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1. Kinnelon motorcyclist dies after head-on crash with Ferrari near MetLife Stadium. Two men were driving Ferraris when they lost control of their vehicles and killed a motorcyclist. Those two men have been charged with death by auto.

2. ‘Survivor’ 2012 winner is revealed after Season 24 finale. Going into finale, the final five contestants were Kim, Chelsea, Christina, Sabrina and Alicia Office 2007 Key, making it the first time in “Survivor” history that the finale was comprised of all females. Who was the winner? Click through to find out!

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4. Photo gallery: Dickinson High School Senior Prom 2012. Dickinson students held their prom at the Mayfair Farms in West Orange. Check out the photos, above. You can also find many more prom photo galleries at our prom page.

5. ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ recap: Brother, can you spare a whine? Teresa Giudice and brother Joe Gorga tried to resolve their difference to no avail. She called him the “meanest brother ever” and he retorted that he was an angel from God.

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N.J. revenue report could alter Gov. Christie’s budget plans

The Office of Legislative Services reported April revenues were less than expected, but didn’t say by how much. Depending on the revenues, this could change the budget.

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Gay Marriage, Black Voters

17 May, 2012 (23:20) | Uncategorized | By: admin

For blacks, Obama’s election was the "miracle of Grant Park" and they have supported him throughout his presidency, making it easier for him to endorse gay marriage

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“I’ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” 

With that statement, President (and candidate) Obama advanced a cause that had been moving at geological speed until Vice President Joe Biden suddenly thrust the administration into support. Last time a presidential campaign jumped the gun on gay matters, Bill Clinton casually promised to end the exclusion of gays from the military in 1992. Although he didn’t lose that election, many analysts date the weakening of his administration from his losing battle to make good on that promise, culminating in the universally despised “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Twelve years later, after the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued the first gay marriage decision, African-American boxing promoter Don King toured the black churches of Ohio to gin up the Republican vote. The difference—the black vote went from 10 percent Republican to 17 percent Republican—arguably took the state and the 2004 election from John Kerry. 

Obama’s committed not to make the same mistake. After Vice President Biden grew feet and walked out of the warm sea on Meet the Press, Obama couldn’t duck anymore. But he’s not Bill Clinton, and he’s not John Kerry. Because he’s not white. And so he has a unique opportunity to move the gay issue along faster than anyone else could.

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Not so many people still remember, but it was an African-American, then Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell replica watches, who killed Clinton’s effort to repeal the exclusion of gays from the military. Before Clinton raised the issue, the exclusion was a matter of Pentagon policy, which the executive could order changed—just as Harry Truman had ordered the military to integrate blacks. Indeed, Truman was the model for Clinton’s plans and the gays’ hopes. They thought the nation had learned its lesson about racial exclusion and that the heroic example of Truman’s early commitment to civil rights would empower Clinton to do the same thing. Those plans and hopes died when the shining star of the integrated military, Colin Powell, the first nonwhite chief of staff in history, denied that racial justice was an argument for gays. “Skin color,” the general wrote, “is a benign, non-behavioral characteristic. Sexual orientation is perhaps the most profound of human behavioral characteristics. Comparing the two is a convenient but invalid argument.” Repeal might have failed anyway replica watches, but once Powell took the stage to deny the racial analogy, it was dead on arrival. 

In the two decades after Powell spoke (and before he changed his mind in 2009) replica watches, the gay revolution, unassisted by any president until this afternoon, undertook the task of changing peoples’ minds about the malignancy of their behavioral characteristic. Powell looked more and more like an ungrateful winner who wanted to pull the ladder up once he’d been admitted to the club.

Gays came out, cared for their sick, served with honor, kissed on TV, and started Glee clubs. One small state at a time, they started squirreling away places to marry, until they took New York last June. The New York-centered media covered so many gay marriages, it gave rise to a gay movement to resist the rush to the altar. The latest polling reveals that white people are finally evenly divided on the issue of gay marriage. And nonwhites are similarly split. Liberal commentators use these facts to argue that race is irrelevant. But those numbers are not what matters.

Anti-gay-marriage whites are not voting for Barack Obama. Forty-nine percent of white folks oppose gay marriage, but 74 percent of Republicans oppose gay marriage. And the Republican Party is almost entirely white. Where are the 48 percent of nonwhite voters who oppose gay marriage? Where are almost all nonwhite voters? In the Democratic Party. Even if every single black Republican is anti-gay, there simply aren’t enough of them to account for all the black anti-gay voters. Therein lies the danger for a Democratic candidate supporting gay marriage: that voters otherwise disposed to him will not support him because of his stance on gay marriage. 

