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*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"
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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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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 |
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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"
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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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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.*
*
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "TW3: May 08 - May 14 - Digest of Plainfield-centered news"
Drake House: "Drake House restoration full of history, suprises"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "The Lofts, a Landlord and a Battle to Remember"
..... - NJ Orators Club: "Competition empowers them to communicate with confidence"..... - Transitions: "Pastor M. William Howard will guide Newark transition"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cooking - NJN: "Just a Guy Named Mike [Colameco]"
Kean U. - NYT: "A Far-Eastern Campus for Kean"
Somerset County: "County to use GPS to track 911 cell phone calls"
Super-Supermarkets: "Supermarkets on Steroids for the One-Stop Shopper"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Booker - NYT: "Next for Booker? (Get Used to the Question)"
Corruption Probe: "Awarding of jail work contracts scrutinized"
Interpreters Needed: "Legal system's plea for interpreters echoes across state"
Towns:
..... - Newark: Booker Transition: "Pastor M. William Howard will guide Newark transition".......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - Short Hills: "Greenwood Gardens, 22 acres hidden in the middle of everything"
..... - South Jersey: "In Wake of Casinos, Suburbs Mushroom"..... - Ft. Monmouth: "VA wants to keep clinic at Ft. Monmouth healthy"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: John Farmer: "Bush's phone record snooping holds great peril for Americans"
Immigration - SL: "Bush plans to deploy the Guard to border"
Intelligence - NYT: "Chart: Intelligence Turf, A Guide"
Medicare - SL: "GOP leaders request more drug plan time"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Computer Disaster: "In Case of Disaster, Have a Backup Plan for Your PC"
Phone Tree Hell Tips: "Hello. Is that a real person on the phone?"
Historic Preservation: "Designing a future for Stickley's monument to interior design"
Job Hunting: "In a Ghost-Written Résumé, Your Best Incarnation"Libraries - NYT: "Scan This Book!"
Turnpike Rest Stops: "A Dozen Roadside Attractions"
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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.*
*I told you the Rove story yesterday was a scoop. More in today's National section.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Meet the Masters: Plainfield Public School Student Art at Swain's"
MIA: Courier print edition has story on yesterday's mothers' march against violence
in Plainfield. Not online.
Plainfield Girlchoir: "Show by young singers is a high note for seniors"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - School Layoffs: "Budget cuts force layoffs of half in Trenton schools"
..... - Drugs: "The 2 faces of a good trooper gone bad, who ran drug ring"..... - 'Walk of Fame': "East Orange's ties to fame to be cast in concrete"..... - Real Estate: "NJ real-estate professionals adjusting to new reality".......... - Mortgages: "Some people staying away from traditional 30-year plan"
..... - Media: "Q&A: The role of journalism in a changing world"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "'Sopranos' can't beat this tale of Elizabeth union's corruption"
John Lynch: "Lynch's exit changes his party's dynamics"
Metuchen: "Metchen police fear report was doctored"
Middlesex County: "County told to revisit charges against Dems"
Roselle: "National Council of Negro Women chapter holding annual Mother's Day fundraiser"
Summit: "Overlook Hospital blackout scrutinized"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, May 14, 2006"
Corzine - Economic Policy: Tom Moran: "The great job hunt"
Booker: "Newark is the first test of Booker's star power" -- Pundits! Rev your engines!
Budget: "Lawmakers seeking new methods to help budget"
Cryan/Golding Affair: "Behind the stalking case that shook the state"
Medicare Deadline: "Medicare Part D deadline near"
NJ Public College Heads: "Average salary for presidents jumps nearly $100,000 since '98"
NJN: "NJN faces a tough audience in Trenton; Could feel pain of fiscal crunch"
Tax Reform: "Citizens summit calls for tax reform"
Towns:
..... - Newark Council Runoff: "Candidates get set for Round 2; Low voter turnout expected"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - Newark and State: "Booker must find a way to work with, or oust, Sens. James and Rice"
MIA: The Ledger has a front-page story on 17 Newark teens killed on the streets in the
last 18 months -- and what they cite as a new and different kind of response from officials.
Print edition only.
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - SL: "Bush tests limits of his constitutional authority"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - NYT: "Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping"
............. - "Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor": ..... - Plamegate: "Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators"
.......... - WP: "Cheney Penned Note About Plame, Filing Shows"
.......... - NYT: "Notes Said to Reveal Close Cheney Interest in Wilson"
2004 Bush Campaign - USA Today: "Ohio coin dealer to plead guilty to illegal contributions"
CIA- WP: "Fired Officer Believed CIA Lied to Congress"
CIA, Hayden - Congressional Daily: "Former NSA officer alleges illegal activities under Hayden"
Immigration Reform - SL: "Translating protest into clout"
Intelligence - NYT: "Langley, We Have a Problem"
Internet - TomPaine: Robert Reich: "War On The Web"
Iraq - NYT: "Murtha Predicts U.S. Pullout From Iraq"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices up against summer deadline"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Kids & Internet: "Sexual predators not only online risk"
..... - "MySpace no stranger to trouble in N.J."
Ledger's 'Mort Pye' Scholars: "Stellar students' studies span gamut; many already applying them"
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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.*
