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1. Scientific Assumptions Keep Shifting
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... indicate that reprocessing, storage and proliferation issues are resolvable. The same as been said by the National Academies. Our Navy seems to have done just fine with Nuclear energy and proudly boasts ...

2. Assembly approves probe into NJSIAA finances, operations
(Sports/Professional)

Legislation that would direct the State Commission of Investigation to look into the finances and operations of the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association was approved 70-7 Monday by the Assembly. The ...

3. Assembly panel to consider employee pension and benefit package Thursday
(N.J./State)

... Gov. Chris Christie introduces a $29.2 billion 2010-11 that includes a plan to skip the administration's $3 billion contribution to the pension systems that serve state and local government employees and ...

4. New Jersey’s lack of action makes flooding worse
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Control Project, as it is currently designed, would have failed had it been in operation during Hurricane Floyd and has only succeeded in making flooding worse in other areas along the Raritan River.  ...

5. Senate panel approves bill promoting Meadowlands as 2014 Super Bowl site
(Sports/Professional)

...  The measure (SR-35) is cosponsored by Senate Republican Leader Thomas Kean (R-Union). It was approved by a 6-0 vote and moves to the full Senate for consideration. – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

6. Christie to suspend N.J. property tax rebates, cut over $1 billion in aid to towns, schools, colleges
(N.J./State)

... administration since the late 1970's. Christie is preparing to skip the $3 billion pension contribution at a time when the pension system is underfunded by $46 billion and at risk of becoming insolvent. ...

7. Exploring alternative energy in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  This conference is open to the public but registration is required by March 19. Space is limited and early registration is strongly encouraged. The registration fee is $30 for League members, $40 for ...

8. William J. Marino: For affordable health insurance, focus on the underlying costs
(Opinion/Commentary)

... proven ineffective in the United States, and elsewhere. Worse yet, price controls will introduce political considerations into the process and could force insurers to charge premiums below their costs. ...

9. A bipartisan consensus on nuclear energy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... consensus for a policy. Such an accord has now emerged at the federal level as to the need to expand nuclear energy production. During the administration of George W. Bush in which I served, nuclear ...

10. It's American Chocolate Week: Tribute to a 'perfect' food
(Life/Style)

... Of course, like all foods, chocolates should be consumed in moderation. Chili Chocolate Cake: Tortino di cioccolato al Peperoncino (Courtesy of Agostini-Vanini Chocolates) Ingredients: 3 1/2 oz ...

11. Temple's Atlantic 10 Tournament title has international appeal
(Sports/Professional)

... soccer players and track athletes in celebration, always with their national flag in hand. He never thought he would get to do it himself. That is until someone – he's still not sure who – threw him the ...

12. Ignorance
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... HUNDREDS of dollars a year for supplies to take to your job? Highly doubtful. If you think people went into teaching for the "summers off," you are very misinformed. That may have been the case a generation ...

13. Runners conference set at Jets Training Center
(Sports/Professional)

... talks and afternoon breakout sessions with professional and casual runners alike to discuss issues such as hip, knee and foot injuries, metabolic testing and hydration. The speakers will include ...

14. Fairfield police officer Gerald Veneziano identifies Nutley’s Preye Roberts as the man who shot him
(N.J./State)

... say he shot officer Veneziano in a fit of road rage that left the officer fighting for his life after undergoing multiple operations. Veneziano, 26, who identified Roberts through a photo line up from ...

15. deep breath
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... father of twins, I want the most highly qualified teachers to stay in the classroom. I don't want them to think the only way to make a living in NJ is to go into administration. With the work I do, I ...

16. Georgetown center Greg Monroe playing his way into the company of Ewing, Mourning and Mutumbo
(Sports/Professional)

... the proper timing and ratio of playing selflessly and selfishly. Although every once in a while Wright still has to pull him aside in-game huddles for a few choice words. Despite the obvious aesthetic ...

17. Women in Iraq had it better under Saddam Hussein
(World/International)

... now, but how can women live with no security? How can we enjoy our rights if there is no safe place to go, for rest and recreation and living?" (*Abdu, our correspondent in Baghdad, works in close collaboration ...

18. Glaucoma research brings understanding to silent thief of sight
(Health/Healthquest)

... that it is now clear the degeneration of vision starts in the brain and works its way back to the retina, rather than the other way around. The finding suggests that glaucoma may be reversible in the ...

19. Tea party activists are angry, motivated and determine
(U.S./Nation)

... was in the tea party before there was a tea party," Kasich famously told a Columbus crowd earlier this year. "This is a real movement with a real message about people's frustrations by broken promises ...

20. Helping New Jersey’s environment through EarthShare
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a federation of national and international environmental groups representing more than 450 environmental and conservation charities. Altogether, they reach nearly 6 million employees in over 400 workplaces ...