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A ballot initiative to divide New Brunswick into wards for city council elections has failed by a narrow margin, unofficial results show, with 50.8% voters against and 49.2% in favor.

Ziva Galili gazes at the computer screen intently, the transcript of the interrogation by now familiar: The interrogator stating the case, the defendant refusing to answer the charges, the recommendation for imprisonment.

A presentation at a recent SLAC Users Group meeting included some of the following data about NSF support for HEP theory: Theory funding for FY 2008: $11.68 million.

Social networking tools _ such as Facebook, blogging and Twitter _ are fast becoming an integral part of college admissions around the country as students communicate with schools in the way that has become second nature to them.

Home is where the heart is, according to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. Sambora grew up on a dead-end street in Woodbridge, but his success as lead guitarist for Bon Jovi has led him to exotic locations around the world.

Maine voters rejected a same-sex marriage law, while a similar measure in Washington was ahead with half the vote counted.

WAYNE a ' As the number of people abusing prescription drugs grows higher, federal agencies have begun teaming up with local police departments to educate the community and offer opportunities to clean out unused and expired medications.

Governor-elect Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, basking in praise from Republicans who hailed him as the party's new star, said Wednesday that he would move quickly to suspend new regulations on business and find ways to lower crushing property taxes, the nation's highest.

NEWARK - When all was said and done, New Jerseyans again decided to spend more green to be more green.

Cynthia Taylor has come a long way. The 44-year-old Newark resident was a heroin and cocaine addict who spent eight years in prison for robbery.

Police are investigating an attack on a Whippany Park High School graduate who was beaten outside his apartment near Rutgers University on Sunday.

U.S. colleges and universities are graduating as many scientists and engineers as ever, according to a study released on Oct.

Funding for open-space preservation and acquisition was put before New Jersey voters Tuesday in what was expected to be a barometer of attitudes about the state's fiscal woes.

I lived in the Garden State for the first 18 years of my life, so it's strange to cover and read about the governor's race there today.

The "Training Up" webcast , sponsored by Polaris Library Systems and Library Journal , featured three speakers from very different types of institutions who shared several common observations on training, notably that training should never be an afterthought but rather integral to the learning and customer service.

You may remember this one from a long, long, long time ago blog entry. Not only is this restaurant chain devoted to one meal daypart, it's microfocused on one certain meal of that daypart: Cereal.

Colleges respond as more students seek help for problems small or serious. By Susan Snyder Mental-health counselors at La Salle University were feeling overwhelmed, their appointment books packed with students in need of help, seemingly more so than ever.

New Jersey is 'careening towards bankruptcy,' says the former U.S. attorney. 'People and jobs' are fleeing 'in droves,' mainly because of stifling levels of taxation.

While the American economy remains gloomy, glimmers of hope are beginning to surface, and a panel of professors and economists spoke on the current labor market at Rutgers University's Heldrich Center for Workforce Development yesterday.

America is turning out plenty of science and engineering grads, a university study concludes, but many of the best are taking jobs in finance and consulting.