Snowstorm in New York and New England

New York City's sanitation department has worked overnight to prepare for the City's first winter storm.More than 500 flights were canceled at New York airports today as New York braced itself for a storm that may...

Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up

"Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up Jodi Hilton for The New York Times “We never saw this coming,” said Johnny Gold, an official of the Newark Group, at the company’s plant in Salem, Mass. More Photos > By MATT RICHTEL and KATE GALBRAITH ...

Communities Seek Help for Declining Neighborhoods

The number of foreclosures continued to rise in New Jersey towns, counties and cities. Paterson registered the worst in the area with a high 10 percent foreclosure rate, which is considered very high according to national levels. 2,246 foreclosed properties have already been...

Devils' Brodeur to have surgery, out 3-4 months

Martin Brodeur, arguably the greatest goaltender of all-time is to have surgery on his elbow and will be out up to 4months. This is a huge blow to the New Jersey Devils as he has been the backbone of the team...

Chrysler to Cut 25% of Workforce

Add Chrysler to the list of major corporations getting set to hack and slash their workforces, due to the economic downturn. Just one day after announcing plans to cut 1,825 jobs, Chrysler LLC announced...

Timeline of key events on 9/11

The following is a timeline of key events as they transpired on September 11, 2001. For ongoing memorial coverage of the seventh anniversary of 9/11, please see our Featured Coverage. "As the world marks the...

Next Generation Compressed Air Energy Storage

Public Service Enterprise Group announced plans to partner with Dr. Nakhamkin to work towards a new generation of energy storage that can be used in conjunction with solar, wind, and nearly all current energy sources to balance peak consumption electrical rates. Though it...

5th Annual Miss Teen Philippines USA 2009

" The Philippine Hearts and Hopes Society, Inc. and AZE Group Events and Productions earlier completed the first phase of their annual search for the 5th Miss Teen Philippines. The 12 finalists, representing a cross-section of the Tri-State area will vie for the honor of...

Ford Motor Company & Nazi Slave Labor

Something a lot of folks aren't aware of nowadays is the relationship of mutual admiration Henry Ford shared with Adolph Hitler. All this went on during the 1930's I guess. This fact did not come to my attention...

To Starbucks, a Closing; To Newark, a Trauma

After Seattle and now Newark...is starbucks going bankrupt?!..WATCH OUT, STARBUCKS SHARE IS GOING DOWN IN WALL STREET... "The green aprons, the blond wood, the safari-themed coffee art and the chalkboards. From...

Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs

Too much of news happening around but bad news for newspapers themselves. American newspaper industry is undergoing most difficult phase in the business. One of the biggest American publisher Tribune Co. is...

Continental Cuts 3,000 Jobs as It Grounds Planes

Continental Airlines said Thursday that it would cut 3,000 jobs and retire 67 Boeing aircraft, becoming the latest airline to announce capacity reductions in the face of high prices for jet fuel. Continental’s...

Teen Clones Dad's Credit Card, Orders Escorts

... and we're not talkin' Ford Escorts here...This is my double-you tee eff story for the day: Kid gets a copy of dad's credit card, and buys loads of stuff with it... including renting a motel room and hiring...

Oops, my bad: thanks for returning my $4M violin

What's with people leaving expensive violins on public transit lately? At first I thought this story had to do with the 17th-century violin lost on a train a few a weeks ago, but apparently that was a different...

Violinist plays for taxi driver

"A violinist who left his 285-year-old instrument in a taxi in the United States is playing a concert to thank the driver who returned it to him.Philippe Quint is giving a private 30-minute performance on Tuesday in the cab waiting area at Newark Liberty International...

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