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Analysis of Rutgers football post-spring depth chart

BY MATT SUGAM

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Rutgers released its post-spring depth chart and much was as expected. Neither Chas Dodd nor Gary Nova were named as the starting quarterback and will compete for the job deep into August. Neither Jawan Jamison or Savon Huggins were named the starting running back and are expected to split carries this season.

However, the offensive line has its fair share of surpr...

Logan Marshall-Green: From 'Prometheus' to 'Lonely Hunter' Tennessee Williams portrayal

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

It was just announced today that Logan Marshall-Green, who plays a space explorer in the much hyped upcoming sci-fi thriller, “Prometheus,” directed by Ridley Scott, will next portray Tennessee Williams in “Lonely Hunter,” a film based on the life of Carson McCullers. Carson McCullers, the 1940’s Southern author of “Heart is a Lonely Hunter” -which she wrote w...

CIA Saudi Arabian double agent: Blown cover causes concern

BY ADELE SAMMARCO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The U.S. Intelligence community has now launched its own investigation into classified information that was leaked about the Saudi Arabian double agent whose cover was blown after a plot to blow up another U.S. airliner was exposed.

Officials say because of the leak, future spy operations could now be compromised and fear it may discourage foreign intelligence ...

Indiana parents pull a 'Mitt Romney': Allegedly strap kids to moving car

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Fort Wayne police have arrested a local couple after they allegedly tied four children to the hood of their car after leaving a local liquor store.

According to Digital Journal, a number of witnesses saw the children, aged between 4and 7, strapped to the hood of the moving car as the couple pulled out of the liquor store parking lot and called police. An off-duty offi...

Stephen Colbert nods to Maurice Sendak as 'I am a Pole' children's book hits shelves

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Montclair resident Stephen Colbert wrote his new children’s book, “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!),” as a tribute to, and also in an effort to annoy, children’s author Maurice Sendak.

Sendak died at the age of 83 on Tuesday, the same day Colbert’s book was released.

Maurice Sendak had called today’s literature for children “abysmal,” and told Colbert earlier in the year...

N.J.'s 'tanorexic' mom Patricia Krentcil inspires HeroBuilders action figure

BY ANGELA DAIDONE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The New Jersey tanning mom who made headlines recently will be forever immortalized by a company that makes action figures.

According to Yahoo.com, Patricia Krentcil, of Nutley, is the inspiration behind the “Tanorexic” mom doll available from HeroBuilders.com, the Connecticut custom doll retailer that also created the Anthony Weiner doll and Barack Obama action...

Controversy as Brazil prepares for 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics

BY JED HUGHES

COMMENTARY

Just a little more than two years before the preliminary FIFA World Cup matches, Brazil is making preparations for not one, but two, major international events. As the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament nears -- and the 2016 Olympic Games following shortly afterwards -- a bright international spotlight will shine on the country. This will undoubtedly be a source of pride for ...

Kentucky Derby in a nutshell: West Coast horses stole the show

BY TOM VALLEDOLMO

COMMENTARY

As usual, last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby had numerous attention-grabbing storylines, but the most interesting to me was the manner in which the contingent of West Coast-based horses took Churchill Downs and the Run for Roses by storm on the first Saturday in May.

Starting with the winner, I’ll Take Another, then moving on to runner-up Bodemeister – who ran an incredible r...

Gov. Chris Christie dodges reelection question at Freehold Town Hall

BY CAROL ABAYA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Asked whether he will run for reelection as Governor next year, Governor Christie dodged the question at a Town Meeting on Tuesday in Freehold.

The question was asked by a middle-school boy, during the one-half hour Q & A period. Christie told the audience of 500, “This is a 24/7 job. I enjoy the work. I look at my name on my office door and say to myself ‘How...

Is high school football an endangered species?

BY EVAN WEINER

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

It is that time of the year when school boards have to get budgets in place for the new school calendar and the 2012-13 school year. The people who do the budgets and the people who vote on the budgets probably aren't too worried about the 2012 high school football season, but there will come a time when school districts will have to evaluate the value ...