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1. Polo tycoon John Goodman adopts girlfriend in time for DUI death lawsuit
(U.S./Nation)

... Goodman's two minor children was not to be considered part of Goodman's financial worth if the Wilsons are awarded damages by a jury. Then the story becomes bizarre. Court documents say that Goodman ...

2. Mitt Romney fights ‘not worried about very poor’ controversy (VIDEO)
(U.S./Nation)

... a minor political firestorm, and Romney is feeling the heat from both sides of the aisle. The full comment was: “I’m in this race, because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor, ...

3. N.J. school test results show low-income urban students continue to struggle
(N.J./State)

... and minority students. On the NJ ASK test, economically disadvantaged students score 31 percentage points lower than their peers in language arts literacy and 24 percentage points below in math. Both ...

4. New York Yankees tickets at ABC: Who will fill Posada's shoes?
(Sports/Professional)

... Draft, has a .281 batting average in 427 Minor League games.  Murphy was selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft. He spent the year making an impression with ...

5. Proposed Rutgers/Rowan Merger
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... leave with them. Research moneys designated to Rutgers will find other recipients. The plan to fold a campus of a great research university into a minor regional university will result in a net loss ...

6. Legalized gambling in N.J. is a slippery slope
(Opinion/Commentary)

... arguments against online gambling no longer have force. The modest sums expected from the games, concerns about minors masquerading as adults, about hackers getting credit card information, and about the ...

7. She's a representative?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... the laws. What our constitution does call for is equal protection--that the rights of minorities are to be protected. In McGee v. The West Virginia State Board of Education, SCOTUS ruled that thre rights ...

8. Constitutional Democracy
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The author seems to forget that our government is a constitutional democracy, meaning that we have safeguards in place to prevent the tyranny of the majority from oppressing minorities. The rights of ...

9. The image of GOD
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...  The neo-conservative minority in this country want the government to control the life of an unborn child before birth but don't want ato share the birden after birth. As the saying goes "conservatives ...

10. Tyranny of majority
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... need a distribution of powers, you need citizens able to seek justice when they are the minority. Jessica might be a wicked little spoiled brat of an atheist but she is undoubtedly a far better citizen ...

11. 85 N.J. State Troopers receive their badges at Tom's River ceremony
(N.J./State)

... violence situations, human dignity and relations exercises, cultural diversity and sensitivity training, and the State Police initiative of community policing. In the area of cultural diversity and minority ...

12. Baseball's Hot Stove heats up again for 2012 season
(Sports/Professional)

... back to life in the New York area. The two week period is also a time of great renewal for the 14 minor league teams that dot the area, with some of the better organized ones, like the Lakewood Blue ...

13. City of East Orange invests in police red light surveillance cameras for crime prevention
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Home Secretary John Reid said he expected a minority of people to be more concerned about what they call intrusion on civil liberties. Robinson said East Orange plans to add more crime-fighting technology ...

14. Christie says like same-sex marriage, civil rights movement could have been settled through ballot referendum
(N.J./State)

... have been successful and brought justice to minorities. It’s unfathomable to even suggest a referendum would have been the better course. “Governor – people were fighting and dying in the streets of ...

15. As N.J. Democrats move to approve gay marriage, Christie calls for voters to decide
(N.J./State)

... turn back the clock in our rich history of safeguarding popular will over the rights of minorities, which has been a bedrock principle of this country since Madison’s Federalist Paper #10.” Assembly ...

16. Organ Donation
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... at www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition. LifeSharers has over ...

17. Was Steven Tyler's 'Star Spangled Banner' unworthy of 'American Idol'? (VIDEO)
(Entertainment/Movies)

Here’s a suggestion: maybe major league sports franchises should take their cues from their minor league counterparts when it comes to booking talent for the singing of the National Anthem. Aerosmith ...

18. LYING REPUBLICAN
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... that morally better then everybody.....Nor is Santorum.....even those he hates on a level like the 1900 Santorum Hate gays hate UN-marry minorities blacks......many counties ready to start a war and ...

19. Bold financial predictions for 2012: Health care will see boom
(Money/Economy)

... off from work at full pay to visit a physician, at employer expense, because of a minor ailment. Second, Shilling goes on, medical providers in pay-for-service plans have incentives to perform extra ...

20. Elder demands can be unrealistic and selfish
(Health/Healthquest)

... have become very demanding. My mother had a minor stroke last summer, and my father has stopped driving. They expect me to drop what I have to do when they want something. Even minor and nonsensical demands ...