"Woman Stabbed Multiple Times in Middletown Bed Bath & Beyond" "16-year-old, was found shot to death in her Belgrove Avenue home in Kearny." "27-year-old Newark man, was shot on Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, six hours later, Andrew Allen, a 29-year-old from Irvington, was shot and killed on Crescent Lane in Irvington" "Authorities identify 19-year-old Jersey City man who was gunned down" "Two shot in Newark bodega on Christmas" "Police station shooting: person grabs gun and shoots 3 officers, is killed in return fire in Gloucester Township" "Front door of Jersey City man's home blasted with gun after parking dispute: police" "Report: 1 dead in Asbury Park shooting" "Drive-by shooting, robbery leave two shot in Asbury Park" THIS IS JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE IN NJ IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. PLEASE HELP TO STOP THE VIOLENCE IN NJ BY SIGNING THIS PETITION, URGING OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT SENATOR RAY LESNIAK / SENATOR SHIRLEY TURNER ANTI-VIOLENCE BILL #S2340 NJ Anti-Violence Coalition / National United Youth Council Chairman Salaam Ismial (215) 316-7952

I am a user of the chat network IMVU, which recently implemented a restriction on links in the Pulse feed. This is a direct violation of freedom of expression and should be reconsidered.

Although the gun legislation proposed by President Obama would ban the sale of assault weapons, many people already own such weapons which could be used in criminal activities. The complete second amendment states "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." In the absence of a "well-regulated militia" the right to own any kind of "gun" is clearly questionable.

Due to the lack of action from the 112th Congress on postal reform legislation, The United States Postal Service is fast-tracking closing processing centers across the U.S. There will be employee lay-offs at a time when the U.S. is in need of good paying jobs, and it will slow down the processing of mail throughout the United States.

Do something for the people who put you in office instead for yourself and special interest. These are the issues of the nation that Leaders much champion that our great leader President Obama would like to full fill. Join the presiden in his endeavour and you will win the people every time.

let the people decide and not allow the NRA to dictate how our country is run.

Alabama Exclusive Remedy in Worker's comp cases

Many Illinois legislators want to challenge both Illinois and U.S. Constitutions instead of addressing the causes of the state's budget deficits. Illinois public employees have earned their pension. Their pension is a constitutionally-guaranteed contract.

Dear Governor: Please support HB 2559 which will create much-needed alimony (spousal support) reform in Oregon. My husband, and thousands of other payers like him, has been strangled by excessive alimony payments to a wealthy college-educated woman for ten years (despite a reduction in his income) with no end in sight. Modifications are terribly expensive to seek and difficult to obtain, even when a payer has lost his or her job. The economic downturn has created a system in which payers go bankrupt trying to support a former spouse, while that former spouse has no obligation to seek employment and suffers no income decline. Our bill would set guidelines for alimony awards, thus reducing expensive and heart-wrenching litigation, and would equalize the system to lessen the punishment suffered by income earners when a marriage fails.

The reefs of Hawaii are becoming ghost reefs. They are taking every fish off the reefs to sell in the shameful aquarium trade. Our fish are not for sale. The Hawaiian reef fish are ALL TAKEN LIVE FROM OUR ISLANDS. Please boycott PETCO as they refuse to stop selling our fish online. The reefs need the fish. They are taking all the yellow tangs. All the Humuhumunukunukuapuaa and a variety of other fish deemed "pretty".

gun control regulations must be revised to be as strict as possible. I am very much against individual gun ownership and would honestlly prefer no guns in our society. Although I realize that is unrealistic, I am totally in support of the tightest measures possible

Because my nephew is a baby and I am the Aunt, I lacked the key requirements that would preserve family ties. D.C.F "Rights"only extend to grandparents/ only those whom have a relationship with the child(ren) in custody. What about babies in care? I am without a solution. Without backing from a said bill ; these family members are deprived visitation rights, next of kinship, and knowledge to the child' well being.