - WP: "Maricopa's Sheriff Sees Immigration Answer as Simple"
Israel/Palestine - SL: "Border issue tops agenda as Olmert visits Washington"
Sen. John McCain - NYT: "Graduates at New School Heckle Speech by McCain"
Oil Profits: NYT: "Vote in House Seeks to Erase Oil Windfall"
..... - Dean Baker: "The Power of the Press: Congress Takes Back Big Oil's Tax Breaks" 'Posse Comitatus' Violation? - AlterNet: "One Step Closer to a Police State"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Schoodic Peninsula from Mt. Desert at Sunrise, Frederick Church, NY Times)
Exhibit, Cooper-Hewitt: "Church, Homer and Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape"
..... - Runs through Oct. 22 at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum,
..... - 2 East 91st Street, at Fifth Avenue, NYC. (212) 849-8400 or www.cooperhewitt.org
Weird NJ - Sopranos meets Short Hills Mall?: "Police fire at woman who hit cruisers"
Catholic Church & Sex Abuse: "Vatican Disciplines Legionaries' Founder"
Religious Liberalism: "Religious Liberals Gain New Visibility"
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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.*
*Saturday, May 20, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
'Plainfield in Focus' - Photographs of contemporary Plainfield.
Plainfield Public Library, 8th Street and Park Avenue.
Sunday, May 21, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
13th Annual FOSH Garage Sale. Last year had over 100 participants.
Info: www.foshnj.com
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: Phone games... Workplace harassment?... New hires: number & cost?..."
Plain Talker: "Photo Contest Winners Revealed Saturday"
Plainfield Schools: "Plainfield, Senegal students make a difference"
County Fibre Optic System: "Fiber-optic network to link county buildings"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - UEZ: "Lawmakers Eye UEZ Funds in Budget Crunch"
..... - Phony IDs: "Newark records clerk indicted for selling phony identification"..... - Cop Training - CN: "Film teaches cops on Arab-American ways".......... - SL: "Video to close gap between cops, Arabs and Muslims"..... - Bike Tour: "Elizabeth dresses up for 3rd annual tour's anticipated 300 riders"
..... - School Aid: "Hillside parents, board claim state aid diverted while buildings fall apart"
..... - Pay to Play?: "Consultants with ties to Lynch get contract"..... - Douglass College: "Women of Douglass promise to hold onto their special identity"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Man found guilty in crime spree"
Cranford: "6th student in Cranford found with hepatitis A"
Somerville: "Court upholds ruling against mosque site"
Warren/Watchung - CN: "Drug sting nets 15 arrests"
..... - SL: "Arrests target drug network"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Eminent Domain - SL: "Tighter eminent-domain controls urged"
..... - NYT: "Advocate Says Towns Have Too Much Leeway to Seize Land"
..... - CN: "Public advocate urges eminent domain reforms"
..... - AP: "State's eminent domain laws need reform, public advocate says"
.......... - The Public Advocate's Report on Eminent Domain
Immigration - JJ: "Kean toes hard line on illegals"
Legislature: "Assembly panel acts to muzzle gun crime"
Mililtary Contracts: "NJ firm accused of making substandard air filters for tanks"
Tax Reform - AP: "Governor says property tax reform may be years away"
..... - CN: "Lawmakers could vote on Codey's property tax plan this fall"
Supreme Court- SL: "Court: Illegal immigrant can collect from accident"
..... - CN: "Court: Hurt illegal aliens can be covered by N.J. fund"UMDNJ - NYT: "Reports of Shredding Lead to Subpoenas for University"
Verizon vs. Cable Companies - SL:
..... - CN: "Senate paves way for cable by Verizon"
..... - AP: "Senate supports phone companies' bid to offer TV service"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Mayor-elect alarmed as lame-duck council sells property to connected developers"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Hayden Confirmation Hearing - AP: "Hayden Insists NSA Surveillance Is Legal"
Florida - Time: "League of Women Voters Files A New Election Lawsuit in Florida"
Iraq - TomDispatch: "How the Bush Administration Deconstructed Iraq"
..... - Knight Ridder: "Pentagon report said to find killing of Iraqi civilians deliberate"
..... - MSNBC: "Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’"
..... - WP: "Italian Premier Prodi Criticizes 'Grave Error' of Iraq"
New Hampshire - NYT: "Former Bush Campaign Official Sentenced to Prison"
Same-Sex Amendment - WP: "Specter to Feingold: 'Good Riddance'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
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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.
