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Tougher U.S. welfare restrictions on the way

BY GINA G. SCALA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

There’s a good chance when the groundwork for the welfare system was set in the 1930s, the United States government hoped and believed it would only get better, and it did, until it went bad, very bad.

In the last five years, a record number of Americans have relied on public assistance. Four years after the market crashed and the housing industry took a nose dive...

RU ready for higher tuition? Rutgers will see hike

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

As the new school year is just around the corner, tuition prices are going up.

Rutgers will be increasing their tuition and fees by 2.5 percent for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year, according to The Record . With the increase in tuition, the average price for a undergraduate will be $13,073.

The increases in tuition were approved by the university’s Board of Gov...

Severe thunderstorm recap: Why northern N.J. bore the brunt

BY STEVEN DiMARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

On Wednesday, July 18, 2012; a slow moving cold front drove through New Jersey with strong to severe thunderstorms. The worst of the severe thunderstorms were focused over the northern portion of the state. The following is an explanation as to why.

CLICK HERE FOR STORM REPORT

The worst impacts from the severe thunderstorms were focus over northern New Jerse...

New Jersey is better off that the Olympics are in London

BY EVAN WEINER

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS

Last Saturday night, while driving down Route 4 heading east onto the George Washington Bridge, I got to thinking about the traffic backups that could be caused by the ongoing construction on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge in the Bronx. What if that construction coincided with the opening of a New York Olympics on July 27?

New Yor...

30 more days of drought could destroy crops: Food prices on verge of rise

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The worst drought in the United States in 25 years is on the verge of driving up food prices, and has already sent corn to record levels.

The U.S. produces the most corn and soybeans in the world, and some farmers were saying they may have to harvest crops early.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said that 78 percent of the U.S. corn crop had been hit, and 11 perce...

N.J. law revised: Text and drive, get charged with vehicular homicide

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Legislation signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno now makes it possible to charge drivers with vehicular homicide if they kill someone while using a hand-held cell phone.

“If you drink and drive, you’re reckless, and a prosecutor can charge you. Now if you text and drive, you can be charged with reckless driving,” Guadagno said,  according to NorthJe...

Delicious, fatty foods that will help you lose weight

BY MIKE OLIVA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

It’s easy to think eating fatty foods will make you fat. But don’t get the wrong impression; healthy fats can suppress appetite while improving heart health and fueling your metabolism.

So put down those detrimental trans fats and saturated fats. As cited in Yahoo! Health, pick up these 5 delicious fatty foods that will also help you lose weight:

1. Dark Chocolate

Good...

Bulgarian officials name bus bomber: Mehdi Ghezali is Swedish national with Guantanamo ties

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The pro-Israeli website “Anne’s Opinions” has published a close-up photograph of the suicide bomber who carried out the attack on a tour bus carrying Israeli vacationers outside the airport in Bulgaria yesterday. Bulgarian officials identified him as Mehdi Ghezali, who they said is a Swedish national with Finnish and Algerian origins and a history of Muslim extr...

NASA's first Space Shuttle Enterprise at Intrepid Museum: 'Houston, we're open'

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Space Shuttle Enterprise has found its resting place after its long trip around the country.

The space shuttle went on public display today, Thursday, at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum’s new Space Shuttle Pavilion, according to the Associated Press. The 150,000-pound spacecraft will be in the center of an inflatable dome aboard the Intrepid so visi...

Microsoft Windows 8 release date a rumor no more

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Microsoft has pinned down an official release date for Windows 8, its hotly anticipated new operating system.

Windows President Steven Sinofsky announced at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting on Thursday that Windows 8 would be available for customers on Oct. 26, according to windowsteamblog.com.

Early reports on the release said some time in October, but the product will...