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1. If Cory Booker was governor, gay marriage would be done deal
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Speaking before the LGBT caucus in Charlotte, Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he wants to have a “very good seat” when marriage equality legislation passes in New Jersey. ...

2. Cory Booker speech at DNC: Did he out-Jersey Chris Christie?
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke to a crowd at the Democratic National Convention shortly after spraining an ankle on his way to the speech Tuesday morning, and then ...

3. Threat of longshoremen strike has N.J./N.Y. port officials urging renegotiation
(N.J./State)

... for job security as port automation and outsourcing become a real threat. There hasn’t been a longshoremen strike since 1977, ILA President Harold Daggett, a former leader of Newark's dominant ILA Local ...

4. Maybe Christie's 'Thunder Road' Springsteen cover with Jimmy Fallon can boost polls (VIDEO)
(N.J./State)

... job approval rating, while 42 percent disapproved, down one point from July. NorthJersey.com reported that Newark Mayor Cory Booker, rumored to be running for governor next year, gave a speech at the ...

5. Mayor Cory Booker misspells 'Barack' Obama before DNC speech
(U.S./Nation)

... by the camps of presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, Newark Mayor Cory Booker needed to try spell check on an Obama ad he ran at the Democratic National Convention.  Booker, who ...

6. NFL looks to go global: Can Super Bowl thrive in Europe?
(Sports/Professional)

... Perhaps an NFL matchup in the Irish capital will be considered in the not so distant future. A native of Newark, Jed Hughes is Vice Chair of Korn/Ferry and the leader of the executive search firm's Global ...

7. Christie's speech on leadership: Did he deliver?
(U.S./Nation)

... North Carolina at the Democratic National Convention from Sept. 4-6. Scheduled speakers will be Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Former President Jimmy Carter (via ...

8. U.S. soccer scores big, narrows gap on global competition
(Opinion/Commentary)

... threat to the NFL in this country, its popularity is certainly on the rise. A native of Newark, Jed Hughes is Vice Chair of Korn/Ferry and the leader of the executive search firm's Global Sports Practice. ...

9. Telephone scammers actively targeting seniors and elders
(Money/Economy)

... Newark and had been talking with a lawyer. Milly was suspicious because Billy had been at her house earlier in the day and was going to the store to buy a new television for her. She had also heard that ...

10. Sen. Barbara Buono gearing up to take on Christie
(N.J./State)

... three times harder." Barbara Buono was born in Newark, the youngest of three sisters. She grew up in Nutley in Essex County, where her mother worked as a substitute teacher and her father, who was born ...

11. Is Gov. Christie fiddling while Kean University students get burned?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and Morell have also accused MSCHE of having a “staff-driven agenda” to discredit Kean. Kean University, formerly Newark Teachers College, is located in Union Township, and the institution produces more ...

12. Cory Booker to speak at DNC, could challenge Christie for governor
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The second high profile political personality from New Jersey has been chosen to speak at the Democratic National Convention in September. Newark Mayor Cory Booker ...

13. Rutgers merger official, but questions still remain
(N.J./State)

... $3.7 billion. Rutgers will also be assuming the UMDNJ’s debt of more than $600 million. Students feared that their tuition would rise substantially, while nurses in Newark were concerned that the deal ...

14. West Nile Virus 2012: New Jersey outbreak has officials concerned
(Health/Healthquest)

... in recent years it’s flown below the radar. "You can’t trust mosquitoes, and you can’t predict the weather," Kent said told the Star-Ledger of Newark. "Those two elements make for a surprise every year." ...

15. N.J. school board campaigns must get more political
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Jaffe Communications Inc., a Newark media relations firm. He can be reached at (973) 315-0300 or at tony@jaffecom.com.  ...

16. Zion James of Newark identified as 13-year-old killed in carjacking pursuit
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A 13-year-old boy died in a police chase after a carjacked 2000 Jaguar he was a passenger in hit a utility pole in Irvington late Sunday. Zion James of Newark and ...

17. Indianapolis Colts' Andrew Luck a natural leader
(Sports/Professional)

... achieve that common goal.” A native of Newark, Jed Hughes is Vice Chair of Korn/Ferry and the leader of the executive search firm's Global Sports Practice. Among his high profile placements are Mark ...

18. Enrico Caruso: The most famous singer who ever lived
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Crooks, who was born in Trenton; Dorothy Kirsten, who hailed from Montclair; Maria Jeritza, the blonde bombshell, who lived in Newark, died in Orange, and is buried in Arlington; and Marcella Sembrich, ...

19. Half of reported N.J. gang members under 15 years old
(N.J./State)

... problem and as widespread from the city streets Newark and Camden to the sandy shores of Long Branch and Seaside Heights. The problem, police say, is that they are branching-out, recruiting younger members ...

20. Star Ledger could follow Times-Picayune to all digital
(N.J./State)

BY GINA G. SCALA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In 1832, when the Newark Daily Advertiser, later the Star Ledger of Newark, was founded as the first daily newspaper in the Garden State, electronic news delivery ...