News from March 10

 NEWARK/ ESSEX COUNTY

• Newark Archdiocese donates church supplies to parishes in Haiti after devastating earthquake

• Suspect in Newark airport breach pleads guilty

• N.J. man admits Newark Liberty airport security breach for goodbye kiss

• Newark-bound JetBlue flight is diverted after passenger 'disturbance'

Newark woman found dead at Irvington bus terminal
By New Jersey Local News Service
IRVINGTON -- A 64-year-old Newark woman found dead at the Irvington bus terminal this morning is believed to have died of natural causes, authorities said.



NJ STATE NEWS

• N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says he's stuck with bill for state worker 7 percent pay hike

• Sen. Donald Norcross proposes bill requiring N.J. employees to live in state

• NAACP files ethics complaint against Lesniak and Bateman 

• Sen. Codey introduces bill to tighten grip on use of N.J. government vehicles

• Democrats react to NJ Transit cuts; stimulus money promised

• N.J. school officials say they can't educate parents about budget without state aid numbers

• $200 million Red Bull Arena set to open March 20

• NJ Attorney General asks court to reveal information about state trooper case

NATIONAL

Study shows 43 percent of Americans have less than $10K saved for retirement

Bank of America offers to halt some debit card overdraft fees

Common set of school standards to be offered

Roberts: State of the Union scene 'troubling'

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News from March 9

   

• Bret Schundler and education; Newark's positives; Naked snowwoman fight

• After this housing reform, we'll still be headed south

• Newark looks to Obama housing plan with hope

• St. Philip's Academy welcomes home for boys to teaching kitchen

• Newark airport breach suspect due in court Tuesday

• Scenes from Man Up movie premiere

• Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre: 'I'm the target'

• N.J. Senate panel approves three nominees for Gov. Chris Christie's cabinet

• NJ Transit gets $52 million for stimulus projects | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03 ...

• U.S. Census allows same-sex couples in N.J. to identify themselves as married

• Jersey City council seats could become full-time jobs

• Assembly committee plans to study N.J. prison inmate population

• N.J. residents born in Puerto Rico are required to get new birth certificates to curb forgeries

• N.J. Senate committee confirms Janet Rosenzweig as head of Department of Children and Families

• Obama officials offer plan to help sell homes facing foreclosure

 

• 1 employee killed in Ohio State shooting

 

• Obama attacks insurers

 

• Unemployment benefits no longer temporary?

 

• Jurisdictions urge residents to respond to census

 

• Automotive industry, regulators are 'too cozy'

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News from February 5

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY
 

• NBC 4 Nightly News Brian Williams Profile Story about Mayor Booker & Newark

• First new hotel in Newark's downtown in 38 years will be built next to Prudential Center

• Newark group's HIV awareness campaign includes text messages, Facebook

• NJ Citzen Action Open Newark Tax Center

• Black History Month: Newark project honors influential city educator James Baxter

 

• Rutgers student in Newark airport security breach told police he wanted to send off girlfriend

 
 
NJ STATE NEWS
 

• N.J. weather forecasts for blizzard range from two feet to five inches of snow

 

• Super snow storm heads for N.J. on Super Bowl weekend

• N.J. Gov. Chris Christie plans to talk about budget in first major policy address

 

• N.J. lawmakers reconsider extending tax increase for high-income residents

• N.J. Senate committee approves proposal to allow builders to lock-in zoning

• N.J. Sen. Loretta Weinberg proposes expanded access to public records

• N.J. board hears testimony on $750M power line, plans to issue rulling next week

 
 
NATIONAL
 
 

• U.S. loses 20K jobs in January, unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent

 

• Foreign stocks slide of fears of recession return

 

• Left frustrated with Obama, White House staff

 

• Brown sworn in to Senate

 

• Bill Clinton returns to oversee Haiti aid

 

• Full Coverage: Toyota Recall

 

• House votes to revive pay-as-you-go budget rules

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News from January 29

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY
 

• Essex County College announces Edythe Abdullah as new president

 
NJ STATE NEWS

• Fewer businesses attend NJ Chamber of Commerce train ride snubbed by Gov ...

• N.J. libraries, post offices halt state tax-form service

• N.J. Gov. Chris Christie meets with cabinet for first time

• N.J. budget disputes, surprise announcements may lessen investor confidence

• N.J. Chamber of Commerce train arrives in Washington, D.C.

