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1. Snowmobile racing becoming popular outdoor winter sport
(Sports/Professional)

... then, so a couple of local businessmen thought they could drum up a bit of winter business for this summer resort town,” explains Heeg, executive director of the Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce. “They ...

2. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes: Preview and recap
(Sports/Professional)

... American forward AND defenseman who could play for the U.S. in the 2014’s Winter Olympics. McDonagh may at times get overshadowed by Norris Trophy candidate and linemate Dan Girardi, or the supremely talented ...

3. 2012 Leap Year study by CLR: How much time do people spend cleaning house?
(Life/Style)

... season that is not winter. How about fixing stuff? He rewires lamps, paints rooms, moves heavy furniture, hangs pictures, etc. OK, so he leaves his tools lying around. That annoys me. But when the ...

4. Super Bowl-related measles outbreak in Indiana raises health concerns in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... vaccine. More information regarding adult vaccines can be found on the adult vaccination page at the CDC website. With the winter being mild, the Health Department is also reminding residents that it ...

5. Elder real estate transactions can be a mine field
(Money/Economy)

... and opportunities To female caregivers of elderly: Keep working! Elder demands can be unrealistic and selfish Bathing the elderly, keeping them warm in winter can be problematic Caregivers of the ...

6. N.J. weather forecast: Rain, wind, and cold
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Hudson River Valley, and much of Connecticut this morning. This disturbance will rapidly exit the region by 8 a.m. but will have produced a wintery mix of one to three inches with locally higher amounts ...

7. Skiing first tracks: A rare chance to go for the gold
(Sports/Professional)

... feet and a vertical drop of 2,800 feet, Sugarloaf, here in western Maine near the Canadian border, is the state’s tallest winter resort, has the second highest peak and is the largest ski area east of ...

8. Oakland A's sign Manny Ramirez: Billy Beane's 'Moneyball' at work
(Sports/Professional)

... his retirement rather than sit out a 100-game ban for the second offense. Ramirez applied for reinstatement at the winter meetings in December, and representatives of the A’s watched him work out in ...

9. Swedish motorist trapped in snow-covered car ate snow to survive
(World/International)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM We’ve had a relatively mild winter in New Jersey, but temperatures in parts of the country are still frigid. Temperatures in the northern part of Sweden had recently ...

10. Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and sports spending: From Olympics to the WWF
(Sports/Professional)

... 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and Rick Santorum was a lobbyist for the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s. Santorum's job as a World Wrestling Federation hired gun apparently was to make ...

11. With A.J. Burnett gone, how does the 2012 Yankee rotation shape up?
(Sports/Professional)

... Burnett signed a five-year 83 million dollar contact in the winter of 2008, his troubles with the Yankees are now behind him. The next question now is how does the Yankees rotation look as Spring Training ...

12. Alzheimer's patients' struggles not always eased by legal documents
(Opinion/Commentary)

... caregivers of elderly: Keep working! Elder demands can be unrealistic and selfish Bathing the elderly, keeping them warm in winter can be problematic Caregivers of the elderly need to prioritize ...

13. Tree-killing southern pine beetles showing early activity in South Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

NJDEP offering financial aid in effort to suppress the pests As the mild winter enters its final weeks, the three-killing southern pine beetle is showing disconcerting sights of early activity in the ...

14. N.J. weather forecast: Snowstorm for weekend is hype
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... As temperatures rise into the lower 40's to lower 50's for highs this afternoon, yet another mild winter day can be expected. The rain will exit by late this evening followed by clearing skies. High ...

15. Golf come ons seduce the winter weary
(Opinion/Commentary)

... season of the tundra like last winter, biologically, it’s the time of year when a young (and a mature) man’s fancy turns to such dalliances. It all started really on Jan. 5, a Thursday, when the purveyors ...

16. N.J. weather forecast: Mild winter continues
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY STEVEN DiMARTINO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM After a weekend where winter had a brief visit with a few inches of snow and temperatures near freezing for highs, the mild winter pattern that's been in place ...

17. Hospitals can 'throw out' a patient, even at 2 a.m.
(Health/Healthquest)

... of elderly: Keep working! Elder demands can be unrealistic and selfish Bathing the elderly, keeping them warm in winter can be problematic Caregivers of the elderly need to prioritize themselves ...

18. HeatTrak mats inventor Hillel Glazer shovels in success
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... area and Canada. This winter's mild weather has put a damper on sales in New Jersey and New York, but business is steady in the colder climes. "We sold a lot of mats to security firms in the northern ...

19. Ice fishing with underwater camera is the latest snowsport
(Sports/Professional)

... and fall. Come winter, however, when lakes here freeze early and thaw late, fisherman Ed simply chops a hole in the ice – and goes ice fishing. What’s more, he’s brought technology to this sport that ...

20. Will the Islanders follow the Nets to Brooklyn?
(Sports/Professional)

... the Madison Square Garden Network through 2031. But there are three regional sports networks in the New York City area and there is not enough "winter" sports product for three networks. MSG has tied up ...