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1. Clean energy and conservation should be a priority in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... your air conditioner is powered by electricity from a grid of hundreds of power plants spread over many states. Since electricity can't be stored on a large scale, engineers in control rooms across the ...

2. How Adolf Hitler and the Nazis cost the Giants and Jets $30 million a year
(Sports/Professional)

... camp, as well as the Dachau concentration camp. Additionally, Allianz also insured the engineers working at the IG Farben Company, the company that oversaw the manufacture of the Zyklon B cyanide gas used ...

3. N.J. bridges and tunnels honor people of Jersey's history
(Life/Style)

... renamed from College Bridge to The Morris Goodkind Bridge as of April 25, 1969. Both father and son were engineers for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, with each responsible for designing the ...

4. The hybrid car can trace its roots back to Teaneck, N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... arranged. At the testing center, in Ann Arbor, Mich., EPA's engineers told Victor that the car would never pass – no matter how well it did. One engineer told him, "Erik Stork had come in and said, ‘Under ...

5. Christie vetoes homebuyer’s tax credit, two healthcare bills Democrats designed to create jobs
(N.J./State)

... to make a purchase, pumping money into the real estate market and all the surrounding local businesses that benefit from a new homeowner; and it would have put out-of-work architects, engineers and construction ...

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

... option." The group says that the ship has been designed as a pure sailing vessel, powered almost exclusively by wind. Comprehensive studies were undertaken involving engineers and scientists for the ...

7. Officials address N.J. toll collectors gone wild
(N.J./State)

... in with a $100 bill?" Franceline Ehret, a toll collector for 25 years and president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local No. 194, which represents Turnpike toll ...

8. Media dropped the ball on BP oil disaster in Gulf
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Army Corps of Engineers' analysis found that the damage from such a crash directly into a containment building or spent fuel pool, at speeds above 466 miles per hour, would be catastrophic. But the risk ...

9. President Obama on the BP oil spill in the Gulf (VIDEO)
(U.S./Nation)

... and engineers to tackle this challenge — a team led by Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and our nation's Secretary of Energy. Scientists at our national labs and experts from academia and ...

10. 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 ...

11. N.J. has its own dangerous projects that could lead to environmental disasters
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY GEORGE MOFFATT COMMENTARY We constantly hear "It can't happen here," as overconfident engineers and officials assure us that high-tech systems will save us from ourselves. Past promises included: ...

12. BP caps oil well in Gulf
(U.S./Nation)

BY BRIAN WAGNER VOA NEWS MIAMI — BP oil company has installed a containment cap on a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to capture leaking oil. Engineers are adjusting the tool to ...

13. Managing floods in N.J. — A challenge to co-exist with nature
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ELLA F. FILIPPONE COMMENTARY Since the beginning of time, controlling the weather has perplexed scientists, engineers, and the rulers of nations. A definite prediction is that rivers will flood ...

14. Report: N.J. beaches open 99.8 percent of time
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of Engineers deploys vessels to remove the materials before they can wash up on beaches. New Jersey measures enterococcus bacteria to determine if beaches should be closed. Beaches are closed if they ...

15. Passaic River flood panel to hold first meeting
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... identify areas the state could acquire for possible flood water storage and wetlands creation; reinvigorate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' study and analyses of potential engineering projects for long-term ...

16. Consumer Reports: Because you don't always get what you pay for
(Money/Economy)

... readers rate Microtel Inn & Suites ($54-79 a night) as good as the Radisson ($89-130 a night). And that Consumer Reports' engineers rate the Oster BCBGO8 blender, at $40, slightly better than the Breville ...

17. Legitimizing Bigotry
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

...  Private employers could ask about a woman's reproductive plans, child care arrangements and marital status. o There were few, if any female doctors, lawyers, engineers or accountants because most private ...

18. Bill Baroni: Progress is real at World Trade Center site
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of the site. The notion that the World Trade Center is "still a hole in the ground" is no longer correct. I have been to the site. I have worked with the engineers and builders on each of the projects. ...

19. Joan Verplanck: New Jersey’s road to prosperity will not come without sacrifice
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in the center of a $2 trillion economy with access to 100 million consumers within a 24-hour drive. Our workforce is highly educated, with a wealth of scientists, engineers and skilled technicians. We ...

20. Members named to new Passaic River Flood Commission
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' study and analyses of potential engineering projects for long-term flood damage reduction; evaluate river characteristics to better predict and respond to floods; review ...