 
 
 
NATIONAL
 
 

• Microsoft's Bill Gates, wife, pledge $10B to develop vaccines

 

• 10 cities hit by foreclosures 

 

• GDP growth best in 6 years 

 

• Bin Laden blasts U.S. on warming

 

• India plans manned space mission

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News from January 27

 NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY

 

 

• CITY OF NEWARK AND ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN OF NEW JERSEY UNVEIL KIDS COUNT ...
  

 

• CITY OF NEWARK AND NEWARK MENTORING COALITION CELEBRATE NATIONAL MENTORING ...
  

• Newark Central Ward housing complex is scheduled to be demolished

 

• Newark airport security breach prompts Essex lawmakers to sponsor bill making it a crime

 

 

 

NJ STATE NEWS

 

 

• Shortage of pediatric specialists: Training slots in NJ hospitals in short supply
  

• NJ Turnpike Authority awards $42M to widen 'The Merge,' make other improvements
  

• NJ to begin selling Powerball lottery tickets, joining Mega Millions game

• Phone prank in New Orleans is latest project for N.J. conservative activist

• Legislative Black Caucus Working With Christie Administration On Haiti Relief Effort

• Fisher will remain as Agriculture Secretary

 
NATIONAL
 
 

• Obama will reset his agenda in State of the Union speech

• Obama's Promises

• Education funding to go up by $4 billion

• Toyota suspends sales

 
 
 
 

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News from January 26

OP-ED/COLUMNS

• Texting and driving: We need an attitude adjustment

• N.J. toll scheme is dead; long live the toll scheme?

 
NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY
  

• Newark Kids Count survey shows improvements for city children

• Newark encourages mentoring in effort to lower juvenile crime rate

• Newark to host fitness challenge for youth

 
 
NJ STATE NEWS
 

• Gov. Christie's projected $1.3B N.J. budget shortfall is reasonable, analyst says

• Gov. Christie nominates heads of N.J. labor, community affairs departments

• N.J. Sen. Robert Menendez urges Democrats to drive wedge between GOP moderates, tea party

• Rutgers report finds N.J. prisons need more services to reintegrate criminals

• Gov. Christie transition report recommends tougher N.J. rules for teacher tenure

• N.J. Senate proposes pension reform package abandoned by Corzine

 
 
NATIONAL
 
 

• Former U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias Jr. of Maryland dies at 87

• U.S. gets 'F' on bioterror response

• Obama to propose freeze on spending: White House: Three-year plan could save much over time

• Obama proposes economic help for middle class

• Child care tax credit doubles in Obama plan: Is it enough?

• Twitter may have peaked on tweeters

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News from January 21

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY

 

• CITY OF NEWARK HOSTING FINISH STRONG! FITNESS CHALLENGE FOR NEWARK ...

• Robert Laurino is sworn in as acting Essex County prosecutor

• Newark airport security breach is highlighted in U.S. Senate hearing

 

 

NJ STATE NEWS

 

• N.J. families seeking government assistance surged during height of recession

• N.J. health officials warn of swine-flu comeback, push shots

• Verizon calls to Haiti free until end of month

• U.S. immigration outlines protected status rules for Haitian immigrants in U.S. during earthquake

• NJ development permits extended by former Gov. Jon Corzine

• NJ Sen. Lautenberg Introduces Airport Security Bill

• N.J. Gov. Chris Christie issues order curbing political donations by unions

• Gov. Chris Christie signs executive orders, says state is $1B deeper in debt

• Jobless rate rises past 10% in N.J.

• Gov. Corzine boosts state pensions for officials with board slots

• Federal Housing Authority to raise fees

• N.J. poll finds support for easier teacher dismissal, merit pay

NATIONAL

 

• Life springs back in Haiti 

• Obama points to middle-class economic pain: Aides vow to make case for president's agenda 

• Massachusetts's Brown speaks out on health care, bipartisanship

 

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News from January 19

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY
 

• Newark is among 10 cities to receive $200K for volunteerism efforts

• Three Newark taverns to help raise Haiti funds

• City of Newark, NJ - January 15 - City of Newark Supports Relief ...

