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1. results
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2. Camden loses title as crime capital of United States
(N.J./State)

... had 2,070.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, compared with a national average of 429.4. That helped St. Louis beat out Camden, which topped last year's list and was the most dangerous city for 2003 ...

3. New Jersey treating really big trees like champions
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... "young" compared to the vast virgin forests of the distant past. Really big trees are like historic markers — sentinels that have stood and watched our state become settled, colonized and developed.  ...

4. Politics of a potential NFL lockout
(Sports/Professional)

... that 2062 retired guys were awarded $28.1 million, Jeffrey Kessler, the lead attorney for the NFLPA built his defense around the retired guys being un-marketable, and worthless. He compared us to "dog ...

5. N.J. high school seniors test well in math, average in reading
(N.J./State)

... 156 score, compared to 152 for all students on a test with 300 possible points. In reading, the New Jersey average was 288, virtually insignificant from the 287 national result of 500 possible points. ...

6. N.J. education commissioner not happy with high school senior test scores
(N.J./State)

... Hendricks said. "While these results show that our seniors score well when compared to other participating states in math, the bigger picture is clear in that we must do better. This pilot assessment intended ...

7. How to understand New Jersey crime statistics
(N.J./State)

... gone down compared to last year, and which have gone up. Additionally, how does a particular municipality' crime rate compare to neighboring towns or the state as a whole? Another important question: ...

8. New Jersey crime rate drops 9 percent
(N.J./State)

Number of murders, 320, lowest since 2000 BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The overall crime rate in New Jersey last year dropped 9 percent compared to 2008, with a significant 15 percent ...

9. Thorough effort is right approach to New Jersey property tax reform
(Opinion/Commentary)

... for more than 40 percent of total state and local tax revenue in our state, compared to a national average of about 30 percent. State aid and rebates have helped ease that burden, so massive cuts in each ...

10. Atlantic City casinos see gambling revenue dive
(Money/Economy)

... September when compared to the same quarter in 2009, the state Casino Control Commission announced Wednesday. The third-quarter report indicates that while non-gaming revenues, such as from hotel stays, ...

11. N.J. cancer treatment more aggressive than most states
(Health/Healthquest)

... may not necessarily be to their liking. In northern Bergen County, over 50 percent of the patients with advanced cancer receiving care at Holy Name Medical Center died in the hospital, for example, compared ...

12. New Jersey unemployment rate drops to 9.2 percent
(Money/Economy)

... after reaching a high of 10 percent in December at the height of the economic recession. Labor Department officials said private sector employment has stabilized this year when compared to the steep ...

13. Michelle Obama bringing obesity campaign to N.J.
(Health/Healthquest)

... boys and 45 percent of its girls are obese, according to the Center for State Health Policy, compared with 32 percent of boys and 31 percent of girls nationwide. According to local talknews.com, over ...

14. Constellation Energy Rates
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15. Is Lindsay Lohan news taking honor from our veterans?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... when they asked him what the war was like, he compared it to the video game Call of Duty. (Source: St. Paul [Minnesota] Pioneer Press) ZACHARY FISHER was considering a post-military career in the medical ...

16. Movie review: ‘Unstoppable’ (with trailer)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... d) object that can easily be compared to a missile speeding toward a) Mr. Y's family b) small town America c) school children d) Toronto subbing for New York. Just then, the improbably sexy a) secret ...

17. Movie review: ‘Fair Game’ with Naomi Watts and Sean Penn
(Entertainment/Movies)

... her life. But she's lucky compared to Hammad Zahraa and his associates. Although they are composites of real people, just as some cowardly CIA officials are identified only by first names, the actors ...

18. Movie review: ‘Morning Glory’ starring Rachel McAdams
(Entertainment/Movies)

... job moves to India, but you're still a piker at perkification compared to McAdams. Many viewers seem to believe that Rachel's perkdom pre-eminence is purely natural. Coming from a land of happy white ...

19. Poll finds Christie winning public support in verbal battle with New Jersey teachers union
(N.J./State)

... among Democrats, for a wage freeze. Christie gets a 52 to 42 percent approval for his handling of the state budget, compared to his overall 51 to 38 percent job approval. He is the only governor or mayor ...

20. New Jerseyans want state to spend more on education, poll finds
(N.J./State)

... parents with children under 18 believe that New Jersey does not spend enough on its schools compared to 54 percent of adults living in households without children. In September, Christie unveiled his ...