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1. What’s in a name? A needed change for these Italians
(Life/Style)

... into Rocky Marciano, the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. And Thomas Rocco Barbella is better known as welterweight champ Rocky Graziano. There are many celebrities out there who are Italian-Americans ...

2. Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium will help with boxing comeback
(Sports/Professional)

... television, no heavyweights, too ethnic a sport, too violent, fractured leadership, lack of Olympic success etc, etc. Yet this Saturday night in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium will again serve host to a major ...

3. On Saturday night, Yankee Stadium again is a boxing capital
(Sports/Professional)

... champion Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium. It will be the first bout at a Yankee Stadium since Muhammad Ali successfully defended his world heavyweight championship against Ken Norton at its former location ...

4. 35 years after facing Muhammad Ali, 'Bayonne Bleeder' Chuck Wepner still pulls no punches
(Sports/Professional)

... Burt Young, who played "Paulie." "I was still ranked in the top 10 heavyweights, but it wasn't going that well. Then I got a call from Don King, asking if I wanted to go out to Salt Lake City to fight ...

5. ‘The Lost Boys’ star Corey Haim found dead
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the exact cause of his death. Born Corey Ian Haim in Toronto to an Israeli mother, Haim's movie career began in 1984 when he starred alongside silver screen heavyweights Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert ...

6. ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man' falls short of its full potential
(Entertainment/Movies)

... interest in what should have been powerful theater. We begin and end in Lewiston, Maine in 1965, the site and time of the rematch of a boxing bout between Sonny Liston and the man who took the heavyweight ...

7. Is President Obama bringing America back?
(U.S./Nation)

... great powers — including emerging giants, as well as longstanding heavyweights. This would permit an increasingly cash-strapped Washington to gradually devolve some of its more costly responsibilities ...

8. New play about Muhammad Ali, Stepin Fetchit starts Jan. 15 at McCarter Theatre
(Entertainment/Movies)

... one of the most controversial fights in boxing history (the second Ali-Sonny Liston bout), 23-year-old heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali formed an improbable bond with former Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit. ...

9. Adrian Griffin headlines Seton Hall’s Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2010
(Sports/Professional)

...  Whitford was a former standout wrestler who gave his life in an attempt to save others on Sept. 11, 2001. A 1993 graduate, he saw his greatest success on the mat in the heavyweight division. A two-time ...

10. Poor housing data continues despite strong corporate earnings
(Money/Economy)

... to construction-equipment maker Caterpillar, a flurry of corporate heavyweights have topped earnings and profit expectations for the third quarter of the year, turning in strong performances in one of ...

11. The Fracas in the Caucus: Steve Sweeney vs. Dick Codey
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY CARL GOLDEN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Remember the Thrilla in Manila, the Rumble in the Jungle, the War at the Shore? Well, those heavyweight slugfests are about to be joined by the Fracas ...

12. At 87, New Jersey's Lou Duva still working his magic
(Sports/Professional)

... as he has taken on a new task – working with 2008 Olympic Silver Medal Super Heavyweight Zhang Zhilei of China at a special camp this month at Fernwood in the Poconos. Duva has assembled a team, led ...

13. Is biodegradable plastic earth friendly?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... products and continue to degrade," says David Hughes, executive director of the Plastics Federation of South Africa, who has convinced industry heavyweights like Coca-Cola and Woolworths to steer clear ...

14. Clara Maass raises $230G to benefit medical center
(N.J./State)

... 10th. Making personal appearances at the golf outing will be two-time Super Bowl champion Pepper Johnson, former three-time world champion boxer Iran Barkley, former heavyweight boxing contender Gerry ...

15. With Obama support and $75 million, don't count Corzine out
(Opinion/Commentary)

... heavyweights, if he can find any in these dark days for Republicans. But Corzine, whose approval ratings are mediocre at best and whose performance as governor has been equally lackluster, has two advantages ...

16. Sizing up the race for governor
(N.J./State)

BY JOSH McMAHON The fall fight for the governor’s office promises to be a doozie with two respected political heavyweights going toe-to-toe exchanging verbal jabs about who is the better man to lead ...