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NJ governor visits, thanks troops in Iraq

Published: Jan 06, 2009

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has made a surprise visit to Iraq to say thanks to Garden State troops.

The governor arrived in Iraq Tuesday and has already visited U.S. troops at Camp Bucca, a prison camp maintained by the U.S. military.

Corzine called the troops at Bucca "a first-class, world-class group of people who are hell-bent on delivering on their mission."

About 3,000 New Jerseyans are in Iraq. More

Jan 06, 2009

• Mormons to give Minner copy of her family history

A Delaware leader of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning to give Gov. Ruth Ann Minner a four-volume copy of her family's history.

Jan 06, 2009

• 2 deer crash into class at NJ church school

Officials at a Hamilton Township school are hoping for a return to normal Tuesday, a day after class was disrupted by two deer leaping through a window.

Jan 06, 2009

• NBA's J.R. Smith faces traffic charges in crash

Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is due to appear in a New Jersey municipal court next week to face traffic summonses stemming from a car crash that killed a friend in 2007.

Jan 06, 2009

• Corzine targets pension funding

With list of proposed cuts / TRENTON - Millions of dollars in state worker pension payments would be deferred and schools and municipalities would lose millions in aid to deal with a potential $2.1 billion state budget shortfall.

Jan 06, 2009

• Baby's corpse thrown out with NJ hospital's trash

Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the body of a baby that was apparently thrown out with the trash at a Jersey City hospital.

Jan 06, 2009

• Man charged in cigarette bootlegging sting

Federal court records say federal agents and Fairfax County police used a sting operation to snare a suspected cigarette bootlegger.

Jan 06, 2009

• Winter storm could slow Tuesday ride home in NJ

Snow and ice threaten to slow Tuesday's ride home across New Jersey.

Jan 06, 2009

• Adler, Lance become NJ's newest congressmen

New Jersey Senate veterans John Adler and Leonard Lance started their careers in Washington Tuesday.

Jan 05, 2009

• Fire damages house among 1st wired for electricity

A fire at suburban Detroit's Greenfield Village has damaged a boarding house built for employees of inventor Thomas Edison that was among the first buildings to get electric lighting.

Jan 05, 2009

• Doctor killed in Iraq 'elevated everyone' to serve

In every one of his many roles - husband, father, soldier, doctor, friend and colleague - Army Maj. John P. Pryor devoted his life to serve others at home, at work and in war.

Jan 05, 2009

• Proposed assault riffle ban exempts antiques

It's a gun ban George Washington could approve of - or at least the Revolutionary War re-enactor playing him each year.

Jan 05, 2009

• Menendez outlines plan for stimulus spending

The 76-year-old Pulaski Skyway is typical of the neglected bridges that should have repairs funded by the economic stimulus package, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez said Monday.

Jan 05, 2009

• NJ high court hearing case on witness intimidation

New Jersey's highest court is grappling with one of the thorniest issues facing criminal justice today: what to do in cases where witnesses to a crime have been threatened or intimidated by defendants to the point where they refuse to testify in court.

Jan 05, 2009

• Police hunt man who slashed 3 with machete

Police are searching for a man who took a machete and slashed a 44-year-old woman with whom he had a previous relationship, her new boyfriend and another woman Monday morning in Union City.

Jan 05, 2009

• NJ courthouse cleared after bomb threat

Authorities have reopened two buildings in the Union County Courthouse complex after an hour-long evacuation Monday because of a bomb threat.

Jan 05, 2009

• NJ high court hearing case on witness intimidation

New Jersey's State Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday on a case that deals with how the state can deal with witness intimidation in criminal cases.

Jan 05, 2009

• Corzine proposes $812M in budget cuts

Aid to cities and schools is on the chopping block as Gov. Jon S. Corzine unveiled his ideas Monday for proposed cuts to help bridge the state's $2.1 billion budget gap.

Jan 05, 2009

• Funeral for NJ Army surgeon set for Monday

The funeral service for a prominent Philadelphia surgeon from New Jersey who was killed in Iraq will be held Monday morning.

Jan 04, 2009

• NJ may consider driving privileges for immigrants

A panel advising Governor Jon Corzine on immigrant issues is considering recommending the state allow undocumented immigrants "driver privilege cards" and in-state college tuition rates.

Jan 04, 2009

• Critics say Newark barbed wire ban helps criminals

Some business owners in Newark are upset about the city government's enforcement of a city ordinance banning some types of barbed wire and razor wire.

Jan 04, 2009

• Critics say Newark barbed wire ban helps criminals

Some business owners in this crime-plagued city say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making Newark more attractive - to thieves.

Jan 04, 2009

• ABC's hidden cameras back for another season

You're standing in line at a deli behind two day laborers fumbling with cash and struggling with English, when the clerk begins spewing hatred. Go back to your country, he says, or go eat at Taco Bell.

Jan 04, 2009

• Problems abound with online map of Camden's woes

A year ago, a Web site went up with a simple goal: Give citizens of this struggling city a new way to report problems like abandoned homes and overgrown lots - and give the city a way to update progress in addressing them.

Jan 04, 2009

• Food stamp, welfare applications rise in NJ

As the economy in New Jersey falters, the state is dealing with a spike in applications for food stamps and cash welfare payments.

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