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According to police reports, the 20-year-old victim got out of her car on Armstrong Avenue and a masked gunman approached her saying 'Give me your keys and phone' Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/mconte/index.html
20 min 12 sec ago

More - Carjacker in Jersey City nabbed when photo he snaps with stolen cellphone shows up on victim's computer, police say

Romney swept nearly every voting group in Nevada including those that have been slow to come aboard, such as tea party activists and voters who describe themselves as extremely conservative The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
21 min 46 sec ago

More - Mitt Romney win leaves rivals few options, experts say

Diwali is generally known as the Hindu New Year, and it is a five-day event celebrated between October and December with feasts, music and fireworks Eugene Paik/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/epaik/index.html
23 min 46 sec ago

More - N.J. districts weigh new holiday, Diwali, for school year

A community group that opposed the now-scuttled sale of Christ Hospital to a for-profit California chain will hold a rally on Tuesday to address the hospital's announcement that it might file for bankruptcy Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/T_thornton/index.html
25 min 46 sec ago

More - Rally to address possible bankruptcy filing by Christ Hospital in Jersey City

Jose Pereira entered the country illegally from El Salvador nearly 30 years ago Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/T_thornton/index.html
1 hour 39 min ago

More - Union City father facing deportation granted new immigration hearing

Kathy Jachera hopped a last-minute flight out of Newark Liberty International Airport Dan Goldberg/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/dgoldberg/index.html
1 hour 44 min ago

More - Car trouble spurs Boonton woman to fly to Super Bowl to see beloved Giants

Employees at the Best Buy in Jersey City said some people buy big-screen televisions to impress their friends at their Super Bowl viewing parties, but then return the TVs the next day Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/sstrunsky/index.html
2 hours 7 min ago

More - N.J. football fans wait until last minute to buy big-screen TVs to watch Super Bowl

Julia Horowitz, a 16-year-old sophomore at Watchung Hills Regional High School, embarked on a mini-internship to learn about herself Susan K. Livio/Statehouse Bureau http://connect.nj.com/user/sklivio/index.html
2 hours 22 min ago

More - Morristown fertility clinic helps teen with genetic defect unravel mysteries of her own DNA

Celebrations under way in Newark Eugene Paik/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/epaik/index.html
2 hours 27 min ago

More - Newark bars kick-off Super Bowl parties

Area residents shop at a crowded Shop Rite to prepare for the Super Bowl Ben Horowitz/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/behorowi/index.html
2 hours 34 min ago

More - Giants fans galore at Chester supermarket

Rebecca Grande was sentenced to probation for misusing $38,000 that a couple had given the firm for their home refinancing The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
3 hours 5 min ago

More - Former Freehold title company chief who misused funds is sentenced

Football fans buy vegetables and chicken wings to eat while watching the game later today Ben Horowitz/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/behorowi/index.html
3 hours 56 min ago

More - Mendham shoppers stock up for Super Bowl feasts

The fire, which started about 11 a.m. Saturday, appears to be accidental Hunterdon County Democrat http://connect.nj.com/user/njohunterdon/index.html
4 hours 25 min ago

More - Firefighters save Stockton house as fire destroys garage and cars

A fundraising campaign has allowed the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center to stay open, for now. Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/thaydon/index.html
4 hours 50 min ago

More - Sayreville 'no kill' shelter to remain open after receiving donations

A carjacking spree in Newark reveals how crime in the city has been getting younger and more violent Mark Di Ionno/Star-Ledger Columnist http://connect.nj.com/user/mdiionno/index.html
5 hours 20 min ago

More - Di Ionno: In Newark, a city racked by teen violence, deadly crime spree is all too familiar

The 44-year-old man suffered burns to his face, legs and arms Saturday while trying to drag a burning mattress out of his apartment Nic Corbett/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/ncorbett/index.html
5 hours 20 min ago

More - Newark man in critical condition after basement fire

Union County and court officials have decided to build another structure in Elizabeth to house the family division of state Superior Court Ryan Hutchins/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/rhutchins/index.html
5 hours 30 min ago

More - Union County family court to leave courthouse tower

Questions about quote submissions for small transactions such as a water-retention system remain unanswered Dan Goldberg/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/dgoldberg/index.html
5 hours 35 min ago

