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1. Atty. Gen. Chiesa, State Police Supt. Fuentes to meet about high-speed trooper-led sports car caravans
(N.J./State)

Closed-door huddle set for Wednesday in Trenton BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM How “unprofessional actions will not be tolerated” will be the topic of a closed-door meeting Wednesday in ...

2. Rutgers football: Jawan Jamison and Savon Huggins to likely form running back by committee
(Sports/Professional)

BY MATT SUGAM NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM PISCATAWAY – As the game of football has evolved, so to has the role of the running back. The proverbial workhorse running back is becoming fewer and farther between. ...

3. McDonald's $1 soda thief caught in Fla.: Hamburglar still at-large
(U.S./Nation)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM It wasn’t exactly a Brinks robbery, but the guy isn’t getting a break today due to a string of past offenses. ABC News reported that 52-year old Mark Abaire of Naples, ...

4. New Jersey wants your unused gift card balances, so start spending!
(Money/Economy)

BY YURI RESETOVS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM You could say that the dispute started at the beginning of 2011, when New Jersey lawmakers voted for a law that would allow the state to claim the remaining balance ...

5. NJIT Civil Engineers take first place at Concrete Canoe Competition
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Annual Guide to ...

6. Former Eagles safety Brian Dawkins, 'Wolverine,' set to retire after long NFL career
(Sports/Professional)

BY DAVE RAGAZZO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Giants fans are no strangers to number 20 on the Philadelphia Eagles. That number belonged to Brian Dawkins, who terrorized Giants receivers for 13 years while ...

7. Inside 'A Streetcar Named Desire' after-party: Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker star in the Tennessee Williams revival
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM After the opening night performance of “A Streetcar Named Desire” Sunday night – and after dolefully checking out the yacht-sized limos parked outside the theater ...

8. Earth Day in N.J. shows Christie and enviros cannot agree
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Earth Day, a nationwide celebration of the environment, has come and gone once again. Or as some environmentalists in New Jersey called it, “Sunday.” The day was ...

9. REVIEW: ‘Ghost The Musical’ materializes on Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Musical version of a romantic movie offers some astonishing stagecraft BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Better look out, “Spider-Man” -- here looms up “Ghost The Musical,” ...

10. Charles McFadden, father of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, dead at age 79
(N.J./State)

Fought long battle with cancer BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Charles McFadden Jr., 79, the father of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, died Sunday evening after a long illness. McFadden’s death ...

11. N.J. weather forecast: Rain showers remain a threat but much better!
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY STEVEN DiMARTINO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Weather conditions will be improving significantly today, but showers still remain a threat. The upper level low pressure system that produce one to four ...

12. (VIDEO) Metta World Peace's elbow shot: Dirty trick or accident?
(Sports/Professional)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Magic Johnson called the elbow a “cheap shot.” Others are saying that the former Ron Artest should be suspended for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs, ...

13. Weekend box office: ‘Think Like a Man’ gives ‘Hunger Games’ the boot
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY SAMANTHA NEGRAVAL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Move over Katniss. There’a new sheriff in your post-apocalytpic world. This weekend “Think Like a Man” posted surprising box-office success with a $33 million ...

14. N.J. State Police suspend 2 troopers, reassign commander following sports car motorcade scandal
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The State Police Monday suspended two troopers and reassigned the commander of the Totowa Station as part of the agency’s probe into what is now being described ...

15. 'DWTS' preview: 'Motown Night' has Gladys Knight ready to boogie
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY SAMANTHA NEGRAVAL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM "The Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight has made it to week 6 of the Dancing With the Stars competition. Now the pressure has really been turned up for her Motown ...

16. Baby 'Apprentice': Bill and Giuliana Rancic share long-anticipated joy
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY SAMANTHA NEGRAVAL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Two of America’s sweethearts announced earlier that a long-awaited bundle of joy in on the way. E! News anchor and Fashion Police co-host Giuliana Rancic ...

17. Romney to appear at $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Kyrillos on Wednesday
(N.J./State)

Dinner set for home of Ed Deutsch in Bernardsville BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Republican presidential nominee frontrunner Mitt Romney will be the attraction Wednesday night in Bernardsville ...

18. N.J. county-level Republicans raise more than Democrats in first quarter of 2012
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The New Jersey Democratic and Republican county organizations jointly reported raising and spending less than $1 million during the first three months of the ...

19. REVIEW: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ rolls along smoothly
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker co-star in Tennessee Williams’ classic BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Brought to Broadway by the same producers who delivered that ...

20. Rosie's Diner: Once a N.J. icon, now on the auction block
(N.J./State)

BY ERIC MODEL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM JOURNEYS INTO NEW JERSEY It’s a quite a different scene at the Little Ferry Circle these days than from how I remember it years ago. Yes, traffic is heavy in ...