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1. REVIEW: ‘A Perfect Future’ yields sour grapes
(Entertainment/Movies)

... couple in their 50s, for Elliot (Daniel Oreskes), a dear pal of their halcyon university days who's visiting from California. Joining them at the last moment is Mark (Scott Drummond), John's considerably ...

2. Rutgers student punched by police on video
(N.J./State)

... under the title "Rutgers Student Brutally Beaten by NBPD." The video is captured at the end of the arrest. The man, Elliott Marx, 20, of Lindenhurst, N.Y., is on the ground and struggling with as many ...

3. REVIEW: ‘Blood From A Stone’ drips with dismal doings
(Entertainment/Movies)

... mix of emotions ranging from tenderness to revulsion is handsomely layered — and the bleary realism of director Scott Elliott's production (Derek McLane provides the eyesore setting that takes quite a ...

4. New Jersey brokers busted for ripping off former Mets star Cliff Floyd and other investors
(Money/Economy)

... that former New York Mets' player Cliff Floyd is among those who were stung financially. The division's Bureau of Securities found that Stephen Elliott Hill, an owner of a Woodcliff Lake-based financial ...

5. New Jersey officials, environmentalists rewarded with Obama’s offshore drilling ban
(U.S./Nation)

... the decision "wonderful news" for his tourism-dependent state, whose economy has been battered by the foreclosure scandal and carryover concerns from the oil spill. Matt Elliott of Environment New Jersey ...

6. Newark schoolchildren desperately need Gov. Christie to lift state’s school construction ban
(Opinion/Commentary)

... as a new building replacement, which would require complete re-design. When completed, the new school will serve 1600 West Ward students, grades 9-12. Elliott Street School: this desperately needed ...

7. REVIEW: Gay sci-fi doings yield lowdown laughs
(Entertainment/Movies)

... by writer Buddy Thomas and director Kenneth Elliott, the 90-minute farce offers a madly bawdy turn by Ridiculous Theatrical Company eminence Everett Quinton as a sexed-up Florida matron, plus amusingly ...

8. REVIEW: Windy ‘After the Revolution’ winds down
(Entertainment/Movies)

... her boyfriend (Elliot Villar). Perhaps Herzog never makes Emma's psychological makeup sufficiently clear to account for her overreaction. Maybe the no-big-deal yawns of other family members in Emma's ...

9. Keith Olbermann, cable TV sports and news and a political boondoggle
(Sports/Professional)

... There are political operatives all over the place at FOX (Karl Rove, Sarah Palin), CNN (Elliot Spitzer), MSNBC/CNBC (Chris Matthews, Lawrence Kudlow and the former chief of staff for New York Governor ...

10. ‘The Pitmen Painters’ digs into art
(Entertainment/Movies)

... "Billy Elliot," writer Lee Hall digs up yet another story from the British coal fields with his new play, "The Pitmen Painters," which opened Thursday at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Inspired by a ...

11. Clean energy and conservation should be a priority in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... these challenges more difficult by diverting funds earmarked for clean energy and efficiency programs. According to Matt Elliott of Environment New Jersey, this was a largely untold story in the recent ...

12. Bret Michaels keeps adding chapters as life unfolds
(Entertainment/Movies)

... place to play and I feel so honored that I am going to be the first female to headline the festival." Jay-Z, Lily Allen, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, The Ting Tings, Bowling For Soup and Drake were among ...

13. Cash-strapped states like N.J. use cap-and-trade revenue to fund budgets
(U.S./Nation)

... Warming Response Act said 80 percent of the money should go toward energy-related causes. "RGGI is a pretty simple concept," says Matt Elliott, the Global Warming and Clean Energy Advocate for Environment ...

14. ‘Just Wright’ with Queen Latifah is Cinderella meets the N.J. Nets — A movie review
(Entertainment/Movies)

... as Scott's. There is plenty of action in "Just Wright" which was directed by Sanaa Hamri ("Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2") and written by Michael Elliot ("Brown Sugar"). And as co-producer — involved ...

15. N.J. mob indictments handed to Lucchese crime family
(N.J./State)

... John V. Mangrella, 67, of Clifton; Alfonso "Tic" Cataldo, 68, of Florham Park; Antonio "Curly" Russo, 73, of Bloomingdale; Elliot Porco, 47, of The Bronx; Gianni Iacovo, 34, of Elmwood Park; James Furfaro ...

16. Meet ‘The Kid’ you can love
(Entertainment/Movies)

... well-paced production director Scott Elliott bestows on "The Kid." Aided by Howell Binkley's colorful lighting, Derek McLane's clean-cut set design employs pastel projections and video bits to create many ...

17. Parolee Alberto Silva arrested, charged in Newark robbery spree
(N.J./State)

... him as he was breaking into a car on Elliot Street, around 4:30 p.m. April 14. Silva shot one of the men, who worked for the car's owner, before fleeing, police said. The unidentified victim, a 33-year-old ...

18. 17 arrested in Essex County drug bust
(N.J./State)

... 22, of East Orange; Dion Elliott, 18, of East Orange; Robert Mozell, 22, of Orange and Wilmar Larose, 19, of East Orange. — ANDY LAGOMARSINO, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

19. Barack Obama considering a plan to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(World/International)

... no longer takes their security seriously, so they must toughen their stance," wrote Elliott Abrams, former President George W. Bush's top Middle East adviser on the neo-conservative Weekly Standard website. ...

20. Tea party activists are angry, motivated and determine
(U.S./Nation)

... to be more of the same," says Robertson of Tea party.org. "The only reason the tea party exists today is because the political parties have lost track of their platforms." In West Virginia, Elliot Simon, ...