New Jersey 101.5 » Townsquare News National http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:49:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Banks Fall Short in Helping Struggling Homeowners http://nj1015.com/banks-fall-short-in-helping-struggling-homeowners/ http://nj1015.com/banks-fall-short-in-helping-struggling-homeowners/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:16:11 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280594 Homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure must wait too long for their loan modification applications to be reviewed by some of the nation's top mortgage servicers, a report said Wednesday. Such delays can plunge borrowers deeper in debt.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/banks-fall-short-in-helping-struggling-homeowners/feed/ 0 Singer Slim Whitman Dies At Age 90 [VIDEO] http://nj1015.com/singer-slim-whitman-dies-at-age-90-video/ http://nj1015.com/singer-slim-whitman-dies-at-age-90-video/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:37:14 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280470  

 

 Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/singer-slim-whitman-dies-at-age-90-video/feed/ 0 Slim Whitman (Evening Standard/Getty Images) Jimmy Hoffa Body Hunt Called Off, No Remains Found http://nj1015.com/fbi-hunt-for-jimmy-hoffas-remains-enters-3rd-day/ http://nj1015.com/fbi-hunt-for-jimmy-hoffas-remains-enters-3rd-day/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:50:32 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280401  

The FBI says it has found no sign of the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa and is ending a dig in suburban Detroit.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/fbi-hunt-for-jimmy-hoffas-remains-enters-3rd-day/feed/ 0 Crime scene tape marks the area beyond which news media may not go where FBI agents search a field (background) outside Detroit for the alleged remains of former Teamsters' union president Jimmy Hoffa (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Obama: 'Lives Have Been Saved' By NSA Programs [VIDEO] http://nj1015.com/obama-lives-have-been-saved-by-nsa-programs-video/ http://nj1015.com/obama-lives-have-been-saved-by-nsa-programs-video/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:28:59 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280320 Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/obama-lives-have-been-saved-by-nsa-programs-video/feed/ 0 President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) 8 Hurt, Some Seriously, When Car Jumps Curb In East Village http://nj1015.com/8-hurt-some-seriously-when-car-jumps-curb-in-east-village/ http://nj1015.com/8-hurt-some-seriously-when-car-jumps-curb-in-east-village/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:13:30 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280388 Fire authorities say eight people have been hurt, several of them seriously, in a Manhattan vehicle crash.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/8-hurt-some-seriously-when-car-jumps-curb-in-east-village/feed/ 0 Accident in the East Village (WABC TV via Facebook) Zimmerman Jury Selection Moves Into Next Round http://nj1015.com/zimmerman-jury-selection-moves-into-next-round/ http://nj1015.com/zimmerman-jury-selection-moves-into-next-round/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:28 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280328 Attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are set for the next phase of jury selection.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/zimmerman-jury-selection-moves-into-next-round/feed/ 0 Defendant George Zimmerman, co-counsel Don West and jury consultant Robert Hirschhorn appear in Seminole circuit court (Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images) Should Food Stamps Be Restricted From Buying Soda? http://nj1015.com/should-food-stamps-be-restricted-from-buying-soda/ http://nj1015.com/should-food-stamps-be-restricted-from-buying-soda/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:14 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280251 The mayors of New York, Newark and 16 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/should-food-stamps-be-restricted-from-buying-soda/feed/ 0 NSA Director Says Plot Against Wall Street Foiled [VIDEO] http://nj1015.com/nsa-director-gen-keith-alexander-video/ http://nj1015.com/nsa-director-gen-keith-alexander-video/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:29:14 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=280099 According to the National Security Agency chief, the dozens of plots that were thwarted with the help of the government's surveillance programs included one that was directed at the New York Stock Exchange.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/nsa-director-gen-keith-alexander-video/feed/ 0 : General Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency, testifies before the House Select Intelligence Committee Chrysler Agrees To Recall Of Jeeps http://nj1015.com/chrysler-expected-to-formally-refuse-jeep-recall/ http://nj1015.com/chrysler-expected-to-formally-refuse-jeep-recall/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:17 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=279833 Chrysler avoided a showdown with government safety regulators Tuesday, agreeing to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/chrysler-expected-to-formally-refuse-jeep-recall/feed/ 0 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Obama Hints Bernanke Likely To Leave Fed In January http://nj1015.com/obama-hints-bernanke-likely-to-leave-fed-in-january/ http://nj1015.com/obama-hints-bernanke-likely-to-leave-fed-in-january/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:01 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=279975 President Barack Obama has given the clearest signal yet that Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely leave the Federal Reserve when his term ends in January.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/obama-hints-bernanke-likely-to-leave-fed-in-january/feed/ 0 President Obama talks to Charlie Rose (PBS)