It began Oct. 7, 2001, when U.S. troops began bombing Afghanistan after Taliban leaders refused to turn over Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders blamed for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 days later, U.S. soldiers are still in Afghanistan. Nearly 850 U.S. troops have died. Osama [...]
Where do you hold the trial of the century? Attorney General Eric Holder considered trying the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in Washington, D.C., or Virginia. But in the end he decided last week Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should face a jury just blocks from the ruins of the [...]
The countdown is on: Gov. Jon Corzine leaves office in 69 days. That means the state Legislature has 10 weeks to get a gay marriage bill on the governor’s desk— or give up for at least the next four years. Within moments of Corzine’s defeat last week, blogs around [...]
Every year around this time, people have a choice to make: Get a flu shot, or take your chances that this season’s flu bug will miss you. But rarely has the choice been so complicated. Thanks to the swine flu outbreak, there are two flu vaccines and lots of [...]
Call it Newark’s NBA tryout. Tonight New Jersey’s largest city will complete its unofficial two-part audition to prove it can host a professional basketball team. City officials are hoping tonight’s Nets preseason game at the Prudential Center will help make a case for the team to abandon its controversial [...]
For years, sports and music fans sitting in Turnpike traffic jams dreamed of a rail line that could zip them in and out of the Meadowlands sports complex. This summer, the long-awaited line finally opened to good reviews from the 6,000 to 7,000 Jets and Giants fans who ditched their [...]
Smokers have already been kicked out of offices, malls, movie theaters, sports stadiums, restaurants and bars. What’s next? Banning smoking outdoors? Well, yes. Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) plans to propose legislation this fall banning smoking in New Jersey public parks and on beaches. Citing studies that show the dangers [...]
It was a bad week for good manners. First Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) shocked his colleagues by shouting "You lie!" during President Obama's health care address before Congress. Then, tennis star Serena Williams shouted down and threatened a line judge for a bad call during her U.S. Open match. Finally, [...]
SAY EVERYTHING: HOW BLOGGING BEGAN, WHAT IT'S BECOMING AND WHY IT MATTERS Scott Rosenberg Crown Publishers, 404 pp., $26 In the blogging world, the late 1990s is ancient history. So ancient, author Scott Rosenberg can only paint a hazy picture of exactly how and why the first blogs were created [...]
President Obama's speech to the nation's school children was fairly simple: Sixteen minutes. Nearly 2,600 words. A straight-forward message encouraging kids to stay in school, work hard and make their country proud. But the debate over whether the president should have delivered the address at all yesterday has been anything [...]
When the Montclair-bound 7:37 p.m. train failed to show up at New York Penn Station one night last week, most of the waiting commuters milled around the station in frustration. But a few riders pulled out their Blackberrys, iPhones, laptops and cell phones to swap information they gathered about the [...]
It was a bad week for tweeters. Last week, three American institutions-- the military, the NFL and ESPN-- announced they were cracking down on their employees' use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media websites that allow users to post messages to a circle of friends, family and strangers. First, [...]
It seemed like the perfect recipe for an economic stimulus program: Old cars, cash-poor Americans, struggling car dealerships and a billion dollars in free government money. But the federal Cash for Clunkers program-- which offered car buyers up to $4,500 to trade aging vehicles for more fuel-efficient new cars-- may [...]
It didn't take long after last week's corruption arrests for the inevitable question to arise: What's wrong with New Jersey? The arrest of 44 politicians, public officials and rabbis in a massive FBI bribery and money laundering sting helped reinforce our reputation as one of the most corrupt states in [...]
After a stretch where the state had five governors in five years, New Jersey will get to elect its first lieutenant governor this fall. The new post, created when voters approved in a constitutional change in 2005, will serve as a back-up when the boss leaves town or is unable [...]
Under a bill awaiting Gov. Jon Corzine's signature, New Jersey gun buyers will be limited to one handgun a month. Or will they? The controversial legislation passed the state Senate last month in a last-minute vote before the summer break. Under the law, New Jersey would be the fourth state [...]
After years of military and medical training, Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi was scheduled go on active duty in the U.S. Army this month. But thanks to his beard and turban he'll be staying in New Jersey. Kalsi is a Sikh, which means his religion requires him to wear a turban [...]
