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How Christie Can Maximize the G.O.P.’s Chances in New Jersey

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By NATE SILVER - Jun. 04 (Opinion) - How Christie Can Maximize the G.O.P.’s Chances in New Jersey

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Frank Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Jun. 03 (News) - New York TimesFrank Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89New York TimesFrank R. Lautenberg, who fought the alcohol and tobacco industries and promoted Amtrak as a five-term United States senator from New Jersey, died on Monday morning in Manhattan. He was 89.Obama: Lautenberg was symbol of 'America's promise'USA TODAYNew Jersey Democratic Sen . Frank Lautenberg dies at 89 .New York Daily NewsChris Christie has broad sway over Frank Lautenberg successionPoliticoFox News -Atlanta Journal Constitution -CBS Newsall 340 news articles »

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While West, Texas, Burned, Its Famous Czech Bakery Kept the Kolaches Coming

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Dana Liebelson, Jaeah Lee, Tasneem Raja - Apr. 19 (News Report) - There's a Czech bakery, deli, and gas station combo in tiny West, Texas that's world-famous for serving up fruit kolaches and hot chubbies to locals and tourists driving on I-35 between Dallas and Austin, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the last 29 years. Last night was no exception. In the wake of the massive explosion and fire that rocked a fertilizer plant just three miles down the road, Czech Stop kept its doors open—and the kolaches coming—almost without interruption. "I rushed up there after it happened because one of my employees said the ceiling was falling in," says Barbara Schissler, president of the Czech Stop empire, who"s worked there since it opened in 1983. "One of our freelance carpenters recommended that we close the doors, but when I showed up, I saw only the ceiling tiles were buckling, so I reopened.

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Chris Christie Medicaid Plan To Offer Coverage To Poor New Jersey Residents

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By The Huffington Post News Team - Feb. 26 (News Report) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie became the eighth Republican governor to back expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law on Tuesday. Christie, a potential 2016 presidential contender who is up for reelection this year, defied

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North-east US paralysed by snowstorm

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Feb. 09 (News Report) - A major snowstorm brings the north-eastern US and Atlantic Canada to a standstill, with hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity.

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Northeast Buried; City Spared the Worst

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Katharine Q. Seelye - Feb. 09 (News Report) - After a day of pelting wet snow, five states had called states of emergency, and Massachusetts had banned cars from every road in the state. Half a million power failures had been reported by early Saturday.

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Fact-checks on gun control and gun violence

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Becky Bowers - Dec. 19 (Fact Check) - The shooting in Newtown, Conn. that killed 26 people has reopened a national debate about gun control. As it unfolds, you might hear some familiar claims : Gun control Under federal

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Nearly 4 In 5 Americans Say Temps Are Rising

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Ap - Dec. 14 (News Report) - Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the...

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Promise vs. Reality in Newark on Mayor's Watch

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Dec. 14 (Opinion) - When snow blanketed this city two Christmases ago, Mayor Cory A. Booker was celebrated around the nation for personally shoveling out residents who had appealed for help on Twitter. But here, his administration was scorned as streets ...Booker-Christie a dream matchupAsbury Park PressKate Zernike's Unflattering Portrait of Newark Mayor Cory BookerNational Review Online (blog)Oh, SNAP!Town HallUSA TODAY -Philadelphia Inquirer -Washington Post (blog)all 29 news articles »

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'We need help,' Cuomo says, lobbying Congress

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Dec. 04 (News Report) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appealed to Congress on Monday for billions in aid to assist the state's recovery effort following superstorm Sandy. Estimated damages are between $40 and $50 billion. ...

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Swept in by a Hurricane, Climate Change Returns to Washington

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Wired - Nov. 10 (News) - Swept in by a Hurricane, Climate Change Returns to Washington

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Hurricane Sandy: Beware of America's disaster capitalists

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Naomi Klein - Nov. 06 (News) - The aftermath of the storm offers a chance to rebuild a fairer society. How can we seize it? Less than three days after Sandy made landfall on the east coast of the United States, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute blamed New Yorkers' resistance to Big Box stores for the misery they were about to endure. Writing on Forbes.com, he explained that the city's refusal to embrace Walmart will likely make the recovery much harder: "Mom-and-pop stores simply can't do what big stores can in these circumstances," he wrote. He also warned that if the pace of reconstruction turned out to be sluggish (as it so often is) then "pro-union rules such as the Davis-Bacon Act" would be to blame, a reference to the statute that requires workers on public works projects to be paid not the minimum wage, but the prevailing wage in the region. The same day, Frank Rapoport, a lawyer representing several billion-dollar construction and real estate contractors, jumped in to suggest that many of ...

