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* 01/08/2006 - Sunday
CLIPPINGS: is online here - you can track down new and old postings and stories.
PLAINFIELD TODAY: my personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: the online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
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Letter to Editor, Courier: Alex Toliver: "City made right choice for mayor"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Borough subpoenaed in probe of John Lynch"
Edison: "Honeymoon over already, Choi says he'll still push reforms"
Sayreville: "Wiener Lesniak in as borough counsel, DeCotiis Fitzpatrick out"
South Amboy: "Paid electrical firm owned by mayor's father without contract for over 20 years"
Union County: "County worker finds maps to its past"
.................Stash also includes a 1917 photo of Plainfield's Norwood Avenue bridge
Westfield [last item]: "Priest to speak on clerical sex abuse"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Courier: "Financial crisis looms as Corzine takes helm"
.................... - Trenton Times: "Codey leaves much for Corzine to deal with"
............... - Visits 6 towns - Ledger: "Corzine sets out to say thanks, N.J."
...................... Again, Plainfield is not on the list . . .
Codey - Ledger: "Codey's wild ride: From fear to serenity"
The Auditor - For Political Junkies - Ledger: "Sunday, January 08, 2006"
Assembly - Ledger: "Joe Roberts: Journey from town hall to Assembly's top post"
Biz: Engelhard Corp. - Ledger: "BASF bid for Engelhard raises stock price, threatens legacy"
............... - NY Times: "BASF Bids for Engelhard to Expand Into Car Parts"
Holland Tunnel Approaches: "Traffic Is a Nightmare? Just Wait"
Immigrant Issues - OpEd, Ledger: Fran Wood: "Day-laborer crackdown is no fix"
Legislature: "Big spending is still a taxing NJ problem"
Montclair: "Montclair considers bids for tax revaluation, braces for changes in values"
...................... Plainfield's last revaluation was in the early 1990's -- are we due, too?
Schools Construction Corp.: "Construction mess: Blame to go around"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair - Charities Benefit: "Lobbyist's Downfall Leads to Charities' Windfall".......... - Rep. 'Duke' Cunningham - Time: "Disgraced Congressman 'Wore a Wire'"
.......... - DeLay - NY Times: "DeLay Ends Bid to Regain Post as G.O.P. Leader"
......................... - Text of letter to Speaker Hastert is here, and to House Republicans is here
......................... - Chronology of DeLay's career in House of Representatives is here......................... - 'K' Street: "Officials Focus on a 2nd Firm Tied to DeLay"............................ The Alexander Strategy Group is of interest and may provide links
........................... to others from Congress as well as DeLay and Abramoff
.................... - LA Times: "DeLay put brakes on federal probe, Congressional Record shows"
......................... - Replacing DeLay: "Move may spark more divisiveness in race to fill post"
House of Representatives - AP: "Possible Successors to Delay: Blunt (MO) and Boehner (OH)"
Iraq - NY Times: "Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor"
Medicare - NY Times: "States Intervene After Drug Plan Hits Early Snags"
Press - Editor & Publisher: "Newspapers Urge President to Quit"
Supreme Court: Alito Hearings - Ledger: "Lady and gentlemen, start your questioning"
.................... - Analysis: "Alito-O'Connor comparisons defy conventional labels"
.................... - OpEd: Tom Moran: "Judging Alito on more than just words"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Blogs: "A Blog That Blogs Corporate Blogs"
.......... - and the Fortune 500 blog Wiki is here
.......... - Business Week weighs in: "Fortune 500 blogging wiki undercounts"
'Boomer' Gardening: "Baby Boomers, Digging Ben-Gay"
Cable, Wireless, etc.: "More and More Bang for More and More Bucks"
Cats: "Ancient Wanderlust Key to Cat Family Tree"
CES in Vegas: "Coming Soon to TV Land: The Internet, Actually"
Chicago: "Corruption Scandal Loosening Mayor Daley's Grip on Chicago"
Corruption - Dueling OpEds, NY Times: "The End of Influence" and "Money Always Finds a Way"
Downtown Living: "Tax Breaks Drive a Philadelphia Boom"
Geek Patrol: "Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists"
.......... Using freely available Amazon wishlists and free software, Tom Owad
.......... gives you a scary look at how government spies on us -- and how you
.......... can, too . . . including a map locating your house on-the-fly.
