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'Operation Swill' N.J. raids bars to see if they are passing off cheap liquor as premium brands


More than 100 investigators from the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control simultaneously entered the establishments around the state at 11 a.m., among them TGI Fridays in Clifton, The Brick House in Wyckoff and The Railroad Café in Rutherford, the state Attorney General’s Office said of the year-long probe it has dubbed “Operation Swill.”

Senator Menendez Joins Governor Christie, Mayor Doherty To Open New Belmar Boardwalk


Senator Menendez Joins Governor Christie, Mayor Doherty To Open New Belmar BoardwalkCalling it a celebration of everyone working together to restore the community, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Matt Doherty for the ribbon cutting of the new boardwalk just days before Memorial Day weekend.

24 Confirmed Dead As Huge Tornado Hits South of Oklahoma City


24 Confirmed Dead As Huge Tornado Hits South of Oklahoma CityA monstrous tornado killed at least 24 people Monday as it roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City — leaving rescue workers frantically searching into the night for missing children at the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School in the Moore School District.

New Jersey Rolls Out Annual "Click It or Ticket” Campaign


New Jersey Rolls Out Annual "Click It or Ticket” CampaignBeginning on May 20, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not belted.

“Officers throughout New Jersey are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt.”

N.J. hospital leads list for highest billing rates


N.J. hospital leads list for highest billing ratesThe most expensive hospital in America is not in Beverly Hills or New York's Upper East Side. Based on its bills to Medicare, the Bayonne Medical Center charged the highest amounts in the country for nearly one-quarter of the most common hospital treatments, according to a New York Times analysis of 2011 data

New Jersey Unemployment Drpos To 8.7% Despit Weak Job Growth And Continued Public Sector Cuts


New Jersey Unemployment Drpos To 8.7% Despit Weak Job Growth And Continued Public Sector CutsNew Jersey added only 3,300 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate declined to 8.7 percent.

Compared to April of last year, the unadjusted workweek decreased by 1.0 hour, average hourly earnings decreased by $0.42, and weekly earnings were lower by $36.43.

Lodi police shave heads to support breast cancer victim


Lodi police shave heads to support breast cancer victimSHOUT OUT Members of the Lodi Police Department shaved their heads to raise breast cancer awareness and show support for Alicia Veri-Rodriguez, who is battling the disease. As soon as Veri-Rodriguez’s cousin, Lodi Police Officer Dominic Miller, offered to shave his head, brother officers took up the cause, as well. Handling the clippers was Alicia’s [...]

NJ STATE SENATE APPROVES GUN SAFETY BILLS


NJ STATE SENATE APPROVES GUN SAFETY BILLS The Senate on Monday approved a number of bills that are part of a comprehensive package on gun safety. Approved today were 10 bills that will help keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, crack down on gun trafficking, improve reporting and tracing of illegal firearms by law enforcement and find ways to reduce violence and improve school safety, among other actions.

WORKERS INSTALL FINAL SECTION OF SPIRE ATOP ONE WTC


WORKERS INSTALL FINAL SECTION OF SPIRE ATOP ONE WTC One World Trade Center now stands a symbolic 1,776 feet high, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and third tallest in the world

With the final section of spire now in place, One World Trade Center stands as the Western Hemisphere’s tallest icon of freedom, resilience and the indomitable American spirit,” said Port Authority Vice Chairman Scott Rechler.


Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover

Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years.

Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers

A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London.

St. Peter's School in Belleville holds Memorial Day service

Eighth-grader Faith Fifo reads from Sirach 21-11 during the St. Peter's School Memorial Day Mass on Tuesday, May 21, honoring servicemen and women.

McDonald's can't shake criticism about nutrition

McDonald's once again faced criticism that it's a purveyor of junk food that markets to children at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday.

8th person pleads in $30M contract defrauding NASA

An eighth person has pleaded guilty to his role in a $30 million fraud and bribery scheme that duped NASA into awarding contracts to companies that falsely claimed eligibility for preferences granted to minority-owned businesses.

US companies challenging contraception mandate

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of contraception.

Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse

A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

Photos Police urge Montclair teens to drive sober

Montclair Police Officers show students the danger of impaired driving.

Committee hits stretch run for NY-NJ Super Bowl

The NFL draft is history. Organized team activities are under way. Minicamps will follow next month, and training camps will open a month after that.

Lockdown at Elmwood Park High School follows voicemail threat

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST A threatening voicemail message left for an Elmwood Park High School guidance counselor that was traced to the Bronx forced the lockdown of schools in three towns, sparked a massive police response and drew crowds of anxious parents as word spread through texts and social networks, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. [...]

Obama AG Holder to convene media organizations after leak probe

The president says the government has to strike the right balance between security and an open society. He says Holder will meet with representatives of media organizations and report back to him by July 12.

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.

Rockleigh building to undergo $30 million upgrade

ROCKLEIGH — A Connecticut real estate company has acquired 8 King Road, a two-building 200,000 square foot diagnostic lab and office property, where it plans to do $30 million in improvements, the company said Thursday.

Jordan adds two to Rutgers coaching staff

Eddie Jordan has started putting together his coaching staff at Rutgers.

Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court

After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington. The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to confirm Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court is considered the most important in the country after the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 97-0 in favor of his nomination.
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