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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 ...
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 ...

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Blu-Ray]

There had never been--and, since its release, never has been--a movie like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In terms of both the successfully over-the-top mixture of horror, camp, rocknroll, science fiction, sexual transgression, and purposefully bad B-movie dialog ... ...

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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 ...
Images of Graduation 2013 around the Shore

Rebecca McGowan, Bayville shows of her diploma during Ocean County College's 46th Annual Commencement Ceremony of 2013 / Robert Ward / Staff ...
NJ man shot when he tries to grab robbers gun

BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities say a southern New Jersey man was shot twice when he tried to take what he thought was a fake gun away from one of two men who were trying to rob ...
NJ lawmakers preparing for budget hearings

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Democratic lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate say they expect to reach a bipartisan deal on a $32.9 billion state budget by ...
Official NJ woman sentenced in FEMA disaster scam

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- An Atlantic City woman who stole more than $15,000 in benefit money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a 2010 nor'easter was sentenced Monday to more than two years in ...

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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". ...