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• Ex-Rutgers student set for jail in webcam spy case

  8 hrs ago | via KTIV-TV Sioux City 

  When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around.

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• Ex-Rutgers student set for jail in webcam spy case

  9 hrs ago | via NBC29 

  A city already anxious about a recent spate of shootings was rattled further when a man walked into an arts cafe near a Seattle university and opened fire, fatally wounding four people.

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• 3 NJ students charged following teen's suicide

  18 hrs ago | via New Jersey Herald 

  A New Jersey high school freshman killed himself three weeks after being assaulted, robbed and threatened by other students, authorities said Wednesday as they publicized criminal charges against the youths.

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  Related Topix: Morris County, NJ, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

• Judge in Rutgers webcam case: Jail is harsh enough

  20 hrs ago | via The Daily Record 

  As Dharun Ravi's father, Ravi Pazhani, center, listens to Middlesex County first assistant prosecutor Julia McClure, left, and assistant prosecutor Chris Schellhorn, right, during a hearing in New Brunswick, N.J., Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

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  Related Topix: Prison, Rutgers University, Middlesex County, NJ, New Brunswick, NJ, Gay/Lesbian

• Perth Amboy Man Sentenced To 30-Years For Beating Hi...

  23 hrs ago | via Clarks Hometown News Patriot 

  A Perth Amboy man has been sentenced to serve 30 years in prison for fatally beating his wife, whose body was dumped in Virginia two years ago, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced today.

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• Ex-Rutgers student in webcam case to go to jail

  Yesterday | via Yahoo! 

  Dharun Ravi sits between his lawyers during a sentencing hearing for his conviction in using a webcam to invade the privacy of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man in their college dorm room, in New Brunswick, New Jersey May 21, 2012.

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  Related Topix: Prison, Rutgers University, Gay/Lesbian, New Brunswick, NJ, State Prisons

• Former student in U.S. webcam case to go to jail

  Yesterday | via The Daily Star 

  NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey: A day after apologizing for the first time, an Indian-born man convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay university roommate gave up his right to remain free Wednesday, while prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence and ask for harsher punishment.

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• Dharun Ravi reports to jail after Rutgers webcam spying

  Yesterday | via Newsday 

  In SUFFOLK CNTY disabled vehicle. right lane blocked on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB between X51/DEER PARK AVE/RT-231 and X52/COMMACK RD In SUFFOLK CNTY disabled vehicle.

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• Ex-Rutgers student in webcam spy case set for jail

  Yesterday | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate has given up his right to remain free while New Jersey prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence.

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• Man Convicted of NJ Webcam Gay Spying Apologizes

  Yesterday | via EDGE 

  A former Rutgers University student openly apologized for the first time on Tuesday for using a webcam to spy on a romantic liaison between a man and a roommate who later killed himself, saying he regrets his "thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices." Dharun Ravi, who had been criticized by a judge for not showing remorse ... (more)

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• Hate-crime-Dharun-Ravi-apologises-publicly-for-first...

  Yesterday | via Express India 

  'Kali-Ma' beer row rocks Parliament, MPs dem... 2G scam: CBI court grants bail to A Raja; fo... Antrix-Devas deal: CAG comes down on Dept of... BCCI promises to target IPL match fixers Iran says nuclear talks with UN good, constr... Charges made by BSY against me are like bles... New York Indian student Dharun Ravi, convicted of spying on his gay ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Prison, Suicide, Rutgers University, Middlesex County, NJ, New Brunswick, NJ

• Rutgers webcam case: Dharun Ravi publically apologizes

  Yesterday | via Christian Science Monitor 

  Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation last week and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.

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• Dharun Ravi apologizes, reports to jail Thursday

  Tuesday | via MyFoxNY 

  A day after apologizing for the first time, a former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate gave up his right to remain free on Wednesday while New Jersey prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence.

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• Review: Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom'

  Monday May 28 | via Examiner.com 

  From the opening scene of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom , no familiar audience member could mistake the movie as anyone else's creation.

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• Man Injured When Pick-up Overturns in Holmdel Traile...

  Monday May 28 | via Patch.com 

  First responders rushed to help a man who was injured in his Chevy pick-up after it overturned in a cul-de-sac in the Holmdel section of the Garden Trailer Park around 12:42 p.m. on Monday.

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  Related Topix: Holmdel, NJ, Train Disaster, New Brunswick, NJ

• Letters asked judge for leniency in NJ webcam case

  Saturday May 26 | via WXOW-TV La Crosse 

  Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.

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  Related Topix: Rutgers University, Minnesota, Transgender, Prison

• Woman jailed after allegedly using her niece to shop...

  Friday May 25 | via The Newark Star-Ledger 

  A North Brunswick woman is in the Somerset County Jail, accused of shoplifting $342 in merchandise from a Stop-and-Shop in Franklin Township .

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• Appeals likely in Rutgers webcam case

  Tuesday May 22 | via Christian Science Monitor 

  Dharun Ravi stands alone in a New Brunswick, N.J., courtroom Monday following a sentencing hearing for his conviction in using a webcam to invade the privacy of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man in their college dorm room.

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  Related Topix: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News

• Dharun Ravi sentence would sit better if it came wit...

  Tuesday May 22 | via NJ.com 

  First we had the initial charges against Dharun Ravi, then the backlash to the charges, and now we have the backlash to the sentence, with one gay-rights group calling it "an insult to bullied students." Plotted on a yardstick that measures jail time from 0 days to 10 years, Judge Glenn Berman's sentence for Ravi's webcam scheme does tip far ... (more)

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• Teen indicted for murder of New Brunswick resident

  Tuesday May 22 | via The Jersey Journal 

  NEW BRUNSWICK - A 19-year-old New Brunswick man was indicted today by a Middlesex County grand jury for the murder of another city resident in January.

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