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1. UMDNJ and Cooper Medical School join national effort to help veterans
(Health/Healthquest)

130 medical schools will attempt to combat PTSD and TBI BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Four New Jersey medical schools are among the 130 nationwide that the Obama administration hopes will ...

2. 'Family' actress Kristy McNichol admits she is gay to help bullied kids
(Entertainment/Movies)

Kristy McNichol, who played the adorable, skateboard-riding tomboy Buddy Lawrence in the late 1970s TV show “Family,” made a public announcement that she hopes consoles gay youngsters having to deal with ...

3. N.Y. Giants v. Atlanta Falcons: 2012 playoffs preview
(Sports/Professional)

... dominate time of possession (in hopes of slowing the game down). They need to capitalize on the Giants’ mistakes, such as Manning making the occasional bad read along with the team’s receivers dropping ...

4. Can N.Y. Jets' Santonio Holmes stand Mark Sanchez for another season?
(Sports/Professional)

... and another source said he was “moping in front of his locker” during halftime. With the Jets’ playoff hopes waning in the fourth quarter, Holmes and teammates argued in the huddle. “Go home. Go to ...

5. Scientists take major step toward creating male sperm in laboratory
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... leading fertility scientists, who hopes to work on the project, said. “With the mouse discovery, that could now be a possibility. This is a significant step forward towards making human sperm." The problem ...

6. Greg Schiano hopes to end Rutgers' quarterback carousel next year
(Sports/Professional)

BY MATT SUGAM NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM PISCATAWAY – There’s an old adage in football that if you have two quarterbacks, you don’t have any. Rutgers has experienced that first hand by having a quarterback ...

7. Meryl Streep hopes Margaret Thatcher finds 'The Iron Lady' respectful
(Entertainment/Movies)

... She said the year was 1970, close to the time thatThatcher began her political rise. Streep said she hopes that if Thatcher sees the movie, she can agree it was made with respect for her life’s work. ...

8. Giants vs. Jets Superbowl hopes hang by a thread
(Sports/Professional)

The good news for New Jersey football fans is that, going into the final week of the regular season, a Giants-Jets Super Bowl is still possible. The bad news is that it’s hanging by a sliver of a thread. ...

9. Brooklyn wolfdog saga ends well with ‘Rosie’ in N.J. shelter
(N.J./State)

... a German shepherd, a malamute, or a husky. It would take genetic testing to know for sure, reported news.com.au. Officials’ hopes of placing her in a special shelter came true with her admission to ...

10. Sports stadium violence is getting worse with no legitimate excuse
(Sports/Professional)

... really sad. ALSO BY JEREMY SCHILLING Giants' Eli Manning must be considered an elite QB with playoff hopes alive Monmouth football coach Kevin Callahan targets needs for improvement in 2012  ...

11. Seton Hall's Brandon Mobley to make debut against Mercer on Sunday
(Sports/Professional)

... been good for him. He’s a little bit out of shape and he’s a little bit rusty, but it’s good to have him back and see what he can do out there.” What Seton Hall hopes for him to do — aside from expand ...

12. NRG Energy dumps N.J. offshore wind farm plan
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... for offshore wind. Despite the pull-out, two other energy groups are vowing to move forward with their plans. Fishermen’s Energy, LLC of Cape May hopes to begin the first phase of its project to build ...

13. Giants' Eli Manning must be considered an elite QB with playoff hopes alive
(Sports/Professional)

BY JEREMY SCHILLING NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships. It’s a phrase millions of kids learn at an early age as they start up in teams sports. Many ...

14. Cover of Lindsay Lohan's Playboy shoot leaked to web
(Entertainment/Movies)

... fans have seen lately has been a troubled one. The actress has received five jail sentences since her two DUI arrests in 2007. Hefner said he hopes her image benefits from the spread. "One hopes that ...

15. President Obama commits $50M to AIDS prevention
(World/International)

... is determined to achieve. By 2015, the global program hopes to reduce sexual and vertical transmission of HIV by half, with more benchmarks down the road. UNAIDS has a three-pronged strategy: zero new ...

16. Yankees-Red Sox rivalry renewed with Bobby Valentine in the Boston dugout
(Sports/Professional)

... that read “Bobby Forever.” Between managerial assignments, Valentine has been adding his smarts and opinions to ESPN’s baseball coverage. Now Red Sox Nation hopes he’s a good a manager in Boston. The ...

17. 2012 Mercedes C-300 review: The all-purpose luxury car
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... matters, the C-300’s power plant can deliver. The ability to maneuver on icy terrain is part of a package of road condition safety features Mercedes hopes will steer buyers to its showrooms the same ...

18. What we learned: Rutgers win over Cincinnati
(Sports/Professional)

... Big East title hopes are alive With the win, Rutgers is now tied for first in the Big East. Now all they need to do is beat UConn next week and hope West Virginia and Louisville lose. There are other ...

19. Monmouth v. Wagner football preview: Hawks seek winning record in Saturday finale
(Sports/Professional)

... 1310AM, shoresportsnetwork.com THE LAST WHISTLE: Any playoff hopes Monmouth had ended last week after they lost to Albany 41-24. They gave up too many big scoring plays on defense and head coach Kevin ...

20. NASA seeks astronauts for International Space Station, future Mars missions
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the International Space Station, for instance, they have to be taken there by a Russian ship. NASA hopes private companies will fill the void of U.S. flights by 2020. While the agency expects some 3,500 ...