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NEWS TIP E-MAIL BillGCN@verizon.netTypePadhttp://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifClearysnotebookhttp://feedburner.google.comAmerican Hero: Lance Cpl. Omar G. Roebuck, 23, of Moreno Valley, Calif.,tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0128767e19fc970c2009-12-25T01:25:00-05:002009-12-24T20:27:06-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKDoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Omar G. Roebuck, 23, of Moreno Valley, Calif., died Dec. 22, as...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/RusiRCbmzug" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/american-hero-lance-cpl-omar-g-roebuck-23-of-moreno-valley-calif.htmlLocal Kennels to Close, Leaving Dogs Homeless | NBC Philadelphiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77815b9970b2009-12-25T01:10:00-05:002009-12-23T20:12:52-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKAt the end of the month, more than 100 commercial kennels will be forced to close leaving many dogs out in the cold. While area shelters will take many of the dogs, space is extremely...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/wpAK7lo17a8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/local-kennels-to-close-leaving-dogs-homeless-nbc-philadelphia.htmlHunter Takes Whitetail Monster Bucktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a777e7e1970b2009-12-25T00:08:00-05:002009-12-23T19:18:09-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKRELATED CATEGORY HUNTING AND FISHING By Gary Devine This Kansas Whitetail Monster Buck has 18 points and the gross score is 175 Boone and Crocket. My youngest brother Joseph bagged this monster in Kansas near...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/ejxpR5rmUeg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/hunter-takes-whitetail-monster-buck.htmlVIDEO: T'was Night Before Christmastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77afb09970b2009-12-24T18:03:33-05:002009-12-24T19:03:01-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKNORAD TRACKS SANTA<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/eDtPK4T4rZo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/video-twas-night-before-christmas.htmlBreaking News: WILLINGBORO MOTHER CHARGED WITH FATALLY BEATING INFANT SONtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77aee9d970b2009-12-24T17:44:39-05:002009-12-24T17:44:39-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKMOUNT HOLLY - Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Gregory Rucker announced today that a 23-year-old Willingboro woman was arrested today and charged with fatally beating her infant son...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/UtnYaE1yQLA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/willingboro-mother-charged-with-fatally-beating-infant-son.htmlPope knocked down at Christmas Eve Mass - tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77aecdd970b2009-12-24T17:39:52-05:002009-12-24T17:39:52-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKImage via Wikipedia The Vatican- msnbc.com updated 5:29 p.m. ET Dec. 24, 2009 VATICAN CITY - A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/X_fw8HaUJ44" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/pope-knocked-down-at-christmas-eve-mass---the-vatican--msnbccom.htmlCoal for Christmas from the Senate » The Foundrytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77a9cf6970b2009-12-24T15:09:31-05:002009-12-24T15:09:31-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKThis morning just after 7 AM EST, the United States Senate passed, again on a straight party-line vote, President Barack Obama’s health insurance bill. Originally scheduled for a 9 PM vote tonight, the bill’s Senate...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/PbD9szoxB-c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/morning-bell-coal-for-christmas-from-the-senate-the-foundry.htmlA Little Humor: A Holiday Messagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77a9721970b2009-12-24T15:03:14-05:002009-12-24T15:05:13-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKDURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON REMEMBER... Alcohol does not make you FAT… it makes you LEAN... against tables, chairs, walls, floors and ugly people... Thanks WL Related category chuckles<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/5XrWF8ZlLmE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/during-the-holiday-season-remember-alcohol-does-not-make-you-fat-it-makes-you-lean-against-ta.htmlWANTED YOUR CHEERS AND JEERStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a77a4bdc970b2009-12-24T13:00:31-05:002009-12-24T13:04:18-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKRELATED CATEGORY BILLS POINT OF VIEW ClearysNoteBook is in the process of writing the monthly Cheers and Jeers column for December. If you have a Cheer or a Jeer for some person, place or thing...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/t3aVapmN1eU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/storm-blamed-in-womans-death-many-injuries-in-southern-new-jersey---pressofatlanticcitycom-latest-news.htmlMade in Gloucester City: The way out of our Financial Crisistag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0128767bd61d970c2009-12-24T09:41:02-05:002009-12-24T14:13:55-05:00Wil LevinsGloucester City is in a financial crisis. Our City’s annual budget continues to grow as our liabilities and overheads swell. Our revenues are down and our property taxes continue to rise as our City attempts...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/ZklWDESpgfw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/made-in-gloucester-city-the-way-out-of-our-financial-crisis.htmlThe Fantasy Football Fanatic: What to Consider in Week 16tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0128767ac178970c2009-12-24T06:51:00-05:002009-12-23T18:58:07-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKBy Dan “Snake” Watson Hello again fellow Fantasy Football Friends and welcome to Week 16 in the NFL. For those of you who have made it this far into the playoffs, I congratulate you. Wish...