• Corzine releases Newark man accused in 1985 East Orange slaying

NJ STATE NEWS
 

• NJ's Martin Luther King Jr. Day events focus on Haiti earthquake disaster

• NJ governor's inaugural under way

• Guests gather for Inaugural Mass for Gov.-elect Chris Christie

• Newark cathedral, businesses prepare NJ Gov.-elect Christie inaugural events

• Kim Guadagno to become New Jersey's first lieutenant governor

• NJ medical marijuana law signed by Gov. Corzine

• Gov. Corzine signs bills to help ex-offenders readjust to life outside prison

• Budgets cuts for N.J. sheriffs' departments impacts courthouse security

• NJ gun owners file suit to overturn one-handgun-a-month purchase limit

• Corzine passes real estate legislation

 
 
NATIONAL
 

• Obama: One Year Later

• Ticker: Obama makes Twitter history

• White House sets State of the Union for Jan. 27

• Obama visits Red Cross, thanks relief workers

• In Massachusetts, a final push in Senate special election

• Wyclef Jean appeals for aid to Haiti, denies accusations of tax discrepancies in charity's tax filings

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News from January 15

OP ED/ COLUMNS 

• 'Race to the top' education funding: Teamwork needed in NJ

• N.J.-based Radio Verite serves as lifeline for Haitians seeking survivors

  
NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY NEWS 

• City of Newark Joins With Newark Now and Key Partners to Kick-Off 2010 Tax ...

• Rupert Ravens hosts artist meet-and-greet

NJ STATE NEWS
 

• NJ residents wait to hear from relatives after Haiti earthquake

• More than 800 N.J. schools failed to meet No Child Left Behind standards

• NJ con artist gets 18 years for $100M real estate scam

• New Jersey Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Real Estate Fraud

• Morning News Digest: January 15, 2010

• N.J. Department of Corrections official admits $600K bid rigging, kickback scheme

• Christie's pick for treasurer eyes 'restructuring, reform' of finances

• Gov.-elect Chris Christie wants Jennifer Velez to stay as human services chief

 

NATIONAL

• U.S. says more than 300 soldiers arrive in Haiti for earthquake relief effort

• New technology speeds donations for Haiti relief efforts

• Johnson & Johnson expands recall of painkiller Tylenol

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News from January 11

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY

• Spas & Beauty Services

• Police academy prepares recruits to serve and protect Newark

• Debate rages over grad student's airport actions

• Flight ends safely after landing gear failure

• Emergency Landing At Newark Airport

• Did quick whistle end a possible NJ Devils comeback?

 
NJ STATE NEWS

• Lesson 1 for prosecutors-turned-guvs: Compromise

• Corzine Leaves $8 Billion Gap as NJ Governor Readies Exit

• Business interests kick into high gear in Trenton

• Easy ride for North Jersey incumbents

• A tax revolt in New Jersey could spread nationwide

• One price if by cash; another if by credit

• Medicinal marijuana gets a last shot today

NATIONAL
 

• Obama and race: The ever-present issue

• Obama talks with labor leaders, commanders

• The Early Word: Unions on Health Care

• H1N1 swine flu is not gone; Obama declares a special week for vaccinations ...

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News from January 8

OP ED/COLUMNS
 

• Newark plays 'Let's make a deal' for $6 million

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY
 

• Newark police add first Segway, 40 new cars to fleet

• MAYOR BOOKER AND POLICE DIRECTOR McCARTHY UNVEIL 41 NEW POLICE VEHICLES

• Hi-tech gathering lets Newark students interact with counterparts in Ghana

• MAYOR BOOKER OFFERS TIPS ON SURVIVING SNOWSTORM | The Daily Newarker

• Salmonella outbreak puts spotlight on NJ restaurant

NJ STATE NEWS
 

• NJ Assembly approves measure moving non-partisan elections to November

• Bill will require N.J. to show how much tax breaks end up costing the state

• Assembly approves measure exempting N.J. gun collectors, sportsmen exempt from new gun law

• Same-sex marriage fails in NJ Senate

• New Jersey Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill

• Vote is delayed on bill giving N.J. illegal immigrants in-state tuition

 
NATIONAL
 

• U.S. unemployment stays at 10 percent in December as employers shed 85,000 jobs

 

 
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News from January 6

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY

• CITY OF NEWARK TO COLLECT OLD CHRISTMAS TREES FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, THROUGH ...

• Gov.-elect Chris Christie celebrates Three Kings Day with Stephen Adubato Sr. in Newark

• Homeless teen Shanita Stubbs gets a home in Newark through Covenant House

• The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

• Newark officials confirm salmonella as source of food poisoning at Ironbound restaurant

• Senators Call for Improved Security at Airport

• Newark airport security breach suspect seen on tape was saying goodbye to woman

NJ STATE NEWS

• N.J. officials report fewer swine-flu cases, still urge shots

• N.J. Gov.-elect says struggling cities to no longer receive state aid

• NJ Gov.-elect Christie blasts Democrats for lame-duck actions

• N.J. Gov.-elect Christie taps federal prosecutor for homeland security chief

• NJ Gov. Corzine files nominations before exiting office

NATIONAL

• Global shares decline on U.S. economic worries

• Funding for health-care interest groups often fuzzy

• Health-care reform bill's proposed tax on high-cost plans raises questions (By Alec MacGillis)

• Bitter cold, snow, ice for much of U.S.