Islam: Holidays - Ledger: "Jersey City students celebrate Eid al-Adha and Hajj"
.......... - Marriage Customs - NY Times: "For Muslim Women, Marriage's Delicate Dance"
Play: "How we took the child out of childhood: Why kids no longer play outside"
Privatizing Highways: "Chicago sold Skyway, still raised taxes; New owner raised tolls at once"
Real Estate: "Goodbye, Suburbs: Heading Back to the City"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Evacuees: "Katrina evacuees notified rent won't be paid after March 1"
.......... - Mardi Gras: "N.O.'s post-Katrina Carnival season is rolled out"
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: Moving to old machine today, will post tomorrow -- Dan
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Plain Talker: Council(s) conflict: "Monday here, Monday there"
Boys & Girls Club [last item]: "Club hosting fourth annual Father-Daughter Dance"
Crime - Ledger: "Mercedes SUV stolen on Lansdowne Terrace, high-speed chase through 4 counties"
.......... - Courier: "Police chase winds through four counties"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Corruption: "Old Bridge official pleads guilty in ongoing corruption probe"Piscataway: "Judge orders town to deposit $8M in Halper farm case"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Bosses: Norcross: "No Title and No Elective Office, but Influence Across New Jersey"
Drugs: Money Laundering: "Police seize $667,000 from home in Haledon"
DYFS - Ledger: "Reports criticize DFYS efforts on families in turmoil"
.......... - NY Times: "Reports Say New Jersey Falls Short of Child Welfare Goals"
Ethics - Editorial, Ledger: "Restore gift restrictions"
............ Two years ago legislators repealed two anti-gift laws; why they should be restored. . .
EWR: "Travel at Newark up 3 percent last year, to 33 million passengers"
Gay Marriage: "Harvey urges high court to rebuff gay union claim"
Hospitals: "Jersey hospitals suffer financially"
Legislature: "Amid legal troubles, Newark's Assemblywoman Williams quits"
Ocean County/Lesbian Couple Imbroglio [not online]:
.......... - OpEd, Ledger: Steven Goldstein: "Deceitful argument for injustice against a lesbian couple"
............... Goldstein's piece calls into question Paul Mulshine's contention that the surviving partner
............... would be financially well-placed with the County's life insurance policy. Goldstein argues
............... that is not so, and that Mulshine is the Freeholders' 'stooge.'
Standardized Tests: "Grade schools lead way as test scores rise"
UMDNJ: "Legal official Andrea Walker Modu rejects demand to quit"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - LA Times: "A Not-Always-Diplomatic Gathering with Bush"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair:
.................... - Analysis - LA Times: "Scandal May Upset Rules of Enrichment in Congress"
.................... - NY Times: "Tyco Acknowledges $1.6M Link to Abramoff"
...........................Note: The Timothy E. Flanigan referred to in this article was, in addition to being
........................."Tyco's attorney,"Tyco's senior vice president and general counsel up until April
..........................2005. Flanigan was nominated by George W. Bush in April to be the Deputy
..........................Attorney General working directly under Alberto Gonzalez.That's nothing new.
..........................Flanigan, a member of the Federalist Society, worked directly under then-White
..........................House Lead Counsel Gonzalez as his deputy. Flanigan left the White House Staff
..........................in November 2002 to go to work for Tyco. - Truthout editors
.............................. - Editorial: "Newt as Diogenes in a Dark Capitol" .................... - Nation: "Abramoff , The GOP Corruption Machine & What Dems Need to Do"
.................... - Texas Observer: "Pimping the Presidency: Abramoff bills clients for face time with Bush"
.................... - Washington Post: E.J. Dionne: "Abramoff and His Vanishing Friends"
.......... - DeLay - Bloomberg: "'DeLay Inc.' Lobbying Firm Has Links to Three Capital Scandals"
.................... - NY Times: "Rebels in G.O.P. Call for DeLay to Be Replaced"
.................... - Washington Post: "DeLay inquiry broadened; data on US Family Network demanded"
......................... - "Tide Turning Against DeLay Leadership"
.................... - Reuters: "DeLay's bid to return to US leadership in jeopardy".......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Washington Post: "Congressional Report Rebuts Bush on Spying"
Dollar - Financial Times/UK: "China signals reserves switch away from dollar"
FBI: "F.B.I. Erred in Implicating Oregon Man in Madrid Attack"
Homeland Security - St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Homeland security job filled amid controversy"
Iraq - TPM Cafe: "The Cost of The War: Estimated at $3 trillion"
IRS - Tacoma News-Tribune: "IRS tracked taxpayers’ political affiliation"
Pensions: "Five San Diego officials indicted over pensions fraud"
Supreme Court - NY Times: "Justices to say when police can enter private home without warrant"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Obituary: "Lou Rawls, velvet voice, 72"
............ and a recording of 'Love is a hurtin' thing' is here
Obituary: "Hugh Thompson, 62; Army helicopter pilot saved civilians at My Lai"
Postage: "Quietly Raising Stamp Prices, and a Few Hackles, Too"
............ Tomorrow. 39¢. Did you know?
