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1. Dangerous arsenic in brown rice: Not just apple juice, says researchers
(Health/Healthquest)

... researchers found that the foods which contained brown rice syrup had higher quantities of arsenic than those without the syrup. Jackson and his team used foods purchased via the internet or in stores ...

2. Starbucks serves priciest coffee drink ever...to kid with free coupon
(Life/Style)

... if you drink it all." Yum. For those keeping count, the drink contained 1,400 mg. of caffeine and an incalculable amount of sugar, which should keep Warren awake for quite some time.  ...

3. Obama relieves New Jersey of No Child Left Behind education standards
(N.J./State)

... of our education reform agenda contained in this application confirms that our bold, common sense, and bipartisan reforms are right for New Jersey and shared by the president and (U.S. Education) Secretary ...

4. Christie pleased that Obama granted 'No Child Left Behind' waiver
(N.J./State)

... the law. Earlier this week, Gov. Christie commented on what the waiver means to his reforms. "The Obama administration's approval of our education reform agenda contained in this application confirms ...

5. NJDOT renews effort to improve safety at rail crossings
(N.J./State)

... to build on a foundation of existing NJ TRANSIT safety programs and represents the work of a large number of federal and state officials and other people interested in the issue. Recommendations contained ...

6. Ex-Dept. of Labor analyst Sharon Caldwell pleads guilty to stealing over $18K from state
(N.J./State)

... Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Brown in Trenton. The charge was contained in an Oct. 5 state grand jury indictment. Brown scheduled sentencing for April 18. Under a plea agreement, the state Division ...

7. Ex-Vineland cop Brian Hinkel pleads guilty to possession of assault rifles, illegal ammunition
(N.J./State)

... contained in an Aug. 30, 2010 indictment stemming from a state police investigation. Sentencing is set for June 1. Hinkel was arrested on Jan. 26, 2009, when troopers went to his house to question ...

8. Ex-Westfield schools administrator Robert Berman gets probation for corruption
(N.J./State)

... that the school board to appoint Metropolitan as the district’s “contractor of record” and he approved contracts knowing that they contained false information. Berman was charged in March as a result ...

9. Remny Gomez of West New York sentenced to prison for identity theft
(N.J./State)

... theft. Mega also ordered Gomez to pay $4,126 in restitution. The sentence was based on his guilty plea to second-degree theft of identity, a charge contained in a 2010 Union County grand jury indictment. ...

10. School near Atlanta, Ga. in trouble for slavery questions in math homework
(U.S./Nation)

... students because they contained no historical background information, and they asked parents why someone was being beaten twice a day. Beaver Ridge officials said the worksheets have been shredded. The ...

11. Ocean City, N.J. designated least angry, least depressed U.S. City
(N.J./State)

... anger and depression in the poll taken between 2008 and 2010. The survey contained information on physical and emotional health, access to basic needs, and financial well being. Ocean City publicist ...

12. (VIDEO) Casey Anthony video diary: Therapy or narcissism?
(U.S./Nation)

... and his website. But the four minute and sixteen second video contained no information on this little matter of Anthony’s recent murder trial and her late daughter, or where she is living. According ...

13. 2012 Iowa Caucus results confirm Romney's ideological gap with far right
(Opinion/Commentary)

... victory. On the other side of the spectrum, although Democrats still have their work cut out for them if President Obama is to win re-election in November, the results from Iowa contained some encouraging ...

14. Margaret Anderson, Mt. Rainier park ranger fatally shot, had N.J. roots
(U.S./Nation)

... to court records. Police recovered the abandoned blue Pontiac registered to Barnes which contained weapons, body armor and survival gear. It has been legal for people to take loaded firearms into Mount ...

15. N.J. mayors take aim at illegal, online gun sales
(N.J./State)

... not contain the owner licensing and gun registration provisions that President Johnson desired, the act, along with the Safe Streets and Crime Control Act passed by Congress months earlier, contained the ...

16. Occupy Wall Street put inequality at top of national agenda
(Opinion/Commentary)

... candidates for president who indicated that they would reject outright a long-term deficit reduction package that contained $10 in spending cuts for every $1 in revenue increases and the Republican members ...

17. Tea Party politician on Facebook calls for President Obama's assassination
(Opinion/Commentary)

... President Obama’s support of the constitutionally atrocious military authorization bill last week. The original bill surreptitiously contained a unconstitutional “rider” provision that called for the ...

18. Scheme that shipped 500 lbs. of marijuana into N.J. sends 3 to prison
(N.J./State)

... contained approximately 125 pounds of marijuana. Later that day, members of the State Police Drug Trafficking Central and North Units executed a search warrant at Harte’s place of employment in Fairfield ...

19. N.J. environmentalists upset by Gov. Christie's energy master plan
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... shale. Its critics say fracking contaminates ground water with toxins. NJ.com reported that the plan contained a warning that New Jersey will struggle to meet its clean energy goals without attaining ...

20. Gov. Christie unveils final version of N.J.'s state energy master plan
(N.J./State)

... taken to make it a reality. In many ways, this plan is flattering because it incorporates a lot of language from legislation we have passed or proposed, so essentially there is nothing all that new contained ...