FOOTBALLERS who head the ball frequently are more likely to suffer balance problems, warn the authors of a new study. It shows that headers may be "undermining" players' balance, adding weight to growing concern about the health effects of headers.

New Jersey Assemblywoman Teresa Ruiz , D-Newark, N.J., receives her ticket after betting on the New York Yankees and New York Giants at the Meadowlands Racetrack Saturday in East Rutherford. Meadowlands Racetrack started taking sports betting on Saturday, becoming the fourth sports betting outlet in New Jersey following the state's U.S. Supreme Court victory in a case that cleared the way for all 50 states to legalize sports betting.

Founded in 1884 for poor Irish immigrants, St. Lucy's Church in Downtown Jersey City flourished as a Catholic parish until 1920, when blocks of homes were razed to build the entrance and exit to the Holland Tunnel. It hung on until the 1980s, when the school was converted into the largest homeless shelter in the state and the rectory became a residence for mothers with HIV/AIDS.

In Newark's South Ward, friends and family gathered at their church Wednesday morning to say good-bye to Linda Daniels, a 68-year-old matriarch who died gasping for breath on a hot afternoon, a few hours after PSE&G cut off her electricity, causing her oxygen machine to sputter to a halt. They sang, they cried, they hugged.

Photo by Jennie Sweetman - St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Church in Montague is observing the 75th anniversary of its formation on Sunday, July 22, with an 11:30 a.m. Mass, followed by a luncheon to be held in the High Point Country Club. Photo submitted by Alicia Batko - When the congregation of St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Church in Montague outgrew the private Staudt home, Mass was then held in Rock View until the new church was built.

A $13 billion project to build a new rail tunnel into New York is scrambling to stay in the running for key federal funding as a July 14 deadline looms. According to the federal Department of Transportation, the tunnel project, the largest component of the Gateway rail project that plans to replace century-old rail infrastructure in New York and New Jersey, is lacking some key components to remain eligible for billions in federal grants.