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• Plane where man claimed wide poisoning lands in NJ

  June 17, 2013 1:58 PM

  NEWARK, N.J.- A flight from Hong Kong on which a man claimed everyone was poisoned has arrived safely in New Jersey and the man taken off the plane. An FBI spokesman says the man stood up during the flight Monday to make the claim but that there is no indication... more »

• Keep the politics out

  May 22, 2013 7:47 PM

  BELMAR, NEW JERSEY- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says keep the politics out of getting aid to people in Oklahoma trying to recover from a devastating tornado. He says now is "not the time for political retribution", referring to Oklahoma's two Senators who voted against bills sending $60-billion in federal... more »

• Police: Spectator revives NJ youth baseball player

  May 11, 2013 6:12 PM

  HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. - Police say a New Jersey boy temporarily lost consciousness when he was hit in the chest with a ball during a youth baseball game but was quickly revived by a spectator who performed CPR. Harrington Park police tell The Record the 8-year-old Northvale boy was sliding... more »

• Kobe Bryant battles mom, NJ business over auction

  May 3, 2013 9:11 AM

  CAMDEN, N.J.- Kobe Bryant is in a court battle to try to keep his mother from auctioning off mementos from his high school days in Pennsylvania and his early NBA career. A southern New Jersey auction house is suing for the right to sell the stuff after the NBA star's... more »

• Fists fly at 'Real Housewives of NJ' event

  April 5, 2013 9:04 AM

  RIDGEWOOD, N.J.- Accusations and fists were flying at an event that featured cast members of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" reality show. A Paramus man claims Jacqueline and Christopher Laurita and Giuseppe "Joe" Gorga attacked him as cameras rolled in a hair salon in Ridgewood on Saturday. John Karagiorgis... more »

• As Rutgers sets to repair image, AD's job in limbo

  April 5, 2013 8:58 AM

  PISCATAWAY, N.J.- As Rutgers works to mend its image in the wake of this week's firing of basketball coach Mike Rice, Tim Pernetti's position as athletic director now appears to be in jeopardy as well. Pernetti dismissed Rice after a videotape aired on ESPN showing the coach using gay slurs... more »

• Powerball winner due in court over child support

  April 1, 2013 8:48 AM

  PATERSON, N.J.- The New Jersey man who just won a $338 million Powerball jackpot is now due in court. Pedro Quezada is scheduled to appear Monday afternoon in state Superior Court in Paterson. The 1:30 p.m. hearing stems from a child support warrant issued for the 44-year-old Passaic resident, who... more »

• NJ governor: Fed flood insurance program 'awful'

  February 28, 2013 7:50 AM

  TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is criticizing the federal government over its slow processing of flood insurance claims for Superstorm Sandy victims. The Republican governor says he complained to President Obama over the weekend that "the performance of the national flood insurance program is unacceptable, that it's... more »

• NJ Sandy milestone: Last shuttered town reopens

  February 22, 2013 9:09 AM

  MANTOLOKING, N.J.- New Jersey has reached another milestone in its recovery from Sandy. The borough of Mantoloking is allowing residents to move back in Friday. It's the last storm-ravaged shore town to do so - 116 days after the superstorm struck. It's not a mad rush. The winter population of the barrier... more »

• Stripped and whipped

  February 13, 2013 7:51 PM

  Three people are behind bars for stripping and whipping a young man because of his father's $20 debt. Authorities in Newark, New Jersey say they have a video showing the beating and the three arrested are affiliated with a street gang. The 21-year-old was beaten with a belt and had... more »

• US announcing charges in alleged credit card fraud

  February 5, 2013 8:53 AM

  NEWARK, N.J.- Federal officials are announcing charges against 18 people in what they say was one of the largest credit card scams ever broken up by the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman is scheduled to announce details Tuesday in Newark. The case is being prosecuted in New... more »

• Eating champ 'El Wingador' indicted on drug charge

  February 1, 2013 10:59 AM

  WOODBURY, N.J. - A five-time wing-eating champion known as "El Wingador" has been indicted in New Jersey on cocaine distribution charges. William Simmons is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and one count of manufacturing or distribution of more than a half ounce of cocaine... more »

• Plane from NY blows tires, veers off NJ runway

  January 21, 2013 5:12 AM

  NEWARK, N.J. - Authorities say a United Express plane from western New York blew four tires as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport and veered off a runway. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Ron Marsico says Flight 4480 from Rochester was landing Sunday night... more »

