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1. Beacons to light sky above seven New Jersey Revolutionary War signal fires sites
(Entertainment/Movies)

... British Redcoats,'' said Cate Litvack, Crossroads Association director. "The types of beacons varied from tar barrels on top of poles, to pyramids, to wooden towers filled with dried grass or hay that ...

2. Christie will be forced to address health care reform
(Opinion/Commentary)

... barrels toward New Jersey. The stakes are high. The issues are maddeningly complex. The Governor needs to know the consequences before he makes health care decisions that can drastically affect every ...

3. At EPA clean cars hearing, Environment New Jersey urges Feds to deliver on Obama’s commitment for cleaner air
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... new standards in May, President Obama said the program will cut global warming pollution by 950 million metric tons and save 1.8 billion barrels of over the lifetime of vehicles sold from 2012 through ...

4. Expert: Oil will start to dry up in 10 years
(Money/Economy)

... price age is over," he said. "Cheap oil age is over. That is our message." The world currently produces about 85 million barrels of oil per day. Estimates show production will rise to over 100 million ...

5. Make friends with the Jersey Devil or other bogeymen
(Life/Style)

... death. Shriek like a girl and unleash your pepper spray with both barrels! That's silly, I know. But the point is that there is a huge difference between imagining scary situations and actually being ...

6. President's ‘Beer Summit' not made in America
(Life/Style)

... craft brewers produced nearly 8.6 million barrels of craft beer in the U.S. in 2008. For those in the know, there is a growing customer support for local breweries. President Obama has done admirable ...

7. Prices at the gas pump continue to decline
(Money/Economy)

... taking its toll on energy demand. As separate entities, U.S. petroleum demand for June declined 6% to 18.75 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first half of 2009, the lowest level for the six-month ...

8. EPA attorneys criticize Obama nominee Ignacia Moreno
(U.S./Nation)

... million for the government's cleanup of 800 barrels of toxic waste that GE improperly disposed of at a Superfund site in New Hampshire. GE, with the help of Moreno, argued that it was not responsible ...

9. Drive: Gasoline prices drop for a fifth consecutive day
(Money/Economy)

... Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported U.S. crude oil stocks fell 3.8 million barrels, while U.S. gasoline stockpiles rose 3.9 million barrels to 208.9 million, exceeding analysts' predictions. ...

10. Canada’s top economist Jeff Rubin predicts $225 for a barrel of oil by 2012
(Money/Economy)

... that exports from OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), instead of growing, are likely to fall by about one to one and a half million barrels per day over the next four or five years. ...

11. Summer driving meets pinch at the pump; gas prices hit 2009 highs
(Money/Economy)

... reported U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell sharply by 4.4 million barrels due to sliding imports, but remain about 19% higher than a year ago. The Weekend "As the summer driving season ramps up, motorists ...

12. Taxing time for small N.J. breweries: Cost of craft beer could soon rise
(Life/Style)

... by volume, with 95% of them being very small businesses producing 15,000 barrels or less per year. Many brewers are still trying to recover from an increase in brewing ingredients, which spiked in 2008, ...

13. Gasoline up 60% in 2009; crude oil nears $70 mark
(Money/Economy)

... oil slipped 2% Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported U.S. crude inventories rose 2.9 million barrels, prices gained 4% Thursday after U.S. data showed a drop in jobless claims, ...

14. Craft brewers look to alter opinions about beer and fine dining
(Life/Style)

... The complexities of the brews like Anchor's Steam beer and Maytag blue cheese or the dark ale aged in oak bourbon barrels paired with black forest chocolate brought new flavor profiles to each item, creating ...

15. Gasoline and crude oil prices hit new highs for the year
(U.S./Nation)

... by General Motors seemed inevitable. In international news, OPEC members met in Vienna this week and announced it will not cut production further than the 4.2 million barrels a day of production cuts ...

16. The price at the gas pump: Here's what to expect
(Money/Economy)

... of Energy (DOE), U.S. crude oil inventories rose to 375 million barrels in May, marking their highest levels since 1990. Another contributing factor, consumer demand, is at a 14-year low. According to ...