Plunging economy adds incentive to quit cigarettes (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Smokers say high cost encourages them to kick the habit
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Ex-Fed Chairman Paul Volcker talks economics with Drew University students (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
On a day when the Dow plunged more than 440 points, with analysts predicting the worst is yet to come, former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker insisted time is the only solution in a crisis that has become as much...
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Neptune police ID woman fatally struck in front of hospital (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Authorities have identified a woman who was killed when she and her younger sister were hit by a taxi on a highway in front of Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township. Monise Michel, 47, of Neptune died when...
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New Jersey pension funds lost $23B so far this year (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Fund now worth less than half its total obligations; no immediate threat to retirement payments
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Corzine: State workers face give-backs, possible job cuts (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
With the state budget shrinking by more than 10 percent, state workers face a daunting menu of furloughs, wage givebacks -- and possibly job cuts, Gov. Jon Corzine said during the League of Municipalities convention in Atlantic City today. "While...
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Tanker truck flips on Turnpike, passersby aid burning driver (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
The ramp linking the northbound New Jersey Turnpike to Route 3 was closed for hours today after a fuel tanker overturned and burst into flames shortly after 3 p.m., authorities said. The tanker driver suffered second- and third-degree burns over...
>> read more
FBI witness ends his testimony in Fort Dix terror trial (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Mahmoud Omar had endured 14 days on the witness stand at the trial of an alleged South Jersey terror cell -- explaining, defending or evading questions about his life and work as a wire-wearing, jihad-supporting informant. As his testimony came...
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Coalition calls for close watch on Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
State regulators must press Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield to show senior citizens and working poor families will benefit if it becomes a for-profit company, a new advocacy group closely monitoring the deal said today. Set up as New Jersey's...
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Franklin Twp. teen charged in locker room attack over a boy (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A student at North Hunterdon High School faces multiple charges after she and two classmates attacked a fourth teen in a dispute over a boy, according to police. Authorities said the three attackers assaulted the victim in a school locker...
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N.J. trooper pleads guilty to vehicular homicide, DWI (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A New Jersey state trooper has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and drunken driving in a crash that killed a man whose vehicle he rear-ended last fall. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Brozyna of Hazlet resigned from the state police immediately after entering...
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Feds nab former DYFS worker and girlfriend in bogus check scam (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A former state Division of Youth and Family Services worker and his girlfriend were arrested today on charges they collected thousands of dollars in bogus tax-refund checks in the names of former agency clients. Ugochukwu Madubuike and Onyinye Nwokeji, who...
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Huge fare hike proposed for NYC transit system (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Saed Hindash/The Star-LegderNEW YORK -- The cost of commuting by bus or train in New York City would skyrocket next year under a plan unveiled today by the nation's largest public transit system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it needs...
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Woman dies after car crashes into Merck property (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
An Elizabeth woman died Wednesday night when she crashed her car into a gate on the Merck & Co. property, according to police in Linden. Barbara Malkowska, 54, was driving her 2000 Dodge Caravan with the headlights off when she...
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17 towns resolve to follow Highlands master plan (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Seventeen towns in the Highlands have approved resolutions stating they plan to follow the regional master plan, a set of policies that would restrict new development in their communities, the executive director of the Highlands Council said today. Those towns,...
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Professor at Sussex County Community College files sexual harassment lawsuit (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A Sussex County Community College professor is suing the school, claiming she was sexually harassed by a superior who retaliated against her when she rejected his advances, and that she was improperly denied a promotion. The professor, Darla Silverman, is...
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Sea turtle rescued from Shrewsbury River where dolphins are (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
New Jersey's wayward dolphins are getting more company by the day in the Shrewsbury River. First it was a harbor seal joining the bottlenose dolphins in the river. Today, a green sea turtle was spotted in the southern end of...
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Smokers say high cost encourages them to kick the habit
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Ex-Fed Chairman Paul Volcker talks economics with Drew University students (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
On a day when the Dow plunged more than 440 points, with analysts predicting the worst is yet to come, former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker insisted time is the only solution in a crisis that has become as much...
>> read more
Neptune police ID woman fatally struck in front of hospital (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Authorities have identified a woman who was killed when she and her younger sister were hit by a taxi on a highway in front of Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township. Monise Michel, 47, of Neptune died when...
>> read more
New Jersey pension funds lost $23B so far this year (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Fund now worth less than half its total obligations; no immediate threat to retirement payments
>> read more
Corzine: State workers face give-backs, possible job cuts (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
With the state budget shrinking by more than 10 percent, state workers face a daunting menu of furloughs, wage givebacks -- and possibly job cuts, Gov. Jon Corzine said during the League of Municipalities convention in Atlantic City today. "While...
>> read more
Tanker truck flips on Turnpike, passersby aid burning driver (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
The ramp linking the northbound New Jersey Turnpike to Route 3 was closed for hours today after a fuel tanker overturned and burst into flames shortly after 3 p.m., authorities said. The tanker driver suffered second- and third-degree burns over...
>> read more
FBI witness ends his testimony in Fort Dix terror trial (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Mahmoud Omar had endured 14 days on the witness stand at the trial of an alleged South Jersey terror cell -- explaining, defending or evading questions about his life and work as a wire-wearing, jihad-supporting informant. As his testimony came...
>> read more
Coalition calls for close watch on Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
State regulators must press Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield to show senior citizens and working poor families will benefit if it becomes a for-profit company, a new advocacy group closely monitoring the deal said today. Set up as New Jersey's...
>> read more
Franklin Twp. teen charged in locker room attack over a boy (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A student at North Hunterdon High School faces multiple charges after she and two classmates attacked a fourth teen in a dispute over a boy, according to police. Authorities said the three attackers assaulted the victim in a school locker...
>> read more
N.J. trooper pleads guilty to vehicular homicide, DWI (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A New Jersey state trooper has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and drunken driving in a crash that killed a man whose vehicle he rear-ended last fall. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Brozyna of Hazlet resigned from the state police immediately after entering...
>> read more
Feds nab former DYFS worker and girlfriend in bogus check scam (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A former state Division of Youth and Family Services worker and his girlfriend were arrested today on charges they collected thousands of dollars in bogus tax-refund checks in the names of former agency clients. Ugochukwu Madubuike and Onyinye Nwokeji, who...
>> read more
Huge fare hike proposed for NYC transit system (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Saed Hindash/The Star-LegderNEW YORK -- The cost of commuting by bus or train in New York City would skyrocket next year under a plan unveiled today by the nation's largest public transit system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it needs...
>> read more
Woman dies after car crashes into Merck property (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
An Elizabeth woman died Wednesday night when she crashed her car into a gate on the Merck & Co. property, according to police in Linden. Barbara Malkowska, 54, was driving her 2000 Dodge Caravan with the headlights off when she...
>> read more
17 towns resolve to follow Highlands master plan (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
Seventeen towns in the Highlands have approved resolutions stating they plan to follow the regional master plan, a set of policies that would restrict new development in their communities, the executive director of the Highlands Council said today. Those towns,...
>> read more
Professor at Sussex County Community College files sexual harassment lawsuit (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
A Sussex County Community College professor is suing the school, claiming she was sexually harassed by a superior who retaliated against her when she rejected his advances, and that she was improperly denied a promotion. The professor, Darla Silverman, is...
>> read more
Sea turtle rescued from Shrewsbury River where dolphins are (Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
New Jersey's wayward dolphins are getting more company by the day in the Shrewsbury River. First it was a harbor seal joining the bottlenose dolphins in the river. Today, a green sea turtle was spotted in the southern end of...
>> read more
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