WINSLOW, N.J. — Authorities say a pair of bulldogs attacked five New Jersey children until the oldest fought off the dogs with a shovel. The do...
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.25.2009 | New York
ORLANDO, Fla. - The father of a 9-year-old boy at the center of a five-year custody battle across two continents looked at his son sleeping on a fligh...
James M. Lynch | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living
Here's my challenge to you: In this coming year let's light this world up with positive energy and a life of joy and possibility. But don't just tell me. Show me.
nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut joined the federal government and two environmental groups in a 1999 lawsuit over pollution from the Duke plant, ...
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's chief justice ruled in favor of a U.S. man who has waged a five-year legal battle for his son, ordering Brazilian rela...
Simon Maxwell Apter | Posted 12.22.2009 | Entertainment
A month into the show, I must admit: I absolutely adore MTV's Jersey Shore. After all, Jersey Shore represents the triumph of the American Dream, pure and simple.
columbiajournalist.org | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York
Since he was 17 years old, Nigel Jackson of Saint Albans, Queens, has been collecting second-hand valuables and selling them for profit. Between flea ...
AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — On MTV's reality television show "Jersey Shore," the Beachcomber Bar is a place where the clothes are skimpy and punches can...
nypost.com | Posted 12.21.2009 | New York
Maria Osorio, 54, of Passaic, went for a mammogram at Harlem Hospital last February and was offered a free instant cheek swab and blood test. That's w...
Michael Rugnetta | Posted 12.21.2009 | Entertainment
Good programming provides us with built-in commentary through nuanced connections between a subculture and our broader culture. Jersey Shore frustrates me because there is absolutely none of this commentary.
AP | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A New Jersey senator plans to hold up a trade bill that would benefit Brazil because of a long-running battle over a 9-year-old boy...
wins.com | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York
The National Weather Service says much of the Tri-State area could receive a blanket of snow, along with heavy winds, over the weekend....
AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A Russian billionaire has moved a step closer to becoming the NBA's first non-North American owner. Mikhail Prokhorov's...
AP | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York
CAMDEN, N.J. — A man known to police as "Spider-Man" for his daring escapes and who starred in gay porn videos with his twin brother has been se...
AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Students returned Monday to a New Jersey high school that prosecutors say was the target of a "Columbine-like" plot and were...
AP | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is cutting 150 positions and slashing overtime. The moves are part of the Port Authori...
Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York
We must ask why the same freedom that enables a State Senator to say "no" in Albany prohibits a same-sex couple from saying "I do" in Brooklyn.
AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 12.10.2009 | New York
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's Senate president has agreed to postpone Thursday's scheduled vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, and som...
Douglas Forbes | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
How can it possibly not be time that America acknowledges marriage for one and all? Otherwise, the people of this nation must exercise their right and responsibility to abolish this failed form and reinstitute it altogether.
AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
CLINTON, N.J. — In a wooded area up a dirt road off an interstate highway, Jamie Cap peers down the sight of his new shotgun at a target about 4...
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
NEWARK, N.J. — Prosecutors don't understand how a fugitive wanted in New Jersey worked for the Homeland Security Department in Georgia despite a...
Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact
Matt Payton wanted, like many young people, to move out of his parents' house. It was a natural inkling, but one confounded by more problems than your...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York
Marriage equality is perhaps the most painless, inexpensive way for the New Jersey legislature to grow the state economy.
Huff TV | Posted 12.05.2009 | Media
Democratic National Committee Chairman, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine recently weighed in on the Tea Party movement, saying that Democrats stand to gain fro...
bloomberg.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey taxpayers are being saddled with a bill of about $657,000 a month from Bank of Montreal for an interest-rate swap app...
AP | Posted 12.25.2009 | New York