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Nov. 4: Did Hurricane Sandy Blow Romney Off Course?

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Nov. 05 (Opinion) - If President Obama wins re-election on Tuesday, the historical memory of the race might turn on the role played by Hurricane Sandy. But while the storm and the response to it may account for some of Mr. Obama's gains, it assuredly does not reflect the whole of the story.

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How Global Warming Might Have Made Hurricane Sandy Worse

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jessica Leader - Nov. 01 (News Analysis) - From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman: As officials begin the arduous task of pumping corrosive seawater out of New York City’s subway system and try to...

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MSM: port in a storm

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Columbia Journalism Review - By Dean Starkman - Oct. 31 (Comment) - Sandy was the first natural disaster I can remember experiencing not as a reporter but as Joe Reader/Viewer. (I’ve only reported on a few: the 1989 SF earthquake a few days after the fact; Hurricane Bob in 1991, which was something of a non-event; 9/11, and maybe a couple of others. I was out of town for Irene)....

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US counts cost as Sandy recedes

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 31 (News) - At least 32 people have been killed, millions are without power and transport across the north-eastern US has been severely disrupted as storm Sandy heads north for Canada.

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300,000 gallons of diesel spill into water near New Jersey

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

rt.com - Oct. 31 (News) - The worst of Superstorm Sandy may be over, but it’s left a trail of extensive – and expensive – devastation behind. Lost business and damages will cost up to $60 billion to fix, says forecasting firm HIS Global Insight. Six days until Americans hit the p

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Sandy now 'post-tropical,' still lethal

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:50:00 -0700

The Politico - By Andrew Restuccia - Oct. 29 (Breaking News) - Hurricane Sandy is now a post-tropical cyclone — but still as dangerous as ever, the National Hurricane Center said Monday night. “Satellite, radar and aircraft data indicate that Sandy has continued to lose tropical characteristics,” the center said in

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Morsi: Between Human Rights and Extremism

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan - Jun. 30 (Opinion) - Egyptian President-elect Muhammad Morsi addressed an enormous crowd in Tahrir Square on Friday, paying homage to the revolution that allowed him to come to power through the ballot box. The headline item in his speech was the following: “Dr. Muhammad Mursi . . . pledged to secure the release of all political prisoners, saying, ‘I [...]

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Mitt's no policy problem

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - Jun. 24 (Opinion) - Mitt Romney’s aides suggested that when the Republican appeared before a Hispanic advocacy group on Thursday he’d address immigration. But when Romney spoke to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), he only reiterated

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Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 2 (Guest Voice) Two Notions of Truth: My Sunday School vs. My Public School

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Moderate Voice - By Guest Voice - Jun. 22 (Opinion) - Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 2 Two Notions of Truth: My Sunday School vs. My Public School by Robert Fuller My parents were not church-goers, but they thought their children should be exposed to the religious perspective. So, until we graduated from eighth grade, they made my brothers and me attend a Presbyterian [...]

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Prisons, Privatization, Patronage

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:32:15 -0700

New York Times - Jun. 21 (Opinion) -

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Unlocked: At a Halfway House in New Jersey, Bedlam Reigns

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sam Dolnick - Jun. 18 (Investigative Report) - The Bo Robinson center in New Jersey is as large as a prison and is intended to help inmates re-enter society. But The New York Times found that drugs, gangs and sexual abuse are rife behind its walls.

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Maureen Ryan: Why 'Girls' Season 1 Was Terrific And Why It's A Hit With Guys Too

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Maureen Ryan - Jun. 18 (Review) - I've enjoyed the first season of " Girls " for a lot of reasons, but one of the things I've come to appreciate most is how the HBO show demonstrates the ways in which the TV industry underestimates us. There have been a few stories -- including this Vult

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Fiscal Phonies

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:53:17 -0700

New York Times - May. 27 (Opinion) -

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