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2011 N.Y. Auto Show: Muscle cars and speed kings of the year

BY ROGER WITHERSPOON

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

The muscle cars and speed kings are back in force.

Anyone who worried that an automotive era dominated with talk of fuel efficiency and practical cars meant an end to the most expensive, powerful, fast, flashy set of wheels can rest easy. Yeah, there is a lot of talk about these cars being the most fuel efficient ever in their class. But t...

If GE pays no taxes – why should any company?

BY ROY NERSESIAN

STRAIGHT TALK

Recently GE made the news when it was revealed that the company earned over $14 billon in profits in 2010 of which $5 billion was in the U.S. and the remainder overseas. On the $5 billion in U.S. profits, ner’y a dime for taxes. Your contractor who fixed the leak in the basement paid more in taxes than GE that made $5 billion. Doesn’t that make any small businessman f...

Lawrence O’Donnell plays hardball with Orly Taitz, Donald Trump and NBC

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Lawrence O’Donnell appears to be mad as hell, and doesn’t want to take it anymore.

O’Donnell is the man hosting "The Last Word," Keith Olbermann’s replacement at 8 p.m. on MSNBC. He has also guest hosted for Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and “Hardball with Chris Matthews.”

Lawrence O’Donnell played a little hardball of his own on “The Last Word” this past week. According t...

2011 N.Y. Auto Show: Toyota Prius adds siblings

BY ROGER WITHERSPOON

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

AUTO REVIEW

A decade ago, when gas was reasonably cheap, and SUVs approaching the size of buses dominated the roadways, Toyota did something unusual.

Instead of following the prevailing wisdom and building bigger, they came out with a new class of small cars, the Toyota Prius hybrid, whose claim to fame was that it could get about 50 miles per gallon. The Pri...

Autism checklist offers earlier diagnosis

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Latest reports say that about 1 in 100 children in the United States has some form of autism. The American Academy of Pediatrics has already urged children between 18 and 24 months to be screened for autism during regular doctor visits. In 2009, studies found that most children are not diagnosed until they reach 5 years old.

The National Institutes of Health have fun...

Feds order Christie administration to repay $271 million earmarked for canceled tunnel

U.S. DOT chief criticizes governor's 'unfortunate decision'

The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered the Christie administration to pay back $271 million in federal aid the state planned to spend on a new Hudson River commuter rail tunnel until the governor canceled the project in the autumn.

"The law is clear on this matter," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wrote in a letter to U....

Gov. Christie nominates six Republicans to the state Pinelands Commission

Sierra Club director charges action a bid to dismantle environmental protections

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Gov. Chris Christie has nominated six Republicans to the state Pinelands Commission, the panel that oversees the protection and development of 1,449 square miles of the Pinelands National Preserve that cover seven South Jersey counties or 19 percent of the entire state.

Christie nom...

Two New Jersey men plead guilty to separate bank robbery charges

BY ALICIA CRUZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty Thursday to bank robbery charges, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Both men robbed TD Banks in different Townships earlier this year.

Angel Luis Martinez, of Camden, pleaded guilty to robbing the TD Bank on Parkville Station Road and Route 45 in January. He made his plea before U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas, admitti...

Measles warning hits New Jersey

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The alert issued by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services after a Camden County man may have exposed an untold number of people in South Jersey to measles has not hurt the affected stores’ business to this point.

Health officials have urged anyone who visited the stores at the times listed to see a doctor immediately to discuss their measles risk fa...

2011 NBA Draft at Prudential Center — a good thing

BY JOE FAVORITO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

ON N.J. SPORTS MARKETING

Starting last night and into the weekend the football world, and the casual sports fan’s eyes, will follow three days of drafting, hype and hyperbole as the 2011 NFL Draft unfolds at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The three-day primetime event will draw numbers that most other sports would like to see for their live games, and the br...