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1. OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BANKRUPT
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... COMPROMISE of your DUTY to uphold and DEFEND our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. You greedy Bastards are the SAME GREEDY BASTARDS that worked for the KING OF ENGLAND who (and I quote the Declaration of Independence) ...

2. S&P lowers New Jersey’s credit rating
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... New Jersey's fiscal health. The legislature must stop playing to the special interests, end the partisan politics and finally act on the promises they made last fall to pass comprehensive pension and benefit ...

3. Deficit facts
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"We can see why the U.S. government is loath to cut the deficit, yet without cutting the deficit, the value of the dollar will vaporize into the land of empty promises — we are on the horns of the proverbial ...

4. The Titanic is afloat, so why do we have to get in the lifeboats?
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... see why the U.S. government is loath to cut the deficit, yet without cutting the deficit, the value of the dollar will vaporize into the land of empty promises — we are on the horns of the proverbial dilemma. ...

5. UBS agrees to repurchase $1.5 billion in auction-rate securities sold to New Jerseyans
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... failed in early 2008, revealing illiquidity and lower interest rates than investors were promised. It is the eighth such settlement that the Bureau of Securities has reached with firms that sold ...

6. Women’s health in New Jersey should not be held hostage by Gov. Christie and anti-abortion groups
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... state, I promise that I will continue advocating for women's health funding until the cuts are restored. Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) has served in New Jersey's General Assembly since 2006  ...

7. N.J. tax preparation businesses cited for improperly advertising instand refunds
(Money/Economy)

... that cut deeply into the amount a taxpayer would receive from the IRS. "The promise of fast cash and an instant refund can be very attractive, especially in times of economic hardship," Dow said. "But ...

8. NFL owners and players are on the clock
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... Connecticut and he promised to give us a hearing in front of all the Governors and we brought in all the officers in October, 1963 and they had all of us cool our heels in the hotel lobby and never did ...

9. A functioning N.J. Supreme Court should decide definition of marriage
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... New Jersey Supreme Court, where one seat is being deliberately left vacant by an obstinate Senate President and another is being compromised by a sitting Justice as a form of protest. This dysfunctional ...

10. Steve Sweeney should walk away from PVSC issue
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... property tax cap compromise was a defining moment for Gov. Christie Politics carefully taking over N.J. budget drama Obama was ill-served by advisers in Sestak controversy Sweeney, Democrats ...

11. N.J. travel company owner must repay $2.18M to at least 670 stung consumers
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... or refund the money. It also charged that Turner and his companies failed to deliver various promotional items promised to consumers in return for their attendance at promotional seminars. The lawsuit ...

12. Farmers markets: vital for everyone
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... to town and city centers. The promise for future farm families like the Postmas and cities like Newark is that building a thriving farmers market can be vital for both. Charles Kuperus, a Sussex Borough ...

13. Super Bowl XLV: Vince Lombardi wanted no part of the Super Bowl
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... together a game in a hurry. The two networks paid $9.5 million to televise the game. The leagues couldn't even agree on which ball to use, so they compromised. When Green Bay was on offense, they used ...

14. Can-Am League and a study in public policy failure
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... School, which is not far from where the stadium with a promise of a few minimum wage per diem jobs will be built. Can-Am League players don't get paid much money either. Independent baseball differs ...

15. Legislation to keep senior citizen residency operators honest signed by Gov. Christie
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... signed into law by Governor Chris Christie on Monday. The law (S-2284) was prompted by a matter involving Assisted Living Concepts Inc., which promised prospective residents that once they had spent ...

16. NJ takes Mitchell Poller, Hackensack businessman, to court on consumer fraud allegations
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... complaint alleges that Poller engaged in unconscionable commercial practices and made false promises and misrepresentations. Poller did not use required consumer protection language in customer contracts, ...

17. A fairytale Story Of Treason?
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... moment. To get this job he only had to lie to 330,000,000 people and promise them if they gave him $1,000,000,000,000 he could say them all from losing their jobs. He would also lie about who he really ...

18. Movie review: ‘The Company Men’ stars Ben Affleck
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... or "outsourcing." Democrats promise that eventually, most of us will live close to trains just as fast as those the French and Japanese already have. Republicans promise to put our money and our health ...

19. New Jersey Adoptees' Birthright Bill deserves to be passed
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... Quigley, D-Hudson, has now introduced another bill, A-3672, a "compromise" bill she says "respects the rights and concerns of all parties." Adoptees couldn't disagree more. Not only do we feel that ...

20. Illinois governor fires back at Christie: We don't need advice from some guy from Jersey
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... is not to pay their pension payment, not to deliver on property tax relief that was promised, to fire teachers, to take an infrastructure project – building a tunnel that had already been started – and ...