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1. Miss America adds to New Jersey’s second-class status
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RICHARD A. LEE COMMENTARY For more than 80 years, the Miss America Pageant was synonymous with Atlantic City, but in 2006, the annual event moved to Las Vegas, where it took place again this year. ...

2. Miss New Jersey settles in as MBA student at Rutgers
(Life/Style)

... New Jersey pageants and striving for academic excellence. She accomplished both goals. In spring of 2008, she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communications. In the spring of 2009, she was ...

3. New Jersey high school football in mix for Rudy Awards
(Sports/Professional)

... University to Piscataway and up the Turnpike to the New Meadowlands Stadium, New Jersey will crown its high school champions. Memories will be made, scholarships confirmed and good will and pageantry will ...

4. What a Riot!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... pageant, Jersey or not, still no excuse to dress like trailer trash in good shoes. To conclude, if I need to get my hair and make-up done by a professional, I'd only go there for the comic relief and ...

5. Can't Wait!! Team Olivia!!! Tracy Hater!!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... all bout style! She's a model & does pageants. She got hooked on the show b/c of Olivia. When a 9 yr old girl ask you "why does that girl look like she has a football helmet on her head"?!That's just sad ...

6. N.Y. Fringe Festival reveals a Jersey side
(Entertainment/Movies)

... times as a teen amid the suburban cul-de-sacs of Green Brook. Teaneck playwright Jeffrey Pfeiffer's "The Battle of Spanktown" is a bizarre historical pageant drawn from Rahway's Revolutionary War history. ...

7. ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party’ makes liberal fun of conservative values
(Entertainment/Movies)

... "Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party" raises a ruckus about a fourth-grade pageant that suggests the Great Emancipator's bisexuality is what made him so compassionate a statesman. Ambitious politicians ...

8. A memorable case of plagiarism has its roots in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... pile for Pageant Magazine, the stuff that came in over the transom. One day I lit upon a submission that had plenty of good, solid information. The article was sloppily written and somewhat disorganized, ...

9. There's plenty to do on a rainy day down the shore
(Life/Style)

... or visit www.capemaymac.org. Up the coast, Atlantic City is best known for its present day casinos, as well as its historical connection to the now departed Miss America Pageant. Less known is that the ...

10. Miss USA Rima Fakih a product of a diverse Lebanon
(World/International)

... USA' pageant, which saw the election of Rima Fakih, a Muslim Shiite of Lebanese origin, has once again spotlighted the diversity and often paradoxical image of women in Lebanon. First-time tourists to ...

11. Muslim background attracts controversy for Miss USA Rima Fakih
(U.S./Nation)

BY DAVID BYRD VOA NEWS WASHINGTON — For the first time since it was founded in 1952, the Miss USA beauty pageant has crowned an Arab American as its winner. Rima Fakih, 24, — who was born in Lebanon ...

12. ‘Passion Play’ mixes suds and symbols
(Entertainment/Movies)

... enhance Ruhl's growing reputation. The drama is a three-decker saga involving the simple souls who stage religious pageants about the last days of Christ. The first episode is set in provincial England ...

13. St. Patrick’s Day parades: A N.Y. and N.J. tradition
(Life/Style)

... cultural programming of the Irish American Cultural Institute (IACI), the evening is a blend of history, pageantry, music, and dance. Many parades are to be found as well. You can find out about many ...

14. Mummers Parade: Jersey bands influence a great Philly New Year's Day tradition
(Life/Style)

... Governor's Christmas Party (Thornburgh in 1979). In addition, it has performed in the Miss America Pageant parade in Atlantic City, the Strawberry Festivals in West Virginia and various festivals, and ...

15. Cirque acrobats put on a holiday extravaganza at Trump Taj Mahal
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Cirque-style productions that are enjoyed by millions throughout the U.S. and abroad. Goldberg has also designed the sets for two Super Bowl championships, the Miss Universe pageant, the NBA and theme ...

16. ‘Little House on the Prairie' improved, but uneven
(Entertainment/Movies)

... (population 1,164 at the last census) acts as host to tourists on their way to the Black Hills or Mount Rushmore, and there is an annual pageant to celebrate the memory of the books and their author. The ...

17. Who's who of the culinary world headed to Atlantic City
(Life/Style)

Four-day Food and Wine Festival kicks off Thursday BY JOHN HOLL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM For decades the Miss America pageant was one of the key events that drew tourists to Atlantic City. And when ...

18. The Manny behind the music in Atlantic City
(Life/Style)

... now called Boardwalk Hall, is entrenched in the memories of anyone of a certain age and gender that huddled around a TV to watch the annual Miss America pageant. This cavernous and beautiful, 17,000-seat, ...

19. 'Slumdog' star homeless after authorities tear down his shanty
(Entertainment/Movies)

... decision to allow Carrie Prejean to continue her reign as Miss California, pageant co-director Shanna Moakler told Ryan Seacrest Thursday morning that she resigned because Carrie just won't stop lying. ...

20. Trump to Miss California: You're not fired
(Entertainment/Movies)

... rescued from dismissal by pageant ruler Donald Trump in New York. Miss North Dakota had been accused of spying while on assignment as a journalist. Miss California had been the victim of spying, which ...