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A r o u n d o f a pp l a u s e 28% 25% CU T T O P TA X R A T E C U T C O R PO R A T E T A X R A TE KEYSTONE BUILD PIPELINE E L I M I N A T E P A Y R O L L T A X F O R W O R K E R S UNDER 21 EC NOMY LOS ANGELES — After months of heat- ed competition — in a shocking twist — Jax was nudged out of her “American Idol” dreams in what was said to be a close race. Clark Beckham and Nick Fra- diani are headed to the finale of Season XIV tonight. The three stood together behind a large “American Idol” logo as host Ryan Seacrest revealed the Top 2 were sepa- rated only by a 0.4 percent margin. He then said Jax’s journey was at an end. As if in shock, the “Idol” audience cried out with a huge “No.” The Top 3 hugged and East Jax’s journey comes to end in ‘Idol’ Top 3 See JAX, Page 8A JASON TOWLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “American Idol” contestant Jax was eliminated during last night’s show. ASBURY PARK PRESS :: MONMOUTH EDITION APP.COM $1.00 LLLLLLLL WEDNESDAY 05.13.15 VOLUME 136 NUMBER 114 SINCE 1879 ADVICE 5D CLASSIFIED 1E COMICS 4D LOCAL 3A OBITUARIES 11A OPINION 14A SPORTS 1C TABLE 1D WEATHER 10C YOUR MONEY 10A Meridian Health and Hackensack University Health Network on Tuesday signed a definitive agreement to create New Jersey’s largest health care system. The new company, to be called Hack- ensack Meridian Health, will have 25,000 employees and 11 hospitals, stretching from southern Ocean County to Bergen County. And it is the latest in what has been rapid expansion for Me- ridian. The Wall-based hospital system said last month it is moving forward with plans to merge with Raritan Bay Health Services Corp., which has hospitals in Old Bridge and Perth Amboy. The agreement with Hackensack was first announced in October. And it still requires state and federal regulatory ap- Hospital merger moving forward MICHAEL L. DIAMOND @MDIAMONDAPP See MERGER, Page 7A New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unveiled a sweeping federal tax cut plan in New Hampshire Tuesday that some said was a bid to resurrect his fading presidential campaign. Christie supporters called the detailed plan a bold, Reagan-esque move, but some economists said his pro- posal was flawed and would likely end up hurting mid- dle-class earners. The Republican hopeful would reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent and lower income taxes for all earners. Income taxes would be reduced by more than 11percent for the nation’s wealthiest earners. He also confirmed his support for building the Key- stone Pipeline and proposed income tax breaks for indi- viduals over 62 and under 21. “We must create a flatter, fairer, simpler tax code,” Christie said during a speech Tuesday at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. He asserted that his measures would accomplish this without growing the federal deficit. HOW CHRISTIE WOULD FIX THE Sweeping federal tax cut plan gets mixed reviews KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP See TAX, Page 7A “We must create a flatter, fairer, simpler tax code.” GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, DURING A SPEECH TUESDAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT MANCHESTER SECOND DEADLY QUAKE BRINGS MORE HEARTACHE TO NEPAL PAGE 1B Southern wins its first Shore Conference title Full coverage of the boys lacrosse final, IN SPORTS 5 places to get a great doughnut at the Shore. Table, 1D CHERYL MAKIN @CHERYLMAKIN
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LOS ANGELES After months of heat-ed competition in a shocking
twist Jax was nudged out of her AmericanIdol dreams in what was
said to be aclose race. Clark Beckham and Nick Fra-diani are headed
to the finale of SeasonXIV tonight.
The three stood together behind alarge American Idol logo as
host RyanSeacrest revealed the Top 2 were sepa-rated only by a 0.4
percent margin. Hethen said Jaxs journey was at an end.
As if in shock, the Idol audiencecried out with a huge No.
The Top 3 hugged and East
Jaxs journeycomes to endin Idol Top 3
See JAX, Page 8A
JASON TOWLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
American Idol contestant Jax waseliminated during last nights
show.
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