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/qXh5QVDdJyw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/the-fantasy-football-fanatic-what-to-consider-in-week-16.htmlWhy Are Catholic Schools Around the State Disappearing?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0128767add81970c2009-12-24T06:24:00-05:002009-12-23T19:29:21-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKRELATED CATEGORY ST.MARYS GRAMMAR/PARISH by Jen A. Miller The Forsatz children, one in first grade and one in pre-K, are not having exactly the same experience as their mom. That’s because her elementary school, St....<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/p_PSpg1yPF8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/why-are-cahtolic-schools-around-the-state-disappearing-we-investigate-wwwnjmonthlycom.htmlANDREWS SUPPORTS DETENTION CENTER TAXPAYER REFORM PLANtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0128767aa95d970c2009-12-24T06:22:00-05:002009-12-24T14:17:52-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKImage via Wikipedia Congressman Applauds Camden County Detention Center Initiative; Says It Puts Taxpayers First...Urges Everyone to Support Effort That Will Save Millions While Maintaining Public SafetyU.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews today endorsed Camden County’s...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/ZBYvNdQJucg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/andrews-supports-detention-center-taxpayer-reform-plan.htmlNJs Hunters Helping the Hungry on CNNtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a7731096970b2009-12-24T03:32:00-05:002009-12-22T15:34:04-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKNew Jersey's own Hunters Helping the Hungry organization will be one of the groups featured on an upcoming CNN one-hour special entitled Giving in Focus: 12 Days of Goodness. The series is being produced by...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/JxpmU3nF85w" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/njs-hunters-helping-the-hungry-on-cnn.htmlNew York goes broke, pension by pension - tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef012876761a7d970c2009-12-24T03:30:00-05:002009-12-23T00:40:18-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKNYPOST.com Meanwhile, some 275,000 retired NYC employees — including 69,775 teachers, 44,290 cops, 17,404 firefighters and 13,664 others — cost city taxpayers $6.7 billion this year, as officials dipped into the general revenue to make...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/bbRqmbPTTdw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/new-york-goes-broke-pension-by-pension---nypostcom.htmlHow Religious is Your State?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a773b704970b2009-12-24T03:16:00-05:002009-12-22T19:17:26-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKDecember 22, 2009 Which of the 50 states has the most religious population? Since there are many ways to define "religious," there is no single answer to this question. But to give a sense of...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/ok-hPRhmuOI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/how-religious-is-your-state.htmlLarge Scale Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Launderingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0128765417fb970c2009-12-24T02:09:00-05:002009-12-23T00:57:49-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKDEA PRESS RELEASE 30-year Fugitive Had All 10 Fingers Surgically Altered to Evade Capture DEC 11 -- PHOENIX - William Wallace Keegan, aka Richard Alan King, 62, of Palm Harbor, Florida (and previously of Calif....<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/7KQWe6aE9_g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/large-scale-cocaine-trafficker-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-drug-trafficking-and-money-laundering.htmlDecembers Porker of the Monthtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a773a7fd970b2009-12-24T01:57:00-05:002009-12-22T18:58:31-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKPorker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers, government officials, and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard for the interests of taxpayers. (Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/ImmZB6rSDQw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/decembers-porker-of-the-month.htmlChristmas Mass Celebrationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef0120a778c8b0970b2009-12-24T01:39:22-05:002009-12-24T01:53:11-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKSAINT MARY CHURCH, GLOUCESTER CITY CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24th, 2009 5:00 PM, 7:30 PM & 10:00 PM NO MASS AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 2009 CHRISTMAS DAY 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/W4dgfvUXe_c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/mt-ephraim-public-schools-january-reminders.htmlPublic employees also feeling pain of uncertainty in depressed economy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef012876761640970c2009-12-24T01:26:00-05:002009-12-23T00:42:04-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOK| Muskegon News - - MLive.com As private-sector employees struggle with layoffs, wage freezes and unpaid furloughs, it’s tempting for them to examine the lifestyles of teachers or firefighters or city administrators that are funded...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Clearysnotebook/~4/w7nB3o2rgHY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2009/12/public-employees-also-feeling-pain-of-uncertainty-in-depressed-economy-muskegon-news-----mlivecom.htmlThe Worst Scandal of 2009: Big Money in Politicstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf7d953ef01287679a3b1970c2009-12-24T01:10:00-05:002009-12-23T13:12:35-05:00CLEARYSNOTEBOOKWASHINGTON, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Common Cause and Public Campaign: What was the biggest scandal of 2009? Blagojevich trying to sell a Senate seat? Senators, governors, and their mistresses?...<div class="feedflare">
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