• NJ Gov. Christie blasts fellow Republican Boehner

  January 2, 2013 3:23 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is blasting fellow Republican John Boehner for the House Speaker's decision to delay a vote on Superstorm Sandy relief and says the inaction is "inexcusable." Christie said Wednesday that the House is playing politics with the $60 billion aid request and it's... more »

• 3 officers hurt in shooting at NJ police station

  December 28, 2012 9:34 AM

  GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Three officers have been injured in a shooting at a police station in southern New Jersey. The shooting occurred at the Gloucester Township police station in Camden County. Police say gunfire erupted inside the police station at about 5:45 a.m. Friday as a man... more »

• Man accused of threatening public officials

  December 20, 2012 12:30 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man made threatening phone calls to public officials including Louisiana's governor and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachman. Authorities have charged 27-year-old Ronnie McMillian of Hawthorne, N.J., with two counts of transmitting threats to injure another through interstate commerce. Prosecutors allege McMillian regularly... more »

• Unisex Easy-Bake oven on the way

  December 17, 2012 4:52 PM

  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make one that appeals to all kids. Thirteen-year-old McKenna Pope of Garfield, N.J., met Monday with officials at the company's... more »

• Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package

  December 12, 2012 3:56 PM

  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats have quickly cobbled together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. Working from the emergency spending request President Barack Obama made five days ago, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released draft... more »

• Landrieu, other senators tour NJ Sandy damage

  December 10, 2012 2:49 PM

  LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A group of Democratic U.S. senators from around the country is touring storm-ravaged parts of the New Jersey shore with a pledge to support the expensive cost of rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy. The senators also say they have encountered support from Republican senators as billions... more »

• NJ Gov. Christie announces re-election bid

  November 26, 2012 2:51 PM

  MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has announced he will seek re-election to a second term. Christie says he want New Jersey residents to know that he's "in this for the long haul" as he leads the state's recovery from Superstorm Sandy. The governor confirms he... more »

• NJ storm victims finding lost mementos online

  November 23, 2012 6:47 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey residents devastated by Superstorm Sandy are being reunited with lost photographs and objects through social media. There are at least four Facebook pages targeted to New Jersey residents that help connect them with their possessions. People who find lost mementos can post photos of them... more »

• Frontier adds direct flight from NO to NJ

  November 16, 2012 9:33 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Frontier Airlines says it's adding a direct flight to Trenton-Mercer Airport in New Jersey from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport starting Feb. 1. An Airbus A319, which features seating for up to 156 passengers, will fly to and from New Orleans on weekdays. Frontier also... more »

• State deploys DCFS team to NJ to help with Sandy

  November 13, 2012 3:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A team of three emergency responders from the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has traveled to New Jersey to help officials there with their sheltering mission following Hurricane Sandy. The team will remain in New Jersey to provide technical support and advice as long as... more »

• NJ ends gasoline rationing from storm

  November 13, 2012 10:12 AM

  MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - Gasoline rationing imposed in New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy has ended. The odd-even rationing began Nov. 3 because some gas stations couldn't get fuel while others didn't have electricity to pump it. Gov. Chris Christie says gas supplies are plentiful and there are no more... more »

• People who endured Sandy are now recovering from new storm

  November 8, 2012 5:04 PM

  NEW YORK - One man who lives along the New Jersey coast says he just had power restored a couple of days ago following the outage caused by Hurricane Sandy -- and how, he's lost it again. A new storm that struck the Northeast yesterday has caused hundreds of thousands... more »

• La. Troopers deployed to New Jersey permitted to vote absentee

  November 6, 2012 8:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE -Louisiana State Troopers on emergency deployment in New Jersey managed to fulfill one of their most basic rights as citizens, they voted. The unexpected pre-dawn emergency deployment of troopers to New Jersey to assist in Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts inadvertently put the volunteer officers far from their... more »

• Some voting advocates object to NJ's email ballots

  November 5, 2012 10:56 AM

  TRENTON, N.J. - Some New Jersey election watchdog groups are worried about the security of letting displaced New Jersey residents vote by email. Rutgers-Newark Law School Professor Penny Venetis says that when New Jersey residents living overseas vote by email, they also must send a paper ballot so that vote-counters... more »

