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

... planned for Dec. 9. The robotic underwater glider has traveled more than 4,000 nautical miles from New Jersey to Spain under the guidance of students and faculty from Rutgers's Institute of Marine and ...

2. Oceans have the ability to trap carbon and avoid negative climate change
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... study revealing the latest science of marine ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows, mangroves and salt marshes, shows that they have a much greater capacity to progressively trap carbon than land carbon ...

3. Tom Hanks opens ‘Beyond All Boundaries’ at expanded National World War II Museum
(Entertainment/Movies)

... fronts. Words from soldiers, sailors, marines, war correspondents and political leaders are spoken by well-known actors including Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Patricia Clarkson and Jennifer Garner. Tom ...

4. Our veterans come home to a helpful New Jersey community
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in Iraq or Afghanistan, or both. Put in perspective, that's nearly the population of Rutherford. Many of these men and women, these soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, joined the military after the ...

5. U.S. alliance with Japan showing signs of strain
(World/International)

... 2006 to move a U.S. Marines air station, Futenma, from its current location in a densely-populated area to a less crowded part of Okinawa. The agreement further provides for another 8,000 U.S. Marines ...

6. Rutgers scientists pair with oceanographic institution to find culprit in mysterious phytoplankton death
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... news release here. Phytoplankton are tiny, drifting plants, mostly invisible to the naked eye, but visible even from space as they when they bloom in great numbers at sea. Rutgers marine biologists, ...

7. N.J. sues to stop dredging of Delaware River
(N.J./State)

... span 102 miles of the main channel of the Delaware River from the center of Delaware Bay off Cape May to north of Camden. It would encompass areas listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as essential ...

8. Manatee stuck in New Jersey waters rescued
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... warmer South Florida waters. Ilya, the adult male manatee, was rescued Tuesday near the ConocoPhillips Bayway Refinery by wildlife officials and refinery workers. Veterinarians at the Marine Mammal ...

9. Israeli-style martial arts system pulls no punches
(Life/Style)

... will be in Japan for 10 days in November to train members of a Marine division, he said. Not to worry, 15 instructors will continue teaching the 250 students while they're gone. The brothers also go ...

10. Senator Kerry warns against plan to send 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan
(U.S./Nation)

... be met before we consider sending more soldiers and Marines to clear new areas." Jim Lobe's blog on U.S. foreign policy can be read at http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/. IPS NEWS AGENCY  ...

11. America’s food supply, imported foods vulnerable to terrorism
(U.S./Nation)

... former police detective and Marine intelligence officer Sidney Frances. "Whenever we see multiple government agencies involved in one single function, there will almost certainly be some kind of Snafu," ...

12. Gays in the military debate moves forward with pressure to end ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
(U.S./Nation)

... to replace, such as special operations forces, infantry battalions, [and] submarines, you are doing great harm," Donnelly says. Becky Kanis likens anti-gay service members to whites who left the service ...

13. Feds to complete cleanup of former Atomic Energy property in Middlesex
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Six decades after its use in the early days of the American atomic program, and 30 years after it served as a Marine Corps training center, federal agencies have ...

14. President McCormick’s State of Rutgers annual address
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Germanic studies, childhood studies, marine and coastal sciences, and the Rutgers Future Scholars program. Reaffirming Our Goals Many people at Rutgers, including many in this room, have helped to obtain ...

15. Ground broken for $274 million marine terminal in Gloucester County
(N.J./State)

Ground was broken in Paulsboro Tuesday on the first phase of the Paulsboro Marine Terminal project, a 190-acre general cargo terminal to be built in the heart of South Jersey. The project is expected ...

16. Corzine campaign does first mailing, pamphlet promises governor will lead New Jersey through tough economy
(N.J./State)

... his grandparents lost everything in the Depression, that he put himself through graduate school at night, that he volunteered for the Marine Corps (Reserve), and that his first job on Wall Street was ...

17. EPA to oversee cleanup of hazardous chemicals at McGuire Air Force Base
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... top of EPA's list of the most toxic Superfund sites. In 2003, the Air Force reported more than 1,400 DoD had trichloroethylene contamination. The 2008 Defense Authorization Act require the Navy and Marine ...

18. Sen. Barbara Buono wants to ban smoking in New Jersey parks, on beaches
(N.J./State)

... of state beaches, has been proposed in California, where the sponsors have cited the damage to the marine environment, in addition to the well-documented health risks to non-smokers. The sponsor of the ...

19. This is guaranteed to help you on the golf course … comfortable cart seats
(Sports/Professional)

... spinal health." The seats are made with high-quality, marine grade vinyl for proven durability, while underneath is a foam made of a superior resiliency polyurethane similar to high-end mattresses. "Golf ...

20. Report: Humans changing New Jersey’s coastal waters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Rising temperatures, over-fishing altering marine ecosystem BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Rising temperatures, over-fishing and other human pressures have changed ocean waters off the Northeastern ...