New Jersey
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Yacht explosion in New Jersey could be a hoax
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The U.S. Coast Guard says a report of an explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey could be a hoax.
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Judge rules texter not liable for driver's car crash
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A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday.
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Patricia Krentcil, New Jersey mom, pleads not guilty to tanning daughter
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A New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to corroborate her story.
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New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker saves woman from burning home
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Hospital officials say the woman rescued from a burning home in Newark, N.J., by the city's mayor has been admitted to intensive care in serious condition.
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New Jersey middle school becomes a 'no hugging school'
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After some "incidents of unsuitable, physical interactions," New Jersey middle school students are no longer allowed to hug.
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Chris Christie calls former Navy SEAL 'jerk'
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"He acted like an idiot. He's an idiot. I don't have any regret about it at all," says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who added he honors the man's military service, but that "doesn't give him the right to be a jerk."
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Donald Payne dies, who will succeed him now in question
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Days after U.S. Rep. Donald Payne died of colon cancer, the delicate conversation about who will succeed him is underway.
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NYPD facing criticism over Muslim surveillance
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New York City's Police Department is facing mounting criticism of its secret surveillance of Muslims across the Northeast, with civil liberties groups demanding an investigation and New Jersey's governor accusing the NYPD of arrogantly acting as if "their jurisdiction is the world."
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NJ gov. strongly defends lowering flags for Houston
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Gov. Chris Christie has strongly defended his decision to have flags flown at half-staff Saturday for Whitney Houston despite receiving emails and other messages disparaging the singer and criticizing him.
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New Jersey plane crash kills five
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Five people were killed when the single-engine plane they were riding in crashed on a major New Jersey highway while en route to Atlanta.
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Elizabeth Snyder, college professor, asks student not to speak in class
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Elizabeth Snyder, a professor at a community college in New Jersey, is under fire after telling a student not to speak during class because his stuttering "infringed on other students time."
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New Jersey Governor Christie hospitalized
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Gov. Chris Christie was hospitalized and received emergency treatment for asthma Thursday.
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