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1. Nellie Bly's journey around the world ended where it started — in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... Fogg, who won a bet by returning to his exclusive London men's club within that time, Bly had more local, and accessible, launching and return points. "I started from Hoboken, on my trip around the world, ...

2. Broadway's ‘Present Laughter' revival offers passable amusement
(Entertainment/Movies)

... character onstage in London, Clifton Webb did the Broadway premiere in 1946 and since then George C. Scott (1982) and Frank Langella (1996) have swaggered about memorably in Garry Essendine's fancy dressing-gowns. ...

3. Beach volleyball gets a lift from Monmouth University
(Sports/Professional)

... collegiate level, a lead-in year for the 2012 London Games, and with the renewed assistance will hopefully bring another crop of rising stars back to the beach for years to come. With the continued AVP ...

4. Sex and the budget director: The tale of Peter Orszag
(Life/Style)

... Among many other accomplishments, he earned a Ph. D. in economics from the London School of Economics. Orszag may be brilliant with budgets, but perhaps he's a little too casual with condoms. I wonder ...

5. Norm Lewis and Teri Dale Hansen set to make beautiful Broadway music in Princeton
(Entertainment/Movies)

... has played leading roles in Broadway productions such as "Les Miserables" and Michael John LaChiusa's "The Wild Party." A Magnolia in director Harold Prince's London staging of "Show Boat," Hansen starred ...

6. Christmas Day bomber linked to extremist Muslim cleric ... American
(World/International)

... the same, Alimi had praise for both London and Washington, expressing gratitude for the international conference Britain is organizing later this month to address Yemen's problems, as well as U.S. promises ...

7. Giants’ Osi Umenyiora just one of a growing number of Nigerians in the NFL
(Sports/Professional)

... in the NFL this decade, he grew up in London, moved to Nigeria at age seven, then to the U.S. at age 14. Umenyiora thinks the NFL should keep a closer eye on American college players with Nigerian roots. ...

8. More problems with Iran nuclear weapons story by Times of London
(World/International)

ANALYSIS BY GARETH PORTER IPS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — New revelations about two documents leaked to The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a "nuclear trigger" mechanism have further undermined ...

9. Hillary Clinton says problems in Yemen threaten global security
(World/International)

... up a U.S. bound airliner on December 25. Britain and the United States are supporting counter-terrorism operations in Yemen and London is hosting a conference on the country at the end of the month. ...

10. Year-end items of interest to young and old skiers and snowboarders
(Sports/Professional)

... in last week's storm. ... Bad news for riders of the popular European overnight Snow Train from London and Paris to the ski resorts of Tignes, Val Thorens and Les Menuires. Rail Europe, its operator for ...

11. Debate begins over use of full body scanners at U.S. airports
(U.S./Nation)

... is a bomb on the body," said Hawley. Dutch officials have ordered detailed, full body scans of all U.S.-bound air travelers. Terrorism expert M.J. Gohel of the London-based Asia Pacific Foundation ...

12. Rupert Murdoch news chain allegedly used to publish forged Iranian nuke document
(World/International)

BY GARETH PORTER IPS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments ...

13. Failed Christmas Day Bomber puts focus on Yemen
(World/International)

... apparent radicalization since graduating from University College in London, said Abdulmutallab travelled to Yemen, his mother's ancestral home, earlier this fall before breaking off all contact with the ...

14. Iran cracking down on demonstrators
(World/International)

... leader Mehdi Karroubi, which was posted on the Internet, asked how the government could spill the blood of its people on the Shi'ite holy day of Ashoura. Analyst Ali Nourizadeh of the London-based Center ...

15. McCarter Theatre's ‘A Christmas Carol' is like a pair of warm slippers on a cold winter's night
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY STUART DUNCAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM REVIEW A lonely evergreen stands in a silvery white light against a background of musky London, circa 1843. A small boy painfully makes his way across the large ...

16. FAO: Meat eating contributes more to greenhouse gas emissions than cars
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to become vegetarians." Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and London School of Economics Professor Lord Stern are among the eminent names to express similar ...

17. Research: Pure oxygen found to provide relief for “suicide” headaches
(Health/Healthquest)

... Goadsby of the University of California and other researchers followed 76 patients in London for five years. The doctors treated for cluster headaches in each patient using air and oxygen in separate ...

18. Why sculpt? A sculptor’s story plays out at Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion
(Entertainment/Movies)

... commissions. Originally aiming for a career in Southeast Asian archaeology, she studied at Vassar College then the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. That was before the Vietnam ...

19. ‘An Education’ has the glow of an Oscar
(Entertainment/Movies)

... by English novelist Nick Hornby and directed by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig. It is 1961 and 16-year-old Jenny is bored with her life in suburban London where everything revolves around school and ...

20. Noel Coward’s ‘Brief Encounter’ flickers only dimly in Brooklyn
(Entertainment/Movies)

... reportedly won acclaim in London's West End and on British tour as well as at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre. But I must confess that the supposed charm of the production left me cold in ...