WKNJ NEWS DEPARTMENT / PABLO GIL

WKNJ NEWCAST / THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 2010

Hello Kean University, is Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at __________ o’clock and your

listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey and I’m __________ with the news.

In Local News………

An Acres wide brush fire destroyed an abandoned warehouse and sent giant plumes of smoke

spewing above Raritan Center in Edison yesterday.

No one was injured in the blaze that could be seen for miles.

The fire started at 2.pm. in a meadow behind a large swatch of business and warehouses in the

area in the border of Edison and Woodbridge. Sparks from a freight train caused the fire.

No homes were affected

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NJ Transit approves larges fare hike in agency history commuters are stinging from the decision

by NJ Transit’s board to raise train and some bus fares 25 percent-tied for the biggest fare hike in

NJ transit’s history-but the agency’s executive director said he didn’t expect another increase in

the next three years.

The Fare hike, the first since a 9-percent increase in 2007, was needed to close a $300 million

budget hole for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The increase was originally going to be a flat 25 percent across the board, until testimony at a

dozen of public hearings NJ Transit leaders modify the increases.

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In National News………………..

Top officials from the U.S. State Department plan to travel to Moscow this week to push Russia
to allow adoptions by U.S families to continue

The trip comes after a U.S. family sparked outrage by sending an adopted 7 year old boy back to
Russia alone. Officials in Moscow have threatened to halt all adoptions by U.S. families.

Russia is the third most popular country for U.S families adopting children internationally,
behind China and Ethiopia.

The family that returned the boy said he showed violent and psychotic behavior and that officials
in Russia had given no warning.

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The man who rescued an 11 year old girl lost in a dense Florida swamp said yesterday that God
led him directly to her and that finding her was no surprise.

James King said he set out on his own to look for Nadia Bloom on Tuesday, trusting that he was
going in the right direction even when that meant through water or dense brush.

King was surprised at the good shape Nadia was in. she had been missing since Friday. Shoeless
and covered in insect bites, she was in otherwise good condition, he said.

The two of them then stayed in the swamp, near Lake Jesup in Central Florida, while king called
authorities to rescue them.
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The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of
antibiotics, pesticides or heavy metals, a new report warns.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general said federal agencies have failed to set
limits on many potentially harmful chemical residues, which “has resulted in meat with these
substances being distributed in commerce”

When it comes to pesticide traces, only one type is tested for, according to the report. There are
also no set limits for some heavy metals, like copper.

In 2008, Mexican authorities turned away an American shipment of beef, because it did not meet
Mexico’s limits when tested for copper traces. But the very same rejected meat could be sold in
the United States, since no limit has been set, the analysis says.
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In International News…………..

Polish legislators were planning yesterday to hold a June election to choose a successor to
President Lech Kaczynski, whose death in an air crash is generating unprecedented scenes of
public grief.

Mourners lined up through the night Outside Warsaw’s Presidential Palace to pay respects to
Kaczynski, shoes body is lying in state alongside that of his wife.

The Couple were among 96 Polish dignitaries, military top brass and officials who died when the
plane carrying them to a service commemorating Polish prisoners of war massacred in Russia
during World War II crashed in bad weather.
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At least 31 people were killed in a powerful storm that swept through parts of eastern India along
the Bangladeshi border, officials said today.

The 45 minute storm packed winds up to 75 mph, knocking down communication links in West
Bengal state’s North Dinajpur district after midnight, authorities said.

About 100.000 houses could have been damaged in the severe storm and feared that the death
toll could rise.

Rescue operations were under way, and officials said they were trying to restore
communications.

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In Sports………

The Denver Broncos traded wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the Miami Dolphins for a second
round pick in next week’s draft and a second rounder in 2011.

Marshall will fly to Miami later this week for physical, after which he is expected to sign a long-
term contract that he’s been seeking for over a year.

Marshall has long wanted out of Denver, and got his wish when the Broncos pulled off their
second blockbuster deal in as many seasons under Coach Josh McDaniel’s. Denver sent
quarterback Jay Cutler to Chicago last April for Kyle Orton and draft picks.

Kevin Durant scored 31 points to finish the season as the youngest scoring champion in NBA
history, and the Oklahoma City Thunder survived a sloppy second half to head into the
postseason with a 1140105 win Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Oklahoma City let most of a 27 point lead dwindle away before closing out its 50th win of the
season. The Thunder will meet the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first
round of the playoffs.
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In soccer Inter Milan advanced to the Italian Cup final with a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on
Tuesday, keeping alive its hopes of becoming the first Italian club to pull off o a treble.

Samuel Eto’s scored the winner in the 57th minute, slipping all alone behind Fiorentina’s
immobile defense, collecting a pass from Thiago Motta and easily beating goalkeeper Sebastien
Frey.
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Right now on the campus of Kean University, is sunny with 73 F High and overnight low at 49 F
with rain.
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In Entertainment………………

Martin Scorsese appears to be the latest director embracing 3-D, according to Variety.

The Filmmaker plans to experiment with the technology for the first time with his forthcoming
project “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, which is expected to start filming in the U.K. in June
with a potential December 2011 release.

The movie, an adaptation of the young-adult novel by Brian Selznick, tells the story of 12 year
old Hugo, an orphan, clock keeper and thief who lives in the walls of a Paris train station in the
1930’s.
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That’s it for your news. You’re listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey. I’m

_____________________ and we’ll be right back after this.

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