News on New Jersey

Landscapers see green as weary East greets spring

2010-03-19T15:00:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Not your garden-variety winter: Storms' heavy toll translates to boon for landscapers</div><div><p>Gardeners and landscapers along the Eastern seaboard are making haste — and money — as spring begins and they pick up the pieces from the region's particularly harsh winter, which toppled more than snowfall records.</p><p>Marian Anderson, a 73-year-old resident of Manchester, Lambda Legal filed its promised lawsuit to win gay marriage in New Jersey Thursday</div><div><p> <p>Gay rights group <a>Lambda Legal</a> filed its promised lawsuit to win gay marriage in New Jersey Thursday.</p> <p>“The Stanley Ho denies organized crime ties that NJ casino regulators assert</div><div><p>Asian casino magnate Stanley Ho denied Thursday that he has ties to Chinese organized crime gangs.</p><p>His denial via a spokeswoman came a day after New Jersey gambling regulators released a report that accused Ho of letting gangs op...

Owners threaten to shut down New Jersey nuke plant

2010-03-18T11:15:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Owners threaten to shut NJ's Oyster Creek nuke plant rather than build required cooling towers</div><div><p>Owners of the nation's oldest nuclear power plant are threatening to shut it down rather than build cooling towers mandated by New Jersey environmental regulators.</p><p>Exelon Corp. says the $800 million it would cos...

NJ gay marriage battle back in court

2010-03-18T10:17:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Couples who lost fight for gay marriage rights in NJ trying again</div><div><p>Gay couples who sued New Jersey for the right to marry once before are taking their case back to court.</p><p>Six couples plus the surviving partner from a seventh filed a motion Thursday claiming the state continues to discriminate against them even though it offers civil unions to same-sex couples.</p><...

MGM Mirage NJ exit greases wheels for HK listing

2010-03-18T05:15:29Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG (Reuters) - MGM Mirage's plan to exit the mature Atlantic City market in favor of booming Macau removes a year of overhang from the company and should clear the way for a share...

Penguins-Devils Sums

2010-03-17T19:15:13Z

<div><table> <tbody> <tr><td>Pittsburgh 1 0 1_2</td> </tr> <tr><td>New Jersey 2 2 1_5</td> </tr> <tr><td>First Period_1, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 11 (Guerin, Letang), 4:01. 2, New Jersey, Zubrus 7 (Elias), 10:51. 3, New Jersey, Martin 1, 18:18. Penalties_None.</td> <...

New Jersey OKs MGM plan to sell its Borgata stake

2010-03-17T13:15:18Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MGM Mirage's plan to sell its stake in the Borgata casino in Atlantic City was approved on Wednesday by regulators after

NFL's Runyan launches GOP campaign for Congress

2010-03-17T11:15:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Ex-NFL star Runyan says he's willing to spend own money to win NJ congressional seat</div><div><p>Former NFL lineman Jon Runyan said Thursday that he's willing to spend his own money to win his campaign for Congress in New Jersey.</p><p>The ex-Phi...

Senate roll vote on jobs bill

2010-03-17T09:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate OKs legislation giving businesses more incentives to hire the jobless</div><div><p>The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 11 New England were still inundated with water, with tens of thousands of people lacking electricity and hundreds still in emergen...

NJ gov seeks to slash spending, amend constitution

2010-03-16T15:00:18Z

<div><p>TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday outlined plans to close a budget gap that he described as a "grand canyon" by slashing spending on pensions, schools and cities, while amending the constitution to cap future increases.</p><p>The $10.7 billion bu...

Stormy Weather

2010-03-16T13:06:54Z

Bob Hruby walks through high water in Little Falls, N.J., after the Passaic River flooded on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. A three-day rainstorm that flooded basements and roadways and ripped trees out of the soaking wet ground was among the most devastating ever to the electrical grid in some parts of the Northeast. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Gay Marriage Returns To Court In New Jersey

2010-03-16T08:05:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Prominent gay rights group Lambda Legal is ready to file its promised lawsuit to win gay marriage in New Jersey</div><div><p> <p>Prominent gay rights group <a>Lambda Legal</a> is ready to file its promised lawsuit to win gay marriage in New Jersey.</p> <p>NJ.com's blog 'The Auditor' reported on Sunday that the grou...

Bruins-Devils Sums

2010-03-15T19:00:17Z

<div><table> <tbody> <tr><td>Boston 0 1 1_2</td> </tr> <tr><td>New Jersey 3 0 0_3</td> </tr> <tr><td>First Period_1, New Jersey, Niedermayer 9 (Clarkson, Skoula), 9:58. 2, New Jersey, Clarkson 8 (Brodeur), 17:23. 3, New Jersey, Parise 32 (Mottau, Elias), 18:08. Penalties_Wheeler, Bos (hooking), :52</td><td>Lan...

Salmonella product recall news

2010-03-15T14:15:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Product recalled for salmonella contamination: baking mixes, spice blends, cheese spreads</div><div><p>The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:</p><p>___</p><p>GFN Foods LLC of Cranford, N.J., is recalli...

APTOPIX Stormy Weather

2010-03-15T00:30:59Z

A woman comforts her child at a Red Cross shelter at Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook, N.J., Sunday, March 14, 2010. Several inches of rain has fallen...

2 people die in NJ home fire a day after moving in

2010-03-14T18:30:09Z

<div id="subtitle">NJ town house kitchen fire kills 2 people in upstairs master bedroom a day after they moved in</div><div><p>Two people who'd moved into a northern New Jersey town house a day earlier have died in a fire that started in their kitchen and spread upstairs.</p><p>Police say 52-year-old Eliot C. Nisenbaum and 55-year-old Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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A10 Rhode Island Temple Basketball

2010-03-13T12:30:48Z

Rhode Island's Keith Cothran (22) takes a shot as Temple's Ryan Brooks slaps the ball away during the first half of a semifinal round ...