Religion: Monks and Nuns together?: "A ruling on the status of its women roils a monastery"
Street Cams [UK]: "Cars to Be Subject To Video Surveillance"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Fight Grows in New Orleans on Demolition and Rebuilding"
.......... - "New Orleans Delays Razing Houses 2 Weeks"
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01/06/2006 - Friday
Two days worth of Ledger clips today -- NJ's 'newspaper of record,' with a milllion circulation
couldn't get it up yesterday -- again!
CLIPPINGS is also online here - where you can track down new and old postings and stories
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: Took the night off to roast Sally Beckwith -- details later. -- Dan
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Plain Talker: "Nobody Checked The Charter"
Administration - Ledger: "New mayor begins assembling her team"
Schools [next to last item] - Courier: "School board to fill vacancy"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Clark mayor touts growth, transformation of township"
Edison: "Another decision by Choi draws flak; Interim manager criticized in Edison"
New Providence: "Police chief sworn in as administrator"
Roselle: "Post-game brawl in Rahway shuts spectators out of tonight's game"
Roselle Park: "Council gets back to business"
Summit: "Rail fight resumes as 3 take Council seats"
Union: "Mayor has hopes for future; 'Clearly we have work to do,' he says"
Union County: "Former county manager Ann Barran dies"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine Transition: "Corzine fills 2 more key posts - DEP, Public Advocate"
Abramoff money: See NJ story under 'Nation/World' below
Body Parts scandal: "Patients kept in the dark on cadaver parts, doctors not required to tell"
'Christmas Tree' grants: "Democrats spread end-of-year cheer by doling out gifts"
.......... - "Details: $50 million in 'ornaments' added to budget branches"
Death Penalty: "Execution suspension advances; panel would study death penalty"
Legislative Ethics - Editorial, Ledger: "Restore gift restrictions"
Lynch Investigation: "Feds demand records from nine towns"
........... Make that ten towns -- Plainfield records were subpoenaed, too . . .
Newark: "Corzine election workers: We got stiffed by Assemblywoman Williams"
New Laws:
.......... - Charities: "Charities lose sex-lawsuit shield"
.......... - Indoor Smoking: "Bill heads to Assembly floor, then Codey"
.......... - Lame Duck methods: "For final bills, the bum's rush or royal treatment"
Road repairs: "Cash crisis puts road fixes on hold for months"
UMDNJ - Ledger: "Monitor spreading wide net at UMDNJ; issues long list of records wanted"
.................... - "'Senatorial courtesy' blocks bid for reform"
.................... - "May lose more trustees as disclosure filings flood ethics panel"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair:
.................... - Analysis - Washington Post: "Jack in the Box"
.............................. - "Throughout a City, Lessons of the Fall"
.................... - Ledger: "Jersey lawmaker Ferguson gives Abramoff cash back"
.............................. After he said he wasn't going to. Yeah, right . . . until the heat goes up.
.............................. - OpEd: John Farmer: "Dishonest Abramoff talks, GOP trembles"
.................... - Courier: "NJ pols seek distance from disgraced lobbyist's money"
.................... - Newsweek: "Ties That Bind? White House distances itself from Abramoff"
.................... - Houston Chronicle: "Lobbyist ties could cost DeLay; aides say links make him a liability" .......... - Congressional Corruption: "Parsing the Polls: The Public's Take on Corruption"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "Dem says Administration's spy briefings violated law by limiting to 'Gang of 8'"
.................... - Truthout: "NSA Destroyed Evidence of Domestic Spying"
.................... - Washington Post: "FISA Court seeking answers; Judges were unaware of eavesdropping"
Padilla - Christian Science Monitor: "Supreme Court OKs transfer of Padilla; But . . ."
.......... - Washington Post: "Justices Order Padilla Terror Case Moved to Civilian Court"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Blogworld: "Newark ex-blogger covering courts moves his mouse to Wonkette"
Death Penalty - PBS' 'Now': "The Death Penalty"
Hip-Hop: "'Shake it out for Jesus': Churches co-opt hip-hop"
Radio: "Howard Stern's move to space leaves vacuum below"
TV: "'Book of Daniel' - faith-based 'Desperate Housewives' airs tonight, Ch 4, 9 - 11"
............ I suspect this one is going to be a hit. But breaking the pilot on a Friday. . .?
