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  • Chris Christie’s Wife He’d Make A Good President

    — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's wife says her husband would make a good president. But in an interview Friday on NBC's "Today" show, first lady Mary Pat Christie said the family is not plotting a 2016 presidential run now. She says that she and Chris Christie have talked about their options for the ...

  • Paper Urges New Jersey Governor Christie To Make Rebuilt Beaches Free

    -- A newspaper used its front page to call for the suspension of beach fees along the Jersey Shore, whose storm-damaged beaches, boardwalks and towns have been rebuilt with billions in federal tax dollars. New Jersey is one of only a few states to charge admission to its coastal ...

  • State-Wide Ribbon Cutting Marks Opening Of Jersey Shore Season

    – Shore towns up and down the New Jersey coast celebrated the start of Memorial Day weekend with a huge ribbon cutting this morning. As part of the ‘Stronger than the Storm’ campaign, one mile of ribbon was unfurled in each town; here in Ocean City it was along the boardwalk from 6th to 14th ...

  • Students Have Plan for Closed School Buildings

    This June, 23 Philadelphia public schools will be closed for good, adding around 65 acres to the city’s already heavy burden of vacant land. For the city, dealing with these soon-to-be-empty buildings is just one facet of the ongoing crisis in public education, a consequence of population loss, competition from charter schools, and civic disinvestment at all levels of ...

  • Faith-Healing Couple Could Have Bail Revoked

    The couple had been on probation for failing to prevent their other son Kyle’s death in 2009. The 2-year-old died after contracting pneumonia, an illness prosecutors said could have been prevented with basic medical ...


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Movie Review

The Gift [DVD]

The Gift [DVD]

The Gift is a gripping genre concoction stirred together out of equal parts suspense-thriller, horror film, ghost story, and rural small-town melodrama. This Southern Gothic mix was brewed by writers Billy Bob Thorton and Tom Epperson, whose previous work together includes A Family Thing (1995) and One False Move (1991), and brought to a boil by director Sam Raimi, whose skil ... ...

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  • High Injury Rates for Young Players Worry Doctors

    The team doctors agree that they see too many young athletes with very serious injuries. Many of those injuries are related to the wear and tear that occur with constant ...

  • Chickies Petes hit with whistle-blower suit

    A former manager at a Chickie's & Pete's sports bar complained about pay practices, then was promptly fired, a whisleblower lawsuit alleges. Sharon Chase, 45, of Absecon, N.J., was fired in January after talking to federal investigators, said the Morning Call. The popular "crab fries" selling chain has been under investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor after employees ...

  • Mercy LIFE expands into new territory

    Mercy LIFE has expanded its elderly services program into Delaware County. LIFE is an acronym for living independently for Elders. The Philadelphia-based Mercy LIFE program, a subsidiary of Mercy Health System of Conshohocken, Pa., provides all-inclusive health-care, recreation, nutrition and spiritual services designed to enable senior adults to remain living independently in their homes. The ...

  • Consumer Advocate Scammers Prey On Veterans During Memorial Day

    – As we head into another Memorial Day weekend and remember the men and women who gave their lives fighting for our freedom, consumer advocates say this is a big weekend for veterans to be targeted by scams. Consumer advocates say the scams not only target veterans and their families but calls go out this weekend from organizations that claim the money you donate will be funneled to ...

  • TGIFridays franchisee shocked at fake-liquor allegations

    After allegations that 13 TGI Fridays restaurants in New Jersey served cheap liquor in premium bottles, the Briad Restaurant Group said it was shocked by those claims. In a statement Thursday, the group said it "takes great pride in the quality of food and drink" it serves customers, Philly.com reported. Rick Barbrick, the president of Briad, said customers of his TGI Fridays franchises ...

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