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1. Princeton scientist Thomas Gregor solves mystery of coordination in nature
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of the clearest demonstrations of chemotaxis — the movement by a cell or organism toward a chemical stimulus — ever shown. Gregor said his team's recent findings could have implications for collective ...

2. Arrest of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke likely to cause unrest in Jamaica
(World/International)

... for Golding to step down. From powerful private sector groups to the average Jamaican, concerns are spreading about the implications for the country, and possible violence surrounding Coke's capture. This ...

3. Gov. Christie must avoid ‘Jersey Shore’ discourse and lead state to a constructive debate
(Opinion/Commentary)

... law, only 22 percent of the coverage focused on how it would change the nation's health care system. Nearly half of the news reports were about the political implications of the bill. Debating who ...

4. Goldman Sachs goes to Washington
(Life/Style)

... I want a yes or a no! BANKER: The financial instrument in question has a number of components which are each subject to different regulatory implications, and was purposefully created to be a flexible ...

5. U.S. ties with Japan facing serious test over airbase
(World/International)

... fueled speculation in Washington that the U.S.-Japanese alliance may be facing a serious test with the election of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and that such strains might have serious implications ...

6. Don’t let N.J. school funding take a quantum leap backward
(Opinion/Commentary)

... budget ignores our appropriation act's requirement for proportional reductions. Instead it distributes school aid without taking into account the implications it will have on local property taxes and the ...

7. Public hearings on Obama's offshore oil drilling plan scheduled for Newark
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... hearing will focus on seismic scoping, the first step toward offshore drilling. Jeff Tittel, director of the Sierra Club of New Jersey, said seismic scoping is detrimental, not only because of the implications ...

8. Study shows Hudson, Essex counties have most Twitter users in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Twitter users whatsoever. "The report has important implications for marketers and advertisers as well as municipal governments who are interested in using Twitter to target audiences," Tedeschi said. ...

9. It’s not easy being a frog in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Widespread declines in amphibian populations signal a breakdown that may already be having dire implications for human health. Amphibians are also key to the food chain. They consume algae and insects ...

10. UMDNJ gets $2.1 million to develop new method to survey young adults on tobacco use
(Health/Healthquest)

... and implement a cell phone sampling approach to generate nationally representative tobacco control data for young adults and consider the strategy's implications by comparing it to traditional methods ...

11. Christie's Red Tape Review panel recommends elimination or change of 16 ways state government operates
(N.J./State)

... the implications of the group's evolving recommendations began to emerge as we approached the deadline established by the governor's executive order. As a consequence I am unable to sign off on the report ...

12. Now it’s Christie’s turn to remake the N.J. Supreme Court
(Opinion/Commentary)

... budget, a less visible issue is playing itself out in the background, one which could have precedent-breaking and far reaching implications for the Executive and Judicial branches of government. On May ...

13. N.J. reforms would give counties, towns and school districts opportunity to reduce costs
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  The governor's call for collective arbitration reform is especially necessary. In far too many cases, public employees are awarded pay raises without considering the fiscal implications, current economic ...

14. NJ Transit increases fares 10 to 25 percent for May 1
(N.J./State)

... fare hike is clearly going to have widespread negative implications on working families, jobs and our economy. I'm concerned the administration moved too quickly to this fare increase without considering ...

15. Nuclear powered cancer clusters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and two more years to complete, would be the first, comprehensive, government study of the health implications of the continuous release of radioactive into the air and water around nuclear facilities. ...

16. Job glut coming: Baby boomers have to fill those 14.6 million slots
(Money/Economy)

... of just-in-time assignments. Genova stresses that those will straddle all collars: White, blue, pink, gray, gold, and no. Increasingly, America is less class-conscious about the status implications of ...

17. Grade inflation equals consumer fraud
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... on in the Leaving Cert. Quoting from an article I read a couple years ago..."Grade inflation has wider implications too. Without high standards in education, how will the bottle-fed brats of the Bebo ...

18. If enacted, Christie’s budget will produce a revolutionary transformation in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and local officials that tax increases were out of the question and they should brace for unprecedented cuts in spending and state aid. He did not disappoint. The political implications for the Governor ...

19. N.J. Assemblyman pushing to ban dual office holding grandfather clause
(N.J./State)

... "In addition to drawing multiple salaries, the implications for one's pension are also costly to taxpayers. Government is in desperate need of reform in order to reduce the burden on taxpayers. Public ...

20. Biological breakthrough: Princeton scientists find new mechanism to regulate embryonic development
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... that control embryonic patterning, the work has implications for how to target cancer cells, which often exhibit hyperactive MAPK signaling. "According to our substrate competition idea, MAPK signaling ...