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1. New austerity creates impetus for local action
(Opinion/Commentary)

... advance “model” local ordinances designed to bring new common sense solutions to our cities and towns. For example, as a report released by New Jersey State Comptroller Matt Boxer highlighted, there ...

2. Tiki Barber calls Michael Phelps 'greatest Olympian who ever lived'
(Sports/Professional)

... Johnson, Chef Chris Nirschel, Ralph Lauren Model Ubah Hassan, (Boxer) Eric Kelly, Stephen Baldwin and Mick Rock. While chatting up the Olympics with Barber, he showed much love for Michael Phelps saying, ...

3. N.J. illegal pensions roll on as towns ignore reform laws
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM An investigation by New Jersey Comptroller Matthew Boxer has found that it’s business as usual with the state’s pension system. The report found that a number of ...

4. Boxers Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley ready to rumble...again
(Sports/Professional)

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A little over two weeks since the Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao fight, the WBO review gave Pacquiao the match. On Wednesday the WBO and its panel of ...

5. Manny Pacquiao defeated, Floyd Mayweather Jr. still can't beat jail time
(Sports/Professional)

... stay in solitary confinement is already becoming detrimental to him, and he is being treated inhumanely.  Dr. Robert Voy, Mayweather’s physician, claimed that the boxer is beginning to lose his physique ...

6. Boxer: N.J. community colleges paid for presidents’ luxuries
(N.J./State)

... Matthew Boxer. Along with the $300,000, 12 colleges gave housing allowances of about $3,500 a month. According to Bloomberg, Boxer’s statement mentions that Brookdale Community College reimbursed it’s ...

7. White House nominates Allison M. McFarlane as NRC leader following Jaczko resignation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Public Works Commitee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Cal.) strongly defended Jaczko's career initially; however, as more controversy began to emerge surrounding Jaczko, both supporters backed out. The White ...

8. Fractious NRC Commission forces Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s resignation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... away from the increasingly isolated Jaczko. Similarly, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Cal.) staunchly defended Jaczko at her December hearings and called the ...

9. State report finds State Police complying with efforts to end racial profiling
(N.J./State)

... misconduct cases, the State Police continue to comply with professional standards designed to eliminate racial profiling,” Comptroller Matthew Boxer said. The State Comptroller also found, however, areas ...

10. 'All In: The Poker Movie' review, trailer: New doc charts the ups and downs of Texas Hold 'Em
(Entertainment/Movies)

... had become an everyman’s game suddenly was outlawed. One couldn’t sit in the comforts of his living room (likely wearing boxer shorts and a pizza-stained T-shirt) and play against other poker fanatics ...

11. Sweeney, Norcross attack on Lautenberg over Rutgers-Rowan merger was calculated
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a fortuitous coincidence for Lautenberg, State Comptroller Matthew Boxer issued a damning report on years of questionable financial practices of the Delaware River Port Authority, including a payment of ...

12. Gilbert and Sullivan: The facts behind the fame
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... do you want to fight me? I’m just a composer!” The cowboy replied: “Aren’t you John L. Sullivan?” (Champion boxer.) Sullivan repeated nervously that he was a composer. “The fellow who wrote ‘Pinafore’?” ...

13. Mantyhose or 'brosiery': Men in tights are the 'in' fashion
(Life/Style)

... sons gravitating toward this trend. They won’t even wear tighty whiteys. They prefer boxers. Actually, they prefer pajamas, but so far they’re not allowed to wear those to school. I definitely don’t ...

14. Iron Mike Tyson can handle the truth: Live at MGM Grand Las Vegas this April
(Sports/Professional)

... 740-seat Hollywood Theatre, with the former champion boxer telling what it's like to have been feared, reviled and pitied in a career that was never short on headline-making material. Tyson became the ...

15. Giant Maine lobster 'Rocky' escapes usual fate
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... nearly 40 inches in length, he was compared in size to a 3-year-old child, Globalpost.com reported, though most of Rocky’s weight was in his claws. Their size prompted comparisons with film boxer Rocky ...

16. Manny Pacquiao rejects Floyd Mayweather’s 'embarassing' offer
(Sports/Professional)

BY DAVE RAGAZZO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather was getting closer to happening before the Filipino boxer rejected Mayweather’s latest offer Tuesday calling ...

17. Sex in the news: Quanitta Underwood gets tip of the hat, Rick Santorum wag of the finger
(Life/Style)

... this trauma to become a successful lightweight boxer and possible candidate for a gold medal at next summer’s Olympics. The story shows that the “abuse is still an albatross” around her neck, even as the ...

18. Susan G. Komen faces politics with Planned Parenthood decision
(Health/Healthquest)

... organizations for access to the health care they need. The letter was signed by Senators Lautenberg, Murray, Mikulski, Boxer, Cantwell, Gillibrand, Menendez, Wyden, Blumenthal, Shaheen, Begich, Merkley, ...

19. NYE in NYC brings out big names, big kisses, and big parties
(Entertainment/Movies)

... confetti-throwing Times Square crowd, and then over to Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue for a party co-hosted by recently killed-off Boardwalk Empire cast member Michael Pitt and former Olympic boxer Eric ...

20. N.J. Devils need Zach Parise for a playoff run
(Sports/Professional)

... the playoffs but very well could be their very downfall in the postseason. True. Possibly. The Devils are like a boxer who gets into the ring, gets hit in the face for seven rounds but somehow stays ...