Benjamin Novoa WKNJ Newscast February 20, 2014 Format Sample

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In Local News...

The Christie administration has allowed 7.6 million in grant money to fall to the way side ... Thursday, Feb. 20th was the official deadline for the state to submit a revised plan on how funds from the federal government were to be used. The grant was meant to provide uninsured New Jersey residents with medical coverage. The lapse in the submission will most likely result in the funds being returned to the federal government. HHS officials made their desire to work with the state clear, but according to HHS spokesman Fabien Levey the state has yet to send us a request to rescope their grant for any allowable activities. The state department claims to have submitted plans that rejected. NJ state insurance commissioner Ken Kobylowskie has claimed that the HHS has determined that none of the previously submitted plans were deemed unfit for use. The state is again requesting to use the use the funds for activities that have already been denied. If and when the funds will be allocated is still to be determined.

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/nj_obamacare_deadline_for_76_million_g rant.html#incart_river

Continuing on the states budgetary woes.

New Jerseys is at an all time high, with $78.4 billion, up 6.6 billion from the previous year. According to reports released by the state Treasury Dept. on Wednesday, the increase is largely due to pensions the cost roughly 3.3 billion and health-benefits provided to public workers with an estimated 1.7 billion. The Christie administration has suggested deep budget cuts to social programs, a notion that has been openly rejected by Democrats in control of the legislature. The state is committed to a increase in pension payments, which could result in increases elsewhere, such as raising taxes and possible increases in the gas tax to provide funding for road projects. Democrats have tried to increase the income tax-rate on millionaires to compensate for some of the deficit but Christie has vetoed them, instead it is said that he will push for a 10 percent tax cut during his coming speeches.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/nj_debt_grew_66_billion_in_2013_s training_christie_on_budget.html

In National News

It is always better to give than to receive, but that wasnt the case for on charity donor

In the Sugar Creek Borough of Pennsylavania, Police were notified when Salvation Army employees contacted them when they found marijuana in a pair of donated jeans. Police Chief Matt Carlson suggests that the owner must have noticed, sighting that the bag contained a significant amount of pot. Currently police are working with store employees to determine the drugs owner. The chief claims that this isnt a rare incident, claiming that this among a larger group of odd donations, which includes guns, rings, cash, and now marijuana can be added to the list.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/21/police-trying-to-trace-owner-bagmarijuana-found-in-pants-donated-to-pa/

the University of Oklahoma is being sued by a French woman claiming that a painting in the Universities possession belong to her family. Leone Meyer is seeking to recover the 128 year-old piece of art Sheperdess Bringing Sheep by Camille Pissarro. According to Meyer the painting was stole the painting from her family during World War II. The lawsuit alleges that the painting had made its way into the country without her families knowledge sometime in 1956. The painting has had many owners and was donated to the University in 2000. Should the court rule with Meyers, the University says it will abide by the courts decision. Meanwhile, Republican Legislator Paul Wesselhoft from Oklahoma city has said that keeping the piece on display would be an embarrassment for the state and the school. The painting is currently on display in the Universities Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/21/oklahoma-university-french-woman-intussle-over-nazi-looted-painting/

In International news. Prosecutors are backtracking on key parts of the case against Oscar Pistoriusthe infamous Blade Runner, according to a South African News Network. eNCA documents now support the athletes claims to have not been wearing his prosthetic legs when his girlfriend model and reality TV starReeva Steenkamp was shot on Valentines day, 2013. The new information changes the distance from which he fired from 5 feet to 2. It now shows that he was not wearing the artificial legs and can possibly support his claim to have mistaken his girlfriend for an intruder. Prosecutors also failed to provide evidence of the presence of testosterone in his home. Despite the legal backtracking, the prosecution believes it can still prove that Pistorius had planned the alleged murder.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/prosecutors-backtrack-pistorius-shootingdetails/story?id=22614954

Protests in Yemen have resulted in the death of 2 protesters according to Medical officials. The incident took place during a demonstration in Aden, 20 others were also wounded. For decades North and South Yemen had been separate countries until a 1990 unification of the states. A recent Separatist movement has called for southern Yemen to seek independence through protests organized by the state. Security officials say deny the use of deny weapons, relying instead on non-lethal weapons such as tear gas and water cannons, in contrast to the results of medical officials.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/medics-protesters-shot-deadyemen-22620497

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