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1. April Kauffman, Atlantic City radio host, found murdered in her Linwood home
(N.J./State)

Had talk show on WOND BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Atlantic County authorities Friday were investigating the shooting death of Atlantic City radio talk show host April Kauffman who ...

2. State authorities detail effort to reduce gun violence in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... pills. Local, county and federal law enforcement agencies have provided assistance with some investigations, and the State Police and Criminal Justice Division are sharing intelligence with those agencies. ...

3. N.J. black bear gave Ogdensburg school a scare
(N.J./State)

... The bear was unharmed. Bears are common in Sussex County, known as “bear country.” School Principal Tim Nicinski said, “We’re used to bears daily or weekly.” A Division of Fish and Wildlife report ...

4. Christie bashes teachers’ union and tenure at Freehold Town Hall meeting
(N.J./State)

BY CAROL ABAYA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Governor Chris Christie, talking more than he listened, bashed the teachers’ union and tenure at a Town Hall meeting in Freehold, Monmouth County, on Tuesday.  ...

5. Emergency response drill set for Tuesday morning in Ocean County
(N.J./State)

Motorists warned they may see convoy of emergency vehicles Motorists traveling in Ocean County early Tuesday morning may see a convoy of emergency vehicles but the state Office of Emergency Management ...

6. Americo Delville of Linden facing jail for falsely reporting his car was stolen
(N.J./State)

Americo Delvalle of Linden has been sentenced to 270 days in a county jail for attempting to obtain approximately $14,000 from an insurance company by falsely reporting that his car was stolen. Delvalle, ...

7. New Jersey's 'tanorexic' mom Patricia Krentcil has past legal problems
(N.J./State)

... damage to her skin, but also what is going on with her psychologically.” Camden County authorities have said that Krentcil’s five-year probation in 1999 from separate charges of credit card theft, forgery, ...

8. Sen. Kean proposes bill to apply pay-to-play rules to public employee unions
(N.J./State)

... service providers to labor unions under contract, including project-labor agreements, with state, county, or municipal government entities. "Labor unions are no different than a legal or engineering ...

9. Sen. Kean proposes bill to apply pay-to-play rules to public employee unions
(N.J./State)

... service providers to labor unions under contract, including project-labor agreements, with state, county, or municipal government entities. "Labor unions are no different than a legal or engineering ...

10. Maryland ruling on pit bull breed as ‘dangerous’ activates animal advocates
(Life/Style)

... George’s County Animal Management. (Pit bulls are banned in Prince George’s County, according to MSNBC.) “It has a lot to do with the owner and how you raise the pet.” In other words, as a Maryland SPCA ...

11. NJDOT revives Adopt-A-Highway volunteer anti-litter effort
(N.J./State)

... near the distribution center in Middlesex County. Volunteers will pick up litter along the northbound and southbound shoulders, but for safety reasons will leave the narrow median to NJDOT crews. NJDOT ...

12. Michael Zaun of Delanco leads troopers on cross-state chase, shot and wounded
(N.J./State)

... time. Detectives learned that Zaun’s vehicle was involved in a police pursuit in Bucks County, Pa. on Tuesday evening, but the driver was not apprehended during that incident. No charges have been filed ...

13. Texas baby Avery's 'Bucket List' continues to inspire and educate
(U.S./Nation)

... given a thumbs up at her last doctor’s appointment only three days ago,” Mike Canahauati, Avery's father, said, according to the Mason County Daily News. “While we were aware of the severity of her diagnosis, ...

14. New Jersey's tanning salon mom Patricia Krentcil returns heat to critics
(N.J./State)

... out doing the gardening.” Fox News reported that the Camden County authorities wanted Krentcil extradited there on unrelated municipal charges after she posted $25,000 bail in Nutley. Reports say ...

15. DOE: 17 out of every 100 New Jersey high school students failed to graduate in 2011
(N.J./State)

South Hunterdon reports 100% graduated, Cumberland Vo-Tech 29.1 percent BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM At Cumberland County Vocational High School, 71 out of every 100 students who entered ...

16. N.J. failing on smog, ozone safety: DEP calls for change
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Every county in the state is a "non-attainment area" for ground-level ozone, created when the byproducts of combustion from traffic and industrial processes interact with sunlight and heat, according ...

17. Sen. Codey offers plan to combat homelessness in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2013. But he is out of favor with state Democratic Party leaders Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester), George Norcross, and Essex County Executive Joe DiVincnzo ...

18. N.J. awards historic preservation efforts in Clinton, Demarest, Commercial and Haddon Heights
(N.J./State)

... to British loyalist Christoffel Vought during the American Revolution. So began an eight-year effort to save Vought House as a significant Revolutionary War artifact in Hunterdon County, and to make ...

19. State providing $16M to help towns, counties confront litter
(N.J./State)

... of housing units and miles of municipally-owned roadways within each municipality. Disbursements to counties are based on the number of miles of roads each county owns. The municipalities receiving the ...

20. Christie supports proposals to make high school graduates ready for college, workforce
(N.J./State)

... not truly ready for college and career. 90 percent of students in Bergen and Essex county community colleges need remediation before taking a college course; 1/3 of students at Rutgers need remediation; ...