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- Deadly Oklahoma tornado: Frantic search for survivors
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 10:26 PMRescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble tonight in a frantic search for survivors - including dozens of missing children - as the death toll mounted after a mile-wide tornado flattened an Oklahoma City suburb
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Monster tornado kills 37 people, including school children, in Oklahoma
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 08:28 PMMonster tornado wreaks havoc on Oklahoma; numerous deaths reported, along with widespread damage
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Feud between N.J. Senate leaders boils over
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:35 PMSeven Republican bills scheduled to be heard in various committees today were abruptly pulled from the agenda last week by state Senate President Stephen Sweeney
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Court papers claim Passaic detective was drunk when he crashed Jeep on ski slope
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:54 PMThe driver tried to navigate his 2007 Jeep down the 500-foot slope, causing the vehicle to overturn about 20 times, according to the affidavit
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charges dismissed in lawsuit involving escape from Newark halfway house
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:42 PMThe lawsuit charged Community Education Centers, the state of New Jersey, the Department of Corrections, the state Parole Board and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with failing to prevent David Goodell’s escape and Viviana Tulli’s death
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jersey City mayor-elect says his eyes aren't on Trenton
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:14 PMQuestions about the mayor-elect making a run for governor are evidence “the bench is very weak” for state Democrats, Fulop told The Jersey Journal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bill to let counties summarize proposed laws is headed to Gov. Christie
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:50 PMThe state Assembly voted 77-0 to pass the measure
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nurse assaulted at Cooper University Hospital
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:08 PMThe alleged attacker is in police custody.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bacon brings home recovering pit bull puppy abused in dog-fighting ring
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:33 PMMisty went missing Friday. After a weekend-long search, she showed up home around 2 p.m. Monday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - N.J. Treasurer would study giving lottery winners anonymity under bill passed by Assembly
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:46 PMThe bill is a watered down version of one passed by the state Assembly in March
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- N.J. priest arrested, charged with violating ban on ministering to children
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 08:12 PMA Roman Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Newark was criminally charged today with violating a court-sanctioned agreement that bars him from working with children for life
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Authorities ID man shot by Jersey City police
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 08:36 PMA 35-year-old Bayonne man was shot multiple times by Jersey City police officers Sunday night after the man reached into his waistband and police believed he was reaching for a gun, authorities said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst cancels Fourth of July celebration due to sequester
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:47 PMThe celebration will be canceled this year due to the Department of Defense's recent announcement that most civilian employees will be furloughed beginning in July, base officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uzi-wielding bank bandit from Paulsboro sentenced to 10 years
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:57 PMWarren Christopher Davis, 32, of Paulsboro, was sentenced Monday to 13 years in New Jersey state prison for his admitted 2011 Uzi-wielding hold-up of the main office of what was then known as The Bank, on Park Avenue in Deptford Township.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Jersey will get $20B to $25B in federal Sandy aid, Christie says
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:13 PMGov. Chris Christie walks with Lavallette Mayor Walter LaCicero and his wife JoAnne on the newly completed boardwalk in town today.Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger LAVALLETTE — New Jersey will receive between $20 billion and $25 billion of the $60 billion in federal...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NYPD to increase cop presence after anti-gay attacks leading up to pride month
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:30 PMA spate of anti-gay attacks in New York City is prompting police to increase their presence in some gay-friendly neighborhoods
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - East Main Street bridge replacement to close Bridgewater streets
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:08 PMThis section of East Main Street will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction during the bridge replacement project second stage, which is estimated to last about four months, police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Date of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack's corruption trial to be set next month
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:09 PMNo firm trial date has been set yet for Mack and his co-defendants, his brother Ralphiel Mack and his campaign donor Joseph "JoJo" Giorgianni. The three are required to appear before Judge Michael Shipp on June 6.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Assembly concurs with Christie veto of social networking bill
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:41 PMFacebook's logo is shown on a computer screen in this file photo. The Assembly has concurred with Gov. Chris Christie's conditional veto of a bill banning employers from requesting or requiring employees' social network account info.Ted Aljibe/Getty Images TRENTON —...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Christie calls Justice Albin "grandstander," chastizes state Supreme Court
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:54 PMSupreme Court Justice Barry Albin, shown above at his renomination hearing in 2009, called on members of the New Jersey State Bar Association to defend judges from threats to their independence at the group's annual meeting in Atlantic City today.Star-Ledger...
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- First gun bills land on Christie's desk
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 09:13 PMThree bills aimed at controlling gun violence gained final legislative approval in the Assembly today, making them the first of what is expected to be a big batch of gun control legislation to land on Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Christie said he's 'not inclined to allow' children in N.J. medical marijuana program
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:32 PMTRENTON — New Jersey's medical marijuana law states the program is open to minors, but Gov. Chris Christie said today he is "not inclined to allow" children to participate. "I'm very concerned, if we go down this slope of...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brick couple arraigned on animal cruelty charges
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:46 PMTwo township residents facing animal cruelty charges after bringing a malnourished dog to a Tinton Falls animal hospital were arraigned in municipal court on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trenton man shot multiple times is expected to survive, police say
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:35 PMThe 36-year-old man was struck in the torso, arm and leg, police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - N.J. Assembly passes bill to streamline business tax incentive programs
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:05 PMAlso today, the state Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee advanced a bill (S2595) that would provide assistance to municipalities that lose a source of revenue when a major business leaves for another state.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - N.J. Assembly passes bills to make dogfighting an organized crime, stiffen animal cruelty penalties
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:44 PMThe state Assembly passed a bill that would allow prosecutors to treat the leaders of dogfighting rings like mobsters, as well as legislation to toughen the penalties for abusing animals
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Men accused of firebombing Jewish temples in North Jersey plead not guilty
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:59 PMAnthony Graziano and Aakash Dalal were indicted on charges that they plotted and carried out attacks on area synagogues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mile-wide tornado strikes Oklahoma City; major damage reported
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:20 PMA huge tornado, believed to be a mile wide, roared through parts of Oklahoma City this afternoon, causing widespread damage
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man escaped beating with wooden baton, Roxbury cops say
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:36 PM28-year-old Kenvil man jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sinkhole opens in floor of East Rutherford warehouse, injuring worker
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 02:10 PMHe escaped with minor injuries
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