And here is where Obama is different. If the black community doesn’t flood the polls, Obama will lose in November. But he’s the first black president of the United States. Black voters are sticky with Barack Obama in a way no white president could dream of. For whites, a white president is the natural order of things. For blacks, it was the miracle of Grant Park. Once the Iowa caucus happened, even Hillary Clinton, the wife of the “first black president,” could not stem the tide. As black houses went into foreclosure after 2008 and the unemployment rate went through the roof, Obama’s support among blacks stayed amazingly firm. As the election approaches, his support is at the same level as in 2008.

A simple thought experiment reveals the issue: Try to imagine Don King in black churches exhorting congregations to vote against Barack Obama over gay marriage. Not going to happen. In this way, the president was uniquely suited among Democratic politicians to advance the issue (just as Powell could have done in 1993). Until today, Obama’s mealy-mouthed and harmful public statements on gay marriage looked suspiciously Powell-esque. But as happens now and then to Barack Obama, history gave him an opportunity no one else could seize, and he did.

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17 May, 2012 (22:50) | Uncategorized | By: admin

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Now, some furious congressional investigators want to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for allegedly blocking their efforts to get the facts about the controversial operation — a charge the Justice Department “strongly disputes.”

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government reform Tattoo Ink And Supplies, today circulated the draft contempt order to his colleagues.  It asks them to hold Holder in contempt for his alleged “failure to comply with a Congressional subpoena” in the “Fast and Furious” investigation.

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Issa’s draft contempt citation against the attorney general charges that around 2,000 firearms fell into the hands of drug cartels and may have lead to the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent as a result of Operation Fast and Furious. And he alleges that the Justice Department failed to provide many of the documents about the operation that the committee requested during its investigation.

In fact, firearms linked to the program were found at the site of the December 2011 shooting death of American Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.  Terry’s death helped spark the congressional investigation, and today Issa charged that Terry’s family has suffered from the Justice Department’s “painfully slow process of getting the truth.”  Issa also charged that the Justice Department has retaliated against ATF agents “who blew the whistle on gun-walking.” 

“The [Justice] Department’s refusal to work with Congress … to compel the production of these documents and information related to this controversy is inexcusable and cannot stand.” Issa wrote. “Those responsible for allowing Fast and Furious to proceed and those who are preventing the truth about the operation from coming out must be held accountable for their actions.”

But a Department of Justice official strongly disputed the charge that the department has not complied with the committee’s requests for documents and information, citing the turning over of more than 7,600 pages as part of 46 separate productions of documents.  The official also pointed out that Attorney General Holder has testified to Congress on “Fast and Furious” seven times in the last year and a half, and Justice has provided many other officials to congressional investigators. 

On Thursday evening the Justice Department formally responded to Issa’s claims and threat to move forward with the contempt resolution.

“The department strongly disputes the contention that we have failed to cooperate with the committee’s review of Operation Fast and Furious as asserted in the staff briefing paper and draft contempt of Congress resolution that the Committee released today.” Deputy Attorney General James Cole wrote in a letter today.

“Some have questioned why the department’s inspector general has received a greater number of documents than have been provided to the committee,” Cole added. “The answer lies in the fact that the Office of Inspector General, as a component of the department, is entitled in these circumstances to review material that is not appropriate for disclosure outside the department.”

As for documents the Justice Department has held back, the Justice Department official said they were “the type Justice Department’s have historically not released because it would politicize or jeopardize ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions.”  

The official added that both political parties have had existing policies that the Justice Department would not produce “internal, deliberative materials” not relevant to the investigation, or materials that occurred long after the operation had concluded.

But Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who is conducting the “Fast and Furious” investigation in the Senate, offered support for Issa’s call for the attorney general to be cited for contempt of Congress.

“The subpoena authority of the House Oversight Committee, and the chairman’s willingness to use it, helped shed light on Operation Fast and Furious and the Justice Department’s desire to allow guns to walk into the hands of Mexican drug cartels,” Grassley said in a statement.  “Congressman Issa deserves credit for moving forward on contempt.  The attorney general and the Justice Department are thumbing their nose at the constitutional authority provided to the legislative branch to conduct oversight.”

