New Jersey

Losing Jobs to Jersey

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, Empire-State-Development-Corporation, Empire Zones, Biotechnology, Tax Credits, New Jersey, David Paterson, New York State, Economic Development, Recession, New York City, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, New York News

Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. is just the latest in a string of firms lured across the Hudson by state incentives. Since the '80s, major New York employers have moved tens of thousands of jobs.

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How Breasts (and Health Care) Swung a Governor's Race

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Christie Mammograms, Chris-Christie-Mammograms, Chris Daggett, Jon Corzine, Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, New Jersey, Rudy Giuliani 2008, Health Care Reform, Mammograms, Christopher Christie, Christopher J. Christie, Health Care, New Jersey Governor Race, 2009, New Jersey Governor, Politics News

Christie's lack of specificity and stubbornness in his ad did nothing but prove his duplicity and inform more people that he sides with insurance companies over New Jersey women.

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Obama Song Video: Tea Party Groups Protest B. Bernice Young School Over Children Singing Praise Of President

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, B. Bernice Young School, Anti-Taxes, Barack Obama Song, Children Singing, New Jersey, Tea Party, Obama Song Video, New York News

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Protesters brought some different songs Monday to an elementary school where students sang in praise of President Ba...

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Star-Ledger Endorses Third Party Candidate Chris Daggett In NJ Governor Race

Editor & Publisher | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Chris Daggett, New Jersey Governor Race, New Jersey, Star Ledger, New Jersey Governor, Media News

Independent candidate Chris Daggett has picked up a key endorsement in New Jersey's gubernatorial race. The Star-Ledger of Newark, the state's lar...

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Tough New Jersey Residents Not Afraid of Swine Flu

Joe Territo | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: New Jersey, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Vaccine, Public Polling, New York News

Less than one-third of New Jersey residents are planning to be inoculated for swine flu according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll ...

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Anthony Milano: 1 Fatally Stabbed, 2 Hurt At Village At Linwood Retiree Community

AP | BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Eugene Pepper, Village at Linwood, New Jersey, Crime, Anthony Milano, Katherine McGowan, Diane Nehmad, Old Age Home, New York News

TRENTON, N.J. — A resident of a southern New Jersey retirement community stabbed three people Thursday, killing an 88-year-old woman who had rec...

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Joe Biden: Corzine Re-Election "Critically Important"

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Biden, Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, New Jersey, Governor Corzine, Joe Biden, Gov. Jon Corzine, New York, New Jersey Governor Race, New York News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Vice President Joe Biden says New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has complete and unwavering support from the White House because...

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New Jersey 20-Year-Old Builds Orphanage in Nepal

Jim Luce | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Maggie Doyne is your typical girl from New Jersey. She happens to live in Nepal caring for 27 orphans - in an orphanage she built ...

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New York, New Jersey Have Top Ten Counties With Highest Median Taxes

nytimes.com | PETER APPLEBOME | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Census, Property Taxes, New Jersey, New York Real Estate, Taxes, New York, New York News

Westchester County, No. 1. Nassau, No. 2. Hunterdon and Bergen in New Jersey, Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. And so it goes. Of the 10 counties in the...

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Duke! Mama's Home: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Ferndale Michigan, New Jersey, Influenza Epidemic, Diabetes, South Carolina, Glaucoma, Elbe Alabama, Detroit, Dachshund Dog, Dialysis, Growing Old, Living News

Back home again, her three-and-one-half hours of dialysis over, my mother negotiates her way through a maze of bags, chairs and boxes, toward the hazy out-of-focus shapes of the kitchen.

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Christie: "I Do Not Support Same-Sex Marriage"

sex marriage | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Chris Christie, New Jersey Governor Race, New Jersey, Gay Marriage, Chris Christie Gay Marriage, New York News

In a debate last night, Corzine's Republican opponent, Chris Christie, could not have been more clear: He would use his power to deny equality. ...

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NJ.com Bans Conan O'Brien From Web Site

Joe Territo | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Newark, Cory Booker, Conan O'Brien, Feuds, Late Night Television, New Jersey, Comedy Feuds, New York News

As Booker said in banning O'Brien from the state of New Jersey yesterday, "We in New Jersey roll hard, we roll strong, and we roll together." That includes NJ.com.

