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1. Drought watch lifted for most of New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... drier than the rest of the state for several months and the recovery, despite some recent rains, has been slower to materialize,'' said Steve Doughty, a research scientist in the DEP's Division of Water ...

2. Middletown dragged-puppy case ends in defendant’s guilty plea, fine
(N.J./State)

... house and muddying his paws en route to a neighbor's, the puppy was deemed unfit to ride home in the car. Stephanie Sciscione, reportedly his owner's girlfriend, hooked him up and drove home, with Marlin ...

3. DNA used to identify Guatemalan immigrant found dead in Passaic River
(N.J./State)

... were unsuccessful. Last week, after months of investigative and scientific work, law enforcement authorities were able to identify the victim as Vilchis Francisco Alonzo Ramirez, 23, a homeless man who ...

4. Proposed bill toughens N.J. anti-bullying law
(N.J./State)

...  Provides that a school administrator who fails to initiate or conduct an investigation of an incident, or who should have known of an incident and fails to take action, is subject to discipline. Provides ...

5. Speed Dating, Pizza and Spit!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... was fascinating. I really enjoyed how they twirled the pizza dough around. Congratulations on being in business for so many years. Tracey - I really think you need to have your head examined. You ...

6. Writer’s block: The layers of avoidance
(Life/Style)

... box of tissues on my son's school supply list? Was that scissor too dull and babyish, how sharp and pointed is appropriate for a sixth grader?). Maybe it's the reality of no one in this house landing ...

7. Friends praise Cary Edwards as man who dedicated his life to public service
(N.J./State)

... public service. Edwards, chairman of the State Commission on Investigations and a former attorney general and Assemblyman, died Wednesday morning in his Oakland home at age 66. SCI Director Alan A. Rockoff ...

8. Former N.J. attorney general W. Cary Edwards dead at age 66
(N.J./State)

Was chairman of SCI at time of death Former New Jersey Attorney General W. Cary Edwards died Wednesday morning at his Oakland home after battling cancer for many years. Edwards, who was chairman of ...

9. N.J. college students picking entrepreneurship over poor job market
(Money/Economy)

... one morning and see my job gone," said the third-year School of Arts and Sciences political science major from Mays Landing. What Cheek did next would make Horatio Alger smile. He founded Three Six Five ...

10. Overloading the affluent with taxes is a very bad idea
(Opinion/Commentary)

... domestic product, and more than $85 million in tax revenues. Is it any wonder we faced a $10.7 billion budget gap this year? It's really not rocket science. Who buys more houses, injects more money ...

11. Wal-Mart agrees to pay state $775,000 for selling expired infant formula and over-the-counter drugs
(Health/Healthquest)

... of unconscionable business practices among other violations, were to be the subject of trial that was scheduled to begin yesterday in Superior Court in Jersey City. Wal-Mart has 54 stores in New Jersey. ...

12. ‘An Evening with Deepak Chopra’ in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... at Kellogg School of Management and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization. Time magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as 'the poet-prophet ...

13. N.J. Hall of Fame brings exhibit to Asbury Park
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Convention Center, and boasts 30 large print photos of famous New Jerseyans, including Anne Hathaway (Millburn), Bruce Willis (Penns Grove), Eddie Murphy (Englewood), James Gandolfini (Westwood), Joe Pesci ...

14. Join 350.org’s fight against climate change
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... number. What's the significance? 350 parts per million is what many scientists and climate experts believe is the highest safe concentration for carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere. The bad news, ...

15. Don't give up job to care for elders
(Health/Healthquest)

... is to use self-hypnosis and tap into her subconscious. One's self-conscious makes up 90% of the mind and provides deep inner energy. It's a question of mind over matter — the brain telling the body what ...

16. Gulen Charters schools and Harmony Science Academy
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Merhaba Jack or is it William, Jonathon or Mustafa? http://www.harmonyparenttruth.blogspot.com the TRUTH about Gulen's Harmony Science Academy. ...

17. Movie review: Hype aside, ‘Conviction’ is more than a star turn for Hilary Swank (trailer)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... doesn't quite prepare you for its dogged pace, but I'm giving director Tony Goldwyn ("A Walk in the Moon," "Someone Like You") the benefit of the doubt to say that he was consciously echoing the doggedness ...

18. Movie review: 'Never Let Me Go' starring Keira Knightley
(Entertainment/Movies)

... on to the next stage of their lives. A sympathetic teacher tells them she cannot in good conscience keep them in the dark about their future, when they will not share the choices that other people have. ...

19. Cablevision’s more than 900,000 N.J. customers lose three TV stations as News Corp. yanks them in carriage dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... channel lineup. "New Jersey consumers do not deserve to be treated as pawns in this dispute," said Lautenberg, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. "I urge both parties ...

20. Revenues from N.J. state taxes matching projections
(N.J./State)

... it's always positive when revenue meets projections, the lingering weakness in sales tax collections is a clear sign that New Jersey cannot afford to abandon the discipline imposed by Governor Christie's ...