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1. Drinking raw milk sickens Burlington, Gloucester County residents
(Health/Healthquest)

... by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to resume bottling. Health officials said the outbreak occurred despite the fact that the farm is licensed, inspected, and operating in compliance with Pennsylvania ...

2. Christie’s budget attacks NJDEP and clean energy economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... back to 2,829 under the budget. In 2008 they had 3,400 employees. DEP staff is down by almost 40 percent since the mid-1990’s when the department had 4,400 employees and the operating budget was $329 million ...

3. Apple OS X Mountain Lion features iCloud, Twitter, AirPlay Mirroring, and more
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... personal computer operating system,” stated Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. Mountain Lion has incorporated such services as Messages, Notes, Reminders and Game ...

4. Apple iPhone vs. Samsung Galaxy nexus: Google Android is lawsuit's target
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... The main complaint itself has not yet entered the public record." In the book “Steve Jobs,” by Walter Isaacson, Jobs said, “..he saw Google’s mobile operating system as a blatant copy of the iPhone’s.” ...

5. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 looks to gain Apple iPad 3 market share
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. JK Shin, the President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics indicated that “The new GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0) will provide people with delighted ...

6. States must enact Super PAC legislation requiring disclosure
(Opinion/Commentary)

... operating independently is preposterous on its face. Especially with the latest developments. When you have cabinet members and campaign advisors attending Super PAC events and even raising money, ...

7. Christie turning Port Authority into 'Patronage' Authority
(Opinion/Commentary)

... quick to chime in, citing reforms such as online posting of payroll information, quarterly overtime reporting, the hiring of a new independent auditor and approval of 2012 capital and operating budgets ...

8. Joseph Queli of Wall gets 5 years in prison for waterfront loansharking
(N.J./State)

... that allegedly has exercised control and corrupt influence over ILA locals operating shipping terminals on the Elizabeth and Newark waterfronts. The criminal enterprise allegedly was demanding “tribute” ...

9. State task force: N.J.'s four nuclear power plants are safe
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

But also calls for improvements in emergency response, communications BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM New Jersey's four nuclear power plants are operating safely and have effective response ...

10. Christie administration's attack on N.J. State Parks begins
(Opinion/Commentary)

... by and opened to all state residents operating them should be an appropriate state-funded activity. Given the New Jersey’s voters’ long history of strongly supporting Green Acres funding initiatives, this ...

11. Key to N.J. tax relief: Revamp urban education, abolish state income tax
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of dollars into the cities’ or state’s coffers that could be the basis for endowment funds that would pay for future expenditures. The learning centers’ operating expenses would be paid by tuition, fees, ...

12. Soot-spewing furnace forces closing of Ringwood Manor historic site
(N.J./State)

... manor to the state in 1938. Ringwood State Park and other buildings continue to maintain normal operating. Tours of the Manor House have been suspended pending completion of the cleanup. Most scheduled ...

13. N.J. Assembly committee to consider bills to improve Port Authority transparency
(N.J./State)

...  “As various news reports have indicated, we have in the Port Authority a multi-billion dollar bi-state agency funded by tolls and taxpayer dollars more or less operating with no outside oversight,” Wisniewski ...

14. Sen. Weinberg reintroduces government transparency bills
(N.J./State)

... the post.” The other bill, (S-1451), would update and modernize the “Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act,” also known as the “Sunshine Law,” in order to address changes to the operating ...

15. Attorney Christopher Porrino named to head N.J. Division of Law
(N.J./State)

... Sandler, Porrino co-leads the firm’s 100-attorney Litigation Department, and serves as a member of the practice’s Board of Directors and Operating Committee. Porrino has represented public and private ...

16. Christie names Brig. Gen. Cunniff to head N.J. National Guard
(N.J./State)

... Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Kobylowski, will replace Considine when he leaves to join MagnaCare, a health plan services company, as chief operating officer. “New Jersey's insurance regulatory climate ...

17. N.J. tax climate stifles business growth, says Tax Foundation
(Money/Economy)

... together to re-vamp taxes by reducing the minimum tax on S corporations, phasing-out an energy tax and extending the time companies can deduct net operating losses, savings companies millions, according ...

18. There is more to Indianapolis sports than the Super Bowl
(Sports/Professional)

... Capital Improvement Board could not pay the anticipated operating costs of the new stadium. Jim Irsay who was in a hurry to get a new stadium was been rather slow in offering to help Indianapolis out ...

19. Former Cherry Hill lawyer Michael Kwasnik indicted for theft from clients
(N.J./State)

... to the administration of the estate, including paying other clients and paying the operating expenses of his law firm. At that time, Kwasnik was managing partner of the law firm of Kwasnik, Rodio, Kanowitz ...

20. Apple iPad 3 with Siri expected to launch on Steve Jobs' birthday
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... beginning of January, with some Chinese factories operating 24 hours. Apple is said to be bringing LTE to the iPad 3 ahead of the iPhone because of its bigger battery. Northern Voices reported that ...