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1. ‘Contagion’ movie review, trailer: A medical thriller
(Entertainment/Movies)

... who is (gasp!) not her husband. Perhaps that's why she's sweating. On another plane, a Japanese executive is feeling poorly. A just returned Ukrainian model looks run down. Meanwhile, back in Kowloon, ...

2. Goodrem a Hack
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... albums didn't sell 10 copies in the USA. Nor in Japan nor anywhere else. She's a talentless hack. She's now decided that she'd better latch on to some guy to be her meal ticket, and keep her on the ...

3. Tom Brady who? NFL is ignored in Europe
(Sports/Professional)

... the exhibition game and while league officials stated that the NFL would try and send two teams over to China, the project seems to have been permanently shelved. The NFL has been to Japan, Australia and ...

4. Why are Germany, Japan, China and Brazil economic dynamos while the U.S. is sinking out of sight?
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ROY NERSESIAN STRAIGHT TALK I would like to ask our readers a question: why is it that Germany, Japan, China, Brazil and other nations are economic dynamos and we’re sinking out of sight? Germany ...

5. Earthquakes raise safety concerns for East Coast nuclear plants
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the extensive damage to the six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan, and unexpected damage to the twin North Anna nuclear power plants in Virginia caused by the August 23 earthquake has ...

6. Twitter explodes over Beyoncé and Jay-Z baby news
(Entertainment/Movies)

... TPS or tweets per second. When news of Osama bin Laden's death hit the airwaves, Twitter reached 5,000 TPS. The United States-Japan Women's World Cup Final brought 7,000 TPS, but when the former lead singer ...

7. Battleship location
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The current location of the Battleship may be out of the way for the visitors in the New York area but it doesn't seem to bother the visitors/campers from places like Japan and Australia. The real issue ...

8. Are N.J. nuclear facilities prepared for worst case scenario?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... above ground spent fuel rod storage system. The Japanese reactor had a cement dome over the containment vessel and Oyster Creek does not, possibly making it more at risk if a build up of hydrogen occurs. ...

9. Give Me Liberty (State Park) or Give Me Death (Camden)
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... No real Navy sailor would choose Death (Camden) over Liberty (State Park). It would be the greatest U.S. Navy recruiting tool in history since the Japaneses bombed Pearl Harbor, hands-down. ...

10. REVIEW: Korean 'Hero: The Musical' stirs up history
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... anybody passionate about Asian history. Occurring in 1909-1910, the story regards An Chunggun, a young Korean patriot who fought Japan’s imperialistic annexation of his country. Leading a secret ...

11. Photos of Kelly Rowland’s breast slip raise bar on Minaj, Kardashian and Jackson (VIDEO)
(Entertainment/Movies)

... on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop charts, “Motivation.” The club 4Sixty6 calls itself N.J.’s Vegas. Its web site says: 4Sixty6 has a sunken lounge, piano bar, authentic Japanese nook, Miami VIP cabanas ...

12. How to create American jobs
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  If GE pays no taxes – why should any company? Entitlements have come home to roost Why Tea Party won’t get a balanced federal budget Add China to your list of vulnerable societies Japan’s earthquake ...

13. Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu found dead
(Sports/Professional)

... career, AP noted. He was arrested in Gardena, Cal. last year for drunk driving. In 2008, he was arrested for assaulting a bar manager in Japan after allegedly drinking 20 glasses of beer. His death appears ...

14. What is the U.S. debt ceiling and why does it matter?
(U.S./Nation)

...  Longo: It actually owes it to two broad groups or parties. One is the people and entities who have bought U.S. Treasury securities, roughly half of whom are foreign investors – China and Japan are ...

15. The history of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
(Entertainment/Movies)

... It’s the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), not Israeli, he points out, and Israelis object to that mistake. The orchestra, after all, now includes French, German, American, Italian, and Japanese musicians ...

16. Ten good reasons to buy the Appleseed Fund
(Money/Economy)

... in Japanese equities. NJNR: You think their economy is going to rebound? JS: You don’t need much of a rebound for these stocks to work. You need to separate out the high-quality global companies that ...

17. In movie theaters: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ review, trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

... represent a cross-section of citizen-soldier society. Captain America's henchmen include a Brit, a Frenchman, a black guy, a more-or-less Japanese warrior and one fellow in a derby who was either too late ...

18. New Jersey in natural fight against insects and weeds
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of Agriculture began developing biological pest control programs in the 1920s, beginning with the Japanese beetle. The savings can be huge. In 1987, for example, an estimated $1 million in research costs ...

19. A naughty thought about U.S. corporate stock buybacks
(Opinion/Commentary)

... foreigners: Germans (Siemens and Mercedes Benz), Japanese (Toyota and Nissan), Koreans with their American assembly plants and others who have opened up American plants. General Electric, whose president ...

20. Apple COO Tim Cook tested by ‘mother of all backlogs’
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... during the second quarter. But Cook said to PCMag.com, "I wish we could have made a lot more iPad 2s, because there were a lot of people waiting for them.” Cook also said the Japanese earthquake had ...