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1. N.J. Department of Transportation to carry out $3.5 billion improvement plan
(N.J./State)

... allotted for repair of state-run bridges, a 19 percent increase from last year, and $308 million for paving repairs, a 27 percent increase from last year. Funding for traffic congestion relief is down ...

2. Decision to end E-Z Pass freebies on Delaware River bridges earns Christie's applause
(N.J./State)

... free E-Z Pass trips over bridges to Pennsylvania that are not available to the public. “The granting of free passage to authority commissioners, officers, employees or retirees, simply by virtue of their ...

3. Christie proposes spending $3.5 billion for highways, bridges, mass transit in 2011-12
(N.J./State)

... significant investments in our roads, our bridges and our public transportation system contained in this capital program help us move toward our shared goal of rebuilding and renewing the great state of ...

4. N.J. flood watch: State’s rivers crest
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... evacuations Sunday, WABC reported. Route 20 and five bridges in Northwestern Patterson, are impassable as the Passaic River crested at 12.4 feet Sunday morning, and is expected to rise even higher than ...

5. Oscar predictions 2011: Academy Awards picked by the experts
(Entertainment/Movies)

... “Blue Valentine.” NM: I've got this. Jeff Bridges is a hoot in “True Grit,” which may actually be his best performance ever — in my opinion, better even than his Oscar-winning role in “Crazy Heart.” ...

6. review of True Grit
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I have seen both True Grit movies ( the new one and the one in 1969 which won John Wayne-The Duke a much deserved Oscar). Jeff Bridges mumbles his words in this "new version" and believe me he is no John ...

7. Muslim TV founder Mo Hassan faces life in prison for beheading Pakistani wife in N.Y.
(U.S./Nation)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan, founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station, was found guilty Monday of the 2009 beheading of his wife, Aasiya Hassan at Bridges ...

8. N.J.'s U.S. senators, Amtrak find a way for a new commuter rail tunnel to Manhattan
(N.J./State)

... plan to attempt to build a nationwide 21st century infrastructure - from roads and bridges to high-speed rail. They will discuss new initiatives that will attempt to increase the nation's competitiveness, ...

9. Academy Award nominations kick off Oscar seasons
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King's Speech James Franco, 127 Hours Jeff Bridges, True Grit Javier Bardem, Biutiful Best Actress Natalie Portman, Black Swan Nicole Kidman, Rabbit ...

10. ‘No Strings Attached’ movie review: Stars Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Jake Johnson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges — to support him through his romantic crises. On Emma's side of the aisle (and it looks like there will be an aisle!) are Olivia Thirlby as her sister Katie, Emma's ...

11. Movie review: ‘The Green Hornet’ aspires to respire
(Entertainment/Movies)

... newspaper publishers. He still masquerades as a criminal to unmask the real malefactors. The soundtrack offers the occasional bit of Beethoven and Liszt in a nod to the original musical bridges. Best ...

12. New Jersey must make investment in roads and bridges a high priority
(Opinion/Commentary)

... with significant potholes, rutting or deterioration. 13 per cent of the state's bridges are rated structurally deficient and an additional 23 per cent are rated functionally obsolete. 64 per cent of ...

13. A closer look at Gov. Christie’s State of the State address
(Opinion/Commentary)

... cities, are doing a poor job of educating youngsters, even though the cost is more than $25,000 per student in some of the Abbott districts. The roads and bridges are in terrible shape. The state pension ...

14. True Grit
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

This review was right on point. Loved the Movie Jeff Bridges was at his best. Hailee Steinfeld was very good and will be seen again. The script was much more witty than expected. Highly recommend this ...

15. ‘Tron: Legacy' provides plenty of dumb, fun action (with trailer)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... goal was "a system where all information would be free and open." Ahem. Moving right along to the 21st Century, "Tron: Legacy" puts Jeff Bridges back on the grid as Kevin Flynn. While Bridges is always ...

16. N.J. Future finds Christie's $8 billion plan not longterm solution for funding transportation projects
(N.J./State)

... system. "Instead of focusing on the amount of money that is spent each year, we should instead focus on outcomes: fixing our deficient bridges, improving safety, reducing commute times, increasing transit ...

17. Three former N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority get probation for submitting false reimbursement requests
(N.J./State)

... of Palmer, Pa., the former supervisor of the Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals Training Academy, was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $7,922 in restitution to the Port Authority by Superior ...

18. Gov. Christie unveils $8 billion five-year mass transit, highway improvement plan
(N.J./State)

... Jersey's highways and bridges. The fact that taxpayers will not have to shoulder the burden in order to fund the $8 billion program is something many skeptics didn't think could be done, but Governor ...

19. REVIEW: ‘Dracula’ revival looks DOA
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Michel Altieri sports a vaguely Italian accent and long, flowing tresses as he stiffly stalks Emily Bridges' statuesque Lucy. As for the rest of Alexander's misguided company — why waste your time in reading ...

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

... Cogburn. Times have changed. Now, Jeff Bridges dons the eye-patch, lets out his belt more than a few notches and lets his grizzle grow gray, settling into the role like a frontier drunk into an unwashed ...