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4 men arrested in Black Friday robbery

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:52:52 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - Authorities have arrested four men in connection with the armed robbery of a New Jersey Target store on Black Friday.

Brielle shooting suspect shot at police

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:45:53 -0400

FREEHOLD, New Jersey - Authorities say the man accused of shooting a woman in the parking lot of his restaurant in Brielle also shot at police when they apprehended him.

Murder charge filed in NJ mobile home park slaying

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:19 -0400

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - Murder charges have been filed against a neighbor of an elderly man found dead last month at an Ocean County mobile home park.

Events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:13 -0400

A chronology of events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters union:

Bird strike causes power outage in Hoboken

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:05:04 -0400

HOBOKEN, New Jersey - One bird may have been responsible for several hundred Hoboken residents losing power.

Former north NJ man charged in infant son's death

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:47:30 -0400

HACKENSACK, New Jersey - A former northern New Jersey man stands accused of causing his infant son's death last year.

Paterson mayor's India trip raises questions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:19 -0400

PATERSON, New Jersey - Questions are being raised about Paterson Mayor Jeffrey Jones' planned economic development trip to India, fueled by his refusal to say with whom he will be meeting.

2 convicted in terror plot ask judge to reconsider

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:05 -0400

CAMDEN, New Jersey - Two brothers convicted of planning to attack military personnel on installations in New Jersey and elsewhere are asking a judge to vacate their convictions, saying their lawyers made key mistakes in their defense.

NJ lawyer missing since Memorial Day weekend

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:55:06 -0400

WAYNE, New Jersey - Colleagues say a northern New Jersey lawyer has been missing since Memorial Day weekend.

19 arrested on heroin charges in Ocean County

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:04:29 -0400

TOMS RIVER, New Jersey - Police in Ocean County have arrested 19 people on charges related to heroin possession and distribution.

Police wound 1 man, search for another

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:55:03 -0400

CARNEYS POINT, New Jersey - Police in southern New Jersey are searching for a suspect after they shot another during a traffic stop.

Booker to appear with top southern NJ Democrats

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:34:39 -0400

DEPTFORD, New Jersey - Newark Mayor Cory Booker is heading to southern New Jersey for a U.S. Senate campaign event with some of the region's top elected Democrats, including state Senate President Stephen Sweeney.

Christie can set NJ election date, lawyers argue

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:01 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Government lawyers argued Tuesday that the New Jersey Supreme Court should reject a request to move a special U.S. Senate election that Gov. Chris Christie scheduled three weeks before the state's regular Nov. 5 election.

NJ man admits showing child sex abuse online

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:20:47 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - A 68-year-old southern New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to charges he sexually abused a 15-month-old boy and streamed footage of the assault online.

Hope Solo back in the US lineup after surgery

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:20 -0400

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey - Hope Solo appears ready to return to the starting lineup for the United States women's soccer team.

Paterson floats idea for 'cocoon' hotel near falls

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53:26 -0400

PATERSON, New Jersey - The mayor of Paterson is floating the idea of building a 22-story hotel complex with an unconventional design on cliffs near the Great Falls.

Newark shop owner shoots, kills robbery suspect

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:43:48 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - A Newark shop owner shot and killed an armed robbery suspect.

US: Unruly traveler had worked at State Department

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:05 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - A State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and repeatedly screamed "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey once worked at the agency.

NJ man shot when he tries to grab robber's gun

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:35 -0400

BRIDGETON, New Jersey - Authorities say a southern New Jersey man was shot twice when he tried to take what he thought was a fake gun away from one of two men who were trying to rob him.

Basu: Countering rape, violence against women

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:18:50 -0400

By REKHA BASU - Twenty-one years ago, Grinnell College student Tammy Zywicki, then 21, was driving back to school in Iowa from her home in New Jersey when her car broke down on an Illinois highway. Her body was found in Missouri nine days later.

Official: NJ woman sentenced in FEMA disaster scam

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:44:49 -0400

CAMDEN, New Jersey - An Atlantic City woman who stole more than $15,000 in benefit money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a 2010 nor'easter was sentenced Monday to more than two years in prison.

Police: NJ 8th-grader brought pot to graduation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:51 -0400

BAYONNE, New Jersey - Authorities say a Bayonne, New Jersey, student was arrested at her eighth-grade graduation after marijuana cigarettes were found in her purse.

2 dead in double shooting in NJ doctor's office

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:03 -0400

PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey - Authorities say a man and woman have been killed in a shooting in a southern New Jersey doctor's office.

Officer says he's not guilty of bogus arrest

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:26:07 -0400

WOODBURY, New Jersey - A New Jersey police officer has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of making a bogus drunken driving arrest of a politician last year.

NJ firehouse shut in wake of sex assault

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:22:34 -0400

LEONIA, New Jersey - A northern New Jersey town has suspended its volunteer fire department after a teen was accused of molesting a firefighter's 3-year-old son behind a fire truck.