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Christie, Corzine Fight Over Women At NJ Governor's Debate

NBC New York | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, New Jersey Governor Race, New Jersey, New York News

Corzine, whose recent spate of ads accusing Christie of supporting policies that would hurt women have been credited with tightening the race, contend...

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Leaving New York: The White Mana Diner

Nick Carr | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Diners, Flushing, Jersey City, Restaurants, New York City, White Mana Diner, Detroit, New Jersey, Scouting Ny, 1964 World's Fair, Urban Ruins, Urban Exploring, New York News

Recently, I've been scouting New York looking for Detroit (don't ask), a search that ultimately led me to northern Jersey and the White Mana Diner -- originally created for the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing.

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HuffPost's David Weiner Weighs In On "Fat" Ad In New Jersey Governor's Race

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Chris Christie, Fat Ad, New Jersey, Overweight, Weight, Corzine, Christie, Governor's Race, John Corzine, David Weiner, Media News

HuffPost New York Editor David Weiner spoke to New York's WPIX News about a "fat campaign commercial" that New Jersey Governor John Corzine's campaign...

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Radio DJ Diane Prior's Husband Pleads Guilty to Simple Assault

Joe Territo | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York

Read More: New Jersey, Diane Prior, John Paragano, Dj Diane Prior, Union Township, Crime, Domestic Abuse, New York News

John Paragano, the estranged husband of New York Radio DJ Diane Prior, today pleaded guilty of pushing her while in an argument two years ago at their...

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Joseph Rios: Ronnie Holloway Beating Cop Indicted

Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Police Brutality, Video, Rios Indicted, Passaic, New Jersey, Ronnie Holloway, Joseph Rios, New York News

Police officer Joseph Rios, who was caught on surveillance tape beating a disabled man, has been indicted on misconduct and assault charges. Rios sto...

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Chris Christie's 'Macaca Moment' on Health Care

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Christie is now on film, getting short with someone for daring to question the whims of the health care industry.

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Change at the Helm of New Jersey's Largest Newspaper

Joe Territo | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: NJ.Com, New Jersey, Star Ledger, Newspapers, Kevin Whitmer, Jim Willse, Journalism, New York Daily News, New York News

Jim Willse, editor of The Star-Ledger for the past 15 years, today announced that he will retire next month.

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Bruce Springsteen Symposium: Hundreds Of Academics Meet In New Jersey For Lectures On The Boss

AP | KILEY ARMSTRONG | Posted 11.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Asbury Park, Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium, New Jersey, Stone Pony Bar, Bruce Springsteen Birthday, Bruce Springsteen, New York News

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Hold still, Bruce – this won't hurt a bit! Scholars from around the world are dissecting the Springsteen legend ...

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Fat Campaign Commercial: Corzine Campaign Takes Shot At Chris Christie's Weight In New Ad (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Video, Dirty Ads, Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, New Jersey, Poll, Campaign Ads, New Jersey Governor, New York News

In the increasingly ugly campaign battle between Governor Corzine and his Republican challenger Chris Christie, it was only a matter of time before th...

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G-20 Diary: Hitting the Fan

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Anarchists, G-20, Pittsburgh, Army Reserves, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New Jersey, Politics News

There's more inanity going on in Pittsburgh on the Post-Gazette's site, or any "news" outlet that likes to showcase violence than there is on the ground.

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The Great Divide: Divorce, American Style

Tina Traster | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Valley Cottage, Suburbia, Divorce, Family Court, Attempted Murder, Allen Pelcak, Laura Matousek, New Jersey, Dead-Beat Dad, Living News

In America, fathers who can't pay child support are "deadbeats" rather than men who have become overwhelmed or sabotaged by unreasonable financial obligations ordered by family court judges.

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The Messy Reality of High School Hazing

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Relational Aggression, High School, Hazing, Bullying, Millburn, Teenage Girls, New Jersey, Fraternities, Living News

Why do we take as a given that membership in a group should depend on being broken, demeaned and humiliated?

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Ford's Lucky Day Revisited

Geri Spieler | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dublin, Gerald Ford, Judge, Sara-Jane-Moore, Sarah Jane Kahn, West Virginia, Prison, Secret Service, Charleston, St Francis Hotel, Assassination, Attempt, Fbi, New Jersey, San Francisco, Samuel Conti, Politics News

Thirty-four years later, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor's wife who aimed and shot at Gerald Ford.

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