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01/05/2006 - Thursday
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: "Bizz: There is life after death"
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MLK Week - Frontiers Breakfast [next to last item]: "Minister to speak at MLK breakfast"
Muhlenberg, Children's Projects: "Nursing school, groups stand to benefit from state grants"
Letter to Editor, Courier: Wilma Campbell: "Board member isn't rubber stamp"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster: "Amid calls to step down, Bedminster mayor defends 'terrorist' remark"
Edison: "Choi announces hiring freeze; Councilman Barnes attacks him"
Linden: "Gregorio plans to run; At 80, could be one of oldest in state"
North Plainfield: "Teen charged; 17-year-old killed over gas money dispute"
Somerset County: "Somerset County says 'no' to drugs with kids poster calendar"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine planning inaugural ceremony, ball"
Codey: "Codey to give final State of the State talk"
Arming Probation Officers: "Court hears arguments, issue is whether Legislature overstepped"
Cable Wars - Editorial, Courier: "Cable bill deserves quick action"
Death Penalty: "Turmoil over death penalty"
Identity Theft: "Residents gain defense against identity theft"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair:
.................... - Analysis - LA Times: "Lobbying Plan Was Central to GOP's Political Strategy"
......................... - AP: "Abramoff Plea May Rock GOP Boat"
......................... - TruthDig: Robert Scheer: "Jack Abramoff's "Cesspool of Corruption""
......................... - Washington Post: "Case Bringing New Scrutiny To a System and a Profession"
.................... - NY Times: "Lobbyist Pleads Guilty in Fla.; 2nd Plea in 2 Days"
.............................. Charts of money given, an outline, and a chart of Abramoff-DeLay connections.
.................... - Washington Post: "Bush to Give Away Abramoff Donations" .................... - Guardian/UK: "Lobbyist to reveal all in Congress bribes scandal"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Washington Post: "Secret surveillance may have occurred before authorization"
Iraq - Christian Science Monitor: "US allies in Iraq: valuable but dwindling"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Education: "Poor, minority fourth-graders closing learning gap in NJ"
Journalism: "Last Year Deadliest for Journalists Since 1995"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Tourism: "SIGH SEEING"
............Guides are giving visitors a tour they'll never forget, surveying Katrina's
............damage and learning how it happened
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01/04/2006 - Wednesday
CLIPPINGS is also online here - where you can track down new and old postings and stories
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: "Bowser, Choi inaugurals pack extra punch - Corzine and Menendez"
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Community Section: These items not online: Chris Amaker, whose mother and father live in
Plainfield, was promoted to Lt. Col. in the Army. Airman Chadir Shivers completed training
at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. He is the grandson of Lloyd Shivers, Sr., of Plainfield.
Kwanzaa: "Courier Picture Story"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster: "Miffed at protest plans, new mayor labels group as 'terrorists'"
Cranford: "Mayor's son charged in drug case but gets no jail time"
Edison: "Choi says Spadoro left Edison 'a fiscal disaster'"
Kenilworth: "Just call it the den of Democrats"
North Plainfield: "Teenager stabbed to death"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine - Ledger: "Corzine starts on Cabinet: Secretary of State, Adjutant General named"
.................... - "Proposal: Give DYFS Cabinet-level status"
Ethics Rules: "Confusion reigns on university ethics rules"
Homicides: "State's inner cities see surge in killings"
Homeland Security: "N.J. lawmakers hail change that will bolster aid to Newark region"
Jersey City: "Judge disqualifies trio of 'insiders' in Honeywell toxic cleanup case"
Long Hill Township: "A gay mayor is sworn to office"
Lynch Investigation: "Lynch investigation widens to Old Bridge"
Maplewood: "Popular vote for mayor advocated"
Middlesex County: "GOP files an appeal in ethics complaint"
Newark: "James walks and talks like he wants 6th term"
............ Newark's non-partisan election takes place in May, hence petitions and campaigning
............ take place earlier than in June primary communities . . .
Schools Construction Corp.: "Old school the stage for $115M center in E. Orange"
Stem Cell Research: "Codey stem cell plan off the table"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - Ledger:
.......... - Washington Post: E.J. Dionne: "For Bush, a Test in the Midterms"
.......... - Military Times: "Poll finds high morale, but less support for Bush, war effort"
.......... - Agence France Presse: "'Poll: Support for Bush drops among US military"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair - NY Times: "Tremors Across Washington as Lobbyist Will Aid Inquiry"
.................... - Ledger/AP: "Lobbyist admits plying officials for votes; implicates a DeLay aide"
.............................. - "For some in D.C., this is a toxic spill"
.............................. - Editorial: "Movers and shakers shudder"
................................... Am I misremebering, or did Mike Ferguson say he
................................... would NOT be returning money he got from Abramoff?
