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• Is witness at murder trial telling the truth or waging 'vendetta'?

  27-01-2016 23:55
  
  During closing statements on Wednesday at Amber Brooks's murder trial, the attorneys clashed over the credibility of a key witness
  
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• 'Portal to hell' stabbing suspect was psychotic from synthetic marijuana, lawyer says

  27-01-2016 23:45
  
  A man accused of repeatedly stabbing and slashing three people in Union Township became psychotic after ingesting synthetic marijuana, his lawyer said in court.
  
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• BPU approves $130M N.J. Natural Gas pipeline

  27-01-2016 23:36
  
  The pipeline would run through several Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean county towns
  
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• Volunteers counting homeless in Hudson County today

  27-01-2016 23:34
  
  NJ Counts, a yearly point-in-time tally to determine how many people are homeless throughout the state, is designed to help officials better assist them.
  
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• Pa. residents fighting Trenton-Mercer flyovers ask town for money

  27-01-2016 23:30
  
  Bucks Residents for Responsible Airport Management (BRRAM), asked Lower Makefield, Pa. for money to aid their legal fight against flyovers.
  
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• Here's where the GOP candidates stand in Iowa before Republican presidential debate

  27-01-2016 23:20
  
  The Monmouth University poll said businessman Donald Trump's strength in Iowa depends on turnout
  
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• A.C. airport briefly evacuated after suspicious package found

  27-01-2016 23:20
  
  Airport resumed normal operations an hour later, police said
  
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• Elizabeth's homeless get free care at annual event

  27-01-2016 23:13
  
  The Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless's annual event provided information, clothing, food and health screenings to about 150 homeless city residents.
  
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• Jury begins deliberating in case of Jersey City man charged with kidnapping, rape

  27-01-2016 23:03
  
  At about 2 p.m. today jurors began deliberating in the trial of a Jersey City man charged with kidnapping, raping and assaulting a 28-year-old Newark women on July 27, 2013 who later managed to escape as the sun rose the next day.
  
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• ISIS supporter was held in 'inhumane' jail conditions, lawyer says

  27-01-2016 22:53
  
  Alaa Saadeh, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, was put in solitary confinement unfairly in a cell without heat, his lawyer said.
  
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• N.J. wants feds to repair LBI beaches eroded by blizzard soon

  27-01-2016 22:44
  
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last year replenished some of LBI's beaches damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but last weekend's nor'easter and blizzard caused additional serious erosion there.
  
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• More traffic drives up N.J. Turnpike earnings

  27-01-2016 22:34
  
  Revenues on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway were better than traffic consultants predicted in 2015,boosting earnings by $10 million.
  
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• 370 homeless in Newark sheltered during storm - NJ.com

  27-01-2016 22:34 via
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  370 homeless in Newark sheltered during storm
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  NEWARK — More than 300 homeless people were housed during the weekend's historic snowstorm, city officials said in a release Wednesday. According to the city, a public-private collaboration that saw multiple housing facilities opened during the storm ...
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• 370 homeless in Newark sheltered during storm

  27-01-2016 22:34
  
  City officials said a public-partnership accommodated the homeless.
  
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• Tractor trailer overturns at I-195 and I-295 interchange

  27-01-2016 22:33
  
  The state's 511nj.org traffic website reported at about 4:15 p.m. that the ramp was closed, motorists were being detoured and delays were 10 to 15 minutes in the area.
  
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• Police investigate after dead body discovered in Newark

  27-01-2016 22:23
  
  City police are investigating after the body of deceased person was discovered Tuesday evening in the 100 block of Irving Turner Boulevard.
  
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• These are the new subway trains the MTA wants to test in NYC

  27-01-2016 22:12
  
  The MTA expects to have the 10 test trains on the tracks by 2020, but it could take up to a decade for the city to replace all the subways cars if commuters respond well
  
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• N.J. remembers the Holocaust on international memorial day

  27-01-2016 22:05
  
  International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Jan. 27
  
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• Authorities continue probe into death of man found in snow under bridge

  27-01-2016 21:51
  
  The man found dead under the Carson Nguyen Memorial Highway Bridge in Jersey City Tuesday has not been positively identified, authorities said this afternoon.
  
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• Ex-Eagle donates $10K to veterans group

  27-01-2016 21:45
  
  This is the football player's third donation to the organization.
  
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• Newark councilman: Top official should resign over snowstorm response

  27-01-2016 21:40
  
  East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador said he will demand Neighborhood and Recreational Services Director Patrick Council leave his position at a meeting next week
  
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• Fire displaces Old Tappan family

  27-01-2016 21:40
  
  A fire early Wednesday displaced an Old Tappan family and torched their house, Old Tappan Deputy Fire Chief David Keil said.
  
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• Newark defense stifles Greyhounds - The Newark Advocate

  27-01-2016 21:38 via
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  Newark defense stifles Greyhounds
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  GROVE CITY - Newark gave up 77 points to Gahanna last Friday, and Grove City paid the price Tuesday. The Wildcats wouldn't let the Greyhounds breathe in their Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division boys rematch. Newark's aggressive man-to-man ...
  

• Getaway driver gets 7 years in 'senseless' robbery that left teen dead

  27-01-2016 21:30
  
  Tyrique Spruell, 24, of Newark, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Eugene Walker to commit the Sept. 13, 2012 robbery at a Newark grocery store
  
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• Woman alerts police to drunken friend after hit-and-run crash, cops say

  27-01-2016 21:24
  
  At around 9:15 a.m., police responded to Cottage Place for a report of a female in a vehicle who was possible unresponsive.
  
