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1. State widens ban on sale, possession of synthetic marijuana in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... 2010 and 2011 the number of synthetic marijuana exposures reported to poison control centers jumped by 139 percent nationwide, and by an alarming 711 percent in New Jersey alone. Of the 146 cases reported ...

2. Apple iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 4S: What are update rumors?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... September or October.” The launch of the iPhone 4S in October 2011 was the first time Apple varied from releasing its devices in the summer, and users waited 15 months for a new phone instead of the ...

3. Google report: Android activations soar to 850K each day
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  "With a year-on-year growth rate of more than 250% ... these numbers are a testament to the break-neck speed of innovation that defines the Android ecosystem," Rubin said. In June 2011, Rubin tweeted ...

4. Assembly, Senate committees to examine Christie's Medicaid and state budget proposals
(N.J./State)

... in savings in the current 2011-12 budget from revising the Medicaid health care program for low-income New Jerseyans. Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), the committee chairman, announced Tuesday ...

5. Ditch diet for IHOP National Pancake Day: It's for charity!
(U.S./Nation)

... Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals began in 1983, and has raised more than $4.3 billion since 2011. They were founded by Marie Osmond and her family. CBS DC reported that IHOP has given away more than ...

6. Political fears driving up gas prices are legitimate
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Director of the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store, Automotive Association. RECENT COLUMNS BY SAL RISALVATO Is the 2011 rise in N.J. traffic deaths correlated to lack of safety inspection? President Obama ...

7. Christie takes his 10 percent income tax cut proposal to the air
(N.J./State)

... tax bill is about $7,759 in 2011, up 2.4 percent from 2010. And it appears Standard & Poor's Rating Service seems to agree the stakes are high and the Governor's projections are a bit sanguine. According ...

8. Sex and lust in 'Downton Abbey' and 'Clinton' documentary
(Life/Style)

... in the news: Quanitta Underwood gets tip of the hat, Rick Santorum wag of the finger Caroline Kennedy deserves sympathy in light of JFK intern affair Top 10 worst sexuality stories of 2011 Top 10 ...

9. Microsoft Windows phone defeats Android, iPhone in speed tests
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... previously called Windows 7 a "good, possibly great mobile platform" late in 2011. Microsoft and Motorola have unsuccessfully tried to take on Apple with ad campaigns in the past. Samsung recently matched ...

10. Nike Foamposite One causes shoe mutiny in Orlando
(Sports/Professional)

...  Before the 2011 Christmas holiday, the re-release of the Nike Air Jordan XI ignited problems across the country, including stabbings in Ga, N.J., Calif., and Seattle, Wash. SEE ALSO Nike's Jeremy ...

11. 2012 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees had modest revenues
(Entertainment/Movies)

... done by the 10 nominees a year ago and about a third of the revenues for the 10 contenders in 2010. Indeed, there were big hits in 2011 — “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” “Transformers: ...

12. 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling moves to Little, Brown for first adult novel release
(World/International)

... has a ready-made audience." In 2011 Rowling launched Pottermore.com, where millions registered to read previously unpublished material about the key characters in the Potter series. Mail Online reports ...

13. Oscar Roundtable 2012: Academy Award picks from the experts
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to the Oscar roundtable. JT: I found 2011 to be a great year at the movies, although less so at Hollywood movies. That gave the Academy a wealth of potential choices if it looked beyond its usual ambit. ...

14. Pantone Tangerine Tango turns up the heat
(Life/Style)

... the spark we need to recharge and move forward in 2012. While Honeysuckle, the 2011 color of the year, encouraged us to face everyday troubles with energy and vigor, Tangerine Tango (Pantone 17-1463), ...

15. Christie moves to change state school funding formula
(N.J./State)

... standards for teachers. The proposed state budget includes $7.8 billion for public schools, the largest appropriation in New Jersey history and up $213 million from the 2011-12 allotment. Christie ...

16. Oscars: We want Sacha Baron Cohen, not ‘The Dictator’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... ‘Hugo,’ the new movie from Martin Scorsese that's vying for Best Picture of 2011. Robin Roberts, Tim Gunn, Louise Roe, Jess Cagle and Nina Garcia will host the Academy's official pre-show, beginning ...

17. Warren Buffett gets a Chris Christie smackdown
(U.S./Nation)

... of the Treasury, as of August last year, 815 households sent donations to the treasury's general fund in 2011. More money gets sent to the nation's fund to reduce the deficit, which raked in more than ...

18. N.J. municipalities would share under $1.5 billion in state aid in Christie's proposed 2012-13 budget
(Money/Economy)

Same amount they received for 2011-12 BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM New Jersey cities and towns would share $1,466,700,000 in state aid in the proposed 2012-13 state budget to try to hold ...

19. Republican agenda of hate and divide
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... descent to the priesthood. A ZIMBABWEAN man has been banned from a church in 2011 in the United States because he is BLACK. Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church (majority white) in Pike County, Kentucky, recently ...

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

... dedicated to these clean energy programs. The governor has already diverted $107 million from the fund in 2011-12. Two years ago $400 million in clean energy monies was diverted from the Clean Energy Fund, ...