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1. Guys, walnuts can help your nuts....uh, 'fertility levels'
(Health/Healthquest)

... if they eat 75 grams of walnuts per day. Dr. Wendie Robbins and UCLA researchers conducted a study on whether increasing polyunsaturated fatty acids would affect the quality of sperm in men utilizing ...

2. Was Paul Ryan a better choice than Chris Christie?
(U.S./Nation)

... Jersey. A flash poll conducted after Saturday’s announcement by Patch.com revealed the 24 New Jersey Republicans asked were split evenly, 25 percent on each side, with the statement, "Paul Ryan is a ...

3. Lance Armstrong doping charges: What is WADA and why do they care?
(Sports/Professional)

... The World Anti-Doping Agency wants the United States Anti-Doping Agency to conduct an investigation into the allegations that Armstrong did something while the International Cycling Union wants a shot ...

4. Halt declared in new nuclear licenses: Existing licenses in doubt
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  But the Christie Administration has been silent since then on any plans to force the NRC to conduct a long term assessment of its ageing spent fuel pools, which have already leaked. NRC spokesman Neil ...

5. Biotechnology in N.J. shows growth despite lack of startup money
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... keep them cautiously optimistic. The survey, conducted by Ernst & Young and published by BioNJ, found that there are now 340 biotech companies in N.J. That is up from 300 in July 2010, an increase ...

6. James Holmes' psychiatrist contacted police: What went wrong?
(U.S./Nation)

... concerned that Holmes may be a threat. And she asked the University police about his criminal history. The BETA team didn’t have time to conduct a proper review after Holmes dropped out of school June ...

7. Rutgers Oral History Archives builds history and careers
(N.J./State)

... in conducting oral histories and in editing, annotating or otherwise processing interview transcripts, either as part of Chambers’ class, Oral History of the American Experience in World War II, as public ...

8. Voters to POTUS candidates: Create jobs and fix the government
(U.S./Nation)

... important," according to the poll which asked the particpants to rank the top 12 issues in order of importance for either President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney to address. The poll was conducted between ...

9. N.J. Assemblyman Paul Moriarty points finger at police in DUI charge
(N.J./State)

... intersection. The officer, according to Moriarty’s statement, conducted a field sobriety test and issued a driving under the influence ticket. "Let me be clear: I had consumed no alcoholic beverages, and ...

10. POLL: Obama, Menendez, and Booker favored for N.J. win, Kyrillos has shot to advance
(N.J./State)

... of Newark.” The Fairleigh Dickinson University statewide poll of 945 registered and unregistered voters was conducted by telephone with both landline and cell phones from July 23 through July 29, 2012, ...

11. Olympic badminton players get hook for losing games
(Sports/Professional)

... to win a match” and “conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport.” The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling on Tuesday evening after investigating a ...

12. Leonard Slatkin's new book: A conductor confesses all
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY WARREN BOROSON NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Leonard Slatkin’s new book, “Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery About the Maestro” (Amadeus Press, 2012), contains a few bombshells. Slatkin, 68, is ...

13. N.J. government officials found guilty of accepting bribes
(N.J./State)

BY CHRISTOPHER RIGHTMIRE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Two high ranking government officials were found guilty yesterday of official misconduct for accepting gifts from a collection company, OSI Collection ...

14. Americans losing faith that Obama is Christian
(U.S./Nation)

... believe Obama is Muslim. According to a poll conducted by The Pew Research Center, 49 percent of Americans do believe the president follows Christianity, while 17 percent are convinced he is Muslim. Only ...

15. 'Mean Girls' jump Queens man on New York subway
(U.S./Nation)

... Post that the eight women were “acting stupid.” Seven were charged with gang assault, disorderly conduct, rioting, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and felony assault. Suspects were listed as ...

16. N.J. man sues New York City for right to flip off the police
(N.J./State)

... a law suit against New York City. The man has filed suit after he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for giving the middle finger to NYPD officers a year ago. According to the Huffington ...

17. Study shows widening income inequality in N.J.
(Money/Economy)

... million New Jerseyans living at or just beyond the federal poverty level and the numbers aren’t getting any better. The state’s wealthy have been getting so rich, according to the new study conducted ...

18. Global warming causes thunderstorms to rain pain on ozone layer
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to a report conducted by Harvard scientists James G. Anderson, David Wilmouth, Jessica B. Smith and David Sayres, the storms are releasing water vapors that are deeply absorbed by the stratosphere over ...

19. New Jerseyans to Gov. Christie: Your tax cuts can wait
(N.J./State)

BY GINA G. SCALA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A majority of New Jersey voters prefer the wait and see approach to tax cuts, according to a new poll released this week. The poll, conducted by Monmouth University ...

20. Olympics return to NBC along with iconic theme music
(Sports/Professional)

... these songs date back to the 1996 games in Atlanta. The man behind a good number of these songs is the great John Williams, longtime conductor of the Boston Pops and arguably the greatest composer of ...