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1. State of Rutgers Football: Ohio up next
(Sports/Professional)

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano's address to the media Monday, Sept. 19 heading into Saturday's game against Ohio University (TV: ESPN3, 2 p.m., at High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, N.J.): COACH ...

2. Rutgers football preview: vs. Ohio
(Sports/Professional)

Date: Saturday, Sept. 24 Kickoff time: 2:04 p.m. Location: Piscataway, N.J. Venue: High Point Solutions Stadium Capacity: 52,454 Surface: FieldTurf TV: ESPN3 Series Record: Series tied, 1-1 ...

3. N.J. public school teacher evaluation committee includes 5 teachers
(N.J./State)

... federal School Improvement Grant aid to implement change, will be added to the committee in the coming weeks. On Sept. 1, the DOE department announced the 11 districts, including Newark, that are participating ...

4. Albert Paramito of Marlton, business partner charged with stealing over $500K
(Money/Economy)

... official. It is alleged that between October 2006 and September 2008, Paramito and Ramjee demanded advance fees from six clients, ranging from $40,000 to $284,000, fraudulently claiming that they would ...

5. Space junk: Odds of NASA satellite hitting a person are way better than winning the lottery
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... 35 feet long and 15 feet wide, according to space.com. NASA’s orbital debris experts expect it to hit the Earth on Friday, September 23. UARS weighs 6.5-tons, and most of it will burn up in the Earth's ...

6. Monmouth faces Central Connecticut in key Northeast Conference football matchup
(Sports/Professional)

BY JEREMY SCHILLING NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Monmouth University (1-1, 0-0) at Central Connecticut State University (2-1, 1-0) Saturday, September 24, 2011 Noon – Arute Field, New Britain, Connecticut ...

7. How Gov. Christie is wrong about N.J.'s school funding formula
(Opinion/Commentary)

... education funding. The Governor leveled his latest attack on the SFRA in an interview with the NJ School Boards Association on September 8. Once again, the Governor displayed a striking ignorance of ...

8. George Washing Bridge suicide victim jumped on Tyler Clementi's anniversary
(Life/Style)

... later served as a catalyst to the anti-cyber-bullying/harassment movement in light of several suicides among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens. On September 21, 2010, Tyler Clementi, a freshman ...

9. N.J. Sen. O'Toole urges Congress to implement 9-11 Commission recommendations
(N.J./State)

... policy options as solutions. “I believe that 10 years after the attacks of September 11th the federal government would have made implementing the bipartisan, unanimous recommendations of the 9/11 Commission,” ...

10. Guns found at Millville High School reminiscent of Columbine tragedy
(N.J./State)

... for the 2007-2008 academic years. Of the more than 20 profiled incidents, five occurred in New Jersey. September 17, 2007: Willingboro, NJ An unidentified male fired several shots at an elementary ...

11. New Jersey coast becoming a culinary capital
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  As if to re-enforce the readers’ and critics’ choices in New Jersey Monthly, the readers of Monmouth Health and Life expressed their votes in its September issue. Among the winners in both publications ...

12. N.J. receives $4.1M in federal aid to monitor health care premium hikes
(Health/Healthquest)

... and these grants give them more resources to hold insurance companies accountable.” As of Sept. 1, the U.S. Affordable Care Act requires health insurers seeking to increase their rates by 10 percent ...

13. Irish Festival in Sea Girt: sweet voices, Irish beer, and penny whistles
(Life/Style)

... my amateur filming). She did remind me of Maura O’Connell, whom I loved so much in my youth. The event takes place at The Sea Girt National Guard Armory every September.  ...

14. Anderson Cooper and Rutgers to remember Tyler Clementi
(Life/Style)

BY JILLIAN RISBERG NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM It was one year ago this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2010, that Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. ...

15. N.J. church to do ‘reverse offering’ of $30K
(Money/Economy)

... their six Sunday morning services on September 25th, Liquid Church is having a "Reverse Offering" — distributing $30,000 in cash to all in attendance. The 2000 member church also plans to release $60,000 ...

16. N.J. realtors applaud reduction of home sale and rental red tape
(Money/Economy)

... exempts single-family and two-family residential dwellings, including seasonal rentals, from bulk sale notification requirements.” On September 14, 2011, Governor Chris Christie signed S-2313/A-2748 ...

17. Cat ‘Adoption Day’ and ‘Pet Expo’ converge at Trenton’s Waterfront Park
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAT SUMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Think of Mercer County’s Waterfront Park and you’d probably think of Trenton Thunder baseball games. But next Saturday, September 24, the park will be all about ...

18. Christie calls on legislative Democrats to act on his government ethics proposals
(N.J./State)

Governor notes over a year has passed since he introduced them Gov. Chris Christie on Monday urged the Democratic-controlled Legislature to act on ethics legislation he has proposed last September. ...

19. Sept. 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day
(Life/Style)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Sept. 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, whether you scurvy dogs realize it or not. This unofficial holiday has yet to really catch on in New Jersey, despite the state's ...

20. Craigslist pimp for underage girls sentenced to prison
(N.J./State)

... last week to 188 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Prosecutors say Javon "Teflon" Gordon acted as the pimp of the prostitution ring from September 2007 until July 2008 and he ...