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For Sale: 2 Lighthouses, Very Used

US puts two off Jersey coast up for auction

(Newser) - Looking for an oceanfront (and oceanback) getaway? The government has put two old lighthouses off the Jersey coast up for auction, reports the Star-Ledger . Bidding starts at $10,000 each at the General Services Administration website for the Romer Shoal Light Station and the Great Beds lighthouse. Previous lighthouses sold...

Forget the Mini-Mart: Now You Can Buy Lotto Tix Online

Why go to all the trouble of buying a physical ticket?

(Newser) - Poker sites may be strictly verboten , but another kind of online gambling is starting to crop up: state lotteries. Minnesota has already begun selling lottery tickets online, even offering year-long subscriptions for its Powerball and Mega Millions games, USA Today reports. Several other states are considering following suit. A bill...

NJ Casinos Hope to Boost Gambling— With Bustiers

But only the 'nice-looking' need apply

(Newser) - Soon it might be more difficult to concentrate on the cards at one Atlantic City casino. The Tropicana Casino and Resort is creating a new "party pit" near its Rumba Lounge nightclub where female blackjack and roulette dealers will wear bustiers and stockings, reports the AP . The casino is...

Jersey Drunken Driver Gets to Sue the Bar That Served Him
 Jersey Drunken Driver 
 Can Sue His Bar 
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Jun 4, 2011 6:56 AM CDT

Jersey Drunken Driver Can Sue His Bar

State's top court sides with motorcyclist who drank too much

(Newser) - Bartenders, beware: The New Jersey Supreme Court has given a drunken driver the right to sue the bar that served him, reports the Asbury Park Press . When Frederick Voss crashed his motorcycle in 2006, his blood-alcohol level was .196%—almost two and a half times the legal limit. Voss pleaded...

Christie Repays New Jersey for 2 Chopper Flights

But he dismisses controversy as 'political theater'

(Newser) - After drawing national attention for a helicopter ride to his son’s baseball game, New Jersey’s Chris Christie will reimburse the state for that trip and a second similar one, the Star-Ledger reports. But he still thinks the whole mess is "political theater" dredged up by the media....

Hoboken, NJ, Train Crash Injures 34
 34 Injured in NJ Train Crash 
May 8, 2011 1:28 PM CDT

34 Injured in NJ Train Crash

Service shut down indefinitely, but no life-threatening injuries

(Newser) - Officials say 34 people were injured when a train pulling into the Hoboken, NJ, station struck an abutment, shutting down service indefinitely. Mayor Dawn Zimmer says none of the injuries in today's 8:30am crash are considered life-threatening. The victims were taken to three area hospitals for treatment of...

Carl Lewis Can't Run for New Jersey State Senate

He will appeal decision that he doesn't meet residency requirements

(Newser) - New Jersey won't let a favorite son run for state office. The lieutenant governor ruled today that Carl Lewis, who has nine Olympic gold medals on his mantle, doesn't meet the four-year residency requirement to run for a state Senate seat, reports the Star-Ledger . The 49-year-old Lewis plans...

New Jersey's Next Union Fight: Clothing Allowances

State spends $3.1B on outfits for white-collar workers

(Newser) - New Jersey is dropping $3.1 million on clothing for state workers who don’t need special outfits on the job, the state comptroller says. Mail clerks and teaching assistants are among the 4,500 white-collar employees getting up to $700 as a clothing allowance, the Wall Street Journal reports....

New Jersey Feud: It's Springsteen vs. Chris Christie

Governor's a fan, but doesn't like Bruce's 'liberal' politics

(Newser) - A New Jersey feud is playing out between a man many consider to be a political rock star—Gov. Chris Christie—and a man everyone considers to be a real rock star—Bruce Springsteen. It began when Springsteen wrote a letter to his hometown Asbury Park Press praising a story...

Walken Lookalike Stalking NJ College Students

Schizophrenic banned from state campuses

(Newser) - A mentally ill man with an uncanny resemblance to actor Christopher Walken has been hospitalized after stalking students at several colleges. Tony Kadyhrob, 68, was arrested and released on bail after trying to pull a Rider College student into his car last week, reports the New York Daily News . A...

