Word: jersey
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...needless hugging ... It wasn't a greeting. It was happening all day.' NOREEN HAJINLIAN, principal of a New Jersey middle school that has banned hugging...
...Tell that to the Boss, Mr. A. "The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you," Bruce Springsteen said after a ticket fiasco in New Jersey in February steered buyers to a secondary market the company owns where tickets were being hawked at up to five times face value. The Boss was so ticked off, he went on to cast his vote against the merger, fearing a music monopoly. (Read a brief history of Ticketmaster...
...this puts a cloud over Ticketmaster's merger plans. "I think [the merger] would be a catastrophe for the entertainment business," said Representative Bill Pascrell, a New Jersey Democrat who demanded congressional hearings into the matter. "Given Ticketmaster's recent mishandling of Bruce Springsteen's tour and other shows, it is clear that this company's questionable business practices warrant sharper scrutiny." Earlier this week, the Congressman introduced a bill, named the Boss Act, that calls for ticketing companies to disclose how many tickets are being withheld in primary public ticket sales and a 48-hour waiting period before tickets...
...other end of the attitude spectrum are women like Diane Mello, who was newly pregnant when she learned she had melanoma in 2004. The 21-year-old from New Jersey underwent surgery but took a pass on chemo. Spooked by the lack of data on pregnant women, she chose her baby's health over her own and died when her daughter was 9 months...
...Jersey GRANDMA breaks world record at craps with 1--in--1 trillion...