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Rare Brawls Break Out In College, NFL Games In Fight-Filled Football Weekend Rare Brawls Break Out In College, NFL Games In Fight-Filled Football Weekend
Rare Brawls Break Out In College, NFL Games In Fight-Filled Football Weekend It's been a fight-filled weekend in the football world, including a rare brawl in a collegiate contest. It started on Saturday, Nov. 30, when Michigan upset archrival and No. 2-ranked Ohio State,  13-10, in the Buckeyes' home stadium. Though the defending national champs, Michigan was having a disappointing season and entered the game at 6-5. After securing the win -- its fourth straight against Ohio State -- a Wolverines player attempted to plant a Michigan flag at the 50-yard line. An Ohio State player pulled the flag away, and things turned ugly. Dozens of players began pushing, a…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Man Suffers Head Trauma After Being Struck By Rolling Car He Was Riding In: PD Cliffside Park Man Suffers Head Trauma After Being Struck By Rolling Car He Was Riding In: PD
Cliffside Park Man Suffers Head Trauma After Being Struck By Rolling Car He Was Riding In: PD A man in his early 70s suffered head trauma after being struck by a rolling vehicle that he had been riding in Wednesday evening, July 12 in North Bergen, police said. The Cliffside Park resident got out of the vehicle and walked around the back of the car at 1600 71st Street, around 7:05 p.m., North Bergen Police Capt. Jorge Raposo said.  The vehicle rolled back knocking the man to the ground, causing him to hit his head, Raposo said. The man is believed to have suffered a concussion, the captain said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials
Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials Ammonia-based smelling salts used by athletes and once used to treat fainting women had an adverse affect on students who brought the substance to a Morris County school, district officials said. A student brought the bottle of a type of "athletic smelling salt" to the Copeland Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and others who applied it were "adversely affected," Rockaway Superintendent Richard R. Corbett said in a letter to parents. The ammonia-based salts case an increase in heartbeat and alertness, however, have been a growing concern among athletes in recent years, according to a report…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Atlantic City Woman Beaten After Asking Girl To Stop Splashing Water At Philadelphia Museum Atlantic City Woman Beaten After Asking Girl To Stop Splashing Water At Philadelphia Museum
Atlantic City Woman Beaten After Asking Girl To Stop Splashing Water At Philadelphia Museum Philadelphia police are investigating an attack on an Atlantic City woman at an area museum that left her badly bruised and her young nephew in shock. Danielle Vincent of Atlantic City had taken her nephew to the Franklin Institute on May 1, and at some point asked a young girl at a children's exhibit to stop splashing water, NJ.com reports. That's when a man and two women -- one of whom was apparently the girl's mother -- began punching and pummeling Vincent, she told the media outlet. The assault was caught on surveillance video and is under investigation by the Philadelphia Police …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
'Life Is Precious': Paramus Woman Recovers From Brain Injury With CrossFit 'Life Is Precious': Paramus Woman Recovers From Brain Injury With CrossFit
'Life Is Precious': Paramus Woman Recovers From Brain Injury With CrossFit Life can change in an instant. It did for Kelly Ann Woods of Paramus in 2012 when she slipped and fell on ice. Only months later was she diagnosed with a concussion and spinal fluid leak.  The accident to Woods is a red line that divides her life in two, but her fierce determination to finish any task at hand -- whether it's recovery or a workout at CrossFit The Rack located inside of Gold's Gym in Paramus -- remained constant. "When you go through a life-altering accident you really gain perspective on what matters most," said Woods, 31, an infrastructure architect for UPS in M…

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by Cecilia Levine