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1. China stands firm against currency pressure
(World/International)

... financial crisis. On Mar. 15, 130 members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter urging the White House to label China a currency manipulator in its Apr. 10 treasury report, which would be the first step ...

2. Akon music video causes attack on MTV in Sri Lanka (VIDEO)
(World/International)

... turn violent. In fact, some group members have posted messages urging others not to allow extremists to take over their peaceful campaign. A similar incident in 2004, though without the involvement of ...

3. New Jersey officially begins push for 2014 Super Bowl
(Sports/Professional)

The state Senate Monday passed legislation urging the National Football League to select the new Meadowlands Stadium as host to Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. "The Meadowlands will soon be home to pro football's ...

4. N.J. COAH: Senate postpones bill to abolish state's affordable housing council
(N.J./State)

Housing advocates lobbied lawmakers urging the delay BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The state Senate Monday postponed a vote on legislation that would abolish the state Council on Affordable ...

5. New Jersey native goes after a piece of Lady Gaga
(Entertainment/Movies)

... studio and spent the next few months "radically reshaping her approach," and urging her to drop rock songs for dance beats, the suit says. Fusari says he also co-wrote several songs, including "Beautiful, ...

6. Sexuality Education by Grandparents
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Once again, Susie Wilson takes the lead in urging honest communication with young people about sexuality. Please LOOK at the confused and confusing messages about sex that surround every child and teen, ...

7. Grandmotherly advice about sex education and grandchildren
(Life/Style)

... in the room turned their thumbs down on every item. I brought the activity to a conclusion by urging the grandmothers sitting before me to make sure that the messages they transmitted to their grandchildren ...

8. N.J. public pensions: Christie says ‘first set of reform bills is just the beginning’
(N.J./State)

... Governor feels the state Assembly needs to start urging more pension reforms and pass them before he presents his budget on March 16. The state Senate has gone ahead and passed a similar provision to ...

9. Verizon FiOS going after Cablevision customers
(Entertainment/Movies)

... WABC-TV provides for free over the air and on the Internet. More than 60 officials on the national, state and local level have contacted the Federal Communications Commission or issued statements urging ...

10. Sen. John Kerry asks FCC to tell WABC-TV not to pull its signal off Cablevision
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Warner Cable, and Kerry stepped into that situation urging both sides to continue talking. "I fear that this dispute is the most recent evidence that the retransmission consent regime has become outdated ...

11. ABC
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

ABC is urging us to switch to Fios or Direct TV. So I guess those two carriers pay for the broadcast or are they next to be pressured by ABC for money? And then after we switch rates will go up there ...

12. Coal-fired power plants becoming an endangered species
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... effort to cut carbon emissions. Even China, which was building one new coal plant a week, is surging ahead with harnessing renewable energy development and will soon overtake the United States in wind ...

13. Christie's plan to cut jobless benefits, taxes for employers, criticized by labor, praised by business
(Money/Economy)

... much worse. In the short-term, New Jersey must borrow more money from the federal government to cover ongoing unemployment benefit costs.'' Kirschner said the NJBIA is urging the federal government to ...

14. With horse-drawn carriage rides, there are degrees of ‘sin'
(Life/Style)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Earlier this month, NewJerseyNewsroom.com carried a story about Philadelphia protesters urging a ban on horse-drawn carriages there. It referred to Haddonfield, ...

15. Time for New Jersey to be counted for 2010 Census
(N.J./State)

... by March 2011. He said New Jerseyans will receive a letter about March 9 informing them questionnaires will soon arrive in the mail. He said they will receive postcards about March 23 urging them to complete ...

16. Inspiring new interior design trends in 2010
(Life/Style)

... bronze, copper, warm gold, brass and silver." Simplicity without losing the glamour "People are purging themselves of ‘stuff," says Amend. "They want a more simplified, easy-to-take-care lifestyle, ...

17. Demonstrators plea: Ban horse drawn carriages
(Life/Style)

... carriages are a threat to public safety, and as proven numerous times, accidents are inevitable. So it was no shouting, no verbal abuse — but lots of presence, low-key talk and a petition urging city ...

18. New Jersey legislature refreshed by a visit from the public
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY PETER J. McDONOUGH COMMENTARY Legislators turned the tables last Tuesday; instead of talking, they listened. At the urging of Union County Assemblymen Jon Bramnick, a Republican, and Joe Cryan, ...

19. New Jersey lawmaker pushing Obama, Congress to repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” anti-gay policy
(U.S./Nation)

State Sen. Shirley K. Turner (D-Mercer) Thursday introduced a resolution urging President Obama and Congress to effectively repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay, lesbian, ...

20. Taking Issue with 'Sex Ed in Washington'
(Life/Style)

... report that their sex ed programs are "too little, too late." No, Douthat's column has not changed my mind about the importance of sex ed and what's needed in the future. Thanks to my friends for urging ...