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1. Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator' storms midtown Manhattan
(Entertainment/Movies)

... pushing his new film, “The Dictator,” in which he plays a Colonel Qaddafi-style leader called Admiral General Aladeen, on morning television, talk shows, press conferences and interviews, non stop and ...

2. 'The Dictator' movie gets full Sasha Baron Cohen campaign: Aladeen Edition car for sale
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Sacha Baron Cohen began his “Dictator” campaign when he pranked the Oscars in his full admiral regalia and dumped the ashes of Kim Jong II on a startled Ryan ...

3. 2012 N.J. Hall of Fame inductees include Michael Douglas and Christopher Reeves
(N.J./State)

... according to media.nj.com: (1) Historical (Aaron Burr, for instance); (2) Arts and Entertainment (Alan Alda); (3) Enterprise (Elizabeth Coleman White); (4) Sports (Phil Rizzuto); (5) General (Admiral William ...

4. Gov. Christie’s cuts sinking Battleship New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... the Navy, Coast Guard and State Police regularly train there. BB-62 is, after all, one of the four Iowa class battleships, and Fleet Admiral William. F. “Bull” Halsey (a leader in the Pacific theater ...

5. Flag Day 2011: Francis Hopkinson and New Jersey’s connection to the national holiday
(Life/Style)

... While serving there, he designed the flag of the United States. His use of stars in the flag is believed to have been the result of a war experience. Hopkinson sent a letter to the Board of Admiralty ...

6. N.J. Hall of Fame adds more stars (PHOTOS)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... made “invaluable contributions to society and the world beyond.” This year’s inductees included: John Basilone, Tony Bennett, Governor Brendan Byrne, Mary Higgins Clark, Admiral William Halsey, Franco ...

7. N.Y. Fleet Week 2011: USS New York leads parade of events
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of the Navy Ray Mabus, Gov. David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, and Commandant of the Marine Corps General James T. Conway. During its New York christening, ...

8. Worries that keep Vanguard Group’s chairman up at night
(Money/Economy)

... to lower the cost of investments — like expanding the lower-cost Admiral shares to cover more investors, as we did recently. NJN: Are there any plans for target-date exchange-traded funds? McNabb: ...

9. US Navy ship ‘Radford’ to assume new ID as ‘Deljerseyland reef’
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... reef community," as one technical source put it. Or as the Philadelphia Inquirer said, "It will become a playground for humans and marine life." The "Deljerseyland Reef"-to-be was named for Admiral ...

10. Will the New York Giants or Jets be blacked out on local TV this season?
(Sports/Professional)

... ownership saw a 50-percent drop in attendance in 1949 compared to 1948 after the team signed a deal with the Admiral Television Company in Southern California. Admiral was a maker of televisions and used ...

11. "psuedo-science agenda"
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... of that radical Hippie, brainwashing nut job recruiter Admiral Hyman Rickover (jesting of course) who testified to congress that he was against nuclear power plants. Ok most of us fell for the "too ...

12. Linda McMahon, you’re no Christie Whitman!
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  My midshipman cruise took me to England, Scotland, and Norway aboard the USS Edward McDonnell (DE-1043), where I hardly impressed my superior officers as a future Admiral Bull Halsey. If anything, I ...

13. The only signer of the Declaration of Independence who recanted was from New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... walls and greedily ate it for the temporary sensation of nourishment which it gave." The day Stockton was captured, the British commanders – General William Howe and Admiral Viscount Howe – offered a ...

14. Gulf oil spill relief well ahead of schedule
(U.S./Nation)

... the sensor to pinpoint the well pipe, which is about 17 centimeters wide. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is overseeing the spill response, said the process will continue for weeks to come. "They ...

15. President Obama on the BP oil spill in the Gulf (VIDEO)
(U.S./Nation)

... - an effort led by Admiral Thad Allen, who has almost forty years of experience responding to disasters. We now have nearly 30,000 personnel who are working across four states to contain and cleanup the ...

16. BP caps oil well in Gulf
(U.S./Nation)

... with a rubber gasket that engineers hope will create a seal, so crews can siphon the oil and natural gas into a surface ship. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is overseeing the operation, said crews ...

17. Obama makes solemn pledge to clean up Gulf
(U.S./Nation)

... agency that approves offshore drilling licenses. He has also said the Gulf situation underscores the urgency of shifting to renewable energy. Former U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, who ...

18. Banning of gays in U.S. military reluctantly ending
(U.S./Nation)

... U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, has endorsed lifting the ban, as have most other senior officers and many retired military leaders. But there is still concern about the immediate impact of ...

19. Covering Wall Street’s financial reform fallout
(Money/Economy)

... is going just swimmingly. Asked by Crowley whether he trusts the company, Allen bragged, "I've got (BP CEO) Tony Hayward's personal cellphone number. If I have a problem, I call him." So Admiral Allen ...

20. ‘Don't ask, don't tell' from a different angle
(Life/Style)

... military. I'm pleased that President Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen support the recession of this policy. It is highly discriminatory, ...