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1. Defending Super Bowl champs N.Y. Giants will start 2012 season on a Wednesday
(Sports/Professional)

... President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention on the night of Sept. 6, according to Giants.com. The game will be televised by NBC. It will mark the first time an ...

2. Super Bowl-related measles outbreak in Indiana raises health concerns in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatic B, hepatitis A, H. influenza B, pneumococcus, and rotavirus vaccines. The ACIP recommended vaccine schedule is available through the Centers for Disease Control and ...

3. Assembly, Senate committees to examine Christie's Medicaid and state budget proposals
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Assembly and Senate budget committee face a busy schedule over the next 23 days as they begin examining Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $32.1 billion 2012-13 ...

4. Best Buy discounts Apple iPad 2 in iPad 3 anticipation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... their next generation iPad. The event is scheduled to take place at 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 7at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Apple rarely allows discounts on its merchandise, ...

5. Accused Ohio school shooter T.J. Lane has violence in family history
(U.S./Nation)

... of the shooting. Lane is scheduled to appear in juvenile court Tuesday afternoon. He had reportedly been a victim of bullying in the past. Witness Heather Ziska, 17, said she was in the cafeteria when ...

6. Samuel Siligato of Hammonton pleads guilty to arson
(N.J./State)

... pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy to commit arson before state Superior Court Judge Ronald J. Freeman in Camden. The was indicted in 2007. Freeman scheduled sentencing for March 23. Under a ...

7. Nike Foamposite One causes shoe mutiny in Orlando
(Sports/Professional)

... mark, so far. Foot Locker has scheduled a "who’s who" of Nike sponsored players, including Okalamhoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Derrick Williams, Chicago’s Derrick Rose, ...

8. Army analyst Bradley Manning, accused Wikileaks aid, could face life sentence
(U.S./Nation)

... already spent 635 days incarcerated. The prosecution, however, added that a more viable schedule for trial would be in August instead. Coombs added, “If [the] government gets its way... Manning would ...

9. For Danica Patrick, big crash is part of Daytona 500 learning experience (VIDEO)
(Sports/Professional)

... two years, and this year she will run the full Nationwide schedule racing for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports. How she will do as a full-time NASCAR driver has been one of the burning questions ...

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

... said that making modifications to the school funding formula will make it possible to fund districts based on the number and needs of students, while at the same time laying out a schedule that adds additional ...

11. Madonna to bring 2012 World Tour luvin' to Caesars Atlantic City
(Entertainment/Movies)

... people. Just released is Madonna’s single, “Give Me All Your Luvin” from her highly anticipated new album MDNA on Live Nation Entertainment/Interscope Records (scheduled to be released on March 26th). ...

12. Mark Bellotti and Jonathan Domash of Marlboro plead guilty to $2.6M home loan scheme
(Money/Economy)

... three other individuals who were charged in the indictment for allegedly assisting Bellotti and Domash. Additional people may also face charges. Judge Mellaci scheduled sentencing for Bellotti and Domash ...

13. 'Act of Valor' movie review, trailer: Navy SEALs realism hits home
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Is it the most compelling film you will see this year? Maybe so. The Bandito Brothers and co-directors of the film, Scott Waugh and Mouse McCoy, spent over two years working around the deployment schedules ...

14. Can Lindsay Lohan keep it together to host Saturday Night Live?
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY ANGELA DAIDONE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Finally, Lindsay Lohan is getting some good news. The 25-year-old actress, whose career has had frequent starts and stops, is scheduled to host Saturday Night ...

15. Cause of World Trade Center steel beam accident under investigation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Trade Center onto the sidewalk on Liberty Street and just missed hitting people on the street. The World Trade Center website says the 72-story building is scheduled to open in late 2013.  ...

16. WrestleMania 29 to 'Rock' MetLife Stadium before 2014 Super Bowl
(Sports/Professional)

BY ANGELA DAIDONE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A year before the NFL and Super Bowl XLVIII take center stage at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford in 2014, another super event is scheduled to take place. ...

17. Cleanup for American Cyanamid superfund site has watchdog concerned
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... system and place restrictions on future uses of the Superfund area, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In announcing the plan, the EPA scheduled a public hearing 7 p.m. March 8 at ...

18. Christie has soft spot for Whitney Houston by lowering flags
(N.J./State)

... one of ours. She always made us proud, no matter what happened.” The funeral is scheduled in New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where Houston sang in the choir when she was a child. Christie said he ...

19. Tree-killing southern pine beetles showing early activity in South Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Bob Martin said. "We've already launched our aerial surveillance flights well ahead of schedule and have begun cutting infested trees on state lands due to early pine beetle activity. "While it's difficult ...

20. Christie says state will provide $675M to repair schools
(N.J./State)

... projects on the 2011 plan are scheduled to advance as was planned – 2 have already entered into construction procurement, 7 will advance into construction procurement and predevelopment activities in 2012 ...