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1. President McCormick’s State of Rutgers annual address
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a college education. We have promised to do everything we can to help them get ready for Rutgers and have said that if they make it here, they'll go for free. Virtually all of them come from disadvantaged ...

2. Republican lawmakers, allies call for referendum on gay marriage
(N.J./State)

... in early January. It would be virtually impossible to get a constitutional referendum through the Legislature without Republican control of both houses. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) is the prime ...

3. Some video games are helping to make life better
(Life/Style)

... are using video games and other virtual simulations to promote peace, build democracies and support for disaster relief. War and drought have put people on this imaginary island on the brink of starvation. ...

4. N.J. public colleges hand students the bill for debt service
(Opinion/Commentary)

... "So it's not a great puzzle that we're in the situation we're in." In a 2007 report, the State Commission of Investigation found that "virtually unrestrained borrowing has saddled New Jersey's public colleges ...

5. ‘A Nice Family Gathering' a double delight
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY STUART DUNCAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM REVIEW "A Nice Family Gathering" is that rarest of all plays – a fun evening that is both comic and tender, written by a virtual unknown playwright who hails ...

6. Why allowing health insurance to be sold across state lines is no panacea
(Opinion/Commentary)

... insurance the main offering available for virtually everyone in the private insurance market in all states. This will mean that not only will the individual states lose the ability to regulate health insurance, ...

7. Must see movies at this week's New Jersey Film Festival
(Entertainment/Movies)

... gripping documentary is the untold story of the American Eugenics movement, whose adherents attempted to breed a superior, white, Nordic race and to obliterate virtually everyone else whom they deemed ...

8. Solar plane team hopes to circle Earth in 2012
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... energy source, but without some major breakthrough I don't see it," he said. The International Air Transport Association, which represents virtually all 230 commercial airlines, has a goal of carbon ...

9. Pro-bono production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' debuts at NJPAC
(Entertainment/Movies)

... students. A Delaware native, he received a bachelor's in music education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, performing in virtually every musical ensemble, from marching band and symphony orchestra ...

10. World economic crisis leads to rape and exploitation
(World/International)

... are becoming virtual slaves to semi-legal "job brokers". NGOs in other Eastern European countries report a similar problem of migrant workers being abused. Many migrants say job agencies are now ...

11. Race for N.J. governor: 'Virtual Debate' to begin Sept. 10
(N.J./State)

Christie, Corzine and Daggett to participate The Hall Institute's 2009 Governor's virtual debate will begin this week with opening statements from the candidates on Thursday, September 10. To date, ...

12. New Jersey aid helps finance 12 new or renovated schools
(N.J./State)

... city in more than 20 years, but its close proximity to historic Branch Brook Park will provide tremendous physical education and recreational opportunities for students and serve as a virtual science lab." ...

13. Home schoolers do better on ACT
(Life/Style)

... of 22.5. Like the SAT, ACT scores are used in the college admissions process to evaluate applicants. Virtually all colleges accept either test, Ed Colby, spokesman for the ACT, told CNSNews.com. Scores ...

14. When does marriage become a lie and lies define marriage?
(Entertainment/Movies)

... his wife Joan, an actress, are summering at their upstate home in Duchess County. Joan leans on Paul (and the bottle) because of a mystery ailment that has left her virtually bedridden; Paul cooks, cleans ...

15. Tiger Woods will lead golf's best into Jersey City this week
(Sports/Professional)

... sent golf fans' hearts a-flutter and virtually guaranteed sell-out crowds when action kicks off this week at Jersey City's Liberty National Golf Club. Woods last visited New Jersey at the 2005 PGA at ...

16. The death of statewide media coverage in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... real people. This year's gubernatorial election is a perfect case in point. The media devoted a ton of ink to the Carla Katz email saga, but virtually ignored a recent press conference by Governor Corzine's ...

17. New Jersey's hurricane hysteria is all wet
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

State's location makes it tough for us to receive a direct hit BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Here is some bad news for those radio and TV newscasters who become virtually hysterical whenever ...

18. Princeton researchers set world record for packing shapes in space
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... computer program and theoretical analysis to achieve their groundbreaking results. Previous computer simulations had taken virtual piles of polyhedra and stuffed them in a virtual box and allowed them ...

19. Daggett calls for tougher ethics, campaign rules
(N.J./State)

... have witnessed the past several years in both Republican and Democratic administrations. "The public's trust in government also has been virtually crushed by the recent wave of corruption arrests,'' Daggett ...

20. After the collapse: Will you still be able to afford to retire?
(Money/Economy)

... value of houses, and the feeble job market. And, he adds, let's not forget the virtual disappearance of defined-benefit pension plans, where employees didn't manage their own money (as they must with ...