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Obama returns to New Jersey in chance to move on from scandals
In recent months Barack Obama has visited victims of the Oklahoma tornado, the Boston bombing and the Newtown school shooting, but his visit on Tuesday to beach communities hit by hurricane Sandy is about more than just consoling another group of families hit by America’s run of tragedies. The president…
Runaway goat leads New Jersey police on 90-minute highway chase
A runaway goat on a New Jersey highway caused a four-car pileup Tuesday after leading police on an hour-and-a-half chase across a major highway. Now nicknamed “Sky” for the Tuesday’s episode on the Pulaski Skyway, the goat has been turned over to a rescue farm in Wantage, New Jersey, according…
UPDATED: Internet ‘hatchet hitchhiker’ arrested on murder charges
Police in New Jersey are now warning residents to consider the 24-year-old hitchhiker who became an Internet celebrity earlier this year armed and dangerous, as they pursue him on murder charges. WABC-TV reported on Wednesday that an arrest warrant has been issued for Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, or, “Kai the Hatchet…
Christie: I’ll keep ‘firm grip’ on Prince Harry during New Jersey visit
Famously rambunctious New Jersey governor told a local radio station that he’ll spend all day with prince on Garden State tour Keeping Britain’s rambunctious Prince Harry in line is a tough job that the prince’s media handlers and protection officers have never quite come to grips with – to the…
Prohibition lives on in Haddonfield, New Jersey
Anyone who wants a beer in Haddonfield, New Jersey had better be ready for a drive: buying or selling alcohol anywhere within city limits is punishable with jail time. Since long before Prohibition — the 13-year national ban on alcohol that started in 1920 — Haddonfield has been a “dry…
New Jersey cop caught punching woman in the face on video
Police in Elizabeth, New Jersey are investigating footage that has surfaced online of an officer hitting a woman in the face during an altercation outside a nightclub. Authorities told WNBC-TV on Wednesday that the unidentified officer seen in the video, which was posted on YouTube on March 3, is still…
Sierra Club slams New Jersey plans for MTV-funded sea wall
Environmental group slams Seaside Heights' plans for MTV-funded sea wall SEASIDE HEIGHTS — So Seaside Heights wants to build a seawall using funds raised by Snooki and the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore”? Talk about a “Jersey joke,” a New Jersey Sierra Club official said today. Jeff Tittel, director of…
Geraldo: My Senate candidacy would bring ‘new vitalization’ to GOP
Fox News’s mustachioed menace may be taking his show on the road to Washington, D.C. — that is, if the voters of New Jersey will have him. Appearing Friday morning at his regular perch on “Fox & Friends,” the longtime conservative talk host followed up on the surprise announcement he…
House passes Sandy relief bill despite Republican opposition
The House of Representatives voted in favour of a $17bn Hurricane Sandy relief bill on Tuesday, 11 weeks after the superstorm struck the north-east of the US. Congress was due to vote on a second part of the package, which would add $33.7bn to recovery funds, later on Tuesday. Along…
Reactionary bans of ‘synthetic marijuana’ could limit scientific research
So-called “synthetic marijuana” mixtures of synthesized chemicals and plant matter sent nearly 12,000 people to emergency rooms across the U.S. in 2010, according to a study released Tuesday — a statistic that could encourage lawmakers to limit synthetic chemicals associated with the products even further. Statistics released by the government’s…
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