.................... - Washington Post: "Abramoff Pleads Guilty to 3 Counts"
.................... - Boston Globe: "Dozens send back lobbyist's donations, fearing link to Abramoff"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "Agency First Acted on Its Own to Broaden Spying, Files Show"
.................... - Village Voice: James Ridgeway: "Looks like Bush knew wiretaps were wrong"
.................... - The Australian: "Wiretaps vital and within law: Bush"
Iraq - 'Milbloggers' - Newsday: "Military 'shuts down' soldiers' blogs"
Murtha - Reuters: "US Rep. Murtha says he wouldn't join military now"
Voting Systems - LA Times: "Electronic Voting System Results Still Out"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Blacks in early recordings: "Diversity Revealed in Records' First Years"
'Deferred Prosecutions' - One World: "Corporate Crime: Execs take fall while corporations go free"
Cuteness: "Scientists Are Discovering The Cute Factor"
Wikipedia vs. Brittanica: "The Nitpicking of the Masses vs. the Authority of the Experts"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Archaeologist in New Orleans Finds a Way to Help the Living"
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. 01/03/2006 - Tuesday
CLIPPINGS is also online here - where you can track down new and old postings and stories
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY:.......... "Plainfield events calendar near"
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Inauguration - Plain Talker: "Firsts For Plainfield"
Inaugural Ball [next to last item]: "Mayor-elect holding inaugural ball"
Interfaith Council, Bridgeway House [3rd from last item]: "Federal grant helps local social agencies"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cranford: "Boyfriend arrested in Cranford killing, County's first in 2006"
Union County Parks: "Union County parks offer sledding, snowboarding, ice skating, skiing"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Arming Probation Officers?: "Top court set to hear debate that will test judicial authority"
Assembly: "Sires, stepping down as Assembly leader, looks back at his historic tenure"
Domestic Partners - OpEd, Ledger: Paul Mulshine: "Domestic partner's plight is exaggerated"
............... . . . in which he throws some unexpected light on the Ocean County gay rights story
East Orange: "Mayor Bowser points to progress; says citizens and council have seized their destiny"
Eco-warfare: "In a toxic world, Mike Turner cleans up nasty P.R. fighting for clients' images"
Harvey's Farewell: "Showbiz names top invitee list for Harvey's farewell party"
Medicare - Ledger: "A dose of chaos as Medicare drug benefit kicks in"
.................... - "Many look to their children for help with drug options"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush:
.......... - NY Times: "Bush Defends Spy Program and Denies Misleading Public"
.......... - Time: "Has Bush Gone Too Far? His secret directive sets off a furor"
......................... - "Bush Says, Bring It On; the Critics Will"
.......... - Washington Post: "Bush Defends Spying Program As 'Necessary'"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - Washington Post: "NSA gave other US agencies information from surveillance"
.......... - News-for-hire: "Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid U.S. Propaganda"
Afghanistan: "U.S. Cedes Duties in Rebuilding Afghanistan"
Congress: "Gift Limits Often Exceeded, Lobbyists' Records Show"
Homeland Security - NY Times: "New Rules Set for Giving Out Antiterror Aid"
.................... - Courier: "Homeland Security plans changes in city funding"
Iraq Oil - Reuters: "Iraq's Oil Exports Hit Lowest Level Since War"
Military - Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Some soldiers trying to get out of Army"
Minimum Wage - NY Times: "States Take Lead in Push to Raise Minimum Wages"
............ . . . and a national map of states above the Federal minimum is here
New War? - Iran? - Spiegel: "Is Washington Planning a Military Strike on Iran?"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Christmas [Orthodox]: "Christmas holiday not quite over for Orthodox Church"
.............Because Orthodox churches follow the 'old' Julian calendar, celebrations fall later
Immigrants: "New Denver law targets employers who shortchange immigrant daylaborers"
Media - Average people fight back: "Answering back to the news media, using the internet"
Movies: "Kong through the ages [slide show]"
Obituary: "Truman Gibson, Who Fought Army Segregation, Is Dead at 93"
Prayer at Government Meetings: "Judge upholds prayer limits in Ind.; 'too many appeals to Jesus Christ'"
Real Estate - Home as Investment: "At 150 Edgars Lane, Changing the Idea of Home"
.................... - 'For Sale By Owner': "Owners' Web Gives Realtors Run for Money"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding: "Real Estate: 'Making lemonade out of lemons'"
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