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1. Inauguration Day mass set for Christie as New Jersey's sixth Catholic governor since 1776
(N.J./State)

... The percentage has declined from 46 percent in 1990.  ...

2. Report: Pollution Up 16% in New Jersey since 1990
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and New York cut pollution levels by 5 percent since 1997 New Jersey's global warming pollution increased by 16 percent since 1990, according to a new analysis of ...

3. Game 9 Matchup: South Florida (6-2) at Rutgers (6-2), Thursday, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
(Sports/Professional)

... (2006-08) 17 1. Chris Brantley (1990-93) 17 3. Tim Brown (2006-present) 16 3. Marco Battaglia (1992-95) 16 3. Tiquan Underwood (2005-08) 16 3. Marco Battaglia (1992-95) 16 Savage Era Begins ...

4. Andre Agassi says he hated tennis, took crystal meth ... and wore a wig
(Sports/Professional)

BY ANDY LAGOMARSINO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM He said he hated tennis. He took crystal meth during his career. And he revealed that the long, golden locks that he sported for most of the 1990s were a ...

5. N.J. sues to stop dredging of Delaware River
(N.J./State)

... environmental studies - environmental impact studies on the project date to the 1990s – and failure to coordinate the deepening project with New Jersey's own coastal management programs as required by ...

6. Rutgers comes from behind to defeat emotional UConn
(Sports/Professional)

... from 1990-93) and moved into eighth place on the Rutgers all-time receiving yardage list. Brown recorded the eighth 100-yard receiving game of his career, passing Tres Moses (2001-05) and Marco Battaglia ...

7. Former French President Jacques Chirac facing charges of embezzlement
(World/International)

BY LISA BRYANT VOA NEWS PARIS — A French magistrate has ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to the 1990s, when he was mayor of Paris. The order ...

8. Global warming: Four degrees of devastation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Impact Research. The new model projects sea level rise by 1.2 to 1.9 meters from 1990 levels by 2100, said Rahmstorf. "We're expecting a really big sea level rise in the longer run," he said. Even ...

9. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin bolsters ties with China
(World/International)

... in the early 1990's to nearly $57 billion in 2008. China is particularly keen to secure supplies of oil and natural gas to fuel its rapidly expanding industries. The Russian leader also will attend a ...

10. Afghanistan troop surge cost an issue for President Obama
(U.S./Nation)

... instead focus on attacking Al-Qaeda and capturing Osama bin Laden. "This fits into the Obama Administration's plans to cut the military budget -- as President Bill Clinton did in the 1990s -- and reduce ...

11. Corzine a top donor to system he’s targeted for reform
(N.J./State)

... in the 1990s before he spent $63 million on his run for U.S. Senate in 2000. Within his first year as governor, Corzine donated $1.2 million to several other political action committees and interest ...

12. New Jersey's solar installation effort outshines the nation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity and heating fuel sector to 23 percent – below 1990 levels. The NEMAG Clean Energy Innovation Forum is organized by the Clean Energy States Alliance, a national ...

13. Civilization can be saved from climate change and food shortages
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Demise? The number of hungry people, which was declining for several decades, bottomed out in the mid-1990s at 825 million. In 2009 it jumped to over one billion. With world food prices projected to ...

14. N.J. Saturn dealers shocked as deal falls through in the 11th hour
(Money/Economy)

... brand. The 15 Saturn dealers in New Jersey have a year to sell their inventory; GM said it will honor the car warranties until they expire. GM began selling Saturns in 1990 and set the division apart ...

15. Poll: Property taxes the top concern of New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... they are only fair and 10 percent give them a poor rating. Positive ratings for the state's public schools have consistently registered between 52 percent and 55 percent since 1996. Prior to the mid-1990s, ...

16. Where the N.J. gubernatorial candidates stand on key issues
(N.J./State)

... other means available is the property tax. In the 1990's, legislators in both parties recognized the fact that increases in population, prices, wages and employee benefits – increases over which mayors ...

17. President McCormick’s State of Rutgers annual address
(Opinion/Commentary)

... funding for colleges and universities, is not unique. As recently as 1990, the state supported about 70% of the educational costs of a Rutgers student; now it is about 40%. Nationwide we have seen a vast ...

18. N.J. public colleges hand students the bill for debt service
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY DORIANNE PERRUCCI NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY In the late 1990s, administrators at New Jersey's public colleges and universities panicked as they looked at the tsunami of graduating high ...

19. Obama joins world leaders in the fight against climate change
(World/International)

... his campaign pledge for Japan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. Environmental activists hope momentum from Tuesday's one-day climate summit will spur climate ...

20. ‘The Informant!’ has a fact-based script that takes on an unusual corporate corruption tale
(Entertainment/Movies)

... conglomerate in the 1990s. In the mid-1990s, Mark Whitacre, a top executive at ADM - Archer-Daniels-Midland - became a 'whistle-blower,' informing the FBI about alleged criminal activities by the giant ...