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- M.A. Lee Scholarship Fund Celebrates 6th Annual Gala with Actor Keith Robinson of ‘Dream Girls’ Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:52PM*Orangeburg, SC – The MA Lee Scholarship Fund announces The 6th Annual M. A. Lee Scholarship Fund Gala. The Gala will take place on Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1175 Orangeburg Mall Circle, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29115 hosted by “Dream Girls,” actor/ singer, Keith Robinson beginning at 6:00 p.m. Hot off the heels of a highly [...]
- Sacrificing seniors: debt & the welfare state Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:27PMMedicare, Medicaid and Social Security are going broke fast, as we are paying out more than we are taking in ("Uncle Sam, Sugar Daddy," Michael A. Walsh, PostOpinion, July 18). So why do politicians demagogue the issue and say that the Republicans are trying to gut these programs when, if...
- The Verizon HopeLine Mission is to End Domestic Violence Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:34PM*Verizon Wireless supports community efforts and those that are in partnership with their outreach initiatives. One such project is the HopeLine cell phone recycling and re-use program, which was started in 2001. Consumers are invited to bring old cell phones and accessories and put them in a donation bin inside Verizon stores or mail them [...]
- Gallup: Unemployment Up Another 0.2% In July Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:15PMThe percentage of part-time workers who want full-time work is 9.4% in mid-July -- down from 9.6% at the end of June. However, more Americans are working part time but seeking full-time work in mid-July 2011 than was the case in mid-July 2010 (9.0%).
- Earl Ofari Huthinson: Obama Has No Choice But to Tap The Fat Cats Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:04PM*The news reports that President Obama was courting large campaign donors stirred complaints that this will put him he even deeper into political hock to fat cat donors and the corporate rich if re-elected. This was the oft-heard knock against Obama in 2008. A study by the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute did confirm that a [...]
- Gallup Finds Unemployment at 8.9% in Mid-July Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:51AMUnemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is at 8.9% in the middle of July -- up from 8.7% at the end of June. The broader underemployment measure remains at 18.3%.
- Lt. Gov. Guadagno Says More Help on Way for NJ Tech Cos. Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:23AMby Esther Surden At the New Jersey Technology Council annual meeting yesterday, a packed house welcomed Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who was serving as Acting Governor for Gov.Chris Christie who was out of town. As she has at other business meetings, at the end of her speech, Guadagno gave her cell phone number to the [Full Story…]
- Flawed E-Verify Law Would Derail Immigration Reform Efforts, Say Experts Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:51PMLast month, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the Legal Workforce Act, which would require employers to verify their employees’ legal immigration status using the online program E-Verify. While proponents of the program believe the resulting loss of jobs will compel...
- Campaign Begins to Promote Use of Minority Banks Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:04AM*WASHINGTON — The National Bankers Association {NBA} is teaming with a popular, nationally-syndicated radio talk show host, Warren Ballentine, to spearhead a national campaign to get minorities and other consumers in the urban areas to bank with minority banks. A press conference to kick-off the campaign will be held Friday, July 15th at 12:00 noon [...]
- Airlines Looking to Expand in Africa Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:49PM*Africa’s airlines are aiming to expand into new territories and improve connections across the continent, according to CNN. While there has historically been a lack of flights between many African countries, ambitious airlines are planning to introduce new services. Among them is Kenya Airways, the third-biggest airline in sub-Saharan Africa. It already flies more than [...]
- Is GOP Digging a Hole They Might Regret? Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:53AM*Seeming to be bending over backwards, President Obama offered up another Democratic sacred cow in Monday’s debt talks, but Republicans still wouldn’t budge from their anti-tax stance. The Washington Post is reporting that Mr. Obama made an offer to raise the Medicare eligibility age on top of previous offers to slash Social Security and Medicare [...]
- U.S. Private-Sector Employment Increased by 157,000 Jobs in June, According to ADP National Employment Report Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:10AMROSELAND, NJ--(Marketwire - Jul 7, 2011) - Private-sector employment increased by 157,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP ® ) released today . The ADP National Employment Report , created by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP ® ) , in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC , is derived from actual payroll data ...
- Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment at 8.7% in June Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:03AMUnemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is at 8.7% at the end of June -- similar to the 8.9% in mid-June, but down from 9.2% at the end of May. It is also lower than it was during the same period a year ago. But the broader underemployment measure, at 18.3%, is unchanged from June 2010.
