FBI search for Jimmy Hoffa remains enters third day
Source: Fox
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 05:57:34 -0700 | political-news
Mich. FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. Authorities have pursued multiple leads into Hoffa's whereabouts since his disappearance...
Clinton and Christie, 2 Politicians Sharing Wonk-Speak
Source: The New York Times
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 18:04:58 -0700 | political-news
They first bonded over basketball and sparred in the rough and tumble of a political campaign, admiring each other as master politicians. Scott Eisen/Associated Press Gov. Chris Christie, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016, participated in an one-on-one conversation...
Newark preschool closure may be postponed after parents ask City Council to save it
Source: The Mercury News
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 17:51:12 -0700 | political-news
A beloved but financially struggling child care program might be saved after dozens of impassioned parents vented their anger over its proposed closure at a City Council meeting this week. Each of the eight public speakers, including some who broke...
Immigration Backers Target Senators to Win Over
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 17:28:33 -0700 | political-news
Visas for foreign workers The bill's guest-worker programs for low-wage laborers, such as agricultural workers, are important to lawmakers from states with significant agricultural industries. Additional measures to expand the flow of those workers or streamline procedures could help win...
Tomato Garden
Source: Asian Journal
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 15:55:25 -0700 | political-news
He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard...The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament: Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty sadbecause it looks...
Defense report: Troops in bin Laden raid revealed
Source: Miami Herald
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 16:09:57 -0700 | political-news
A Pentagon inspector general's report says U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ceremony attended by the writer of the film "Zero Dark...
NJ Transit Probes Why Bus Was Nearly 2 Hours Late
Source: Epoch Times
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 15:21:13 -0700 | political-news
N.J.New Jersey Transit is investigating why one of its bus drivers took a different route, making passengers nearly two hours late into New York City...Express from Dunellen was due at the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 7:39 a.m...NJ Transit spokeswoman...
Lawmaker Crafting Bill to Allow States to Opt Out of Common Core
Source: Education News
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 13:40:29 -0700 | political-news
Act to allow states to opt out of adopting [...] The enthusiasm level for Common Core Standards among the states that have already committed to adopting them is waning, The Washington Free Beacon reports...Although 45 states have either adopted or...
Kami Ring remembered by Cecil community at candlelight vigil
Source: Baltimore Sun
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 12:46:16 -0700 | political-news
For Wednesday's vigil, a small memorial was set up by the flagpole with two photographs of Kami, one taken on that very spot. Peter Schmidt, a Charlestown resident and a neighbor of Kami's, often saw her playing outside three doors...
Liberty in a shambles
Source: The Washington Times
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 04:12:10 -0700 | political-news
When British soldiers were roaming the American countryside in the 1760s with lawful search warrants with which they had authorized themselves to enter the private homes of Colonists in order to search for government-issued stamps, Thomas Paine wrote, These are...
Data Reveals a Rise in College Degrees Among Americans
Source: The New York Times
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 19:17:53 -0700 | political-news
The number of Americans graduating from college has surged in recent years, sending the share with a college degree to a new high, federal data shows. Multimedia The surge follows more than two decades of slow growth in college completion,...
Sandy recovery still fueling Christie's popularity, poll finds
Source: Ridgefield Park Patriot
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 13:18:30 -0700 | political-news
Governor Christie remains popular, with a 70 percent approval rating, thanks to state residents' ongoing approval of his handling of the superstorm Sandy recovery effort, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton poll. Christie, a Republican running for a second term this...
NJ Transit Plans to Offer Wi-Fi On Trains
Source: Epoch Times
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 11:51:18 -0700 | political-news
N.J.New Jersey Transit commuters could soon get Wi-Fi on trains and at stations. NJ Transit's board is set to vote Wednesday on an agreement with Cablevision, which would provide the equipment to allow passengers to surf the Internet, send and...
Geraldo Rivera nixes Senate bid in New Jersey
Source: USA Today
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-07 09:33:50 -0700 | political-news
The TV personality wrote in a column for Fox News Latino that he won't run in New Jersey's special election to succeed the late Frank Lautenberg. Rivera, who has described himself as a "moderate Republican," said back in February that...
CHRISTIE'S CHOICE: NJ Gov Names State AG to Fill Lautenberg Senate Seat
Source: Fox
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-06 12:31:57 -0700 | political-news
Published June 06, 2013 FoxNews.com New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday appointed state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to temporarily fill the seat held by the late Frank Lautenberg. Chiesa, a Republican, will hold the seat until a special election,...
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