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Buono lands GOP support; Christie controls cash

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:23:53 -0400

SPOTSWOOD, New Jersey - New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono received her first cross-party endorsement from a Republican mayor Friday, as Gov. Chris Christie showed he would maintain his commanding fundraising lead over the upstart Democrat through the June 4 primary.

Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:04:06 -0400

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light.

Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:23:21 -0400

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey - New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.

Christie's wife: He'd make a good president

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:44:17 -0400

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's wife says her husband would make a good president.

Obama to tour Jersey Shore with Gov. Christie

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:04 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

Margaritaville complex opens in Atlantic City

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:21:58 -0400

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino.

$35M Margaritaville complex opens at AC's Resorts

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:21 -0400

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino.

Buono's 1st TV ad is on air in NJ governor's race

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:04 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - State Sen. Barbara Buono and Gov. Chris Christie are both on the air with new campaign commercials in their race for governor.

Christie backs Okla. aid, blunting talk of payback

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:22 -0400

BELMAR, New Jersey - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose own state was beset by a major storm last year and then by squabbling in Congress over disaster aid, said Wednesday that Oklahoma's tornado victims deserve "swift and immediate" help, and federal lawmakers have said they are likely to get it.

NJ Democrats want to halt college building funds

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:47 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Some Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey want to block the state from helping to pay for construction at two religious schools.

Buono tells NJ: It's BWOH'-noh, not Bono in new ad

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:26:06 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Name recognition is a problem plaguing the Democrat who wants to challenge New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in November.

Jersey City mayor-elect 1 of NJ's new, young pols

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:15:55 -0400

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey - Steven Fulop stood near a subway entrance, waving to commuters as onlookers stopped to snap photos of the city's mayor-elect.

Cory Booker has made $1.3M for speeches since 2008

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:30:51 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - Newark Mayor Cory Booker has made $1.3 million in fees for 90 speeches he's given around the country since 2008, including nearly $500,000 since the start of last year, according to campaign finance filings made Thursday.

Christie: Obama wasn't assertive enough

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:21:52 -0400

BURLINGTON CITY, New Jersey - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that President Barack Obama has not been assertive enough as three scandals involving his administration have mounted.

Christie campaign debuts Spanish ad

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:37:10 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Gov. Chris Christie's campaign is launching its first Spanish-language television commercial of the 2013 campaign in which both candidates are courting votes of Latinos.

Plans languish for overhaul of NYC's Penn Station

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:09:11 -0400

NEW YORK - The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena.

New Jersey's unemployment rate lowest since 2009

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:41:30 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - New Jersey's unemployment rate fell again in April to 8.7 percent, the lowest it's been in four years, the state Department of Labor said Thursday.

Prince Harry ends US visit with Conn. polo match

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:52:09 -0400

GREENWICH, Connecticut - Britain's Prince Harry helped lead a polo team to victory in a charity match before a society crowd Wednesday in Greenwich, wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in which he also toured areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy and avoided the kind of salacious headlines stirred by his last American tour.

NJ gov.: Frustration fueled weight-loss surgery

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:35:53 -0400

PRINCETON, New Jersey - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he underwent secret weight-loss surgery because he had been feeling frustrated and angry over his inability to slim down.

NJ Supreme Court hears beach dune case

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:49:05 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - When their Long Beach Island town built a dune system a few years ago, it blocked Harvey and Phyllis Karan's view of the ocean. They sued and won $375,000.

McCrory back to Catawba for graduation speech

Sat, 11 May 2013 03:04:32 -0400

SALISBURY, North Carolina - Welcome back, Gov. Pat McCrory.

Spire installed on WTC tower, making it 1,776 feet

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:30:23 -0400

NEW YORK - The World Trade Center's rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a skyscraper 1,776 feet tall, its height an homage and a bold statement about looking forward.

Christie vetoes early voting bill, citing cost

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:03:04 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Gov. Chris Christie has said no to early voting in New Jersey.

NJ Senate panel advances 6 gun control bills

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:40:03 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - A New Jersey state Senate committee advanced six gun control measures Thursday but did not take up the most contentious one being debated in the Legislature: limiting ammunition magazines to 10 bullets.

Christie joins McGreevey at jail program

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:13:40 -0400

KEARNY, New Jersey - Gov. Chris Christie and former governor Jim McGreevey shared the spotlight Wednesday at a gathering with women inmates at the Hudson County Jail to tout McGreevey's counseling program.