JERSEY NEWS

• Boaters say sand lost in storm piling up in inlet 11/20/2009, 9:46 a.m. EST
(AP) — MANASQUAN, N.J. - Boaters say some of the sand lost in last week's nor'easter has piled up in New Jersey's Manasquan Inlet.

• Jayson Williams plea hearing adjourned 11/20/2009, 9:38 a.m. EST
(AP) — SOMERVILLE, N.J. - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be a New Jersey courtroom Friday.

• Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely 11/20/2009, 9:38 a.m. EST
(AP) — NEWARK, N.J. - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a driver.

• NJ dad to testify before human rights panel 11/19/2009, 8:51 p.m. EST
(AP) — TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man who's been battling in Brazilian courts to get custody of his 9-year-old son is scheduled to testify before a congressional human rights panel in Washington.

• US airport guard in Obama threat case is sentenced 11/19/2009, 11:48 a.m. EST
(AP) — NEWARK, New Jersey - A New Jersey airport security guard overheard talking about shooting President Barack Obama will be released from jail.

• Philip Morris USA sues over counterfeit Marlboros 11/19/2009, 11:18 a.m. EST
(AP) — RICHMOND, Virginia - Philip Morris USA, the largest U.S. tobacco company, said Thursday it has filed federal lawsuits accusing 10 New York and New Jersey retailers of selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.

• AP-NJ--Jayson Williams Plea, NJ 11/19/2009, 10:10 a.m. EST
(AP) — TRENTON, N.J. - A person with knowledge of the case against retired NBA star Jayson Williams says the former player has agreed to a plea deal that would send him to prison for up to three years for shooting a driver.

• FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays 11/19/2009, 8:48 a.m. EST
(AP) — ATLANTA - Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

• East Coast states totaling damage from nor'easter 11/17/2009, 6:56 p.m. EST
(AP) — OCEAN CITY, N.J. - It was a desperate, ultimately futile battle-machine against nature-and Ocean City kept it up long after the outcome had been decided.

• AP Top News at 5:53 p.m. EST 11/17/2009, 2:21 p.m. EST
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes, Democratic officials say. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to incorporate the voluntary program in legislation to be unveiled as early as Wednesday, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because a final decision has not been made.

• NJ man indicted in Web name theft, sale on eBay 11/16/2009, 10:31 p.m. EST
(AP) — TRENTON, N.J. - A northern New Jersey man has been indicted on charges he stole a valuable Internet address and sold it on the eBay auction site to a former NBA player for $111,000.

• NJ man indicted in Web name theft, sale on eBay 11/16/2009, 10:31 p.m. EST
(AP) — TRENTON, N.J. - A northern New Jersey man has been indicted on charges he stole a valuable Internet address and sold it on the eBay auction site to a former NBA player for $111,000.

• US man gets nearly 20 years in sex-tourism case 11/16/2009, 2:16 p.m. EST
(AP) — NEWARK, New Jersey - A U.S. man who played Santa Claus at children's parties has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for traveling to Thailand to have sex with boys.

• FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones 11/16/2009, 1:26 p.m. EST
(AP) — NEWARK, N.J. - The crowded airspace over the Hudson River, where nine people died in the collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, will be split into a low-altitude zone for local traffic and a higher one for longer-distance flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

• FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones 11/16/2009, 1:26 p.m. EST
(AP) — NEWARK, N.J. - The crowded airspace over the Hudson River, where nine people died in the collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, will be split into a low-altitude zone for local traffic and a higher one for longer-distance flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

• 3 missing after fishing boat sinks off coast of NJ 11/16/2009, 12:15 p.m. EST
(AP) — CAPE MAY, N.J. - Coast Guard boats, planes and helicopters searched the storm-tossed ocean off Cape May on Thursday afternoon for three commercial fishermen whose boat sank a day earlier.

• Flooding a concern as storm moves up US East Coast 11/13/2009, 6:29 a.m. EST
(AP) — ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida pounded the U.S. East Coast on Friday, flooding coastal areas of New Jersey and New York and eroding beaches in New Jersey after slamming the Carolinas and Virginia.

• Flooding a concern as storm moves up US East Coast 11/12/2009, 5:36 p.m. EST
(AP) — ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida pounded the U.S. East Coast on Friday, flooding coastal areas of New Jersey and New York and eroding beaches in New Jersey after slamming the Carolinas and Virginia.