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1. L.A. Vikings news is good for Zygi Wilf in Minnesota
(Sports/Professional)

... financial backing to proposed stadium. The NFL stopped the York family from seeking financing for the better part of a year for a 49ers facility in Santa Clara, Calif. In an effort to convince the players ...

2. New Jersey's ‘Live Where You Work’ home loan program comes to Camden
(N.J./State)

... Work program, which provides low-interest, fixed rate mortgage loans to first-time homebuyers who purchase homes in a municipality where they work. “The city’s revitalization efforts will be considerably ...

3. Christie highlights his commitments to health care
(N.J./State)

... and family planning services, choosing to forego a 9-to-1 federal match on the state investment for ideological reasons. The governor opposes abortion. Weinberg led efforts to restore the $7.5 million ...

4. Chris Christie’s brand of slash and burn politics is taking its toll on New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... professor who headed the state’s redistricting effort. In his quest for the presidency, he has cut funding for women’s health initiatives, questioned climate change science, and launched an assault on ...

5. Same-sex marriage and ‘Unnatural Acts’ across the river from N.J.
(Life/Style)

... hope abounds for progress at this moment in history. After all, states like New York and soon possibly Maryland have enacted same-sex marriage laws, new efforts are being made to repeal the federal Defense ...

6. Christie signs bill that attempts to make horse racing independent and self-sustaining in New Jersey
(Sports/Professional)

... an effort to reverse the decline of New Jersey’s horse racing industry. It gives the NJSEA the power to jointly run racetrack operations at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands with the tracks’ new private ...

7. N.J. Democrats losing support of unions
(N.J./State)

...  The vote not to endorse the so-called Christecrats came at the urging of leaders of the Communications Workers of America and AFSCME who vowed to cause trouble for the 22 Democrats’ re-election efforts ...

8. Formula One racing is right for New Jersey
(Sports/Professional)

... and failed in earlier efforts. F1 needs that boost to compliment their Texas race and could use the support of Madison Avenue. Can the road race work in such congestion? Do we need it? Only if the dollars ...

9. Mark W. Biedron of Tewksbury appointed to New Jersey state Board of Education
(N.J./State)

... and materials in an effort to protect the environment. When fully built out, The Willow School will have 216 students and 35 staff on its 86,000-square-foot campus. From 1975 to 1995, Biedron was vice ...

10. State of New Jersey opens exhibit to educate public about tree-killing insects
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Agriculture Department’s Plant Industry Division director, said. “The exhibit will assist us in our efforts to make people aware of the invasive ests threatening New Jersey's forests. Public interest is ...

11. Abandoned cremains of 13 New Jersey veterans to be placed at state veterans' cemetery
(N.J./State)

... through the joint efforts of the Vietnam Veterans of America's New Jersey State Council and other veteran organizations. The cemetery is New Jersey’s sole state-operated veterans’ cemetery. Dedicated ...

12. Christie signs bipartisan bills allocating $157 million for land preservation, park improvements
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... State’s proud tradition as a nationally recognized leader in land conservation efforts and will further assist Commissioner (Bob) Martin and the DEP to fund a wide variety of worthy projects critical to ...

13. Credit Suisse Securities to repurchase $275.6 million in securities from New Jersey investors
(Money/Economy)

... to protect investors when such violations occur.” The investigation into Credit Suisse’s role in the sale of the securities is part of a larger state-led effort to address problems in connection with ...

14. Camden County, city of Camden and state agree to seek regionalized police department
(N.J./State)

... progress in an effort to adopt a new model to keep communities safe. “Today marks a critically important milestone on the path to making regionalization of police services a reality and innovating the ...

15. Who has asked an educator in NJ HOW CAN WE IMPROVE EDUCATION?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... together for effective education. Learning should NOT be a political action controlled by a political committee, who is concerned only about their legislative efforts, rather than working with educators. ...

16. N.J. offering up to $500K in growth capital aid to tech and life science companies
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... essential resources and attract more private investment in these companies as they advance through their life cycle of growth,” EDA CEO Caren S. Franzini said. As part of his effort to help promote New ...

17. N.J. Consumer Affairs takes action against 7 illegal mortgage adjusters
(Money/Economy)

Seeking $49,434 in restitution for struggling homeowners As part of the state attorney general‘s office’s on-going efforts to thwart fraudulent “mortgage loan modification” enterprises, the Division ...

18. Gandarusa a male contraceptive from Indonesia could reach New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... on research and science communities’ recent efforts to reduce Indonesia’s future population by developing a male contraceptive pill. The PBS segment, “Indonesian Plant Shows Promise for Male Birth ...

19. N.J. hands out $12.8 million in aid for local recycling efforts
(N.J./State)

Recycling by New Jerseyans drops slightly New Jersey cities, towns and counties are sharing $12.8 million in state aid to help recycling efforts, the Department of Environmental Protection announced ...

20. ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ review, trailer: Flirts with wildness
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the plot twists are so balls-to-the-wall contrived that they jolt the otherwise conventional trend back toward humor. Such efforts help earn "Crazy, Stupid, Love." some offbeat charms to add to its surfeit ...