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1. Excessive pensions are the Root Cause
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... greater in value that those of comparably paid Private Sector workers retiring at the SAME age and with the SAME years of service. Gov. Christie has talked of rolling back the 9% increase of 2001.  ...

2. Bristol-Myers Squibb chemist Tianle Li accused of using thallium to kill husband
(N.J./State)

... since 2001, and Wang had recently come to an agreement on a property settlement related to their divorce and Wang was paying for support of his son. "She has no reason or motive to want him dead," said ...

3. Muslim Brotherhood taking over in Egypt is not good for Israel
(World/International)

... of experiences of my son, Neil, in Israel during the academic year of 2000-2001. *** Neil graduated from the University of Maryland in 2002 with a double degree in government and psychology. He spent ...

4. Super Bowl commercials 2011: Ads are the show
(Sports/Professional)

... Ministry of Detourism, and the slogan "Why Hotel When You Can HomeAway?" According to research from Kantar Media, in 2001, CBS' showing of Super Bowl XXXV featured 40 minutes and 15 seconds of commercial ...

5. Setting record straight on N.J. legislative redistricting
(Opinion/Commentary)

... up to the next whole number. In 2001, both Newark and Jersey City were spread across three districts although the constitutional formula accorded them only two. That map survived a legal challenge, ...

6. Farmers markets: vital for everyone
(Opinion/Commentary)

... farmer, served as New Jersey's Secretary of Agriculture from 2001-2008. He's on the Internet at CharlieKuperus.com. ALSO BY CHARLES KUPERUS If New Jersey is to have a bright future we need to plan ...

7. Roselle mayor Garrett Smith facing 10 years in prison
(N.J./State)

... Ave in Roselle in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, 2010. The accident severely damaged both a parked car and Smith's vehicle. Pieces of Smith's vehicle — a 2001 Lincoln Town Car — were left at the scene, ...

8. Gov. Christie should seek a disgruntled NBA owner instead of lobbying David Stern for Nets replacement
(Sports/Professional)

... right now. Griffiths sold the franchise to American businessman Michael Heisley in 2000. Heisley moved his franchise to Memphis in 2001. The Grizzlies franchise remains a cash-challenged NBA organization. ...

9. Will Ben Roethlisberger get a pass at this Super Bowl?
(Sports/Professional)

... had rules banning so-called indecent programming on radio and TV between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily. The FCC indecency guidelines have been in effect since 2001 but most people were unaware of the rules ...

10. Christie calls for action to cut public employee pensions and benefits
(N.J./State)

... benefits, as a percent of New Jersey's annual budget, has grown from 4.5 percent in 2001 to more than 9 percent today. Christie wants to transition the cost-sharing in the system to offering more options ...

11. Earth could temporarily bask under two suns as early as next year, physicist says
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... happens, for at least a few weeks, people would see a second sun in the daytime sky and there may also be no night during that period. Remember the end of "2001, A Space Odyssey?" The Earth with two ...

12. Anne Hathaway as Catwoman will make Hollywood history
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Wayne and Batman. According to the New York Times, Hathaway, a graduate of Millburn High School in New Jersey, made her movie breakthrough in 2001 with "The Princess Diaries." Previous Catwoman ...

13. Sohail Mohammed would be New Jersey’s first Indian-American judge
(N.J./State)

... position. Mohammed defended more than 30 detainees swept up by law enforcement after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Mohammed worked in the aftermath of the attacks to try to foster trust between American ...

14. NJ Pensions, Benefits and Bankruptcy
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... (a) COLA elimination, (b) increased Employee Contributions, (c) increased Retirement ages, and (d) the sometimes discussed (sometimes not) 9% rollback of NJ’s 2001 benefit increase, I think its “too-little-too-late”, ...

15. Gov. Christie nominates 9/11 attorney Sohail Mohammed for Superior Court judgeship
(N.J./State)

... gained the respect of authorities for trying to improve communications between them and the Muslim community after Sept. 11, 2001. NOTICES OF INTENT TO NOMINATE ASSOCIATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Anne ...

16. Nurses are an equal, if not superior choice, to administer anesthesia
(Health/Healthquest)

... recent study followed up on a Federal government decision in 2001 that permitted states to "opt out" of the Medicare physician supervision requirement for Nurse Anesthetists. Since this option was offered, ...

17. If New Jersey is to have a bright future we need to plan for it
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to the Plan. This public input led to enhancements in the Plan and contributed to the broad support for the State Plan when it was finally adopted in March 2001. Then as Secretary of Agriculture, again ...

18. Democrats say no agreement on public hearings for N.J. legislative reapportionment
(N.J./State)

... structured hearings that she believes would benefit the public and mark a contrast from public hearings held on legislative redistricting in 2001 and 1991. "Ms. Reed specifically cautioned against avoiding ...

19. Live ball drop in Times Square isn’t only New Year’s Eve celebration
(U.S./Nation)

... a skyscraper into barrels on the sidewalk below. This idea remained in the minds of Mt Olive Pickle employees, and in 1999, the first Pickle Drop was held in front of 8 people. By 2001 the event was opened ...

20. Like Whitman and Corzine before him, Bloomberg may be flying too close to the sun
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a younger Lautenberg had criticized venerable Rep. Millicent Fenwick, R-NJ, as being too old to serve in the Senate. But by 2001, Lautenberg longed again for Capitol Hill and successfully sought to return ...