Jets’ Goodson Arrested
NFL via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York Jets running back Mike Goodson is not off to a great start with his new team.
Goodson was arrested early Friday on drug possesion and weapons charges, according to New Jersey State Police.
Goodson and another …
Army Officer, Wife Accused of Child Abuse
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MORRIS COUNTY, N.J) — A U.S. Army major and his wife are facing federal child-abuse charges for cruelty to their six children, three of whom were adopted. The alleged acts of cruelty include breaking their bones, denying them me…
Army Officer, Wife Accused of Child Abuse
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MORRIS COUNTY, N.J) — A U.S. Army major and his wife are facing federal child-abuse charges for cruelty to their six children, three of whom were adopted. The alleged acts of cruelty include breaking their bones, denying them me…
Army Officer, Wife Accused of Child Abuse
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MORRIS COUNTY, N.J) — A U.S. Army major and his wife are facing federal child-abuse charges for cruelty to their six children, three of whom were adopted. The alleged acts of cruelty include breaking their bones, denying them me…
NJ Woman Sues CVS for $1M for Racist Receipt
Photo Courtesy Susan Chana Lask(EGG HARBOR, N.J.) — A New Jersey woman of Korean decent is suing CVS for $1 million after claiming that a store employee used a racial Asian slur on her receipt.Hyun Lee, 37, of Egg Harbor, N.J., was picking up photos f…
NJ Gas Station Manager Says He Sold Winning Powerball Ticket
Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(BORDENTOWN, N.J.) — The single Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey that matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s $338.3 million jackpot drawing was sold at a popular truck stop close to the New Jersey Turnp…
Winning $338 Million Powerball Jackpot Ticket Sold in New Jersey
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Image(NEW YORK) — A single Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing, meaning some lucky Jersey resident has won the sixth largest jackpot in history.
No real details about the pe…
Christie Joins GOP Governors in Expanding Medicaid
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie — an opponent of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare — announced Tuesday that his state will participate in Medicaid expansion that is a centerpiece of the la…
NJ Gov. Christie Shows Softer Side Before Budget Address
ABC News(TRENTON, N.J.) — The office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday released a video teasing some of the issues the governor will highlight in his budget address Tuesday afternoon.Named “Saving Lives Lasts Forever,” the video…
Poll: Chris Christie Reaches Record Approval Rating in NJ
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — “How high is up?” That’s the question Wednesday from Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, which is out with a new New Jersey poll that&rsquo…
‘Massive’ Credit Card Fraud Steals $200M
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Eighteen people have been charged in what federal prosecutors in New Jersey called one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever uncovered by the U.S. Department of Justice, spanning 28 states and eight countries.”The…
Bubble Wrap Popping Record Set in Hawthorne, NJ
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Students at New Jersey’s Hawthorne High School have set a new Guinness World Record for the most people popping bubble wrap at one time.The Star-Ledger reports the momentous milestone was accomplished on Mond…
New Jersey Town Gives People Property Tax Break for Shopping
Creatas/Thinkstock(MARLBORO, N.J.) — The township of Marlboro, N.J., is giving residents a break on their property taxes if they shop at local stores.“Every local elected official has to do their part to help us get out of this recession and hel…
Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker Helps Rescue Freezing Dog
WABC/ABC News(NEWARK, N.J.) — While out working on a story in New Jersey Thursday night, a reporter and camera crew from ABC’s New York City affiliate WABC-TV noticed a dog left out in the cold.Hours later, when they passed by again and saw that the d…
Sen. Frank Lautenberg Says Rival Could Use ‘Spanking’
lautenberg.senate.gov(PHILADELPHIA) — This is probably not how Sen. Frank Lautenberg expected things to go down.The New Jersey Democrat, who turns 89 on Wednesday, hasn’t said whether he’ll run for reelection in 2014. In the meantime, popular Ne…
Chris Christie Says He’d Like Congress to Listen
ABC News(NEW YORK) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was cautiously optimistic on Wednesday morning that Congress will be able to pass a federal relief aid for the victims of Superstorm Sandy.“I met with the congressional delegation yesterday, I&…
Man Arrested Climbing Storm-Tossed Roller Coaster in NJ
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.) — New Jersey police arrested a man on Tuesday who scaled an iconic Jersey shore roller coaster that was swept out to sea following Superstorm Sandy, and planted an American flag.News 12-New Jersey identi…
Body Pulled from NJ Lake Where Teens Fell Through Ice
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Officials pulled a body from the partially frozen New Jersey lake Tuesday afternoon where two teenagers had fallen through the ice less than 24 hours before.Dive teams relaunched the search of Budd Lake in Mount Olive Township in …
After Sandy, Chris Christie Says NJ Is ‘Model’ for How Government Should Work
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that rebuilding New Jersey after superstorm Sandy’s devastation had to be his priority and called on Congress to swiftly approve disaster aid, at the same time praising both f…
Chris Christie Foe Claims Governor ‘Prayed’ for Superstorm Sandy
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Hours before New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was scheduled to give his state of the state address Tuesday afternoon, a political opponent claimed the tough-talking governor “prayed and got lucky” tha…