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FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa remains entering 3rd day

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ...
Opinion Can New Jersey Escape the Fate of the States

Meredith Whitney is the Wall Street analyst -- schooled in New Jersey -- who is credited with as clear a forecast of the 2008 financial crisis as anyone. Now she has turned her attention from the fiscal health of banks to the fiscal health of various states, with sobering comments on New Jersey. In her new book, Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity, Whitney says that ...
Prosecutor 3 Ohioans enslaved beat mentally disabled woman child

Disabled mom, daughter held captive with pit bulls: The FBI on Tuesday arrested three Ohio residents for allegedly imprisoning and abusing a mentally disabled mother and her young daughter for more than two ...
South New Jersey doctor killed by husband in murder-suicide

A South New Jersey doctor was killed Tuesday in her office by her estranged husband, who then turned his gun on himself, police said. Dr. Michelle Liggio, 47, who had filed for divorce from her husband, Christopher, was on her lunch break, Pennsauken police said. Employees upstairs had already called police after hearing a violent argument downstairs when they heard the gunshots, The ...
Asbury Park to replace city manager

ASBURY PARK — Veteran city manager Terence Reidy could soon be on his way out. Three newly elected City Council members are planning to oust Reidy when they take office, Reidy confirmed this ...

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The Big Lebowski [Blu-Ray]

Like a good Caucasian, Joel and Ethan Coens L.A.-based crime-caper-comedy The Big Lebowski is an acquired taste, but potentially addictive once you take to its perfectly offbeat blend of seemingly disparate elements. Largely misunderstood and/or ignored during its initial the ... ...

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Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against JJ

The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of ...
Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old

PLANADA, Calif. -; A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old ...
2 dead in double shooting in NJ doctors office

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities say a southern New Jersey doctor was fatally shot in her office by her husband, who then died after turning the gun on ...
Red Bank Regional students dedicate tribute to classmates lost

On the front lawn of Red Bank Regional High School, a pair of garden stones rest at the foot of two newly planted trees, small reminders of two teens who left a big impression ...
Towns in Monmouth and Ocean counties get FEMA loans

Federal loans meant to help towns make up for the loss in tax revenue because of superstorm Sandy have been given to six municipalities and a fire district in Monmouth and Ocean counties. For ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Padma Khanna: From Bollywood dancer to classical dance guru

Padma Khanna, a popular name in Hindi and Bhojpuri films in the 1970s, who currently resides in New Jersey and runs the Indianica Dance Academy, says she never really gave up acting. And she says she still gets offers from Mumbai and is ready to return to celluloid if given a "very special role".

Still remembered for her dance in the song "Husn ke lakhon rang", the actress took life the way it came. "I never really gave it up; however, life brought me to a precipice. I was at a point in life where I had a choice and chose to start anew - to share the art and culture that drives me till this day."

At the young age of 7, she started learning Kathak from Guru Kishen Maharaj of Varanasi. At the age of 12, she started performing on stage to the accompaniment of tabla wizard Pundit Shamta Prasad. She learnt advanced Kathak from Gopi Krishna.

Currently, she is busy with the upcoming 17th annual cultural show of her academy - Chamakte Sitare 2013 - which will be held June 22 at Plainfield High School, New Jersey.

She debuted as an actress in the 1961 Bhojpuri film "Bhaiyya" at the age of 12. Her big break came in 1970 when she played a cabaret dancer in "Johnny Mera Naam". She acted in more than 400 movies of all Indian languages, among them "Saaz Aur Awaaz", "Biwi Aur Makaan", "Baharon Ke Sapne", "Sangharsh", "Dastaan", "Hindustan Ki Kasam", "Rampur Ka Lakshman" and "Saudagar". ...