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1. Ironman 2013 registration suspended amid controversy
(Sports/Professional)

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Ironman competition that was held in New Jersey and New York for the first time this summer may not happen in 2013. Registration for the Ironman U.S. ...

2. Top Scrabble player caught cheating in championships
(U.S./Nation)

...  Fresh off the Olympic Games in London, the Scrabble world and the Internet are said to be abuzz at the controversy during the event. According to an Associated Press report on Yahoo! Games, John D. ...

3. Watch out NBA and NHL: MLS is the 3rd most attended sports league in America
(Sports/Professional)

... organizations, NFL, MLB, and more, get political 4 major sports leagues handle player compensation, media contracts differently Controversy as Brazil prepares for 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer ...

4. Police layoffs in Camden, N.J.: One of America's most dangerous cities
(N.J./State)

... police will be taking their place. It is a drastic move that is supported by Mayor Dawn Redd but criticized by the local police union. Despite the controversy, perhaps this revamped police presence ...

5. South Africa's Oscar Pistorius outruns artificial legs controversy
(Sports/Professional)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM South African Olympic track and field athlete Oscar Pistorius, 25, was born without fibulas. He had both of his legs amputated below the knee before he was one year ...

6. N.J.'s proposed Special Education Taskforce will face major challenges
(Opinion/Commentary)

... served as the sponsor in the House of Representatives. The bill was passed and signed by President Gerald Ford in October 1975, but not without controversy and fanfare. When the bill, passed overwhelmingly ...

7. Miss. Baptist Church to wedding couple: No blacks allowed
(U.S./Nation)

... issue is an understatement. "All we wanted to do in the eyes of God was to be man and wife in a church that we thought we felt loved. What was wrong with that?" said Charles Wilson to CNN. After the controversy ...

8. Team handball scores globally, why not locally?
(Sports/Professional)

... The Americans lost, created an international incident and the sport took off. As the medal round dawned, word spread of the controversy rising and, low and behold, US faced Cuba for the Gold. Over ...

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

... context of the presidential election. Despite some controversy around these remarks, registered voters remain favorable toward Mayor Booker, with a solid 48 percent indicating they are “very” or “somewhat” ...

10. Chinese Olympic swimmer Ye Shiwen's times raise doping suspicions
(Sports/Professional)

... of an Olympic controversy, as the swimmer has been accused of doping. At the games in London, Ye has broken a world records in her first of two gold medal wins. Ye’s time was compared to American swimmer ...

11. Lessons of Little League competition
(Opinion/Commentary)

... is the greatest ability Sports organizations, NFL, MLB, and more, get political 4 major sports leagues handle player compensation, media contracts differently Controversy as Brazil prepares for 2014 ...

12. Penn State scandal: Leadership needs morality
(Sports/Professional)

... is the greatest ability Sports organizations, NFL, MLB, and more, get political 4 major sports leagues handle player compensation, media contracts differently Controversy as Brazil prepares for 2014 ...

13. Interview with Scott Wedgewood, N.J. Devils goalie prospect
(Sports/Professional)

... and handling it, not looking to forwards to help the defensemen. If it is a blatant hit to the head, then there is going to be controversy. When a player is making a play, and the goalie is too and they ...

14. The Hunterdon Developmental Center scandal: Denial of civil, human and due process rights
(Opinion/Commentary)

... clearly protects us from Cruel and Unusual Punishment, and the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees our right to Due Process. Interestingly, the Fourteenth Amendment was born out of the Dred Scott controversy, ...

15. Joe Paterno statue: Players and coaches weigh in on controversy
(Sports/Professional)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The 7-foot bronze statue of Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno still currently stands outside of Beaver Stadium. It originally symbolized the legendary ...

16. Sorry, Mayor Bloomberg: 9/11 memorial ceremony to exclude politicians
(U.S./Nation)

...  President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Bloomberg participated last year, and there was some controversy about a problem between Cuomo and Bloomberg over which ...

17. Ex-Yankee Reggie Jackson swings at Alex Rodriguez, Gary Carter...and misses
(Sports/Professional)

Reggie Jackson is in full mea culpa mode. Jackson, whose Hall of Fame baseball career has generated as much controversy as it has included greatness, set off a firestorm with remarks he made in a Sports ...

18. In pro sports, player durability is the greatest ability
(Sports/Professional)

...  Sports organizations, NFL, MLB, and more, get political 4 major sports leagues handle player compensation, media contracts differently Controversy as Brazil prepares for 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 ...

19. Rockland Boulders offer new source of minor league fun for Bergen, Passaic county
(Sports/Professional)

... project did not get off to a great start in getting the word out. Staff hires were late as construction went beyond the final opening dates; controversy soared around the finances of the stadium and the ...

20. Tired of being tired? You may need more than just sleep
(Health/Healthquest)

... burn up additional valuable energy. So be careful especially when you are putting sugar in your coffee drinks. Vitamin B-12 I’m a fan, but I must tell you there is some controversy. So if you are nervous ...