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Pal: Nightmares drove NJ man to admit 1990 killing
A southern New Jersey man who admitted killing a teenager 23 years ago was haunted by nighttime visions of the boy's mother, according to the ...
Reaction to Rice video has Rutgers reconsidering
Rutgers officials had already seen the video showing coach Mike Rice shoving, grabbing and throwing basketballs at players during practice and yelling ...
Forgotten US airship crash recalled 80 years later
History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster. No, not that one. Newsreel footage and radio ...
Kentucky women hold off Delaware 69-62
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell has his team one victory away from the school's first Final Four. The Wildcats had to overcome an incredible effort ...
3 accused of smoking pot in NJ police parking lot
State troopers in northern New Jersey didn't have to go far to make a pot bust. They didn't even have to get in their cruisers. Police say they caught ...
Head found in '89 IDed, linked to serial killer
Almost 25 years after her severed head was found on a golf course, the woman New Jersey police believe was the first victim of a notorious serial ...
NJ to probe state response in boy-with-gun photo
Gov. Chris Christie has asked his attorney general to investigate the state's visit to the home of a man who had posted online a photo of his son ...
Ill. man arrested in NJ with stolen Wis. cheese
An Illinois man accused of stealing 21 tons of Wisconsin cheese has been arrested in New Jersey. New Jersey authorities say the 34-year-old man from ...
$338M lottery winner feels 'pure joy,' uncertainty
A New Jersey man feels "pure joy" at winning a $338 million Powerball jackpot but has no idea what he will do with the money — except buy a car, to ...
NJ professor's quixotic quest to be Iran president
The man who wants to be the next president of Iran sits in a hotel lobby, steps from his office and thousands of miles away from the country he wants ...
Business as usual for Menendez amid investigations
Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over ...
$338M NJ Powerball winner says he'll help family
The winner of a $338 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family. Pedro Quezada, ...
APNewsBreak: NJ Revel casino files for bankruptcy
From the day it opened less than a year ago, Revel decided to break the rules. The newest casino in Atlantic City banned smoking, didn't offer a ...
Spring snow closes US schools, cancels flights
Five days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers were just a rumor Monday as the East Coast endured another blast of winter. A wide-ranging ...
Winning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in NJ
When Teddy Jackson heard Sunday morning that the lone winning ticket for a $338.3 million Powerball drawing was sold in New Jersey, the Toms River ...
Brodeur scores as Devils top Hurricanes 4-1
Martin Brodeur playfully asked what else he could have done for the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night, and coach Peter DeBoer had an idea. "If he ...
Miss America to air from Atlantic City on Sept. 15
The Miss America pageant will be broadcast from Atlantic City on Sept. 15. Gov. Chris Christie announced the broadcast date Wednesday and said the ...
Shore kids wowed by gov's copter, White House pals
The fact that their school recently became the first one to reopen after having been shuttered by Superstorm Sandy didn't faze a group of ...
Roth's 80th cause for Newark, NJ, celebration
"Sitting there in the park," Philip Roth wrote in "Goodbye Columbus, "I felt a deep knowledge of Newark, an attachment so rooted that it could not ...
Family says NJ overreacted to boy's gun photo
The ruddy-cheeked, camouflage-clad boy in the photo smiles out from behind a pair of glasses, proudly holding a gun his father gave him as a present ...
NJ to let casinos accept bets on fantasy teams
Peyton Manning's touchdown passes, Adrian Peterson's first downs and Darrelle Revis' interceptions could combine to make someone rich this fall.
NJ governor asked to apologize for race remark
Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, ...
Stories from NJ homeless camp going before judge
One is a nurse with three college degrees who says she was hit by a car and disabled. Another says he was born with brain damage and has bipolar ...
Conservative leader says GOP must broaden appeal
As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union declared Thursday that the Republican Party is not a home for ...
Sammy Hagar won't redo beach bar damaged by Sandy
He can't drive 55, and he can't reach a deal to rebuild a beach bar damaged by Superstorm Sandy, either. Rocker Sammy Hagar won't be back in Atlantic ...