• La. troopers giving a hand in NJ

  November 5, 2012 10:28 AM

  TRENTON, N.J. - Eight states are lending law enforcement power to New Jersey in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Attorney General Jeff Chiesa swore in more than 200 out-of-state troopers Monday. The troopers, who are on loan from as far away as Mississippi, will handle security checkpoints and conduct patrols... more »

• Obama to NJ residents: 'We are here for you'

  October 31, 2012 4:13 PM

  BRIGANTINE, N.J. - President Barack Obama is telling New Jersey residents devastated by a massive storm that "we're going to be here for the long haul." Joined by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Obama inspected the devastation from superstorm Sandy, flying high over flooded neighborhoods and sand-strewn streets. At a... more »

• Obama, Christie view damage from Sandy

  October 31, 2012 1:23 PM

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have begun an hour-long aerial tour of New Jersey hurricane damage aboard Obama's Marine One helicopter. Obama flew to New Jersey today for a first-hand look at the devastation from the storm. He's officially away from the... more »

• Obama goes to FEMA before visit to storm-racked NJ

  October 31, 2012 12:34 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Obama is paying a visit to Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters ahead of his trip to New Jersey to see the damage done by superstorm Sandy. Obama took a motorcade to FEMA's offices to meet with agency chiefs before a planned flight to Atlantic City, N.J., to... more »

• Obama to view storm damage in New Jersey

  October 30, 2012 2:36 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will travel to storm-stricken New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage from the massive storm that struck the East Coast and to thank first responders. The White House says Obama will join New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in viewing the damage. Christie is a Republican... more »

• Sandy moves inland after leaving 17 dead

  October 30, 2012 8:11 AM

  NEW YORK - Superstorm Sandy is winding down and inching its way inland, leaving at least 17 people in seven states dead and more than 7 million power outages in its wake. New York was one of the hardest hit areas when an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater - 3... more »

• Sandy slams NYC, other areas Play Video

  October 29, 2012 10:18 PM

  NEW YORK- What was Hurricane Sandy is now Superstorm Sandy and has knocked-out power to a hospital and some 1.5 million people along the East Coast. New York Mayor Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked residents to only call 911 if "it was a matter of life or death," and implored... more »

• Superstorm Sandy loses hurricane status

  October 29, 2012 6:59 PM

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Forecasters say Sandy is no longer a hurricane but is still a dangerous system taking dead aim at New Jersey and Delaware. The National Hurricane Center said Monday evening that Sandy is a post-tropical storm and losing strength but still has sustained winds at 85 mph.... more »

• Sandy expected ashore by evening

  October 29, 2012 2:42 PM

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Hurricane Sandy is now expected to blow ashore in New jersey or Delaware by this evening -- hours sooner than previously expected. The storm has picked up some forward speed. It's already washed away a part of the Atlantic City Boardwalk. And it's threatening to cripple... more »

• NJ woman accused of cancer scam for wedding, cash

  September 28, 2012 12:47 PM

  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. - Authorities say a New Jersey woman scammed relatives and others out of cash, meals and even a wedding by falsely claiming she had bladder cancer. The Burlington County prosecutor has charged 40-year-old Lori Stilley of Delran with theft by deception. Officials say in February 2011, Stilley... more »

• Police analyze PCP after 2 NJ children killed

  September 5, 2012 1:08 PM

  CAMDEN, N.J. - Police are trying to determine if a contaminated batch of PCP is going around Camden after a child was decapitated and two other children's throats were slashed by people believed to be using the illegal drug. They've begun analyzing batches of PCP for something that would cause... more »

• At least 3 dead in NJ supermarket shooting

  August 31, 2012 7:23 AM

  TRENTON, N.J. - A law enforcement official says at least three people have died in a shooting at a New Jersey supermarket. The official says the person believed to be the shooter is among the dead. It happened early today inside a Pathmark grocery store in Old Bridge,... more »

• NJ mom in son's decapitation lost custody once

  August 22, 2012 12:50 PM

  CAMDEN, N.J. - Authorities say a New Jersey woman who apparently decapitated her 2-year-old son before killing herself had regained custody of her son just five months ago. Prosecutors say Chevonne Thomas had lost custody of Zahree Thomas in 2010 when she allegedly left the boy unattended in a car.... more »

