1. Governor Can't Win for Losing
(Opinion/Commentary)

... it’s huge (pardon the pun) news Christie “secretly underwent gastric band surgery” in February,” according to the New York Post exclusive. “I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” he told the New ...

2. What’s Wrong With Wikipedia?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... reports that the British offered a pardon to any prisoner who recanted, but then states flatly that “though many took the pardon, Stockton never did.” (The British General Howe had written — mistakenly, ...

3. Senate Republicans Play Christmas Grinch; Want to Slash Sandy Recovery Funding
(N.J./State)

... he said, according to the Bergen Record. “So rather than just throw a number out and saying, ‘Fill it,’ we’re saying, ‘Bring your case to us, and make the case, and we’ll seriously look at it.” Pardon ...

4. Human trafficing of vulnerable people
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... get him help? I tried a pardon but he has to get a notarized signature in the prison and they won't let him go to the law library and get it - he has put in 2 requests to go; he was told if he requests ...

5. REVIEW: 'Sound of Music' at the Paper Mill brings holiday cheer
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... and here plays the role as never before seen. Edward Hibbert, as Max, brings a touch of fun to the tale. And the seven children (and pardon while I name them: Chelsea Morgan Stock, Gracie Beardsley, Greta ...

6. Beware the return of Bill 'Slick Willie' Clinton
(Opinion/Commentary)

... marijuana but “didn’t inhale” Slick Willie Clinton always avoided paying the price for his actions. In 1977 he was pardoned by President Carter for his possible illegal actions concerning his draft status. ...

7. American Dream Meadowlands decision: A N.Y. Giants fan’s perspective
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Jr. said in a statement. Pardon me, Mr. Congressman, if I don’t join in the celebration. I am more concerned with traffic snarls (both on game days and during the week) and the impact to the quality ...

8. Mitt Romney tapped by porn star Jenna Jameson
(U.S./Nation)

... to the Borowitz Report, Jameson said she even appreciated Romney’s performance in his recent trip abroad, if you’ll pardon the expression. She said: “I respect someone who opens their mouth without thinking.” ...

9. Watergate anniversary: 'Deep Throat' FBI insider Mark Felt gets a closer look
(U.S./Nation)

... Felt a $5,000 fine. Ironically, Nixon testified on his behalf, and President Ronald Reagan later pardoned him. The documents in Felt's FBI have their own ironies, as many been have partially redacted, ...

10. Oh, Come On!
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This kind of Liberal stretching of the law is totally ridiculous. Christie should pardon everyone in advance. ...

11. God, pardon, Good Job!!
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I'm proud of you!

12. Bernie Fine story shows why Disney's ESPN and 'SportsCenter' are not real journalism
(Sports/Professional)

... cohorts. The "Around the Horn" show is putrid and childish. Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilpon are entertaining on "Pardon the Interruption" in a Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" way and will even bring ...

13. Pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey: Fact vs. fiction
(U.S./Nation)

... Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday in November. And the tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey only dates back to 1989, with president George H.W. Bush’s first official Presidential turkey pardon. ...

14. Irish Festival in Sea Girt: sweet voices, Irish beer, and penny whistles
(Life/Style)

... it was the real deal, authentic and vibrant. I walked from penny whistle to Irish tin whistle to the sweet high voice of Teresa Kane (of The Jameson Sisters with harpist Ellen Tepper). Here she is (pardon ...

15. 'Mill and The Cross' movie review, trailer: A contemporary, Flemish masterpiece
(Entertainment/Movies)

... scholar Michael Francis Gibson—both creates and recreates the painting so hypnotically that we become part of the creative process as the events unfold around us. We are, if you’ll pardon the pun, drawn ...

16. Confidentiality for birth mothers is a myth
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... will grant us pardon. The Adoptees’ Birthright Bill frees us all…birth parents and adoptees…from the stigma of “illegitimate birth” and state intervention in such a private matter. Governor Christie, ...

17. early release
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... not given a chance for good time.I dont get it because a man who commited murder in california just got early release for murder and the govener gave him this pardon. He has been a good inmate with no ...

18. Gov. Paterson Pardons Killer vs. Aitken
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Today, Gov. Paterson of NY, is going to pardon a black man who was convicted for a killing in 2006. Both of these cases demonstrate the socialistic, racial component to justice in NY and NJ. Had the LI ...

19. It's not over yet
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Nappen continues to appeal the case. With a pardon, there is nothing to appeal and this abortion of a conviction could set precedent and haunt other gun owners. With a successful appeal, it will set ...

20. commutation vs pardon
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He absolutely deserves a pardon for exactly the reason you stated. If he still has a felony conviction, that would preclude him from owning handguns in the future, which seems quite heavy handed seeing ...