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Tammy and Ted Plevretes don't need more research to link football concussions to devastating brain damage.They need only look across the kitchen table, where their 23-year-old son Preston sits mostly silent in a wheelchair, a home-health aide at his side.
NEWARK
Fairleigh Dickinson University does not have to pay a $260,000 award to the family of a student who died after drinking heavily and falling from a dorm window four years ago, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.Keith Orzech, a 21-year-old junior from Sudbury, Mass., fell to his death at the Madison-Florham Park campus in 2005. His parents sued, contending the school's alcohol policies were inadequate and not properly enforced.
SEASIDE HEIGHTS
The New Jersey beach town that's home to MTV's "Jersey Shore" is trying to distance itself from the controversy surrounding the reality show.In a statement Monday, the Borough of Seaside Heights says it "did not solicit, promote or participate in the filming" of the show.
EAST RUTHERFORD
Kevin Durant matched his season high with 40 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated New Jersey 105-89 Monday night, sending the Nets to their 10th straight loss - their second double-digit losing streak of the season.Former Net Nenad Krstic added 19 points and Russell Westbrook had 16 points and 10 assists as the Thunder won a season-high third straight game. Reserve Nick Collison added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Oklahoma City held the Nets to 17 points in the final 17 minutes.
NEWARK
Zach Parise ended a goal-scoring slump with a pair Monday night, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.Parise, who led the Devils with a career-high 45 goals last season, had gone 12 games without scoring. He snapped the slump to help New Jersey win for the 10th time in the last 12 games.
FLORHAM PARK
It all stunningly comes down to this for the New York Jets: win and they're in.How about that, Rex? A week after mistakenly thinking your team's playoff chances were over, the Jets somehow control their postseason destiny.
TRENTON
A New Jersey lawmaker is planning to introduce legislation that would bar nongovernment workers from enrolling in the state's taxpayer-funded pension system.Assemblyman Paul Moriarty's bill would restrict eligibility to the Public Employees Retirement System by keeping lobbyists and others out.
EAST RUTHERFORD
Sorry!A day after a no-show performance led to their being eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in five years, coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning apologized to New York Giants fans for a no-show performance in a 41-9 loss to the Carolina Panthers in the team's final game at Giants Stadium.
CAMDEN
South Jersey commuter rail passengers are getting a break from the Delaware River Port Authority.The bistate agency announced Monday that it has postponed a 10 percent fare hike on its PATCO rail line that was scheduled to take effect in September 2010. The fare increase is now scheduled for January 2011.
CAMDEN
South Jersey commuter rail passengers are getting a break from the Delaware River Port Authority.The bistate agency announced Monday that it has postponed a 10 percent fare hike on its PATCO rail line that was scheduled to take effect in September 2010. The fare increase is now scheduled for January 2011.
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