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1. The ‘Jewish Caruso,’ Joseph Schmidt, died 70 years ago
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... eventually escaped Europe for England. When Nazi Germany (in 1934) and Austria (1938) banned Jewish musicians, Schmidt went to sing in the Netherlands and Belgium, where he was very popular. He toured ...

2. ‘Local Planning for Terror and Disaster’: One of the most important books of the year
(Life/Style)

... Cole has written. In India in 1984, after the escape of 40 tons of methyl isocynate gas from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, because of the darkness some victims moved toward the source of the contamination. ...

3. Rebuilding the Jersey Shore: Not a great idea after all?
(N.J./State)

... eventually they will be at or below sea level, like the trolley tracks of the former town of South Cape May, long ago claimed by the Atlantic. Some structures can be raised on stilts, and seawalls can ...

4. Bon Jovi's daughter survives alleged heroin overdose and escapes charges
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY SAMANTHA NEGRAVAL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The daughter of Jon Bon Jovi, Stephanie Bongiovi, will not be facing charges stemming from an alleged heroin overdose. According to an LA Times report, ...

5. The power of a Springsteen hug: Christie says Sandy recovery efforts force property tax increases
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Superstorm Sandy (Frankenstorm just sounds like angry Al Frankens dropped from the sky) has not only irreparably altered the landscape of the Jersey ...

6. 'Silver Linings Playbook' director David O. Russell dismisses 'romantic comedy' tag
(Entertainment/Movies)

... is like a loaded gun, and when it’s in an original landscape that has real people and integrity that’s different. You’re not starting out announcing what it is. You’re saying, ‘Look at this world.’” De ...

7. REVIEW: ‘Emotional Creature’ celebrates teen girl power
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... peer pressure, pregnancy, exploited sex slaves in Bulgaria, teens trying to escape genital mutilation in Africa, and so forth; aspects of modern female adolescence viewed from its lightest to darkest angles. ...

8. REVIEW: Ethan Hawke stars as ‘Ivanov’
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... rages about his clichéd Russian feelings, he cannot escape them. Others are affected by Ivanov’s explosive sorrows. Contrasting against the touching Joely Richardson’s deeply melancholy Anna, Juliet ...

9. 2012 ShopRite LPGA champ Stacy Lewis donates $20,000 to the Community FoodBank of N.J.’s southern branch
(N.J./State)

... of women’s golf, so I just wanted to find some way to help them through this difficult time.” The Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s Southern Branch serves Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and southeastern ...

10. After Sandy, sports like high school football face tough decision whether or not to play
(Sports/Professional)

...  Kids who play sports in towns like Rumson and Fair Haven, Point Pleasant Beach and Manasquan, Toms River, Berkeley Township, Manahawkin, Sayreville, Ocean City, Cape May, and Little Falls all are coping ...

11. Murray Sabrin on why the Libertarian war against bad economic policies is making an impact
(Opinion/Commentary)

... nomination in 2008, excited about the effect that the Ron Paul movement was having on the political landscape. I did not run the campaign I thought I was going to have because the political consultants ...

12. FEMA responds to Sandy victims in need of housing assistance
(N.J./State)

... asks people who suffered losses from the storm in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Essex County, Hudson County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County and Union County to apply for assistance ...

13. Obama wins re-election after taking Ohio; Donald Trump says election a 'Sham' and calls for a 'Revolution'
(U.S./Nation)

... up, and stop catering to the mental patients. If not, they risk alienating Republicans with more than two brain cells, as well as totally overlooking the aggressively changing social landscape of America. ...

14. Need disaster assistance? Two FEMA centers open in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... and apply for other federal help, have set up two centers in the Garden State. If you need assistance head to the Disaster Recovery Center at 30 Mechanic Street in Cape May Court House from ...

15. Hurricane Sandy vs. Nuclear Power Plants: Riding out the storm
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a distance away.” The steam may contain some radioactive particles which were in the reactor’s water and escaped into the secondary loop through minute cracks in the steam generator’s tubes. But the ...

16. 'Flight' movie review, trailer: Denzel Washington gets down-and-dirty
(Entertainment/Movies)

... they cannot escape the Hollywood addiction to delivering an Important Message. “Flight” flirts with being a movie about a flawed human being who is supremely good at one thing, but at best muddles through ...

17. Community FoodBank of NJ Aids State Recovery … and needs YOUR help
(N.J./State)

... in Atlantic, Ocean, Somerset, Passaic, Essex, Middlesex, Hudson, Burlington, Monmouth, Bergen, and Cape May counties. Blankets have been provided to those displaced by flooding in Moonachie and Little ...

18. New Jersey makes plans for makeshift voting places; deploys military trucks to serve as polling places
(N.J./State)

... the towns without power. Cape May County may have to combine its polling locations, and may be short on polling site volunteers because many of them had to be relocated because of Sandy. The Boston ...

19. Christie declares State of Water Emergency, Authorizes DEP to Take Steps to Prevent Water Shortage
(N.J./State)

... Watering of grass, lawns and landscapes is prohibited except for newly sodded or seeded areas done by professional landscapers or immediately following a commercial application of fertilizer, pesticide ...

20. Want to help
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

13 years UPS experience can help in clean up or supply. jconnors59@verizon.net live in S.Jersey can work from Sea Side Hts to Cape May. ...