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New Jersey stories: 119 news summaries

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(AP) - Five police officers were shot—two of them critically wounded—in a running gunfight in Jersey City today. Both suspects were killed in the shootout, which began on the street about 5am and ended when SWAT officers fought their way into an apartment where the man and woman had... More »

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New Jersey • police • Jersey City • armed robbery • shooting

OPINION

 Top 5 States of Confusion 


Jul 3, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s not easy being an elected official in a time of crisis, but a select few governors are having a particularly tough time. And some of them are even trying to get reelected. Politico looks at the 5 worst-off states:
  • California: No surprise here. The state's issuing
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California • Arizona • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • New York • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Michigan • recession • unemployment • Jennifer Granholm • state legislature • budget deficit • David Paterson • Jan Brewer

NJ Blogger Busted Over Judge Threats

Jurists 'deserve to be killed' for gun ban, said white supremacist

Jun 25, 09 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A white supremacist blogger and Internet radio host has been charged with threatening three federal judges who ruled in favor of Chicago's handgun ban, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to be killed,” Hal Turner wrote, providing the... More »

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New Jersey • death threats • judge • white supremacism • federal judges • Hal Turner

(Newser) - New Jersey police are investigating a complaint by a Canadian tourist who reported being raped at the home of New York Jet star defensive back Kerry Rhodes after she met him and a friend at a Manhattan night club, reports the New York Post. "I am not the subject... More »

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sports • crime • New Jersey • police • Manhattan • rape • nightclub • New York Jets • defense • Kerry Rhodes • Morristown

(Newser) - A flamboyant, high-profile New Jersey gang lawyer has been charged with murder for his role in the death of a key witness against his clients, according to law enforcement authorities. Former prosecutor Paul Bergrin, 53, is accused of leaking the name of a confidential witness to gang members who shot... More »

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New York City • crime • New Jersey • murder • prosecutor • rap music • gangsters • attempted murder

Perfect Game Makes Little League Girl Star

12-year-old will throw out first pitch before Mets game tomorrow

Apr 24, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Life has been a bit insane for Mackenzie Brown since Tuesday, when the 12-year-old became the first girl in her Bayonne, NJ, Little League’s history to throw a perfect game. Brown’s performance cracked ESPN, she’s appeared on a Fox national morning show, and tomorrow she’ll throw... More »

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New York Mets • New Jersey • Little League • baseball • perfect game • Mackenzie Brown

Girl Faces Kid Porn Charges for Posting
Self Nudes

14-year-old may have to register as sex offender

Mar 27, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been charged with possessing and distributing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her MySpace web pages, reports WPIX-TV. If convicted, the girl may have to register as a sex offender. The case highlights increasing problems with children posting or texting racy... More »

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MySpace • New Jersey • pornography • sex offenders • child pornography • texting • teenager • cyber sex • Howard Stern Grid

After 14 Years, NJ Alzheimer's Patient Identified

Can now be moved
to nursing home from psychiatric hospital

Mar 24, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A long-unidentified woman with Alzheimer’s who has spent the past 14 years in New Jersey psychiatric hospitals finally has a name—and may now be moved to a nursing home, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. A suspected illegal immigrant before she was identified, Elba Leonor Diaz Soccaras, 74, was ineligible... More »

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New Jersey • nursing homes • psychiatric treatment center • Alzheimer's Disease • Elba Leonor Diaz Soccaras

NJ Scrubs Plan to Ban Brazilian Bikini Waxes

State smoothes out dispute over painful procedure

Mar 21, 09 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Jersey has ripped up a plan to forbid the state's salons from offering Brazilian waxes, reports the Chicago Tribune. A state panel was moving towards banning the procedure—which involves the full removal of hair “down there”—after reports of injuries, but the state's consumer affairs chief... More »

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New Jersey • hair • ban • salon • bikini • swimsuit • Brazilian wax

(Newser) - A Republican congressman who fiercely opposes abortion and embryonic stem-cell research has called Barack Obama the “abortion president” for decisions affecting both issues, Fox News reports. Obama will lift the federal ban on new stem-cell research along with a Bush edict allowing caregivers to refuse abortion on moral grounds.... More »

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stem cell research • Congress • abortion • New Jersey • ban • President Obama • Chris Smith

GOP Finds Promising
Candidates in US Attorneys

Image of corruption-busting prosecutor plays well in recession

Mar 2, 09 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - US attorneys have been a sore subject for Republicans since the Bush administration's politically motivated dismissal of eight prosecutors in 2006. But in the Obama age, the office is becoming a wellspring of strong Republican candidates, Politico reports. The current climate of public distrust toward government and financial institutions means... More »