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News from January 5

NEWARK/ESSEX COUNTY
 

• Newark Mayor Cory Booker says crime down over past 3 year

• PATH train service from Newark is suspended

• MAYOR BOOKER AND POLICE DIRECTOR McCARTHY GIVE 3-YEAR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRESS ...

• Newark Mayor Cory Booker shovels resident's driveway after Twitter request

• If You Tweet, He Will Come: Mayor Cory Booker Shovels Snow for a ...

• A Politician Actually Serving The People Mayor Cory Booker Shovels ...

• Newark airport lockdown after security breach causes chaos, delays

NJ STATE NEWS
 

• N.J. weekly unemployment cap rises to $600

• Bill allowing N.J. municipalities to defer pension payments stalls

• N.J. lawmakers hear bills aimed at improving urban education

• N.J. Legislature advances bill requiring disclosure of tax incentives, breaks

• N.J. Assembly committee approves bill allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition

• Police say no traffic deaths on N.J. roads during New Year holiday

• Federal monitor to unveil report on Division of Youth and Family Services

• Bill would allow nonpartisan elections during the November general election

 
 
 
NATIONAL
 

• IRS to regulate paid preparers of tax returns to reduce errors

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News from January 4

NEWARK/ESSEX
 

• Mayor digs in after Twitter appeal

• Cory Booker: Breaking the Cycle of Re-Arrest and Re-Imprisonment

• Thousands rescreened at Newark

• Checkpoint intruder shuts down Newark Airport terminal

• Covenant House NJ

NJ STATE NEWS
 

• Ensuring a clean handoff between governors

• New Jersey Legislature should approve bills to help ex-cons stay out of prison

NATIONAL

• Dangerous cold covers much of U.S.

• Airport screening standards intensified

• After a painful 2009, area's prospects improve

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News from December 27

• Nicole Thompson, talented Malcolm X Shabazz High School senior, leads by example

• NJ gets drenched by heavy rain causing flooding, flight delays

• A day later, air travelers find new restrictions

• David M. Satz Jr., former US attorney in New Jersey, dies at 83

• Kidney donation chains provide life-saving chances for renal failure patients

• Educated, ambitious and jobless

• People of all faiths keep Christmas spirit alive at shelters

• Many tipsters refuse CrimeStoppers cash

• New Jersey competes for education reform stimulus money

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News from December 24

• Welcome to the ward: A primer on some of next year's key municipal contests

• Newark Holding 2nd Annual “Director's Cup” Basketball Tournament for Youth ...

• Amtrak trains running again after three-hour delay

• NJ Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur chosen NHL's MVP of the decade

• Slow population growth could cost N.J. federal aid

• Key Steps for NJ Nets Arena Plan

• Gains for Atlantic Yards

• New Jersey participants needed for a breast cancer study

• Audit questions scope of pension fund fees

• N. J. adopts alert system for missing seniors, others | Philadelphia Inquirer ...

• When loved one with dementia goes missing, call 'Silver Alert

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News from December 7

News from Monday, December 7, 2009:

• New Jersey League for Nursing Shares Stories of Excellence

• Newark will host much of N.J. Gov.-elect Chris Christie's inauguration events

 

• Israel's ambassador to US celebrates Newark medical center's history

• NJ looks to expand services for those with autism

 

• A better tomorrow starts with help today

• NJ towns, cities slash holiday decoration in difficult economy

• Newark air traffic controller feels vindicated after speaking out against ...

 

• N.J. veteran speaks to students, establishes monuments to remember Pearl Harbor attack

• Wall Street looks weak as dollar rises amid ideas about higher interest rates

 

• Obama presses Democrats on health-care bill: Consensus emerging on public option, Reid says

• Administration to slash bailout loss estimate by $200 billion

• Adamek - Estrada Fight Announcement Release

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News from December 3

News from December 3

• Toy drive under way at Newark church

• Aljira kicks off affordable art sale

• Discussion with Mayor Cory Booker | WOPULAR

• Sabrina Baby named to ESPN’s Academic All-America Volleyball Team

• 2 more in Jersey succumb to swine flu

• N.J. hospitals post smallest profit in a decade

• N.J. Assembly bill would require municipal officials to contribute to health benefits

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News from December 1

• Banks, Newark join to create outreach program

• New Jersey Devils

• NJ budget gap forces state to withhold $20.7M in aid payments to towns

• NEWARK GUN AMNESTY BUYBACK PROGRAM RESUMES DECEMBER 17-18 AT ...

