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Obama Backlash Will Wallop Dem Candidates Next Week

GOP's chances looking good in Gov races as fallout builds

(Newser) - America's dissatisfaction with Democratic rule just 9 months into the Obama presidency will be crystal clear after next week's elections, writes Karl Rove . Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell looks set to defeat Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia's gubernatorial race on the back of anti-Washington, anti-Obama sentiment, Rove notes in the...

Janitor Charged in NJ Priest's Stabbing Death

He confesses, citing argument; cops probe possible relationship

(Newser) - A janitor and "second father" to kids at a New Jersey Catholic church has been charged in the murder of a beloved parish priest, who he rushed to halfheartedly give CPR when he and church workers discovered the body. Jose Feliciano told police he and Father Ed Hinds had...

NJ Priest Murdered in His Kitchen
NJ Priest Murdered
in His Kitchen
Oct 24, 2009 12:09 PM CDT

NJ Priest Murdered in His Kitchen

'Father Ed' was known for lending a hand to the needy

(Newser) - New Jersey police are investigating the brutal murder of a parish priest. The Rev. Edward J. Hines—better known as Father Ed—was found yesterday in his kitchen after he didn't show up for morning mass. Police didn't divulge details but say the 61-year-old priest suffered massive trauma. No motive...

Christie's NJ Lead Shrinks After Corzine's Weight Ads

He's now up by only 1 point in the latest polls

(Newser) - Gov. Jon Corzine's strategy of running an ad that calls attention to challenger Chris Christie’s girth may be paying off: 19% of New Jersey voters said Christie’s weight made them less likely to vote for him, while 11% said it was a “legitimate campaign issue,” a...

Dear Conan: Newark's Not Funny
 Dear Conan: 
 Newark's Not Funny 
OPINION
Oct 13, 2009 4:35 AM CDT

Dear Conan: Newark's Not Funny

O'Brien's quips make light of grim inner-city realities

(Newser) - There have been some hilarious moments in Conan O'Brien's mock feud with Newark mayor Cory Booker, but there's nothing funny about the plight of America's inner cities, writes Bob Herbert. O'Brien and his audience are mocking a place that, like too many others in America, is "poverty-stricken, run down,...

Tea-Party Protesters Hit 'Pro-Obama' Jersey School

Demonstrators sing 'God Bless America' to protest song about prez

(Newser) - A band of tea-party protesters descended on a New Jersey elementary school yesterday, complaining that a class song hailing President Obama was "indoctrinating" kids. Some 70 protesters sang God Bless America and The Battle Hymn of the Republic outside the B. Bernice Young School in a suburb 15 miles...

GOP Gov Candidates Shun Palin as Polarizing

She's too much herself to do anything but harm in NJ, Virginia

(Newser) - Tough-fought GOP gubernatorial campaigns in New Jersey and Virginia have politely declined Sarah Palin’s offer of help. The political calculus is simple in New Jersey, where President Obama won by 15 points last November. The campaign is “not about the 2012 presidential race,” a Chris Christie adviser...

NJ Gov's Ads Target Opponent's Waistline

Corzine spot says Christie 'threw his weight around'

(Newser) - Jon Corzine, the New Jersey governor locked in an ugly race for reelection, is calling his opponent a big fat liar—with the emphasis on "fat." A new attack ad shows hefty Republican challenger Chris Christie in super-slow motion, his flesh jiggling in multiple directions, while an announcer...

Independents Threaten Dems in 2010
Independents Threaten Dems in 2010
Sep 28, 2009 8:30 AM CDT

Independents Threaten Dems in 2010

Gubernatorial races will be 3-way tangos in half-dozen states

(Newser) - Independent candidates figure to play a major role in at least six states next year, threatening Democrats in an election where they already must defend 21 of their 28 governorships. In New Jersey, for example, independent Chris Daggett is trailing well behind Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican Tom Kean,...

Hazing 'Slut List' Rattles NJ High School

Administrators try to crack down on mean girls' ritual

(Newser) - Parents and administrators are trying to crush a rite-of-passage "slut list" targeting freshmen in a top academically ranked New Jersey High School. The hazing isn't being perpetrated by adolescent boys, but by senior girls, who write and circulate degrading comments about the  incoming 13-year-old girls at Milburn High. And...

