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Jefferson man accused of impersonating police officer, pointing handgun at youths

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

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JEFFERSON -- A township man has been accused of impersonating a police officer and pointing a handgun at three young people at a park, police said...

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Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.

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Pursuing Happiness: Surprising Facts About the Declaration

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

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Kenneth C. Davis

No, Taco Bell did not buy the rights to the Liberty Bell -- that was a very successful April Fools Day joke. (Yes, they got me.)

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Why I Don't Care About Edward's Affair

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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Charles Karel Bouley

I know it's un-American, but I don't give one iota (the ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet and thus slang for ONE BIT) whom John Edwards is screwing.

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