Delay on Cabinet picks affects Obama agenda
Source: Arab News
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 15:07:26 -0700 | political-news
Laura Litvan Sunday 12 May 2013 Last Update 12 May 2013 12:46 am Senate Republicans are delaying at least two Cabinet-level nominations with potential effects on industries, complicating President Obama's second-term agenda. Obama's choices to lead the Labor Department and...
Grassroots NDP want party to push for legalization of marijuana
Source: Toronto Star
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-04-10 09:56:43 -0700 | political-news
New Democrats are calling on the party to endorse the legalization of marijuana at the policy convention in Montreal this weekend, arguing the current push for decriminalization does not go far enough. Six NDP riding associations submitted resolutions calling for...
NJ Democrats rally base for race against Christie
Source: SF Gate
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-04-04 18:38:18 -0700 | political-news
N.J. (AP) An Ohio Democrat who lost his 2010 re-election bid to a Republican who Gov. Chris Christie stumped for returned fire Thursday by appearing as keynote speaker at a New Jersey Democratic party dinner. Ted Strickland spoke at the...
FBI raids NJ Mayor Tony Mack’s house in middle of night
Posted by: wendyzachary
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2012-11-02 16:08:13 -0700 | political-news
New Jersey Mayor Tony Mack was awakened right in the middle of the night on Wednesday by FBI agents, who had a warrant to search his house. FBI initially declined to comment on what its agents were looking for, but...
Students at Rutgers Occupy a Building
Source: The New York Times
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2011-06-28 22:16:54 -0700 | sports-news
Aaron Houston for The New York Times About a dozen students occupied Old Queens, the Rutgers University administration building, in protest on Wednesday. The students, representing a number of campus organizations, said that Dr. McCormick had not met their demands...
The map is done in New Jersey
Posted by: brat24
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2012-03-12 20:44:13 -0700 | political-news
The Democrats can claim victory in the battle for New Jersey’s redrawing of legislative districts. The redistricting commission had eleven members, five Democrats and five Republicans with one independent tiebreaker. Alan Rosenthal, the independent has voted to accept the Democrats’...
Sea Dogs scrap teddy bear toss over bedbug fears
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | updated 2011-02-08 19:30:40 -0800 | sports-news
AT The bedbug scare in New Brunswick has caused the Saint John Sea Dogs to cancel their annual teddy bear toss this weekend. Wayne Long, the president of the Saint John Sea Dogs, said his major junior hockey team has...
New Jersey school holds vigil for student who killed self
Source: Tulsa World
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2010-12-04 20:07:32 -0800 | entertainment-news
Rutgers University held a silent vigil Sunday night to remember a student who committed suicide after his sexual encounter with a man in his dormitory room was secretly streamed online. The tribute to 18-year-old freshman Tyler Clementi drew a few...
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