Hal Turner was uncharacteristically mum when he appeared in Connecticut courtroom this week to answer for fiery words he wrote on his blog. The North Bergen blogger was arrested earlier this month after officials spotted an entry on his blog that called for residents "take up arms" against Connecticut lawmakers. [...]
Dolphin 56's playful antics have Jersey boaters flipping Who is Dolphin 56? Over the last 30 years, Dolphin 56 sighting have been recorded from Florida to Long Island. The bottlenose-- whose dorsal fin was branded with a 56 for a research study in the 1970s-- has spent his life swimming [...]
While the New York State legislators are descending into chaos in Albany, their counterparts in Trenton are looking surprisingly, dare we say, competent for a change. New Jersey lawmakers are poised to approve the state budget this week-- nearly two weeks before the state constitution's deadline. Barring any last-minute Statehouse [...]
After nearly decades of talking, years of studies and endless revisions, the first shovel went into the ground this week to begin digging a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. The tunnel-- known as Access to the Region's Core, or ARC-- is the largest public works project in the [...]
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA fading GM logo is painted on a building near a Chevrolet dealership in Chicago.
Congratulations American taxpayers, you own your very own car company.
Of course, it is a car company teetering on failure.
When General Motors filed for bankruptcy this week, the federal government found itself a [...]
Star-Ledger File PhotoVisitors at the Montclair Art Museum, where administrators are selling off part of the collection.
Looking for a classic piece of American art for your living room? Brandeis University is considering selling the contents of its art museum.
How about an N.C. Wyeth illustration for your den? The Wilmington [...]
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty ImagesOnline retail giant Amazon.com unveils the Kindle DX, a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks. Princeton University will be among the schools giving Kindles to students for free.
Some backpacks at Princeton University are about to get a lot lighter.
Starting [...]
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesSports bloggers will gather for Blogs with Balls, a conference on the changing sports media arena.
Some of the area's biggest sports bloggers are getting together next month to talk about . . . sports blogging.
The Blogs with Balls conference will be held June 13 in [...]
Photo courtesy of Shellee HaleShellee Hale, claimed security flaws in a company in the online porn industry, is being sued by a Freehold firm for slander.
Shellee Hale doesn't have a journalism degree. But the Washington state mother of five has four blogs and a passion for exposing security' [...]
AP Photo/Muhammed MuheisenA Palestinian man walks past television screens showing a live broadcast of President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony in Washington, at an electronics shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Senior White House advisor David Axelrod calls today-- President Obama's 100th day in office-- a "Hallmark holiday" [...]
ARISTIDE ECONOMOPOULOS/THE STAR-LEDGERFans enter the Prudential Center, the new arena in Newark that is battling the Izod Center in the Meadowlands for many of the same concerts and events.
Bloggers are calling it the Arena Wars.
On one side: The Izod Center, the aging veteran arena in the Meadowlands that [...]
AP PhotoNew Jersey is considering legislation that would require drivers to stay at least three feet away from bicycles on the road.
What is three feet?
It's 36 inches. Or a little less than a meter. Or a little more than an arm's length.
If State Sen. Steve [...]
AP Photo/Javier GaleanoA woman sunbathes on the Santa Maria beach in Cuba.
For decades, lawmakers have introduced legislation calling for the U.S. to lift its nearly-50-year-old ban on open American travel to Cuba. Year after year, the measures fail.
Last week, a bi-partisan Congressional group introduced yet another [...]
Should police arrest teens who post nude photos of themselves on MySpace, Facebook and cell phones?
When a 14-year-old Clifton teenager posted nude photos of herself on her MySpace page, she was trying to get her boyfriend's attention.
Instead, she got the law's attention.
Passaic County prosecutors [...]
AP Photo/Mel EvansNew Jersey Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) speaks about a federal lawsuit he filed to allow sports betting in all 50 states.
The economy is in a freefall. New Jersey has a massive hole in its budget. The Atlantic City casinos are sinking fast.
Is the answer to [...]
AP Photo/Nati HarnikA stem cell researcher adds growth medium to a dish where stem cells are grown.
