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Saturday, September 30, 2006

PT can be soooo obtuse... School funding forum set... Fairs today... Camden, Menendez, Bryant...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Sometimes PT is sooooooooo obtuse"Plain Talker:

School Funding: "Community forum on school funding set for next Thursday"
War Protest: "Iraq War protest today"

Crime: Three involved in shooting LAST WEEKEND. Did you know about it? Is the Administration now taking to hiding crime news?

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Camden Redev: "State targets Camden deals"
.......... - "N.J. wants Camden's records"


WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Today: Health Fair, Crescent Avenue Church. 10 AM - 2 PM. Free screenings and info.
Today: Safety Fair, North Avenue at Train Station. 10 AM - 3 PM. Free.
Monday: Yom Kippur observed. No Council meeting.
Tuesday: Council meets for agenda-setting. City Hall Library. 7:30 PM

Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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 / Kean Race - Philly Inq: "Menendez uproar stirs speculation"
.......... - Profile: "Scarinci: A power lawyer who likes to play the 'game'"
..... - SL: "Imprisoned Janiszewski offered a list to derail Menendez"
..... - Courier Post: "GOP seizes upon latest Menendez issue"
.......... - "Menendez campaign hurt again"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez linked to scheme"
..... - Analysis, AP: "Senate race goes against New Jersey's political grain"
..... - Express-Times: "Polls: Kean, Menendez both have reasons to be happy" -- and UNHAPPY.

Bryant - Courier Post: "Bryant 'pressured' Rutgers for job, honor"
Camden
- SL: "AG launches inquiry into Bryant and Camden redevelopment aid"
..... - Courier Post: "State targets Camden redevelopment deals"
.......... - "Camden probes spread to Housing Authority"
..... - Philly Inq: "N.J. wants Camden's redevelopment records"
Death Penalty - Editorial, SL: "Death penalty's unfairness"
Farber: "Farber misses court hearing, may face contempt"

Towns:
Long Branch: "Talks likely on eminent domain"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________















Editorial Cartoon: Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch


9/11 - Truthout: "Rice Ignored bin Laden Warnings Prior to 9/11"
Abramoff & Rove - NYT: "Abramoff and Rove Had 82 Contacts, Report Says"
..... - WP: "Report Says Rove Aide Accepted Abramoff Gifts"
..... - Fact Check: "White House Falsely Claimed Abramoff Had ‘Very Few’ Meetings With Staff"

CIA Renditions - InTheseTimes: "Tracking the CIA Torture Flights"
Clinton's Fox Interview - WP: E.J. Dionne: "Why Bill Clinton Pushed Back"
Foley Resignation - WP: "Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal" -- Note how many Congressmen were aware and how early!
HUD & Politics: "HUD Secretary Admitted "Bias" Against Bush Critics"
Rumsfeld - WP: "Woodward Book Says Top Aide Urged Bush to Fire Rumsfeld"
.......... - "White House Disputes Book's Report of Anti-Rumsfeld Moves"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Amaranth: "Hedge Fund With Big Loss Says It Will Close" -- Pension funds biggest losers?
Books: "Fired pollster revisits 2000 election" -- 'How To Steal An Election,' by pollster David Moore.
Habeas Corpus: "Molly Ivins: Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)"
Hinduism: "With dolls, deities and prayer, Hindus mark Navarathri holiday"

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"

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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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. Plainfield 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.

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Friday, September 29, 2006

HITS: Menendez, overcrowding, shouting, strategies?... Planners & Redevelopment...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "HITS: Menendez, Overcrowding, Shouting, Strategies, and more..."
Plain Talker: "Planners Memorialize Redevelopment Items"

Health & Safety Fair: "Health, safety fair set for
North Avenue on Saturday"

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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate: "Irresistible incentives entice home buyers"
..... - Juvenile Crime: "Troubling Signs Emerge: Kids & Guns" -- With chart.
..... - Pay-to-Play: "Montgomery further limits campaign contributions" -- How about that!


WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Tonight: Concert by Germany's Harmonic Brass, Crescent Avenue Church. 8 PM. $25/$20 Seniors.
Tomorrow
: Health & Safety Fair, North Avenue at Train Station. 10 AM - 3 PM. Free.

Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Edison: "Computer firm unplugs Edison for not paying $39,000 bill"
Elizabeth: "Vietnam memorial recalls Elizabeth's fallen"
Linden: "Murder charge in Linden bar shooting"
Somerville: "Somerville, Pathmark word war escalates"
South Plainfield: "Superfund site safety questioned"
Union Twp.: "Vauxhall shopping center OK'd"
Westfield: "Westfield pitching $9.4M school plan"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Essex County Races: "Booker backs 3 fellow Democrats"
Housing Authority: "Housing authority chairman, Booker ally, is chosen"
Vailsburg Killings: "Indianapolis stakeout nets two suspects in Newark triple killing"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race - SL:
..... - NYT: "Tape About Hiring Puts Menendez Camp on the Defensive"
..... - WashPost: "Menendez's Firing of Staffer Buoys New Jersey GOP Hopes"
..... - Berg Rec: "Menendez scoffs at GOP claims he'll quit race"
..... - APP: "Race Gets Rougher"
..... - The Tape - Philly Inq: "Tape adds to Menendez ethics debate" -- Listen to the audio here (3 clips).

Maplewood-South Orange Merger: "Voters to choose panel on towns merger"
PSE&G: "Cleanup costs could doom PSEG plant"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "Fire expert maintains Seton case was arson"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.

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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________












(Photo, NY Times)
Bush - NYT: "New Woodward Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq" -- Amazon info.

2006 Elections - WP: "Bush Attacks 'Party of Cut and Run'"
..... - "Religious-Right Voter Guides Facing Challenge From Left"
Abramoff & White House - NYT: "Report Links White House and Lobbyist" -- Including 10 Rove visits.
..... - WP: "Abramoff Put White House Contacts at 400"
Clinton Interview - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Finger-pointing a continuation of 9/11 failures"
Intelligence Report - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "Bush is losing war close to home"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Art & Religion - OpEd, SL: "Those who have faith know art cannot threaten it"

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"

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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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. Plainfield 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.

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Using up rainy day fund for current budget... Hillside Ave. burglar caught... Gun buyback... Busy week...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________












Plainfield Today: "Financing Plainfield: The Devil is in the details"
Plain Talker: "Busy Week Starts Tonight"

Crime - CN: "Burglar arrested fleeing from Hillside Avenue home"
.......... - SL: "Burglary suspect arrested near Hillside Avenue home"
..... - "Plainfield man arrested in go-go bar attack"
Gun Buyback Program: "Union County to give cash for guns" -- Funds provided by Fountain Baptist Church.

McGreevey: "Market Report: McGreevey's 'Confession' a best-seller"


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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Mortgage 'Flipping' Fraud: "Mortgage Suit Says ‘Trust Us’ Led to Fleecing"
..... - Cop, Firefighter layoffs: "Perth Amboy residents decry proposed layoffs"


WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Tonight: Film: Story of 'Operation Bootstrap' (Dominican Republic) -- Intro & discussion with Christian Estevez, Plainfielder and VP, NJ Latino Leadership Alliance.

Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Berkeley Hts: "Town ends plan to turn rescue squad into senior center"
Elizabeth: "Primary Re-run: Results still uncertain"
Elizabeth Gas Incident: "Trucking firm may not have known gas was left in ruptured storage tank"
Perth Amboy: "Perth Amboy residents decry proposed layoffs"
Vauxhall: "Vauxhall protesters gear up for another bout"
Watchung Reservation: "Trailside Center spreading its wings"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Menendez dumps a close adviser caught on tape seeking 'favors'"
..... - Bergen Record: "Tapes could be trouble for Menendez"
..... - Philly Inquirer: "Tape adds to Menendez ethics debate"
..... - NYT: "Menendez Plays to His Base, in South Florida"

Death Penalty: "Death penalty panel hears from 10 who oppose executions"
Governors & Popularity: "Kean tops, McGreevey flops"
Minimum Wage: "Minimum wage to rise to $7.15 in New Jersey"
Muslims & Christians: "Muslim, Christian leaders call for mutual respect"
PSE&G: "Suit accuses PSE&G of discrimination"
SCC: "School building chief warns new funding is needed soon"
State Pension Bond Debt: "Morris takes on state over tab for pension debt"
Supremes: "Court refuses to hear appeal in Bogota mayor's language fight"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Shared Services - SL: "Officials tout gains of joining services"
..... - CN: "New panel may look for towns to merge"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________















Editorial Cartoon: Editorial Cartoon, Sheneman, Star-Ledger.

Intelligence Report: -- Bush is stonewalling, hoping it will blow over. We'll see.

..... - NYT: "Dispute on Intelligence Report Disrupts Republicans’ Game Plan"
..... - SL: Paul Mulshine: "Whatever happened to the 'well-defined exit strategy' President?"
.......... - "Outcry over terror assessment keeps White House under siege"
..... - MSNBC: "White House refuses to release full NIE report"
..... - Times/UK: "Read it yourself, says Bush, making part of threat report public"
..... - AFP: "White House admits Iraq fuels extremism"

2006 Elections - NYT: "New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate"
..... - WP: "GOP Fortunes Improve Slightly With Bump in Bush's Numbers"
Iraq - WP: "65% of Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show"
Torture: "Letter From Intelligence and Military Professionals" -- The 17 signers have put their jobs on the line.


