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1. Poem prompts tour of B-17 World War II bomber in N.J.
(N.J./State)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Never doubt the power of a poem. Besides sometimes touching a reader’s soul, poetry can prompt action – as I recently found out. It started with ...

2. Radioactive quandry: States wonder what's next for spent fuel
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... by an exothermic fire triggered by an accident, natural disaster such as an earthquake, or terrorism. The Appellate Court panel specifically stated the NRC cannot assume the government will eliminate ...

3. Elder care: Money can be a touchy subject for seniors and elders
(Money/Economy)

... 68, has had a stroke, is in a coma and needs special nursing care. I’m told I cannot sell our summer house. Why not? I own it with him." Answer: Even though you jointly own the home, he must sign the ...

4. First Monmouth football scrimmage showed mixed performance
(Sports/Professional)

BY JEREMY SCHILLING NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Kevin Callahan had one goal for today’s first summer scrimmage. No injuries. And for the most, they accomplished that. What else they accomplished was ...

5. Kiri Murakami: Virtuoso musician and arts manager
(Life/Style)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM N.J. ARTISTS Kiri Murakami: she’s just your usual magna cum laude Princeton University grad, who has played violin since age 3; who is both general manager of ...

6. Hike the N.J. Appalachian Trail and celebrate a milestone
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to maintaining and improving the trail! An estimated two to three million hikers visit the Appalachian Trail each year for treks of varying lengths. And each summer, 2,000 to 3,000 hikers attempt a ...

7. Pay off those student loans or no social security!
(Money/Economy)

... they assume the financial liability to give their kids a running start in life. This is admirable, and my parents did that for me. However, I think I graduated with four or five thousand dollars in ...

8. N.J. kayaker 'Shark Tony' made big catch near Ocean City beach
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As Shark Week comes to a close, a kayaker known as Tony "Shark Tony" Cutugno reeled in the catch of the summer last week. Most nights Shark Tony takes his kayak ...

9. 'ParaNorman' movie review, trailer: The walking dead are real charmers
(Entertainment/Movies)

... similarly upstanding citizens hanged the presumed crone whose peaked-hatted, pointy-nosed statue stands in the square. “Blithe Hollow, a Great Place to Hang” is how the local tourism board commemorates ...

10. Johnson & Johnson to clean up their product formulas
(Health/Healthquest)

... that should be ready by 2013. The company plans to have all of its adults product reformulated by 2015. According to the New York Times, environmental and consumer groups have urged the company to remove ...

11. Ironman 2013 registration suspended amid controversy
(Sports/Professional)

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Ironman competition that was held in New Jersey and New York for the first time this summer may not happen in 2013. Registration for the Ironman U.S. ...

12. N.J. drunk driving patrol to add checkpoints for end of summer campaign
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM New Jersey’s Division of Highway Traffic Safety has announced that its summer campaign against drunken drivers will begin on Friday. The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled ...

13. Met Life putting more than just a name on a stadium
(Sports/Professional)

... preseason game of the summer is usually when teams let their prime guys go for a longer stretch, and with this being game two, Eli, Sanchez and their teammates on both sides will probably make quick exits. ...

14. Freaky science: Is oral sex the key to ending morning sickness?
(Health/Healthquest)

... competition and behavior. According to a Daily Mail article, Gallup is arguing that the more sperm a woman consumes while pregnant, the more tolerance that woman’s body will develop for the sperm in ...

15. Plastic or paper? The choice could cost N.J. shoppers
(N.J./State)

... Additionally, plastic bags are creating life-threatening situations to marine life and sea birds in the world’s oceans. The United States consumes 102 billion disposable plastic bags each year, Chris ...

16. 5 questions about N.J.'s budget that deserve answers
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY DAVID ROSSEAU NEW JERSEY POLICY PERSPECTIVE COMMENTARY As we move towards the end of the summer, here are five questions that the administration and legislature need to address in order to have ...

17. Paul Ryan: Are his 'brown noser' and Ayn Rand oddities relevant?
(U.S./Nation)

... Noser” in a senior survey of his high school Class of ’88. U.S. Representative Ryan (R-Wisconsin) is the presumptive GOP vice presidential candidate selected a few days ago by former governor ...

18. Powerball winning numbers worth $320 million
(Money/Economy)

... Monday. Lottery Post reports that the $213.3 million lump sum payout is already the largest total in Powerball’s history. Winning numbers for the Powerball drawing of August 11 were 4, 13, 39, 46, and ...

19. Record-breaking python found in Florida Everglades
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Eeeeeeek! No, it’s not a mouse or even a 500-pound gorilla, but a 17-foot long, 165- pound Burmese python. Beating all earlier records for captured constrictor ...

20. Gold available
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... for sale.My late father was a gold merchant before he was murdered by Sierra Leone rebels in 2008.This Gold is the legacy i inherited as the only son.Also my late father deposited the sum of $5.2mud in ...