With a stroke of a pen earlier this week, President Obama ended the Bush administration's ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
But the debate lingers.
Obama's executive order reignited the [...]
NOAH ADDIS/THE STAR-LEDGERGov. Jon Corzine tours the facility in West Trenton that prints New Jersey's property tax rebate checks.
Just how desperate is Gov. Jon Corzine?
With the economy in a crisis and the state facing a $3 billion hole in its budget, Corzine needs to find a way [...]
JENNIFER BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGER Anne Heap works on recreating a pattern from a piece of toile fabric on a cake for a baby shower at her shop at Pink Cake Box in Denville.
Who do you turn to when your Tom Jones fan club wants to dine on a cake in [...]
The nation's first African-American attorney general introduced himself to the country last week by calling us a bunch of wimps.
In his first major address, Eric Holder didn't hold back as he spoke during a Black History Month event at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. He said America is' [...]
TONY KURDZUK/THE STAR-LEDGERTanya Kovacs of Iselin holds her 20-month-old son Caleb as they take part in a rally in front of the State House in October opposing new vaccine mandates by the state for children.
Vaccines don't cause autism.
At least that's what a special federal court
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesMusicians Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa of the E Street Band perform at the Super Bowl halftime show.
Nearly everyone who has ever been to a big-name concert has their Ticketmaster horror story.
For some, it's how they logged on their computers the [...]
AP File PhotoPresident Barack Obama
It's been 146 years since Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, 45 years since the Civil Rights Act was passed and 2½ weeks since we inaugurated a black president.
So, do we still need a Black History Month?
The debate is raging online, where bloggers of [...]
In 13 days, television as we know it will change forever.
Or . . . maybe it won't.
Broadcasters around the country are scheduled to shut off their analog television signals and begin transmitting exclusively in digital on Feb. 17-- unless Congress grants them a reprieve.
The' [...]
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When New Jersey and at least a dozen other states went to the federal government and proposed setting tougher auto emissions standards within their borders, then-President Bush rejected the idea without much discussion.
But a new president [...]
JENNIFER BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGER A view from the base of the watersphere in Union in 2003.
Every day hundreds of thousands of motorists drive by the watersphere near the intersection of Route 22 and the Garden State Parkway in Union.
The 212-foot-tall gray tower-- emblazoned with he word Union-- has been [...]
EPA/TANNEN MAURY/POOLPresident Barack Obama and his wife Michelle depart the U.S Capitol Building after his swearing in.
While Barack Obama was taking the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol yesterday, the official changing of the guard was also taking place in cyberspace.
At 12:01-- in his first [...]
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Pim Van Hemmen/The Star-LedgerOne of the bottlenose dolphins in the Navesink River in July.
When a pod of wayward dolphins took up residence in two Monmouth County rivers last summer, most of the locals and summer tourists [...]
Is everything about baseball?
Warren Hynes thinks so. He finds a way to relate most of what is going on in his life-- from his grandfather's death to watching "Tinker Bell" with his daughter-- to America's Passtime.
The teacher and former journalist (and Yankee fan) from North Plainfield has been blogging [...]
AP Photo/Mel EvansGov. Jon Corzine sits on his desk last week as he reads a newspaper story about the nation's economic woes.
If Gov. Jon Corzine has his way, state workers won't be getting the pay raises they're expecting this year.
Corzine is asking New Jersey's entire [...]
AP Photo/Jason DeCrowBernie Madoff
A new president is about to take office. The economy is spiraling into a meltdown. The Israelis and Palestinians are descending into war.
But the nation's bloggers can't seem to get enough of one topic: Bernie Madoff.
The Wall Street investor allegedly pulled off [...]
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Were the five men shooting guns and playing war games in the Pocono Mountains radical jihadists planning a deadly attack on American troops?
Or were they a bunch of clueless South Jersey-raised immigrants playing at being terrorists, egged [...]
For years, Montclair residents Katie Mancine and Mark Cognata dreamed of quitting their jobs, packing up their apartment and taking to the road for an epic road trip across the country.
In September, they did just that. The pair-- and their chihuahua Mister-- set out on the Great [...]
