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1. 2011 NBA lockout can trace its roots back to 1983
(Sports/Professional)

... the stars in the fight and won the battle and the war. The NBA got cost certainty in 1999 but not everyone made out. Charlotte and Vancouver quickly became former NBA cities. In 2005, the NBA and the ...

2. N.J. cities and towns lose $240M as part of Christie's $900M in budget vetoes
(N.J./State)

... state budget sent to him by the Democratic-controlled Legislature on Thursday, he cut $240 million in aid intended as aid for cities and towns or property tax relief. Bill Dressel, New Jersey State League ...

3. Trenton, Lakewood minor league baseball teams prove major brand value


(Sports/Professional)

BY JOE FAVORITO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ON N.J. SPORTS MARKETING Minor league baseball across the Garden State is firmly entrenched in the fabric of New Jersey sports. From the inner cities of Newark ...

4. Christie takes action to abolish N.J. affordable housing council, shift higher education supervision
(N.J./State)

... New Jersey State League of Municipalities director, said his staff intends to conduct a review of abolishment of COAH and its impact on cities and towns. “The plan itself, however, does not alter what ...

5. N.J. Senate, Assembly approve $30.6 billion Democratic version of 2011-12 state budget
(N.J./State)

... who earn less than $80,000 annually. The Democrats also would provide an additional $50 million for cities and towns with understaffed police fire departments, an effort, in part, to help Newark and ...

6. N.J. does not have the highest taxes in the United States
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Philadelphia, for example, levies a 3.928 percent wage tax on residents and a 3.4985 percent wage tax on nonresidents on top of the state's 3.07 percent flat income tax. Cities in New Jersey are barred ...

7. N.J. Assembly committee approves Democrats' $30 billion 2011-12 budget proposal
(N.J./State)

... aid, health care for women, nursing homes, education for blind children and legal services for the poor.  "It creates jobs and economic development in our suburbs and cities. It reverses the Christie ...

8. Red light cameras = scam
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... C. Walker, National Motorists Association, www.motorists.org, Ann Arbor, MI (I am lucky to live in one of the states where ticket cameras are illegal and there is a list of states and cities that ban ...

9. The cameras should be removed
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... In other words, intersection engineering changes and changing traffic volumes are completely ignored by their study so they can promote red light cameras. They also chose a very small percentage of red-light-camera-installed-cities, ...

10. N.J. red light cameras raise revenue but don't lower number of accidents
(N.J./State)

... that red-light cameras saved 159 lives in 14 of the largest U.S. cities between 2004 and 2008. New Jersey is one of 25 states with red-light cameras operating in at least one location. According to ...

11. JC@comcast.net
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The common denominator among all the failing and violent schools, cities, communities are blacks and Latinos. Face it...Asians, Caucasians, etc. are just smarter and more civilized. ...

12. Jon Huntsman is a surprise
(U.S./Nation)

... according to the Washington Post. “Leadership that doesn’t promise Washington has all the solutions to our problems, but rather looks for local answers in our cities, towns and states. Leadership that ...

13. Well duh.
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... back in forth the way they did back in the 1970's in PG County Maryland and in many inner cities that caused White Flight to occur and ruined these public school districts. Sorry for being harsh. But ...

14. Study: City life can drive you crazy
(Health/Healthquest)

... the journal Nature, used functional MRIs to watch how the brain reacts under stress. In particular, they compared the brains of people living in the cities, and raised in cities, to more rural dwellers ...

15. nono
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

that i am a women and live in saudia i want to tell you that we are really happy not to drive .because if you see saudi map once in your life.you will see that there are barely some cities.and for your ...

16. Christie: There is not enough money for Democrats' $30 billion 'pie in the sky' budget
(N.J./State)

... safety funds for cities and towns that have lost police and firefighters to layoffs and attrition. Homestead property tax rebates would be doubled, not tripled as Christie had proposed. The Senior Freeze ...

17. Driving for women in Saudi Arabia, and my father, the feminist
(World/International)

... women in Saudi Arabia who protested the country’s longstanding ban against women driving by taking the wheel in some of its major cities. I’m sorry I didn’t take part in an effort to show solidarity ...

18. $30 billion state budget proposed by N.J. Democrats
(N.J./State)

... Sweeney told reporters "This millionaires tax is about shared sacrifice." The Democratic proposal also provides $50 million in public safety funds for cities and towns that have lost police and firefighters ...

19. Plan to privatize New Jersey’s schools reveals a flawed outcome
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Yet, we must clearly identify where the obstacles to improvement may be. The term “failing schools” has been applied to many in our inner cities, including Newark, Jersey City, and Camden. Yet, an analysis ...

20. Unions Being Overthrown by Henchmen Sweeney, Norcross and Christie
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

How noble of Senate President Stephen"I Forgot Where I Came From" Sweeney as he asks the police to drop citations against the people for simply speaking their mind against the atrocities he and his fellow ...