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.*
*
Missing Wednesday Courier articles posted today.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Inspections Division in open revolt"
Plain Talker: "Youth Issues Dominate Council Meeting"
Interfaith Council: "Interfaith Council changes name but keeps its mission"
Park Dedication: "Park planting perpetuates leader's works in Plainfield"
Plainfield Public Library: "Many ways but one goal: County human rights awards"
Tri-County Red Cross: "A rescuer needs a bit of help"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - 'Labor Peace Ordinance': "Hartford's Redevelopment Hinging on Unique Ordinance"
..... - Guns: "Lawmakers target illegal gun peddling"
..... - Eminent Domain: "A Redevelopment Scuffle in Queens"..... - Integration thru 'Academies': "State criticizes Englewood on integration pace"..... - M&E Railway: "Freight rail project runs out of track"..... - Budget Games: "Perth Amboy told to take $8 million from spending plan"
..... - Green Brook Flood Control: "House panel OKs $5M for flood control"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bernards: "Senior center breaks ground"
Cranford: "Post Office Plaza project gets new priority in Cranford"
Hillside: "The Ranch bar shut down for a month pending gunplay investigation"
Somerville: "Muslim center loses bid to use home as mosque"
South Plainfield: "S. Plainfield looking to trim $1.2M from school budget"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - SL: "Protesters urge Corzine to push human rights during China visit"
..... - CN: "Protesters denounce Corzine trip to China"
Budget: "Choice: Sales tax hike or 20,000 layoffs"
..... - "Official urges private funds for arts groups"
NJPAC: "Outside NJPAC, a walk on state's creative side"
'No Bear' Zones: "State policy claims another bear -- in Millburn"
Rutgers: "Gov. Kean, invoking JFK, asks Rutgers grads to aid their country"
Schools Construction Corp. - SL: "Agency says it will need millions more"
..... - Record:
State Pensions: "Public workers' pensions $8.7B shortfall likely to harm taxpayers"
UMDNJ: "FBI heads to S. Jersey to prevent shredding; Records said to involve Sen. Bryant"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Councilwoman submits surprise resignation from Essex homeless program"..... - East Orange: "3 injured in brawls outside EOHS; 21 arrested, none students"
..... - Orange: "Judge refuses to alter Orange election"..... - Montclair: "Developer to restore Montclair landmark"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - CBS: "Bush Is Now A Lame Duck"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying - SL: "Lawmakers filled in on NSA spying"
Immigration - SL: "Senate agrees to border fence; GOPers clash during debate"
Iraq - NYT: "Hostages of War" and Chart
Tax Cuts - SL: "Bush signs tax cuts that Democrats say target the rich"
Voting Machines - New Standard: "More E-voting Concerns Surface with State Primaries"
Wells Fargo Mortgagees: "Wells Fargo tells customers: Personal data at risk"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Big Brother keeps students safe?: "Montclair State rolls out student tracking system"
Black University Students: "Peer Support Cited in Black Students' Success"
DNA Evidence: "Lawyers Elsewhere Take Note as a New York Man Is Freed by DNA Tests"
Gardening: "Rhodies & azaleas: A whole new world"
Lawncare - Irrigating: "It's not easy being green; A guide to irrigating your property"
..... - Mowing: "Ladies and gentlemen, start your mowers"
Obituary: Clarabell the Clown: "Lew Anderson, 84, Clarabell the Clown"
..... - Nixon's career-saver: "Lou Carrol, 83; Gave Nixons Dog Known as Checkers"
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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.
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.*
*The Courier is in la-la land today: Online shows yesterday's Local, front page, state
news. Will post later, if they get it up. -- DD
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Surveillance Cams: The good, the bad, the ugly"
Plain Talker: "Parade Committee Will Be All-Plainfield"
Drake House: "Courier: Photos and audio"
Pemberton Avenue Chop Shop?: "Device helps collar 4 with a stolen car"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Student loans: "Loans turn into an albatross, steering grads away from teaching"
..... - Garbage for Cops: "Los Angeles Doubles Garbage Rate to Expand LAPD"..... - John Lynch: "King of politics is full of sound and fury, signifying his decline"..... - Immigration - Editorial,SL: "Jersey needs a new approach"..... - Booker Builds Connections: "Booker adds Payne to team"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Berkeley Hts/Springfield: "Contaminated soil dumped in quarry"
Clark: "Two held in spree of thefts from cars"
Edison: "Spokesman for Edison's mayor returns to his Hudson County roots"
..... - "Cleanup at Edison Ford plant to begin"
Naked Cop Coverup?: "Witness: Police did poor job at crash scene; Speed also questioned"
Union County Police: "County cop admits to drug buy in uniform"
Union County Social Services: "Charges mount in county worker's theft case"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Booker Builds Connections: "Booker adds Payne to team"
..... - Connecting the dots with the politically connected Payne family...