More - Small transactions raise big questions for Rockaway Township School District

Bruce Welch always wanted to be an author, but the line between researching street life and being part of the street life in Newark where he grew up was razor-thin Barry Carter/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/bcarter/index.html
5 hours 50 min ago

More - To hell and back: A Newark author's story

The victims' car was heading north in the truck lanes near Exit 12, around mile marker 96, when it ran into the back of a 'crash truck,' a vehicle used to protect workers on construction sites Star-Ledger Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslstaff/index.html
5 hours 51 min ago

More - 2 killed in N.J. Turnpike car accident

The 2011 fund raised $324,712.50, an increase of approximately 4 percent over the previous year’s $312,000 Janelle Griffith/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/janellegriffith/index.html
6 hours 50 min ago

More - Thanks to outreach, Newark holiday fund sees a boost

New figures from the N.J. Treasury Department show that retirements in the police and firefighter pension system swelled by 48 percent over the past two years Statehouse Bureau Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njostatehousebureau/index.html
6 hours 50 min ago

More - Throughout New Jersey, police officer retirements lead to leaner forces

Arty Martins, 37, spray-painted his grass with white yard lines, stenciled a Giants logo onto plywood and assembled yellow PVC pipe to create goal posts Julia Terruso/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/juliaterruso/index.html
7 hours 17 min ago

More - Edison man turns his front yard into Super Bowl football field

The incident came at a particularly bad time for the industry. Sarah Portlock / The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/sportlock/index.html
7 hours 34 min ago

More - Costa Concordia disaster crashes cruising season sales

Also: Governor's support for Joe Divincenzo, tribute to late Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, and maneuvering in Morris County The Auditor/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/njoauditor/index.html
7 hours 35 min ago

More - Chris Christie's judge nominee Phillip Kwon an N.J. resident-come-lately

At a recent Senate committee hearing, state Sen. Paul Sarlo criticized the governor's proposal as "the second tax cut for the rich by the governor in two years" Bill Wichert/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/billwichert/index.html
7 hours 50 min ago

More - PolitiFact N.J.: Christie's income tax cut plan blasted as his 'second tax cut for the rich'

Manville borough could purchase at least 15 homes to spare residents from further flood damage in the Somerset County community Eugene Paik/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/epaik/index.html
7 hours 49 min ago

More - Manville targets flood-prone homes for buyouts

John Harrigan, president of the Sussex County chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, works to create a cemetery for veterans in northern New Jersey Joe Moszczynski/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jmoszczy/index.html
8 hours 20 min ago

More - President of Sussex group pursues a dream of a North Jersey vets cemetery

The teachers union president in the district serving Essex Fells, Roseland, North Caldwell and Fairfield said the teachers felt they were 'duped' into accepting freeze Eunice Lee/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/eunice_lee/index.html
8 hours 35 min ago

More - West Essex teachers cry foul over contract

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul vied for a distant second The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
16 hours 36 min ago

More - Republican front-runner Romney gets easy win in Nevada

Esmay Parchment, 73, was awarded $300,000 in damages when a jury found two East Orange officers liable for wrongful arrest and excessive use of force against her Julia Terruso/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/juliaterruso/index.html
18 hours 6 min ago

More - Rally held near East Orange Police Department for woman who says cops beat her

The 74-year-old's body was found by a group walking a dog at about 4:30 this afternoon near his Jonestown Road home, police said. Pamela Sroka-Holzmann | The Express-Times http://connect.nj.com/user/pholzmann/index.html
18 hours 56 min ago

More - Washington Township, N.J., man dies cutting tree, police said

Peter Lacanfora Jr., who lives in the home where the fight occurred, was taken to the hospital, treated and then released into police custody, after auhtorities seized 15 handguns and five rifles from his home Ryan Hutchins/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/rhutchins/index.html
18 hours 58 min ago

More - Harding Township stabbing leads police to weapons cache

A suspected would-be robber, Gian Daivs, 30, was killed following a fight with his intended victims in Newark this morning David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/dgiambus/index.html
19 hours 34 min ago

