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  • December 2007

    • Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

      New York Times  |  Dec 26, 07 4:47 AM CST

      Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

      (Newser) - As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the New York Times reports. In other states, rising doubts about the humaneness of lethal injections and the fairness of sentencing have undermined support, even as a series of Supreme Court rulings eventually led to a moratorium this fall. More »

    • Jury Whacks 'Sopranos' Lawsuit

      E! Online  |  Dec 20, 07 4:04 AM CST

      Jury Whacks 'Sopranos' Lawsuit

      (Newser) - A New Jersey jury took less than two hours to put a retired judge's lawsuit against "Sopranos" creator David Chase in concrete boots, E! Online reports. The ex-judge, who claimed he was owed money for helping Chase come up with ideas for the hit series, had been pursuing Chase in the courts since 2002. More »

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      television  • lawsuit  • New Jersey  • Sopranos  • David Chase

    • Teary 'Sopranos' Creator on Lawsuit: Fuhgeddaboudit

      E! Online  |  Dec 19, 07 8:55 AM CST

      Teary 'Sopranos' Creator on Lawsuit: Fuhgeddaboudit

      (Newser) - "Sopranos" creator David Chase took the stand in a New Jersey courtroom yesterday and testified that hearing he was being sued over his hit TV series made him want to cry, E! News reports. A retired judge who took Chase on a tour of wiseguy hangouts, many of which wound up in the show, is suing Chase for a cut of the profits. More »

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      television  • lawsuit  • New Jersey  • Sopranos  • David Chase

    • Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed

      Star-Ledger  |  Dec 19, 07 3:56 AM CST

      Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed

      (Newser) - New Jersey officials have nabbed a cadre of suspected mob bosses to bust up a sophisticated $2.2 billion gambling ring, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Others among more than two dozen arrested included a prison officer and a Bloods gangster, said to be part of an "alarming alliance" between the Mafia and Bloods that smuggled drugs and phones to inmates in a Jersey prison. More »

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      crime  • prison  • New Jersey  • gambling  • Mafia  • organized crime

    • NJ Formally Outlaws Death Penalty

      Star-Ledger  |  Dec 17, 07 1:23 PM CST

      NJ Formally Outlaws Death Penalty

      (Newser) - New Jersey officially abolished the death penalty today, becoming the first state to ban capital punishment in the 4 decades since the US Supreme Court allowed the practice to resume. "Today, New Jersey is truly evolving," Gov. Jon Corzine said as he signed the measure, which sped through the legislature amid contentious debate in the glare of national media attention, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. More »

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      death penalty  • New Jersey  • capital punishment  • governor  • Jon Corzine

    • NJ on Verge of Abolishing Death Penalty

      Associated Press  |  Dec 13, 07 6:32 PM CST

      NJ on Verge of Abolishing Death Penalty

      (Newser) - New Jersey's state assembly passed a bill today to abolish the death penalty, and Gov. Jon Corzine says he'll sign it into law within a week, the AP reports. Proponents of the bill, mainly Democrats, say the death penalty costs more than life imprisonment and can claim innocent victims; Republicans say the bill denies justice to families of murder victims. More »

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      New Jersey  • capital punishment  • Jon Corzine

    • Exxon Plans $1B Floating Refinery

      MarketWatch  |  Dec 12, 07 8:51 AM CST

      Exxon Plans $1B Floating Refinery

      (Newser) - In an effort to bypass project-stalling terrestrial opposition, Exxon yesterday said it plans a $1 billion floating liquid natural-gas refinery 20 miles off New Jersey's coast, Market Watch reports. The project, which could open by 2015, would supply enough natural gas for 5 million residential customers in New York and New Jersey. Exxon says the plant won’t be visible from shore. More »

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      environment  • energy  • New Jersey  • ExxonMobil  • natural gas

    • Jersey Will Try Harder to End Boob Show at Jets Games

      New York Times  |  Dec 11, 07 2:44 AM CST

      Jersey Will Try Harder to End Boob Show at Jets Games

      (Newser) - Authorities are planning to take new steps to curtail obnoxious behavior at the infamous Gate D at Giants Stadium, long-known for scores of male fans gathering there to demand that passing women expose their breasts. At Sunday's turnout, it seemed as if nothing had been done yet as more fans than usual congregated there, despite additional cops nearby, reports the New York Times . More »

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      NFL  • football  • New Jersey  • New York Jets  • indecent exposure

    • NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty

      Star-Ledger  |  Dec 10, 07 5:51 PM CST

      NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty

      (Newser) - New Jersey senators nudged the state closer to a likely ban on capital punishment today, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. They passed a bill to nix the penalty by 21-16, sending it to expected approval in the assembly Thursday and signing by Governor Jon Corzine. New Jersey would become the first state to ban capital punishment since 1965, although it hasn't used the penalty in more than 40 years. More »

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      death penalty  • New Jersey  • capital punishment  • death row

    • ABT Ballerina Killed in Jersey Crash

      Star-Ledger  |  Dec 5, 07 5:57 AM CST

      ABT Ballerina Killed in Jersey Crash

      (Newser) - A dancer for the American Ballet Theater is dead and her dancer husband seriously injured after a fender-bender on an icy New Jersey highway turned fatal. Jennifer Alexander and her husband were returning from a Pennsylvania performance of The Nutcracker when they exited their vehicle after a nine-car pileup, and both were struck by oncoming cars, reports the Newark Star-Ledger. More »

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      obituary  • New Jersey  • car crash  • American Ballet Theatre

    • Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

      Associated Press  |  Dec 3, 07 3:15 AM CST

      Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

      (Newser) - The storm that blanketed the Midwest in snow and ice is now battering the Northeast. Wind and ice have delayed hundreds of flights at New York City airports. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for 20 inches in northern Maine.  More »

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      New York City  • New Jersey  • Washington  • Midwest  • Oregon  • winter storm  • New England  • Northeast

  • November 2007

    • Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

      New York Times  |  Nov 3, 07 7:18 PM CDT

      Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

      (Newser) - Judge Hilton Fuller has drawn ire for shelving a Georgia death penalty case, but other states are hitting the same snag: low funds for capital court costs, the New York Times reports. Georgia can’t afford the $1.2 million to defend Brian Nichols, charged with killing four in a 2005 courthouse shooting. Six other states can't afford capital trials, which need defenders to make “extraordinary efforts," the American Bar Association says. More »

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      California  • Texas  • Georgia  • US Supreme Court  • Louisiana  • death penalty  • North Carolina  • Utah  • New Jersey  • Atlanta  • American Bar Association

    • NJ Spammer Draws 2 Years in Slammer

      Reuters  |  Nov 3, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      NJ Spammer Draws 2 Years in Slammer

      (Newser) - Todd Moeller, the 28-year-old New Jersey man who sent spam e-mails to 1.27 million America Online accounts, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 27 months in prison. Moeller and a friend were nabbed after making a deal with a government informant to send the emails in August 2005; ironically, the spam message advertised a computer security program, Reuters reports. More »

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      New York  • email  • New Jersey  • AOL  • spam  • scam

  • October 2007

    • Don't Say I'm 'Bloodthirsty' for Wanting Tony Dead

      New York  |  Oct 29, 07 7:10 PM CDT

      Don't Say I'm 'Bloodthirsty' for Wanting Tony Dead

      (Newser) - "Eat me:" choice words from New York's David Edelstein to Sopranos creator David Chase, who recently called fans "bloodthirsty" for caring more about Tony Soprano's foggy fate than real-world troubles. "There is nothing bloodthirsty about hoping for a little closure at the end of a much-loved work of art," Edelstein replies.