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1. Poll: Christie's keynote impact remains partisan back home
(N.J./State)

... some of the negative ‘YouTube’ moments over the past year.” The poll — a phone survey of 916 registered voters conducted statewide from Aug 23-25, with a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percent — saw little ...

2. Double-dipping not a topic Christie can address in 'reform' keynote
(N.J./State)

... popularity. According to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll, voters approve of Christie 56 percent to 33 percent. The most recent PublicMind survey of New Jersey residents found that more ...

3. N.J. consumer confidence falls with pessimism on rise
(Money/Economy)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Jersey Comeback has hit the wall, according to a recent poll of New Jersey residents. A consumer survey taken in July by a group from Fairleigh Dickinson University ...

4. AfterSteps end-of-life program is the very last good thing you should do
(Money/Economy)

... you buy the farm. An online platform, AfterSteps, will help your survivors cope by giving them the information they should have. As it is, one survey found that 25 percent of beneficiaries didn’t even ...

5. Toyota Camry 2012 review: Still the one to beat
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... desirability that keeps it in the top position.” According to a national survey by KBB, the 10 best-selling mid-sized cars from January through July of this year are: Camry – Sales 243,800. Up 40% ...

6. Half of reported N.J. gang members under 15 years old
(N.J./State)

...  According to a New Jersey State Police 2010 gang survey, roughly half of all New Jersey towns with gangs reported a presence near school districts. Municipalities which reported one or more gang-related ...

7. Poll: N.J.'s quality of life declines due to economic and security concerns
(N.J./State)

... April, according to nj1015.com. Feelings of safety are at a strong 60 percent, but Murray says that figure is down 4 percent. Nj.com reported that 17 percent of people surveyed believe New Jersey is ...

8. Paul Ryan: Are his 'brown noser' and Ayn Rand oddities relevant?
(U.S./Nation)

... Noser” in a senior survey of his high school Class of ’88. U.S. Representative Ryan (R-Wisconsin) is the presumptive GOP vice presidential candidate selected a few days ago by former governor ...

9. N.J. not fattest state in America: See which state takes the cake
(Health/Healthquest)

... that the data for this survey was culled differently than data from other years, making comparison with other obesity statistics a bit tricky. Yet, the CDC assures us that no matter how you measure it, ...

10. Was Paul Ryan a better choice than Chris Christie?
(U.S./Nation)

... to Romney, while 29 percent do not and 23 percent were undecided, according to the survey The poll of 1,006 adults was taken on Sunday. It has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.  ...

11. Ben Bernanke sees another recession on horizon
(Money/Economy)

... measures, “indicating the severe economic stress felt by millions of people and hundreds of communities across the country,” Bernanke said, according to the LA Times. The Feds use surveys on hiring ...

12. Report: N.J. Medicaid patients are least likely in U.S. to find new doctor
(Health/Healthquest)

BY CHRISTINE SAVOIA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Trouble finding a doctor who accepts Medicaid? New Jersey came in dead last after a review of the 2011 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey ranked the state ...

13. Biotechnology in N.J. shows growth despite lack of startup money
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... keep them cautiously optimistic. The survey, conducted by Ernst & Young and published by BioNJ, found that there are now 340 biotech companies in N.J. That is up from 300 in July 2010, an increase ...

14. Report: U.S. lost over 1 million seasonal jobs in July
(Money/Economy)

... greater pace in July than in June, but households are still telling us they're in pain." Labor force participation and employment-to-population ratio dipped in July, according to the household survey, ...

15. No tax holiday for N.J. back-to-school shopping
(Money/Economy)

... of promoting economic growth. The site calls the policy a political gimmick that distracts taxpayers and lawmakers from true tax relief. A National Retail Federation survey finds that shoppers across ...

16. Voters to POTUS candidates: Create jobs and fix the government
(U.S./Nation)

... to a USA/Gallup survey released yesterday. A whopping 92 percent of Americans polled said that the next POTUS should prioritize creating good jobs, with almost half -- 48 percent -- rating it as "extremely ...

17. POLL: Obama, Menendez, and Booker favored for N.J. win, Kyrillos has shot to advance
(N.J./State)

... in the general election, independents and Democrats. Another notable finding from the survey is attitudes on the Mayor of Newark, Cory Booker. Back in May when we last asked about Mayor Booker, his favorability ...

18. Americans losing faith that Obama is Christian
(U.S./Nation)

... 26 percent of those who participated in the survey said they are comfortable with Obama’s alleged Muslim faith, compared to a whopping 65 percent who say they are uncomfortable. In contrast, his opponent ...

19. NRC reassesses Indian Point fish kills
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... were based on surveys taken by Consolidated Edison, the plants’ original owners, from 1981 to 1987. The figures have been accepted the company and state as accurate since then. For the larger fish, the ...

20. Movies play role in sex behavior of young teens, finds study
(Health/Healthquest)

...  The researchers interviewed over 1,200 kids, aged 12 to 14, to see what movies they had seen, and interviewed the same kids again six years later as teenagers to survey how old they were when they became ...