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Gluten-free craft beers plentiful in New Jersey

BY KATE ROA

If you’re concerned about not being the life of the party since Celiac disease paid you a visit – don’t be. The Internet is a-buzz with gluten-free beer tasting blogs and grass roots campaigns intended to raise the awareness of brewers. Efforts have paid off. This year gluten-free beer will be plentiful in New Jersey.

According to Hunterdon Distributors’ spokesperson, Nancy Maddalloni...

Can Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook make it long-term?

BY ANGELA DAIDONE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Do you think that the Facebook fad is, well, just a fad? You're not alone.

According to an AP/CNBC poll, nearly half of all Americans agree with you.

Yahoo! News reports that 46 percent of those polled say the social networking giant is not going to last for the long haul and will go the way of other sites, like MySpace, and fade away.

Conversely, 43 percent predict...

Violence Against Women Act: Rep. Sandy Adams fronts GOP battle for female voters

BY ADELE SAMMARCO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

It’s been called "The War on Women" in a critical election year.

Lines have been drawn in the sand between congressional Democrats and Republicans over a wide range of hot button issues affecting all women, from contraception to preventive health care coverage, and violence.

The political message is primarily aimed at winning over female voters. However, it coul...

Apple MacBook Pro rumors: Tech updates precede iPhone release

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Apple is about to make the first changes to its MacBook Pro design in four years.

According to 9 to 5 Mac, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro is being described as an ultra-thin version of the current model. The power button will be on the keyboard itself, replacing the disc eject.

Also, the new MacBook Pro will have the new retina display, and will feature a USB 3 port for g...

Hawaii goes plastic bagless for environment

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

After Honolulu approved a ban on plastic bags last week, Hawaii has become the first state in the U.S. to ban non-recyclable paper bags and non-biodegradable plastic bags.

Many environmentalists have supported the move, but the ban is hardly a total ban on plastic bags.

Exempted under the law, according to KHON 2, are bags used to wrap frozen foods, meat, or fish, bags ...

Mitt Romney's healthcare plan would have Americans shopping for their own coverage

BY TOM DWYER

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY 

Likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney is crafting his health care policy and examining the feasibility of a plan that would give Americans tax breaks in order to purchase their own health insurance coverage.

This position would provide many more options for consumers to choose from.

Some experts believe that providing incentives that allow Americans t...

Yonkers, N.Y. man drowns to death out of water: Rare secondary drowning

BY DANIEL REYES

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A 60-year-old man who fell into New York’s Long Island Sound died of apparent drowning, hours after he climbed out of the water and returned home.

Tommy Malos, of Yonkers, N.Y., was helping a friend at a boat club early Saturday morning when he fell into the water and managed to pull himself out, WAVC-TV reports .

He later returned home, complained to his wife of no...

Former POW Gilad Shalit visits 'Homeland' cast on Tel Aviv set

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Israeli media went wild Tuesday morning reporting that real-life former POW Gilad Shalit visited the cast and crew of Showtime’s “Homeland” in Tel Aviv, where they are shooting for the next two weeks. Showtime finally sent out a press release in the evening that confirmed what everyone in Israel knew, that Mr. Shalit had been a surprise guest on the set, w...

Housewives are desperate: Pill-popping epidemic sweeping the suburbs

BY ANDREW LAGOMARSINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Oh housewives are desperate… for their precious “dolls.” Jacqueline Susann epitomized the female pill popping generation of the 1960’s in the blockbuster, Valley Of The Dolls . Then, the New York Times reported that sleep aids like Ambien and Lunesta were the drug of choice for women – reporting that 1 in 3 were hooked. Now, according to Fox 5, many suburban mom...

Sam Adams brewer Jim Koch and Kilkenny House owner Barry O’Donovan exemplify the American Dream

BY ROHIT ARORA

COMMENTARY

Jim Koch, brewer of Samuel Adams, like any successful business owner, knows the struggles of being a startup. Among the highest hurdles is obtaining funding, especially in a tight credit market.

Koch recently announced Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a program that partners with entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry and provides the tools they need to gro...