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Corzine lands in Iraq for surprise visit with troops (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Trip was security secret until N.J. Gov arrived in Iraq with Govs. Perry of Texas and Gregoire of Washington
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Lonegan's gubernatorial campaign raises enough money for state funding (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
A Republican candidate for governor today said he has raised enough money to qualify for state funding for his campaign. Steve Lonegan said he became the first declared contender to meet that threshold by filing paperwork with the state Election...
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State orders flags at half-staff for fallen Elizabeth firefighter (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Elizabeth Firefighter Gary Stephens, who died Friday. State and federal flags will fly at half-staff in New Jersey on Thursday to honor an Elizabeth firefighter killed Friday while responding to a house fire, officials announced today. Veteran Elizabeth firefighter Gary...
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Funeral director reaches plea agreement in stolen body parts case (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
One of two New Jersey funeral directors implicated in a grisly scheme to plunder body parts from cadavers for medical transplants is expected to plead guilty to stealing human remains, authorities said today. Stephen K. Finley, 45, has agreed to...
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Irvington police employee admits to parking meter theft (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
A former Irvington Police Department employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $31,000 in nickels, dimes and quarters from municipal parking meters, according to the state attorney general's office. Rodney Dennis, 52, of Irvington, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree...
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Inmate awaiting trial in Somerset attempts suicide (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
A man who was scheduled to go to trial next week for his alleged role in a 2007 home-invasion robbery in Bridgewater tried to hang himself in the Somerset County jail, authorities said. Jonathan Lopez, 33, of the Bronx, N.Y.,...
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Puppy from Morris County's The Seeing Eye rings opening bell on NY Stock Exchange (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
William Perlman/The Star-LedgerThe president and CEO of The Seeing Eye, Jim Kutsch, with Seeing Eye dog Colby at his side, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange today.She might have been the cutest guest ever to help...
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Accounts differ over body of newborn thrown out with trash (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
Jersey City police searched garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania today for the body of a baby apparently thrown out with the trash at a Jersey City hospital sometime in the past two weeks. "It's like they treated my...
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State prisoner escapes from Somerset work farm (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
State Department of CorrectionsMarc Harris, 22 A manhunt is underway today in Somerset County for an inmate who walked away from the Skillman Farm in Montgomery Township where minimum custody inmates work tending dairy cows, authorities said. Marc Harris, 22,...
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New Brunswick man sentenced for failing to get help for toddler who died (Tue, 06 Jan 2009)
A 32-year-old cab driver in New Brunswick was sentenced today to seven years in prison for failing to quickly get medical help for his fiancee's 3-year-old son who died. Robert Knutsen was acquitted in October of fatally beating Nikolas Chavez,...
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