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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 09:48 am

Bergen County News

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20 hrs ago | WETM-TV Elmira

Corning Man Takes Plea Deal on Sex Crime

A Corning man accused of traveling to New Jersey to have sex with underage children took a plea deal Wednesday that could put him in prison for a decade.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

NJ.com

Lincoln Park's former CFO indicted on theft charges

Dennis Gerber, 57, who worked in Lincoln Park for 10 years, was charged with six counts each of official misconduct and theft.

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Related Topix: Saddle Brook, NJ, Rockaway, NJ

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Leader Free Press

Leader Newspapers- Alleged car thieves busted by Rutherford Police

The sound of a window shattering in the distance tipped off Rutherford Police to the location of two Newark males, who were reportedly caught red-handed breaking into a car.

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Related Topix: Rutherford, NJ, East Rutherford, NJ

Thu Jul 03, 2008

New York Daily News

NJ senator still pushes Declaration recitation

Not all bills are created equal. Some become law. Some are proposed and forgotten.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Millville News

Cops bust four in high-end car scam

The schemes, allegedly conducted by associates of two related businesses, GEMP, LLC.

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Related Topix: Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, Cresskill, NJ

Tue Jul 01, 2008

NJ.com

1 dead, 5 sickened after drinking torch oil

An 84-year-old Burlington County woman has died and five other New Jersey residents became sick in separate incidents after drinking a small amount of torch oil they mistook for apple juice, New Jersey poison ...

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Related Topix: Burlington County, NJ

The Jersey Journal

Contractor killed by backhoe in Bergen County

A self-employed contractor operating a backhoe on the outside of a Bergen County house was killed this afternoon when the machine's arm and bucket fell back and pinned him in the seat, police said.

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Related Topix: Palisades Park, NJ, Ridgefield, NJ

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Asbury Park Press Online

Rocky road ahead as asphalt cost soars

New Jersey drivers may want to double-check their shock absorbers. That's because high asphalt prices are causing transportation officials to put off repaving roads.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

Press of Atlantic City

Hybrids likely not effective for patrol cars, Barnegat officials say

The committee decided to postpone approving the bond in order to find what fuel efficient options are out there, but after a few weeks Deputy Mayor Al Cirulli said he found a tentative answer: not much.

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Related Topix: Ocean County, NJ, Barnegat, NJ, Westwood, NJ

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Air America Radio

Imus in Hot Water Again Over a Racial Remark ; A Misunderstanding, Radio Host Maintains

Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. NEW YORK Just months after returning to the airwaves with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his racist and sexist comment about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is again ...

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

hosted CBS 3 | CBS 3

N.J. Reports 3 More Cases Of Salmonella

Health officials have confirmed three more cases of New Jersey residents, two of them children, infected with salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes.

The three new cases, reported Tuesday, come days after the state Department of Health and Senior Services reported the first New Jersey case linked to an outbreak that has sickened more than 600 people nationwide.

Officials said the four people -- a 7-year-old from Monmouth County, a 2-year-old from Bergen County, and two women, 34 and 41, from Camden County -- got sick from May 23 to June 3.

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Related Topix: Monmouth County, NJ, Food and Drug Administration

Worcester Magazine

The best way to make a living

As true children of the '80s in Bergen County, New Jersey, they grew up rocking out to the likes of Bon Jovi, Journey and Metallica.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Oasis, Wonderwall, The Benjamins

Sun Jun 22, 2008

PoliticsNJ

Yudin wins BCRO Chairmanship

Robert Ortiz's reign as Bergen County Republican Chairman came to an end tonight, just 11 months after he took the helm of this beleaguered party.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Jun 20, 2008

CourierPostOnline

Hedge fund managers jailed

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of ...

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Related Topix: Tenafly, NJ, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Investment Banking, Financial Services, Bear Stearns, Investment Services

Thu Jun 19, 2008

WNBC-TV New York

Bergen Police Issue 300 Tickets To Teen Drivers

Police in Bergen County issued 317 tickets to teen drivers for violating terms of their graduated driver licenses.

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Wed Jun 18, 2008

Courier News

Bridgewater man convicted of assault charged with violating parole

A township man convicted of sexual assault has been charged with violating the terms of his probation.

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Related Topix: Bridgewater, NJ, Bedminster, NJ

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Daily Record

Bill would allow Meadowlands aquarium

TRENTON, N.J. -- An aquarium may be coming to the Meadowlands. The Assembly on Monday approved a bill allowing an aquarium at the Bergen County complex.

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Related Topix: Trenton, NJ, Trenton Metro

Sun Jun 15, 2008

hosted wcbstv.com | wcbstv.com

Heavy Rains Batter Tri-State, Flooding Possible

Saturday morning was the calm before the storm.

The day started off with mostly sunny skies, but courtesy of a cold front west of our area, clouds began rolling in, bringing showers and thunderstorms to the tri-state later in the day.

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible throughout the tri-state this evening. The main threat from thunderstorms will be wind gusts to 60 mph and hail to one inch in diameter. Storms will move east at 5 to 10 mph. Dangerous lightning is also possible.

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Related Topix: Hudson County, NJ

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Daily Record

Video shows NJ trooper drawing gun on rapper, posse

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- State police say a plainclothes state trooper was trying to regain control when he drew his gun on rapper Jim Jones and his entourage.

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Related Topix: East Rutherford, NJ, Rutherford, NJ

CourierPostOnline

Officials test for chemical vapors in Bergen Co. neighborhood

Chemical vapors from a near-century old former explosives plant are troubling a northern New Jersey neighborhood again.

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Related Topix: Bergen Metro, Pompton Lakes, NJ

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