This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
It is rare that New Jersey bloggers agree on anything. But this week, blogger Deborah Smith managed to get more than 100 Garden State bloggers to say the same thing-- at the same time.
Smith, a food [...]
I didn't think it was possible to get more than 100 New Jersey bloggers to agree on anything . . . But Deb Smith of Jersey Bites has done it.
In the last few weeks, the food blogger has managed to recruit more than 100 local bloggers to spend [...]
NOAH ADDIS/THE STAR-LEDGERAdam Gordon, founder of uraDeadbeat.com, at work in his office in Morganville.
It's been nearly 15 years, but Gary Gordon's deadbeat story still gets him riled up.
Back in 1994, Gordon was running a graphic design studio when he said a client skipped out on a $150,000 bill. [...]
ROBERT SCIARRINO / THE STAR-LEDGERFord Ranger pickup trucks are assembled at Ford Plant in Edison in 2004, shortly before the plant closed.
As Congress decides whether to approve a $15 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three automakers, Americans are sharply divided over whether the car companies need saving.
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AP Photo/Gautam SinghA fire engulfs part of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital.
When terrorists targeted Mumbai last week, the fear and [...]
The online dating site eHarmony promises to use its high-tech matching system to sift through millions of candidates and match users with their true loves.
Unless you're gay.
When he tried to sign up, New Jersey computer programmer Eric McKinley found the popular dating site offered no men-seeking-men [...]
After 50 years in journalism, The Star-Ledger's longtime political columnist John Farmer was named the paper's new editorial page editor today.
We've posted a Q&A with Farmer on NJVoices.com. He has some interesting things to say about whether the Ledger's editorials have been too liberal in the [...]
Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerU.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, center, leaves the Rodino Federal Building in downtown Newark for a lunch break yesterday.
There are few New Jerseyans in the blogging world more polarizing than U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie.
Bloggers either love the corruption-busting federal prosecutor, or they despise him. [...]
Michael StahlAuthor Janice Harayda of Montclair, the blogger behind One-Minute Book Reviews.
Got a minute?
Montclair author Janice Harayda says that's all you'll need for her blog, One-Minute Book Reviews. But she doesn't mind if readers stick around a little longer.
The former [...]
The subject of John and Lisa are Eating in South Jersey is pretty self explanatory.
It's about John and Lisa Howard-Fusco, a couple from South Jersey. And, oh boy, do they like to eat.
Their blog follows the Forked River family's culinary adventures through the Garden State, from what they [...]
You may not realize it. But they're out there.
Every time you buy something on Amazon.com, swipe your PricePlus card at ShopRite, use E-ZPass to pay a toll, type something into Google or make a cell phone call, they're watching.
Montclair author Stephen Baker has dubbed them "the Numerati." They are [...]
Governor's Office/Tim LarsenGov. Jon Corzine waits in line to cast his vote in Hoboken on Election Day.
Does Barack Obama's victory mean New Jersey is about to lose another governor?
This morning, Gov. Jon Corzine downplayed speculation he is on the short list to become Treasury Secretary in the [...]
This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
On a Sunday afternoon in late September, the Newark Bears took the field and got pummeled by the Somerset Patriots 14-8.
Was that season-ending game, played in a half-filled Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in [...]
"A small state with a world of food."
That's the tag line to Jersey Bites, a blog by Debbie, a local food lover.
The idea for the blog came to Debbie as she was asked for her baby back ribs recipe at a Labor Day party:
I told the person I'd [...]
With less than two weeks to go until the election, political blogs across the internet are in a frenzy.
And it turns out people are actually reading.
More than a quarter of voters are reading political blogs-- though liberals are more active online than conservatives, according to a new study.
The [...]
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Essex County's South Mountain Reservation has 2,047 acres, miles of trails, a 25-foot waterfall-- and a lot of deer.
Too many deer, according to Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo.
Last year, DiVincenzo proposed closing the park over [...]
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Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGov. Jon Corzine addresses a joint session of Legislature on the Wall Street financial crisis.
Saying it's time for New Jersey to "be courageous," Gov. Jon Corzine proposed his own economic rescue plan to help the [...]
Are you reading this blog at work?
Do you shut your office door to catch up on your favorite blogs instead of working?
