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New Jersey to Get Billions in Federal Aid for Sandy
New Jersey will receive between $20 billion and $25 billion of the $60 billion in federal funds set aside for Hurricane Sandy aid, Gov. Chris Christie said. The amount New Jersey will receive is less than the $37 billion in damage the state sustained in the Oct. 29 superstorm, but Christie said he didn't expect the federal funds to cover the total damage amount because they hadn't ...
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New Jersey Sinkhole Factory Worker and Forklift Truck Swallowed Up By New Sinkhole
May 21, 2013 10:19 am A New Jersey sinkhole has swallowed up a man working on a forklift truck on Monday, in the latest terrifying sinkhole to hit the nation. In this case the man survived and was later rescued, but the incident has again highlighted the issue of sinkholes.An emergency call was made to 911 on Monday afternoon reporting that a man and his forklift machine had been swallowed up by ...
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Goat snarls traffic on NJs Pulaski Skyway
JERSEY CITY — A renegade goat and an auto accident snarled traffic on the Pulaski Skyway in northern New Jersey. Jersey City Police Capt. Edgar Martinez says it took 90 minutes for emergency services to corral the goat as it ran along the four-lane bridge between Jersey City and Kearny Point ...
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Police shoot kill 2 dogs attacking NJ woman
RAW VIDEO: Dogs attack woman in Plainfield: VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. Warning: Contains graphic scenes and strong language that may be disturbing to some viewers. Two dogs were shot and killed by police after attacking and critically injuring a woman on Saturday. Video courtesy Shannon ...
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Chris Harrison to host Miss America Pageant
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" host Chris Harrison will again emcee the Miss America Pageant this September in Atlantic City, N.J.Harrison has hosted the telecast for the last four years.The Miss America Organization says he'll be joined by Lara Spencer of "Good Morning America." Spencer served as a judge for the 2012 pageant. ...
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Christie New Jersey to get $20B to $25B in federal aid for Sandy
A looks over the beach in front a destroyed beach front home that was torn of its pilings on Long Beach Island November 1, 2012. Many homes on this resort New Jersey island were destroyed when Hurricane Sandy hit the area late October 29, 2012. UPI/John ...
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NJ hospital lays off dozens
The hospital blames a reduction in Medicare reimbursement under congressionally mandated automatic budget cuts and restructuring of its health care ...
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Furloughs scrap NJ bases July Fourth event
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has canceled its annual July Fourth celebration due to furloughs caused by congressionally mandated automatic budget ...
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Forklift operator escapes harm from NJ sinkhole
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Officials are trying to determine what caused the floor of a northern New Jersey warehouse to open up, swallowing a forklift and the man who was running ...
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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister kills 51 including 20 children
Zoom A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile (1.6 kilometer) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on the elementary school. ...
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Woman charged in attack on nurse in Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities say a woman launched an unprovoked attack on a nurse who was on a break outside Cooper University Hospital in ...
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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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