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The four-lane bridge, built in 1955, is located about halfway between Seattle and the Canadian border.
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Police Director Rivera said Councilman George Muschal implied that police officers have not produced enough revenue by writing summonses.
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For those Rutgers-Camden students graduating Thursday, there were long-term anxieties and short-term anxieties.
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Mercer County Community College hosted its 2013 commencement tonight
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Terrence Hayes, 49, allegedly tried to hide drugs and two hypodermic needles in a garbage can after being confronted by police
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An Edison police officer has been charged with firebombing the home of a veteran captain in the department
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James Dale knows plenty of people are celebrating the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on participation by openly gay boys
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On Friday, the cold front that brought us the rain is expected to move slowly offshore, with cooler, drier air, sometimes gusting up to 25 mph, to fill in its place.
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ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey’s oldest casino opened its newest attraction today — the $35 million Margaritaville, which is hoped to be a vital piece of the effort to breathe new life into Atlantic City. Gov. Chris Christie joined business...
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Former Kingfish guitarist Danny DeGennaro, 56, of Levitttown, Pa., had played with Bo Diddley and Billy Squier.
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Several beaches in New Jersey lost elevation because of that missing sand, which washed into Barnegat Bay, onto streets, in homes and out to sea in quantities never before seen during storms at the Jersey Shore, said Jon Miller, assistant professor at Stevens Institute of Technology
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The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts
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The measure, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-1), is made up of 10 recommendations by the New Jersey Veterans Hospital Task Force.
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Aid will pay for repairs and flood-proofing improvements to PATH and NJ Transit lines
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J. Mason Tomlin School's annual sixth grade visit to Washington, D.C., was canceled Wednesday night after bus reservations suddenly fell through right before the trip.
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The visit will mark Obama's second trip to the shore since the storm hit about six months ago
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Lt. Richard Levens, a 24-year veteran at the West Orange Police Department, has been suspended and faces a theft charge
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No lame reference to a skateboarding trick, just the facts: 12 years, $4.5 million dollars and a cluster of city, state and local organizers.
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He had 50 .22-caliber bullets in the pickup truck, Somerset Prosecutor says.
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The Rahway woman charged as an accomplice in the murder of a 12-year-old Jersey City boy made her first court appearance on the charges this afternoon.
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In all, Forrest faces 19 counts of burglary, 20 counts of possession of burglar tools and 19 counts of criminal mischief.
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The victims' identities were not immediately released and the officials did not disclose a motive in the killing.
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Authorities have not yet released the identities of the deceased.
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Lawmakers never intended for the state to seize local affordable housing funds without first giving towns guidance on how to spend the money, according to a letter they sent to the state's Supreme Court justices
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Woman pleaded guilty in 2012 to diverting more than 95 company checks and depositing them into her own personal bank account
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Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube
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The warning is also in effect for parts of Union County and in portions of New York.
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The National Weather Service in Upton, N.Y. has issued a flash flood warning for Bergen County until 5 p.m.
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West Union Avenue branch of Bank of America was robbed Thursday morning
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Tormu Prall's sentencing for counts of murder and arson was delayed today after his attorney submitted a new document.
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Victims of Catholic church sex abuse met in New York
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The original 58-year-old bridge was deemed structurally deficient, and was replaced by a new span that cost $522,593.
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State Assemblywoman Linda Stender and state Sen. Nicholas Scutari, both Democrats from Union County, said they planned to introduce the bill next week in response to the situation involving Vivian Wilson, 2, of Scotch Plains
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Authorities pointed out that the length of the sentence handed down to 46-year-old William Rensing in federal court was due in part to Rensing having a prior conviction for sexually assaulting a minor.
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No council from New Jersey opposed the controversial change - which some argue goes too far, while others say it doesn't go far enough
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Gov. Chris Christie says state Assembly Speaker’s Sheila Oliver’s concerns about an influential yeshiva and a Princeton seminary getting a share of $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds is more about politics than policy
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More than 100 investigators Wednesday morning raided 29 bars and restaurants across New Jersey on suspicion they had been serving cheap liquor disguised as premium brands
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Man died of heart attack, police say
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Lockdowns lifted at schools in neighboring Saddle Brook, Garfield
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The series of infections was given outbreak status because the previous three occurred over a short period of time and the people were diagnosed with an identical strain of meningitis, the Department of Health said
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The register had been stolen from a nearby bodega and temporarily abandoned after the thieves were unable to open it, police said
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Gov. Christie attended a ribbon cutting for HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley
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Two people were found dead at a home in the gated Smoke Rise community Thursday morning, authorities say.
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"No matter what the outcome is, the internal affairs investigation will take place, and discipline will be recommended, for any officer," chief says.
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Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx 'from a safe distance,' issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there
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The former slugger ensured Michael Odeh can take the field for Ridgefield Park High School this season
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A 27-year-old Elizabeth man was killed when his car struck the rear of a tractor-trailer on Route 1 and 9 in Elizabeth early today.
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The PNC bank is in a Shop & Stop supermarket on Perrineveille Road.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino. "There weren't a whole lot of people sitting around New Jersey or Pennsylvania that said, 'Let's go party tonight in Resorts,'"...
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Alexandra Scerbak and another waitress filed sexual harassment complaints with the Clifton police department in August, claiming Spyropoulos threatened to kill them if they told anyone about allegations he groped them and made lewd comments to them
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