• Woman denies NJ man locked her in room for years

  August 15, 2012 12:46 PM

  PATERSON, N.J. - A New Jersey woman who police say was held captive for years says it's all a lie. Nancy Rodriguez Duran says her boyfriend is "a good man" who has never abused her. Speaking to reporters before 42-year-old Michael Mendez appeared in court Tuesday, Duran says she asked... more »

• Girlfriend locked in room for years

  August 13, 2012 7:37 PM

  Police in Paterson, New Jersey say a woman may have been locked in a bedroom of her boyfriend's apartment over extended periods for years. Agents were searching Michael Mendez's apartment for drugs when they found the 44 year-old woman in his bedroom. Authorities say she was kept in... more »

• Romney entourage crashes NJ wedding site

  August 8, 2012 5:23 PM

  LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Mitt Romney is crashing a New Jersey wedding. The Republican presidential contender's motorcade rolled into a fundraiser Wednesday evening as a bride and groom were posing for pictures in the parking lot outside the hall in Lakewood, N.J. Several guests in yarmulkes who were standing around turned... more »

• NJ man finds pythons in yard twice in 4 days

  August 3, 2012 12:42 PM

  WEST MILFORD, N.J. - Summer vacation has been anything but routine for a New York City social studies teacher who lives in northern New Jersey. James Geist has spotted pythons twice within days in his West Milford yard. Geist was reading on his deck when he thought he saw a... more »

• Woman's body stolen from NJ mausoleum

  August 1, 2012 12:46 PM

  PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. - Cult activity is suspected in the theft of a woman's body from a southern New Jersey mausoleum. Pleasantville police say someone broke into a mausoleum at Greenwood Cemetery on Thursday night or Friday morning and stole the body of Pauline Spinelli. She died in 1996 at the... more »

• 2 NJ women plead not guilty in girl's death

  July 19, 2012 12:35 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey women pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Tuesday in the case of an 8-year-old girl found dead of severe malnutrition and an untreated fracture. Attorneys for the child's mother, Venette Ovilde, also known as Krisla Rezireksyon, and her roommate, Myriam Janvier, entered... more »

• NYC man gets 2 1/2 years for illegal kidney sales

  July 12, 2012 12:50 PM

  TRENTON, N.J. - A New York City man has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in a case prosecutors say is the first ever federal conviction for illegally selling human kidneys for profit. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum showed no immediate reaction to the sentence Wednesday in Trenton federal court.... more »

• School trip leads to sex charges

  July 10, 2012 8:03 PM

  A court ruling allows prosecutors in New Jersey to try two high school employees on charges they had sex with students on a class trip to Germany. Lawyers for a coach and the vice-president of operations at Paramus Catholic High School contended New Jersey had no jurisdiction because the acts... more »

• Beachgoers reminded of Nazis

  June 25, 2012 7:40 PM

  A plane pulling a banner with a swastika startled beach goers in New Jersey but the group behind it says they had the wrong reaction. The International Rawlian Movement says the swastika is a symbol of peace and beauty corrupted by the Nazis in Germany. The group says the flight... more »

• Wing-eating champ 'El Wingadore' faces drug charges

  June 22, 2012 12:30 PM

  WOODBURY HEIGHTS, N.J. - A five-time wing-eating champion known as "El Wingador" is under arrest in New Jersey on a charge of cocaine distribution. State police say they recovered about $8,000 worth of cocaine and $4,000 cash when they stopped 50-year-old William Simmons on Friday in southern New Jersey. He... more »

• NJ sheriff's office creates 'Facecrook' site

  June 20, 2012 12:47 PM

  HACKENSACK, N.J. - A New Jersey sheriff's office has a new website that's looking for arrests instead of friends. "Facecrook" features the names, photos and last locations of fugitives wanted by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office. The site creates a map and users can send anonymous tips to help authorities... more »

• Mass. woman balks at paying old $73 debt to NJ

  April 30, 2012 12:56 PM

  AMESBURY, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman who got a bill for $73 from the state of New Jersey for a decades-old debt says she has no intention of paying. Alice Mainville, of Amesbury, got a letter recently telling her she owes New Jersey's Department of Labor $73 because it gave... more »

• NJ woman denies trapping mother-in-law in basement

  April 25, 2012 12:30 PM

  WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - A northern New Jersey woman charged with elderly neglect after authorities found her mother-in-law living in the basement with the door barricaded says police have the story wrong. Piedad Linden tells WABC-TV in New York that she was wrongfully arrested after police came to their... more »

