Dec 25th, 2008 · Author Judy Blume talks with Renee Montagne about how a suburban housewife in New Jersey turned into one of the country's most celebrated children's writers and how her own childhood inspired her fiction writing.
Keywords: children · country · fictional · Renee Montagne · childhood · Writer · suburban · New Jersey · Judy · Blume · Judy Blume · housewife
Dec 23rd, 2008 · Day to Day has only radio to give you this holiday season. With that in mind, Kathleen Tacelosky asked us to produce a story on her sister-in-law — a doctor in New Jersey who doesn't accept health insurance from her clients.
Keywords: law · Health · insurance · holiday · New Jersey · Kathleen Tacelosky
Dec 22nd, 2008 · Five Muslim immigrants face life in prison after a federal jury in New Jersey found them guilty of conspiring to kill military personnel. They were acquitted of attempted murder.
Keywords: Muslim · federal · convicted · immigration · military · Prisons · guilty · Soldiers · jury · conspiring · personnel · New Jersey
Dec 16th, 2008 · President-elect Obama is expected to name Lisa Jackson as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. But her work as the head of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection is coming under harsh criticism.
Keywords: critic · president · EPA · Obama · New Jersey · Lisa Jackson
Dec 11th, 2008 · Santa Claus encountered some trouble in New Jersey. He was spending time at a PetsMart store, doing a photo shoot. And a pet owner asked him to pose with his very large cat, possibly a bobcat. What nobody anticipated was that the big cat would be terrified by some nearby dogs. Unless the owner produces a vaccination record, Santa Claus may have to get rabies shots after the cat bit and clawed him. Fortunately, Santa was wearing a thick, red suit at the time.
Keywords: Vaccine · photo · Santa Claus · Santa · New Jersey · Bobcats · Rabies · terrified · Petsstore
Nov 14th, 2008 · The trial of five men accused of plotting to attack the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey may hinge on the testimony of a government informant: Mahmoud Omar, an Egyptian national with a checkered past. But defense attorneys say there was no conspiracy, except for the one Omar tried to create.
Keywords: national · Egyptian · testimony · Trial · attorney · conspiracy · Omar · New Jersey · Checkers · defense · Dix · Fort Dix Army
Sep 19th, 2008 · Investment bank Lehman Brothers will soon be divided up and sold. British bank, Barclays is set to purchase Lehman's broker-dealer operations as well as its New York headquarters and New Jersey data centers. That leaves Lehman's commercial real estate assets, private equity investments and hedge fund investments.
Keywords: New York · commercial · British · private · estate · headquarters · New Jersey · dealers · Lehman · equity · purchase · Barclays
Aug 30th, 2008 · Jacqueline Care talks about her new novel, It's a Crime. The novelist found inspiration in affluent New Jersey suburbs, just outside of Manhattan, and in the white-collar crimes of corporate CEOs.
Keywords: crime · corporate · suburb · CEO · novelist · Manhattan · novel · Affluent · inspiration · Jersey · New Jersey · Jacqueline Care