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1. Avengers' Samuel L. Jackson and New York Times movie critic duel on Twitter
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Samuel L. Jackson is so riled up over A.O. Scott’s review of “The Avengers” in the New York Times yesterday, that within hours he went on the warpath and tweeted, ...

2. 2012 Tony Nominees: Speed interviewing at the Millennium Hotel
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In New York there’s a lot of hoopla about the Tony Awards, which are our theater version of the Oscars. Tony nominations can mean a surge in sales at the box ...

3. 7 credit card myths and tips to avoid debt
(Money/Economy)

BY PAUL SISOLAK The word "myth" usually conjures up images of aliens, Bigfoot or a U.S. economic recovery. Rarely, if ever, do we lump personal finance and credit cards into the camp of unfounded ...

4. 2012 Tony Nominations: 'Once' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' take lead
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Tony nominations were announced this morning and “Once,” adapted from a 2006 indie Irish movie about two young songwriters who make music and love together, ...

5. Did a morphine overdose kill Thomas Edison's first wife?
(N.J./State)

... had morphine or some sort of opiate in it,” said Paul Israel, director of the Thomas Edison Papers. The researchers started with a "snippet," excerpted from an unidentified newspaper, which said that ...

6. ‘Uggie – My Story’: ‘The Artist' canine star's rags-to-riches memoir to be released
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Simon & Schuster announced today that its Gallery Books imprint division will publish “Uggie – My Story,” the rags-to-riches shaggy-dog tale of the hammy ...

7. Curb prescription drug use with National Take Back Day set for April 28
(U.S./Nation)

... Attorney Paul Fishman said, “More people abuse prescription drugs than the number who use cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and inhalants combined.” “Over 7 million people over 12 used prescription drugs ...

8. Video surfaces of third State Police-escorted exoctic car racing on Garden State Parkway
(N.J./State)

...  A spokesman for the attorney general’s office, Paul Loriquet, said routine escorts happen all the time, but, "Whenever there’s a special request, it’s got to go through the superintendent." Loriquet declined ...

9. Why women may be better investors than men
(Money/Economy)

... BOROSON Check Consumer Reports for shrewd financial advice 'Financial Fitness Forever' by Paul Merriman shows the human mind is strange 'Investing Without Wall St.' by Sheldon Jacobs offers shrewd ...

10. State Attorney Gen. Chiesa, State Police Supt. Fuentes meet: Trooper-escorted high-speed caravans part of discussion
(N.J./State)

... to the latest caravan has tagged  “Death Race 2012.” Paul Loriquet, the spokesman, told The Star-Ledger that Chiesa told the officers, "We cannot ever let conduct undermine public ...

11. Atty. Gen. Chiesa, State Police Supt. Fuentes to meet about high-speed trooper-led sports car caravans
(N.J./State)

... hearing in Trenton Wednesday, Chiesa told lawmakers, "If people are going to put the public safety at risk, we are going to take swift action.” The Star-Ledger reports Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), the ...

12. Rutgers football: Jawan Jamison and Savon Huggins to likely form running back by committee
(Sports/Professional)

... Who’s going to bring it the most.” Which sometimes has been Paul James. The rising sophomore has been a pleasant surprise this spring, looking like he could be in the mix to get some meaningful reps ...

13. Inside 'A Streetcar Named Desire' after-party: Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker star in the Tennessee Williams revival
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM After the opening night performance of “A Streetcar Named Desire” Sunday night – and after dolefully checking out the yacht-sized limos parked outside the theater ...

14. REVIEW: ‘Ghost The Musical’ materializes on Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... conspire to create a complex amalgamation of projection screens, scenic units and levitating banks of lighting instruments to fluently accommodate the action’s flow. Along with Paul Kieve’s remarkable ...

15. New Jersey loses Nets for second time tonight
(Sports/Professional)

... to form a new league. By February 1, 1967, Murphy had put together enough investors to announce the formation of the American Basketball Association. New York, Indianapolis, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Pittsburgh, ...

16. 'Fairhaven' at the Tribeca Film Festival: Males bonding over joints, booze, and Tom Brady
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Tribeca Film Festival, which opened Wednesday with “The Five-Year Engagement” and will bookend Saturday, April 28 with “The Avengers,” are two splashy studio ...

17. Christie signs 'Jessica Rogers' Law,' boosting penalties for road rage
(N.J./State)

... was sponsored by Senator Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer) and Assembly members Wayne DeAngelo (D-Mercer), Daniel Benson (D-Mercer) and Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester). “Any driver who allows their rage to ...

18. 2012 NHL playoffs: Philadelphia Flyers go for Penguins upset tonight
(Sports/Professional)

... off on his younger teammates. GM Paul Holmgren is brilliant, as evidenced by his summer blockbuster trades that saw him move Mike Richards and Jeff Carter and acquire the younger (in hindsight more valuable ...

19. District 36 Legislators address recreational needs of people with disabilities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Paul Sarlo (Democrat - Woodridge) has supported programs for our vulnerable citizens. According to Sarlo, "A physical or developmental disability should never stand in the way of being able to enjoy recreational ...

20. Professional athletes like Mariano Rivera and Eli Manning thrive in high pressure situations
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  He will always be remembered, not for his exceptional play, but for his heartbreaking loss in a 4-hole playoff to Paul Lawrie. Colossal failures are etched into the memories of fans of all sports. ...