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1. Shark alert at the Jersey Shore
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... near Ocean Beach on the barrier island of Toms River, and swimmers were asked to get out of the water for about an hour. He said the sharks were not seen again since then. No one could confirm the ...

2. Task force formed to seek ways to encourage life sciences industry in N.J.
(Health/Healthquest)

... across the state. The panel would also attempt to identify the barriers to life science growth in New Jersey and examine the successful programs in other states that are encouraging growth and attracting ...

3. N.J. weather forecast: More hot and humid conditions
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Beach and Toms River barrier islands. — ALICIA CRUZ, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

4. Asian carp threaten Great Lakes
(U.S./Nation)

... suspected that carp were threatening the Great Lakes, and they devised an electric barrier to keep the fish out of the lakes. Last month, they also poisoned a stretch of the Little Calumet River above ...

5. ARC should be fully embraced by all regional environmental and transportation groups
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Central Terminal to create a fully-integrated regional rail network should happen, and it will. But unfortunately, building underground in New York City is extremely challenging and presents multiple barriers ...

6. Grand finale of busiest Statehouse period begins Monday
(N.J./State)

... Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) said. "Certain terms are demeaning and disrespectful, and create a barrier to the inclusion of people with intellectual and other disabilities as valued ...

7. President Obama on the BP oil spill in the Gulf (VIDEO)
(U.S./Nation)

... has been laid across the water to block and absorb the approaching oil. We have approved the construction of new barrier islands in Louisiana to try and stop the oil before it reaches the shore, and we ...

8. Environmentalists seek public support for demonstrations on Jersey beaches opposing offshore drilling
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... drilling and create a barrier to say that our beaches and our oceans should be protected," Jeff Tittel, New Jersey Sierra Club director, said Tuesday. The Sierra Club, Surfrider and Clean Ocean Action ...

9. New Jersey looks to remove words such as ‘retarded' and ‘idiot' from state law
(N.J./State)

... sponsoring the bill said that removing such references as "retardation" would help break down exclusionary barriers for New Jerseyans with intellectual or other developmental disabilities. "Quite simply, ...

10. Housing advocates strongly oppose Sen. Lesniak's $20M bill to bailout private developer
(N.J./State)

... new barriers to the construction of affordable homes and apartments. "Such policies would hurt cities and first ring suburbs around the state, places that S-1 asks to do more than their fair share while ...

11. GMAC National Drivers Test speaks volumes: N.J. drivers rank among the worst
(Life/Style)

... rankings. And we will put our foot to the floor and drive right through the yellow Caution barriers of success in front of us until we pass them. Thank you, good night, and drive safely. Bob Holt can ...

12. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade colluding to be N.Y. Knicks? Times have certainly changed in the NBA
(Sports/Professional)

... Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. Mikan and the Lakers would face the Globbies before a sellout crowd at Chicago Stadium on February 20, 1948 in a game that was conceived by ...

13. Black athletes faced a very different America before Civil Rights Act of 1964
(Sports/Professional)

... the Cleveland Indians and would break the color barrier in the American League just three months after Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today, a 23-year-old African-American ...

14. Canada geese: Dealing with N.J.’s unofficial state bird
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... distress to warn others away, setting up dummies of natural predators like coyotes, altering the landscape with hedges and other barriers, surface applications of goose repellents, or bringing in trained ...

15. Consolidation is key to save New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... consolidation have grown louder. The question is not whether New Jersey should fix its broken system, but whether it ever will. The reasons for inertia are manifold; the barriers range from procedural ...

16. Work begins to cap Global Landfill Superfund site in Middlesex County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... agreement triggered release of escrow accounts providing $20 million for cleanup work. The cap will provide a protective barrier and, in conjunction with leachate-collection and stormwater-control systems, ...

17. N.Y. museum exhibit details ‘Silk Road' ways of life 1,000 years ago
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the Silk Road, a 4,600-mile long network of trade routes through burning deserts and icebound mountain barriers. A thousand years ago, this was the key means of transmitting ideas, inventions, foods and ...

18. How to ‘pretend' to get fit & lose weight
(Health/Healthquest)

... and barriers; and on and on ... amazing job ladies. Petty things have been disposed of, simplified. Get the negativity and petty situations out of your life when they arise. And believe me, they ...

19. Anne Murray Patterson nominated to replace John E. Wallace on N.J. Supreme Court
(N.J./State)

... our state. Oliver also said, "Justice Wallace shattered barriers with dignity and excellence. He deserved better, as did the people of New Jersey he so often strived to protect through the rule of law. ...

20. ‘Budrus’: A Tribeca Film Festival movie review
(Entertainment/Movies)

... limited. A Fatah activist, he was trying to convince local men to demonstration against the "Wall of Separation." That was the evocative name Israel gave to its network of walls, fences and barriers being ...