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1. Hurricane Irene puts a dent in Christie's anti-government attitude
(Opinion/Commentary)

... President Obama's scheduled visit this week to Patterson, one of New Jersey’s poorest cities and the scene of some of the worst flooding. "These storms are not Republican or Democratic storms and we ...

2. 'Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life' movie review, trailer: Too much mystery
(Entertainment/Movies)

... The Rabbi’s Cat, brings tremendous energy to these scenes and the animation feels fresh and effective. The young actor Kacey Mottet-Klein imbues Lucien with loads of mischievous charm, as well. Lucien ...

3. ‘The Debt’ movie review, trailer: A thriller in an ethical minefield
(Entertainment/Movies)

... anyone who liked it. With "The Debt," this great actress is back playing a real woman, and a real spy, with real issues. But her later action scenes do not equal the high pulse rate of the original mission, ...

4. U.S. Open 2011: Rafael Nadal, Venus and Serena Williams heat up New York’s celebrity scene
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY ALLISON RUPPINO THE CELEBRITY MAGNET Move over Prince William and Kate Middleton, there is a new royal pair walking down the red carpet, or at least down more red carpets. Hoboken's Celebrity Chef ...

5. ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Recap: Joe Giudice vs. Joe Gorga
(Entertainment/Movies)

... complete with belly dancers. Caroline was particularly enchanted with the scene and commented, “The music, it just envelopes you.” Rare is the place that’s so magical it makes you feel like a letter placed ...

6. Kelly Whitney, a former Seton Hall basketball star player, gets 3 years in prison
(N.J./State)

... left no fingerprints at the scene because he wore gloves as he held the gun shouting at the victims, “Where’s the money? Where’s the weed,” NJ.com reported. Despite that testimony, and identification by ...

7. ‘Colombiana’ movie review, trailer: Zoe Saldana powers through this revenge fantasy
(Entertainment/Movies)

... drug-business associates drive up to the house, guns blazing. In his few remaining moments, Papa (Jesse Borrego) has time to slip a computer chip to his girl, bracingly well played in these early scenes ...

8. ‘Brighton Rock’ movie review, trailer: Sleekly entertaining
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and coincidentally, Rose is the one person who might discredit Pinkie‘s alibi. In a wonderful scene where Pinkie sits down at Rose’s table to charm her into meeting him later, he exudes all the adolescent ...

9. ‘Chasing Madoff’ movie review, trailer: Has feel of vanity
(Entertainment/Movies)

... his much sleeker partner Frank Casey, “Chasing Madoff” has the feel of a vanity production. There are too many irrelevant scenes of Markopolos’s parents, children, Catholic high school, and small town ...

10. ‘Jersey Shore’ Recap: The Sitch and Snooki aftermath
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to the scene immediately. Upon their arrival they find carnage already ensuing, with Ronnie disassembling Sitch’s bed. Unlike the gesture with Deena’s bed, which was more a joking act of citizen’s arrest, ...

11. To advocates’ delight, Christie’s veto assures shelter animals 7-day hold period in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the organization’s message. Active behind the scenes as well as up front, Angi Metler, the organization’s executive director, alluded to what happens now. “We still have a few more steps to go through ...

12. N.J. high school bans 'Norwegian Wood' by Haruki Murakami from summer reading list
(N.J./State)

... includes a graphic depiction of a lesbian sex scene between a 31-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl, while "Tweak" told the tale of a drug-fueled, homosexual orgy. According to the Guardian, Chuck ...

13. Careers in sports and the value of a college education in the N.Y. area
(Sports/Professional)

... Kay and Jack Curry (River Vale resident) and John Giannone and John Andariese and Chris Carrino (Jersey guy) and Spiro Dedes and Mike Breen and Bob Papa (DePaul High school grad) who paint the scenery ...

14. 'Warrior' movie and UFC, Fox Octagon deal show MMA is gaining in popularity
(Sports/Professional)

... enjoy the well choreographed fight scenes which explain the complex sport better than any other movie in the genre before. “Rocky” fans will love the series of underdog battles the brothers go through ...

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

The numbers take all the emotion out of it. The Battleship only had around 86,000 "paying visitors" last year. What a tragic scene. The state gave the Camden folks $1.74 million last year and all we got ...

16. N.J. expands DNA database for violent crimes
(N.J./State)

... of a violent crime, at which point their DNA sample is compared to a second database of samples of DNA taken at a crime scene. If the computer comes back with a DNA match, the evidence has the potential ...

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

... a thoughtful, aging gentleman. While several chase scenes and Ran Young Lee’s flag-waving mix of geisha and kung-fu choreography pack some excitement, the comedic episodes involving dumplings and target ...

18. New Jersey's other shore: The beach that faces the Delaware Bay
(Life/Style)

... the scenery. However, there is no swimming, I would imagine; there are no lifeguards, and the bay water is murky and filled with lots of horseshoe crabs. A great place to take the dogs for a walk, if you ...

19. ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’: It’s about respect
(Entertainment/Movies)

... he comments that a mere hug will not suffice. Welcome to the real world, Sasshley. The debt collectors are calling and they don’t accept payment in the form of hugs. At the end of the scene Jacqueline ...

20. Grief counselors helping Mainland students after 4 football players killed in Parkway crash
(N.J./State)

... passing car hit one of the victims. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Brenner, 17, and Nicholas Conner, 16 of Northfield were also killed. Alex DeNafo, 16, and Kyle Beattie, 16, both of Northfield, ...