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1. Rutgers can spoil Seton Hall's NCAA Tournament hopes
(Sports/Professional)

... Pirates Tournament aspirations. “Definitely,” Seagears said. “Who wouldn’t want to be the spoiler?” Especially when Seton Hall is in the position Rutgers planned on being in itself this year. At ...

2. PBF, Valero, refinery let off hook under Christie Administration
(Opinion/Commentary)

... caused by the Christie administration’s deregulation, weakening enforcement, rolling back standards and slashing fines. Last February the Christie administration let the plant owners off the hook for ...

3. REVIEW: ‘Galileo’ keeps it cool
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... other planets move around the sun gets him into dire trouble with the church, which puts him on trial for heresy. To the dismay of his followers, Galileo recants his theories – “I was afraid of physical ...

4. NBA 2012 All-Star Game in Orlando: Amnesia, arena schemes and handouts for billionaires
(Sports/Professional)

... partner of the NBA). Gumbel evoked the days of slavery by saying Stern was “modern plantation overseer” and “treating NBA men like they were his boys.” The NBA Lockout eventually ended, and the season ...

5. Christie's proposed budget offers tax cut 'gift' with twists
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a classic case of counting your chickens before they're hatched. Still, the plan does have the potential to work well in one respect: it tees the governor up nicely for any future Republican primary ...

6. Christie moves to change state school funding formula
(N.J./State)

... political giveaways regardless of the implications. The plan calls for a return to common sense - for districts that are spending above the level of their adequacy budgets, phase out, over five years, ...

7. Oscars: We want Sacha Baron Cohen, not ‘The Dictator’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the upcoming summer comedy, ‘The Dictator.’ There has been no confirmation whether Cohen will follow through with the alleged plans, but a spokesperson with the Academy told CNN that it “would love to ...

8. Black rail, golden-winged warbler, and red knot birds named to N.J.'s endangered species list
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... science in managing the state's resources, the DEP has also released the newest version of its Landscape Project, an interactive ecosystem-based mapping tool that assists government agencies, planners, ...

9. Warren Buffett gets a Chris Christie smackdown
(U.S./Nation)

... the hot seat Wednesday opposite interviewer Piers Morgan, defending his across-the-board 10 percent tax cut plan for all New Jerseyans. The Garden State Governor has faced much opposition for his tax ...

10. Gov. Christie misses the point when ignoring property taxes
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and helping working class families who have unfairly shouldered so much of the burden under Gov. Christie. The bottom line is that the governor’s budget plan is just more of the same – tax cuts for the ...

11. correction
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The criticism of the Dupont cleanup plan was written by US Fish and Wildlife Service, not the forest service. EPA and Dupont are trying very hard to find other reason, besides the US FWS review comments, ...

12. loan forgiveness supporter
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... think. I have to go home to my own children, be a wife, grade papers, and plan the next day lessons so I think this program will help relieve some of the loans I have so I can hopefully ONE DAY own a house ...

13. Poll finds Obama pulling away from Romney in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... that Santorum is the most recent beneficiary of the unsettled race. The former senator was named by only 1 percent of GOP voters in December, but now gets 19 percent, and has supplanted Gingrich as New ...

14. Tax talks in Trenton are merely a tease
(Opinion/Commentary)

... they didn’t. Even now, when they’re hurling stones against Christie’s plan and the class warfare they say it generates, Democrats don’t have an alternative ready. Coming up with one will be tough primarily ...

15. Kombucha tea: Hot health drink is gaining steam
(Health/Healthquest)

... United States. Some believe it originated in Russia in the early 19th century. Planet Organic describes kombucha as “the elixir of life” that is an authentic, delicious, handmade living tea originating ...

16. Christie’s budget attacks NJDEP and clean energy economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... tax revenue including funding for watershed management planning, brownfield redevelopment, diesel programs, and parks capital improvements. This money is required to go to these programs as a result of ...

17. Rick Santorum's views on Satan may scare off voters
(U.S./Nation)

... standing behind those comments after they resurfaced to much controversy, telling reporters he plans to “stay on message” and continue to talk about jobs, security, and “taking on forces around this world ...

18. EPA postpones Pompton Lake dredging after heightened criticism
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Responding to criticism from outside and within the government, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has postponed its planned to dredge contaminated sediment ...

19. I Love My Pet TickleMe Plant
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I am loving my pet TickleMe Plant that "plays dead" when you Tickle It and then re-opens its leaves in minutes. http://www.ticklemeplant.com My kids love the TickleMe Plant Party favors ...

20. 'Nightline' tour of Apple factories in China put Foxconn on the spot
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... $220 to $250 at their Shenzhen plant. Weir spoke with factory employees and their managers on his tour. Viewers even got a look at the suicide prevention nets that Apple attached to Foxconn buildings ...