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________













(Photo, 1946, Truman Library)
Obituary: "Tokyo Rose, 90, famed Japanese radio propagandist of WWII"

Business Espionage: "Pretexting: The shady practice of duping for data"
Health: "Cell transplants hold promise for diabetics"

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"

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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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. Plainfield 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.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

PMUA: Westward ho!?... Plaintalker opinion piece... Banned Books tonite at Library...

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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Westward ho! for the PMUA?"
Plain Talker: "Heed Maraziti on Redevelopment" -- A must-read.

Hispanic Heritage Month: "Event tonight at Library puts focus on banned books"
McGreevey Book: "McGreevey's book sales sliding after hot debut" -- Illustrates the paradox of hyping a book.
Rev. Rick Taylor - SL: "Meeting will marshal opposition to Iraq war"
..... - CN: "Planning meeting will be held tonight"


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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Budget Hearings: "Budget hearing tonight in the East Ward" -- Newark Council goes out to community.
..... - Ethics Reforms: "Newark council to weigh ethics reforms"


WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________


Tonight: Banned Books Event. Public Library, 7 PM. -- Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with brief readings from books by Latino authors that have been banned at some point.


Hispanic Heritage Month Events Online Calendar: English and Spanish.
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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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________














(Photo, AP)
Elizabeth Gas Accident - SL: "Gas emission sickens dozens in Elizabeth"
..... - CN: "Toxic gas cloud sickens dozens in Elizabeth"
..... - AP: "Noxious Gas Cloud Sickens Dozens in N.J."
Elizabeth Primary Re-run: "Elizabeth election upset ousts 4-term Jaspan"
North Plainfield: "Man accused of selling fake documents to undercover cop"
Roselle: "Judge upends council result in Roselle primary"
Union Twp.: "GOP dismisses Democrats' chatter of split campaign"


BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________

Budget Hearings: "Budget hearing tonight in the East Ward"
Council & Ethics Reforms: "Newark council to weigh ethics reforms"
Gun Court: "Judge ends Newark's gun-offender program"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
















(Editorial Cartoon, Margulies, Bergen Record)

Menendez / Kean Race: "Senate candidates joust over particulars of federal probe"
..... - SL: "Menendez renews his Iraq attack on Kean"
..... - CN: "Menendez lauds scathing report on Iraq war"

Bryant Investigation - NYT: "Senator Leaves Budget Post in Ethics Inquiry"
..... - CP: "Bryant's troubles started 10 years ago"
..... - CP: "Controversy could hurt South Jersey"
Norcross: "Pair at heart of Norcross political scandal barred from state work" -- JCA principals.
Parkway: "State awards $250M in pacts for new Driscoll Bridge work"
Rutgers: "State budget cuts whittle the big plan on campus"
School Vouchers: "Support down from 66% in 2003 to 54% in 2006"
Supreme Court: "English-only bid ends after court declines to hear Bogota's case"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Employee Benefits - OpEd, SL: "Can N.J. afford top benefits to its workers?"
School Funding: "Lawmakers advised to ease taxes by making perks more public"
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Towns:

..... - Camden: "Legislators seek budget monitor for Camden schools"
..... - Orange: "Anger is in the air at forum to explain new property revaluations"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________













Editorial Cartoon: Gorrell


Clinton Interview - NYT: "Hillary Defends Bill, Adding All Dems Should Take a Hint"
..... - WP: "Bush and Clinton Teams Debate Pre-9/11 Efforts"
Global Warming - SL: "Journal: U.S. stopped report on global warming"
Illegal Immigrants - WP: "States, Counties Begin to Enforce Immigration Law"

Iraq - E&P: "P.R. Group That Paid Off Iraqi Papers Gets New $6.2M Media Contract"
Terrorism Report - NYT: "Report Belies Optimistic View"
..... - WP: "Sobering Conclusions On Why Jihad Has Spread"
..... - AP: "What the president said at his news conference"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________














(Photo, Caviar Emptor)

Caviar: "The Race to Satisfy Caviar Craving"

E-Z Pass: "Many E-ZPass tags to be replaced"
Health: "Fighting Future Flu: Secrets may be in blood of 1918 survivors"
Holocaust: "NJ to remember the efforts of Holocaust hero Wallenberg"

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"

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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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. Plainfield 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.

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