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• Chelsea Clinton campaigns at the Shore, calls Trump 'unserious'

  17-05-2016 23:53
  
  Chelsea Clinton made two stops in Monmouth County on Tuesday.
  
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• Man convicted of threatening, forcing sex on teen

  17-05-2016 23:33
  
  Clifford Wares is scheduled to be sentenced June 27.
  
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• See where Flem-Rar First Aid & Rescue Squad will move

  17-05-2016 23:12
  
  A new property in Raritan Township has been found for the Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad.
  
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• State settles with 'notarios' scammers targeting Spanish-speaking immigrants

  17-05-2016 23:04
  
  The businesses, based in West New York, Paterson and Florida, were accused of engaging in "notarios fraud"
  
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• Controversial plan by Democrats to redistrict state resurfaces

  17-05-2016 22:53
  
  A controversial plan that aims to change the way New Jersey redraws its legislative districts has resurfaced.
  
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• Cold, windy start to Hunterdon's Bicycle to Work Week

  17-05-2016 22:45
  
  Diana Davis of Flemington bicycled to work in Raritan Township on Monday, May 16, as part of Hunterdon County Bicycle to Work Week 2016.
  
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• Cops chase down, capture man behind 36 burglaries, police say

  17-05-2016 22:43
  
  The suspect allegedly admitted he stole anything from vehicles to food from township homes, sheds and cars over 2 months.
  
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• Middlesex County College commencement 2016 (PHOTOS)

  17-05-2016 22:39
  
  Nearly 1,600 degrees were awarded to students.
  
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• Jury restarted deliberations in Lodzinski trial after foreman's departure

  17-05-2016 22:39
  
  The jurors had to restart their deliberations today after a juror was dismissed in the Michelle Lodzinski murder trial.
  
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• Suicidal man reaches for cop's gun, gets arrested, cops say

  17-05-2016 22:27
  
  Hamilton Township Police Department
  
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• Bayonne zoning board meeting about Islamic center set for next Wednesday

  17-05-2016 22:24
  
  A city zoning board meeting about a proposed Muslim community center is scheduled to take place next Wednesday, city Chief of Staff Andrew Casais confirmed.
  
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• Eugene C. Flinn, professor, author, former Jersey Journal columnist, dies at 91

  17-05-2016 22:22
  
  Flinn, a writer, professor, and former Jersey Journal columnist, died Friday at Overlook Medical Center in Summit.
  
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• N.J. lawmakers push to reduce security delays at Newark airport

  17-05-2016 21:58
  
  The state's congressional delegation is upset over hour-long waits at security checkpoints.
  
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• Disbarred lawyer stole $1.5M from clients, AG says

  17-05-2016 21:58
  
  Authorities say Joseph J. Talafous Jr. stole from the elderly and a young boy whose father died
  
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• Senate Democrats vow to challenge Christie on women's issues

  17-05-2016 21:56
  
  Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said they will push pay equity, domestic violence and family planning bills
  
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• WATCH: Thief with gun robs man on busy sidewalk, goes unnoticed

  17-05-2016 21:44
  
  The suspect is black, in his 20s or 30s, wore a black sleeveless shirt, Yankees cap, blue jeans with holes on the front and black sneakers.
  
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• Officials break ground on new $160 million Hudson County high school

  17-05-2016 21:38
  
  High Tech High School will have a new home for the 2018 school year.
  
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• LGBT advocacy group wants Clifton to raise the rainbow flag

  17-05-2016 21:32
  
  A statewide advocacy group is pushing for Clifton to raise to raise the Rainbow Flag in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
  
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• Authorities investigating alleged assault of county jail inmate

  17-05-2016 21:22
  
  The inmate, Rafael Jardines, 53, was taken to a Trenton hospital on Wed. May 11 from the correction center.
  
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• Former Eagles tackle (and N.J. guy) named NFL czar for cheap shots

  17-05-2016 21:13
  
  Former Pro Bowl tackle and N.J. Congressman Jon Runyan has been named Vice President of Policy and Rules Administration
  
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• 2 men plead guilty in 'targeted' fatal shooting of Baltimore man

  17-05-2016 20:57
  
  Two men have pleaded guilty in a 2013 homicide of a Maryland man in Carteret.
  
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• Hikers find dead body on Garret Mountain Reservation

  17-05-2016 20:52
  
  The body of an approximately 50-year-old man was found on the reservation by Thomas Street in Clifton
  
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• N.J. town to promote officers for first time since stricter hiring test

  17-05-2016 20:26
  
  Edison promote officers on Thursday for the first time since implementing stricter testing procedures.
  
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• Hillside shooting under investigation; police looking for white Hyundai

  17-05-2016 20:22
  
  Police found three .45 caliber shell casings in front of a home on Wyndmoor Avenue, but no suspects or victims.
  
