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1. Round 2: Norcross charges Lautenberg MIA on important South Jersey public issues
(N.J./State)

...  In response, on Thursday Lautenberg spokesman Caley Gray told North Jersey Press, it’s sad “elected officials will simply fall in line on orders from their political benefactors.” That led Norcross ...

2. N.J. weather forecast: Windy, clear, and cool
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... clearing skies to follow. Winds though, will remain from the northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph at times. Temperatures will rise into the mid 50's to lower 60's for highs this afternoon, ...

3. Norcross, Sweeney slap down Lautenberg for questioning Rutgers/Camden-Rowan merger
(N.J./State)

... Cooper Hospital chairman, and state Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester). “I think Senator Frank Lautenberg has been a phenomenal representative for northern New Jersey,” Norcorss said. ...

4. Assembly Democrats to seek public opinion on bringing gambling to Meadowlands
(N.J./State)

... state, we must see this through.” “Expanding gaming options to North Jersey would strengthen New Jersey against the competition in border states which has already lured customers away,” Assemblyman Regulatory ...

5. For N.C.,‘The Hunger Games’ film shooting is tourism gold
(Entertainment/Movies)

... by coming down for a visit of the locations in western North Carolina where the film was shot and the Suzanne Collins dystopian trilogy takes place. Anyway, that’s how the North Carolina tourist board ...

6. N.J. weather forecast: Chilly start to clear day
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... disturbances will pass to the north on Sunday and Monday with scattered showers. The storm track of these low pressure systems will keep the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas on the mild ...

7. Facebook helped burglars hit Park Ridge, N.J. home
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... members would be away from Mineo’s home. Police said they arrested Edgerton after linking her to the burglary of a Third Street home, according to NorthJersey.com. According to NBC New York, Kimberly ...

8. NCAA Final Four tournament draws familiar faces to the Big Easy
(Sports/Professional)

... head coach Rick Pitino coaching against his former school. As for the other two, Kansas played their best game of the tournament on Sunday when they defeated North Carolina 80-67. After switching to ...

9. N.J. weather forecast: Strong winds, clear skies through Wednesday
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... areas. That strong pressure gradient will produce strong northwesterly winds at 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph at times. The good news is that high pressure is going to take control leading to ...

10. 'The Hunger Games' movie review, trailer: Captures Collins' best-selling novel
(Entertainment/Movies)

... others live in the Seam, a coal patch in the former Appalachia somewhere in the environs of West Virginia or western Pennsylvania. (The movie was shot in North Carolina.) Their District 12 is one of the ...

11. New Orleans Saints bounty hunters scandal prompts Congress to stay on sports
(Sports/Professional)

... hitting his head on the ice and was knocked out. McSorley was charged with assault and received 18 months’ probation for the incident. In 1988, Minnesota North Stars player Dino Ciccarelli spent a day ...

12. N.J. environmental groups sue Christie over policy rollbacks
(N.J./State)

... in waiving compliance, and the rule gives the state more room in special circumstances. And Larry Ragonese of the DEP said, according to NorthJersey.com, "This is an effort to bring common sense to government ...

13. Sacco's bill requires DNA sample from all convicted criminals...even trespassers
(N.J./State)

BY TERI GATTO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Sen. Nicholas J. Sacco, D-North Bergen, wants a DNA sample from anyone who has been convicted of a crime… even if that crime is trespassing, reports the Star Ledger. ...

14. Is Apple iPad 3 too hot? Overheating reported
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... The company did not comment on the Consumer Reports testing. Northern Voices Online reported that the iPad support forum saw feedback from 150 posts saying the new iPad reached temperatures of 101 ...

15. Beyoncé plans Atlantic City shows at Revel on Memorial Day weekend
(Entertainment/Movies)

... bringing a true resort option to the Northeast. The beachfront destination is smoke-free and features 1,800 rooms with an ocean view, two performance spaces, more than a dozen restaurants featuring ...

16. 'Debt bomb:' Student loans double as interest rates rise
(Money/Economy)

... interest rate increase. According to kansascity.com, the Stafford loans are given to undergraduates with low and middle income. A Northern Arizona University student, Tyler Dowden, said outside ...

17. Christie details plans for $5.6M 100-bed facility for homeless vets in Glen Gardner
(Health/Healthquest)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Earlier today, Gov. Chris Christie detailed plans for the start-up of 100-bed Veterans Haven North at the former Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Glen Gardner, ...

18. ‘Close, but no degree’: N.J.'s college completion rate could improve with policy changes
(N.J./State)

... been financially difficult for me to do without this benefit,” says Grobard, who graduated from Rutgers on the same day as her daughter, Talia, and immediately got a job as an Italian teacher at North ...

19. Hildeberto Salinas of Carlstadt pleads guilty to role in illegal sale of driver's licenses
(N.J./State)

... licenses out of the East Orange, Edison, North Bergen and Jersey City motor vehicle agencies. In some cases, the customers, who are foreign nationals, did not qualify for a license because they were ...

20. In bid to protect Barnegat Bay, state buys 385 acres of Pinelands
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... northern pine snake and the pine warbler. At more than 11,500 acres, Stafford Forge is one of New Jersey's largest wildlife management areas. The area is popular with hikers, canoeists, bird watchers, ...