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1. Elder care: Communication often at issue with elderly parents
(Health/Healthquest)

... help from you. Their self-esteem will be at play. Question: My mother 78, refuses to give up driving. How can we convince her? Answer: You do not say whether your mother has had any accidents or other ...

2. Christie’s budget is the gift that keeps giving to Democrats
(Opinion/Commentary)

... feel better by masking some of the pain that the deep recession has caused. Chris Christie, New Jersey's governor knows best, wants to pinch every penny and refuses to consider that tax on the uber wealthy. ...

3. RIDICULOUS
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... house at night. This is ridiculous, my father refuses to buy that decal because he is scared that I am more at risk of being raped. I'd rather be fined then raped. ...

4. Christie's smoke and mirrors
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... time for them to pay up. Your governor refuses to reinstate a tax on millionaires that expired in December....THAT TAX (NOT A NEW ONE) WOULD PAY FOR EDUCATION. PERIOD. But your gov wants to give those ...

5. NJEA’s Barbara Keshishian responds to Christie’s request for teacher salary freeze and benefits contribution
(N.J./State)

... wrong to ask the women and men who work in our schools to take a hit to their incomes while he refuses to ask the same of the wealthiest people in the state. "In his typical fashion, Gov. Christie is ...

6. Elder care: When elders' saftey is at risk, intervene
(Health/Healthquest)

... sandwich generationers need to take the leadership role. Question: My mother refuses to use light bulbs that make it easier to see or read. She'll sit in her chair and lean over to hold a book under ...

7. Elder care: Caregiver burnout hits women hardest
(Health/Healthquest)

... teenagers, and a very modest house. We can afford live-in help for my mother-in-law in her own home. She refuses. My husband refuses to put his foot down, and I've become the 'bad guy." Answer: Sons ...

8. Willie Mays, The Life, The Legend: Book honors most complete baseball player ever to play the game
(Sports/Professional)

... Mays' lack of presence in the civil rights movement by asserting that Willie led by example, citing several examples of his diffusing racial issues on and off the team. The author clearly refuses to cast ...

9. Senior care: Winter’s cold is hard on elders
(Health/Healthquest)

... shower if the bathroom is cold. And having to get out of the shower wet into a cool room can make anyone shiver and be very uncomfortable. First, ask your mother why she refuses. Second, make sure ...

10. China censored Academy Award over Oscar-nominated ‘Unnatural Disaster’
(World/International)

... of the schools, resulting in the children's deaths. Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill say China still refuses to grant them visas to return to the country. Alpert told U.S. public radio the ...

11. Doomsday scenario: A billion dollar funding cut for N.J. school districts
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of a decent education. Higher property taxes or devastating cuts to education? It's a terrible choice, made even worse by the fact that there is a third option available to Gov. Christie that he refuses ...

12. Cablevision is Greedy!
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... to FIOS, Dish or Direct TV and hurt Cablevision where it hurts them most--subscribers leaving. Remember, Cablevision refuses to carry the NFL Network and that alone should drive one to another prov ...

13. Elder care: Intervene only when danger threatens elderly relatives
(Health/Healthquest)

BY CAROL ABAYA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM THE SANDWICH GENERATION Question: My mother, 77, lives alone and seems to be getting thinner and frailer. But she refuses to move. At what point should I ...

14. ‘Happy Now?’ studies a working wife and mom’s frazzled life
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the production, somehow the story refuses to grab you? Such is my challenge in providing an assessment of "Happy Now?" which opened Tuesday at 59E59 Theaters. Set in London, British author Lucinda ...

15. Depression risk for elders increases in winter
(Health/Healthquest)

... OK and refuses to see a doctor. What can we do to bring back the spark to her personality? Answer: More than a third of older people suffer from SAD — seasonal affected depression. SAD can adversely ...

16. Cold hits elders harder
(Health/Healthquest)

... and when he blows it, there is blood. He is very stubborn and refuses to go to the doctor. What should I do? Answer: During winter months, the air gets very dry because the heat is on. This impacts ...

17. New law requires all New Jersey automobile passengers to wear seat belts
(N.J./State)

... who still, for whatever reason, refuses to wear a seat belt, despite the warnings." – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

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

... "secret love child." I'm sad that our society refuses to advertise condoms on primetime TV, so that using them would seem like a natural and normal activity for teens and adults. Surely, if we used condoms ...

19. IRS should investigate him too
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This guy is a crook. He is a very greedy man. He has not only defrauded the insurance companies but also the membership of Bethel United. He refuses to give the membership a record of their yearly tithes ...

20. Reed's Forgetfulness
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... poppy fields. (2) Of course being stoned relieves pain - ya can't feel or think when you're stoned. Try not to forget that (ooops). Reed won't tell us the NJ Medical Association refuses to certify its ...