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Children can be conned out of inheritance after multiple marriages

BY CAROL ABAYA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

THE SANDWICH GENERATION

Multiple marriages and blended families can mean children get cheated out of money and assets their parent(s) earned and had before the second or third marriage.

At the 2012 senior citizens’ law day conference, Lawrence A. Friedman, Bridgewater elder law attorney, said elders need to protect their children of prior marriages from being disin...

Of course Christie lied about more jobs!

BY JOSHUA HENNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

In January 2011, amid much fanfare, Gov. Chris Christie trekked out to Chicago on the heels of a public-relations blitz, promising to lure businesses and jobs from Illinois to N.J. His administration spent more than $300,000 in taxpayer money on an advertising campaign starring Christie himself. Newspapers ads ran up and down the state, from the Chicago Tribune to...

PPL Park in Chester, Pa., home of Philadelphia Union, is an ‘I told you so’ disaster

BY EVAN WEINER

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS

Feeling vindication is a doubled edged sword. On one hand, it is easy to say "I told you so," but on the other hand, you don't want innocent people to be hurt because a group of politicians thought they knew better even though you knew they were in over their heads when they made a bad economic choice. In Chester, Pennsylvania, ...

REVIEW: ‘Slippery As Sin' will have you roaring

BY STUART DUNCAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

OFF-BROADWAY REVIEW

Just when you were about to write off the current season as being without any new material of note – depending solidly on revivals—along comes a terrific, frisky, sassy farce from a surprising source. “Slippery as Sin” which has opened at Trenton’s Passage Theatre for a three-week run is “a new comic thriller” that will have you roaring with ...

'Moonrise Kingdom' movie review, trailer: Wes Anderson film is too precious

BY MIRIAM RINN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

MOVIE REVIEW

With a soundtrack that alternates between Benjamin Britten and Hank Williams, Wes Anderson’s latest film, “Moonrise Kingdom,” is set on an island in Narragansett Bay, off the coast of Rhode Island. The year is 1965, narrator Bob Balaban tells us in an ominous tone, and a huge storm is just days away. Anderson’s telltale wide-angle shots take us into t...

'Fire up the barbie': Memorial Day Weekend BBQ recipes and tips

BY MARGARET MORGAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, which means it’s time to “fire up the Barbie.” Put on your mitts, dust off the grill (that hopefully you cleaned before storing away last fall), check that all your barbecue utensils are in good working order and, if firing up the grill naturally, purchase sustainable, eco-friendly briquettes . After all, this is one of America’s ...

Tyler Clementi and Cason Crane: The ties that bind

BY SUSIE WILSON

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

SEX MATTERS

Tyler Clementi grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, attended Rutgers University, and was gay. There are good reasons to believe that he may have committed suicide because he felt humiliated and alone after his roommate used a webcam to spy on him and another man in his dorm room.

Cason Crane grew up in Lawrenceville, NJ, received a deferment from Princeton Univer...

Suicide of 7-year-old Detroit boy raises more bullying awareness

BY AMY REYNOLDS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

After looking through the keyhole of her brother’s locked bedroom, a 14-year old girl witnessed the unimaginable. Hanging from the top bunk bed by a belt was her 7-year old brother, police reports said.

The young girl immediately informed her mother and called 911. The mother held up her son while a neighbor removed the belt from around the boy’s neck, a report ...

White House nominates Allison M. McFarlane as NRC leader following Jaczko resignation

BY ROGER WITHERSPOON

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The White House, wasting no time lamenting the pending departure of embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko, has nominated Allison M. Macfarlane, a geologist with 20 years of experience in public policy and nuclear waste issues to replace him.

Dr. Macfarlane, who earned her doctorate in geology at the Massachusetts Institute of T...

Elton John's hospital visit leads to Las Vegas show cancellations

BY BOB HO LT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Singer Elton John has been forced to cancel at least four performances at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas due to a serious respiratory ailment.

He checked into Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on Wednesday. After tests, doctors recommended “complete rest and antibiotic treatment to prevent damage,” according to TMZ. He was advised not to perform for seven days, and can...