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Feb 16, 2008 | Manufacturing.net

Ford Execs Expect Buyouts To Produce Black Ink

The current round of early retirement and buyout offers to most of Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. hourly workers will give them options to move on with their lives, but it also will help the automaker's bottom line, ... via Manufacturing.net

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Fri Feb 15, 2008

Home News Tribune

Boy, 9, gets 18 months probation in beating death of infant

ALYSSA GIACHINO STAFF WRITER agiachino@gannett.com MIDDLESEX COUNTY: A 9-year-old boy has been judged delinquent, the juvenile equivalent of being found guilty, on a second-degree charge of manslaughter in the ... via Home News Tribune

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Related Topix: Middlesex County, NJ, Woodbridge, NJ, Carteret, NJ, Iselin, NJ

Thu Feb 14, 2008

Home News Tribune - Central Jersey

Edison tables cop ordinance

“They are qualified. We want to see them get a chance.”

The Township Council again tabled two controversial ordinances Wednesday, that would allow Mayor Jun Choi to make two appointments that would radically shake up the Police Department hierarchy. via Home News Tribune - Central Jersey

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Wed Feb 13, 2008

Jersey Journal

Shooting rattles campus

“We think they (the weapons) are connected to him, but not to this incident”

A distraught ex-boyfriend who shot himself before staggering into a Seton Hall dormitory faces various weapons charges and a psychiatric evaluation following the incident that rattled students and forced an ... via Jersey Journal

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Related Topix: Monmouth County, NJ, Orange, NJ, South Orange, NJ, Essex County, NJ

Tue Feb 12, 2008

Home News Tribune

Police news for Feb. 8, 2008

EDISON: A woman tried to lure an 11-year-old girl into her car Tuesday afternoon, police said. via Home News Tribune

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Related Topix: North Brunswick, NJ, Somerset, NJ, Middlesex Metro, Somerset County, NJ, Iselin, NJ

Home News Tribune

2 fires strike empty warehouse

“It's safe to say that the second fire is not a repeat or rekindling of the first one”

Two fires burned within 12 hours of each other in a vacant warehouse on Jersey Avenue. via Home News Tribune

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Mon Feb 11, 2008

Courier News Online

CHARLES McKENZIE, 69, WOODBRIDGE

Charles McKenzie, 69, of Woodbridge died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, at the Mary Anne Hale Pavilion of Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. via Courier News Online

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Related Topix: Rahway, NJ, Avenel, NJ, US News, US Marine Corps

Sun Feb 10, 2008

Home News Tribune

Governor bucks system by using his own bucks

Think about this. Gov. Jon Corzine has proposed reducing New Jersey's public debt through a series of measures that include sharp increases in highway tolls and the introduction of tolls on Route 440 between ... via Home News Tribune

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Earth Times

Snake venom tested as stroke treatment

EDISON, N.J., Feb. 6 An experimental drug made from the venom of the Malaysian pit viper is being tested on stroke patients at three hospitals in New Jersey. via Earth Times

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Related Topix: Stroke, Medicine, Health, Neurology

Sat Feb 09, 2008

MSN Money

Toll foes rally around NJ Statehouse

“You are seeing, in my opinion, evidence of one of the monumental screw ups of judgment in New Jersey political history.”

Pigs didn't fly over the New Jersey Statehouse, but inflatable swines floated around it. via MSN Money

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Related Topix: New Jersey, Middlesex Metro, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg

Thu Feb 07, 2008

CourierPostOnline

Credits might replace rebate checks

New Jersey's property tax rebate checks might be replaced with tax credits. Treasury Department officials are meeting at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton to discuss whether the checks can be turned into ... via CourierPostOnline

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Related Topix: US News, US Treasury, Trenton, NJ

Wed Feb 06, 2008

The Ridgewood Blog

Republicans for Conservative Leadership Endorses Gov. Mitt Romney for President

“All of the major campaigns have had their moment in the sun, but now, with this race at a critical juncture, conservatives must no longer divide their votes. We must come together and rally behind the real consensus conservative in this race.”

Republicans for Conservative Leadership Endorses Gov. Mitt Romney for President Conservative Republican Activists Conclude Romney is Best Candidate to Hold Reagan Coalition Together in '08 and Beyond Grassroots ... via The Ridgewood Blog

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Related Topix: Activism, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Feb 05, 2008

Home News Tribune

Police news for Feb. 5, 2008

EDISON: A township man was arrested for allegedly waving a machete at police officers after they gave his intoxicated roommate a ride home. via Home News Tribune

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Related Topix: Highland Park, NJ, South River, NJ

Mon Feb 04, 2008

Application Development Trends

EnterpriseDB Jumps Into the Cloud

“As resources are required, we automatically spin up additional instances; as they're no longer needed, those instances wind down.”

EnterpriseDB is taking the hosted application route with its namesake relational database management system . via Application Development Trends

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Science, Computer Science

Sun Feb 03, 2008

Courier News Online

Sarandon accepts NAACP award for her humanitarian causes

“I think, in my business, you have to develop imagination and empathy”

Former Edison resident Susan Sarandon will appear today in Moonachie to receive the Rosa Parks Activist Award from the Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the NAACP. via Courier News Online

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Related Topix: Moonachie, NJ, Susan Sarandon, Metuchen, NJ, Hillsborough, NJ

Fri Feb 01, 2008

Home News Tribune

Two men robbed at gunpoint in Edison

EDISON: Two men were robbed at gunpoint Thursday night, while taking a cigarette break, police said. via Home News Tribune

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Home News Tribune

Edison planners weigh rehab of Revlon site

It has been more than 10 years since Revlon closed its plant along Route 27 in Edison. via Home News Tribune

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Edison, New Jersey is located in Middlesex County and is part of the New York Metro Area. Zip codes in Edison, NJ include 08820, 08817, and 08837.

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