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1. Movie review: ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is an exciting thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s best seller
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW It's not easy to make research seem exciting, but director Niels Arden Oplev has done it in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," his compelling film ...

2. Paul and Charlotte Trace, Miriam Andrew, Frank Harder guilty of growing marijuana at home
(N.J./State)

... including two years of parole ineligibility, and that Charlotte Trace be sentenced to five years in prison, including 21 months of parole ineligibility. The mother of Charlotte Trace, Miriam Andrew, ...

3. Oscar Roundtable: Handicapping the Academy Awards
(Entertainment/Movies)

... "Avatar" is the kind of groundbreaking, blockbuster movie that can do that – and it certainly would have been nominated without the rule change. Miriam Rinn: It seems to me that even expanding the list ...

4. New Jersey land conservation finds religion
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a respect for all life on Earth. A great example of this message is the story of Sister Miriam MacGillis, a Dominican nun who founded the 226-acre Genesis Farm and its Earth Studies Center in Blairstown ...

5. Middle East drama 'Ajami' packed with action and a first-rate film
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Israel's Oscar submission this year for best foreign language film is nothing like last year's brilliant animated feature "Waltz with Bashir," but ...

6. President Obama’s $3.8-trillion budget increases aid for U.S. efforts abroad
(U.S./Nation)

... cuts to major weapons programs and they've actually made the security balance between military tools and non-military tools worse," said Miriam Pemberton, a specialist at the Institute of Policy Studies. ...

7. Sundance Selects: New service brings independent film festival into homes for on demand screenings
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Film lovers, no more moping that you can't be at Sundance. The video-on-demand film label Sundance Selects has arranged with the Sundance Institute to show three ...

8. 'The Girl on the Train' is spellbinding ... with a big disconnect
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Andre Techine's "The Girl on the Train" is one of those films that you watch completely absorbed, and then wonder after you leave the theater, what ...

9. 'The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond' features the work of Tennessee Williams
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Based on an original 1950's screenplay by Tennessee Williams, this new film showcases many of the great playwright's central themes — the destructive ...

10. Equality for women still a work in progress at the United Nations
(World/International)

...  But in terms of actual responses by member states to these demands, "we see a vast variation," said Francisco, who is a professor and co-chair of the International Studies Department at Miriam College ...

11. ‘Young Victoria’: Refreshing, entertaining … and great for those who still believe in princess power
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW While little girls who love princesses enjoy the latest Disney variation on that theme, big girls who still believe in princess power can waltz over ...

12. ‘The Messenger’ is a moving, compelling war-time drama filmed in New Jersey at Fort Dix
(Entertainment/Movies)

Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson deliver BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW There's been a lot of talk about Americans avoiding films having to do with the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

13. 'The Wedding Song' probes special bond between 2 women
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Two teenage girls — one Muslim, one Jewish — are best friends in 1942 Tunis when the Germans take over the French colony of Tunisia. France has capitulated ...

14. 'New York, I Love You' offers a hodgepodge of Big Apple romantic encounters
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM What would happen if eleven international film directors decided to collaborate on a movie about romantic encounters in New York City? You might get a mishmash ...

15. ‘Brief Interviews with Hideous Men’ a talent-rich directorial debut for actor John Krasinkski of ‘The Office’
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM MOVIE REVIEW Actor John Krasinski (Jim Halpert on NBC's "The Office,") has chosen a challenging project for his debut as a writer/director. Adapting a group of ...

16. It's tough to see the light in this ‘Paris'
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM REVIEW You'd think that directors would have gotten over their infatuation with the crisscrossing- storylines-that-converge trick by now, since we've seen so ...

17. Uruguay’s agricultural community pursues a different kind of ecotourism
(World/International)

... represent the origins of the old English estate," as Miriam Rigo explained to IPS. At the farm there are also tours of organic vegetable gardens, chats on paleontological finds that abound in the nearby ...

18. Wall Street’s Bernard Madoff earns 150-year sentence for $65 billion Ponzi scheme
(Money/Economy)

... fraud and other charges without standing trial. He apologized to a packed courtroom, saying he would "live with this pain for the rest of my life." Outside the courthouse, victim Miriam Siegman told ...

19. Doctors' prescriptions for exercise
(Health/Healthquest)

... pressure. Just as importantly, it reduces the need for medications to control many of these conditions. Professor Miriam Morey led the most recent study on prescribing exercise. She focused on cancer ...

20. FDU conference aims to jumpstart green economy
(Money/Economy)

... to the crowd by videoconference from California on Thursday night. Besides Willard and McClelland, attendees will hear from David Grant, president of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Miriam Hawley, ...