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1. Newark Charter School Fund spending more on itself than it's giving out
(N.J./State)

... that, Leschley received $244,900 and Wright $146,438. Consultants got $902,170, with four making $109,500 or more. (New Leaders for New Schools reported paying Ashton $198,325 in salary and benefits in ...

2. Why Carmelo Anthony could join the New Jersey Nets
(Sports/Professional)

... associations also share information. Sports Illustrated reported last summer that the Walt Disney Company's ESPN and Time Warner's Turner Sports will continue paying rights fees (which is roughly $900 ...

3. New Jersey unemployment unchanged
(Money/Economy)

... percent in November, up from 9.6 percent in October. The number of people employed in New Jersey is 3,841,900. The majority of the 16,800 new jobs were recorded at private sector businesses which added ...

4. New York relying much less on Indian Point for energy
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... 2015 megawatts of power to the region daily. According to NYPA, that breaks down to 115 megawatts for Westchester County municipal customers, government buildings, and Westchester airport; and 1,900 megawatts ...

5. NJ Horse Angels accused of defrauding donors
(N.J./State)

... Angels through donations. NJ Horse Angels had more than 4,900 registered friends on one social networking website. The Consumer Affairs investigation found that Catalano-Crumb commingled donations in ...

6. Jeff Tittel: Chris Christie declares war on the Highlands
(Opinion/Commentary)

... officials on the Council. Warren County, with only an eighth of the population of Bergen County, has two elected officials on the Council. The almost 900,000 people of Bergen County that depend on the ...

7. National farm policy should change to strengthen America's dairy farmers
(Opinion/Commentary)

... considered the largest Guernsey cow dairy in the world. Analyzing the regional numbers, the Mid-Atlantic States had 175,185 dairy farms in the mid-1900s; in 2007 that number dropped to 15,881. New England ...

8. PPG Industries agrees to remove chromium waste at highly toxic Jersey City site
(Health/Healthquest)

... buildings, paving, and temporary capping materials that attempt to reduce the risk of public exposure. From the early 1900s until the 1970s, Hudson County was the center of chrome production in the nation, ...

9. Vince Lombardi's players don't have a seat at the NFL lockout talks
(Sports/Professional)

...  "How can the NFL make money without a football season? By rigging the system. They've already set aside $900 million that should've gone to players' benefits to cover their costs for locking players ...

10. New Jersey unemployment rate drops to 9.2 percent
(Money/Economy)

... September estimates show a revised over the August-September period loss of 16,100 jobs, after an upward revision of 4,100 for a total employment level of 3,827,900. Preliminary estimates had indicated ...

11. N.J. DEP’s new board moves forward with private clean-up of state’s 20,000 contaminated sites
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... than those in other states. Currently, the fee to apply to take the test is $400, while an annual license costs $900. Describing those as "membership fees," Christopher Motta of Arcadis said the costs ...

12. Propaganda
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Just more propaganda to downgrade a real environmental threat (that has been publised in over 900 peer reviewed journals) in order for corporations and their benefactors to make profits off of the effects ...

13. Christie skipping League of Municipalities convention next week in Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

... are fulfilling a critical part of their responsibilities to the citizens of New Jersey." More than 900 companies and agencies that provide goods and services will be on hand so municipal officials can ...

14. REVIEW: Radio City ‘Christmas Spectacular’ dazzles
(Entertainment/Movies)

... run so spectacularly. Tirelessly dancing, kicking and smiling, this long line of lovelies animates the majority of the 90-minute show's dozen scenes. A throwback to the famous "Tiller Girls" of the 1900s, ...

15. Cablevision rolls out free games for iO TV customers
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Sudoku and Bob the Builder. Cablevision customers, and there are more than 900,000 of them in New Jersey, can use their remote control to play these selections as well as traditional card, word, trivia, ...

16. NJ Transit’s quite train cars popular with commuters
(N.J./State)

... cars ban the use of cell phones and loud electronic devices on certain express trains. It has been in effect for the first and last cars of Northeast Corridor Line 3900 series express trains between New ...

17. Latest Fugitive Safe Surrender efforts nets over 3,900 wanted New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

20 violent criminals give up BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Approximately 3,901 wanted New Jerseyans — including 20 sought for violent crimes — voluntarily turned themselves in during the ...

18. Explosion forces shutdown at Indian Point nuclear plant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... department responded to the blast, but its firemen were not allowed on the restricted site. The explosion occurred in a 900,000-pound transformer serving Indian Point 2. The transformers take the electricity ...

19. N.J. workers can expect larger paychecks after reduction in state Family Leave tax
(Money/Economy)

... been provided to more than 37,600 claimants. Of the claims, more than 29,700 or 79 percent were for bonding with a newborn or newly-adopted child; and approximately 7,900 or 21 percent were claims for ...

20. Cablevision to increase cable TV rates
(Entertainment/Movies)

... phone service will stay the same, the company said Friday. The cable company, which has more than 900,000 customers in New Jersey, said that its average cable television price adjustment for 2011 will ...