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17 May, 2012 (22:50) | Uncategorized | By: admin

The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com

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The Boston Globe’s Amy Gardner: “With college-loan pledge, Obama courts youth vote” President Obama reached out to crucial young voters in Colorado and North Carolina Tuesday with a promise to keep college affordable, in the first two of three campus appearances in battleground states this week spotlighting this key voting group. Speaking to capacity crowds at the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus and later in the day at the University of Colorado, Obama made his case that congressional leaders must take action before July to prevent interest rates on federal student loans from doubling. LINK

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The Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson and Aaron Blake: “Mitt Romney adviser Richard Grenell faces backlash over tweets, sexual orientation” In one of the first moves depicting a shift to a general election footing, Mitt Romney’s campaign announced last week the hiring of Richard A. Grenell as a national security and foreign policy adviser. This week, the campaign and Grenell were dealing with backlash from the left and right. LINK

The Washington Times’ Seth McLaughlin: “Sweep has Romney looking to November” Signaling that he now considers the Republican presidential primary season over, a triumphant Mitt Romney returned Tuesday to New Hampshire — the site where he kicked off his campaign 10 months ago — to urge his supporters and those who backed his GOP rivals to rally behind his effort to defeat President Obama this fall. LINK

USA Today’s Susan Page: “Romney sweeps five Northeast primaries” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney swept five Northeastern primaries Tuesday as he pivoted from a hard-fought GOP nomination battle and moved to challenge President Obama in November. He declared the nomination battle over at a celebration in New Hampshire, the site of his first primary victory in January and a battleground state in the general election. LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Janet Hook and Sara Murray: “Romney Marches Toward GOP Nomination” Mitt Romney claimed victory in the Republican presidential nominating contest Tuesday after decisively sweeping five East Coast primaries, saying his triumph marked “the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the Obama years.” Mr. Romney gave what amounted to an acceptance speech for the nomination after sweeping to primary victories in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. LINK

The Hill’s Jonathan Easley: “‘A better America begins’: Romney launches race against Obama” Mitt Romney launched his general election campaign Tuesday in New Hampshire, telling supporters in a primary night victory speech that “a better America begins tonight.” “After 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights, I can say with confidence and gratitude that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility,” Romney said. “And, together, we are going to win on November 6.” LINK

Politico’s Alexander Burns: “Primary results 2012: Mitt Romney ‘s 5-state sweep“  Mitt Romney swept all five Republican primary elections Tuesday night, putting an end once and for all to any hopes for a comeback by his beleaguered GOP primary opponents. The last state to be called was New York, where voting ended at 9 p.m.; Romney was previously projected the winner in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Pennsylvania. LINK

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ABC News’ Elicia Dover: “Newt Gingrich Loses Big Tuesday Tattoo Gun, Says He’ll ‘Look Realistically’ at Future” Although Newt Gingrich lost the Delaware primary by an overwhelming 29 percent to Mitt Romney, the former speaker of the House still did not announce the suspension of his presidential campaign Tuesday night. Gingrich, who simultaneously lost to Romney in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, said earlier in the week that if he lost the winner-take-all state of Delaware — where he focused his campaigning — he would “reassess” his presidential bid. LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Maeve Reston: “Gingrich to reassess campaign as Romney claims GOP nod” Sweeping five contests in northeastern primary states, Mitt Romneyclaimed the mantle of Republican presidential nominee — though he has not officially clinched the race — and turned his focus to a general election showdown with President Obama. LINK

The New York Daily News’ Aliyah Shadid: “Newt Gingrich hints he could quit presidential race” Tuesday could be Newt Gingrich’s finale.  The Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker hinted he could call it quits if he doesn’t do well in Delaware Luos Handmade Machines, a state where he’s spent much of his time campaigning. LINK

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What Does Jesus Think About Homosexuality

16 May, 2012 (15:44) | Uncategorized | By: admin

Is homosexuality a sin? It’s an age-old question, and there are people on both sides of the debate, each quoting their Bibles. How do we know who’s right? What would Jesus do if he were here with us today? Jesus never said anything about homosexuality, so can we really say?

I’d like to propose that we can. Perhaps we wont be able to settle the debate over what the Bible says about homosexuality (least of all from one little blog post Cheap Missoni Dresses!) but I think there is one thing we can be sure of — Jesus loves every one of us. In fact Jesus was especially known for loving the very people that the religious people of his time had condemned and cast out. Let’s consider some facts:

There has been story after story in the news of LGBT teens committing suicide because of bullying. We have also seen a surge of news stories of kids being harassed, threatened, and even physicality assaulted. No one’s child should have to endure that. No one should feel afraid, hated and rejected like that. These are not just a few shocking exceptional cases either. As their voices have begun to be heard, we have seen story after story of how gay and transgender kids have felt hated, at times even hating themselves. We have heard how life for them can be a living hell, so bad that it makes some of them want to end their lives.

That really should be a wakeup call for us as Christians. Regardless of where we stand on the rightness or the wrongness of being gay, none of that matters much when people are dying. We can argue over what the Bible says about homosexuality, but one thing is utterly clear: Jesus clearly teaches us to love people, not to hate them, not to make them feel hated, and not to stand by while that is happening. From the perspective of the New Testament there simply is no room for doubt on this. We know exactly where Jesus stands. He stands on the side of the least, the condemned, the vulnerable.

