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1. Tis the season for to be cheery and wary: Cyber scammers target holiday shoppers
(Money/Economy)

... else's stolen credit card number. Contact the merchant to verify the account used to pay for the item actually belongs to you. Be wary of unfamiliar websites or individuals offering reduced or free shipping ...

2. Czech government apologizes for forced sterilization of Roma women
(World/International)

... by offering them either large financial incentives or threatening that if they did not undergo the procedure their existing children would be taken away and put under state care. Under communism the ...

3. Indigenous people make climate change case in Copenhagen
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... which features videos created by indigenous communities from four different continents, offering powerful evidence and testimonials of climate change problems in their far-flung home communities. The ...

4. State finds Parsippany council gave more costly $3.7 million insurance deal to political pals
(N.J./State)

... when that plan is not offering savings but instead costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars." The annual premium for MCJIF was the highest of the three bidding vendors and $250,274 — or 20 percent ...

5. What you might be surprised to find in the Senate health care overhaul bill
(Health/Healthquest)

... designed to encourage companies to keep offering drug coverage. Now, if the subsidies are taxed to help pay for a health overhaul, they become much less attractive to employers; some companies might drop ...

6. Build it and they will come? Mega liquor store sticks out in Jersey City
(Money/Economy)

... every day offering consumers tastes of products they may never otherwise try. In particular, today’s sweet spot for wine sales is in the $10-15 price range, inspiring Bathena to create a successful string ...

7. Mammogram debate: Politics and breast cancer have a history
(Health/Healthquest)

... insurance companies agreed to pay for that, hospitals and oncologists became interested in offering that treatment and advertised it. So it was almost like a snowball going down the hill. Certainly, once ...

8. Students with Asperger Syndrome included at Rutgers
(Health/Healthquest)

... Rutgers help by offering support without being intrusive, Sparks said. "They only check up on you if you want to be checked up on. The program's not about forcing people with Asperger's to do anything. ...

9. 3 Mo' Divas provide an extraordinary evening at Crossroads
(Entertainment/Movies)

... 1999, Crossroads was shuttered the following year due to mounting debt. In 2002, the theater reopened for a shortened season and since that time has been offering its own work, interspersed with traveling ...

10. A Thanksgiving grace for sexuality education
(Life/Style)

... precedence of "A Community Thanksgiving Grace," I am offering a list below of what and for whom I am thankful in the field of sexuality education this Thanksgiving 2009. The list is certainly not nearly ...

11. $50,000 reward for help capturing N.J. post office robbers
(N.J./State)

U.S. Inspectors also ask for help identifying person of interest recorded taking video prior to crime U.S. Postal Inspectors are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest ...

12. Okay ‘Dreamgirls’ visits the Apollo Theater
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Effie is satisfyingly performed by Mercado and Angela and sweetens the musical's ending. Offering some suggestion of the late Michael Bennett's 1981 original, Longbottom's fast-moving staging is more ...

13. H1N1 swine flu causes 6 more deaths in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... or school. Some doctors, health clinics and schools are providing vaccine to their patients and students, while local health departments, pharmacies and some hospitals are offering clinics to the public. ...

14. Christie asks Corzine to freeze state spending
(N.J./State)

... the nation. Gov.-elect Christie needs to begin offering real solutions." Here is the letter Christie had hand-delivered to Corzine's office. Dear Governor Corzine: I am writing to follow-up on our ...

15. New Jersey received 1.1M H1N1 swine flu vaccine shots
(Health/Healthquest)

... hospital or school. Many doctors, health clinics and schools are providing vaccine to their patients and students, while local health departments, pharmacies and some hospitals are offering clinics to ...

16. ‘America’s Most Wanted’ pitching in to help capture fugitive Luqman Abdullah
(N.J./State)

... is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for anyone with information that leads to the arrest and indictment of Luqman Abdullah. All calls are kept anonymous and confidential. Crimestoppers may be reached ...

17. If the government can’t handle challenge of the H1N1 swine flu, how can it manage health care?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... visitors under the age of 18; surgical masks are flying off pharmacy shelves; hand sanitizer companies have become growth stocks; public schools are offering classes in proper hand washing. In classic ...

18. Monmouth’s Michael D’Angelo going to prison for stealing from investors
(N.J./State)

... or sold the investors any securities. Bureau of Securities Chief Marc B. Minor noted that anyone offering to sell securities in the state must be registered with the New Jersey Bureau of Securities. ...

19. It's time for the people of N.J. to take back our state
(Opinion/Commentary)

... futures. The Jersey Call to Service, a new campaign to inspire 5,000 citizen to take grassroots power is offering half-hour classes on both the political parties, with their power to choose our governors ...

20. Bruce Springsteen and others showed their music was ahead of mainstream media
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the (false) claim that Americans are only offering assistance and not engaging in combat: Well the sergeant said it's time to train So I climbed aboard my helicopter plane. We flew above the battleground ...