More - Would-be thief killed in apparent Newark robbery

Federal regulators have delayed, by at least a year, completion of their review of PSEG Nuclear's early site permit application. The application is the first step the utility must take it if wants to build a fourth reactor at its Artificial Island generating complex in Lower Alloways Creek. Bill Gallo Jr./Today's Sunbeam http://connect.nj.com/user/bgallo/index.html
19 hours 55 min ago

More - NRC delays review of PSEG Nuclear permit application needed for any new reactor in Salem County

Google MapsRosewood Drive in Toms River, where police issued a 21-year-old resident a summons after officials said they saw a passenger roll out of his vehicle. TOMS RIVER — Police issued a reckless driving summons to a Toms River man... The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html
20 hours 42 sec ago

More - Toms River resident receives summons after passenger rolls out of car

Seventeen-year-old Quashon Mayfield of Paterson must serve 85 percent of the term imposed Friday before becoming eligible for parole The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
21 hours 5 min ago

More - Paterson teen sentenced to 17 years for shooting that paralyzed classmate

Brian Hinkel faces five years in state prison after pleading guilty this week to four counts of possessing an assault rifle and 21 counts of possession of a prohibited device The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
21 hours 40 min ago

More - Former Vineland police officer pleads guilty in weapons case

This week, The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity announced plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, then abandoned those plans amid a public furor The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
22 hours 48 min ago

More - Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, despite reversal on decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding

Salem County teen Jared Hill has been chosen as one of only six National Rifle Association youth ambassadors from across the U.S. The new role has taken Hill, a longtime hunter and marksman, of Mannington Township, across the country for appearances. Phil Dunn / Today's Sunbeam http://connect.nj.com/user/pdunn22/index.html
23 hours 9 min ago

More - NRA chooses Salem County resident, 17, as one of 6 national youth ambassadors

An Atlantic City police sting led to the arrests of 3 males suspected of attempting to rob a Domino's pizza deliveryman The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html
23 hours 10 min ago

More - Atlantic City police arrest 3 in pizza deliverymen robberies

The National Park Service announced this week that Otto von Bismarck's voice has been identified among those found on a dozen recorded wax cylinders that were once stored near Thomas Edison's cot in his West Orange lab The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
1 day 4 min ago

More - N.J. museum finds recording of 19th century German chancellor

The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow in the Rocky Mountain foothills and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights in Denver before heading east toward the central plains The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
1 day 37 min ago

More - Blizzard that dumped 6 feet of snow on Colorado headed east

Edward Smith, 25, of Hamilton Township, faces several charges, including assault and child endangerment. But authorities don't believe he intentionally tried to hurt the 3-year-old girl during the Jan. 28 confrontation in Brick The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
1 day 1 hour ago

More - Man who threw brick, hit daughter in the face in Brick confrontation turns himself in

The U.S. Senate is seeking to restore federal prosecutors' power to go after corruption, according to a published report The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html
1 day 2 hours ago

More - U.S. Senate pushing to expand federal prosecutors' power to fight corruption

The suspects, identified as George Noonan and Anna Falijiewicz, allegedly gave a description that later matched a man who was picked up by police. But after an investigation, police determined the claim was fabricated. The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html
1 day 3 hours ago

More - Middlesex County couple arrested for fake robbery claim in A.C., report says

Patrick Lott's resignation letter was dated Jan. 27, and he's been in jail for five weeks since videos were discovered in his home Bob Considine/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/BobConsidine/index.html
1 day 3 hours ago

More - Man accused of videotaping boys in showers resigns position at Bernardsville Middle School

The Parsippany school board told the state it plans to sue its superintendent to recover some money it paid to him under a contract the state forced it to rescind, according to a published report The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html
1 day 5 hours ago

More - Parsippany school board plans to sue its superintendent, report says

Two Atlantic County assemblyman are reportedly asking the state comptroller to investigate the Pleasantville school board for improprieties The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html
1 day 5 hours ago

More - Two Atlantic County legislators ask state to investigate Pleasantville schools

U.S. Border Patrol officials say 51-year-old Jose Francisco Jimenez will be extradited to New Jersey to face prosecution The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html
1 day 5 hours ago

More - Alleged sex offender wanted in NJ caught by U.S. Border Patrol in New Mexico, authorities say

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