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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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Christie co-hosting Today to promote NJ shore
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is co-hosting NBC's "Today" on Friday morning as part of a campaign to proclaim that the state's shore is ready for business seven months after being devastated by Superstorm ...
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I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash. no fatalities reported
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol ...
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New Jersey Doctor Convicted in Drug Distribution Conspiracy www.privateofficer.com
--An internal medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was convicted today by a federal jury in New Jersey for his role in a conspiracy that put tens of thousands of prescription pills on the streets for resale, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Michael Durante, 59, of Montclair, New Jersey, was convicted of 16 of the 17 counts in the superseding indictment ...
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New Jersey lawmakers offer early support for Oklahoma tornado aid
Lauren Matthews, 7, stands on the rubble of her home taking a photo of the damage in her neighborhood in Moore, Okla., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, flattening everything in its path. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams) / ...
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Edison police officer charged in firebombing of fellow officers house
An Edison police officer who lives in Manalapan and is charged with five counts of attempted murder is to be arraigned Friday on charges that he allegedly set fire to a fellow ...
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NJ cop accused of setting fire to captains home
The Middlesex County prosecutor and Monroe Township police say Officer Michael Dotro was charged Thursday with aggravated arson and five counts of attempted murder for a Monday fire at the Monroe Township home of Edison Police Capt. Mark ...
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay Scouts but not gay leaders
Boy Scouts salute early Saturday morning, May 21, 2011 during New Jersey's Boy Scouts Camporee in Sea Girt, N.J. The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. (AP ...
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Twitter coverage Bay Head meeting on construction easements
Follow live Twitter coverage by staff writer Kirk Moore (@KirkMooreAPP) from Bay Head's first public meeting on construction easements for the Army Corps beach replenishment, beginning at 6 p.m. ...
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Sons of rap label founders sentenced in tax case
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Two sons of the founders of the Sugar Hill Records hip-hop recording label have been sentenced to probation for failing to file ...
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UPDATE 2-Phillips to increase shale oil use at New Jersey refinery
Thu May 23, 2013 7:39pm EDT (Adds option of Canadian crude by rail, background on Bayway) By Sabina Zawadzki LINDEN, N.J. May 23 (Reuters) - Phillips 66 said on Thursday it would use more domestic shale oil at its New Jersey Bayway refinery and could consider exporting gasoline from the facility thanks to lower costs and as U.S. fuel demand wanes. The 238,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Bayway refinery ...
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Obama to travel to New Jersey Shore
Obama to Sandy Victims: 'We Will Do Everything We ...: US President Barack Obama orders federal agencies to 'lean forward' to help restore power to millions of people impacted by ...
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Majority of Superstorm Sandy deaths were from drowning
A wall is removed from the house that was washed into the Barnegat Bay from Lyman Avenue in Mantoloking during Superstorm Sandy. / NJ PRESS MEDIA FILE ...
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One flown to hospital following Rumson crash
RUMSON — One person was airlifted to the hospital after a passenger van rear-ended a dump truck, police said. The passenger from the van was flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Chief Scott Paterson said. He declined to comment on the extent of the ...
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Coast Guard evacuates man from tanker off Maryland
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) -- The Coast Guard rescued a member of an oil tanker's crew Thursday after the man suffered a head injury while the ship was about 60 miles east of Ocean ...
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Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension
Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately ...
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That’s not scotch New Jersey bar accused of serving rubbing alcohol mixed with dye
Row upon row of brick tenements, sketchy shops and a lingering sense of unease. That's what my parents remember from their time living in New York City in the ...
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Mary J. Blige Faces $3.4M Federal Tax Lien In NJ
-- Mary J. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey. Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of a lien on the nine-time Grammy Award winner Feb. 7. That was two days before the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was honored at a pre-Grammy party in Los ...
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NJ Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch
TRENTON, N.J. -; At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at ...
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CBAs first graduates remember humble start
The alumni from the first graduating class will be recognized Thursday night at the ceremonies for ...
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Drug experts planned at Ocean County DWI checkpoints
OCEAN COUNTY — Ocean County is adding two drug recognition experts to its DWI checkpoints this year, authorities announced this morning. The experts will be at the checkpoints to detect drivers under the influence of narcotics, according to a news release from Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. ...
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Arrest in shooting that killed Jersey City boy
Gywan Levine Jr. was shot while dribbling a basketball as he and his father walked along Rutgers Avenue last Friday. The boy was shot in the shoulder area, while the father was wounded in the ...
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Brad Pitt surprises fans at World War Z screening in New Jersey
Actor Brad Pitt speaks at a Paramount Pictures presentation to promote his upcoming film "World War Z" during CinemaCon at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 15, 2013, in Las ...
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Margaritaville at Resorts opening in Atlantic City
Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is holding the grand opening Thursday of its Margaritaville restaurant, entertainment and gambling complex. / MARK R. SULLIVAN/STAFF ...
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$35M Margaritaville complex opens at ACs Resorts
"There weren't a whole lot of people sitting around New Jersey or Pennsylvania that said, `Let's go party tonight in Resorts,'" said Etess, whose Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority now runs Resorts Casino Hotel. "I don't even think their parents were doing ...
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Vertical farm in New Jersey is a reflection on the state's advanced economy
Vertical farming has its detractors, but New Jersey may become home to a center leading the way in researching and perfecting this new agricultural technique in the Newark Vertical Farm.
A new project taking place in Newark may herald the future of agriculture in New Jersey, at least this is the opinion of many agriculture and environmental observers who have watched with interest as Dickson Despommier teams up with Weber Thompson, an architect firm, to build the Newark Vertical Farm. Read more
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