April 3, 2011

From the NEWS Desk of Tom Mongelli:

· Sun 4/3 – Legislative Redistricting Commission map completion deadline. They’re in a hotel in New Brunswick. It’s supposed to be about fair representation, but as usual it’s degenerated into a political quagmire.

· Mon 4/4 – Berkeley Township Republican candidate screenings, Central Regional HS

· Mon 4/4 – Fri 4/8 – Global Understanding Conference, Monmouth University

· Tue 4/5 - Bedbug Information Session by OC Health Dept, Little Egg Harbor

· Sat 4/16 – Citizens’ Convention (Tea Party), East Windsor

· Wed 4/20 – Ocean County budget public hearing and vote; Ocean Gate budget public hearing and vote · Tue 4/26 – Toms River budget public hearing and vote

· Wed 4/27 – School board elections. Brick Township taxpayers decide whether to let officials exceed the 2% property tax increase cap or let as many as 170 workers go.

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Penguin rescue operation under way after south Atlantic oil spill

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/02/atlantic.penguin.rescue.operation/index.html?hpt=C1

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Bodies found of two nuclear plant workers missing since quake

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.nuclear.bodies/index.html?hpt=T1

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Chemical, sawdust, newspaper mix used to plug leak at nuclear plant

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2

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Libya: Fighting resumes in key cities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12949859

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Quran-burning protests in Afghanistan turn deadly again http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/afghanistan.protests/index.html?hpt=T2

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Should Donald Trump Run For President?

http://shouldtrumprun.com/

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2011 Final Four

http://www.ncaa.com/finalfour

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Are these good times or bad times?

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Bikini Atoll

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll

Bikini atomic experiments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_atomic_experiments

The people of Bikini Atoll send along their heartfelt condolences to the people of Japan in their time of hardship after the earthquake and the tsunami.

http://www.bikiniatoll.com/

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