Ex Jersey Rep. Adler Dead at 51
 Ex Jersey 
 Rep. Adler 
 Dead at 51 


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Apr 5, 2011 5:00 AM CDT

Ex Jersey Rep. Adler Dead at 51

Democrat hailed for lifetime of public service

(Newser) - John Adler, a New Jersey politician who worked his way up from town councilman to congressman, has died. He was 51. Adler, who was among the Democratic members of Congress that lost their jobs in last November's election, had been in a local hospital since last month, when he underwent...

22-Year-Old Sues: Four Loko Damaged My Heart

Jersey man sues company after doctors tell him of permanent harm

(Newser) - A 22-year-old New Jersey man is suing the company that produces Four Loko, arguing the caffeinated alcoholic drink permanently damaged his heart. Michael Mustica was rushed to a hospital after suffering heart arrhythmia when he drank more than two cans of Four Loko last year. Doctors told him he suffered...

Barack H. Obama Elementary School to Close

Asbury Park school hit by declining enrollment over decade

(Newser) - Just a year after it was renamed to honor President Barack Obama, an elementary school in New Jersey's Asbury Park is closing, the Asbury Park Press reports. The school's enrollment has dropped 35% over the last decade, so it got the short straw when the district opted to shut one...

Working in New Jersey Led to Breakdown: Lawsuit

Elie Tahari manager's $2M suit also alleges discrimination

(Newser) - In what is quite possibly the most amusing lawsuit ever filed, a top Elie Tahari manager is suing the design house for $2 million because, he says, he suffered a mental breakdown … after being exiled to New Jersey. His complaints: the smog, the "depressing" commute, "horrendous" traffic,...

Chris Christie Fails Fact Check

'New York Times' examines popular governor's statements

(Newser) - Chris Christie is a pretty popular guy these days, in part because he has a reputation as a straight shooter. But the New York Times took a look at some of his recent statements, and concluded that “some do not stand up to scrutiny.” For example:
  • Christie said
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Meet America's Hottest Politician: Chris Christie

NJ governor tops poll; isn't running for president

(Newser) - Chris Christie isn't just hot stuff in his own mind: The New Jersey governor is the hottest politician in America right now, besting even the current occupant of the Oval Office by 57 points to 56.5 in Quinnipiac's latest poll. But while that's great for Christie, that's not so...

Mom Files $5M Suit Over 80-Cent Dispute

She's suing the Century 21 department store

(Newser) - A New Jersey mom is suing a department store for $5 million, claiming she got ripped off 80 cents over a coupon, reports the New York Post . Tova Gerson used the $5 coupon to buy more than $100 worth of merchandise from Century 21, then returned one item. The store...

One Theory on Why Conservatives Love Christie
One Theory on Why Conservatives Love Christie
David Frum
Feb 17, 2011 1:57 PM CST

One Theory on Why Conservatives Love Christie

David Frum: It's not what he says, it's how he says it

(Newser) - New Jersey's Chris Christie is a "tough budget-balancing Republican," but he holds plenty of views that don't mesh with conservative orthodoxy, notes David Frum. So why do the likes of Ann Coulter love him so, even though it "makes no ideological sense?" Frum thinks part of the...

Amtrak to Build NY-NJ Train Tunnels for $13.5B

'Gateway Tunnel' project has planned 2020 finish

(Newser) - Amtrak plans to dig two new tunnels for commuter trains between New York and New Jersey, Reuters reports. The project, called the Gateway Tunnel and projected to cost $13.5 billion, has a loose finish date of 2020. "The two new trans-Hudson tunnels will provide long-sought, peak-period operational capacity...

Owner Critical After Pet Cobra Bite

Victim believed new pet's venom sacks had been removed

(Newser) - A New Jersey man who went shopping for pet snakes over the weekend ended up in critical condition after a snake bite. The 25-year-old reptile fan was hospitalized after a bite from an albino cobra, which he had bought along with a diamondback rattlesnake and a copperhead snake, MSNBC reports....

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