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US attorney • Republican • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • US attorneys scandal • GOP • governor • Jon S. Corzine • George W. Bush • gubernatorial races • Election 09 • election day November 2009

 NY Maple Aroma 
 Mystery Solved 

NJ fragrance factory source of mysterious smell

Feb 5, 09 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The maple syrup-like smell that pervaded Manhattan at certain times in recent years, puzzling residents and government officials, came from a New Jersey factory, the New York Post reports. After a lengthy investigation, city officials today revealed that the aroma originated at the Frutarom fragrance factory, which produces ester, a... More »

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New Jersey • New York • Manhattan • Michael Bloomberg • mystery • scent • fragrance

For a Good Time Buy 867-5309

New Jersey DJ will
sell you Jenny's iconic number—if you're ready for 40 calls a day

Feb 1, 09 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Tommy Tutone fans, you’re in luck: Now you can finally make Jenny yours—or at least have her number. The New Jersey DJ who shared a phone number with the title of the 1982 hit song, "867-5309," is now selling the famous digits on eBay. “It’... More »

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music • eBay • New Jersey

(Newser) - Adolf Hitler's frustrated father is blasting New Jersey officials for removing his children from his home only "because of their names," reports AP. Heath Campbell also charged that his 2-year-old daughter, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation, appeared sick and dirty when he was allowed to see her. Adolf Hitler, 3,... More »

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New Jersey • child abuse • Adolf Hitler • social services • Nazis • Adolf Hitler Campbell • Heath Campbell

Hitler's Mom:
'I Want My Kids Back'


Jan 22, 09 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Adolf Hitler's mom wants her son back home. The Jersey mother who saddled her three kids with Nazi-friendly names lost them to social services because of a neighbor's false claims of abuse, she tells the Express-Times. We "would never abuse our children," she said. "I want my... More »

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New Jersey • social services • Nazis • Adolf Hitler Campbell • Heath Campbell

 Adolf Hitler, 3, 
 Removed From Home 

Social services take Adolf and sisters away from parents

Jan 14, 09 4:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Authorities have removed Adolf Hitler Campbell and his siblings from their parents' New Jersey home, the Express-Times reports. Adolf, 3, and his baby sisters— JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and  Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie—were taken by social services. It wasn't immediately clear why they were removed. There were no reports of neglect... More »

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New Jersey • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Neo-Nazi • child custody • Adolf Hitler Campbell


 Greenies Trip Up 
 Jersey Boardwalk Plans 

Use of Amazon wood contributes to global warming, activists insist

Jan 10, 09 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Tourists swarming New Jersey’s most popular shore this spring probably won’t notice the wooden planks underfoot, but officials and environmentalists have been fighting over them, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Wildwood's plan to import lumber from Brazilian rain forests—for a $3.5 million boardwalk renovation—has angered greenies... More »

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New Jersey • Brazil • rainforest • beach • environmentalists

 Fort Dix 5 Convicted 
 of Conspiracy 

Muslim immigrants guilty of plotting to kill soldiers at NJ base

Dec 22, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The five men charged in the Fort Dix terrorism case were convicted today of conspiracy to kill American soldiers, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The Muslim immigrants from Albania, Jordan, and Turkey were investigated by FBI agents and informers over 15 months in 2006 and 2007. Hours of recordings documented their... More »

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terrorism • New Jersey • conviction • Fort Dix • conspiracy • Islamist extremists • criminal trial

EPA Pick Has Toxic Record, Critics Charge

Jackson promised NJ cleanup effort, then didn't follow through

Dec 15, 08 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Lisa Jackson, Barack Obama’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, will bring some controversy with her, ProPublica reports. Critics say that after promising to speed efforts to clean up toxic waste sites as New Jersey’s top environmental official, Jackson failed to follow through. A defender says Jackson... More »

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pollution • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • Environmental Protection Agency • superfund • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson

Obama to Pick Corzine Aide
as EPA Chief

Many tout Jackson's record; others say pick too industry-friendly

Dec 11, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency is a trained scientist praised as open-minded, though her history of accommodating business gives some environmentalists pause, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Lisa Jackson, who would be the first African American in the job, is currently chief of staff to New... More »

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pollution • environmentalism • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • business • Environmental Protection Agency • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Lisa P. Jackson

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