
NJ vet gets back dog tag he lost in World War II
Carol Wilkins leaned over the side of her father's wheelchair and handed him the small red box, a heart-shaped cutout revealing its contents: a ...

A bit slimmer: Christie has weight-loss surgery
Gov. Chris Christie, who once famously called himself "the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," disclosed Tuesday he had secretly undergone ...

App lets amputees program their own bionic hands
Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands. Now, he's got ...

Airline investigates after jets clip at NJ airport
An airline whose plane clipped another plane on a taxiway at Newark Liberty International Airport and lost part of a wing said Thursday it has started ...

Flight delays pile up amid FAA budget cuts
Flight delays piled up across the country Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers began taking unpaid days off because of federal budget cuts, ...

AP source: FBI eyes possible extortion at Rutgers
The FBI is investigating whether a former Rutgers basketball employee tried to extort the university before he made videos that showed ex-coach Mike ...

More Rutgers faculty seek firings in coach case
The call from faculty members and politicians to oust top Rutgers University administrators grew louder, a day after men's basketball coach Mike Rice ...

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 ...

First lady pushes food industry
Michelle Obama praised the food industry on Friday for its efforts to market healthier foods but said more needs to be done. At a speech before a ...
NJ's Christie committed to sports betting fight
Gov. Chris Christie says he'll take the fight to legalize sports gambling in New Jersey to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary. Even after a recent ...
US seizes 2,200 pieces of artwork in NJ
The massive trove of artwork arrived in New Jersey last year from Texas on an 18-wheeler — its contents a mystery. After five days of inventory, the ...

NJ's biggest utility outlines plans to stormproof
New Jersey's largest utility company wants to spend nearly $4 billion over the next decade to stormproof its electric and gas system after Superstorm ...

Lautenberg: No re-election bid, but not retirement
It had all the makings of a goodbye: a triumphant return to his hometown, a standing ovation, signs declaring him a legend, even a "We love you, ...

NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 89, says he will retire
Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of his current term rather ...

3 arrested in NJ videotaped stripping, whipping
The haunting video, shot on a hot summer night, starts with a young man being ordered to strip naked as he is berated by a group around him.
3 charged in smuggling horns of endangered rhinos
Three people have been charged with participating in an international smuggling ring that traffics in the horns of endangered black rhinos. The U.S.

Feds: 18 charged in $200M global credit card fraud
Eighteen people have been charged in what may be one of the nation's largest credit card fraud rings, a sprawling international scam that duped credit ...

NJ Sen. Menendez is no stranger to investigations
To his critics, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is the bad guy who always wiggles away. To defenders, he's a respected figure persecuted in whispers and ...

Fox's Geraldo Rivera weighing US Senate run in NJ
Geraldo Rivera, who hosts a weekend show on Fox News Channel, said Thursday he's seriously thinking about running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.

Dems agree on candidate to challenge NJ's Christie
You might not have heard of New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono, though you've probably heard of the man she's itching to take on in the November ...

NJ senator takes digs at mayor's interest in seat
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, at age 88 the oldest sitting U.S. senator, said Tuesday that the mayor of the state's largest city is surely ...

Christie: Comments on Obama, Boehner part of job
In 2010, Gov. Chris Christie underestimated the first major storm of his administration by flying to Disney World hours before snow crippled New ...

Booker won't run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey's highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S.

Rapper 'Fat Joe' admits tax evasion in NJ court
The rap artist "Fat Joe" pleaded guilty Thursday to failing to pay taxes on nearly $3 million in income he earned over two years for performances and ...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg donating $500M in stock
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is donating nearly $500 million in stock to a Silicon Valley charity with the aim of funding health and education ...