Was Hitman Right About Jimmy Hoffa?

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Jimmy Hoffa was last seen outside the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Michigan on July 30, 1975. The stories have changed in the 38 years since his disappearance, but search results remain the same: no clues.

The latest search for Hoffa in Michigan is based on information from the son of a reputed Detroit mob boss. But a convicted hit man claims that Hoffa is buried in ...

Instant Racing Gets Traction in New Jersey

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Instant Racing machines allow players to bet on horse races that have already been run that the machine selects at random from a video bank. The machines have been credited with keeping horse racing alive at Oaklawn Park from Arkansas and Kentucky Downs tracks.

Representative Donald Dancer is hoping to see similar success recreated in New Jersey, and is proposing leg...

Christie is a Fan of Who?

BY GINA G. SCALA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

Say it ain’t so.

News Gov. Chris Christie confirmed he is a Dallas Cowboys fan in Big Blue country, and has left this Gmen fan with a broken heart. I can look past his being a New York Mets fan because my Bronx Bombers are legendary for so many reasons. I can even overlook his taking Gang Green against Big Blue in Christmas Eve game on our way to being...

Congress Low Confidence Marks

BY GINA G. SCALA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

You wouldn’t know it by the incumbents returned to office each year on Election Day, but Americans, for the fourth consecutive year, say they have less and less confidence in Congress.

The legislative body ranks dead last in the latest Gallup poll , which asked Americans how much confidence they had in American institutions. The military came out on top; with smal...

NJ Assemblyman’s Drunk Driving Charge Used For Dashboard Cameras Issue

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

State Assemblyman Paul Moriarty was cleared of drunk driving charges through dashboard camera video from the arresting officer’s car, and he wants other motorists to have the same rights.

Moriarty is proposing legislation that would make dashboard cameras standard equipment for municipal police cars used in traffic stops.

According to philly.com, in July 2012, Moriarty...

'The Comedy of Errors' Off Broadway Review: Shakespeare's Twins Tale Spins in Central Park

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Among Shakespeare’s earliest plays, “The Comedy of Errors” has been a crowd-pleaser ever since 1594 and it makes once again for an enjoyable summer’s night at the al fresco Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where director Daniel Sullivan’s quick and breezy production opened on Tuesday.

The extra trick to the Public Theater’s revival is that the story’s double...

5 Reasons Rutgers is on a Roll in Popularity

BY NATALIE KOUBA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

During the nation’s difficult economic time, both students and parents alike are looking for the best bargain when it comes to picking a university. And it seems that an increasing number of students are enrolling at Rutgers University, according to admissions data.

This year the Rutgers New Brunswick campus saw a 7 percent increase in freshman applicants, compa...

N.J. Weather Forecast: How Long Will We Have Clear Skies?

BY STEVE DiMARTINO

NEWJERSYNEWSROOM.COM

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

High-pressure will continue to build south and east from the Great Lakes today leading to clearing skies and lower humidity by this afternoon. Winds will be from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph by this afternoon. Temperatures will rise into the mid to upper 70's along the coast and over Long Island and upper 70's to lower 80's throughout the...

NJ Freeholders Balk At Christie's Special Election Decision

BY MICHAEL HAYNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Governor Christie seems to prefer slow jamming democracy more so than the news these days after deciding to contradict himself by calling for a special election, a stunt that will wind up costing the state roughly $25 million. It has caused much ire and confusion, and, in fact, lawmakers in one NJ county are going so far as to refuse to distribute the roughly $...

New Jersey Halting Lord Bloomberg’s Intelligence Program

BY MICHAEL HAYNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

Just last week we learned that the NSA is indeed a organization full of mall security creepos after whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed the agencies grotesquely Orwellian spying program. President Obama and public officials continuously and often erroneously use the blanketed "fighting terrorism" moniker to justify such invasive programs that essenti...