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'People Like Us' movie review, trailer: Not much to like, after all

BY JOE TYRRELL

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

MOVIE REVIEW

Michelle Pfeiffer, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Baker Hall, even Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde can all rightly claim that “People Like Us.”

That’s a good thing, because it is thanks to this cast that things remain afloat in this new dramedy well after the long contrivance that runs through Alex Kurtzman’s script should have sunk the whole enterprise.

For audie...

Gas prices may drop below $3 a gallon in time for holidays

BY MIKE OLIVA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

South Carolina may be joined by the likes of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee with gas prices under $3 a gallon by Independence day, in a recent forecast.

The national motorists organization, AAA, has predicted other states to potentially crack the $3-a-gallon level by Labor Day as well.

The national price of regular gasoline on Wednesday was $3.38 a gallon, whic...

REVIEW of 3 stretch crossovers: Audi Q-7, Infiniti JX35, and Lincoln MKT seat 7 without a mini-van

BY ROGER WITHERSPOON

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

CAR REVIEW

There is nothing like a minivan.

If you’ve got a large family and have to haul kids, strollers, soccer and football gear, and assorted levels of first aid kits these miniature buses tend to fit the bill. And if you’re an empty nester who likes to take road trips with friends, the minivan will get older bones around the country in plodding, genteel ...

Yohan Blake rises to Usain Bolt challenge, punches Olympic ticket

BY MIKE OLIVA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Yohan Blake spread his hands out to his sides and let out a primal scream. Not only had he punched his ticket for the London Olympics in the 100-meter sprint, but he surpassed the world-recorder holder Usain Bolt by 0.11 seconds in the process.

This was the first real race between Blake and Bolt, who train together in Jamaica.

"Nine-point-seven-five, it's awesome," ...

N.J. higher education bill: The impact on Rutgers, Rowan, and UMDNJ

BY CHRISTOPHER RIGHTMIRE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

One June 28, the New Jersey Legislature approved a bill that will implement a wide-sweeping restructuring of the state higher education system. The bill calls for the dissolving and redistribution of the University of Medicine and Dentistry, and kept Rutgers- Camden under Rutgers’s control.

According to the NJ Legislation’s website, Rutgers and Rowan wil...

Asw. Riley: Legislature's vote is victory for higher education

BY CELESTE RILEY

COMMENTARY

With the Legislature’s June 28 vote to restructure New Jersey’s higher education system, we had the opportunity to vote on change that will improve opportunity and access to higher education and to medical education throughout New Jersey.

New Jersey is falling behind in the education of our workforce, but with that vote, we made an investment into our higher education sys...

Earth's rotation is slowing, so what are scientists doing about it?

BY CHRISTINE SAVOIA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

We still have several months to see if the Aztec calendar does indeed spell out the end of the world, but researchers have discovered that the earth may already be slowing its rotation.

According to Space.com, researchers studying the position of the stars determined the earth’s rotation is “ever so slightly slowing down at a non-uniform rate, probably attribu...

Stricter cell phone laws approved in N.J.

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill designed to toughen penalties on drivers who injure or kill others due to cell phone use.

Philly.com  reported that distracted drivers could now be charged with assault or vehicular manslaughter, and face up to 10 years in jail. The measure was passed unanimously by the Assembly and Senate.

Assemblyman Charles Mainor said d...

Foreign car giants Toyota and BMW excited for joint sports car project

BY MIKE OLIVA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

German automaker BMW and Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation have agreed to work together in an effort to jointly develop a hydrogen fuel cell system. The companies will work together on the undercarriage and components for a future sports car, collaborate on electric propulsion systems, and do research together on technology that will make cars lighter.

Toyota presid...

Bom chika wah...ow: Man gets severe headaches from watching porn

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 

It’s a guy’s worst nightmare. Consult your doctor to find out if watching porn is right for you.

A 24-year-old single software engineer felt such intense pain across his entire forehead every time he watched sex videos that he had to quit watching.

According to Medical Daily, the unnamed man’s headache would usually begin about five minutes after he started watch...