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine's bail loan called uncollectable"
Budget: "Official calls jobless fund just enough for next year"
..... - "Legislators grill college officials on costs"
Employment Rate: "Unemployment in state zooms past national rate"
Governor's School: "Governor's School will open this summer, thanks to fundraising effort"
Immigration - Editorial,SL: "Jersey needs a new approach"
Legislator Financial Disclosures: "Lawmakers' earnings stir conflict questions"
John Lynch: Tom Moran: "King of politics is full of sound and fury, signifying his decline"Medicare: "End-of-life care in N.J. is priciest but not best"
UMDNJ: "Newark Council Prez Bradley pulled off board at UMDNJ"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Shooting kills teen; Spate of violence claims 17th victim"..... - East Orange - SL: "East Orange detective and wife guilty in scam"
.......... - NYT: "Ex-Detective Is Now Fugitive, With Wife"
..... - Passaic: "5 arrested, 80 kilos of cocaine seized in Passaic raids"..... - Orange: "Now fielding tributes, Monte Irvin"..... - East Orange: "City honors stars with Walk of Fame".......... - "Stars came out the 1940 night 'Edison' debuted"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - SL/Reuters: "Bush to allow wider review of eavesdropping"
.......... - NYT: "Verizon Denies It Gave N.S.A. Local Phone Records"
............... - "BellSouth Denies It Gave Records to N.S.A."
Dems - SL: "Corzine friend tapped as national fundraiser for Democrats"
..... - NYT: "G.O.P. Voters to Be Target of Radio Ads by Democrats"
GOP - WP: WashPost/ABC Poll: "Republican Leadership Approval Hits All-Time Low"
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(Chart, LA Times)
Immigration Reform - LAT: "Senate Rejects Border Security Amendment"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, NY Times)
Books on Bush - NYT: "All the President's Books"
Meetings: "Taking the 'ee!' out of 'meeting' - How to stop torturing your colleagues"
Opus Dei: "Inside the real Opus Dei - NJ Headquarters"
Retirement Planning: "IRA Swaps Could Cost U.S. Billions in Tax Revenue"
..... - a must read article if retirement is anywhere in your futured... Road Rage: "A Miami vice: Road rage rated as worst"
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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.
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.*
*Meet the Masters exhibit of Plainfield students' art at Swain Galleries. Reception
this afternoon, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Exhibit on view through Friday.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Getting a human being on the (corporate) phone"
Plain Talker: "Cameras, Web Site Among Council Items"
Concerned Citizens/Grace Church: "Candlelight vigil to honor Antwine McAllister, slain in Feb."
..... - The vigil is at 6:00 PM today, the church is at East 7th Street and Cleveland Avenue
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Patronage: "Chicago Patronage Will Be in Spotlight as Prosecution of Aide Begins"
..... - Anti-Immigrant Initiatives: "San Bernardino Rejects Anti-Immigration Legislation"..... - Real Estate: "Jersey: High prices, rising rates cool down home sales units"..... - Hillside: "Gunfire outside bar spurs emergency meeting"..... - Litter Laws: "New Brunswick rewrites litter law to satisfy courts"
..... - John Lynch: "Head of PAC Lynch created will resign"
..... - Women Firefighters: "Fire crews looking to recruit women"
..... - Banks: "As banks saturate communities, some want to restrict their presence"
..... - Showcase in Morristown: "Farmhouse inspires designers in annual benefit"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Bridgewater council approves ordinance on organizing police"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth street gets name to remember"
Hillside: "Gunfire outside bar spurs emergency meeting"
New Brunswick: "New Brunswick rewrites litter law to satisfy courts"
Rape Crisis Center: "Demand grows for crisis team volunteers"
Union/Middlesex: "MADD chapter to salute advocates"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Booker names his team: "Booker adds variety to transition"
... - "Bo Kemp, Rhodes Scholar"
... - "Hubert Williams, Police Veteran"
... - "Imam Wahy ud-Deen Shareef"
... - "Ralph Izzo, PSE&G President & CEO"
... - "Dr. Yvonne Wesley, Nursing Educator & Consultant"
... - "Mo Butler, Newark Now"
... - "David Blount, Mt. Vernon Baptist CDC"
... - "Maria E. Vizcarrondo, United Way Exec"
... - "Marc H. Morial, Urban League"
... - "Associate Justice James H. Coleman, Jr."
