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1. New astrological sign dates with addition of Ophiuchus
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM If you're one of the 25% of Americans who still believes in astrology, then you're sweating Ophiuchus (aka Serpentarius) and your daily horoscope right now. Though ...

2. Gov. Christie himself may be best argument against getting rid of tenure for teachers
(N.J./State)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ANALYSIS One of the non-surprises in Gov. Chris Christie's state of the state speech earlier this week was his announcement that he wants to get rid of teacher ...

3. Princeton photographer Ricardo Barros: fluent in both photos and words
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM N.J. ARTISTS Last month, photographer Ricardo Barros gave a slide-talk about "A Few Things I've Learned Over 40 Years." To an overflow audience of Princeton ...

4. Lawrenceville artists group makes most of winter’s light and shadow
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Short days, bitter cold, biting winds and snow drifts — for much of the animal kingdom, those weather conditions signal hibernation time. But that's not so with ...

5. Michael Vick debate re-opened by Obama’s odd call
(Sports/Professional)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY In real estate, it's "location, location, location." In professional sports — don't let them tell you it's anything else — it's "money, money, money." ...

6. Mercer County Wildlife Center: hospital for patients with fur or feathers
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Late one Christmas Eve day, a seriously injured patient arrived — a great horned owl had been hit by a tractor trailer and become stuck in its grill. When the driver ...

7. Billboards warn of date world will end in 2011
(Life/Style)

New Jersey man advertises Judgment Day BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Edwin Ramos, of Vineland, New Jersey, wants to spread the word about when the world will end — May 21, 2011, to be precise. ...

8. If Gov. Christie wants ‘science’ to end New Jersey bear hunt, it’s (still) there
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Governor Christie reportedly said at a press conference Tuesday morning that he's open to scientific recommendations from Fish and Wildlife officials ...

9. Lawrenceville Artists’ 2nd Saturday is ‘coming to town’
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM "Here comes S- - . . . " No, no, not him! Here comes Second Saturday at the Lawrenceville Main Street Artists Network Gallery. This month's reception next Saturday, ...

10. Kennedy Center honors Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Bill T. Jones, Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey, but only one N.J. native
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in Jersey City, New Jersey. His parents ran a camp in upstate New York, where Herman spent his summers as a child. According to encyclopedia.com, Herman wrote in his memoirs, "I learned about prejudice ...

11. Activists against imminent New Jersey bear hunt fighting multi-front battle
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM With the New Jersey bear hunt scheduled to start next Monday and run for six days, activists against the hunt are pulling out all the stops. Their hope: convince ...

12. Schultz, Gloucester Twp. K-9 police dog, killed in action; suspect, partner in custody
(N.J./State)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM One of the two men arrested for robbing a Gloucester Township restaurant also has blood on his hands — that of the 3½ year old German shepherd police dog he threw ...

13. Martha Stewart’s gardener to host a fittingly uncommon open house at Atlock Farm in Somerset
(Life/Style)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Next weekend's open house at Atlock Farm in Somerset is a must-go. How could it not be, coming from those wonderful folks who gave you (if you were smart or lucky) ...

14. ‘Inside Job’ movie review and trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Chamber of Commerce still had $124,000 to pay Mishkin for his wildly inaccurate analysis. Ferguson is no fonder of Democrats like permanently befuddled Obama economic advisor Larry Summers, an architect ...

15. A cautionary cat tale: Good intentions don’t suffice
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM "Animal people" can sometimes harm the very creatures they love. This is a true cautionary tale. Sitting near your parked car, the bony little cat looks hungry ...

16. Lawrenceville artists to celebrate 1st year of ‘togetherness’ on 2nd Saturday
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM It was as if all these artists, with their energy, ideas and talent, were trapped in solitary confinement. It took their coming together to cause a huge creative ...

17. N.J. bear hunt inching closer despite charges state DFW ‘cooked books’ to get approval
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM "It's really skewed on our side, and yet he's turning a deaf ear." Angi Metler, executive director of the state-wide Animal Protection League of NJ recently ticked ...

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

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Marlin can feel vindicated now. The case of the "dragged puppy" ended yesterday in court with the defendant's guilty plea. Last August, after getting out of the ...

19. Cary Edwards’ ‘Rebuilding’ remembered
(N.J./State)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM W. Cary Edwards, dead at 66. Cary Edwards: that name has resonated over the years since the late 80s, when he led in the "rebuilding" of NJ Motor Vehicles. Edwards ...

20. Hamilton Twp’s ‘naturalist’ painter Dallas Piotrowski captures flora and fauna she loves
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM N.J. ARTISTS This artist's outlook — and her work — anticipated the growing environmental movement now underway. Before much of today's talk about conservation, ...