Newark high school students use Facebook to promote protest of school conditions, cleanliness

Newark high school students protest conditions

Rutgers president says university responded appropriately to webcam spying complaint

Rutgers president defends response in suicide case

Student facing privacy-invasion charge in Rutgers suicide case is innocent, lawyers say

Lawyers: Student charged in Rutgers case innocent

Rutgers holding vigil for student who committed suicide after dorm sex encounter went online

Rutgers to hold vigil for student who killed self

Rutgers holding vigil for late student who committed suicide after sex encounter went online

Rutgers holding silent vigil for late student

Rutgers pays tribute at game to student who committed suicide after sex encounter went online

Rutgers honors late student at homecoming game

Facebook’s founder remains all but unknown, despite creating world where personal is public

Facebook founder’s story no longer his alone

NJ gov calls for tougher standards for teachers, paying them according to new measures

NJ gov: Change how public school teachers are paid

A tarnished Newark sees glittering gold _ and failure’s reflection _ in Facebook schools gift

Newark hopes Facebook gift translates to results

Seton Hall athletic director Joe Quinlan to resign next month

Seton Hall athletic director Quinlan to resign

Facebook CEO says he’s giving Newark $100M because ‘every child deserves a good education’

Facebook CEO announces $100M gift to NJ school

Facebook founder tells Winfrey why he’s friending Newark, NJ, schools with $100M donation

Facebook CEO makes $100M gift to NJ school

Facebook friending Newark, NJ, schools; it could mean big education changes for battered city

Facebook founder’s $100M gift could change Newark

Friending a whole school system: Facebook founder giving $100 million to Newark, NJ, district

Facebook founder giving $100M to Newark schools

NJ 5th-grader suspended from school after he found lighter; administators consider it a weapon

Boy who found lighter suspended from NJ school

Troubled school system in NJ’s biggest city to receive $100M donation from Facebook founder

Newark, NJ, schools to get $100M Facebook donation

NCAA reprimands and censures Princeton for major violation in women’s tennis program

Princeton reprimanded for ‘major’ tennis violation

Jersey linebacker Anthony Sarao hooked on Stanford after meeting with Condoleezza Rice

Sarao takes ‘unbelievable work ethic’ to Stanford

Richard Stockton College finalizes purchase of Seaview Resort near Atlantic City

NJ college finalizes purchase of nearby resort

Fired NJ education chief discovers he made mistake in $400 million federal grant application

Ex-NJ education boss says grant mistake ‘my error’

After being fired, former NJ education chief says he didn’t mislead governor over facts

Fired NJ schools chief says he didn’t mangle facts

NJ education commissioner fired after gaffe that may have cost state $400M education grant

NJ schools chief fired after Race to the Top gaffe

Tale of the tape: NJ didn’t fix a mistake on grant application the way governor says it did

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

To err can cost $400M, New Jersey finds after losing out on federal education grant

President Barack Obama

States avoid massive layoffs through $26B in federal aid, but bill only postpones hard choices

Aid helps states escape layoffs, but for how long?

Mayor of impoverished New Jersey city announces plan to keep libraries open amid budget cuts

Mayor of poor NJ city offers library rescue plan

Final chapter? Under budget cuts, library system in poor New Jersey city prepares to shut down

Camden, NJ, preparing to close all its libraries

Rutgers University just says no to growing pot for NJ’s new medical marijuana initiative

Rutgers just says no to pot growing for NJ

NJ governor signs $29.4B budget that cuts school aid, suspends property tax rebates

NJ governor signs $29.4B budget

SOUTH RIVER, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a $29.4 billion budget bill into law, ending his debate with fellow Republicans and the state’s Democratic majority and averting a government shutdown July 1.

John Wiley & Sons 4th-quarter net income up 14 percent as revenue rises 8 percent

John Wiley & Sons 4Q net income rises 14 percent

AP National News Calendar

AP National News Calendar

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Nuclear industry poised for hiring binge amid planned growth, upcoming wave of retirements

Nuclear industry to hire for growth, retirements

Some NJ high school students ditch class to protest budget cuts; event organized on Facebook

Some NJ students walk out of class to protest cuts

NJ voters reject nearly 60 percent of school budgets; most defeats in at least 34 years

NJ voters reject 59 percent of school budgets

Governor or maniacal dictator? Insults overshadow issues as NJ considers school cuts

In NJ school cut debate, insults overshadow issues

Claims of required 3rd-grade cross-dressing scuttle women’s history project at NJ school

NJ school: We didn’t tell your boys to cross-dress

NJ governor wants local teachers union head who wrote memo joking about his death to be fired

NJ gov wants teachers union leader fired for memo

Teachers union says memo hinting NJ gov. should die was meant as a joke, but he’s not laughing

Memo hints at NJ gov’s death; union apologizes

Teachers union memo jokes about NJ governor dying, politician says it’s no laughing matter

Teachers union memo jokes about NJ governor dying

NY Daily News wins 2 top National Headliner Awards; broadcasters in DC, Indy also honored

NY Daily News wins 2 top National Headliner Awards

New Jersey’s new Republican governor is off to a strong start; some say too strong

NJ gov off to a strong start; some say too strong

Ex-Princeton donors announce new foundation to give scholarships at variety of universities

Donors who sued Princeton announce new foundation

6 members of suspended Rutgers sorority plead not guilty to charges of hazing pledges

Rutgers sorority women plead not guilty to hazing

Stevens Tech settles NJ lawsuit over financial mismanagement; president to resign in July

Stevens Tech settles NJ lawsuit over finances

Jets rookie RB Shonn Greene helping carry load for New York’s top-ranked running game

Jets rookie RB has been big Greene Machine lately

Bill granting in-state tuition rates to NJ immigrants regardless of residency statuses fails

Bill for in-state tuition for NJ immigrants fails