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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Funnyman Steve Carell Inspires Seniors at Princeton University's Class Day (Video)

Be kind, make someone laugh and don't take yourself too seriously, Carell told Princeton seniors.

  When comedian Steve Carell went to college, girls rejected him in person. Library books were filled with the history, along withdead skin cells and Doritos fingerprints of the readers beforehand. Google, Facebook and Twitter? They didn’t exist. Now, dates are made- or rejected- via text, more and more books are available on the Kindle or iPad and we rely on technology to get through our daily lives. “As human beings, we should naturally crave contact with one another,” Carell told Princeton University’s Class of 2012 at Class Day on Monday. “But sadly, as the world grows more and more technologically advanced, we lose our ability to connect as human beings. "We have lost touch with our simpler selves, and by "we" I mean you," Carell said…

Sunday, March 18, 2012

State News: Bloomfield Murder, Teacher Sex Charge and Spycam Verdict

A weekly look at news in New Jersey

A man who raped and murdered a New Milford woman in 1976 is up for parole for the fifth time since, and her family is asking the public's help to once again make sure he doesn't become a free man. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Special Agent in Charge Michael Ward of the FBI have announced an arrest has been made in connection with the homicide of Bloomfield business owner Joseph Rossi Sr. But the arrest of Jose Rivera, 48, of Plainfield, appears at odds with several New York newspaper articles reporting Rossi's murder was carried out by a mob informant, Nicholas "Nicky Skins" Stefanelli, 69, of Belleville, as an act of retaliation. A Middlesex County jury found Dharun Ravi guilty Friday in the Rutgers webcam spying …

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