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TRENTON - Gov. Chris Christie's new state budget will likely feature a down payment on his signature income tax cut - but he also needs to pay for other promises, including more money for transportation, public employee pensions and last year's business tax cut.

When Gov. Chris Christie took a moment during the introduction of his two nominees to the state Supreme Court to discuss the new residence of Christopher Cerf, his acting commissioner of education, there was an audible chuckle from the gathered.

Yesterday, artist Mike Carey, an instructor teaching the art of graffiti, had a 21st century answer: If you're looking for a good name to use as your graffiti tag, the answer is originality, a little flare and not too many letters.

FILE PHOTO: Atlantic County evacuees fleeing from hurricane Irene wait to board busses outside the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton where they stopped for a rest at 5 am on their way to the Meadowlands.

Trenton will be packed with emotion this week as both houses of the Legislature are expected to pass a gay marriage bill, but leaders on both sides of the issue concede it will kick off a long political standoff between Republican Governor Christie and Democrats.

Vasil "Billy" Heisler, in Burlington County court on the first day of his trial.

TRENTON - A 73-year-old city resident was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday for torching his rooming house in 2009 to punish his noisy neighbors.

Harry "Ron" Riskie probably didn't know he'd still be a municipal official today when he was first elected to serve as a Woodbury councilman in 1979.

Catholic leaders across the country and in New Jersey are condemning the Obama administraton's new birth control policy that would force religious schools and hospitals to provide their employees with free contraceptives.

A Jackson man, who is employed as A school bus driver was arrested by federal agents early this morning for using his home computer to distribute child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Authorities are seeking information about the random attack that sent a township woman to the hospital with a broken jaw and shocked neighbors in a quiet Old York Village neighborhood.

On the heels of a district court's ruling that California's Proposition 8 violates the constitution, Red Bank Councilman Ed Zipprich called for Gov.

TRENTON - Police are still trying to sort out exactly what happened Wednesday night after they found an empty home with a room full of blood and a victim who changed her story twice.

As usual, we review high temperatures of yesterday.A They were in the mid to upper 40s, as expected, with 45 in Trenton and 48 at Newark Liberty Airport.A Again, way above the normal high of 41 to 43.

Assemblyman Robert M.Gordon, D-Bergen, testifies before the Assembly State Government Committee during an ethics reform hearing at the State House lastApril.

Gov. Christie called for the resignation Wednesday of a top official of the state's largest teachers' union for making a seemingly dismissive remark about poor children in failing school districts.

Why is a super wealthy corporation that made $3 Billion in profit last year being given a $250 Million tax credit to build a shiny new corporate office building in Newark? They can afford $3.5 Million for a TV commercial during the Superbowl but not their own office building? They need subsidies from the Taxpayers? Prudential Insurance wants a new ... (more)

TRENTON Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he will support his two nominees for the state Supreme Court regardless of whether the New Jersey State Bar Association rules that they are qualified or not qualified.

It may seem strange or unbelievable to many people but I don't have a cell phone, computer, iPod or... WESTFIELD - Though nearly two weeks remain before Gov.

FILE PHOTO: Trenton School Superintendent Raymond Broach speaks during a press conference before a tour of the Jefferson School on Stuyvesant Avenue on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.