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		<title>Ocean County School District Looks To Uniforms [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Allentoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low-cut tops, belly shirts, and ripped jeans will soon be a thing of the past in one Ocean County school district. Come September, students in the Central Regional School District may be required to wear uniforms, consisting of a shirt with the school&#8217;s emblem and either black or khaki pants. Superintendent Triantafillos (Tom) Parlapanides says [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Low-cut tops, belly shirts, and ripped jeans will soon be a thing of the past in one Ocean County school district.</p>
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		<title>NJ Leads The Way On Even Lower Gas Prices [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Cutter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news at the gas pump just keeps getting better, and New Jersey&#8217;s price drops are leading the charge. Tom Kloza, of Gasbuddy.com, says Jersey pump prices have gone down 49-cents-a-gallon on average in a year, and that&#8217;s the biggest drop for any state in the country. &#8220;It&#8217;s intriguing, but right now, supplies are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The good news at the gas pump just keeps getting better, and New Jersey's price drops are leading the charge.</p>
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		<title>NJ Revenues Remain Below Pre-Recession Peak [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin McArdle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When will New Jersey really have its comeback? While many states are finally putting the recession behind them, the Garden State is still struggling. That&#8217;s the word from the budget and finance officer with the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS) who uses a national report as the basis for his analysis. &#8220;According to a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When will New Jersey really have its comeback?</p>
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		<title>Teen Hiring In NJ This Summer Is Mixed [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Cutter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many economists see improvements in summer teen hiring this coming season versus previous years. Here in New Jersey, teen hiring may be mixed. Based on general trends, hiring in 2013 should certainly be better than 2012 and 2011. The continuation of that basic trend would suggest the basic job market has improved and that may [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many economists see improvements in summer teen hiring this coming season versus previous years.</p>
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		<title>Sandy And The Shore Housing Market [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Allentoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the days and weeks following Superstorm Sandy, there was great concern at the Jersey Shore over the housing market and whether or not the residents near the coast would pick up what was left of their lives and make a mad dash out of New Jersey. According to the latest information from a number [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the days and weeks following Superstorm Sandy, there was great concern at the Jersey Shore over the housing market and whether or not the residents near the coast would pick up what was left of their lives and make a mad dash out of New Jersey.</p>
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		<title>Governor Christie Says Budget Plan Restores Fiscal Sanity [VIDEO/AUDIO/POLL]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin McArdle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Chris Christie has presented a $32.9 billion State Budget proposal. He says it maintains the fiscal discipline needed to restore New Jersey, is balanced and imposes no tax increases. Christie insists his spending plan funds the key initiatives necessary to rebuild the state and restore prospects for future growth. It also provides a record [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Governor Chris Christie has presented a $32.9 billion State Budget proposal. He says it maintains the fiscal discipline needed to restore New Jersey, is balanced and imposes no tax increases.</p>
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		<title>Are New Jersey Property Taxes Set To Spike? [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Matthau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Chris Christie ran for Governor four years ago, he said property taxes in the Garden State would be stabilized by the end of his first term. Yesterday during his Budget Address, the Governor said the state&#8217;s two-percent property tax cap is definitely working. Some New Jersey residents agree with that statement, while others do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Chris Christie ran for Governor four years ago, he said property taxes in the Garden State would be stabilized by the end of his first term.</p>
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		<title>Jersey Job-Seekers Get Creative To Be Interviewed [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Matthau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In these difficult economic times, just getting a job interview can sometimes be as challenging as getting the job itself. For that reason, a growing number of Jersey job-seekers are getting creative when it comes to making contact with perspective employers. Some of them are creating video resumes, and sending them to targeted companies, while [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In these difficult economic times, just getting a job interview can sometimes be as challenging as getting the job itself.</p>
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		<title>Kim Guadagno Encourages Jersey Shore Visits [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilya Hemlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer might be the prime season for visiting the Jersey Shore, but a new initiative being kicked off by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno focuses on all the shore has to offer right now. Guadagno unveiled the &#8220;Show Your Love For the Jersey Shore&#8221; campaign, which invites residents to start visiting the numerous businesses already open [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Summer might be the prime season for visiting the Jersey Shore, but a new initiative being kicked off by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno focuses on all the shore has to offer right now.</p>
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		<title>Gasoline Costs Affecting NJ Families [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilya Hemlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price at the pump keeps going up, and it&#8217;s taking a bigger chunk of the family budget than ever before. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows the average American family paid around $2,912 for gasoline in 2012 before taxes, which is nearly 4% of their annual budget. That&#8217;s the highest percentage since [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The price at the pump keeps going up, and it's taking a bigger chunk of the family budget than ever before.</p>
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		<title>Resistance Grows Against Retailers Opening On Thanksgiving [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Cutter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The, &#8220;battle of Thanksgiving&#8221; this year may be more than just prime football games. Some retailers are starting Black Friday on Thanksgiving evening, but it isn&#8217;t sitting well with some of their workers and others. A petition against opening Thanksgiving evening begun by a Target employee has gathered 200-thousand signatures. Some WalMart workers threaten to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The, "battle of Thanksgiving" this year may be more than just prime football games. Some retailers are starting Black Friday on Thanksgiving evening, but it isn't sitting well with some of their workers and others.</p>
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		<title>Shore Towns Struggle With Lost Tourism Dollars [AUDIO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Proebstle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to towns struggling to clean up after Superstorm Sandy, shore communities must deal with lost revenue as they work to rebuild before next summer. The Jersey Shore is the economic engine that powers New Jersey&#8217;s $35 billion tourism industry. &#8220;Now those tourism dollars have been lost&#8230;for the shoulder season and for the foreseeable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In addition to towns struggling to clean up after Superstorm Sandy, shore communities must deal with lost revenue as they work to rebuild before next summer.</p>
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		<title>Price of Groceries Projected to Dramatically Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Cataldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if prices at the grocery store aren&#8217;t high enough, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning that it is about to get worse.The USDA announced yesterday that prices for some foods could rise as much as 5% between now and late Spring, due to the drought that is currently covering 60% of the country. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As if prices at the grocery store aren't high enough, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning that it is about to get worse.</p>
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