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  NJ Turnpike Turkey is No Chicken

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:35 PM ET

  crush of media interest," said Orlando. He was sort of kidding, but also sort of not. Go Tammy!Photo courtesy of Scott Bauer via Wikimedi Read More

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  Success From Newark to Rwanda

  By Caroline Walker | Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:33 AM ET

  36.6 percent of youth under 18 in Newark are living in poverty, and yes, the city's public schools rank among the lowest-performing in the state of New Jersey. And yes, students are not likely to graduate high school and college admissions are slim. But zip codes don't dictate individuals' driv Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Kenya, Teaching, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Indiana University, US, Social Responsibility, Education, Africa, Giving, Fundraising
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  New Jersey-loving Manatee Heads Home

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:02 PM ET

  Ilya the manatee was rescued this week after wandering far from home and up to the Garden State. Read More

  More like this in: New York, Florida, Miami, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Animals & Pets
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  EPA Pilot Project: Save Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot

  By David Bois | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  An EPA pilot project in New Jersey aims to find an approach to pavement that's not so hard on the environment. Read More

  More like this in: Water, Environmental Protection Agency, EurekAlert, Water Quality, Erosion, Technology, Science, Green Tech, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Share Your Heart with Christina Applegate at a W Hotel

  By Annie Scott | Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:31 PM ET

  Christina Applegate, W Hotels, Lee Denim and The Entertainment Industry Foundation have teamed up for Breast Cancer Awareness. Read More

  More like this in: New York, Charity, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Entertainment Industry Foundation, W Hotel, Christina Applegate, National Denim Day, Right Action for Women
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  Aging: How Young You Really Are

  By Jac Chebatoris | Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:41 PM ET

  her youthful vitality. The fact that she still works, as she has for the past 30 years, at her family's insurance company (Thornton Insurance Co. in New Jersey) has probably helped too.And to see her photo, you'll think she's definitely onto something with that mentality. Avon/Oil of Olay/Creme d Read More

  More like this in: Longevity, Life & Style, Health & Fitness
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  A Dad Welcomes His Daughter Into the World... Virtually

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:32 PM ET

  through the use of Skype, an Internet communication service, and with the help of some dedicated staffers at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, he got the next best thing: an opportunity to watch the birth in real time through a Web cast."I was definitely there; she just didn' Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Family, Afghanistan, Skype, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Family
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  Drawing Light From the Urban River

  By David Bois | Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:17 PM ET

  power generation derived from tidal activity in rivers off of New York. The broader implementation envisioned by project participants from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and New York design firm GRO Architects would involve a series of floating docks outfitted with the equipmen Read More

  More like this in: New York, Technology, New York City, Architecture, Clean Energy , Water Quality, Amphibious Architecture
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  'Glass Book' Opens Window on Self-injury

  By John Casey | Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:34 AM ET

  of trauma on individuals and society -- ran into her former classmate, Nick Kline, who is a photographer and teaches at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Kline was preparing to teach a class in book arts, and before long, Kline and Luest had thought up a theme for Kline's class: books mad Read More

  More like this in: Health, Washington, Mental Health, Disorders, Social Responsibility, Giving, Activism, Development
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  Poetry Prevails

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  York Times, strong and kicking. Every other year the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival brings thousands of literature-lovers to Waterloo Village in New Jersey's Byram Township. The gathering, started in 1986 with an audience of 3,000, has grown to welcome over 19,000 attendees 20 years later. Th Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Poetry, Social Responsibility, Entertainment, Events, Activism, Books, Events