Archives for September 2005
Roberts Sworn In as Chief Justice
Published on 29 Sep 2005 at 9:22 pm.
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Fox News WASHINGTON ? John Glover Roberts Jr. was sworn in as the 17th chief justice of the United States at the White House Thursday.
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Drug dealer sentenced for injuring officers
Published on 27 Sep 2005 at 5:17 pm.
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By PAMELA SROKA Staff Writer A drug dealer was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to injuring two police officers while trying to flee from authorities last year in a North Plainfield parking lot.
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Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy
Published on 27 Sep 2005 at 5:12 pm.
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Rumors supplanted accurate information and media magnified the problem. Rapes, violence and estimates of the dead were wrong. By Susannah Rosenblatt and James Rainey, Times Staff Writers BATON ROUGE, La. ? Maj. Ed Bush recalled how he stood in the bed of a pickup truck in the days after Hurricane Katrina, struggling to help the [...]
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Louisiana Goes After Federal Billions
Published on 26 Sep 2005 at 10:14 am.
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By Michael Grunwald and Susan B. Glasser Washington Post Staff Writers Louisiana’s congressional delegation has requested $40 billion for Army Corps of Engineers projects in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, about 10 times the annual Corps budget for the entire nation, or 16 times the amount the Corps has said it would need to protect [...]
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Invoking the Clinton Precedent
Published on 24 Sep 2005 at 7:14 pm.
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By Ronald A. Cass – LA Times.com AS WE AWAIT President Bush’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, all the talk is about precedent. Roe vs. Wade: What does a judge do when a precedent is based on shaky legal ground? The Ginsburg Precedent: How much does a nominee have to answer, [...]
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Board OKs zoning change for age-restricted housing
Published on 24 Sep 2005 at 10:21 am.
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Peapack-Gladstone site previously had been targeted for controversial office complex BY ARMANDO DIANA Star-Ledger Staff The Peapack-Gladstone Land Use Board unanimously approved zoning changes Wednesday to allow up to 68 age-restricted housing units at Pottersville Road and Route 206.
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Federal Judge Rules Reciting Pledge in Schools Unconstitutional
Published on 15 Sep 2005 at 9:49 am.
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Fox News SAN FRANCISCO ? A federal judge ruled Wednesday that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional.
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Don’t blame only feds
Published on 7 Sep 2005 at 10:17 am.
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NY Daily News Michael Goodwin Crime rate, inept pols leveled New Orleans before the storm Let’s take a break from the joy of Bush bashing to reveal the dirty little secret of New Orleans: Its local government deserves an F for its planning and response to Katrina. And one other thing: The New Orleans police [...]
N. Plainfield father seeks the help of Haitians in finding missing girl
Published on 7 Sep 2005 at 9:24 am.
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BY MATTHEW J. DOWLING Star-Ledger Staff A North Plainfield father desperate to locate his 6-year-old daughter abducted 20 months ago has refocused his efforts with an appeal for assistance from New Jersey’s Haitian community after learning last month that his ex-girlfriend fled the country with their child.
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Bush Nominates Roberts as Chief Justice
Published on 5 Sep 2005 at 9:36 am.
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WASHINGTON Moving swiftly, President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court.