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21 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Settlement is reached in lawsuit about Newark police powers

Newark Police Chief Anthony Campos will serve as public safety director while police director Garry McCarthy will assume full control of the city's police department, Mayor Cory Booker said today.

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Sat Oct 11, 2008

AllAroundPhilly.com

Irving Bradley Jr. named Trenton Police Director

Irving Bradley Jr. has been named as the city's newest police director. The former Newark police chief has been serving as the city's communication director for about a year.

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Related Topix: Trenton, NJ

Fri Oct 10, 2008

CourierPostOnline

2 schools turn to Bergen County for loans

Homeowners aren't the only ones in New Jersey feeling the pressure from Wall Street's economic crisis.

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Related Topix: Bergen County, NJ, Newark Metro

Asheville Citizen-Times

Senators push for immigration raid guidelines

NEWARK, N.J. With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Robert Menendez, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Newark Metro

Thu Oct 09, 2008

CBS 6 Albany

Newark's most wanted fugitive arrested in Schenectady

One of Newark New Jersey's most wanted men has been located and taken into custody here in our area.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro

AllAroundPhilly.com

New police head about to face same residency scrutiny

Another former Newark cop was named yesterday to replace controversial Joe Santiago as Trenton police director, signaling continued strife between many veteran law officers and City Hall.

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Related Topix: Rahway, NJ

Wed Oct 08, 2008

The Jersey Journal

Newark man convicted in shooting death of half-sister's fiance

A Newark man was convicted of murder today for gunning down his half-sister's fiance during an early-morning argument outside an Orange restaurant nearly two years ago.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro, Orange, NJ, Irvington, NJ, Essex County, NJ

Asbury Park Press

Clergyman admits to fondling girl on plane

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Related Topix: Newark Metro, Federal Prisons, Prison, Manville, NJ

Tue Oct 07, 2008

CourierPostOnline

Newark baggage screener held in alleged thefts

A baggage screener at Newark Liberty Airport could face up to 10 years in prison for allegedly stealing more than 100 items out of passengers' luggage.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro, Maplewood, NJ

Editor & Publisher

Union Vote Tuesday to Set Fate of two N.J. Dailies

NEW YORK The fate of two leading papers in New Jersey hangs on a union vote scheduled for Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro, Trenton, NJ, Trenton Metro

Mon Oct 06, 2008

PhillyBurbs.com

Epstein named AP correspondent in Newark

Victor Epstein, formerly a reporter for Bloomberg News in Houston, has been named administrative correspondent for The Associated Press in Newark.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro

Sun Oct 05, 2008

American Lawyer

Commentary: Following Young Attorneys to Newark

The number -- and importance -- of attorneys in Newark, N.J.'s firms, governmental agencies and nonprofits has grown in the past decade.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro, Livingston, NJ, New Jersey, Rutgers University, Red Bank, NJ

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Montclair Times Community Online

Cops: Suspects in bank heist, stabbing are busted

The two people who police believe to be responsible for a bank robbery and a stabbing that both occurred in Montclair on Sept.

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Related Topix: Montclair, NJ, Newark Metro, Essex County, NJ, Orange, NJ

Fri Oct 03, 2008

African American Environmentalist Ass...

New Jersey Selects Deepwater Wind To Develop Offshore

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities today announced that it has chosen Garden State Offshore Energy , a joint venture of PSEG Renewable Generation and Deepwater Wind, as the preferred developer of a ...

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Contra Costa Times

US appeals NJ Muslim cleric immigration case

In this Sept. 4, 2008, file photo, Imam Mohammad Qatanani, center, walks out of the Peter W. Rodino Jr.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Paterson, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Terrorism

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Cbs3.com

Passenger: JetBlue Attendant Sexually Harassed Me

Oct 2, 2008 12:00 pm US/Eastern NEW YORK In an interview with CBS Station WCBS-TV in New York, a New Jersey woman said she is still traumatized eight months after a JetBlue flight attendant allegedly sexually ...

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Related Topix: Newark Metro

Editor & Publisher

'Star-Ledger' Closer to Avoiding Ultimate Crisis

NEWARK New Jersey's largest newspaper came one step closer toward averting a closure or sale as at least a quarter of its full-time nonunion employees applied for a buyout.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Daily Record

Priest pleads guilty to groping girl on plane

NEWARK, N.J. -- A Roman Catholic priest from Poland admits he fondled a 16-year-old girl while aboard a flight to New Jersey in July.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro, Manville, NJ

CourierPostOnline

Feds to give N.J. $64 million to buy foreclosed properties

WASHINGTON - The state of New Jersey is getting $51. 5 million in grants through a new federal program to acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Paterson, NJ, Newark Metro

Stanford News Service

Cory Booker recalls 'gut checks' on road to becoming Newark public servant

Before speaking Thursday evening in Cubberley Auditorium, Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke to students in a course co-taught by James Steyer, left, and Robert Reich that examines civil rights in the 21st century.

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Related Topix: Newark Metro

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