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1. Obama’s wage freeze hits 80,311 New Jersey workers
(U.S./Nation)

... clearly asking them to make a sacrifice,'' Jeffrey Zients, deputy director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, said. "We believe it is the first of many difficult steps ahead." Zients ...

2. Billboard at the Lincoln Tunnel celebrates atheism
(Life/Style)

... And frankly, no matter how religious you are, when you've heard "Jingle Bell Rock" on the radio 60 times before December 4, it's easy to feel a bit assaulted. It's not that atheists don't believe in ...

3. Christie administration told it owes feds $271M for halting ARC Tunnel project
(N.J./State)

... New York's subway expansion --- without even seeing a plan or a cost estimate," Wisniewski said. "It doesn't seem like he's being much of a financial watch dog, only a theatrical bulldog." — TOM HESTER ...

4. Fred Scalera resigns from New Jersey Assembly
(N.J./State)

... based on the results of the 2010 U.S. census, will attempt to remove Nutley out of the 36th and place it in the neighboring heavily Democratic 28th or 34th districts in Essex, where four Democratic Assembly ...

5. atheist billboards
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... got the intelligence to even speak? From a frog that crawled out of the ocean and became a monkey then a man? He can believe whatever he wants; "the FOOL hath said in his heart, there is NO God". ...

6. Gov. Christie doesn’t want New Jersey medical marijuana to be like California and Colorado
(Health/Healthquest)

... Dec. 9. If the Senate also approves the resolution, the administration would have 30 days to amend or withdraw its rules. Either house of the Legislature can hold a public hearing on invalidating the ...

7. There is no God
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... Christians I know are liars, church-going adulterers, tax cheats, alcoholics, etc. YES I MEAN ALL OF YOU. Don't think for a second you are not included. Always pointing the finger somewhere than at yourselves. ...

8. Networking Nuggets: Local entrepreneurs benefit from Chamber of Commerce events
(Money/Economy)

... with a healthy dose of diversification (of services), a focus on customer service, communication and testing the use of social media. One active entrepreneur is Mariana Maldonado, Fieldstone Fine ...

9. New Jersey’s failing pension system getting discussed
(N.J./State)

... Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff said over the summer that he expected the state to make that $540 million payment. But Christie later said the treasurer had "gotten ahead of himself" and that any contribution ...

10. Losing New Jersey open space to developers is cause for concern
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... timelines was waived, no appraisals were completed, and virtually no documents were available for public review before the hearings. Even more troubling for taxpayers, however, is that there is no fair ...

11. China’s great ‘green’ leap forward
(World/International)

... To provide that many people with air conditioning and heat for their homes as well as the ability to move about requires a massive consumption of natural resources including coal, oil and natural gas. ...

12. Christmas shopping in N.J. — before big box stores & the Internet
(Life/Style)

... & Co., Saks, B. Altman, Lord & Taylor and the original and authentic F.A.O Schwartz. Closer to home Main Street in Hackensack had movie theaters (Fox and Oritani), numerous family owned businesses ...

13. How to lock in a 20 percent investment return — maybe
(Money/Economy)

... rates head up again, as most economists expect. ‘Bond investors are living on borrowed time right now,' says Carl Kaufman, manager of Osterweis Strategie Income." Did I say everybody? There's at least ...

14. Poll finds anemic popularity, name recognition numbers for New Jersey's Democratic U.S. Sen. Menendez
(N.J./State)

... have an unfavorable opinion. Another 29 percent either are unsure and 15 percent haven't heard of him at all. "Those are fairly anemic numbers for an energetic guy who has already served nearly six years," ...

15. Eurydice
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Anyone who hurts a bear is sick, has no heart, no soul, and will BURN IN HELL ...

16. ‘Inside Job’ movie review and trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  As Charles Ferguson's superb documentary "Inside Job" makes clear, Americans can be thankful if they've still got their health, because their financial well-being has been stolen. Now in limited release ...

17. Lt. Gov. Guadagno wants archeological dig on Statehouse lawn buried
(N.J./State)

... the four-lanes of heavily-traveled Route 29. But although Wallace Roberts & Todd, a well-known nationwide architectural firm was retained to design the park, the project has all but been declared ...

18. Brain Health Institute
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This is intriuging..it's great that this research that is so desperately needed is going to be done. I just want to point out that the article didn't mention under the description of Autism that there ...

19. Avoid the holiday weight gain
(Health/Healthquest)

BY ROD SILVA The word "holidays" often conjure up images of cakes and pies, and stuffing yourself with turkey and all the trimmings. According to the National Institutes of Health, the average American ...

20. N.J. could get World Cup again if Bill Clinton is convincing
(Sports/Professional)

... Clinton will be in a diplomatic element in Zurich. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince William will be in Zurich in an attempt to bolster the UK bid. Cameron will go head-to-head with Putin ...