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1. Former Jersey City Councilman Mariano Vega sentenced for role in 'Operation Bid Rig'
(N.J./State)

... September 2009, and awaits sentencing, the Jersey Journal reported. In addition to his prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares ordered Vega to serve two years of supervised probation and ...

2. Gov. Christie signs Sara's Law establishing emergency contact registry for car accident victims and families
(N.J./State)

... (S-1829) was sponsored by Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Middlesex), Assemblymen John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex) and Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson). “When someone is involved in ...

3. Kyrie Irving of Duke is an NBA Draft No. 1 pick
(Sports/Professional)

... LeBron James. Let the comparisons begin. Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News already put Irving at the top of the list with other elite point guards. “Irving can drive, he can pass it, he can ...

4. N.J. Assemblywoman Joan Quigley announces she won't seek re-election after redistricting
(N.J./State)

... were Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) and Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union.) Wednesday, they had only praise for Quigley. “New Jersey is a better place because of Joan Quigley, ...

5. Could New Jersey get the Tampa Bay Rays?
(Sports/Professional)

... Oakland. It appears San Jose would like the opportunity to build a baseball park for Lew Wolff's A's but a funny thing has happened on the way to San Jose. The former New York Giants baseball franchise, ...

6. N.J. Senator John Girgenti will retire after being gerrymandered out of district by fellow Democrats
(N.J./State)

... years. Gusciora and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Sen. Shirley K. Turner (D-Mercer) announced they will again run on the same ticket in November. Assemblyman Joseph Malone's (R-Burlington) ...

7. NFL's big game against the players starts this week in Minneapolis
(Sports/Professional)

... by Keith Jackson of the Philadelphia Eagles, and the remaining nine players involved in the suit included D.J. Dozier, Thomas Everett, Louis Lipps, Stephone Paige, Joseph Phillips, Webster Slaughter, Natu ...

8. Gov. Christie says DiVincenzo is wrong to collect paycheck and pension for same public job
(N.J./State)

Democrat will total $222,069 a year Gov. Chris Christie Monday said Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. is wrong to collect a salary and pension simultaneously. "I made this really clear,” ...

9. End to double dipping proposed by N.J. lawmaker
(N.J./State)

... Joseph N. DiVincenzo will collect $222,069 annually by collecting a public paycheck and a public pension, Sen. Steve Oroho (R- Sussex) Monday called on the Senate Democratic leadership to move two bills ...

10. Reshaping of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts falls in favor of Democrats
(N.J./State)

... GOP district. An earlier Democratic proposal to pit Senators Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) and Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex) in the same district is not included in the adopted map. Assemblyman Joseph ...

11. Was Mahatma Gandhi gay?
(World/International)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Joseph Lelyveld, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, has new book out about Mahatma Gandhi. In the book, he hints at a homosexual relationship between ...

12. PBA President: Essex Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. is a 'fraud' and has 'no credibility' in pension reform
(N.J./State)

Has been Christie's Democratic sidekick in urging reduction in benefit costs for public employees BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo is double dipping ...

13. Is Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. double dipping?
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Most workers today look forward to the day they can afford to retire. In August 2010, Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. put in his retirement papers and kept working. Now ...

14. REVIEW: Robin Williams haunts ‘Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo’ on Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... by Rajiv Joseph, whose far more intimate and lighter piece, “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” successfully appeared Off Broadway earlier this season, “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” is an eloquent drama ...

15. Opening Day: Baseball season is here
(Sports/Professional)

... 1968 (coincidentally the year Charles Finley took his A's from Kansas City to Oakland). "Do you know the way to San Jose?" The answer from Selig seems to be I am not sure. Selig appointed a committee ...

16. Patrick McGuigan pleads guilty to having child porn
(N.J./State)

... after performing routine maintenance on his computer, and contacted investigators, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. As part of his guilty plea, which McGuigan made before U.S. District Judge Joseph ...

17. REVIEW: ‘South Park’ makers open ‘The Book of Mormon’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... when the newly-converted Ugandans stage a mad pageant celebrating the story of Joseph Smith – riddled with Cunningham’s fanciful interpolations – the musical turns out to be more than a mere spoof of organized ...

18. Former Newark cop Gregory Bibb sentenced in tax evasion scheme
(N.J./State)

... duties," according to his attorney, Joseph Rotella. According to a report in the “Independent”, Bibb was arrested in 2007 in connection to two men identified by law enforcement officials as significant ...

19. N.J. Assemblywoman Elease Evans will not seek re-election in Passaic County
(N.J./State)

... her all the best in her retirement.” “Elease is the type of person who cuts to the chase and tells it like it is,” Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) said. “In this day and age, that’s refreshing. ...

20. 'Jersey Shore's' Ronnie trying to avoid jail time
(Entertainment/Movies)

... program that is contingent upon his acceptance and successful completion of the program. The Asbury Park Press has reported that Ortiz-Magro's attorney, Joseph A. Raia, struck the deal with Assistant ...