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NEWS ABOUT: Newark

Newark stories: 13 news summaries

 Citizen Convoys 
 Take on Jersey Crime 

Volunteers cruise Newark streets to deter thugs

Oct 29, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volunteer convoys have been cruising Newark's roughest streets over the last month in an effort to cut crime rates and fly the flag for law enforcement. Citizens taking part in the "Crime Caravan" program hit the streets in packs of vehicles that resemble crime response units, led by off-duty... More »

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crime • New Jersey • Newark • Cory Booker

Airport Guard Arrested Over Obama Threats

Fellow NJ worker reportedly overheard him making remarks

Oct 21, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(AP) - A private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport has been arrested on charges of threatening President Obama before the president was to fly there. A Continental Airlines employee reported overhearing John Brek make threatening comments at an airport coffee cart yesterday afternoon. The 55-year-old security guard was arrested several... More »

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death threats • Newark • airport security • arrest • security guards • Newark airport • President Obama

OPINION

 Dear Conan: 
 Newark's Not Funny 

O'Brien's quips make light of grim inner-city realities

Oct 13, 09 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - There have been some hilarious moments in Conan O'Brien's mock feud with Newark mayor Cory Booker, but there's nothing funny about the plight of America's inner cities, writes Bob Herbert. O'Brien and his audience are mocking a place that, like too many others in America, is "poverty-stricken, run down,... More »

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New Jersey • Newark • Conan O'Brien • Cory Booker • urban blight

 Plane Plummeted 
 20 Times Faster 
 Than Normal 

Flight recorders found; cause of crash still unknown

Feb 16, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Nothing went wrong on Flight 3407 until 26 seconds before the plane slammed into the ground. But in that time, it fell more than 20 times faster than normal, at one point dropping 800 feet in 5 seconds, the Buffalo News reports. Black box recorders found on the ground in... More »

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black box • Newark • plane crash • Continental • flight recorder • Buffalo • icing • Flight 3407

FAA Covering Up Serious Flight Errors: Controllers

Federal agency not retraining pilots after redesigns

Dec 12, 08 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Air traffic controllers at one of the nation’s busiest airports are accusing the FAA of “covering up” potentially dangerous aircraft deviations on the tarmac, the Record of Bergen County reports. Newark Liberty International Airport recently redesigned the airspace in an effort to ease delays and increase efficiency, but... More »

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FAA • Newark • air traffic controllers • Newark airport • pilots • airplanes

House Fire Masks Murders in NJ Town

4 bodies—2 confirmed shot to death—pulled from morning blaze

Sep 8, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police say a fire that left four dead in Irvington, NJ, this morning was set to destroy evidence of a multiple shooting earlier this morning, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Two teenagers with bullet wounds were among the dead; a 13-year-old shot in the head was pronounced dead at the three-family... More »

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New Jersey • murder • Newark • arson • gun violence • Irvington

Former Newark Mayor Guilty
of Fraud

Sharpe James sold cheap city land to
his mistress

Apr 16, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sharpe James, who was the mayor of Newark, NJ, for two decades, has been convicted of fraud by a federal jury. James conspired to sell city lots on the cheap to his mistress, who then sold them for hundreds of thousands in profit, reports the Star-Ledger. James and the former... More »

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fraud • crime • Newark • mayor • Sharpe James • Tamika Riley

Key Suspect Nabbed in Schoolyard Executions

Busted as he prepared to flee country: cops

Aug 19, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A principal suspect and his teenage half brother have been arrested in the New Jersey schoolyard executions of three college students in a crime that has shattered the Newark community. Nicaraguan immigrant Rodolfo Godinez, 24, and the teen were arrested in two separate apartments near Washington, D.C., and were... More »

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New Jersey • murder • Newark • Cory Booker • Rodolfo Godinez • shooting

4th Suspect Sought in Schoolyard Executions

Grieving families lay victims to rest

Aug 12, 07 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a fourth male believed to be involved in a triple schoolyard execution that has rocked the community of Newark—and as many as six people may have been involved, reports the Newark Star Ledger. Nicaraguan national Rodolfo Godinez, 24, is considered a "... More »

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New Jersey • murder • school shooting • Newark • schoolyard • Rodolfo Godinez • shooting

3rd Suspect Held in NJ Slayings

Two more wanted in connection with three execution-style murders

Aug 10, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A teen wanted in connection with the slayings of three college students and the attempted murder of a fourth in Newark was taken into custody today, and authorities are seeking two more suspects implicated in the execution-style homicides. Another suspect, Jose Carranza, pleaded not guilty this morning; the third, a... More »

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illegal immigrant • crime • New Jersey • murder • homicide • Newark • Jose Carranza • shooting

Second Suspect Surrenders in Newark Killings

15-year-old already in custody in brutal schoolyard murders

Aug 9, 07 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man Newark's mayor called the "principle suspect" in last weekend's brutal schoolyard murders turned himself in to police this afternoon, the Star Ledger reports. Jose Carranza was picked out of a photo array by the lone survivor of the killing spree several hours after cops arrested a 15-year-old... More »

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New Jersey • murder • Newark • Cory Booker • Jose Carranza • shooting

NJ Mayor Under Gun in Triple Killing

Newark crime rate sparks calls for idealist Booker's resignation

Aug 7, 07 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jersey residents shocked by the shooting deaths of three students at a Newark schoolyard this weekend are lashing out at a young mayor who rode a wave of hope and idealism into office, the Times reports. Cory Booker, 38, is facing a wall of public hostility—and calls for his... More »

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crime • New Jersey • murder • homicide • Newark • mayor • Cory Booker • gun violence

Death Threats Sent to
Goldman Sachs

'We are inside. You cannot stop us,' read anonymous letters

Jul 6, 07 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been the subject of menacing letters sent to newspapers across the country, prompting an investigation by the FBI. "Hundreds will die,"  warn the  letters that have been traced back to Queens, New York. "We are inside. You cannot stop us." More »

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FBI • New York City • New York • Goldman Sachs • investments • death threats • threats • Jersey City • The Star Ledger • Newark • investment firm • Queens • letters • mail • investment banks

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