- NJ Senate Leader Won’t Apologize For ‘Inappropriate’ Remark About Christie Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:40AMNew Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney concedes he may have gone a little over the top in characterizing Governor Chris Christie as a “bastard” in a published interview after Christie line-item vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars from the new state budget.
- Big polluters to dodge carbon tax Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:52PMOnly 500 pollution-emitting companies will pay the carbon tax, despite Government statements that the "1,000 biggest polluters" will pay.
- Majority of those polled say states should be able to prohibit sale of violent video games Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:43AM67% Say States Should Be Able to Prohibit Sale of Violent Video Games to Children Survey of 1,000 Adults • 65% of all Americans are at least somewhat concerned about the level of violence in many video games today; 33% are not • 67% believe states should be allowed to prohibit the sale or rental of violent video games to minors; 28% disagree • 79% feel that parents are more responsible for ...
- Meeting stresses the need for rethinking government Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 10:16PM“Rethinking Government, and Doing Something about It,” was the topic of discussion at the Montville Area Tea Party meeting
- Gov. Christie to use line-item veto on Democrat-supported N.J. budget Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 2:01PMMove by Christie ends budget showdown; governor to pare down state spending plan
- No July 4 recess for Senate Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:51AM(CNN) - The Senate will forgo its scheduled recess for the week of July 4 to work on cutting the...
- NJ Assembly considers extra tax on millionaires Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:53PMThe New Jersey Assembly is discussing reinstating a two-year surcharge on millionaires.
- Video: A Noose, Chained Black Student at Center of Racial Incident in Santa Monica Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:55PM*An African American student at Santa Monica High School says fellow members of the wrestling team chained him to a locker and hung a noose around a brown wrestling dummy. The alleged racial incident is being investigated by Santa Monica police and school officials, who sent an email to parents earlier this month calling it [...]
- Louisiana Councilman Apologizes for Sending Racy Cell Phone Pic Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:25AM*An Anthony Weiner-style scandal has hit a city legislature in Louisiana. Kenner City Councilman Joe Stagni is under fire for sending pictures of himself in his underwear to a city employee in 2009, according to the AP. Stagni, 47, released a prepared statement after city officials retrieved the underwear image from a government computer and [...]
- Rise of India, China, the next big story: US Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:09AMThe next big story after the Industrial Revolution is going to be the rising clout of India and China in the global arena, according to Lawrence Summers, Director of the White House National Economic Council.
- Georgianne Nienaber: Regine Barjon at Senate Hearing: "The People of Haiti Know What They Want" Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:33AMDual citizenship will not solve these problems when Haiti needs the basic human rights of clean water, sustainable jobs and infrastructure.
- A Frightening Future of Failed Dreams Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 12:53PMPart 4 of 4America’s Demographic & Economic Destiny—“10K Per Day”-------------------------------- PART 4—A FRUSTRATING FUTURE OF FAILED DREAMS "The Days of Buying a House to Grow Into To” Are Over"The 10K Per Day Effect is based on demographics. Absent wars, disease or pestilence, “demographics are destiny.” People who are in their early adult years will grow up and have families in the new ...
- It’s a Done Deal: New York Approves Gay Marriage Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 9:08AM*The state of New York has legalized same-sex marriage. It is now the sixth state to do so and the largest. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law Friday night. “I am very proud of New York and I’m very proud of the statement we made today,” he said. The law will go into [...]
- Panasonic Upgrades the Toughbook C1 with Enhanced Processor Speed and Increased Battery Life Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:26AMSecaucus, NJ | Panasonic Solutions Company, provider of collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for government and commercial enterprises, today announced upgrades to the...
- NMPF endorses Senate bill addressing immigration laws, dairy workforce Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 1:05PMThe National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today endorsed a new Senate bill containing a comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigration laws – and, importantly, provisions to ensure continued access to qualified workers by America’s dairy farms.
- NJ Transit board making fishy ad deals Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 7:03AMSomething smells on the New Jersey Transit board. The authority has taken bids for the naming and advertising rights for its facilities and trains.
- Despite ideal housing market, first-time homebuyers still find challenges Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 4:55AMStrict lending requirement are giving many prospective buyers pause
