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1. Before you check your skis and snowboard, you should carefully check your car
(Sports/Professional)

... out that because all trails funnel down to the base lodge, it's much easier for parents to keep an eye on their children. He adds that the sale of lift tickets will be capped on weekends, helping to ensure ...

2. Corzine cuts $839 million from New Jersey’s state budget, frees $20 million in local aid
(N.J./State)

... in property tax relief. Corzine said the latest budget cuts maintain his commitment to provide real property tax relief. Clifton Mayor Jim Anzaldi, president of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, ...

3. The U.S. way is the wrong way on Afghanistan
(Opinion/Commentary)

... objective can be met by the presence of a much smaller multilateral force. Also, more support for educating girls and women would lift families and communities while helping to reduce terrorism. Eleanor ...

4. The best way to begin ski and snowboard season: The ‘Bumps for Boomers Ski and Ride Exercise Series'
(Sports/Professional)

... the Bumps for Boomers series was adopted by the ski company as the official ski conditioning program for Aspen's 2,000 ski and snowboard instructors, ski patrollers and lift operators. Aspen Skiing Company ...

5. Italian intrigue and the Secret Service at Meadowlands Racetrack made my day
(Life/Style)

... left, the security frozen zone was lifted, and we all went home. And I enjoyed being with the Secret Service guys. Cool people.  ...

6. Natha Singh, owner of 12 New Jersey gas stations, agrees to pay nearly $60,000 in back wages
(N.J./State)

... New Jersey District Office. Nanak Oil Inc. operates gas stations in Clifton, Elizabeth and Passaic; Paul Mart Inc. operates gas stations in Wallington (two locations), Secaucus and Irvington; Metro ...

7. Bring on the rugged roads: A review of the 2010 Mercedes GLK 350 mini truck
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... cruise controls; power sunroof and rear liftgate; 115-volt outlet. Roger Witherspoon writes a weekly car review column called Shifting Gears (blog). Witherspoon has spent more than 40 years working ...

8. ‘Precious’ shows moviegoers how resilient humans can be
(Entertainment/Movies)

... says newcomer Gabby Sidibe. "I want people to feel very uplifted by the story." This is a gut-wrenching film that shows how resilient humans are. Painful and inspiring at the same time, it is impossible ...

9. U.S. Congress going after oil industry to pressure Iran
(World/International)

BY ELI CLIFTON IPS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — Congress has given new momentum to a bill imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran — a move seen by many as an ineffective form of sanctions and potentially ...

10. Bilal Assayyid, David Pavoni indicted for distribution of child porn on Internet
(N.J./State)

... for any other user to download from a "shared folder" on his computer. Assayyid was arrested on Sept. 26, 2007 and is free on bail. David J. Pavoni, 26, of Clifton, is charged in a separate indictment ...

11. There's no Hollywood glitter in Westfield forensics lab; the thrill is in the science
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... when DNA evidence pointed to another suspect. The suspect, Clifton Hall, died in jail while awaiting trial in November, according to the prosecutor's office. On television, gun-toting lab technicians ...

12. A look at the 5 biggest fitness mistakes
(Health/Healthquest)

... minutes. Mistake 4: You use bad form Gyms are filled with people performing exercises with bad form. The two biggest reasons are that you aren't concentrating on the exercise, or you're trying to lift ...

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

... credit cards to be duplicated and later scammed in return for payment towards their deficient loans. During the pre-dawn raids the following people were arrested: John Paladino 44, of Clifton was charged ...

14. Get the most out of your workout: Discover the hidden secrets of rubber and foam
(Health/Healthquest)

... arms folded over your chest or up in the air above your chest. You should feel pressure only where the roller hits your body. If you don't, lifting your butt slightly higher should do the trick. From the ...

15. With 2 wins already, NJIT basketball on the road to success
(Sports/Professional)

... When NJIT finally did last January 21 at the expense of Bryant, he could see the mood changing in the program. There was a weight lifted off of the shoulders of the players, there was a difference in how ...

16. Marc Mappen's ‘There's More To New Jersey Than The Sopranos' a treasure trove of Garden State trivia
(Life/Style)

... the contrary, I want to show the dark as well as the light, the good as well as the bad, the uplifting as well as the grotesque about our state.'' Did you know that while waiting for the peace treaty ...

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

... pursued these crimes. When President Obama signed the new law last month, those restrictions were finally lifted. We will never be able to undo what happened to Shepard, Byrd Jr. or Gunn, but now we ...

18. Christie relying on 20 transition panels to recommend appointees, alert him to issues
(N.J./State)

... of staff, Woodbridge Township; Joseph Dominguez, lawyer and senior vice president, Exelon Generation; Ralph LaRossa, president and COO, Public Service Electric and Gas Co.; Robert Clifton, government affairs ...

19. Giblin completes election-sign cleanup
(N.J./State)

... a Paterson-based nonprofit social service agency. "The Democrats won a big plurality over the Republicans," Giblin said, meaning his Clifton office collected three times the number of Democratic signs ...

20. Camden named America's most dangerous city
(N.J./State)

... Trenton 32nd, Elizabeth 69th, Jersey City 109th, Clifton 300th, Hamilton (Mercer) 348, Woodbridge 352, Edison 355, Toms River 371, and Brick 386. Philadephia ranks 21st and New York 296. St. Louis ...