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1. Share of over $15 billion in unredeemed U.S. Savings Bonds still could find home in New Jersey
(Money/Economy)

... five other states signed up: Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana and Pennsylvania. The latter only joined in January, too late for Cooper to do anything more than mention it in a footnote. But Pennsylvania ...

2. Nation’s governors appreciate stimulus more than most in Washington
(U.S./Nation)

... Obama concluding that "what the country needs now is a laser like focus on jobs." Jindal did not make reference to the president's Jan. 27 State of the Union address, in which he proposed a jobs bill with ...

3. College Basketball: Seton Hall (16-10) vs. Marquette (18-9)
(Sports/Professional)

... 12, 2008: Marquette 67, SETON HALL 54 - New York, N.Y. Feb. 12, 2008: Marquette 89, SETON HALL 64 - Newark, N.J. Jan. 8, 2008: Marquette 61, SETON HALL 56 - Milwaukee, Wisc. Jan. 24, 2007: Marquette ...

4. BloombergSports.com: Bergen County duo revolutionizing baseball statistics analysis
(Sports/Professional)

... who enjoys baseball and its nuances will love. Bloomberg unveiled the product in late January to members of the media (they have developed a similar product that many of the professional clubs are also ...

5. Billions in unredeemed U.S. Savings Bonds wait for final verdict
(N.J./State)

... in January, too late for Cooper to do anything more than mention it in a footnote. But Pennsylvania adds additional weight to the claim. Presumed residents of the commonwealth bought "right around $1 ...

6. Ex-South Jersey heating assistance manager Constance Campbell pleads guilty to stealing $24,000 in state funds
(N.J./State)

... in the fraud and who pleaded guilty previously include a sister, Patsy Campbell, 30, of Chester, Pa. She pleaded guilty to theft by deception on Jan. 11. The state will recommend that she be sentenced ...

7. Coal-fired power plants becoming an endangered species
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... recommended that its clients switch to other energy stocks. In January 2008, Merrill Lynch also downgraded coal stocks. In early February 2008, investment banks Morgan Stanley, Citi, and J.P. Morgan ...

8. High-speed rail inches along around the U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... return passenger trains to Wisconsin's second-biggest city for the first time in more than four decades. The January announcement clears the way for a new passenger route between Madison and Milwaukee ...

9. Christie's plan to cut jobless benefits, taxes for employers, criticized by labor, praised by business
(Money/Economy)

... responsibility to the unemployment insurance fund. Workers have responsibly paid their share, employers must do the same. "Christie to stick to his original position prior to taking office in January, ...

10. N.J. Appellate court agrees to hear public employee unions' appeal of Christie order limiting campaign contributions
(N.J./State)

... order that they argue limits their ability to make political contributions. But Judge Jack N. Sabatino did not stay Christie's order of Jan. 20 that is designed to expand state law regulating so-called ...

11. N.J. Public employee unions ask court to overturn Christie order involving political contributions
(N.J./State)

Four New Jersey public unions on Wednesday filed a court challenge to Gov. Chris Christie's executive order that limits their ability to make political contributions. Christie's order, issued on Jan. ...

12. Governor's office details Christie's order cracking down on New Jersey authorities, boards and commissions
(N.J./State)

... on employees, management political patronage appointees were eyed for serious reform by him before he took office in January. "Business as usual at these authorities ends today," Christie said Tuesday. ...

13. Paula Dow sworn in as New Jersey’s Attorney General
(N.J./State)

... staff. Dow, the former Essex County Prosecutor and one of the first Cabinet appointments announced by Governor Chris Christie, had been serving in the capacity of Acting Attorney General since January ...

14. Europe’s tax evaders scurry after governments buy secret Swiss bank account information
(World/International)

... and Development (OECD) and tax havens such as Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. The cases surfaced in January when anonymous former clerks at Swiss private banks offered the German ministry ...

15. Terrorist who targeted New York City subway system pleads guilty
(U.S./Nation)

... Airport, in New York City, on or about January 15, 2009. According to the affidavits, on or about September 9, 2009, FBI agents observed Najibullah Zazi departed from his residence in Colorado in a rented ...

16. Former NBA star Jayson Williams sentenced to 5 years in prison
(N.J./State)

... pleaded guilty on Jan. 11 to a charge of aggravated assault by recklessly causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon. That amended charge, which replaced the remaining reckless manslaughter ...

17. College Basketball: Rutgers (14-13) vs. Seton Hall (15-10)
(Sports/Professional)

... Seton Hall 65, Rutgers 60 - Piscataway, N.J. Jan. 29, 2009: Seton Hall 70, Rutgers 67 - Newark, N.J. March 9, 2008: Rutgers 64, Seton Hall 61 - Newark, N.J. Jan. 30, 2008: Seton Hall 84, Rutgers ...

18. Seton Hall’s Jeremy Hazell and Rutgers’ Mike Rosario have the shooter's mindset
(Sports/Professional)

... zone. ""Everybody else is saying he's taking 19 threes, he's taking crazy shots," said Gonzalez after a January game against West Virginia. "I'm saying if you hold him back too much you're not going ...

19. NICK IS INNOCENT. ALL HATERS READ THIS.... YOU'RE ALL OBLIVIOUS
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... out of that place because don't think you're going to get out of that one just like that. And the other woman Janine Menoutis. Seriously re gamoto? You've got some big ones too to run your mouth like that. ...

20. Stories on intelligence community can be a struggle to confirm
(U.S./Nation)

BY STEPHEN ENGELBERG PROPUBLICA On Jan. 27, The Washington Post published a front-page article with a startling disclosure: American intelligence and military officials were targeting U.S. citizens ...