Are you sneaking online during dull meetings to update your own blog?
A new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project-- titled Networked Workers-- studies how [...]
Bob from Cinnaminson took a trip to Disney World. Meg from Cranford paid off her college loans. Mark from Trenton finally bought the guitar he's always wanted.
And Heather from Lyndhurst blew it all on overdue dentist bills and tickets to a Judas Priest concert.
[...]
This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
Could the answer to all of our energy problems be blowing in the breeze off the Jersey Shore?
Last week, the state Board of Public Utilities awarded a $4 million grant to develop plans for [...]
Read any good books lately?
Readers looking for the next great novel or biography may seem a little lost as they wander their local bookstores these days. Newspapers and magazines are cutting back on their book review sections and websites like Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com are overflowing with [...]
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| Ledger Live - 09-30-08 |
Wall Street is hyperventilating. Stocks are tumbling. Congress is fretting. Americans are watching their retirement accounts plummet.
In the midst of the panic, bloggers across the internet have become amateur economists. Did greedy [...]
In 2006, veteran Essex County wedding videographer Robert Ehrlich and his wife ventured into the emerging world of podcasting, starting a website where newly engaged couples could download shows to their iPods about planning a wedding, choosing a dress, selecting a florist and planning a honeymoon.
They called their [...]
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Alice Bradley-- the Bloomfield blogger who runs the popular mom blog Finslippy-- has been getting a lot of attention lately.
She has a blog that's drawing 15,000 readers a day. She was included in "Sleep Is for the Weak: The Best of the Mommy Bloggers," [...]
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This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
Yankee Stadium hosted its final game Sunday. The Mets will play their final regular season game at Shea Stadium this weekend. The Jets and the Giants are counting down the games until their new [...]
Mitsu Yasukawa/The Star-LedgerMichelle Leaks, 19, a student at the Newark Workforce Development Institute receives a hug from Newark Mayor Cory Booker at a community event earlier this year.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has joined the growing list of politicians venturing into the blogosphere.
The site-- called Moving Newark Forward: Inside [...]
Here's this week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
Classes are back in session at New Jersey's colleges and universities. That means partying is also back in session on the state's campuses.
Some New Jersey colleges have made efforts in recent years to [...]
Lisa Clarke describes herself as a "wife, mother, businessowner and artsyperson." And her blog is about all those things-- with an emphasis on the artsy part.
The Stirling resident blogs at Polka Dot Cottage. She is among the growing number of bloggers turning their crafts into small businesses via [...]
Count Montclair's Pamela Redmond Satran among the local bloggers who've scored a book deal.
Satran's very funny How Not to Look Old blog will be turned into a book and published by Collins. It should be out in August in the U.S. and U.K., according to an announcement [...]
This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
Photo by Al Grillo/APIn 2006, Gov. Sarah Palin, left, her husband Todd, and daughters Bristol,16, right, and Piper, 5, front, stand as the colors are retired at the end of an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.
When the [...]
Photos by Mia Song/The Star-LedgerBernie Peng and Tammy Li wed at the Madison Hotel in Morristown. Peng made headlines after proposing by reprogramming "Bejeweled," Li's favorite video game.
As a young girl, Tammy Li envisioned marrying the man of her dreams in a big white wedding surrounded by her friends [...]
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate John McCain stands with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at a campaign rally today in Dayton, Ohio.
Early this morning, word began to trickle out that Republican presidential candidate John McCain had bypassed several obvious choices and decided to name Sarah Palin as his vice [...]
Used to be, we reporters had to pound the sidewalks-- or at least work the phones-- to find people to interview.
These days, we Twitter and webcast.
That's what happened earlier this week when Star-Ledger reporter and Ledger Live vodcaster Brian Donohue posted a line on his Twitter account about [...]
Haraz N. Ghanbari/APThe text message announcing the choice of Sen. Joe Biden as Barack Obama's choice for vice president.
This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
In a nod to his tech-savvy supporters, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama chose to reveal his vice presidential [...]
For years the writer behind the popular Waiter Rant blog was simply known as "The Waiter," a mysterious blogger who knew the behind-the-scenes dirt about some of area's fanciest restaurants and their patrons.
