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1. N.J. bear hunt was warranted and environmentally sound
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Finally, for the animal activist to believe that during a time of dwindling habitat and prolific bear population expansion that bear-human conflict can be managed solely by garbage containment and public ...

2. Why chocolate milk is good for young athletes
(Health/Healthquest)

... for years to use chocolate milk after a workout or competition to rejuvenate their sore or damaged muscles. In an interview with the Asbury Park Press, Hossler says, “To replenish fluids, water works, ...

3. Attorney General Paula Dow to be replaced by Christie's counsel Jeff Chiesa
(N.J./State)

... said Dow enacted strict reforms to curtail improper steroid use among police officers, provided additional tools to law enforcement by enacting a sensible stun gun policy, and managed her department’s ...

4. NJEA says Christie's argument that teachers 'only work 180 days' is inaccurate
(N.J./State)

... spend many additional days setting up their classrooms, preparing lesson plans, attending professional development events, taking classes and otherwise engaged in additional work outside the contracted ...

5. Animal rights activists are negative people but deserve compassion
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ANTHONY P. MAURO SR. COMMENTARY The title of this article is certain to be controversial. But, I think that consideration of controversial issues helps us to become more informed and makes us engaged ...

6. Be encouraged Whitney Houston!!!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I just will say this "ANYBODY without sin cast the first stone at her!" She knows her choices and she knows she must live with them just as we know our choices and must live with them also. Whitney, I ...

7. Former Rutgers center Gregory Echenique found what he was looking for at Creighton
(Sports/Professional)

... happened for the 6-foot-9-inch junior. As a sophomore he was eligible to play 10 games into the season. In the team's final 30 games he averaged 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while being named ...

8. N.J. widow: Air Force 'threw him in the trash' with other soldiers' cremated remains
(N.J./State)

... too badly burned or damaged in explosions for DNA testing were sent to Virginia, and the total actually exceeded 2,700. Frenchtown residents Gari Lynn Smith's husband, Sgt. First Class Scott Smith, ...

9. ‘My Week With Marilyn’ movie review, trailer: Michelle Williams is memorable
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in the form of Dominic Cooper. Not shown is the period where Greene mortgaged his house to support Monroe's career. Here, he at least offers young Clark some trenchant advice about keeping his distance.  ...

10. FEMA providing $28M to 8 flood-stricken N.J. towns
(N.J./State)

... disaster declaration by President Obama for damage from Hurricane Irene. Obama visited flood-damaged Paterson in early September. At least $6.3 million will go to buyout 56 homes in Wayne, $3.1 million ...

11. REVIEW: 'A Christmas Carol' at The Shakespeare Theatre of N.J. is innovative
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... of parents have read it to their children. Now a new adaptation by Neil Bartlett, staged by The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at its home base, on the campus of Drew University, in Madison. And ...

12. Income limits to rise Jan. 1 for N.J. seniors in state PAAD, Senior Gold and Hearing Aid programs
(N.J./State)

... Thursday. Beginning Jan. 1, participants in the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD), Senior Gold, Lifeline energy assistance, and the Hearing Aid Assistance to the Aged and Disabled ...

13. N.J. municipal bond users to share $2M as part of $58.7M settlement with Wachovia Bank
(N.J./State)

... that certain large financial institutions, including national banks and insurance companies, and certain brokers and swap advisors, engaged in various schemes to rig bids and commit other deceptive, unfair ...

14. Someone who never lived in NJ
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I Never lived in NJ or even visited this armpit. However the DMV managed to get a $10K+ judgement against me which I only found out about when renewing my license in my home state. 5 years and $45K ...

15. Seton Hall's Jordan Theodore spreading the wealth
(Sports/Professional)

... he averaged 22.5 points — the Englewood, N.J. native is averaging 12.3 points in the last six. “At the end of the game [against NJIT] the guys started backing off of him and he started taking his shots,” ...

16. FDU poll: Voters favor Obama over Romney and Gingrich
(U.S./Nation)

... in a second tier, with Herman Cain’s collapsing candidacy garnering just 8 percent and Perry with 6 percent. “Every candidate but perhaps Romney has seriously damaged his or her own campaign at least ...

17. Monmouth football coach Kevin Callahan targets needs for improvement in 2012
(Sports/Professional)

... did have 53 catches on the season and averaged 11 yards per reception. Callahan said that the big focus of the spring on the offensive side of the ball will be on the interior of the offensive line. ...

18. REVIEW: 'Happy Hour' may drive you to drink
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... dispiriting time. The program: “End Game” involves a series of increasingly drunken harangues about the lousy state of the world by a misanthropic middle-aged guy. “Wayfarer’s Inn” regards two ...

19. U.S. Postal Service considering closure of 6 N.J. facilities
(N.J./State)

... doesn’t receive taxpayer funds, yet is managed by Congress. And the 2006 law passed by Congress requiring the USPS to pay the annual $5.5 billion for future pensions has hurt them badly. Donahue said ...

20. N.J. Assembly approves measure to allow cities and towns to buy flood-prone properties
(N.J./State)

... "Blue Acres projects,” which are any projects acquired for recreation or conservation purposes on land that has been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, ...