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In this Sunday, November 22, 2009, file photo, artiste Whitney Houston performs onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Franklin Smith-Fullwood, 5, of Newark smiles as his uncle Michael Moore takes his photo with a smart phone to send to his mom during Circus Science day at the Newark Museum on Sunday, February 12, 2012.

Joel Santos, 18, of Palisade Avenue in Jersey City, was arrested this morning at Kennedy Airport before he boarded a plane to the Dominican Republic and charged in last week's murder of Victor Martinez, 21, of Waverly Street, authorities say.

Michael Nash, of Newark, leaves flowers at a make-shift memorial outside the New Hope Baptist Church following an early morning prayer service in honor of Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at age 48.

A candlelight vigil is planned to mark the third anniversary of the deadly crash of Continental Flight 3407 near Buffalo.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker in this August, 2011 file photo. In a statement regarding Newark's large budget, Mayor Cory Booker said that he has worked to instill fiscal discipline in his office And, while extolling economic austerity and shared sacrifice, they put aside $25,000 in the budget for "animal and horticultural materials," meaning flowers, ... (more)

Joe Castellano, Joe Stefanelli, Angelo Basilone, John Faliveno and Sammy Monaco stand were as teenagers they started their singing career on the corner where they lived, the Stephen Crane Village housing project in Newark.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred Friday night in front of Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville .

CNN has reported on Saturday that Whitney Houston , Mega Singer, Grammy-Award winner, has died at the age of 48 .

According to her official website, Houston, who struggled with addiction problems over the years, sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career.

Singer Whitney Houston , known as much for her powerful singing as her public battles with drugs, has died Saturday.. The Associated Press first reported her death Saturday evening but did not specify how or what she died of.

Payne e-mailed a statement Friday evening that said he is undergoing treatment and that he will continue to represent New Jersey's 10th Congressional District.

A dusting of snow falls in Newark on Feb. 8. Today might be slightly heavier - but the real winter winds and chill are following the precipitation, says the National Weather Service.

An Ocean County jury has found two Barnegat men guilty of a number of drug offenses after a five week trial, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said.

Stanley Fischer, during a break in his trial against Kimberly Ricketts, the former director of Division of Community Affairs.

Yesterday Newark Mayor Cory Booker, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and several private developers and investors - including Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein - converged on a vacant lot in Newark's historic downtown for the groundbreaking of Teachers' Village.

Terri Pascavage, 45, was shot on Stuyvesant Avenue near Harper Street shortly before 12:30 a.m., a release from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said this afternoon.

An argument over a Nicki Minaj CD tossed into the snow was enough to trigger a barrage of bullets and the death of a Newark teen early last year.

The city of Newark has extended the deadline for Occupy Newark protesters to remove their encampment from a downtown park.