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1. The new year brings challenges for people with disabilities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a dwelling unit or common space. A housing provider should do everything s/he can to assist, but s/he is not required to make changes that would fundamentally alter the program or create an undue financial ...

2. Top 10 lead actor performances of 2011
(Entertainment/Movies)

... because it's the opposite of cliche. Corinne is not a zealot or fundamentalist; she's merely a mother and wife, struggling with questions she yearns to answer. Farmiga offers an ambitiously understated ...

3. Tips for investing in 2012: Look for the long term
(Money/Economy)

... investment strategy. Focus on the fundamentals, such as corporate earnings. Investing in equities is the best defense against the biggest threat to your financial future — inflation. Consider investments ...

4. N.J. bill that seeks to improve lives of developmentally disabled passes legislature
(Opinion/Commentary)

... disabilities who are eligible for services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services is fundamental to the division's ability to plan effectively to meet those ...

5. LEGO Mindstorms, robotics competition is a 'sport' for the mind
(Sports/Professional)

... taken up by young people who understand business and strategy as well as athletic fundamentals, is also spurring a new generation where young people will take academics and team activities in the lab or ...

6. What is the God particle or Higgs Boson?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY MICHAEL T. GAMBLE COMMENTARY So much sound and fury over the Higgs Boson, signifying what? A complete understanding of the fundamental constituents of the world in which we live? Of the universe ...

7. Attorney General Paula Dow to be replaced by Christie's counsel Jeff Chiesa
(N.J./State)

... in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark from 2002 to 2009, last serving as the executive assistant U.S. attorney. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he earned his degree in business ...

8. NJEA says Christie's argument that teachers 'only work 180 days' is inaccurate
(N.J./State)

... at the University of Notre Dame on Nov. 18 that teachers only work 180 days — or just half the year — and make around $60,000. Well, the NJEA would give Christie a big fat F for failing to prove his ...

9. Monmouth football coach Kevin Callahan targets needs for improvement in 2012
(Sports/Professional)

... will be curing some of the issues that plagued their 2011 season. “I think that if you play consistently with good fundamentals you’re going to be a lot better than if you don’t,” Callahan said. “I didn’t ...

10. Compromise between NJEA and Gov. Christie would offer something for everyone
(Opinion/Commentary)

... he has done in the past, from town hall meetings to news conferences to carefully choreographed public events designed to demonstrate broad grassroots support. He’ll also utilize more basic fundamental ...

11. Using Twitter in sports: Tweets, handles, and hashtags
(Sports/Professional)

... sales and memorabilia collecting, from the shamrock covered special edition helmets of Notre Dame to the pink uniforms adorned by college teams in support of breast cancer awareness. Ironically the brand ...

12. H.R.822
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Madame, you are sadly misinformed, ignorant, or just a liar. H.R.822 (which, by the way, I disagree with) would require the person carrying the concealed firearm to COMPLY WITH THE LAW(S) OF THE STATE(S) ...

13. Liberalizing N.J.'s concealed firearm laws would help reduce crime
(Opinion/Commentary)

... recognizes those rights and the people charge the government to protect those rights. In other words, the states cannot abolish what is clearly a fundamental human right, the right to self-defense, ...

14. 'Hugo' movie review, trailer: Wondrous entertainment
(Entertainment/Movies)

... constantly on his tail, Hugo needs to live the life of a bandit on the run. He travels from clock to clock in the train station like Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, always just out of sight and ...

15. Agree with Eric
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... conceal in their home states to do so in other states as well. The right to keep and bear arms across state lines is a fundamental right. No state has the right to impose states rights to usurp the 2nd ...

16. Christie vamps up education overhaul rhetoric ahead of deadline
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Chris Christie recently appeared at Notre Dame’s Eck Hall of Law where he used the speaking engagement to take some shots at the NJEA amid the legisltaive ...

17. Gov. Christie verbally bullied Judge Linda Feinberg
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and the concept of shared sacrifice. As far as I’m concerned it is totally hypocritical for Governor Christie to take umbrage on Judge Feinberg’s ruling from a “fundamental fairness” perspective in lieu ...

18. Moral courage and the Penn State child sexual abuse case
(Opinion/Commentary)

... moral courage, so fundamental to Robert Kennedy’s beliefs. His daughter mentioned it, as did two other speakers who followed her to the podium: Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations ...

19. N.J. Assembly Speaker Oliver and Senate President Sweeney re-elected to head Legislature
(N.J./State)

... through fundamental, sweeping reform." “I appreciate the overwhelming support by the members in re-electing me to continue as leader of the caucus," DeCroce said. "I look forward to working with them ...

20. NJDEP, researchers launch 10 studies of Barnegat Bay
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... address numerous information gaps about the bay's fundamental ecology. They should provide us with a more complete understanding of the bay's current condition and the extent to which the bay's ecology ...