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1. The best TV series of all time?
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Street 27. The Jewel in the Crown 28. The Monocled Mutineer 29. Clocking Off 30. Inspector Morse 31. This Life 32. Band of Brothers 33. Hill Street Blues 34. The Prisoner 35. St Elsewhere ...

2. Leasing N.J. parks to private companies would be a violation of the public trust
(Opinion/Commentary)

... severely restricts private businesses to act as concessionaires. It does not outsource management. Despite these restrictions, the Inspector General has criticized the management of concessionaires; parks ...

3. Residents get some hope after Hackensack garage collapse
(N.J./State)

... and ran out of the garage. Stephen Lo Iacono, Hackensack city manager told The Star-Ledger that while the city dispatched inspectors this morning to inspect similar apartment towers in Hackensack they ...

4. N.J. MVC can’t afford to inspect cars anymore
(N.J./State)

... according to the agency. MVC inspectors have failed only 6 percent of the 1.9 million vehicles a year they see for "more serious mechanical defects related to breaks, steering, suspension or tires," ...

5. Millions of Americans facing foreclosure
(U.S./Nation)

... results", Kevin Puvalowski, deputy special inspector general for TARP, the U.S. Treasury's bailout program, told a Senate Appropriations panel recently. Because of bad loans, falling housing prices, ...

6. What about this?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... most of the time) so you can imagine my surprise when they failed it for loose steering. I argued with the inspector because the steering didn’t feel loose. I ended up taking it to a mechanic hoping ...

7. corruption is alive and well in southern NJ, no-one in Trenton cares...
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... a cushy job as an electrical inspector at Westampton Twp. For a school that can't afford to pay teachers, they can sure afford dozens of computers, scores of workshops for administrators that involve travel, ...

8. President Obama on the BP oil spill in the Gulf (VIDEO)
(U.S./Nation)

... federal prosecutor and Inspector General. His charge over the next few months is to build an organization that acts as the oil industry's watchdog - not its partner. One of the lessons we've learned ...

9. N.J. seeking $5.6 million in Medicaid reimbursement, damages from Newark adult medical center
(N.J./State)

... Office of the Medicaid Inspector General announced Wednesday. The Medicaid Inspector General alleges that Garden Adult Medical, located at 717-727 Broadway, either intentionally submitted Medicaid claims ...

10. States gradually tap economic stimulus funds to weatherize homes
(U.S./Nation)

... homes for energy efficiency. With inspectors in all 50 states, the Energy Department and the Government Accounting Office intend to root out potential fraud and waste, which could slow progress. In ...

11. N.J. DEP bans shellfish gardening in Jersey waters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... dioxin and PCBs. Consumption of these shellfish puts humans at risk. "Because of budget cuts and retirement there are not enough conservation officers and shellfish inspectors. The lack of enforcement ...

12. Christie proposal to place SCI under N.J. state Comptroller meets with opposition
(N.J./State)

... Wednesday by a key Senate Democratic leader and the SCI chairman. In an effort to save $3.5 million, the governor wants to place the SCI, the state Inspector General, and the state Medicaid Inspector ...

13. Senate committee to discuss future of state's investigative agencies on June 2
(N.J./State)

... of the state's various investigative authorities and Gov. Chris Christie's proposal to merge the State Commission of Investigation, the Inspector General and the Medicaid Inspector General into the Office ...

14. As summer travel season nears, N.J. finds bad baggage scales at Newark airport
(N.J./State)

New Jersey state Office of Weights and Measures inspectors have checked all baggage scales in the three passenger terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport to ensure the devices accurately weigh ...

15. N.J. mob indictments handed to Lucchese crime family
(N.J./State)

... crime family members, alleged to have run a criminal enterprise that bribed city building inspectors, among other crimes. The indictment also charges 13 other people with one or more crimes. They are: ...

16. Bills seeking N.J. "millionaire's tax,'' and dedicating $637 million for seniors, disabled scheduled for approval
(N.J./State)

... fewer to host gaming activities. The other (S-1867) would remove the requirement that an inspector of the Casino Control Commission be present at all times during casino operation, giving the agency more ...

17. The Pink Panther meets James Bond in OSS 117: Lost in Rio
(Entertainment/Movies)

... compare him to Peter Seller's Inspector Clouzot ... except, where Clouzot was smarter – but clumsier – than everyone around him, Hubert is quite frankly dumber and moreover, stuck in a misogynistic, politically ...

18. Christie at 100 days: I’m the Governor of New Jersey, I’m holding up just fine
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of our State becoming a laughing stock. The public employee from New Jersey, it says he has two jobs - one in the Mercer County court system and another as an elevator inspector. And they say how do ...

19. State collecting $9 million for illegal marketing of Seroquel
(Health/Healthquest)

... agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General, which will closely monitor the company's future marketing and sales practices. "In 2009, we recovered ...

20. Isaac Arowosaye of Be Kind Health Care Services Inc. charged with $5 million in Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... of a cooperative investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor and the state Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. Investigators arrested Arowosaye ...