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1. Oakland A's sign Manny Ramirez: Billy Beane's 'Moneyball' at work
(Sports/Professional)

... Florida, according to the Associated Press. “This is a guy over the course of his career who could jump out of bed in December and hit,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco ...

2. St. Benedict's Prep basketball looks to earn state title with new talent
(Sports/Professional)

... so if you don’t follow high school basketball, you may not have heard of the last three but you soon will. St. Benedict’s Prep Basketball’s own big three of Tyler Ennis, Melvin Johnson, and Isaiah Briscoe ...

3. Rutgers vs. DePaul basketball: Scarlet Knights have a night to forget
(Sports/Professional)

... Center. “It's DePaul,” Rice said. “You know somebody has the ability to step up and go on a run like that.” Cleveland Melvin also came through for DePaul, finishing with 14 points and seven rebounds. ...

4. 40 people, including 6 ex-MVC clerks, indicted for illegal sales of N.J. driver's licenses
(N.J./State)

...  Melvin Lita, aka Arben Lita, 33, of Fair Lawn (Juan) Pablo Gavilanez, 26, of Irvington Jose Pelaez, 26, of Bloomfield Gustavo Pamavilla, 22, of Irvington Roberto Yumbla, 27, of Irvington Ana ...

5. Lee Evans of Newark found 'not guilty' of 1978 teen murders
(N.J./State)

... to prove that Hampton lured the teens to a vacant Newark building and drew them into a closet before nailing the door shut, pouring gasoline and setting the fire. Melvin Pittman and Ernest Taylor, ...

6. 'J. Edgar' movie review, trailer: A restrained portrait of the G-Man
(Entertainment/Movies)

... movies, Hoover's cooperation with Hollywood turns him into an FBI man. But when ace agent Melvin Purvis attracts entirely too much personal acclaim by leading the manhunts that killed outlaws like Pretty ...

7. The Jewish mourner’s Kaddish prayer comforts me on my father’s passing
(Life/Style)

... and say, Amen. — The Jewish Mourner’s Kaddish prayer I have said this prayer for my father, Melvin "Moshe" Steinberg, every day since his funeral and burial. He passed away on August 28, 2011 after ...

8. Anthony Jones, ex-Perth Amboy mayor Joe Vas' driver, pleads guilty to role in housing lottery scheme
(N.J./State)

... Melvin Ramos also pleaded guilty to corruption charges in connection with the illicit $58,000 payment and campaign funding scheme. On April 15, 2011, Judge Mellaci sentenced Vas to eight years in prison, ...

9. Roselle man faces prosecution for Bentley carjacking hoax in Newark
(N.J./State)

... police report. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said 51-year-old Melvin Powell was charged with one count of making a false report to law enforcement after he cracked under questioning by ...

10. New Jersey problems are more complex than Christie would have us believe
(Opinion/Commentary)

... will get hurt if we refuse to examine the entirety of the problem. We are facing what Professors Horst Rittell and Melvin Webber of the University of California-Berkeley, call wicked problems. In short, ...

11. The Steinbergs, Billy Conn, and classic sports: June 18, 1941
(Sports/Professional)

... house in the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh. Archie and his wife, my Grandma Rose knew Harry Pitler and Greenfield Jimmy Smith, and my father, Melvin, called by the family by his Yiddish name, “Moishe” ...

12. Alexander Alfaro, 20, receives 272 years in prison for role in Newark schoolyard killings
(N.J./State)

... CBS News reported. Godinez was convicted by an Essex County jury in May of 2010 and sentenced two months later. Melvin Jovel, 21, of Elizabeth also pleaded guilty and was sentenced in November 2010. ...

13. Dr. Michael Durante of Montclair, 11 others indicted on federal drug charges
(Health/Healthquest)

... J. Gebo, 62, Tristen M. Ambrosino, 27, and Daniel J. Lally, 28, of Belleville; Matin P. Rinaldi, 63, and Marianna Colucci, 56, of Bloomfield; Melvin Fernandez, 27, Gregory Gavini, 33, and Brian J. Renkart, ...

14. Ex-Perth Amboy mayor Joe Vas gets an additional 5 to 8 years in prison
(N.J./State)

Brings his total total sentence tally up to 14 1/2 years; former aide Melvin Ramos gets 7 years, 2 contractors get probation Former Perth Amboy mayor Joseph Vas and his longtime aide Melvin Ramos were ...

15. Dr. Michael Durante of Montclair among those arrested in oxycodone ring
(N.J./State)

... J. Lally, 28, of Belleville; Matin P. Rinaldi, 63, and Marianna Colucci, 56, of Bloomfield; Michael P. Scherer, 51, of Montclair; Melvin Fernández, 27, Gregory Gavini, 33, and Brian J. Renkart, 39, of ...

16. My first Pittsburgh Steelers-Green Bay Packers game
(Sports/Professional)

... these were two failing National Football League franchises. I had started following the Steelers in 1956 at the ripe age of seven. My father, Melvin Steinberg was able to purchase two tickets for ...

17. N.J. Lottery hits 40
(N.J./State)

... fun organization." During the Lottery's 40 years of operation, winners have provided moments of both great excitement and suspense. There was Melvin Milligan, who claimed his BIG GAME ticket worth ...

18. Former Perth Amboy mayor Joe Vas pleads guilty to corruption charges
(N.J./State)

... aide, Melvin Ramos, 54, of Perth Amboy, pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree conspiracy and third-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity before Judge Mellaci. Under Ramos' plea agreement, ...

19. Melvin Ramos guilty of money laundering, conspiracy
(N.J./State)

Aide to former Perth Amboy mayor Joe Vas likely to get 7 years in plea deal Melvin Ramos, a longtime aide of former Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring with Vas to obtain ...

20. Melvin Jovel receives three life terms for Newark school yard slayings
(N.J./State)

Judge imposes a 245-year sentence Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced Thursday that Melvin Jovel, 21, of Elizabeth, who admitted murdering three Delaware State University students ...