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1. Major loan sharking, credit card scam squashed by police
(N.J./State)

Restaurant owners on hard times helped dupe patrons dining in Essex and Passaic counties Police arrested six individuals (one still at large) allegedly involved in a loan sharking and credit card scam ...

2. U.S. soldier confesses to organized crime in Iraq
(U.S./Nation)

... of what the release of his memoirs will bring. "I never helped with the investigation, never made a statement, so the book will be a revelation for everyone, even my prosecutors. Once they have all the ...

3. Time to take action and rectify a faulty Jersey drug law
(Opinion/Commentary)

... children, and to offer other sentencing options to those who can still be helped to live productive lives. Ultimately, this law would save money, and make us all safer in the process. Because I have ...

4. Lithuanian national team player Gilvydas Biruta signs with Rutgers
(Sports/Professional)

... Team All-Star honors in April, 2009. Last season, he helped the team to a 24-3 record and a No. 7 national ranking in the final USA Today Super 25 Poll. The Gray Bees enter the 2009-10 campaign ranked ...

5. N.J. anti-fur demonstrators confront N.Y. shoppers on Black Friday
(U.S./Nation)

... and electrocuted in the US. From Tenafly, John O'Connor helped run the video equipment and Eve Bolkin wore a fake-raccoon coat filled with little animal faces and pelts, evidently meant to remind those ...

6. Rutgers Jonathan Mitchell gets opportunity to shoot down his old Florida Gator teammates
(Sports/Professional)

... year off helped me out to work on those things." His year of basketball purgatory after transferring, when he could only watch but not play as per NCAA regulations, helped him work on those things. But ...

7. Mohamed Sanu carries Rutgers over Louisville, 34-14
(Sports/Professional)

... went 82 yards on seven plays, ending with a one-yard touchdown run by redshirt freshman Darius Ashley. A 29-yard fourth-quarter rushing touchdown by Sanu with 3:52 left to play helped seal the 34-14 ...

8. India’s artificial ‘Glacier Man’ aims to freeze extra water in winter for crops in spring
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... calls "artificial glacier." So far, Norphel has helped build 10 artificial glaciers, all near villages whose communities have helped construct and maintain them. In Stakna village, some 35 kilometers ...

9. Frank Lautenberg: Spirit of Sen. Ted Kennedy lives on with passing of Hate Crimes Prevention Act
(Opinion/Commentary)

... their stories helped America's justice system and democracy reach new heights. Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat, is in his fifth term as a U.S. senator from New Jersey (1982-2001, 2003 to present). This ...

10. A New Jersey Turnpike road companion – all about those folks we honor through rest stops
(Life/Style)

... water-bearer who helped cannoneers during a New Jersey battle during the Revolutionary War) who may or may not have existed. The most accepted narrative involves a Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley from Pennsylvania, ...

11. Students with Asperger Syndrome included at Rutgers
(Health/Healthquest)

... was one of the things the program helped to procure," he said. "I prefer that." He had one troublesome episode early on, during a mandatory dorm floor meeting. "I got very uncomfortable and it could ...

12. Rutgers' robotic underwater glider reaches Spanish waters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... has clearly succeeded and in the process has helped evolve ocean observations to a new level. There will me be much to celebrate on Dec. 9. Christina Reed is a freelance science journalist based in Paris, ...

13. Preview: New York Giants at Denver Broncos, Thursday, 8:20 p.m., TV: NFLN
(Sports/Professional)

BY SAM HITCHCOCK NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Giants (6-4) may have narrowly escaped with a win against the Falcons last week, but the victory helped to free them of their losing funk and reposition them ...

14. Italian American organization irate over MTV's ‘Jersey Shore’ reality show
(Entertainment/Movies)

... whose hard work helped build this Country, and provide a steady source of sponsorship, revenues, and support for your network, I am writing to your office to demand that you immediately pull this series ...

15. Twilight Saga: ‘New Moon’ a complicated teenage love story fraught with danger
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to know.' " "What really helped was people's anticipation of the movie," says co-star Robert Pattinson, "and the fans of the series idea of what Bella and Edward's relationship is and what it represents ...

16. Measures to help New Jersey combat nation's highest autism rate approved by state Assembly committee
(Health/Healthquest)

... he said. "Their work helped lay the groundwork for continuing our efforts to combat these disorders that affect so many people in New Jersey." Eight other autism measures have been signed into law this ...

17. Just what is a filibuster, anyway?
(U.S./Nation)

... designed to end segregation. It became the tool of hatred and bigotry and helped mightily to prevent Congress from passing a single Civil Rights bill between the 1870's and 1957. The landmark Civil Rights ...

18. Nation’s 2010 governor races to hang on the economy
(U.S./Nation)

... his promise, and the state still has no income tax. Hilleary's election hopes weren't helped when Sundquist went back on a pledge and tried to enact an income tax, leading to raucous, stone-throwing protests ...

19. Bon Jovi lead guitarist, Richie Sambora, returns to Woodbridge for special cause
(Sports/Professional)

... chains, and the student who sells the most will be awarded a $5,000 college scholarship by Sambora later this year. "The people I met in high school, my classmates, my teammates and coaches, really helped ...

20. NFL Week 11: Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants, Sunday, 1 p.m., TV: FOX
(Sports/Professional)

... believe that someone who showed enormous potential as a rookie could be a flash in the pan, so Falcons fans should remain calm and hope Ryan finds the magic that helped him win Rookie of the Year before ...