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1. The first boardwalk was built in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... other waterfront feature. Many of the original boardwalks in the United States have developed to be so successful as commercial districts and tourist attractions that the simple wooden pathways have ...

2. Christie's education reforms focus on teacher effectiveness, call for merit pay
(N.J./State)

... suggests that teaching quality can be strengthened is by opening pathways to the teaching professional while supporting and monitoring their performance once they start teaching. Expand recruitment and ...

3. Nuclear powered cancer clusters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... are and what the pathways for emissions are. Aside from accidents, commercial nuclear power plants are designed to release a steady flow of radioactive gas and liquid into the surrounding environment. ...

4. Biological breakthrough: Princeton scientists find new mechanism to regulate embryonic development
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  The fought-over enzyme, known as the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), is found in all complex organisms, ranging from yeast to humans. MAPK signaling pathways, or chemical networks that involve ...

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

... at the edge of the sea, and the pathways and barren trees seen on his jogs through the woods feel frightening and gloomy. But Mikael fills the woodstove, sets up his laptops and printer, and gets to work ...

6. Princeton’s Thomas Espenshade takes on affirmative action and the racial achievement gap
(Life/Style)

... admission deans and administrators at elite colleges and universities. One of them has to do directly with the admission process and with the role that elite higher education plays in either creating pathways ...

7. New Jersey workers to benefit from a $4.9 million green jobs training grant
(Money/Economy)

... their proposed projects will connect workers to career pathways in green industries and occupations through critical, diverse partnerships." The grant is part of nearly $100 million in green jobs training ...

8. Princeton scientists make new insights into cancer cells
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... for Integrative Genomics, who led the research. "The goal of cancer biology is to come up with therapies that are much more rational in terms of attacking the pathways that have been co-opted by cancer ...

9. Schiano has his say as Rutgers sets sights on Syracuse
(Sports/Professional)

... may have had previous that you can call upon to open up pathways again." On being confident heading into the Syracuse game: "Every game, every year is different. We just need to make sure that we know ...

10. Haunted mazes: Jersey fun for boys and ghouls of all ages
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and farmhouse scene. And then there's the unhaunted Family Fun Maze which has more than two miles of pathways to explore for young children. DATES/TIMES: Runs through Nov. 1 Fridays and Saturdays: ...

11. New Jersey High School Graduation Campaign convenes in New Brunswick
(N.J./State)

... rates. The conference drew business executives, school administrators, teachers, community leaders, state officials parents and students. "Keeping our young people in school and on pathways to success ...

12. Report: It's time to step up and protect our ports against invasive species
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The report - Neighborhood Watch: Early Detection and Rapid Response to Biological Invasion Along U.S. Trade Pathways - says accidental introductions of pests and pathogens ...

13. Rutgers partners with neighborhood citizens, groups to help “green” North Camden
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... using ornamental plantings, gardens, and stone pathways to unite the now-vacant Camden lots in a common theme. "It's a greening and an ecological project to be sure, but we also have to concern ourselves ...

14. West's energy boom could threaten drinking water
(U.S./Nation)

... It also exposes naturally toxic metals that would otherwise remain deep underground. Drilling for uranium creates pathways where raw, radioactive material can migrate into underground aquifers that drain ...