• Jindal to attend school summit in New Jersey

  April 24, 2012 7:24 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Gov. Bobby Jindal will travel to New Jersey next week to speak to a pro-voucher group, only two weeks after the Louisiana governor signed a bill that creates a statewide voucher program that will use tax dollars to send children to private schools. The American Federation for Children... more »

• Fake Bieber accused of abusing NJ girl online

  April 18, 2012 12:25 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - Authorities have accused a Justin Bieber impersonator in Canada of threatening and sexually abusing a 12-year-old New Jersey girl on a video chat site. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray says 34-year-old Lee Moir of Toronto, Ontario, posed as the pop star on Facebook. Authorities allege he... more »

• Lottery Winner Cheated Co-Workers

  March 14, 2012 7:45 PM

  A jury told a lottery winner in New Jersey he had to pay 5 co-workers $2 million apiece for stiffing them out of their share of the winnings. Americo Lopez worked at a construction company and began a lottery pool 5 years ago. He claimed his winnings were won on... more »

• NJ mother, child, born on leap day

  February 29, 2012 12:33 PM

  SADDLE RIVER, N.J. - A New Jersey mother born on February 29 beat 2 million-to-1 odds when she had her daughter - who was also born on leap day. Michelle Birnbaum of Saddle River tells The New York Post that she'll use the occasion to teach her 4-year-old daughter Rose... more »

• Opening arguments due in NJ webcam spying trial

  February 24, 2012 6:12 AM

  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Opening arguments are scheduled for Friday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. Nineteen-year-old Dharun Ravi faces 15 criminal counts, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. The case... more »

• Singer Whitney Houston buried near father in N.J.

  February 19, 2012 2:04 PM

  WESTFIELD, N.J. - Whitney Houston is being buried today during a private ceremony in New Jersey. Houston died Feb. 11 in California at age 48. No cause of death has been determined. She is being buried at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield where her father was interred in 2003.... more »

• Mourners say goodbye to Whitney Houston

  February 18, 2012 11:30 AM

  NEWARK, N.J. -The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark is filled for the invitation-only service, with some people standing in the aisles. A gospel choir whose members are dressed in white and gold is performing, and churchgoers were swaying and clapping along. Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys are among those... more »

• New Jersey Governor honors Whitney Houston

  February 14, 2012 4:36 PM

  TRENTON - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie orders flags flown at half-staff at state government buildings Saturday in memory of Whitney Houston. Christie said Houston was a cultural icon who belongs in the same category in New Jersey music history as Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Bruce Springsteen. ... more »

• Houston family directs donations to NJ school

  February 14, 2012 1:21 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - Whitney Houston's family is asking that any donations in her memory be sent to the arts-focused public school in New Jersey that she attended as a child and that is now named after her. In lieu of flowers, they say mourners should donate to the Whitney Houston... more »

• Houston funeral plans

  February 14, 2012 10:24 AM

  LOS ANGELES - Pop star Whitney Houston's funeral service will be held Saturday in the New Jersey chuch where she first showcased her singing talents as a child. Houston's funeral will be held at Noon Saturday in Newark, New Jersey at New Hope Baptist Church. Her body was... more »

• NJ camel predicts Giants will win Super Bowl

  January 27, 2012 12:41 PM

  LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A New Jersey camel with an appetite for picking winning NFL teams has signaled the New York Giants will win the Super Bowl. Princess, the star of Popcorn Park Zoo, has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls. She went 14... more »

• New Jersey Plaque Battle

  January 4, 2012 7:35 PM

  There's a battle over a plaque in the hometown of the late actor Michael Landon in New Jersey. He was the star of t-v's "Bonanza" and "Little House on the Prairie". City leaders in Collingswood took down the plaque that pays honors him because of safety concerns and the plaque... more »

• Prosecutor: NJ man threw girl's car seat in creek

  December 5, 2011 1:10 PM

  FREEHOLD, N.J. - A prosecutor says a New Jersey man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter weighed her car seat down with a tire iron before throwing it into a creek. Authorities laid out details of their case against Arthur Morgan III during a Monday court appearance. He... more »

