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Amid budget squabble, Assembly Dems pitch their own proposals
TRENTON, N.J. - As squabbling over Gov. Jon S. Corzine's proposed sales tax increase continues, Assembly Democrats have offered a variety of alternatives, including new taxes, increasing state debt collections, and not increasing property tax rebates going to seniors and others.

Springfield man acquitted of loan sharking ties
A Springfield man who prosecutors say was tied to a mob-run loan sharking operation was acquitted Friday of threatening a Westfield pizza shop owner to collect a loan.

Amid budget squabble, Assembly Dems pitch their own proposals
TRENTON, N.J. - As squabbling over Gov. Jon S. Corzine's proposed sales tax increase continues, Assembly Democrats have offered a variety of alternatives, including new taxes, increasing state debt collections, and not increasing property tax rebates going to seniors and others.

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP OPENS STORE AT SAINT LOUIS ZOO
Visitors at the Saint Louis Zoo can make their own zoo animal friends to take home now that Build-A-Bear Workshop has opened a jungle-themed store at the Zoo. The store offers eight animal-making stations, and visitors can choose from 10 animals, including the Humboldt penguin, tree frog, Asian elephant and ring-tailed lemur.