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03 Nov 2009 08:34

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U.S.: It’s election day 2009. Here’s a roundup of the various races.

  • Thanks to Sarah Palin, New York’s 23rd district is on everyone’s mind. The GOP candidate dropped out over the weekend. source
  • Jersey’s Jon Corzine is a fairly unpopular governor, but is still doing well in the race to keep his seat. It’s close, though. source
  • Maine voters get the chance to decide whether gay marriage should be legal in the state. It could be a huge precedent. source
  • Democrat Creigh Deeds is lagging behind Republican Bob McDonnell in Virginia; is this a dry run for elections in 2010? source
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01 Sep 2009 22:42

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Biz, U.S.: You don’t want to live in this zip code without money

  • 07620 the most expensive zip code source
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11 Aug 2009 10:42

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U.S.: Most of New Jersey doesn’t want their state to be like “The Sopranos”

  • 93% of Jersey thinks corruption’s a problem; the rest is in on it source
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26 Jul 2009 10:46

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U.S.: Hoboken’s mayor may be the most surprising NJ corruption arrest

  • 32
    years     age of Hoboken’s mayor, Peter Cammarano, who is a prominent lawyer source
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23 Jul 2009 20:45

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U.S.: The best, most lurid details of the New Jersey corruption saga

  • A bunch of prominent Jewish rabbis – including the grand rabbi of the Syrian Jews – apparently had corrupt ties to banks in Switzerland and Israel. Oy ye vey! source
  • Talk about a secret prize. Investigators said they found $97,000 in a box of Apple Jacks cereal. It was just one example of the huge amount of cash bandied about. source
  • One guy apparently convinced people to sell their kidney for $10,000, only to resell that same kidney for $16,000. And people said The Sopranos were fake! source
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23 Jul 2009 20:32

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U.S.: Half of New Jersey arrested in a corruption scandal for the ages

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16 Jul 2009 11:45

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U.S.: Jersey City’s the scene of an insane pre-dawn shootout

  • five number of police officers that were shot outside of an apartment building this morning source
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20 Jun 2009 11:54

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Offbeat: To nerd and corrupt: Did a Geek Squad worker abuse his power?

They give them badges? Really? A New Joisey man was arrested Thursday night after allegedly using his authority to fix computers at high prices to instead convince a prostitute to perform sexual acts with him. No matter the outcome, 25-year-old Jay Mora of Newark is going to have a hard time living this one down. source
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23 Apr 2009 22:33

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U.S., World: The gifts just keep on coming from Venezuela and Hugo Chavez

  • As we noted the other day, Eduardo Galeano is a happy old man, as his 38-year-old critique of Western imperialism, “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent,” is still a top-15 book on Amazon a week after Hugo Chavez handed the book to Obama. source
  • Well now, Hugo Chavez has upped the ante, giving New Jersey … wait for it … an island! Petty’s Island, located between Philly and Camden, N.J., is owned by Citgo, the fuel company run by Venezuela, and features a couple of bald eagles. He wants to show us his love, guys! <3 source
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15 Jan 2009 11:07

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Offbeat: Man impersonates female vet, almost gets away with it

  • Danielle Smith ≠ Daniel Tyce. Tyce, of Atlantic City, N.J., ran an animal clinic, but he didn’t have any of the credentials he claimed he did. He’d drive around in a vehicle labeled “Animal Cruelty Investigations” with an assistant and would inoculate animals and set up adoptions dressed up like a police officer. No clue why he had to do all this pretending to be a chick. source
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