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• Human fetus found in box outside Catholic Charities office in Trenton

  27-01-2016 21:24
  
  The fetus was discovered shortly after 12 p.m. in a box left outside the West State Street location of Catholic Charities
  
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• Elizabeth man convicted of cocaine smuggling gets 5-year sentence

  27-01-2016 21:20
  
  A 39-year-old Elizabeth man was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for his role in smuggling cocaine
  
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• N.J. pension fund scraps investment in 'predatory' payday lender

  27-01-2016 21:16
  
  The New Jersey State Investment Council has sold its stake in a payday lender that consumer advocates said preys on low-income and minority customers through practices illegal here.
  
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• School bus, NJ Transit bus in accident in Jersey City

  27-01-2016 21:15
  
  A school bus attempting to make a turn was struck by an NJ Transit bus yesterday afternoon, according to an accident report.
  
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• School bus, Academy bus in accident in Jersey City

  27-01-2016 21:15
  
  A school bus attempting to make a turn was struck by an NJ Transit bus yesterday afternoon, according to an accident report.
  
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• 2 more victims of Elizabeth house explosion die from injuries

  27-01-2016 20:49
  
  Tyquan Henderson, 11, and his sister Tavasha Henderson, 36, have died from their injuries.
  
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• $700K cash only bail for 19-year-old charged in Jersey City murder

  27-01-2016 20:38
  
  Bail was set at $700,000 cash only yesterday for a 19-year-old Jersey City man charged with murdering a man on Oct. 16 on the same Marion Section street where they both live, officials said.
  
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• Why you'll want to avoid the GWB this weekend, again

  27-01-2016 20:35
  
  Delays due to a construction project on a short highway on the New York side of the George Washington Bridge may send drivers scrambling for the nearest tunnel.
  
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• Future of venerable South Amboy ice rink is unknown after roof collapse

  27-01-2016 20:32
  
  The South Amboy skating rink known as Roller Magic has been around since 1958, but the blizzard of 2016 has put its future into question.
  
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• Travel chaos eases at Newark Airport after snow removal delays - NJ.com

  27-01-2016 20:28 via
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  Travel chaos eases at Newark Airport after snow removal delays
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  NEWARK — After five days of delays and mass cancellations, Newark Liberty International Airport appeared to be getting back to normal Wednesday. As of 1 p.m., the airport had 15 canceled flights and 43 delayed flights Wednesday, according to ...and more »
  

• Travel chaos eases at Newark Airport after snow removal delays

  27-01-2016 20:28
  
  Wednesday's cancellations were a fraction of the 400 flights scratched Wednesday, when Newark had more axed flights than any other airport in the nation.
  
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• N.J. boro administrator resigns after Pa. fraud guilty plea

  27-01-2016 20:25
  
  Bound Brook mayor Robert Fazen said the borough accepted Garret Starthearn's resignation Tuesday night.
  
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• Secaucus lawyer charged with trying to kill his girlfriend set to testify

  27-01-2016 20:24
  
  The Secaucus attorney being tried on charges he attempted to stab his girlfriend to death in 2011 will testify in his own defense and the defense will begin presenting its case in the morning.
  
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• Is Donald Trump's announcement he'll skip GOP debate a ploy?

  27-01-2016 20:20
  
  After announcing that he won't participate in the seventh Republican presidential debate Thursday night, might Donald Trump show up on stage after all?
  
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• Investigation ends in case of woman found dead after storm in Hackensack lot

  27-01-2016 20:06
  
  Frances McQuaige, 78, was found dead in her car two days after telling restaurant employees she was afraid to drive in the snow.
  
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• Christie's big mouth disgusts even this high-level GOPer | Opinion

  27-01-2016 19:52
  
  Carl Golden worked as Republican Gov. Kean's press secretary, and communications director for Gov. Whitman.
  
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• When can ex-husband cut off alimony to former wife who has boyfriend?

  27-01-2016 19:50
  
  Under New Jersey's new alimony law, an ex-spouse can be legally judged to be living with someone even if they do not share the same home
  
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• Jersey City man nabbed trying to break into eatery, police say

  27-01-2016 19:48
  
  A Jersey City man was arrested early Tuesday morning as he was attempting to break into a Chinese restaurant on West Side Avenue, Jersey City police said.
  
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• 17 veterans receive N.J.'s highest military medal

  27-01-2016 19:45
  
  Veterans from 5 N.J. counties received the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal.
  
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• N.J. man who left infant in vehicle outside Wal-Mart gets probation

  27-01-2016 19:35
  
  Defendant told police he entered store to buy medicine for baby.
  
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• Jets' $324K settlement with cheerleaders approved, report says

  27-01-2016 19:32
  
  Flight Crew members said they didn't get paid to practice nor were they compensated for other expenses
  
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• Man in suspicious van approaches girl walking to bus stop, cops say

  27-01-2016 19:26
  
  East Brunswick police are looking for a person in a burgundy work van that reportedly tried to talk to a 13-year-old old girl in the area of Arthur Street Tuesday morning.
  
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• Police arrest fifth suspect in brutal downtown Newark beating - NJ.com

  27-01-2016 19:13 via
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  Police arrest fifth suspect in brutal downtown Newark beating
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  NEWARK — The fifth and final suspect wanted in connection with the bloody assault of a city man earlier this month has been arrested, city officials announced Wednesday. Man is brutally beaten in Newark Edited clips from a video of a brutal beating at ...and more »
  

• Police arrest fifth suspect in brutal downtown Newark beating

  27-01-2016 19:13
  
  The fifth and final suspect wanted in connection with the bloody assault of a city man earlier this month has been arrested.
  
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• How Trump's feud with Megyn Kelly unfolded

  27-01-2016 19:10
  
  A look at the on-again, off-again battles between Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly
  
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