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1. Christie to forge ahead on controversial education reforms
(N.J./State)

... bonuses to highly effective faculty. NorthJersey.com reports the governor and education commissioner Bret Schundler have said that they would forge ahead with these controversial changes even if the ...

2. Merger between Comcast and NBC should be rejected
(Entertainment/Movies)

... its right to enforce network neutrality and won in a controversial federal court case. A Comcast buyout of NBC/Universal would also lead to Comcast control of the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks ...

3. ‘Jersey Shore’ notches second arrest in Seaside Heights
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Ronnie said of his time in jail. "It's definitely a place I never want to go back to again. Definitely a lesson learned." Apparently not all that well. The MTV show has been a controversial pop-culture ...

4. Glenn Beck’s influence gets anther gay book pulled in N.J.
(Life/Style)

... unpopular or controversial ideas," it said. "To the contrary, they select resources so that the library collection meets the needs of everyone in the community it serves." The 15 actors perform readings ...

5. Fort Edward, N.Y. still remembers legend of Jane McCrea
(Life/Style)

... million pounds of carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls into the Hudson. The PCBs polluted 200 miles of the river, but especially the vicinity. A controversial dredging project may or may not be addressing ...

6. Neuroscientist Wise Young and hip-hop artist Richard Gaskin find common cause as spinal cord injury activists
(Health/Healthquest)

... trials of therapies developed in the U.S.? It isn't that umbilical cord blood cells and lithium are at all controversial. The only obstacle is money." The regard that Young holds for Gaskin's role in ...

7. Christie motivating thousands of N.J. teachers to retire
(N.J./State)

... so his words carry plenty of authority. He was able to push a deeply controversial, all-cuts budget through a majority Democratic Legislature with relative ease, and just Monday, lawmakers finalized a ...

8. Greenpeace remembers Rainbow Warrior after 25 years
(World/International)

... — concern for the future of our planet. Some of these changes might be costly and controversial at the start — over time though they pay themselves off and become money-savers — but we feel there is no ...

9. George Steinbrenner dies from heart attack
(Sports/Professional)

... heart attack in his Tampa home Tuesday morning. He was 80-years-old. Steinbrenner, known for his outspokenness and hands-on business style made him one of baseball's most controversial figures. The Ohio ...

10. N.J. hospitals want to be only sellers of medical marijuana
(Health/Healthquest)

... is considering as it decides upon implementing the controversial law within the next six months, said state Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), one of the law's sponsors. "The program not only will make ...

11. CNN firing of editor Octavia Nasr fuels debate
(U.S./Nation)

... at Harvard University. Questions have been raised over why Nasr, known as an uncontroversial reporter of Middle East affairs, was fired so quickly for an off-the-cuff Twitter post. According to some ...

12. Scare tactics like Assemblyman Webber's are to sex education what American appetites are to apple pie
(Opinion/Commentary)

... public meeting was convened to give citizens the chance to offer testimony, because of the controversial nature of the policy. I will never forget one speaker among many who testified that day. In the ...

13. Driver’s licenses harder to get for immigrants
(U.S./Nation)

... licenses to undocumented immigrants. State policies toward immigrants have received more attention recently, in the wake of Arizona's controversial law that gives police more power to enforce immigration-related ...

14. Christie Whitman: U.S. energy policy can and should be about more than just cap and trade
(Opinion/Commentary)

... unlikely to pass this year, just a few months before a congressional election. To halt the national energy conversation because of the oil spill or the controversial element of cap and trade is a disservice ...

15. Funding teachers, police and firefighters with war makes for odd bedfellows
(Opinion/Commentary)

... this just looks wrong. Attaching a bailout for the nuclear industry to a "must pass" war and disaster-spending bill seems a lot like wrapping a controversial plan in the American flag. It's that sort of ...

16. Robert Byrd survived KKK background to become longest serving member of U.S. senate
(U.S./Nation)

...  As U.S. soldiers fought an increasingly controversial war in Iraq, the senator was an outspoken critic of the conflict. "This entire adventure in Iraq has been based on propaganda and manipulation," ...

17. Christie’s legacy tied to his 2.5 percent cap
(Opinion/Commentary)

... presidential year and there will be pressure from both national parties to avoid those controversial amendments. And 2013 marks Christie's reelection year and by then it will be too late. Christie ...

18. Jersey Shore may get a topless beach
(Life/Style)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Television's "Jersey Shore" might be controversial, but soon there could be another beach giving those kids a racy run for their money. Asbury ...

19. PSEG wants wetlands for new nuclear reactor in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... early stage, the proposal has drawn some opposition from environmental groups. But the land in question is already being used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with another controversial ...

20. ‘Domestic Workers Bill of Rights’ in New York could have national ripple effect if it becomes law
(Money/Economy)

... controversial in actual practice, Paranac said. "If the employer fails to give adequate termination notice, the employee can receive back pay and the value or cost of any benefits that employee would have ...