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1. Christie’s veto of Health Insurance Exchange: Insurance Industry 1, Consumers 0
(Opinion/Commentary)

... billions of dollars in federal funds to selected insurers and health providers. The governor however wants “all stakeholders” to be represented on the board – in other words, he wants to make sure groups ...

2. Why every middle-class family needs a lawyer
(Money/Economy)

... mistake that many investors make Market-timing tips from Paul Merriman, Seattle money manager What did Blockbuster movie rental do wrong? Why people avoid index funds My investment portfolio: ...

3. New Jersey's Paid Family Leave law has benefited 80K in first 4 years
(Health/Healthquest)

... care of sick family members. In 2011, surplus of funds allowed for a 50 percent cut in the amount of money employees contributed to paid family leave. The current amount paid remains below the original ...

4. Republicans and Democrats must compromise to avoid political system crash
(Opinion/Commentary)

... industries and use the funds to repair America’s aging infrastructure. Governments in China, India and Latin America are spending the equivalent of hundreds of billions of dollars on building efficient ...

5. 7 credit card myths and tips to avoid debt
(Money/Economy)

... has no effect on a credit score because it is tied to a checking account. Because funds are automatically deducted, there is no credit involved. A credit card purchase, on the other hand, involves borrowing ...

6. Christie receives hair removal on public funds: Sweeney demands investigation
(Life/Style)

BY JOEY NOVICK WHAT EXIT? SATIRE “We’ll get to the bottom of this”, says Senate President Sweeney. New Jersey elected officials do receive medical coverage that covers a wide range of medical ailments. ...

7. What Pataki's Super PAC 'Tipping Point' means for N.J. elections
(Opinion/Commentary)

... by virtue of recent federal court decisions can raise funds in unlimited amounts and spend in unlimited amounts as long as they are independent expenditure only committees. There is a remedy. These ...

8. Reina Peck of Cherry Hill accused of stealing over $161K in state unemployment benefits
(N.J./State)

Reina Peck of Cherry Hill was indicted Friday on charges that she obtained $161,358 in unemployment insurance funds from the state by filing false claims using false names and fictitious employment information. ...

9. Citi's 'Every Step of the Way' program helps N.J. Olympians give back
(Sports/Professional)

... Cullen Jones, soccer star Christine Rampone and track star Sanya Richards Ross, to help them raise awareness and funds. Jones, who grew up in Bergen County, and almost drowned in a swimming accident ...

10. Why women may be better investors than men
(Money/Economy)

... a fan of index funds, those that simply follow a mirror of an investment market, like a fund modeled on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index. “They’re great for diversification,” she says. “They’re ...

11. N.J. county-level Republicans raise more than Democrats in first quarter of 2012
(N.J./State)

... federal races, and county parties undoubtedly will have a role to play in those campaigns.” Following a recent trend, the total funds raised reported by county party committees were smaller than those ...

12. Trevor Williams of Jersey City pleads guilty to bribery cover up
(N.J./State)

... forfeited, resulting in savings for the insurance companies that insured the bail bonds but a loss of funds to the counties where the fugitive jumped bail and the state government, which divide the forfeited ...

13. Ex-state fiscal analyst Sharon Caldwell of Trenton given suspended sentence for stealing over $18K
(N.J./State)

... $18,525 in state funds by issuing unauthorized government checks. Caldwell, 58, was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Brown in Trenton. She was also ordered to serve 40 hours of community ...

14. Check Consumer Reports for shrewd financial advice
(Money/Economy)

... A horrible mistake that many investors make Market-timing tips from Paul Merriman, Seattle money manager What did Blockbuster movie rental do wrong? Why people avoid index funds My investment ...

15. 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)

Action comes after new report from New York Times detailing Governor Christie's $1.5 billion in public funds to corporations while cutting education, public safety, and property tax relief BY ROB DUFFEY ...

16. IRS struggles to collect: Budget cuts, fraud, mistakes plague agency
(Money/Economy)

... into audit procedures. The IRS says that during 2011 it prevented more than $14 billion in refunds on fraudulent tax returns, much of it coming from identity theft cases.  ...

17. 'Financial Fitness Forever' by Paul Merriman shows the human mind is strange
(Money/Economy)

... obvious. Which helps explain why we are so lousy at investing. And why we might seriously consider buying into index funds, which don’t depend for their success on fallible human judgment. Regarding ...

18. Charities in New Jersey Marathon go the extra mile
(N.J./State)

... in support of her 40-plus year friendship with life-long NJ resident Beth O'Reilly. • Central NJ Brain Tumor Support Group (http://www.njbt.org/startCNJBTSG.cfm) – Funds raised from the 2011 team supported ...

19. N.J. Consumer Affairs obtains freeze of over $285K in Arkansas
(Money/Economy)

... that time, Fogleman ruled that all of the auction proceeds should be frozen for 60 days to preserve the funds while their destination is determined. Chiesa thanked the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office ...

20. Over 500 flood-prone homes in Passaic River Basin to be bought out: $121M in FEMA aid approved
(N.J./State)

... leveraged with $5.6 million in state Blue Acres funds, including 58 properties in Wayne, 46 in Lincoln Park, 20 in Pompton Lakes, and 1 in Little Falls. The state Department of Environmental Protection ...