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Mega Millions winning numbers worth $200 million

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The 14th consecutive Mega Millions drawing without a winner has the multi-state lottery game getting an early jump on its own March Madness.

There was no winner in the drawing of Tuesday March 13, so the Mega Millions jackpot for Friday will rise to an estimated $200 million. The cash value option will be $145.4 million.

Lottery Post reported that nine players matched ...

EXCLUSIVE: St. Patrick’s Day Parade beating death of Bronx teen still lingers for family

BY ADELE SAMMARCO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

It has been 15 years since her son was beaten to death by a group of teenagers at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan, but a mother’s grief still remains.

“You never get over it,” says 67-year-old Patricia Sarti of Yorktown Heights. “My husband died a year and a half ago, and never spoke about it. It killed him.”

Michael Sarti was just 17 years old when he...

Kenneth Disko of Mountainside sentenced for construction kickbacks in school districts

He was the engineer for Westfield, Tinton Falls & Scotch Plains-Fanwood school districts

Kenneth Disco of Mountainside, the engineer who oversaw construction projects for the Westfield, Tinton Falls and Scotch Plains-Fanwood school districts, was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday for taking thousands of dollars in kickbacks on contracts he recommended that involved rigged bids and...

Ex-Newark mental health center owner Rostislav 'Steve' Vilshteyn gets 5 years for Medicaid fraud

Must pay $200,000 in restitution

Rostislav “Steve” Vilshteyn of Staten Island, the owner of a now-defunct Newark mental health and substance abuse counseling center, was sentenced to five years in state prison Friday after being convicted of defrauding Medicaid.

Vilshteyn, 33, was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Vena in Newark. Vilshteyn was also ordered to pay $200,000 in restitut...

N.J. lakes to be stocked with trout for spring fishing

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Now this is always a sign of spring.

The state Division of Fish and Wildlife Monday will begin stocking nearly 200 lakes, rivers and streams in all of the 21 counties with more than 100,000 hatchery-raised trout for anglers to pursue starting April 7, the opening day of the season.

The opening of trout season is the most anticipated day on the annual fishing cal...

Convicted Rod Blagojevich starts federal prison term with chin up

BY CHRISTINE SAVOIA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich seemed almost jovial as he made his way to a federal Colorado prison Thursday to begin a 14-year sentence. From the point where he walked out of his home, leaving his wife and two daughters behind, to a lunch stop at Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, in Littleton, Col., Blagojevich had the politician charm cra...

Revised cervical cancer guidelines: Pap tests, HPV screenings can occur less often

BY ANGELA DAIDONE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Women between the ages of 30 and 65 who undergo a combined Pap test with an HPV, or human papillovirus, test can extend the interval between screenings for cervical cancer from three years to five years, according to new recommendations.

If women choose the Pap test alone, the new guidelines are similar to the old ones, recommending women be screened every three ...

Lady Gaga freaks out parents, not Oprah: Going silent with media

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Cynthia Germanotta says she began to worry about her 25-year-old daughter Stefani's mental health after seeing one of her shows.

In this particular performance, Stefani, better known as Lady Gaga, was wearing a bikini performing "Lady Starlight" and lit hairspray on fire.

According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Gaga’s mother said, “Her father and I were like, honestly, h...

Sláinte! St. Patrick's Day drink recipes: Irish coffee and Go Erin cocktails

BY MARGARET MORGAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

St. Patrick’s Day is only a day away and has already been celebrated on the Jersey Shore by a huge Irish population (the state’s biggest St. Patrick’s parade in Belmar was Sunday, March 4) that claims the town of Spring Lake is known as the “Irish Riviera.”

Whether you are looking for your lucky shamrock, hunting for that pot of gold, lusting for an Irish stout or ...

Release of Apple iPad 3 draws Steve Wozniak, loyal fans...and protestors

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The new iPad went on sale at Apple stores around the world today, and New Jersey’s Apple corps were out in full force.

Lizandra Osorio, 23, of Bridgeton, tried a New Jersey Walmart at midnight, but hundreds were already in line in front of her. Osorio got back in her car and went to Delaware by 2 a.m.

Apple stores in 10 different countries began selling the newest iP...