Gov. Christie got into a verbal smackdown on Thursday with a man who reportedly made snide remarks about his education policies. A video posted on the TMZ website shows Christie gripping a vanilla ice cream cone as he strides down the Seaside Heights boardwalk while joining a battle of words. "You're a real big shot! You're a real big shot shooting your mouth off!" Christie yells at the man. "Just take care of the teachers," the man responds. He might as well have kicked sand in the governor's face. http://bit.ly/LaQGUG

The typical NJ school spent $16,600 in 2010-2011. Most districts spent less per pupil in 2010-11 than in 2009-10, in part because of tough state-imposed spending caps and aid, according to data from the 2010-11 New Jersey School Report Card issued earlier this month by the state Department of Education. The map ranks K-12 or K-8 districts by total overall spending. By clicking on a municipality, the data for its primary school district is available.  Interactive Map

Rutgers' two boards declared Wednesday that the university's governing structure would remain intact, signaling to Gov. Christie and legislative leaders that their plans to remake the state's public universities could face significant hurdles ahead. A set of "principles" approved by the boards of trustees and governors expressed

A curfew between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. is now in effect in all municipalities in Atlantic County, with the exception of Atlantic City, according to the Ventnor police department. At a news conference Saturday night, Vincent Maione, president of Atlantic City Electric, said he hoped that a "majority" of 160,000 customers without power would have it restored by Wednesday evening but "quite a few" won't have power until the end of the week. http://bit.ly/ML5mcG

Two Camden County residents have been asked by Gov. Christie to serve as judges. Linda M. Kassekert, a Pennsauken resident who has chaired the Casino Control Commission for a decade, received the governor's nod to be an administrative law judge. Steven J. Polansky, a Cherry Hill resident and lawyer at a township law firm, was nominated Thursday to serve as a Superior Court judge in Camden County. http://bit.ly/Mfs5IU

The Delaware River Port Authority board renewed a $900,000 loan guarantee Wednesday to help keep the Battleship New Jersey moored on the Camden waterfront. The financially struggling tourist attraction faced default on the loan if DRPA did not extend the three-year guarantee, first signed in 2003. A default would have required DRPA to repay the loan to TD Bank and would have worsened the ship's financial plight. http://bit.ly/LufsJI