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• Retired N.J. officer who died after bike crash was a father figure to many

  17-05-2016 20:20
  
  Lt. Joseph Franklin tragically died last week after being critically injured during the first day of a 320-mile Police Unity bike ride to Washington D.C.
  
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• Hillary Clinton campaign to open Bergen County headquarters

  17-05-2016 20:15
  
  The public is invited.
  
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• Man sentenced for theft of tax refund checks

  17-05-2016 19:57
  
  Isaias Hernandez took part in a ring that created phony federal tax returns that generated illegal refunds.
  
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• Paramedic on trial for stealing James Gandolfini's watch, report says

  17-05-2016 19:53
  
  One of the paramedics attending to Gandolfini after the actor's fatal heart attack allegedly stole the New Jersey native's $3,000 watch
  
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• Trenton heroin dealer gets 3 years in federal prison

  17-05-2016 19:30
  
  Dorian Brown, 37, of Trenton was arrested in June 2014 after search warrants were served at his home and car.
  
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• Need a job? These employers are hiring

  17-05-2016 19:22
  
  Job applicants can utilize county and state resources in their search.
  
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• Fairleigh Dickinson University graduation 2016 (PHOTOS)

  17-05-2016 19:15
  
  Nearly 3,000 students from 49 counties and 37 states received degrees Tuesday morning from FDU.
  
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• Vigil, funeral plans set for 2 teens killed in after-prom crash

  17-05-2016 19:10
  
  Bridgeton High School scheduled a vigil at its stadium for Wednesday night.
  
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• When are the best and worst times to fly out of Newark to avoid delays?

  17-05-2016 19:08
  
  There's a time of the day that's best to fly, and a time that you should avoid, if you want to get to where you're going on time.
  
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• These are the best and worst times to fly out of Newark

  17-05-2016 19:08
  
  There's a time of the day that's best to fly, and a time that you should avoid, if you want to get to where you're going on time.
  
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• 200 Club of Somerset County honors officers, students

  17-05-2016 19:04
  
  Bernards Township Sgt. Jon Burger and Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Detective Sgt. William Brown were honored for their courage during a fatal shooting in Warren Township.
  
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• Philly Jesus in court to fight 'religious rights' after arrest at Apple store

  17-05-2016 19:00
  
  "This is just like what they did to the real Jesus Christ," a supporter said outside court.
  
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• Philly Jesus in court to fight for 'religious rights' after arrest at Apple store

  17-05-2016 19:00
  
  "This is just like what they did to the real Jesus Christ," a supporter said outside court.
  
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• Trenton Police hold ceremony to honor fallen officers

  17-05-2016 18:59
  
  Peace Officers Memorial Day commemorated with wreath laying at City Hall
  
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• Cops investigate shots fired in Jersey City

  17-05-2016 18:54
  
  Shots were allegedly fired in the area of Ocean Avenue and Stegman Street just before 11 p.m.
  
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• Jury foreman in Lodzinski murder trial dismissed; mistrial denied

  17-05-2016 18:43
  
  The judge ordered jurors to restart their deliberations after he excused a juror for "personal reasons."
  
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• Police looking for man involved in suspicious incident with 11-year-old boy

  17-05-2016 18:39
  
  Police said the boy was riding his bike home after school when a man in a black pickup truck approached him.
  
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• Breitbart's anti-Semitic headline is a sympton of Trump's bigoted views | Opinion

  17-05-2016 18:37
  
  Did the right-wing website's headline confirm suspicions that Trump is welcoming to bigoted supporters? This conservative blogger thinks so.
  
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• Man gravely hurt after being run over by delivery truck

  17-05-2016 18:35
  
  He laid down or fell in front of the truck, witnesses said.
  
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• A trip through the S-turns of New Jersey's Highlands | Di Ionno

  17-05-2016 18:35
  
  Another in the Backroads, New Jersey series
  
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• 58-year-old man killed trying to cross Route 80 in Totowa, cops say

  17-05-2016 18:27
  
  A 58-year-old New York man was killed early Tuesday morning after he was struck by two vehicles while attempting to cross Route 80, State Police said.
  
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• Suspects in NJIT student's murder plead not guilty

  17-05-2016 18:24
  
  Two men accused of killing an NJIT student appeared in court Tuesday, both neatly dressed in dress shirts and ties.
  
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• NJIT murder suspects plead not guilty, appear before news cameras in shirts and ties

  17-05-2016 18:24
  
  Two men accused of killing an NJIT student appeared in court Tuesday, both neatly dressed in dress shirts and ties.
  
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• N.J. newspaper was anti-Obamacare when Truman was president

  17-05-2016 18:11
  
  Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show healthcare costs have risen 160 percent from 1950 to 2014.
  
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• Fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia blamed on engineer's distraction

  17-05-2016 18:06
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board said the engineer of Amtrak Train 188 lost track of his surroundings before the crash.
  
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• New push to close Jersey City schools for Muslim holy days

  17-05-2016 18:04
  
  The school board is expected to vote on the matter Thursday.
  
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