• Teaneck Progress: Video of Corey Booker's Lecture

• Proposal to eliminate special elections for vacant Senate seats called 'partisan'

• NJ senator blasts airlines for complex surcharges, baggage fees

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News from November 23

News from November 23

• Harlem Children's Zone Shares Insight With More Than 100 Communities

• Newark to dedicate Ironbound public mural

• Youth Voices Welcomed at 2009 Congress of Cities

• NLC Elects 2010 Officers, Board of Directors

• AEG works on Louisville name, Newark change

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News from November 12

• News from November 12
  
• Veterans Day ceremony in Newark, NJ

• Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, Prudential, PSE&G, and Essex Veterans ...

• Scenes from Veterans Day celebration in Newark

• MAYOR BOOKER, G.I. GO FUND, PRUDENTIAL, AND PSEG OBSERVE VETERANS ...

• GUN AMNESTY BUYBACK PROGRAM STARTS TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 11, AT EMANUEL CHRISTIAN ...

• State honors veterans for service

• Poll finds Newark Mayor Cory Booker would be strong N.J. Gov ...

• A Net Reaches Out to Fans, Wherever They Are

• Scenes from Veterans Day celebration in Newark

• Essex County Hall of Records in Newark is treasure for historians

• Nor'easter threatens flooding along Jersey Shore

• U.S. House version of health care bill reflects amendments by N.J. members

• Gov.-elect Chris Christie, Gov. Jon Corzine to meet at 'Blue Mass' in Newark

• N.J. reports two swine-flu deaths boost total to 22

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News from November 10

• News from November 10
  
• The 2009 Emery Awards & 30th Anniversary of the Hetrick-Martin Institute

• McCarter's Women's Initiative Partners with Citizen Schools in Mock Trial ...

• Newark man with criminal past patrols, transforms his neighborhood

• Life on Severance: Comfort, Then Crisis

• Bloomfield Technical High School awarded 'National Blue Ribbon' for academic gains

• More than 4000 people turn themselves in during 'Fugitive Safe Surrender' in ...

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• In the fight to slow flu, weapons in short supply

• At NJ school, Christie's remarks political, personal

• Christie may declare a financial emergency

• Obama home rescue: 650000 get help

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News from November 9

News from November 9

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• Thousands lined up on last day of 'Safe Surrender' program in ...

• TDN Digest for Sun, Nov 8 | The Daily Newarker

• Classes help N.J. students prepare for state graduation exam 

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News from November 7

News from November 7

• In the Region | New Jersey

• Litigator who uncovered corruption is sworn in as first Dominican judge in Newark

• NJ.com - David Giambusso ‎

• Scenes from swearing in ceremony for Judge Victoria F. Pratt

• 'Blue-Green' Coalition Praises California Members of Congress for Taking ...

• Fugitives surrender in droves

• Newark's fugitive surrender program: The gift of a fresh start

• NJ Fugitives Surrender For A Fresh Start

• Thousands line up on last day of 'Safe Surrender' program in Newark

• An Artist's Touch, in and Out of the Kitchen

• NJ has been hit hard by the recession

• House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill

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News from November 6

News From November 6

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• Newark children's ornaments depicting American landmarks to be on display in the White House

• A chance for fugitives to start over

• State honors Essex County vets for wartime service

• Corzine to chop budget $400M

• PETA Challenges Gov.-Elect Christie to Take the 30-Day Pledge to Be Veg

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News from November 4

News from November 4

• Cory Booker at Union | All Over Albany

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News from November 3

News from November 3

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• NJ hoops star commits to Temple

• Rutgers study finds Essex female ex-offenders' recidivism rate lower after ...  

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News from December 4

News from December 4th

• MAYOR BOOKER AND HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES WILL PROVIDE $2 ...

• Newark program to offer prescription drugs for $2

• Harold Ackerman, federal judge in Newark who presided over Lucchese crime family trial, dies at 81

• Newark's 21-year-old school board member works to keep students off gang-heavy streets

• St. Benedict's students showcase knowledge of American Romanticism at Newark Museum

• New NJ policy deems 7K children in low-income areas ineligible for Abbot pre ...

• N.J. wants doctors to turn down freebies from drug, medical companies

• New Jersey gains in battle against infant AIDS

• As I May Think...: Can Social Media replace News Media in Newark?

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