1. First Human Trafficking Awareness Day Shines Spotlight on 'Modern Day Slavery'
(N.J./State)

... coalition on pending legislation to help eradicate what many consider to be a modern form of slavery, including the Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act (A-3352), as well as a resolution ...

2. Tanning as Medical Treatment: N.J. Teen Combats Rare Skin Disorder by Tanning Every Day
(Health/Healthquest)

... There's people out there who are a lot more worse off than me.” Tanning as a form of medical treatment may seem way out of line in a state where lawmakers this past May were doing all they could to put ...

3. Violence and Lead In The Atmosphere: Is There a Link?
(Health/Healthquest)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM During the discussions about gun control and how to reduce violent crime across the nation, there is one theory that has been overlooked: Lead. According to a study, ...

4. Human Trafficking: New Jersey Gets Serious about 'Modern Day Slavery'
(Life/Style)

... coalition on pending legislation to help eradicate what many consider to be a modern form of slavery, including the Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act (A-3352), as well as a resolution ...

5. N.J. Sewage Problems a Health Hazard to State's Beaches?
(Health/Healthquest)

... the time, NY/NJ Baykeeper Debbie Mans told TakePart that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection had not given information about "which wastewater treatment plants are still down, and how ...

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

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Popular Batman Mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, may have thought he was making a smart decision regarding his relevance and political future when he ...

7. Lobbying in Jersey and on Federal Level: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
(Opinion/Commentary)

... been said in relation to lobbying within the states, including New Jersey. New Jersey has almost 1,000 lobbyists who represent a myriad of interests, the sum of which creates a very competitive atmosphere, ...

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

... up their campaign war chests. Maybe it's because their heads are so far up their own asses when not up the Koch Brothers, but New Jersey is more than just an ATM state; it has decent, tax-paying and law-abiding ...

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

... about HUD – more than a billion dollars, actually billions, of housing aid.  The Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of the Interior, the Agriculture ...

10. McGreevey Jailhouse Counseling of Women Inmates In Spotlight
(Health/Healthquest)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A documentary about the jailhouse treatment program where former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey now works has earned a spot at the Sundance Film Festival. McGreevey ...

11. The Cabot Lecture
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... are not met, warming of 4°C could occur as early as the 2060s." Globally, we are nowhere close to meeting our mitigation pledges and long lived CO2 emissions continue to accumulate in the atmosphere ...

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

... initially demands money from the Jews he finds hiding in the sewer, but over time develops a protective instinct for them. Shot in darkness for much of the time, the film creates an atmosphere of almost ...

13. Fiscal Clif Reality: The Poor will Feel the most Pain if we Fall Off and Cory Booker is Disgusted
(Money/Economy)

... breaks. And Newark's popular batman-like Mayor, who recently decided to prepare for a 2014 Senate run instead of taking on New Jersey's popular Penguin-like Governor, expressed outrage over the ramifications ...

14. Protect Senior Citizens with Dementia from Abuse and Neglect: Legislation proposed by Huttle and Wagner
(Health/Healthquest)

BY SALVATORE PIZZURO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The treatment of senior citizens with memory loss who reside in group home facilities has come under scrutiny in recent months, culminating in the announcement ...

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

... of the next nearly three hours. Suffice it to say that Schultz’s methods of disposal are hardly painless, but as a “sophisticated” European, he is truly appalled by the inhuman treatment of slaves in the ...

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

... treatments covering 1,600-plus years of aging. These days the homes that California Santa Claus visited always left him gluten-free cookies and soy milk. Back in New Jersey, residents were carrying on ...

17. Ten Seemingly Safe Dividend-Paying Stocks
(Money/Economy)

... treatment. “He is also encouraged by the firm's revitalized medical-devices business, which is benefiting from Johnson & Johnson's acquisition of the growing orthopedic company Synthes. With both ...

18. Giants and Jets: Homeland Security Threat
(Sports/Professional)

... In the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, Harvey Dent is portrayed as the beacon of hope for Gotham. Saul typifies the same role in Homeland; in an America gone wrong with political corruption and domestic ...

19. Big Commuter Fare Hike Coming Prompts Reluctant MTA to say: 'We're not a Fat, Out-of-Control Agency'
(U.S./Nation)

... noting that there were numerous increases in the past few years. "You're turning people into ATM machines." With this being said, the increases are expected to bring in an additional $450 million a year ...

20. Holidays can be Hazardous to Your Health; Just Ask Jersey's Kessler Institute
(Health/Healthquest)

... than you can. And be sure to take the time to remember the true magic and miracles of this season. *** *** *** Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation is nationally recognized for the treatment and research ...