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1. Allstate names Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Elizabeth among cities with most unsafe drivers
(Health/Healthquest)

... about 10 percent of all U.S. auto policies, making this report a realistic snapshot of what's happening on America's roadways. The cities that ranked 4th through 10th in having the safest drivers are: ...

2. Hurricane Watch: Tropical Storm Maria a growing threat
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Irene reminded us to pay attention. And the suddenly busy hurricane season is getting busier. Sun-sentinel.com reports that the 14th tropical depression of the season has developed hurricane strength ...

3. Big East football angling for Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State
(Sports/Professional)

... 14th member. The Hour Online reported that all eight of the Big East conference's teams won their season openers in college football’s week 1, including a Rutgers 48-0 victory over North Carolina Central. ...

4. U.S. Open 2011: Rafael Nadal, Venus and Serena Williams heat up New York’s celebrity scene
(Entertainment/Movies)

... “Mack Daddy” hooked it up when he put the duo’s names on the list for a birthday party that Vivica Fox was hosting for celebrity publicist BJ Coleman held at the Polar Lounge on 24th street in the Marcel ...

5. What
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Please keep you spelling and grammar comments to yourself. Go get a life. This was not set up for you to give spelling lessons. Go teach 4th grade. ...

6. Joey Vento
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Mr. Vento treated us like royalty when we visited Geno's on the 4th of July a couple of years ago. He took us into the backroom where he was having lunch with the mayor of Philadelphia, and told him we ...

7. Give Me Liberty (State Park) or Give Me Death (Camden)
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... was 7 lousy full-time jobs? I just spoke to someone who was at the ship on 4th of July and he said it was a "ghost-ship." If the Ship were up in Liberty State Park, she would see a minimum of 1.2-1.5 million ...

8. Title IX
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... please for the love of knowledge, look up what it means. Check out a 4th grade math text. It might surprise you. Title IX has nothing to do with equality and everything to do with getting revenge on the ...

9. Dead rapper Kampane memorialized by fans on Facebook and Twitter
(Entertainment/Movies)

... shy of his 34th birthday at the time of his death, and had been working to promote his new music video, "What You Drinkin' On." In May, Stoute performed live at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx with several ...

10. N.J. DEP proposes rules to hasten cleanup of 16,000 contaminated sites
(N.J./State)

... N.J Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Legal Affairs, Mail Code 401-041L; P.O. Box 402, 401 East State St., 4th Floor, Trenton, N.J. 08625-0402, ATTN:DEP Docket No. 12-11-07. —TOM HESTER ...

11. Powerball winning numbers worth $220 million
(Money/Economy)

... sums of money. Back in June, a woman from Rockaway named Kimberly Wearin announced she was is suing the state for a $1.58 income tax refund. Wearin won $14.9 million in the Pick 6 jackpot of June 4th, ...

12. Shark Week on Discovery Channel gives host Andy Samberg a scare
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Discovery Channel’s 24th annual week-long tribute to sharks, Shark Week, began on Sunday night. Seven new programs are scheduled to premiere on the series this year. ...

13. N.J. Senate President Sweeney endorsed by Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO for re-election
(N.J./State)

... also endorsed 17 other Democratic legislative incumbents or challengers in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th districts of South Jersey.  ...

14. Blackhawk and private helicopters make separate emergency landings in N.J. towns
(N.J./State)

... commander of F Company, 1-214th Aviation Regiment said the U.S. Army Reserve medical helicopter was carrying four crewmembers. None were injured.  ...

15. ERRin Ford (misspelling intended)
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Please go back to 4th grade and learn to conjugate verbs, spell and use proper capitalization. Upon completion of the fourth grade you may consider asking for a graduation trip to OZ, where the powerful ...

16. Leiby Kletzky buried in South Brunswick cemetery
(N.J./State)

... lost walking seven blocks to his home from Boyan Day Camp on 44th Street and stopped to ask Aron Levi for directions. Police say that's when Levi placed the child in his 1990 brown Honda Accord and drove ...

17. Mac OS X Lion release is finally here with 250 new features
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to MIC Gadget, Apple locks up employee cellphones to prevent leaks with employees taking pictures. The date for stores to unseal their crates of product is the 14th, and only a manager is allowed to open ...

18. REVIEW: ‘Hair’ flourishes again on Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... onstage to rock out to a mega-mix medley sends everybody home on a positive high. “Hair” continues through Sept. 10 at the St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St., New York. Call (212) 239-6200 or visit www.hairbroadway.com. ...

19. Glitch by Google Maps a problem for N.J. couple
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... "No Trespassing." But this past May a motorist told Gneiding that Google Maps had directed him there. Fearing heavy traffic for July 4th, Gneiding made a new sign that says, "NOT Park Entrance... Private ...

20. 7-Eleven locations give free Slurpee to celebrate 84 years
(U.S./Nation)

... free Slurpee® drinks at 7-Eleven® stores on July 11 (7-Eleven Day) has become as much a part of the summer tradition as fireworks on the 4th of July, baseball games and hot dog-eating contests. Most ...