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1. Medford, N.J. School District charging student teachers to work for free
(Life/Style)

... lost millions in state aid, and they have been doing everything they can to make ends meet. They are trying to sell ads on their website, their buses, and they’re offering naming and sponsoring rights. ...

2. Movie Review: 'Louder Than a Bomb'
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the team from Steinmetz Academic Centre, a troubled school on Chicago’s far West Side. Amazingly, their slam team won the first year they competed, and now they’re afraid they can’t do it again.  ...

3. Chris Christie and the environment
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... be chaired by the Treasurer and by Commissioner Martin. And they’re going to design a framework for a successful program that will take the New Jersey Energy Savings Improvement Programs Act, which ...

4. Q&A: Pete Hamill
(Life/Style)

... people and put them together and to me, they’re like individuals now. I don’t sit there and say, “That’s where so and so talks.” Q. One of the more debatable literary questions down through the years ...

5. Ed Schultz removed from his talk show
(Entertainment/Movies)

... what do the Republicans thinking about?” Schultz said, according to the Daily Caller. “They’re just thinking about how much this is going to cost. President Obama is going to be visiting Joplin, Mo., on ...

6. America, land of the free – Who are we kidding?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... don’t these aspiring plutocrats learn? The truth is that they’re not interested in your welfare or in the nanny state. They’re interested in grabbing absolute power for themselves by having absolute control ...

7. The HCG diet: Being 'pregnant' makes you thinner?
(Health/Healthquest)

... seen results. But let’s be real -- the women are starving themselves on 500 calories a day. That’s why they’re losing weight. HCG is approved by the FDA for fertility use, not for weight loss use. ...

8. Gas saving tips for Memorial Day in New Jersey
(Money/Economy)

... plans. What some people call vacation season or summer driving season begins this coming Memorial Day weekend, and while gasoline prices have dropped a bit in New Jersey recently, they’re still around ...

9. Talking with your teen about news stories like Strauss-Kahn and Shriver-Schwarzenegger
(Life/Style)

... hope you will send the teens in your life an electronic message, too, and see what they’re thinking about last week’s news bombshells. I think we’ll both find it worthwhile. Many thanks. Sincerely, ...

10. 2011: A Commencement Oddity
(Life/Style)

... now they’re going away. In our college days we spent our time listening to music by bands such as America, who reminded us ever so eloquently “there ain’t no one for to give you no pain.” Never mind ...

11. Michael Vick as commencement speaker stirs pro and con reactions
(Sports/Professional)

... I am honored to be speaking at their commencement.” Naysayers fear Vick’s presence will take the limelight away from the students, who at much younger ages than he, “turned it around.” They’re unpersuaded ...

12. Confused?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The commentator wrote "When national security and patriotism are also involved, it becomes even easier to go along with using DOGS as if they’re inanimate, disposable tools without lives of their own." ...

13. Patrick, the abused pit bull from Newark, got lucky; most animals don’t
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... easier to go along with using dogs as if they’re inanimate, disposable tools without lives of their own. The same newspaper story about the SEAL dog also mentioned Labrador Retrievers as a breed increasingly ...

14. 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' cast needs a good Swedish woman
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to be exact. Both of them are Teresa Guidice’s relatives, so I guess the casting department didn’t want to work that hard. I’ve noticed something about the New Jersey Housewives: they’re all Italian. ...

15. N.J. Consumer Affairs continues crackdown on unregistered home improvement contractors
(Money/Economy)

... know they’re working with a properly insured and registered business, before they sign a contract or make a down payment.” Consumer Affairs investigators, in partnership with the Hudson County Office ...

16. New Jersey's allergy season in full bloom
(Health/Healthquest)

... smells like a hermetically sealed laundry pile. Have them change their clothes when they come home, so that the pollen doesn’t get spread all over the house. They’re in and out 10 times a day. Like ...

17. New Jersey a hub for human trafficking and sex trade
(Life/Style)

... better life and often unaware they’re being illegally persecuted. Traffickers typically use force, coercion or threats of violence, which is difficult to identify and disclose. New Jersey is a prime ...

18. REVIEW: ‘The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures’ talks on and on and on…
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to get it right next time. The kids are appalled and desperately try to dissuade Gus from his plans. They’re having their own meltdowns. The eldest son (Stephen Spinella) is bankrupted and infatuated ...

19. South Cape May: The town that vanished into the Atlantic
(Life/Style)

...  As for South Cape May itself, according to a local online editorial, “…all that is left of South Cape May are the clay tiles locals sometimes find along the beach if they’re lucky. We still have the ...

20. Navy SEAL dog in bin Laden raid gets spotlight
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... soldiers can’t. They’re excellent at detecting explosives; they can sniff out people concealed in holes or hidden rooms; they run twice as fast as humans; and as psychological deterrents, they can pacify ...