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7 arrested in connection with drug ring spanning Elizabeth to South Carolina

Tomas Dinges/The Star-Ledger — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:00:00 +0000

Seven people were arrested Thursday after a two-month investigation unveiled a widespread operation that controlled Elizabeth’s heroin market and sold the drug as far away as North and South Carolina, authorities said

Key environmental permits approved for large natural gas pipeline in N.J. and N.Y.

The Associated Press — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:22:00 +0000

Flood hazard, waterfront development and wetlands permits have been issued for the proposed pipeline, which would run from Staten Island through parts of Linden, Bayonne, Jersey City and offshore in Hoboken into Manhattan

N.J. trucker accused of cheating tolls by removing part of license plates

Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:11:00 +0000

Trucker from Bergen County allegedly removed his front license plate and broke off part of his rear plate to trick toll cameras on the George Washington Bridge

Judge refuses to lower bail for N.J. man whose father was killed by New Brunswick police

Sue Epstein/The Star-Ledger — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:11:00 +0000

Bail was kept at $50,000 for Barry Deloatch Jr., who asked for lower bail so he could see a doctor for treatment of an injury

Neighbors try to save Newark woman found on fire

Richard Khavkine/The Star-Ledger — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:23:00 +0000

Clothing worn by Sharon Horne, 44, of the 200 block of Renner Avenue, was somehow set afire about 9:30 a.m. in the basement of her home

Suspended New Brunswick police lieutenant may return to work following pre-trial program

Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:50:06 +0000

Charges that a suspended New Brunswick police lieutenant illegally voted in the city and wrongly kept his ex-wife on his insurance coverage may be dismissed

JCP&L earned $86 million more than it should in 2010, says NJ official

Eliot Caroom/The Star-Ledger — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:47:55 +0000

This week the Board of Public Utilities agreed it will consider whether to open a rate case looking at how much JCP&L earnes from its customers.

Jersey City, Union City teens accused of opening fire on would-be carjacking victim, police say

Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalLeroy Borders, left, and Roderick Marcelo Sraus appear at Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.Two Jersey City teens and a Union City teen have been charged with attempting to carjack…

End of the line for Cain? GOP presidential candidate to make announcement

The Associated Press — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:37:12 +0000

Businessman Herman Cain’s poll numbers have dropped dramatically following accusations he had a long-running affair

Teen, 16, admits to killing his foster father inside his Gloucester Township home

John Barna/Gloucester County Times — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:15:05 +0000

CAMDEN — A Gloucester Township teenager has admitted to killing his foster father in July.Demetrius Minor, 16, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated manslaughter in the July 11 death of Theotis Butts. Minor also pleaded guilty to carjacking in connection with…