1. Off Broadway review: 'Water by the Spoonful' offers compassion
(Entertainment/Movies)

... people in cyberspace -- who comprise the story’s second family -- include a benevolent office worker (Frankie Faison) in San Diego, a volatile young woman (Sue Jean Kim) on a personal quest in Japan and ...

2. Christie's State of the State Address: Did it Pack a Wallop?
(N.J./State)

... one example of how New Jersey and its citizens were showing our whole country how to bravely and resolutely deal with a crisis. Citizens like Frank Smith, Jr., the Volunteer Chief of the Moonachie First ...

3. N.J. Election Handicapping: Christie Far Ahead in the 'Emotion Game;' Only Facts Can Save Dems
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and other issues tightened the race, he dropped out of the contest, enabling Democrats to keep the seat by replacing him on the ballot with recently retired U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). More recently, ...

4. New Jersey Man Touched by a Kmart Angel and the True Spirit of Christmas
(Life/Style)

... the first flakes of snow. Frank quietly made his way home to me and his youngest daughter, wiping away tears of gratitude. A Peaceful 2013 to ALL  *** *** *** Amanda Grieme, Author of NewJerseyNewsroom.com ...

5. How a Coal Miner’s Game Became the NFL and the Real Story of How Football Became America’s National Sport
(Sports/Professional)

... Colts. That game started the lasting love affair between Americans and football. The Giants became the darlings of Madison Avenue, led by the handsome Frank Gifford and football gained acceptance. By 1960, ...

6. Sandy Relief Aid infighting: Only $9 Billion Approved; Talk of 'Pork' Projects takes Center Stage
(U.S./Nation)

... are tired of the palace intrigue and political partisanship of this Congress. Disaster relief was something that you didn't play games with." Rep. Frank LoBiondo whose district takes in a lot of the ...

7. Pallone Mulling N.J. Senate Run if Lautenberg Steps Down
(Opinion/Commentary)

... for fossilized Senator Lautenberg (term limits, anyone?) to finally hang it up and not seek another term. It seems popular and entrenched incumbent Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ) is also ...

8. Oscars: Movies That Have an Inside Track to Win Best FIlm, Courtesy of Producers Guild of America
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Motion Pictures: “Brave” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producer:  Katherine Sarafian “Frankenweenie” (Walt Disney Pictures) Producers:  Allison Abbate, Tim Burton “ParaNorman” ...

9. Christie Rips GOP: 'Shame on Congress' for Blocking Sandy Relief
(U.S./Nation)

... there is no reason to believe anything they tell me." (Business Insider) NJ Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., whose district covers a lot of the beach-area towns devastated by Hurricane Sandy, ...

10. Off Broadway Review: 'Great God Pan' studies tricky memories
(Entertainment/Movies)

... (Jeremy Strong) meets again a long-lost boyhood friend Frank (Keith Nobbs), who relates how he was sexually abused by his dad some 20 years earlier. He wonders whether Jamie was molested as well. The ...

11. Sandy Aid Bill Blocked; Jersey Congressmen Deplore GOP Decision
(N.J./State)

WASHIGNTON, D.C. - Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Rush Holt (NJ-12) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning to voice outrage at the decision by Republican House ...

12. N.J. Congressmen Runyan, Smith, LoBiondo and Lance on Hot Seat After Senate Rings in New Year with Responsible Bipartisan Bill Extending Tax Relief
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in the court of the Republican led-Congress - including New Jersey Representatives Jon Runyan (NJ-3), Chris Smith (NJ-4), Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2) and Leonard Lance (NJ-7). The Senate bill permanently extends ...

13. Senior Citizens Program: Germany Exports its Old People, Sending Them To Foreign Homes
(World/International)

... said Artur Frank, the owner of Senior Palace, which finds care homes for Germans in Slovakia. "Many are here of their own free will, and these are the results of sensible decisions by their families who ...

14. Ten Best Movies For 2012 You Probably Have Not Seen
(Entertainment/Movies)

... by Vanessa Taylor and directed by David Frankel, this film doesn’t assume that sex is only for people under 40 and treats the intimate lives of grownups with respect. Another Holocaust film, this one ...

15. 'Django Unchained' Movie Review: Tarantino on Horseback - Fasten your Seatbelts, It’s going to be a Bumpy Ride
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Brown and 2PAK. It’s the kind of originality you expect from Quentin Tarantino, but frankly, “Django” gives new meaning to the term “black humor.” “Django Unchained” opened Christmas Day at a theater ...

16. A 2012 New Jersey Christmas Fable
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Well, maybe not Christmas in New Jersey this year. Frankly, we’ve seen better. But we’re still moving right along, and ...

17. Unique Murder Trial: N.J. Truck Driver, 52, Convicted As Juvenile in 36-Year-Old Union County Case
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The vicious murder of a New Jersey secretary has seen a conviction 35-years after it happened. Truck driver Carlton Franklin, 52, was convicted of the crime in juvenile ...

18. Learn a Foreign Language ... and Help the Department of Defense
(Life/Style)

... become foreign language teachers. Together with Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Holt has introduced the Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act, which would provide up to $50 million for model ...

19. Gun Control Debate: What Side are You On?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... is a vicious terrorist, and the other is an American soldier, are they morally the same? I don't think so." U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat, doesn’t agree. He has revitalized gun control legislation ...

20. Cory Booker Taking the Senate Option, Sources Say
(N.J./State)

... Frank Lautenberg when it becomes available in 2014. Since Lautenberg has been around long enough that he used to make Socrates look young, Booker is a surefire pick to deliver the senate seat into ...