Last Holiday Debuts in Newark

New York Times: All the Queen’s Men. The Times reports on Queen Latifah‘s arrival to Newark for her latest movie debut, but it was hard to hear to tell we were reading about the movies above all that political din. 🙂

Newark and Devils play chicken over arena funding

The Star-Ledger: Cash crisis puts arena on thin ice in Newark. The Devil’s arena promises a boon for the area, bringing jobs and visitors to the city of Newark. Its failure, of course, would leave a massive crater in the heart of downtown the city deeply in debt. This was a huge bet for Mayor James. Let’s hope he pulls this off.
Update: Glad to see they worked it out.

Only in New Jersey

Newsday: State assemblywoman steps down amid accusations. Wow. As if double-dipping on the taxpayer’s dollar isn’t going to bring in enough income, one of our state assembly representing Newark is caught swapping pricetags in a housewares store to save a quick $80. Real classy.