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1. New Jersey's Public Service once powered your house – and drove you to work
(Life/Style)

... horse carts up the Palisades. According to a PSE&G history, in 1916 Public Service provided more than 451 million passenger trips on its trolleys alone. Back then it was common for the same company ...

2. Shamsiddin Abdur-Raheem indicted for throwing baby daughter from Parkway bridge
(N.J./State)

... front passenger window of his Dodge Caravan, which was parked on the southbound shoulder of the parkway. The baby fell an estimated 140 feet from the bridge. Abdur-Raheem is charged with attempted ...

3. Fiorello LaGuardia: The NYC mayor who would not get out in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

... served from 1934-1945. During the 1930's, LaGuardia had long wanted to build a major airport in the city. At the time New York City did not have a large airport of its own. Passengers had to fly into ...

4. Perfect together: the ‘dog days of summer’ and the ‘silly season’
(Life/Style)

... at JFK airport who'd had it with rude, scofflaw passengers (and maybe the whole airline hassle), and told off the latest offender on the PA intercom. Then, grabbing a beer from the snack cart, Steven Slater ...

5. N.Y. Fringe Festival reveals a Jersey side
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Alzheimer's in Florida. One day I looked around at all the other passengers and began to wonder why everybody was there." An ailing woman and her adult daughter are among the play's characters as well ...

6. Steven Slater loading up on Facebook fans after quitting JetBlue flight attendant job
(U.S./Nation)

... several months ago on Airliners.net, an aviation Web site. "Overwhelmingly people said it should have been the passenger who was ejected from the plane," said George Hobica, founder of AirfareWatchdog.com, ...

7. Smart ForTwo: A car that is the ultimate urban vehicle
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... tall, 350 pound passenger whose legs were stretched out, not doubled around his chin. The Smart is not, however, a traditionally designed sedan which had an unfortunate encounter with a buzz saw. Its ...

8. JetBlue flight attendant who made scene at JFK granted bail
(U.S./Nation)

... to New York was taxiing to the gate at JFK Airport, a passenger reportedly stood up to retrieve luggage and flight attendant Steven Slater said to sit down. The Wall Street Journal reports that the JetBlue ...

9. Franklin shootings: Witnesses and victims not helping police with investigation
(N.J./State)

... Township man suffered a broken left knee, according to NJ.com. Both were reported to be in stable condition. DeMarco said less than an hour later, another shooting left a passenger in a vehicle injured ...

10. N.J. drivers will be tested for drugs and alcohol when involved in accidents if bill passes
(N.J./State)

... spawned the measure after 17-year-old Anthony J. Farrace of Evesham was killed when the car he was a passenger in hit a tree, killing him. The medical examiner tested Farrace for alcohol or drugs, ...

11. What is the incentive for safe vehicles without New Jersey car inspections?
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ED FERNANDEZ COMMENTARY Driver safety. Passenger safety. Pedestrian safety. For those of us in the transportation business, these are our guiding imperatives. For those of us with children, ...

12. Spirit Airlines charging carry-on bag fees to be faster
(Money/Economy)

Atlantic City carrier says they also lowered ticket prices BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Spirit Airlines on Sunday began charging passengers to carry luggage on flights, an industry first. According ...

13. Survey finds use of front seat belts continues to rise in N.J.
(N.J./State)

... police to issue summonses to unbuckled back seat occupants, 18 years of age and older, when the vehicle they are riding in is stopped for another violation. Adult passengers who fail to buckle up when ...

14. N.J. hot air balloon has close call with power lines
(N.J./State)

Passengers and the pilot of a hot air balloon were spared serious injury after a gust of wind blew the balloon into a 26,000-volt power line knocking out power to The New Jersey American Water Company ...

15. Beating of Asian man in Hoboken adds to list of recent N.J. assaults
(N.J./State)

... motivated. Charles Lee, 23, of Bayonne was arrested after an eyewitness to the beating told police that a front seat passenger inside the car of the assailant was riding in yelled racial comments at ...

16. ‘Tales From the Tunnel’ sound familiar
(Entertainment/Movies)

... rats (real ones) and everyday passengers like you and me dealing with them. Brief accounts of bad behavior and gross encounters of the third rail kind dominate this dingy, downbeat collage, which of course ...

17. Police find car involved in hit and run death of Newark 5-year-old girl
(N.J./State)

... on the driver or passengers of the vehicle in question are asked to call Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 877-NWK-TIPS (877-695-8477) or 877-NWK-GUNS (877-695-4867). — ALICIA CRUZ, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

18. Roxbury police discover drugs and gun during traffic stop
(N.J./State)

... Plaza. After Ricco pulled the vehicle over, he smelled the odor of burnt marijuana emitting from the vehicle and stated that the driver, Stachnick, and his passengers allegedly showed signs of "drug ...

19. N.J. Transit train kills Elmwood Park man
(N.J./State)

... sounded the warning horn and applied the breaks when he saw Connelly on the tracks, but was unable to stop the train in time. None of the 89 passengers aboard were injured and the incident remains under ...

20. 14 Trenton Bloods charged
(N.J./State)

... member of the Nine Trey Gangsters. It was the wrong car. The car was driven by Michael Cadlett, who had five passengers. One bullet struck Cadlett in the stomach, and another traveled down the street and ...