3-Year Court Case Ends in Joint Custody—of Dog

NJ couple will trade visits with Dexter the pug

(Newser) - A case that has taken up the time of the New Jersey court system since 2006 apparently ended today with a judge's ruling that the litigants will share custody of their dog. Dexter, a 6-year-old pug, will spend 5 weeks at a time with each of his owners, the Philadelphia ...

Gadhafi Won't Be Pitching Tent in New Jersey

State Dept. issues Libyan a visa good only for New York City

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi won't be allowed to set foot outside New York City on his upcoming visit to the UN, NBC reports. New Jersey officials disturbed by Gadhafi's plans to stay in a Bedouin tent on the grounds of a Libyan-owned mansion in Englewood were relieved at the news that Gadhafi's...

Gadhafi's Planned Visit to Jersey Sparks Fury

(Newser) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi plans to visit New Jersey, perhaps unfortunately soon after he gave a hero's welcome to the freed Lockerbie bomber, reports the Washington Post, and Garden State residents aren't exactly rolling out the red carpet. Gadhafi plans to pitch his huge Bedouin tent in Englewood during his...

Alyssa Milano Marries Agent

 Alyssa Milano 
 Marries Agent 
Aug 16, 2009 9:14 AM CDT

Alyssa Milano Marries Agent

Nature wedding with hay bale tables and family-style food

(Newser) - Alyssa Milano and Hollywood agent David Bugliari married yesterday in a nature-themed ceremony at the groom's family estate in New Jersey, reports People. The former Who's the Boss? star, 36, wore a custom Vera Wang gown as she walked down a rose-petal strewn aisle to John Lenon's "Imagine."...

Was Dylan Touring The Boss' Backstreets?

(Newser) - When police detained Bob Dylan last month they may have inadvertently busted up a nine-month rock heritage tour by the music legend, speculates ABC News. Clueless New Jersey cops picked up Dylan wandering around just blocks from a house where Bruce Springsteen penned Born to Run, Thunder Road, and Backstreets...

NJ Cops Treat Dylan Like a Complete Unknown

Officers pick up rock legend out on walk

(Newser) - A New Jersey police officer in her 20s didn't recognize Bob Dylan when she responded to a call about a suspicious, shabbily dressed man staring into a vacant house, the Asbury Park Press reports. "What is your name, sir?" she asked. "Bob Dylan," he replied. "OK,...

Fear Saved Helicopter Mom
 Fear Saved Helicopter Mom 
Aug 10, 2009 4:46 AM CDT

Fear Saved Helicopter Mom

(Newser) - An Italian mom too frightened to take a helicopter tour of Manhattan saved her life—but lost most of her family as the copter collided with a plane over the Hudson River, reports the New York Daily News. Silvia Rigamonti got cold feet at the last minute. The tour was...

Democrats Still Harping on Bush in Gov Races

State elections will test if Dubya-bashing works in Obama age

(Newser) - George Bush is out of office, but it's hard to tell from watching current gubernatorial contests. In Virginia, Democratic candidate R. Creigh Deeds has slammed incumbent Robert McDonnell for praising the effect of Bush tax cuts on the economy. In New Jersey, John Corzine is hoping to quash a bid...

Idol Hit-and-Run Suspect Was Fleeing Cops

Was running from previous collision when he allegedly hit Cohen

(Newser) - The driver suspected of killing outspoken American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen was fleeing police at the time of the hit-and-run, People reports. Authorities say Daniel J. Bark, 23, hit a parked car, refused to stop for a bicycle cop, and was pulled over minutes later—allegedly after fatally hitting Cohen....

Sassy Idol Wannabe Killed in Hit-and-Run

(Newser) - A feisty former American Idol contestant who boldly lashed out at Simon Cowell has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in a Jersey seaside resort, reports the New York Daily News. Alexis Cohen, known to TV viewers as "Glitter Girl" because of the glitter she wore during an Idol ...

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