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16-year-old arrested for 'all black people' leave Wal-Mart prank
8:18 PM on 03/21/2010
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - "This was an extremely disturbing event on many levels," Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a news conference."...
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Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
11:23 AM on 03/19/2010
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - A racial comment made over the public-address system at a Wal-Mart store in southern New Jersey is being investigated as a possible bias crime...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
5:34 PM on 03/17/2010
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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Yemen terror suspect worked at five US nuke sites
3:15 PM on 03/12/2010
HADDONFIELD, NJ (AP) - Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes...
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Man breaks into church, beats up nun
12:16 PM on 03/12/2010
VIDEO - Police are searching for the heinous individual who heartlessly beat a nun at St. Lucy's Church in Newark, N.J. Thursday morning...
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White man posing as black doctor, makes house calls
1:38 PM on 03/05/2010
VIDEO - There is clearly no resemblance, but police in say that didn't stop 54-year-old Patrick Lynch from telling patients for months that he was Doctor Andrew Nelson...
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Man pleads not guilty to throwing his 3-month-old daughter off bridge
5:52 PM on 02/18/2010
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) - A man pleaded not guilty Thursday after police say he told them he threw his 3-month-old daughter off a bridge, as searchers and relatives held out hope that the infant might still be found alive...
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Baby thrown off bridge still missing; survival odds slim
11:17 AM on 02/18/2010
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey officials searching for a baby believed to have been thrown off a bridge by her father acknowledge her chances of survival are slim by now...
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Cory Booker: Black History Month promotes 'understanding'
10:51 AM on 02/09/2010
VIDEO - Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, NJ says Black History Month is part of 'what makes America so great'...
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TheGrio's 100: Cory Booker, Brick City mayor with a bright future
9:18 AM on 02/05/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Cory Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J., in 2006...
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Rutgers sorority shut down for hazing
11:43 AM on 01/29/2010
VIDEO - Rutgers University says it has suspended a campus sorority after six members were charged with hazing prospective pledges by paddling them and denying them food...
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Grenade launcher, maps seized after man's arrest
11:56 AM on 01/26/2010
SOMERVILLE, New Jersey (AP) - Lloyd R. Woodson, a 43-year-old from Reston, Va., also had maps of a U.S. military facility and a town in another state...
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Feds: NJ police sergeant exams discriminatory
10:17 AM on 01/08/2010
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's widespread use of a written exam to promote police sergeants discriminates against blacks and Hispanics, according to a lawsuit...
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NJ airport guard pleads guilty for Obama threat
7:19 AM on 11/17/2009
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey airport security guard accused of threatening to shoot President Barack Obama has pleaded guilty...
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Election shows blacks remain engaged in political process
12:30 PM on 11/05/2009
OPINION - Going by the exit polls in this week's local elections, when it comes to the African-American vote, Democrats may have less to worry about than has been suggested.
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How Republicans reclaimed the middle in 2009 elections
12:34 PM on 11/04/2009
OPINION - Governors-elect Bob McDonnell (VA) and Chris Christie (NJ) proved last night that the moderate/centrist wing of the GOP is not dead.
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A year later, Obama finds it's more difficult to lead than campaign
9:05 AM on 11/02/2009
OPINION - The excitement of President Obama's heady campaign has now given way to the practical and difficult challenges of governance. It remains to be seen whether the president is completely up to the challenge.
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7-year-old boy dragged by school bus
11:24 AM on 10/30/2009
VIDEO - Seven-year old Chisano Mutts is lucky to be alive after he was dragged nearly a block by his school bus...
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Lost in casino, Lenny Kravitz has a Spinal Tap moment
11:21 AM on 10/28/2009
VIDEO - It began when Lenny Kravitz got separated from his handlers and went astray inside the Borgata casino in Atlantic City. Kravitz chronicled his excellent adventure ...
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23-year-old basketball player dies of heart attack
10:00 AM on 10/26/2009
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Kevin Widemond, a 23-year-old American guard, died of a heart attack during a Portuguese basketball tournament...
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16-year-old arrested for 'all black people' leave Wal-Mart prank
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - "This was an extremely disturbing event on many levels," Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a news conference."...
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