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1. REVIEW: ‘Thinner Than Water’ sparkles with the bloody truth
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and minimally. Let's hope LAByrinth can extend the show's engagement so more people can take in Ross' fruitful and funny shaking of a contemporary family tree. "Thinner Than Water" continues through ...

2. Legalization
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The point that seems to be missed by most is that marijuana should wholly and completely be legalized in the state. Medical marijuana is just a temporary step on the way to total legalization. The fact ...

3. Trenton furloughs create four-day work week
(N.J./State)

... city Spokesperson Lauren Ira waited until 5:21 p.m. Thursday to announce the Mayor's decision, avoiding immediate fallout from affected employees. Mack is calling the missed time "temporary layoff days ...

4. Passaic River flooding fix unveiled
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... in the Passaic River Basin," State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes, a commission member, said. "The goal of the commission was to produce a plan that seeks to provide temporary as well as some ...

5. Black history month in New Jersey: Local favorites of distinction
(Life/Style)

... Manor Plaza Hotel. In a few years he would have achieved fame as the first African American entertainer to host his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show. Among contemporary figures perhaps ...

6. Thomas Gallo of Bayville must repay employer $16K for fraudulent disability payments
(N.J./State)

... company, even though he was working for another company and was not entitled to receive temporary benefits. Det. Natalie Brotherston and Deputy Attorney General Cheryl A. Maccaroni handled the case. ...

7. Ridiculous
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... judicial independence without worrying about reappointment. Now, political concerns will weigh heavy on their minds. You also make the temporary appointment of Stern seem as if it is some unseemly ...

8. A functioning N.J. Supreme Court should decide definition of marriage
(Opinion/Commentary)

... as long as temporary Justice Stern was there. He has since modified that position, but is still not a fully participating member of the New Jersey Supreme Court. The solution to this judicial crisis ...

9. REVIEW: ‘Three Sisters’ evolve over the years
(Entertainment/Movies)

... as Masha's pedantic spouse. In cameo roles, Louis Zorich, Roberta Maxwell and George Morfogen contribute fully-realized individuals. If Paul Schmidt's translation seems a bit too wordy — and contemporary ...

10. Gov. Christie conditionally vetoes N.J. civil service reform bill
(N.J./State)

... barriers to shared services between municipalities. The governor said the bill fails to adequately address temporary layoffs as a tool available for municipalities to avoid significant permanent layoffs. ...

11. REVIEW: ‘The Whipping Man’ packs plenty of dramatic surprises
(Entertainment/Movies)

... blue shadows by Ben Stanton. The dialogue sounds a mite contemporary, but Lopez writes it vividly and certainly knows how to pack plenty of storyline into two swift hours. Top-notch acting drives the ...

12. Punxsutawney Phil set to star in Groundhog Day 2011
(Life/Style)

... Phil emerges from his temporary hole — a simulated tree stump at the rural site of Gobbler's Knob — on February 2 and sees his shadow, winter weather will continue for six more weeks across the United ...

13. Can-Am League and a study in public policy failure
(Sports/Professional)

... part of the United States should be most utilized. Ramapo gets the stadium 280 days a year, mostly in the winter. It is hard to hold an outdoor concert on January 17 and putting a temporary ice rink in ...

14. ‘Kaboom’ movie review: Ridiculous and hilarious and surprisingly entertaining
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Araki has a lot of fun satirizing homophobia, Scientology and other fringe religions, contemporary parenting, and who knows what else. It's all stirred into a frothy cinematic cocktail that goes kaboom. ...

15. REVIEW: Bickford Theatre’s ‘The Little Dog Laughed’ gets points for courage
(Entertainment/Movies)

... be our narrator. She is set against Jim Bazewicz's contemporary set which will whisk us to New York and Los Angeles via Abby Hoke-Brady's clever lighting design. We learn that Diane (played with great ...

16. Can ‘Brick City' be a positive phrase in hoops? Newark hopes so
(Sports/Professional)

... another branding cornerstone for the city.

In addition to the relocated Nets, the WNBA Liberty will have a temporary home at The Pru this summer while Madison Square Garden undergoes its renovation, joining ...

17. In search of New Jersey cowboy poets
(Life/Style)

... Poetry Gathering, a week-long celebration of life in the rural West. It features the contemporary and traditional arts that arise from lives lived caring for land and livestock. The 27th National Cowboy ...

18. Plainfield schools computer system hacked
(N.J./State)

... data was, at worst, only temporary. "There has been no permanent damage to the electronic files and steps are being taken to remedy the situation and further secure the system," she wrote. An August ...

19. New Jersey-New York Harbor is on the mend
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... fly by within a minute. Muskrats and raccoons hunt here. Out in the marsh, a yellowlegs forages for small fish and a snowy egret perches nearby on the temporary fencing. "It's funny that even with all ...

20. State audit finds Rutgers conducts questionable contracting practices
(N.J./State)

... no one was disciplined. Instead, the university addressed the violation by canceling the contract and creating a temporary employment position for the employee-related vendor. OSC has referred this matter ...