• Chief: Give my Wife a Ticket

  September 29, 2011 7:37 PM

  The police chief of Lodi, New Jersey told his officers no is above the law, including his wife. Chief Vincent Caruso told an officer to ticket his wife after she double parked while she dropped off their 5-year old son at school. Caruso says he didn't want her to get... more »

• Airplane Sexual Assault

  August 15, 2011 7:29 PM

  A man who fondled a sleeping female passenger on a Continental Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Newark, New Jersey got a year in prison and a $10,000 fine. Ramesh Advani of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey was seated next to the woman on the overnight flight and admits he reached... more »

• New Jersey Dunkin' Donuts worker charged with prostitution

  August 2, 2011 11:15 AM

  ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police say there was more on the menu than Munchkins and lattes during the late shift at a Dunkin' Donuts in northern New Jersey. A 29-year-old female is facing prostitution charges after police say she took breaks to provide sex in exchange for money. ... more »

• Hostage Hoax

  July 25, 2011 7:36 PM

  Authorities in New Jersey got help from a noted cybercrime expert in unraveling a fake hostage call that targeted her. Parry Aftab is a media commentator on Internet privacy and security. About 30 officers surrounded her house in Wyckoff after a man called police saying he had explosives and two... more »

• Kidnapping over Divorce

  July 18, 2011 7:11 PM

  A Rabbi and his wife in New Jersey got out of jail on half a million dollars bond after they were charged with kidnapping a man from Israel, beating him and threatening to bury him alive if he didn't give his wife a religious divorce. David and Judy Wax of... more »

• Odds Are

  July 6, 2011 7:34 PM

  A national historic landmark on the Jersey shore is a lightning rod for bolts striking twice in the same place. Lucy the Elephant in Margate was hit over the weekend and it knocked out electrical, computer, alarm and air conditioning systems. The lightning strike could cost between $10,000 and a... more »

• Too Small to be Governor

  April 6, 2011 8:56 PM

  A four-year-old who complained on a YouTube clip that he can't be governor of New Jersey can stop bellyaching. Governor Chris Christie signed a proclamation making Jesse Koczon the honorary governor on Wednesday and his fraternal twin brother, honorary llieutenant governor. The four-year-old is seen on the video telling his... more »

• Canadian who ran child sex ring gets 25 years in prison

  January 31, 2011 12:40 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - A Canadian man who admitted running a brothel for pedophiles in Thailand has been sentenced in New Jersey to 25 years in prison. The federal judge on Tuesday said it was unlikely that John Wrenshall would overcome his desire to molest children. Wrenshall told the... more »

• Toilet Paper Tossed

  October 14, 2010 7:43 PM

  A practice run involving toilet paper for a flyover at a football game means a pilot faces a charge of violating a law that prohibits low-flying stunts over populated areas in Westwood, New Jersey. He threw wet toilet paper to test a streamer drop for an upcoming high school game.... more »

• Google to invest in offshore wind power project

  October 12, 2010 1:10 PM

  A consortium of technology and investment companies including Google has devoted $1.8 billion to building a network of transmission lines to connect future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic from New Jersey to Virginia. Google Inc. has teamed up with investment firm Good Energies, Japanese industrial conglomerate Marubeni and... more »

• Dad Pleads in death of Baby

  September 14, 2010 8:03 PM

  A father in New Jersey pleaded not guilty to tossing his 3 month old daughter to her death off a bridge. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem is charged with murder and five other counts related to the baby's abduction and murder. Prosecutors say Abdur-Raheem dropped the child off the Driscoll Bridge into the... more »

• Lambs on the Lam

  August 26, 2010 8:23 PM

  Scores of sheep escaped on I-80 in New Jersey when a truck overturned setting them free to roam. They were on their way to a slaughterhouse. The truck driver told police he tried to change lanes and the truck flipped over. It took about four hours to clear the sheep... more »

• NJ court: Nazi naming parents shouldn't get kids back

  August 5, 2010 12:37 PM

  A state appeals court has determined that a New Jersey couple who gave their children Nazi-inspired names should not regain custody of them. Heath and Deborah Campbell's three small children were removed from their home by the state in January 2009. The family drew attention after a supermarket... more »

• Cops: NJ woman made up carjacking to cover up sex

  July 15, 2010 12:53 PM

  Authorities say a New Jersey woman told them she was carjacked to cover up the fact that her car crashed because she was having sex. The 23-year-old had initially told police she got lost on Sunday and asked a man for directions. Police say she told them the... more »

