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1. New Jersey students again outperform most of nation in science tests
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... comment on the latest numbers. The Press story quotes a member of the NAEP test board expressing alarm at the findings. That story is available here. "Our ability to create the next generation of U.S. ...

2. Petty’s Run archeological dig on Statehouse grounds named an endangered historic site
(N.J./State)

... the Statehouse and its grounds, voted on nov. 29 to fill in the archeological site, a decision that alarmed the city's and New Jersey's historic preservation community. The work is expected to begin in ...

3. NJ school buses fail inspections at alarming rate
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM School issues in New Jersey go further than the battles between Governor Christie and the NJEA. A published report says nearly half of all school buses and vans in ...

4. Murder of Lakewood police officer Christopher Matlosz adds to alarming increase in cop killings
(N.J./State)

... characterized as an alarming increase that follows two years of declining deaths among the nation's policing professionals. A total of 160 federal, state and local law enforcement officers died in the ...

5. State of the State Address: Democrats say Christie not living in the real New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... while transit fares have been hiked. Meanwhile, our unemployment rate remains alarmingly high and the governor seems content with that. "This year cannot be about more of the same," Oliver added. "This ...

6. Democrat Daniel Benson sworn in as N.J. Assembly member
(N.J./State)

... back to the community and our state as a whole," Benson said. "With our unemployment rate still alarmingly high, and job prospects relatively low, I am looking forward to being a part of the legislative ...

7. Gov. Christie’s tough love has dangerous costs
(Opinion/Commentary)

... with an alarming number of homicides — 14 and counting at press time. These are the realities we are looking at as the effects of the Governor's record budget cuts trickle down to the local level. "Fiscal ...

8. ‘True Grit’ movie review: Oscar contender
(Entertainment/Movies)

... sensibility, by turns alarmed and amused by perfidious humans, but always watching. The opening drops us right into Coen country: a body lies at the foot of the front steps of a large, attractive house, ...

9. Did the NFL want to take care of discarded players benefits back in 1992?
(Sports/Professional)

... such as pensions and health benefits. Health benefits should emerge as a major issue, but it isn't. Week after week, National Football League players are getting hurt in alarming numbers. Green Bay Packers ...

10. Gov. Christie attacked New Jersey’s environment as much as NJEA
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to site remediation, the Governor is basically allowing the industry to rewrite regulations. The amount of proposed cuts and weakening of environmental programs is alarming. In the history of New ...

11. Here's a scary tale of a New Jersey Christmas-time blizzard and privateers
(Life/Style)

... men but was released without bail, much to the protest and alarm of honest merchantmen. Van Tyle has sent a few of his men ashore in a canoe to find the local folk and ask them to bring boats and rescue ...

12. Gov. Christie was voice of reason on ‘60 Minutes’
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Whitney; "The most alarming thing about the state issue is the level of complacency...It has tentacles as wide as anything I've seen." In discussing the potential financial meltdown of state and local ...

13. Oyster Creek decision shows focus is on cooling systems
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... which returns to the Hudson River to spawn and sea turtles in the Delaware River which were sucked into the cooling systems at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station. Even more alarming is the finding ...

14. Climate change in the Peruvian Andes
(World/International)

... change is a serious reality, especially in the snow-covered and glacier encrusted mountains of the Cordillera Blanca where the glaciers have been shrinking at an alarming rate over the last three decades ...

15. Preventing distracted driving: A conscious effort needed to save lives
(Opinion/Commentary)

... while driving. That number represents an increase of 15% from 2008 and is indicative of an alarming national trend. Despite a crack down on distracted driving by law enforcement, the trend continues to ...

16. THEFT
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The business Rigo had in River St of putting of Audio System he did his job for the customer but the bad thing was that when the job was done he would has a spare key for the alarm system then once the ...

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

... New Jersey should be alarmed that the governor is now skeptical about clean drinking water. The Highlands are a drinking source for 5.4 million people in New Jersey and one of the last areas of open space ...

18. N.J. dog saves family from burning home
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Brush fires can be dangerous if not controlled. But a 15 pound portable Pomeranian smoke alarm saved a Mays Landing family from potential disaster in their own home. ...

19. Movie review: ‘Morning Glory’ starring Rachel McAdams
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to ask if she's about to sing. She's cute arching her eyebrows in alarm. She's cute hemming and hawing and interrupting herself with asides. She's cute checking the time and twitching in reaction. Becky ...

20. Sound higher ed policy better than cheap toolkit gimmicks
(Opinion/Commentary)

... rather make higher education unions the public piñata than truthfully identify the real culprits — competing presidents amassing alarming debt for massive expansion campaigns of new buildings and satellite ...