John’s Gospel tells the story of a women caught in adultery who was brought before Jesus. The religious leaders say to him, “The law commands that she should be stoned to death, what do you say?” Jesus bends down and draws with his finger in the dirt, and then says to them “Let the one who is without sin throw the first stone.” One by one they all leave until he is there alone with the woman. Jesus says to her “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared.

Now, many preachers are quick to point out that Jesus next says to her: “Go and leave your life of sin.” But the real point here is that even though Jesus did consider adultery sinful, he still was the one who defended her. In fact, he was the only one there who was “without sin” and yet he did not cast a stone and did not condemn. So again, even if we think homosexuality is wrong, we know what Jesus would do in our shoes. He has drawn a line in the sand, and we need to decide what side of that line we will be on. Will we be on the side of Jesus and the one who is being condemned and threatened? Or will we stand with the religious accusers on the other side of that line? Maybe we were not the ones actually throwing those stones, but did we stand on the side of the accused and condemned and actively defend them like Jesus did? Did we actively defend and love “the least of these”? Because Jesus says that the way we treat them is the way we treat him.

Jesus never says a word about homosexuality, but there was one kind of sin that he spoke out against all the time. There was one kind of sin that got Jesus really mad. This was the sin of religious people who shut out those in need of mercy. This was the sin of people who used the Bible as a weapon. You hear Jesus saying this on page after page of the gospels. Why? Because this type of sin has the potential to damage people like few other things do. It is particularly damaging because they claim to be speaking for God. So if we really want to speak out against sin, we as Christians need to speak out against the kind of sin that Jesus did, and side with the kinds of folks he did.

What this all comes down to is we, as Christians, acting like Jesus. It’s about discerning what Jesus would want us to do right now, and the answer is clear: We need to change our priorities and focus on the critical issue of communicating love and acceptance to people — especially the very people our society so often ostracizes, condemns and rejects. Because that is exactly what Jesus did. Jesus was known for hanging out with “sinners” and was frequently accused of being a sinner himself because of it. But that did not stop him because he cared more about those people than he cared about being judged.

If we want to follow Jesus, then we need to have that same reputation of loving to a fault. We need to be so radically accepting that we are misunderstood and judged like Jesus. If we really do love Jesus, then we need to love like he did Cheap DKNY Clothes, so much so that it seems “scandalous” in the eyes the religious folks of our day, just like it did in his day.

We have spent so much time being “balanced” in the other direction, so much time worrying about “giving the wrong impression” that it is time to shift our lopsided boat the other way. Because as long as our priority is in looking moral rather than in showing compassion and grace to those on the outside, we simply do not have the priorities of Jesus. And when we do not reflect Christ, we are giving the wrong impression.

Now you may have noticed that I didn’t ever say what I thought about whether homosexuality was wrong or right. I didn’t say because this is not about me and what I think. It’s about us as Christians learning to care about what Jesus cares about. This is not about gay rights. It is about about human rights, and that starts with the least. It is about us having the courage to stand with those who are vulnerable. It is about us saying “no” to hate, even when it is done in the name of God — no, especially when it is done in the name of God. It’s about having the guts to draw that line in the sand like Jesus did. Even when that means facing that mob ourselves.

So let’s stand alongside of LGBT individuals. Let’s let them know they are loved, they are welcomed, they are not alone. I think when we do, we will find that Jesus has been there with them for a long time now. It’s time we joined him.

BMW Group design boss van Hooydonk talks 328 Homma

15 May, 2012 (22:41) | Uncategorized | By: admin

BMW 328 Hommage concept with Adrian von Hooydonk – Click above to watch the video after the break

While at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este (yeah, we’re roughing it here) we grabbed BMW Group chief of design Adrian van Hooydonk for an interview about his team’s latest two-person open-top concept car, the 328 Hommage.

The 328 Hommage marks 75 years since the launch of the gorgeous 1930s icon, the 328 Tattoo Supplies, and carries on the tradition of that car in its lightness. While the 328 six-cylinder was underpowered on paper in its day, it kicked butt on the race circuit due to its very light weight and superior dynamics.

The 328 Hommage frankly looks more like an homage to the 1950s sex-tastic 507, but at least the concept gets the open sides, leather straps, and wingnut wheels fairly correct. And we like that the tall kidneys on the grille make a modern return.

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13 May, 2012 (17:53) | Uncategorized | By: admin

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Clive Palmer says Greens in CIA plot

13 May, 2012 (17:51) | Uncategorized | By: admin

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Mr Palmer had called the press conference to announce that he would not seek a High Court challenge against the federal government's mining tax.

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