• Hornets' GM Bower stays in New Orleans

  July 6, 2010 4:38 PM

  New Orleans Hornets general manager Jeff Bower has pulled himself from consideration for the opening at general manager for the New Jersey Nets. Bower said he appreciated the opportunity, but he does not feel that it was the right fit for New Jersey or himself. The Nets recently... more »

• Customs denies threatening to arrest passengers

  June 24, 2010 1:24 PM

  Customs officials deny threatening to arrest passengers of a Virgin Atlantic flight if they were unloaded in Connecticut on Tuesday night. The pilot of the London-to-Newark, N.J. flight that was diverted in bad weather said he asked permission to let passengers leave the plane. But the airline says a... more »

• Passengers kept on jet for hours in Conn.

  June 23, 2010 8:41 AM

  Passengers on a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight say they were kept on a hot plane without food or water for more than four hours at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport. Passengers say it began when they were diverted to Bradley because of bad weather during a flight from London to Newark,... more »

• Senator: Liability bill covers Gulf Coast spill

  May 4, 2010 1:09 PM

  A Democratic senator says legislation to raise the liability limit for the Gulf Coast oil spill can apply retroactively. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey is co-sponsoring a measure to raise to $10 billion the liability BP PLC has to pay for damages such as lost wages and economic... more »

• J & J posts higher first quarter profit

  April 20, 2010 9:33 AM

  The world's biggest maker of health care products is on the mend, with a slight increase in sales and profit after the recession dragged results down last year. Johnson & Johnson said its first-quarter profit is up 29 percent, to $4.53 billion, but that's mainly due to a one-time... more »

• 7-year-old girl sold and gang-raped

  April 3, 2010 5:37 PM

  Two adults and three juveniles have been charged with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who police say was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden New Jersey apartment building. Details on the arrests were announced at a Saturday night news conference at police headquarters in Trenton,... more »

• Burglar cooks then flees ignoring money

  March 22, 2010 8:30 PM

  A burglar broke into a restaurant in Hillsdale, New Jersey and cooked chicken and rice before make a getaway and left a pile of dirty dishes. The hungry burglar broke through an exhaust fan in the back wall of the Matsu Sushi Grill, got chicken from a freezer and cooked... more »

• Wool pulled over town in New Jersey

  March 10, 2010 8:21 PM

  Someone's pulling the wool over West Cape May, New Jersey by knitting sweaters and covering tree branches and light poles with them. Its done under the cover of darkness. The mayor says police are looking into the guerrilla crocheting because its against the law to place things on public property... more »

• Former NBA star sentenced for deadly shooting in New Jersey

  February 23, 2010 3:12 PM

  Jayson Williams is sentenced to five years in prison for shooting and killing a limo driver in 2002. The former NBA star pleaded guilty to aggravated assault to avoid a retrial on a reckless manslaughter charge that ended with a deadlocked jury in 2004. He was acquitted of an... more »

• Search for missing baby in New Jersey

  February 17, 2010 11:33 AM

  State Police are searching for a three-month-old girl in Raritan River in New Jersey. The baby's father says he threw the infant off the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge. Troopers say 21-year-old Shamisiddin Abdur-Raheem grabbed the baby girl from her grandmother yesterday morning and ran off. They say he... more »

• Boy saves brother after fall through ice in NJ

  February 1, 2010 9:35 AM

  Authorities in southern New Jersey say a 7-year-old boy helped save his 10-year-old brother, grabbing the older sibling after he fell through the ice and holding onto him until help arrived. Tristan Lavin kept ahold of Sage Lavin until police got there and pulled the boy from the frigid lagoon... more »

• New Jersey has medical marijuana law

  January 18, 2010 8:08 PM

  New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed a medical marijuana bill into law which grants chronically ill patients legal access to the drug. Corzine signed the bill on Monday, his last day in office. New Jersey is the 14th state to allow patients with diseases such as cancer, AIDS and... more »

• Obama threat

  October 21, 2009 8:40 PM

  A private security guard is under arrest and charged with making a threat against President Obama. John Brek works at Newark Liberty International Airport and was taken into custody after a Continental Airlines employee overheard Brek make theatening comments at a coffee cart at the airport yesterday. The Secret Service... more »