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N.J. jury convicts Florida man who claimed he was "too fat to kill" in son-in-law's slaying.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 5:46 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan TRENTON Click to enlarge 1 of 1 President Barack Obama and Gov.

The trial for a woman who hid her daughter in Spain amid a custody battle with her ex-husband began yesterday, the latest in an international dispute baffling divorce attorneys, judges and diplomats.

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HACKENSACK, N.J. - Closing arguments are under way at the New Jersey trial of a Florida man who claims he was too fat to have killed his former son-in-law. Edward Ates says he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot Paul Duncsak and make a quick getaway.

President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan.

What happened: Rudolph Agresta Sr. of River Edge has been sentenced to a suspended three-year prison term and ordered to register as a Megan's Law sex offender for sexual misconduct against a 16-year-old boy.

Share + Nov 2, 2009 7:31 pm US/Central 1 of 1 President Barack Obama and Gov. Jon Corzine come together at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, N.J., on Oct.

A mother stabbed her 8-year-old son with a steak knife at their Bergen County home this morning, then stabbed herself in the throat and chest because she feared the government was going to take her children, authorities said.

Share + Nov 1, 2009 4:45 pm US/Central CAMDEN, N.J. 1 of 1 President Barack Obama and Gov.

HACKENSACK, N.J. a ' Sen. Bob Menendez is an American success story a ' a son of poor immigrants from Cuba who became one of the most important political leaders in New Jersey, and in Congress.

A man accused of leading a home-invasion spree during which a Teaneck man died 14 years ago was convicted of murder on Thursday.

Worried about what to do with fat you've had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in the lab, but here's a more immediate use: Fat liposuctioned from other parts of the body can safely be used to increase a woman's breast size, according to study findings presented this week at the Plastic Surgery 2009 meeting ...

MIDDLESEX BOROUGH a ' An employee at a Middlesex Borough pharmaceuticals company was arrested after he choked his boss in his office and tried to draw a knife on the man, police said.

HACKENSACK, N.J. A man accused of running up and down a flight of stairs to kill a former son-in-law is offering a novel defense: At 5 feet 8 and 285 pounds, he was just too fat to have pulled it off.

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Gov. Jon Corzine in Hackensack, N.J., on Wednesday, Oct.

HACKENSACK, N.J. Many of the country's largest banks moved last month to get out in front of lawmakers' plans to curb the piling on of overdraft loan fees that critics say are usurious and prey on those who can least afford them.

Hoboken mayoral candidate Everton Wilson would be the first foreign-born and the first black mayor of the city if elected.

ABC News' Stephanie Sy reports: President Obama gave a ringing endorsement to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine in a speech conveniently peppered with elements of his health care pitch.