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1. Swimming with sharks, New Jersey diver faces her fears
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... limited, Masone said. "They actually seem like puppy dogs trying to get into a bag of dogfood... they live in the moment," she said. But if there is no aggressive intent toward humans, participants ...

2. Mayor Bloomberg recognizes NYC Ladders for Leaders
(U.S./Nation)

... its record 190 young participants this year. The participants had the opportunity to intern in both the private and public sectors, from NYC agencies, to foundations, to major corporations. While mingling, ...

3. Workshops offered at cancer support center in N.J.
(Health/Healthquest)

... Laughter in the Afternoon. The laugh fest begins Thursday, August 26 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the center. Participants will engage in life skills activities designed to teach them how to better cope with ...

4. Jersey girls enjoy outdoors despite image from ‘Real Housewives’ and ‘Jersey Shore’
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... 10-12 in Avalon, with a focus on coastal ecology. It's not your typical "girls' weekend out." Over the span of three days, participants gain hands-on experience in activities they might never try on their ...

5. Sen. Buono launching program to encourage young women to consider elective office
(N.J./State)

...  The goal of the program is to encourage young women to become involved in government and politics by giving them an up-close look at what it's like to be state legislator in New Jersey. Participants ...

6. N.J. restores drug funds for low-income HIV/AIDs patients
(Health/Healthquest)

... will continue to serve 6,740 clients. A letter mailed Thursday to affected participants explains that they will be able to use the same eligibility number that they are currently using when they fill ...

7. Newark, Essex County embark on 10-year program to end homelessness
(N.J./State)

... Just bringing them together was a step forward, according to participants. "This is a very important task force that has worked to lverage resources that exist at both the city and county levels," said ...

8. N.J. autism group short on Guinness record for blowing bubbles, but raises thousands
(Health/Healthquest)

... that Isabelle Mosca, the Ventnor woman who organized the attempt in April, said the London-based Guinness organization rejected thousands of claims from participants who did not follow their strict documentation ...

9. Less smoking hurts revenue stream for state budgets
(U.S./Nation)

... dealing with non-participants in the deal. Since 2006, this disagreement has put payments worth a total of $6.3 billion into question. Binding arbitration has begun just this month among 45 states and ...

10. What happens to your Facebook life when you die?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... population, demography and so on. We understood that it should not be only technical. It should really involve with the emotional benefits for the users." Alfonta says the participants in his pilot recorded ...

11. Rutgers professor helps unlock how brain handles romantic rejection
(Health/Healthquest)

... by sevens. Observing the brain scans, the researchers found several key areas were more stimulated when the participants looked at photos of their former partners: the ventral tegmental area in the ...

12. YouthBuild Newark lands federal funding to expand work with juvenile ex-offenders
(Life/Style)

... Passaic. Without such a targeted program the participants "could fall through the cracks of the justice system," Macaluso said. Looking beyond New Jersey, she envisions it as a model that could be adopted ...

13. Salvatore and Nicholas Puglia and their fake Cherry Hill company must pay N.J. over $5M for mortgage fraud
(Money/Economy)

... investors and other mortgage market participants that was formed in October 2007 as part of a federal foreclosure prevention initiative. Under the agreement, the defendants are permanently barred from ...

14. Diabetes risk a weighty issue
(Health/Healthquest)

... fold increase[d] risk of developing diabetes late in life," he said. At the beginning of the study, none of the participants had been diagnosed with diabetes. Researchers kept track of their body mass ...

15. Rutgers Report looks at economic future after Great Recession
(Money/Economy)

... growth now have a renewed opportunity to be major participants in the economic recovery," said co-author Hughes "or, will the former high-flyers surge to the top again?" The authors note that with a ...

16. Reduce risk of diabetes by switching to brown rice
(Health/Healthquest)

... is unable to properly use sugar in the bloodstream. Study participants included more than 39,000 men and 157,000 women. They were asked about their diet and lifestyle habits as well as any pre-existing ...

17. 100% Accurate Steve
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

"Fact is, if the three candidates had gotten together like reasonable and serious political participants, they would have realized that Mr. Larsen had the best chance of beating Congressman Lance. Larsen ...

18. Researchers: N.J. should expect more bad winters due to Arctic melt
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the jet stream further south and bringing arctic cold to much of Eurasia and Japan. He also documented the same mechanism for the colder winters of 2007-8 and 2009-10, he told participants. In eastern ...

19. Christie Whitman: Finger-pointing won’t stop oil from leaking in Gulf or fix Wall Street
(Opinion/Commentary)

... absolved of their role as market participants who dealt, and continue to deal, in as complex financial instruments as investment banks. By making Goldman Sachs the iconoclastic evil banker, Congress ...

20. You don't Have a Clue
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... and serious political participants, they would have realized that Mr. Larsen had the best chance of beating Congressman Lance. Larsen wound up getting three times more than his two Tea Party colleagues ...