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Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

'Kristen' kin already on probation for dealing near school

(Newser) - The brother of gubernatorial call girl Ashley “Kristen” Dupre has legal problems too: He pled guilty in New Jersey this week to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Already on probation for other drug charges, Kyle Youmans will likely get more probation when he is sentenced next month, the...

Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes
Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes
Feb 14, 2008 11:19 AM CST

Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes

Italian-Americans' real story overshadowed, complains justice

(Newser) - US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito isn't going to fuhgeddabout all the negative stereotypes concerning Italian-Americans spread by shows like The Sopranos. "You have a trifecta—gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey—wedded in the popular American imagination" and overshadowing the true stories, the New Jersey native complained yesterday to an...

McCain Easily Takes NJ, Clinton Wins a Tough Battle

McCain benefited from GOP moderates

(Newser) - John McCain will easily take all of New Jersey's 52 Republican delegates in tonight's primary voting, AP reports, winning strong support from the state's moderates. Hillary Clinton is projected by NBC to win a far tougher battle for the larger Democratic electorate.

State Tolls Rising&mdash;Some by 50%
State Tolls Rising—Some by 50%
Jan 28, 2008 7:28 PM CST

State Tolls Rising—Some by 50%

Subprime crisis has officials scrambling to pay for infrastructure

(Newser) - As subprime fallout ripples across the country, several states are planning to increase road, bridge, and tunnel tolls, and not by mere pennies, USA Today reports. The George Washington Bridge, for example—which lets New Jerseyites into the Big Apple—will raise its rush hour price from $5 to $8...

NJ Curbs Web Use for Sex Offenders
NJ Curbs Web Use for Sex Offenders
Dec 28, 2007 7:56 PM CST

NJ Curbs Web Use for Sex Offenders

Law include full ban for convicts who used computers to aid crimes

(Newser) - Acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey yesterday approved legislation limiting access to computers and the internet for convicted sex offenders—even if they didn't use them for their crimes, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Sex offenders on parole must now alert the state parole board regarding their access to computers, as...

NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing
NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing
Dec 26, 2007 7:31 PM CST

NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing

State will make screening routine part of pregnancy care

(Newser) - Doctors in New Jersey will soon test all expecting mothers for HIV under a new law signed today. The test will become a routine part of prenatal care unless a woman specifically asks not to have one, the AP reports. Previously, doctors were required only to offer the test. Doctors...

Bon Jovi: Political Power Broker
Bon Jovi: Political Power Broker
Dec 26, 2007 4:27 PM CST

Bon Jovi: Political Power Broker

Candidates rush to appeal to NJ rocker

(Newser) - If you want to play in New Jersey politics, there’s one man you have to talk to: Jon Bon Jovi. He's a good friend of the Clintons and has held court with John Edwards and Al Gore. Barack Obama’s still hoping. State politicians rush to consult the rocker,...

Texas Tallies 60% of Executions
Texas Tallies 60% of Executions
Dec 26, 2007 4:47 AM CST

Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

Capital punishment in decline elsewhere

(Newser) - As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the New York Times reports. In...

Jury Whacks 'Sopranos' Lawsuit
Jury Whacks 'Sopranos' Lawsuit
Dec 20, 2007 4:04 AM CST

Jury Whacks 'Sopranos' Lawsuit

Bada bing! Retired judge won't get cut of hit series' profits

(Newser) - A New Jersey jury took less than two hours to put a retired judge's lawsuit against "Sopranos" creator David Chase in concrete boots, E! Online reports. The ex-judge, who claimed he was owed money for helping Chase come up with ideas for the hit series, had been pursuing Chase...

Teary 'Sopranos' Creator on Lawsuit: Fuhgeddaboudit

Emotional Chase defends creation against ex-judge after a cut

(Newser) - "Sopranos" creator David Chase took the stand in a New Jersey courtroom yesterday and testified that hearing he was being sued over his hit TV series made him want to cry, E! News reports. A retired judge who took Chase on a tour of wiseguy hangouts, many of which...

Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed
Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed
Dec 19, 2007 3:56 AM CST

Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed

NJ cops bust dozens in major blow to Lucchese crime family

(Newser) - New Jersey officials have nabbed a cadre of suspected mob bosses to bust up a sophisticated $2.2 billion gambling ring, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Others among more than two dozen arrested included a prison officer and a Bloods gangster, said to be part of an "alarming alliance" between...

NJ Formally Outlaws Death Penalty
NJ Formally Outlaws
Death Penalty
Dec 17, 2007 1:23 PM CST

NJ Formally Outlaws Death Penalty

Governor signs controversial bill, says state is 'truly evolving'

(Newser) - New Jersey officially abolished the death penalty today, becoming the first state to ban capital punishment in the 4 decades since the US Supreme Court allowed the practice to resume. "Today, New Jersey is truly evolving," Gov. Jon Corzine said as he signed the measure, which sped through...

NJ on Verge of Abolishing Death Penalty

Governor says he'll sign bill passed today; first state since '65 to ban it

(Newser) - New Jersey's state assembly passed a bill today to abolish the death penalty, and Gov. Jon Corzine says he'll sign it into law within a week, the AP reports. Proponents of the bill, mainly Democrats, say the death penalty costs more than life imprisonment and can claim innocent victims; Republicans...

Exxon Plans $1B Floating Refinery
Exxon Plans $1B Floating Refinery
Dec 12, 2007 8:51 AM CST

Exxon Plans $1B Floating Refinery

Platform 4 miles off New Jersey would supply natural gas for 5M

(Newser) - In an effort to bypass project-stalling terrestrial opposition, Exxon yesterday said it plans a $1 billion floating liquid natural-gas refinery 20 miles off New Jersey's coast, Market Watch reports. The project, which could open by 2015, would supply enough natural gas for 5 million residential customers in New York and...

Jersey Will Try Harder to End Boob Show at Jets Games

Security to be increased for final home contest

(Newser) - Authorities are planning to take new steps to curtail obnoxious behavior at the infamous Gate D at Giants Stadium, long-known for scores of male fans gathering there to demand that passing women expose their breasts. At Sunday's turnout, it seemed as if nothing had been done yet as more fans...

NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty
NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty
Dec 10, 2007 5:51 PM CST

NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty

Senators pass bill to nix it, and governor has vowed to sign

(Newser) - New Jersey senators nudged the state closer to a likely ban on capital punishment today, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. They passed a bill to nix the penalty by 21-16, sending it to expected approval in the assembly Thursday and signing by Governor Jon Corzine. New Jersey would become the first...

ABT Ballerina Killed in Jersey Crash

Dancer dies, husband injured as they're struck exiting disabled car

(Newser) - A dancer for the American Ballet Theater is dead and her dancer husband seriously injured after a fender-bender on an icy New Jersey highway turned fatal. Jennifer Alexander and her husband were returning from a Pennsylvania performance of The Nutcracker when they exited their vehicle after a nine-car pileup, and...

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast
Winter Storm Pounds Northeast
Dec 3, 2007 3:15 AM CST

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

Hundreds of flights cancelled in New York

(Newser) - The storm that blanketed the Midwest in snow and ice is now battering the Northeast. Wind and ice have delayed hundreds of flights at New York City airports. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for...

Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

Six other states can't fund them; issue may be bigger than injection

(Newser) - Judge Hilton Fuller has drawn ire for shelving a Georgia death penalty case, but other states are hitting the same snag: low funds for capital court costs, the New York Times reports. Georgia can’t afford the $1.2 million to defend Brian Nichols, charged with killing four in a...

NJ Spammer Draws 2 Years in Slammer

His email scam targeted 1.2M AOL subscribers

(Newser) - Todd Moeller, the 28-year-old New Jersey man who sent spam e-mails to 1.27 million America Online accounts, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 27 months in prison. Moeller and a friend were nabbed after making a deal with a government informant to send the emails in August 2005;...

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