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1. ‘Mademoiselle Chambon' quintessentially – and brilliantly – French
(Entertainment/Movies)

... is the appropriate word. She agrees only if she can play with her back to him, and we realize what her shyness has cost her. The music, achingly beautiful, transforms both of them. Jean, a solid working-class ...

2. Jersey Call to Service Summit provides an opportunity to get off the sideline
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Campaign, a non-partisan organization which devises innovative government reforms and promotes citizen leadership.  ...

3. Michael Troise of Marlton charged with stealing from insurance clients
(N.J./State)

A former Burlington County insurance agent has been indicted for allegedly forging the names of clients on insurance applications and automated banking withdrawal forms. Michael Troise, 48, of Marlton, ...

4. Emergency room visits at record high: One in five people used service
(Health/Healthquest)

... make publicly available a full report for 2007, saying it will be critical to know exactly what is happening in the nation's emergency departments as health care reforms are implemented. "There are ...

5. N.J. government shutdown is unlikely
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Pension reforms show Christie has learned art of the possible Carl Golden: The future of New Jersey's horse racing industry waits for Trenton Carl Golden: Raising gasoline tax would benefit New ...

6. Saint Michael’s performs New Jersey’s first robotic-arm assisted orthopedic surgery
(Health/Healthquest)

A team at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, led by Dr. Richard Boiardo, chief of Orthopedics, recently performed the state's first robotic-arm assisted orthopedic surgery, a technological leap ...

7. Monitoring report on N.J. State Police finds compliance with federal standards
(N.J./State)

... of State Police practices recommended the reforms adopted by State Police be codified in legislation. That was done through passage of the Law Enforcement Professional Standards Act of 2009. Signed into ...

8. N.J. should pay close attention to Greece, where a trillion bucks ain’t quite enough
(Opinion/Commentary)

... entitlements in all their various forms vote as a bloc. This makes running for office relatively easy — just promise more than you can deliver, and you're in office. Deficit budgets and endless borrowing ...

9. Christie sends municipal and education officials to principal’s office for failing on N.J. property taxes
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Governor's N.J. State Trooper security detail Pension reforms show Christie has learned art of the possible Carl Golden: The future of New Jersey's horse racing industry waits for Trenton Carl ...

10. ‘Graceland’ is a not so grave comedy
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the rest of the company performs their roles adeptly. You probably won't recall much about "Graceland" a day or two afterwards, but the show certainly passes the time pleasantly enough. "Graceland" continues ...

11. Hunterdon County Sheriff Deborah Trout pleads not guilty to misconduct
(N.J./State)

... to filing false or incomplete personnel forms and maintaining business cards with erroneous titles. Falat resigned after a few months on the job. He was one of two sheriff's officers accused in 2008 ...

12. Christie campaigns his proposed 2.5 percent property tax cap
(N.J./State)

... the power to control property taxes in the hands of those who are paying the bills — New Jersey's overburdened taxpayers,'' Christie said. "Cap 2.5 and the accompanying tool kit reforms will bring the ...

13. Horses fuel an industry and open space in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... forms of agriculture. For example, 24 percent of horse operations in 2007 were former cattle, dairy or poultry farms; 11 percent once grew field crops. This suggests that horse farms, or horse-related ...

14. Bill with Christie’s 2.5 percent property tax cap introduced to Assembly
(N.J./State)

... to approve as part of an effort to control local government and school spending. "This legislation is the first step in a series of comprehensive reforms that will address the most serious problem facing ...

15. Christie wants N.J. cities and towns to decide their affordable housing needs
(N.J./State)

... the Legislature is considering reforms to affordable housing through legislation sponsored in the Senate by Senators Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) and Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R-Somerset). "I look forward ...

16. Mansion in May transforms Fawn Hill Farm in Harding
(Entertainment/Movies)

Annual house and garden tour provides rare access to one of New Jersey's exclusive estates BY SUSAN ALAI NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM These days selling a house can be a challenge. Just ask Gloria and ...

17. Seventeen N.J. lawmakers support lawsuit challenging Obama health care reforms
(Health/Healthquest)

Americans for Prosperity has designated 17 New Jersey legislators as "Health Care Heroes" for their support of bringing a legal challenge against the recently passed federal health care reforms and for ...

18. Priminister David Cameron forms Britain’s first coalition government in 65 years
(World/International)

BY SONJA PACE VOA NEWS LONDON — Britain has a new coalition government with Conservative Party leader David Cameron as prime minister and his coalition partner, Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats ...

19. Circle of life: Rebirth, death and resurrection
(Life/Style)

... What remained of last year's perennials were gnarled, skeletal forms bent double, broken and almost completely buried in a tomb of snow and ice. And then in March, the earth arrived in its orbit at that ...

20. Pension Reform
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... making a contribution to the pension system. If he wants some support for his reforms, he needs to support those of us who are in the pension and begin making a fully finded pension contribution this year ...