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1. Q&A: Pete Hamill
(Life/Style)

... rushed to meet deadlines; rough language, lots of smoking with cigarette butts littering the floor without much thought. This relationship you had with your peers seemed to have carried over to places ...

2. Pete Hamill’s latest novel, 'Tabloid City,' delivers murder at a good address
(Life/Style)

... hammering assault on manual typewriter keys could be heard as rewrite men raced to meet deadlines. And a time when blue nicotine fog was everywhere and extinguished cigarette butts made up a large segment ...

3. NFL lockout, failure of Atlanta Thrashers, and other sports struggles can be blamed on Ronald Reagan
(Sports/Professional)

... nothing (in some cities) that the money would come from hikes in hotel and motel taxes and car rentals. Other tax hikes were imposed on beer, alcohol, cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, water, sewer and a general ...

4. Christina Ricci back on the radar with Versacci prom dress, ‘Pan Am’ and Robert Pattinson
(Entertainment/Movies)

... look like Hollywood starlets. But I digress. According to onetheredcarpet.com, Ricci wore the dress the year her movies "Sleepy Hollow," "No Vacancy" and "200 Cigarettes" were released. She had been ...

5. Good heavens! Analysis of sin finds New Jersey second most virtuous state
(Life/Style)

... St. on the prevalence of drug use, binge drinking, cigarette smoking and surfing for porn in the 50 states ranks New Jersey behind only that goody-goody state of Utah and ahead of Idaho, Tennessee, Georgia, ...

6. N.J. Consumer Affairs to hold public hearing on 'bath salts' permanent ban
(Health/Healthquest)

... or dangerous they are, or that they are associated with chilling acts of violence," Calcagni said. "They were sold without criminal penalties, civil regulation, or even the age restrictions placed on cigarettes. ...

7. Circle K and Mac's Convenience Stores sign agreement to not sell tobacco products to N.J. minors
(N.J./State)

... sector working cooperatively with government toward a common objective – namely keeping cigarettes and other tobacco products out of the hands of minors,” Dow said. The settlement is the product of an ...

8. Trenton Police still searching for Marquis Smith (PHOTO), accused of sexually assaulting ex-girlfriend, 15, over 4 days
(N.J./State)

... her and repeatedly asked her questions about her relationships with other men. Police say Smith allegedly burned the girl with a cigarette and only fed her water. The victim, who had a restraining order ...

9. What happened to Andy Rooney on ’60 Minutes’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... food, drugs, cigarettes and homosexual unions lead to an early death. His suspension was cut short after 60 Minutes' ratings fell 20 percent. Rooney lost his wife of 62 years, Marguerite, to heart failure. ...

10. NFL lockout 2011: Why are Gov. Christie and other politicians strangely silent?
(Sports/Professional)

... have to tap other taxable areas to pay off the debt. There are all kinds of taxes, a hotel tax, a motel tax, car rental tax, sewer tax, cigarette tax, beer and alcohol tax, water tax and whatever else ...

11. REVIEW: ‘Marie and Bruce’ struggle through their day
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... (Frank Whaley) restlessly snores. A few times Marie maliciously blows cigarette fumes in the direction of her sleeping husband. Once he awakes, Marie rains a ceaseless torrent of abusive remarks upon ...

12. Manuel Flores, owner of Dover Video, pleads guilty to running retail theft ring
(N.J./State)

... announced. The items, which ranged from telephones, to cigarettes and electronics, were allegedly stolen during home burglaries or retail store thefts. Thieves wanting to sell their loot came to know ...

13. Sports owners are entitled to lion’s share of stadium revenues – and here’s why
(Sports/Professional)

... being collected from every dollar spent in a stadium or an arena so other taxes were used to make up the difference. There was a "sin tax" in Cleveland with an extra levy put on cigarettes, cigars and ...

14. Michael Lohan gets close to ‘Real Housewives of N.J.’ star
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Shore". Murro got right to it and asked Granatell if her new boy toy was a good kisser. She responded, “He is a good kisser; he just needs to ditch the cigarettes.” So along with refraining from alcohol, ...

15. N.J. among states considering lower cigarette tax
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM New Jersey has never been like all of the other states. Going against recent trends of raising cigarette taxes, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Rhode Island have considered ...

16. Sports costing taxpayers billions
(Sports/Professional)

... for sports in the United States whether it is through a hotel/motel tax, car rental tax, a "sin" tax (alcohol and cigarettes in Cleveland), a water tax (Nashville) or hikes in sales tax (Arlington, Texas). ...

17. There's a drug called 'Charlie Sheen'?
(Entertainment/Movies)

... regular bullying, eating disorders, underage drinking, obesity, drugs and cigarette smoking. It’s exhausting. I’ve barely recovered from the Four Loko problem. That drink used to combine alcohol and ...

18. Money generators for NJ counties
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... asleep with a lit cigarette or didn't have smoke alarms active or installed should be fined and charged for fire department involvement; AMBULANCE SERVICE- assess a fine and EMS expenses if the emergency ...

19. Silent majority supports Gov. Christie’s budget plans
(Opinion/Commentary)

... add up what they pay in federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, state income tax, property taxes, sales taxes and special taxes on gasoline, liquor and cigarettes and find that they are ...

20. "pat downs"
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I am 60 years old. I am NOT "gay." I have flown out of SJC airport since they still allowed cigarette smoking on planes! I have NEVER, EVER, been "touched" by a man, like I was at SJC! The last time I ...