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "The senator is no rocket scientist"
Budget: "Davy says Education Dept. faces doing more with less"
Court Nominees: "Corzine wants state bar input on court nominees"
Cryan Stalking Case: "Cryan stalking case closing to resolution"
Legislature: "Panel clears bill to help the disabled move out of institutions"
..... - "Funeral protests bill advances to full Assembly"
..... - "Lawmakers mull deer-feeding ban"
..... - "Task force advocates restricted drivers' licenses"
John Lynch: "Head of PAC Lynch created will resign"Newark Housing Authority: "Newark taps Pittsburgh man to clean housing mess"
Prison Contracts: "Legislators demand an internal probe of prison contracts"
Property Taxes - SL: "Property tax dilemma has panel urging a summer session"
..... - CN: "Special session urged for property tax reform"
Real Estate: "Jersey: High prices, rising rates cool down home sales units" Supreme Court: "Court allows use of expert testimony on battered women"
Towns:
..... - Newark - Teen Murders: "At Central High, despair follows shootings"
............... - This is the front-page story that was MIA on Sunday.......... - Editorial, SL: "Saving kids from death"..... - Orange: "Close vote leaves 1 Orange City Council seat in limbo"
..... - Irvington: "Former Irvington school exec admits theft"..... - Maplewood: "A grand stage revealed"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
BUSH'S IMMIGRATION SPEECH_______________________________________________________________
While Dubya postures about using the National Guard, the real issue is not about whether
he will do something about the border but that he is putting out the idea of wanting to...
as an attempt to pull himself out of his political nosedive -- DD
(Photos, Associated Press)
Transcript - WP: "President Bush's Address to Nation"
Reportage - SL: "Bush asks nation for 'rational middle ground' on migrants"
..... - NYT: "Bush Calls for Compromise on Immigration"
..... - WP: "On Immigration, Bush Seeks 'Middle Ground'"
Analysis - SL:
..... - NYT: "Behind Bush's Address Lies a Deep History"
.......... - "Bush's Middle Path Disappoints Both Sides on Divisive Immigration Issue"
.......... - "Plan Met With Warnings That It Won't Be Enough"..... - WP: "In Speech, A Balancing Act of Policy And Politics"
Using the National Guard - SL: "Are there enough Guardsmen left for the job?"
..... - WP: "Bringing in Guard Raises Concerns Of Militarization"
Canadian Reaction - WP: "Canadians Fear Fallout From Mexico Rules"
Proposals Compared - NYT: "Proposals for Immigration Reform"
Voluntary Repatriation - SL: "One theory's goal: Voluntary exodus"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - WP: "Negroponte Had Denied Domestic Call Monitoring"..... - Plamegate - ThinkProgress: "Video: Rove Confronted On Lying About Plame Leak"
.......... - Newsweek: "A Fresh Focus on Cheney" and the notes in question
Egypt - WP: "Mubarak's Son Met Secretly With Cheney, Rice, Bush Last Week"
Katherine Harris - St. Pete Times: "Harris shoots, but cameras don't"
Medicare - SL: "Medicare spending study: Less may be better"
News Leaks - ChiTrib: "Secret gov't source tells ABC News: 'Get new cellphones'"
Rove Spin Control - SL: "The beleaguered adviser smiles on"
Tax Cuts - WP: "The Return Of Voodoo Economics"
Supreme Court - SL: "Top court to decide on pollution controls"
White House Staff: "Tony Snow back at White House; Job with more questions than answers"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Cardinal McCarrick: "McCarrick Retiring as Head of Washington Archdiocese"
..... - Considered a moderate, McCarrick was the Archbishop of Newark for 14 years
Credit Counseling Agencies: "IRS revokes 41 firms' tax-exempt status, will review all"
Teens: "Generation Rx: More teens abuse painkillers"
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