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Rutgers University offers buyouts to longtime professors to cut payroll

Mar 13, 2010 12:47 am

About 300 of the university's 2,400 professors have the minimum 25 years experience to be eligible for the payment

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie pledges to restore $2M to move disabled to new housing

Mar 13, 2010 12:32 am

Photo courtesy of Madelene McCoyGov. Christie's emergency budget cuts stopped 14 people, including Madelene McCoy's developmentally disabled foster son Jimmy, from moving into group homes. This is a r...

Hudson County mayors: Let's get rid of sports programs at County Prep and High Tech

Mar 13, 2010 12:23 am

Jersey Journal file photoMembers of the County Prep baseball team celebrate during a game last year. If the mayors of Hudson County's 12 communities have their way, this season will be school's last.S...

N.J. tax return checks will be mailed as planned, officials say

Mar 13, 2010 12:17 am

TRENTON -- New Jersey's Division of Taxation says it will not hold on to refund checks owed to taxpayers, despite reports that several other states may delay sending theirs out because of budget short...

Man tried to rob Maplewood Dunkin' Donuts, but employees fled

Mar 12, 2010 11:32 pm

MAPLEWOOD -- A man tried to rob a Maplewood Dunkin Donuts at gunpoint this morning, but the employees escaped before they were forced to hand over money, police said. At about 5:45 a.m., a man wearing...

Northeast coastal storm with high winds, flooding on the way

Mar 12, 2010 11:02 pm

State College, Pa. ---AccuWeather.com reports the same storm destined to bring widespread flooding of urban areas, streams and rivers in the mid-Atlantic and part of New England this weekend will hit ...

N.J. man traveled to Yemen to join terrorist group, official says

Mar 12, 2010 10:47 pm

Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena, worked at six U.S. nuclear power plants

South Amboy cancels St. Patrick's Day Parade

Mar 12, 2010 10:32 pm

SOUTH AMBOY -- The 2010 South Amboy St. Patricks Day Parade on Saturday has been canceled due to the expected rain, according to Diana St. John, a member of the parade committee. There will be no rain...

Abuse testimony will be permitted at trial of N.J. man accused of raping 5 daughters

Mar 12, 2010 10:17 pm

PATERSON Jurors will get to hear testimony of the extreme physical and mental abuse allegedly inflicted by a New Jersey man accused of repeatedly raping his five daughters and terrorizing his family ...

N.J. tax revenue collections fall short by nearly $500M through last month

Mar 12, 2010 9:32 pm

Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGovernor Chris Christie speaks during a press conference at the State House in February. New Jersey took in about $41.5 million less than expected for the state budget in F...