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1. Christie vs. Sweeney: It could be a long road to a New Jersey state budget compromise
(Opinion/Commentary)

... no pleasure in proposing the spending reductions, but that previous administrations failed to face up to serious problems and allowed them to fester. Difficult decisions can be ignored no longer. Without ...

2. ‘Addams Family’ musical succeeds as a crowd-pleaser
(Entertainment/Movies)

... both cuddly and creepy as Uncle Fester. His gentle "The Moon and I" ballad proves to be a weirdly lovely highlight featuring a ukulele-strumming Fester ecstatically cavorting in midair with the shining ...

3. N.J. budget experts says state government in midst of "extraordinary and unprecedented'' fiscal nightmare
(N.J./State)

... the leadership necessary to address fiscal problems that have been festering for years.’’ He described the budget is an attempt to get a grip on years of state and local government spending and begin ...

4. N.J. school budgets read like a Stephen King horror novel
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of the kind of action which merely postpones facing up to problems and allows them to fester. The Legislature has until the end of June to arrive at a consensus on the budget, three months guaranteed ...

5. Jersey boys and ghouls haunt ‘The Addams Family’ on Broadway
(Entertainment/Movies)

... "Chicago" fame. Moonstruck Uncle Fester is fermented by Kevin Chamberlin, who was raised in Moorestown Township, graduated from Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts and starred as Horton the Elephant ...

6. Can Rutgers, Seton Hall win on the court of public opinion with handling of basketball coaches?
(Sports/Professional)

... to be for the betterment not just of sports, but for the university as well. Can blame be placed at the university's feet for letting the situation fester? Was there collateral damage — namely the reported ...

7. ‘Clybourne Park’ surveys how racial attitudes have changed (or not)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... it serves mostly as a foundation for the modern-day confrontation. Much as the play ruefully explores cultural misperceptions festering today, it also strikes loud satirical notes regarding the generally ...

8. Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson enhance ‘A View From the Bridge’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Beatrice, Jessica Hecht presents an anxious woman whose keen eye soon spots the ugly trouble festering in her household. Like Schreiber and Johansson, Hecht speaks the flat Brooklyn dialect believably, ...

9. Gov. Chris Christie: The Speech
(N.J./State)

... business have not worked. The era of partisanship and acrimony has not served the people well. Problems have festered while too much of the time of our leaders has been spent assigning blame instead ...

10. Gov. Chris Christie: The new Governor of New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... either to work together to move our state forward, or to get out of the way of those who will.'' He promised to confront long-festering education problems in inner city schools, hold educators responsible, ...

11. Lester Brown says ‘we can’t afford to let the planet get much hotter’
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... become more evident, then people will act. This is bit like the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. There were years of widespread discontent before the fall that festered and engaged many people at the ...

12. A ‘seal' of approval at Vancouver International Film Festival
(Entertainment/Movies)

... playground equipment, campers, even cars pushed into festering swimming pools. It's not just mosquitoes and rats who enjoy the habitat. "Given the amount of methamphetamine sales in Riverside County, ...

13. New Jersey Republicans call for more ethics reform
(N.J./State)

... R-Monmouth) charged Tuesday that Democrats have allowed corruption to fester in New Jersey. "Democratic officials have ignored our calls for stricter ethics laws so that New Jersey families get the ...

14. Identity theft causing need for photo ID check at the doctor’s office
(Health/Healthquest)

... been quietly festering for several years, the bank told her, eating away at her credit score. "It was very, very upsetting and overwhelming. We were about to get married and buy our first home," she ...