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ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' season finale will be photo finish

BY SAMANTHA NEGRAVAL

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The live season finale of “Dancing With the Stars” is tonight and everyone wants to know who will take home the coveted Mirror Ball trophy.

Various sources say it is anyone’s competition to win following strong performances from finalists Katherine Jenkins, Donald Driver, and William Levy.

According to CBS.com, Cuban sensation William Levy nailed his cha-cha w...

REVIEW: ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ dishes out vintage yocks

Dozens of Borscht Belt classics are served afresh by expert entertainers

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

OFF BROADWAY REVIEW

Comfortable laughter constantly erupts for 90 mirthful minutes at the Westside Theater, where “Old Jews Telling Jokes” opened on Sunday.

A show that more or less hilariously lives up to its title, this sometimes smutty parade of vintage jokes – sex jokes, doctor jokes, e...

Valerie Huttle’s committee investigates the abuse of disabled adults

BY SALVATORE PIZZURO

COMMENTARY

On Monday, May 21, 2012, The Assembly Committee on Human Resources held a hearing on the abuse and neglect of adults with developmental disabilities in New Jersey’s community care residences and other facilities. Witnesses included parents of individuals who suffered such abuse as well as members of New Jersey’s Special Response Unit (SRU).

The sons of two of the paren...

N.J. coastal water less dirty than expected, finds study

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The results of a comprehensive study by Rutgers marine scientists shows that the ocean from the beach to three miles offshore around the New Jersey coast is less polluted than expected.

The team wanted to determine the effect of insufficient oxygen on benthic invertebrates.

According to Rutgers.edu, the scientists sampled 153 sites from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Testing ...

Cory Booker vs. Obama: Mitt Romney ads were 'nauseating,' says mayor

Previously known for media savvy, Newark Mayor Cory Booker turned his appearance on "Meet the Press" into a problem for fellow Democrats by defending Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney against a "nauseating" attack by the Obama campaign.

Booker applied the adjective to the tone of both sides' ads, but went further in defense of Romney's role at Bain Capital, a business he founded that in...

Dharun Ravi never should have been charged with a crime

BY MURRAY SABRIN

COMMENTARY

Judge Glenn Berman sentenced former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi to 30 days in the Middlesex County jail, three years of probation and 300 hours of community service for intimidation and spying on his gay roommate Tyler Clementi.

According to the Star Ledger account of the sentencing hearing, the judge said, “This individual was not convicted of a hate crime. He ...

POM Wonderful juice ordered to stop making false 'superfood' claims

BY FRANCES WEISS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Drink pomegranate juice if you enjoy the taste, but don’t expect it to prevent or cure heart disease, cancer, or erectile dysfunction.

On Monday POM Wonderful LLC was ordered to stop making unsubstantiated health claims for its “superfood” product.

According to Yahoo News, the Federal Trade Commission’s chief administrative law judge declared that the company was ...

The New York Yankees need a power boost…fast

BY JEREMY SCHILLING

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Six for 72. That’s how the graphic reads. Six for their last 72.

That would be the New York Yankees recently with runners in scoring position. It’s awful. They can’t score, period, and especially in the clutch.

Having attended the game last night (a 6-0 loss to the Kansas City Royals), in the cold, the wind, and the rain, the problem was made even worse. All y...

N.J. weather forecast: Overcast skies and rain showers remain

BY STEVEN DiMARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

With a significant amount of tropical moisture in the atmosphere, overcast to broken cloud cover will remain over the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas today with scattered showers at times due to an area of low pressure off the Delaware coast. The showers will be capable of producing heavy downpours at times. Temperatures today will rise i...

Facebook in divorce court: Social network makes breaking up hard to do

BY ADELE SAMMARCO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Do you live by Facebook?

Is your day filled with reading other people’s posts about what they’re doing or more likely, an exaggerated version of what they would like to be doing with their lives and secretly wishing you were doing the same?

Or maybe you desire more Facebook friends to keep up with your other so-called Facebook friends, whom you haven’t seen in y...