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OLD BRIDGE -- A teenage bicyclist was struck by a vehicle on Route 18 and died Friday night, a report in the Home News Tribune said. Police told the newspaper the 14-year-old township resident was crossing Route 18 from the northbound side to the southbound side near Leon Avenue at 6:41 p.m. Friday. He was struck by a 2002 Chevrolet... Full story »

HAMILTON TWP. — Atlantic County prosecutors say a former municipal construction code official embezzled nearly $12,000 in permit fees over several years. Lisa Hare faces up to 10 years in prison if she is convicted of official misconduct. The 41-year-old Hare allegedly took money on several occasions between April 2004 and February 2007 while serving as an assistant construction code... Full story »

It is just shocking, shocking, but apparently New Jersey's residents believe the state's politics is so corrupt that at least half of those interviewed for a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll are certain that the Garden State's brand of corruption is greater than other states. So naturally, New Jersey voters elected a former U.S. Attorney whose best known for indicting and jailing... Full story »

WEST NEW YORK -- The leader of the movement to recall Mayor Silverio "Sal" Vega and the Town Commission found his car's windshield smashed and two passenger-side tires slashed yesterday morning. Dr. Felix Roque, who hopes to become mayor, filed a police report after seeing the damage to his 2009 silver Smart Car in front of his Jefferson Street... Full story »

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said he's optimistic that trains and buses will be running by this evening Full story »

PATERSON -- Three people were indicted for allegedly cutting a 7-year-old girl and performing animal sacrifices in her presence during a religious ritual, a report in the Record said. The girl's mother, Yenitza Colichon, 31, of Jamesburg, and two city residents, Julio Cano, 30, and Zahira Cano, allegedly performed the ritual at the Cano residence in May, according to the... Full story »

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors say two Massachusetts members of a violent prostitution ring have been found guilty of forcing teenage girls as young as 15 to work as prostitutes, taking them to several states. Authorities say Darryl Tavares of Revere and Eddie Jones of Boston were convicted in U.S. District Court on Friday. Prosecutors had previously said the 26-year-olds were... Full story »

NEWARK -- Victoria Pratt, a litigator who uncovered rampant corruption in Camden schools and worked for two governors, was sworn in yesterday as the first Dominican judge to sit on the Newark city bench. "I’m so excited about this," Pratt said, hours before being sworn in before a packed municipal council chamber. "It’s definitely a homecoming." Pratt, 37, was born... Full story »

MANNINGTON TWP. — Area residents have organized in protest against the recent killing of 55 mute swans here at the hands of the state Division of Fish and Wildlife. A public outcry began in October when information was uncovered that the state authorized the lethal collection of the majestic birds in order to thin their population and check for... Full story »

NEW BRUNSWICK - An East Brunswick doctor who was previously found guilty of sex crimes for fondling patients between was convicted today of practicing medicine without a license and stealing approximately $150,000 from health insurance companies, authorities said. Benjamin Levine, 68, faces 21 1/2 years in state prison after a jury in Middlesex County convicted him of theft by deception,... Full story »

Amar McLean, 23, died Thursday from a single gunshot wound after scuffling with a plain-clothes Essex County sheriff's officer Full story »

Alan Carroll, 20, of Bridgewater, was one of 30 wounded in shooting at Texas Army base that left 13 dead Full story »

MORRISTOWN -- A Harding man has been indicted on charges of robbing the same Morristown bank twice within a week in March. David Coates, 25, was indicted on charges of first-degree robbery of the TD Bank on South Street on March 1 and on March 5, when he was arrested after a brief foot chase. In the first robbery, Coates... Full story »

Sea cow was lifted from water and flown to Florida for warmer waters -- WATCH THE VIDEO Full story »