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  • War worries, a new baby and 26.2 miles all at once

    Cranbury duo runs first New York marathon amid serious concerns and a joyous adoption By: Rich Fisher    Every year, thousands of people run in the New York City Marathon, all with a little story behind them. Some tales are better than others, but they all have the same ending — an attempted 26.2-mile run through…

  • Writers Block garden recipient of citation

    A Smart Growth Award for creative initiative from the New Jersey Society of Architects and state Department of Community Affairs By: Marjorie Censer    The New Jersey Society of Architects and the state Department of Community Affairs presented the organizers of Writers Block with the Smart Growth Award for creative initiative Wednesday.    Writers Block, the urban…

  • Woodrow Wilson School awarded $2.2 million

    Part of effort to cut global stockpiles of nuclear materials By: David Campbell    The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $2.2 million to the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University for the creation of an international panel to support reductions in global stockpiles of fissile materials, the…

  • Young, Wise and Gifted

    Derek Trucks puts his talents toward a benefit for Special Olympics New Jersey. By:Jillian Kalonick    At age 26, Derek Trucks is the youngest musician on Rolling Stone’s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" — not a distinction he spends much time mulling over.    "It’s kind of silly, but it was nice to…

  • ‘Boost’ program helps high-schoolers blend in — and stand out

    Outreach program targets West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School students By: Emily Craighead    Parents and teachers at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South are giving students a "Boost" to help them fit in with the crowd and stand out through their talents.    "It’s difficult for teenagers to advocate for themselves," precisely because they want to fit in,…

  • Princeton Health Department hits ‘rock bottom’

    Work on vital statistics suffers following loss of staff By: Marjorie Censer    Amid rising concerns about staffing levels at the Princeton Health Department, the Princeton Health Commission appointed Health Officer David Henry local registrar of vital statistics Tuesday.    The three vital statistics employees — the full-time registrar, the part-time deputy registrar and the part-time alternate…

  • Fusion energy

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory pursues clean and plentiful energy By: Hilary Parker    NSTX. NCSX. ITER. PPPL.    The fact that the people at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory like their four-letter words is quite obvious. But what do these acronyms mean? What actually goes on behind the security gates that bar the entrance to the laboratory?…

  • PU’s Macreery set for XC nationals

    Nightingale, Tiger women will also run By: Justin Feil    Close, but no cigar.    It’s been Frank Macreery’s experience with the Princeton University men’s cross country and track and field teams. Macreery made sure his senior fall season didn’t come up just short as he finished fifth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships in…

  • Time reporter recounts CIA name-leak controversy

    White House correspondent Matthew Cooper gives lecture at Princeton University By: Robert M. Bernstein    Should a journalist threatened with imprisonment violate a court order to testify before a grand jury in order to protect a source?    Time magazine White House correspondent Matthew Cooper woke up on July 6, 2004, prepared to head to jail to…