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1. Moammar Gadhafi and Libya still pay no property taxes on N.J. estate
(World/International)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Bergen County is one if the highest tax paying counties in the nation. But it receives no help from one of its most infamous property owners — Moammar Gadhafi and ...

2. Students, environmental activists mark World Water Day in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... water. Each person who signs it receives a stainless steel reusable water bottle. According to Rutgers Sophomore, Sonia Szczesna, she joined TBTT after viewing the documentary “Tapped”. The 2009 documentary ...

3. Gov. Christie gets annual $95K private expense account
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Gov. Chris Christie, continuing a 35-year-old New Jersey tradition, receives an annual "allowance" of $95,000 a year to make sure he has enough cash to pay for official ...

4. Can Apple iPhone hack Times Square? (VIDEO)
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Without going into any in-depth detail of either gadget, he claims the transmitter sends a wireless signal of whatever is being captured by the iPhone's camera. The repeater receives that signal and ...

5. New Jersey prefers Democratics keeping check on Republican Gov. Christie
(N.J./State)

... choose Palin (13 percent) and Huckabee (10 percent). Only 7 percent of female Republicans name Romney or Christie as their candidate of choice. Among GOP men, Palin receives 9 percent and Huckabee, 3 percent. ...

6. Lords protecting their castle
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... in the US, Jerry Brown receives a salary is $209,000. ...

7. Owner of J&R Body Masters in Perth Amboy sentenced for defrauding auto insurance companies
(N.J./State)

Receives five years probation and ordered to pay restitution  A Middlesex County auto body shop owner was sentenced Thursday for defrauding numerous insurance companies out of a total of nearly ...

8. Sierra Club stands with workers from New Jersey to Wisconsin
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Christie adopts bad Corzine rules for solar and wind N.J. might be the first state in Northeast to run out of water without action by state's leaders Protection of the N.J. Highlands receives ...

9. John Getchius of Bergen County sentenced for insurance fraud
(Money/Economy)

Receives eight years for filing over $60,000 in false marine claims Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Bergen County man was sentenced to eight ...

10. N.J.’s Gubernatorial Public Financing Program shows integrity
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the program viable and engender trust in government. Finally, each candidate that receives public funds is required to participate in two public financing debates. This provision furthers the effort ...

11. N.J. leaders should look inward to improve government
(Opinion/Commentary)

... lack any passion for the task he or she is being paid to do. We can only imagine what a productive employee watching an unproductive colleague is thinking when that person receives the same salary increase ...

12. N.J. priest Terence O. McAlinden’s sexual abuses still being investigated by Trenton Diocese
(N.J./State)

... his soul, as is sung at a priest's ordination, you are a priest forever, like Melchizedek of old." In short, when a priest is ordained he receives the Sacrament of the Holy Orders. Since the Sacrament ...

13. Gov. Christie’s N.J. budget address of 2011 (TEXT)
(N.J./State)

...   And in Wisconsin and Ohio, they have decided there can no longer be two classes of citizens: one that receives rich health and pension benefits, and all the rest who are left to pay for them. ...

14. Former Morris County Tax Commissioner Anthony Crecco sentenced for misconduct and fraud
(N.J./State)

Receives three years in state prison; co-defendant Konstantin Belenky sentenced to two years probation Former Morris County Tax Commissioner Anthony Crecco was sentenced to three years in state prison ...

15. Tea Party starting Civil War all over again
(Opinion/Commentary)

... agenda for the extreme right to eliminate environmental protections and public safeguards. The more national exposure Christie receives the further right his positions shift. Climate skepticism is a ...

16. Vermont's Mad River Glen ski cooperative puts needs of its members first
(Sports/Professional)

... River receives an average of nearly 250 inches of natural snow each year. Here's the deal about Mad River's cooperative setup. Over the past 15 years, 1,950 members have joined in paying $2,000 each ...

17. N.J. veteran-to-veteran counseling bill moves
(N.J./State)

... with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. "The helpline is a great idea that receives and responds to calls from veterans, service members and their families," Assemblyman Jack Conners ...

18. Rafael Picardo may get break on 15-year sentence for biting off tip of police officer’s finger
(N.J./State)

... run back to back. Time served" is jail time credit the defendant receives from the period he was in jail waiting for resolution of his criminal case, according to Rooth Law Group. Time served is supposed ...

19. ILA union official, Newark cop and third man indicted in alleged scheme to extort longshoremen
(N.J./State)

... bonuses each ILA member receives called "container royalty checks." It is alleged that those payments are funneled to the criminal enterprise through LaGrasso. The payments must be made for union members ...

20. Further Investigation Needed
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... Planned Parenthood receives a great deal of Federal funding from our wallets. They should be held to high standards. Watching the Perth Amboy video, it's clear why the employee was terminated; would ...