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1. Activists give Christie a 'D' for environmental record
(N.J./State)

Christie responds, defending his policies "D" is the grade Gov. Chris Christie received Thursday on his environmental record from the non-profit New Jersey Environmental Federation. NJEF activists ...

2. Buono slams Christie for joining Scott Walker campaign in Wisconsin
(N.J./State)

... told The Star-Ledger that Christie’s endorsement of Walker goes beyond Christie’s fundraising duties as a Republican admired by pary activists nationally. DuHuime said both men see themselves as Republicans ...

3. Rutgers University will not disaffiliate from Fair Labor Association despite students' request
(N.J./State)

... risks and the FLA has issued improved standards, which Foxconn needs to be complete before July 1, 2013. Despite the report student activists were not convinced of the FLA’s efforts especially in regards ...

4. On Tax Day, N.J. activists offer to move Prudential so taxpayer dollars can pay for schools, health care and safe streets
(N.J./State)

...  NEW JERSEY WORKING FAMILIES ALLIANCE NEWARK, NJ- On Tax Day, activists from around the state gathered outside of Prudential Inc.'s corporate headquarters in protest of Governor Christie's proposed ...

5. Suicide death of Moroccan teen forced to marry rapist outrages world community
(World/International)

... are allowed to marry their victims to escape prosecution. The case has generated outrage among activists. “Amina, 16, was triply violated, by her rapist, by tradition and by Article 475 of Moroccan law,” ...

6. Assemblyman Bucco says he has doubts about Obama's citizenship
(N.J./State)

... citizenship and he believes that "a higher authority" needs to determine the issue. Birther advocate Jerome Corsi addressed about 250 Tea Party activists and other Republicans at an event endorsed by ...

7. Asbury Park officials hush up theft of Convention Hall antique copper panels
(N.J./State)

... been exhausted,” Chief Mark Kinmon told the Sun. The failure of authorities to notify the public of the theft has angered Asbury Park history and preservation activists. The Asbury Park Historical Society ...

8. Ex-Chicago cop Howard Morgan, shot by white officers, could spend life in jail
(U.S./Nation)

BY WENDY EKUA QUANSAH NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In the wake of the Trayvon Martin case, the Howard Morgan shooting is yet another example of possible corruption in the justice system. Activists in Chicago ...

9. Two years after Health Care Reform, remember why we fought for it
(Opinion/Commentary)

... an opposing group pushing for more access to women’s healthcare needs. Crossing over to the Cannon House Office Building was a group of Democratic activists passing out fact-sheets, encouraging members ...

10. N.J. legislature hellbent on growing government with 'N.J. Residential Foreclosure Act'
(Opinion/Commentary)

... two of the three.  I was the only one in opposition to this insidious legislation.  Over the past couple of weeks many conservative, grassroots, and Tea party activists have asked me what they ...

11. Tyler Clementi's roommate Dharun Ravi did not commit a hate crime
(Opinion/Commentary)

... as a “monster.” Gay activists have applauded the conviction as have others who have asserted that Ravi’s actions rise to the level of an unconscionable act of bias against a young gay man and therefore ...

12. 'Saving Face' war on women parallels new Texas abortion law
(Life/Style)

... along with women legislators and activists successfully pass a law in the Pakistani parliament making acid violence punishable by life imprisonment. And in the film, we see Zakia receive justice as her ...

13. Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s State of the City: 2012 to see more jobs and construction
(N.J./State)

... businesses, religious institutions, volunteers, activists, neighbors, leaders and government” have pulled “together to fight forward...to climb a mountain of challenges.” “Newark is ending a 60-year ...

14. NYPD's Muslim surveillance leads to N.Y. v. N.J. feud
(U.S./Nation)

... from the Handschu federal court decision." According to the Village Voice, the Handschu decree stems from a 1971 lawsuit by political activists who were subjected to NYPD surveillance. In 1985, a federal ...

15. N.J. Democratic leaders to focus on middle class when reviewing Christie's budget
(N.J./State)

... activists. In short, it is less about New Jersey in 2012 than it is about Iowa in 2016.” Republican legislative leaders offered praise for Christie’s proposal. Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (R-Union) ...

16. Return of diving horse act on Atlantic City Steel Pier has animal rights activists saying 'nay'
(N.J./State)

... in the air into a 12-foot deep tank. Animal rights activists are promising to fight the return of the show. The late comedian Alan King played at the Steel Pier, and according to Atlantic City Weekly, ...

17. U.S. EPA chief Lisa Jackson headlining Stockton College energy symposium
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... building construction. An interactive session will explore energy decision making. “This event puts energy industry leaders, experts, and activists together in one room to discuss the energy issues ...

18. Christie’s Israel remarks: Is he thinking beyond N.J.?
(U.S./Nation)

... speech to an AIPAC audience in New York Wednesday. AIPAC, the non-profit American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is a 100,000-member grassroots movement of activists committed to ensuring Israel’s ...

19. Opponents of natural gas drilling hand out first 'Fracky' award at N.J. Statehouse
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... in Trenton Wednesday and anti-natural gas drilling activists handed out the first “Fracky” award to the American Petroleum Institute for what they charge is its role in endangering the environment. The ...

20. Christie says like same-sex marriage, civil rights movement could have been settled through ballot referendum
(N.J./State)

... Party activists and a number of them have been urging him to seek the GOP presidential nomination this year to save the party from a seemingly weak field of candidates. He also is up for re-election as ...