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1. Former Perth Amboy official Jeffrey D. Grumbs gets jail time in Vas corruption case
(N.J./State)

... from public employment in New Jersey. Gumbs admitted that he submitted fraudulent invoices to the city on behalf of Vas to obtain payment for personal expenses of the mayor. Gumbs also admitted that he ...

2. Isaiah Davis of Clementon pleads guilty to overbilling Burlington County by $32,956
(N.J./State)

... 2003 and Feb. 19, 2004, as a project manager at Laidlaw's Cinnaminson location, he knowingly submitted false invoices and false supporting documents regarding bus services provided by the company under ...

3. Elizabeth pharmacist Victor Fakondo pleads guilty to insurance fraud
(N.J./State)

... system and ran an audit of Fakondo's transactions and found the widespread fraud. "There were pages and pages of fraudulent invoices created and submitted by Mr. Fakondo," said Romankow who noted that ...

4. NJEA agrees to support Christie ‘Race to the Top’ bid for $400M in federal school aid
(N.J./State)

... said. "The US Department of Education asked for sign-on from local education groups for a reason. It wanted to ensure that educators' voices were heard and their ideas incorporated into the states' applications. ...

5. ‘Burnt Part Boys’ sing rich songs
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of wide-open spaces or claustrophobic crevasses according to Chris Lee's dramatic lighting. Rolling along at 90 minutes, the musical is handsomely performed by a nine member company whose voices blend ...

6. Julianna Farrait, wife of ‘American Gangster” Frank Lucas, arrested for trying to sell cocaine
(U.S./Nation)

... support, activities and counseling opportunities in a structured and welcoming environment "to ensure that each child succeeds with the confidence needed to share their voices with each other, their communities ...

7. Rutgers uses social networking site to ease transition for newcomers to campus
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... campus. "What is nice for us is having a closed community where students are able to open up and deal with each other, where the moderators become familiar faces and voices, and where the students feel ...

8. Cuba’s President Raúl Castro meets with Catholic Church
(World/International)

... way to attempt to listen to as many voices as possible, in a society that urgently needs to progress towards pluralism," she said. In fact, the Cuban Council of Churches, made up of most of the country's ...

9. Christie eliminates prescription cost hikes for 164,000 seniors and disabled
(Health/Healthquest)

... disabled. The money would also have gone to cover the increased prescription costs. Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester) said, "The governor may be applauded for listening to the voices ...

10. Rep. Lance urges New Jerseyans to show their positions on federal spending on YouCut website
(U.S./Nation)

... in a significant way,'' Lance said. "The House Republican's YouCut initiative is designed to allow the American people to have their voices heard on what exactly Congress should cut. It's my hope Garden ...

11. Intersecting Al Qaeda stories told in 'The Oath'
(Entertainment/Movies)

... depending on the voices of those involved. Jandal can't shut up, speaking volubly about his work with Al Qaeda, shmoozing potential recruits, rousing his sleepy son for morning prayers, going on talk shows, ...

12. Hate in New Jersey Nothing New
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

...  Ryan's picture is among the others on the cover. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Voices ...

13. ACLU exploring ban of gay book at N.J. school: ‘Revolutionary Voices’
(N.J./State)

... to remove the book Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology from the Rancocas Valley High School library. The book, which shares gay students' coming-out stories and reflections on identity, ...

14. N.J. International Film Festival schedule announced
(Entertainment/Movies)

... is a portrait on an aging Mexican stripper; Jean Strauss's moving documentary on adoptee rights For the "Life of Me"; Lucy Martens's "Voices From Inside — Israelis Speak" — an eye-opening documentary on ...

15. No woman should die giving life … but 1,400 do every day during child birth
(World/International)

... the occasion of Mother's Day to celebrate the health and lives of the women we love. And let's raise our voices for those who risk their lives during pregnancy and childbirth. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid is ...

16. Brake-O-Rama Auto Repair paying state $125,000 to settle consumer fraud charges
(N.J./State)

... approval to proceed with automotive repairs; Provide consumers with signed copies of estimates and/or invoices; Conspicuously post the notice of consumer rights; and Take all reasonable steps to ...

17. ‘Sons of Perdition’ documentary: A Tribeca Film Festival movie review
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Bruce Barlow's father, men whose wives and daughters can then be married or married off. Some of those older men lend their voices to the film, along with writer Jon Krakauer, who wrote about the FLDS ...

18. Christie’s latest offensive against teachers may prompt mass exodus of NJ’s best
(N.J./State)

... lack for the "voices of experience" new teachers have traditionally had on staff, and their road to master teacher status becomes much longer. All that will make a difference very quickly. Everyone in ...

19. ‘Promises, Promises’ not entirely fulfilled
(Entertainment/Movies)

... gives his adulterous Sheldrake a bit of a guilty conscience. Of course, Bacharach's often delightful score — complete with glossy orchestral voices crooning behind the tunes — is a retro-pleasure to ...

20. Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz to appear in Asbury Park
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Oscar, and his family live much like Díaz did growing up in New Jersey — straddling two cultural worlds. Currently, Díaz is a professor at MIT. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, African Voices, ...