Now "The Waiter" has written a best-selling book based on his blog and unmasked himself. [...]
Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerFireworks explode during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
When he returns to campus this fall, Princeton University sophomore Colin Hanlin will have quite a "What I did on my summer vacation" story.
Hanlin spent the last two weeks in Beijing as a spectator at [...]
Last year, Manalapan officials tried-- and failed-- to get a subpoena to find out the identity of "daTruthSquad," a blogger critical of the local government.
Now the town's former mayor is suing to learn the name of the mystery blogger and dozens of other [...]
This week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of The Star-Ledger:
When Army scientist Bruce Ivins committed suicide last month, it appeared the seven-year-old anthrax mystery had been solved.
Investigators said they were about to charge Ivins, a troubled 62-year-old microbiologist, with murder for mailing a [...]
| American Idol auditions: Angie Irwin |
More than 10,000 singers (and people who think they can sing) descended on the Izod Center in the Meadowlands today to audition for the next season of "American Idol."
Some were New Jerseyans who auditioned on a lark, others flew in from across the country determined to [...]
Sparta teacher Erica Hartman already has the usual certifications issued by the state of New Jersey that allow her to teach middle school.
This summer she flew out to California for a new kind of credential-- a Google Certification.
Google, the internet giant best known for [...]
http://meadowblog.typepad.com/The New Jersey Meadowland is the subject of a new site, The Meadowlands blog.
At times, it seems like North Jersey is all congestion, concrete, malls and traffic.
But amid all of the chaos is 30-square-miles of flora and fauna known as the New Jersey Meadowlands.
Though best associated with the sports [...]
Here's this week's Jersey Blogs column from the opinion page of today's Star-Ledger:
After years as a mediocre afterthought, Rutgers University's football team has finally showed signs in recent years of living up to the school's promises of bringing big-time college football to New Jersey.
But with [...]
Chris Faytok/The Star-LedgerIrvington native Cullen Jones, right, with teammates, from left, Jason Lezak, Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale after receiving their gold medals for winning the 4 x 100 freestyle relay Sunday night in Beijing.
Gold-medal-winning swimmer Cullen Jones, an Irvington native, isn't the only New Jerseyan at the [...]
roibal.net/blogA sketch of Gov. Jon Corzine by artist Larry Roibal.
Most people read their newspaper every morning and toss it into recycling.
Larry Roibal uses it as his canvas.
The 47-year-old South Plainfield artist sketches portraits on his morning paper. The drawings are often of people in the news, sketched with ballpoint [...]
Last week, The Star-Ledger found itself in the unusual position of reporting news-- about itself.
The newspaper's publisher announced the Newhouse family will sell The Star-Ledger unless 200 employees take buyouts and the paper's unions settle their contracts by Oct. 1.
The problem is the [...]
Michael WilsonKatie Reider
During her decade-long career, indie rock singer Katie Reider built up a small but loyal base of fans who bought her albums and cheered at her soulful concerts.
In death, she may be reaching more people than she ever did in life.
The 30-year-old Montclair musician died [...]
A painting by Eric Fox, an artist featured on myartspace.com.
In the old days, struggling artists would toil away in their studios waiting for their big break.
These days, wannabe Picassos are using the internet to try to make their own luck.
Myartspace.com is an [...]
Scrappin' with Jersey Girl
There are people who stick snapshots in albums. And then there are scrapbookers.
The two shouldn't be confused.
Scrapbookers treat photo albums as an art form, crafting elaborate pages with photos, memorabilia, paper cutouts, stencils, stamps, stickers, ribbon and more.
A large number of scrapbook enthusiasts have also taken [...]
Do you have a blog? Do you have a webcam? Do you have something to say?
If so, NJ.com and The Star-Ledger want you.
Earlier this week, Star-Ledger reporter Brian Donohue launched Ledger Live. It's not a typical news show. It's a short webcast on the day's news filmed lived every [...]
Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerSharpe James
Federal prosecutors wanted 20 years.
Defense attorneys wanted probation.
In the end, former Newark mayor Sharpe James got 27 months in federal prison and a $100,000 fine for rigging a deal to sell city land to his mistress.
Yesterday's sentencing in [...]
