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1. Monitoring report on N.J. State Police finds compliance with federal standards
(N.J./State)

... (OLEPS) documents continued compliance with federal benchmarks set under a 1999 federal Consent Decree that has since been dissolved, Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced Wednesday. Among other things ...

2. Christie’s Supreme Court decision puts independence of N.J. courts in jeopardy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... posturing. With Gov. Chris Christie's refusal to reappoint Supreme Court Justice John Wallace, the issue is even more critical today. New Jersey's modern bench has served as a model for the nation. ...

3. Gov. Christie needs to more clearly explain how he reached his N.J. Supreme Court decision
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in our state's modern history. Justice Wallace is a highly regarded justice with more than a quarter century on the bench serving the people of New Jersey. While Wallace's long tenure shows great decision-making ...

4. Alex DeCroce criticizes former N.J. Justice Deborah Poritz
(N.J./State)

... to over 400 state judges, urging them not to let fear of not being reappointed to the bench cloud their court decisions. "Chief Justice Poritz must have amnesia since she allowed her colleague Justice ...

5. Christie’s N.J. Supreme Court controversy was unnecessary and politically dumb
(Opinion/Commentary)

... is clear from the initial shoving in this fight: neither Wallace nor Anne Patterson, the Morris County lawyer Christie tapped to take a seat on the bench, has a future with the court. Wallace is gone ...

6. Who is new Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice?
(Sports/Professional)

... of the Boeheims and Calhouns winning games. That's a pretty fair slice. There aren't many times where he's on the bench watching. He's always up, he's always yelling. MV: The RAC can be kind of empty ...

7. The failure to reappoint Justice John Wallace to the NJ Supreme Court is a sad commentary on the Christie Administration!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... frightening, especially when he states that his decision is based upon wanting a jurist whose opinions are based on interpreting the Constitution and not legislating from the bench. Justice Wallace’s record ...

8. Anne Murray Patterson nominated to replace John E. Wallace on N.J. Supreme Court
(N.J./State)

... it, legislate from the bench. Under the New Jersey Constitution, the power and authority to appoint and re-appoint justices of the Supreme Court rests solely with the governor, with the advice and consent ...

9. ‘The Last Fall’ with Roscoe Orman and Lizan Michell: A review
(Entertainment/Movies)

... is covered in multi-colored maple leaves. A pair of park benches face the audience, one of them already missing its back. Streetlights bookend the area, but the dominant feature is a yellow New York taxicab, ...

10. Officials confirm diver was bitten by shark at Adventure Aquarium in Camden
(N.J./State)

... were fatal. In 1916, there was a series of shark attacks in the Atlantic waters between Matawan and Beach Haven that left four people dead and became the inspiration for Peter Benchley's "Jaws." There ...

11. Now it’s Christie’s turn to remake the N.J. Supreme Court
(Opinion/Commentary)

... has too often overstepped its authority and usurped the Constitutional prerogatives of the Legislature. Accusations that the court is guilty of legislating from the bench are not new, of course, ...

12. N.Y. sports are big on selling hope; N.J. Nets big on hype
(Sports/Professional)

... Call a play from the bench? Yes that's the Nets. Senior dancers, free shopping bags, sponsor mentions by the dozen? The Nets are your team. Winning hoops? Nah. Now whether that fan experience translates ...

13. N.J. teachers winning war of words with Christie over wage freezes, poll finds
(N.J./State)

... 9 percent say seniors, 6 percent point to state workers and 5 percent to property tax payers as suffering most unfairly from these cuts. Murray said one key benchmark in the debate will be the outcome ...

14. What health insurance changes are coming?
(Health/Healthquest)

... point because insurers who don't meet specific spending benchmarks must issue rebates to consumers. An HHS spokesman would not provide any details on when regulations will be issued. But, with some ...

15. Stimulus funds to pay for robotics-operated lab at Rutgers
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... where one robot can feed into another. So this new construction will be very open and won't be of the traditional design. All the benches will be movable, so that we can reconfigure it in any way we need, ...

16. One school district’s pain caused by Christie’s cuts to public education in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... they make decisions that affect their bottom line and in so doing the quality of education suffers. In the case of the New Covenant School in Albany New York, it fell short of a key benchmark in English, ...

17. Union County man, 80, gets 4 years in prison for role in stolen prescription drugs scheme
(N.J./State)

...  Jyamfi is eluding authoritiesand there is a bench warrant calling for his capture. The indictment against Jyamfi alleges that between August 2002 and October 2004, he purchased approximately $2 million ...

18. Fred Hill will return as Rutgers basketball coach
(Sports/Professional)

... did not say whether any benchmarks were discussed for next season. "No, there is no sense of urgency on my part for anything except to move the program forward," he said. Hill was also non-committal ...

19. Da’Sean Butler gives West Virginia the look of a No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament
(Sports/Professional)

... Just two nights ago, tied against Cincinnati, they were given 3.1 seconds to run a play to win the game. Now, with nine seconds remaining and the ball once again being inbounded just past their bench in ...

20. 2010 Big East Tournament: Day 2 ups and downs
(Sports/Professional)

... best stories in college basketball," — Brey's words — and the sneakiest bracket buster in the country. When Luke Harangody went down February 11 in Newark, taking his nightly 20-and-10 to the bench with ...