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A Mega Millions jackpot advertised at $190 million has been won by two tickets, one sold in New Jersey, the other in Virginia.
They matched all the numbers drawn Friday night: 11, 15, 35, 43 and 49, with a Mega Ball of 41.
 The 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
 Internet celebrity "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" has been arrested in the murder of a Clark, New Jersey man.
Investigators said Kai met Joseph Galfy, Jr., an attorney near Times Square, where a surveillance camera captured images of them. The men later went back to the victim's house, officials said.  New 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. 
Beginning May 20 and running through June 2, the annual initiative includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed to ensure that drivers and passengers recognize the life-saving value of seat belts.
 SHOUT 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 [...]  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.  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.
 “The governor’s rejection of this legislation is out of step with the majority of states in the nation and out of touch with New Jersey’s hardworking families. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia provide for early in-person voting, and as a result of the veto our residents’ access to the polls will be restricted to only one day.
After two weeks of markup, the fundamental support for immigration reform looks strong. Given new evidence on carbon pollution, President Obama should get moving on global warming. To make criminal cases more efficient and fair, prosecutors should open up their files to defendants. The current Supreme Court has been more sympathetic to corporate interests than any court since World War II. Businesses are reopening. Rides are warming up. The boards will once again be walked upon. Following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the Jersey Shore will officially open for the summer, kicking off with Memorial Day weekend. Here is your complete guide to the Jersey Shore in 2013. YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST A driver and his passenger got out safely tonight after their BMW got wedged below a tractor-trailer just off Route 4 in Paramus. The crash occurred about 740 p.m. in the parking lot of the Plaza 35 Shopping Center on westbound Route 4 between Spring Valley Road and Farview Avenue. [...] Motorists who plan to take to the streets for the Memorial Day holiday won't have to worry about navigating around construction. The New Jersey Department of Transportation will allow motorists to travel on roads that are under construction, but are safe and passable, during the holiday weekend, said Joseph Dee, spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Everyone has a favorite memory of the Jersey Shore it might be riding a roller coaster on the boardwalk; swimming or surfing in the Atlantic or grabbing a sausage and pepper sandwich from a stand that welcomes returning customers year after year. Seven months after superstorm Sandy came roaring through, many Jersey Shore eateries and amusements say they’re ready for Memorial Day weekend – all they need now are customers. Bergen County’s first for-profit hospital welcomed guests to tour its operating suites and patient rooms in Westwood on Saturday — a week before it was to admit patients — its executives said they were already thinking about future expansion. The Jersey Shore continues to rebuild following Superstorm Sandy, but many anticipate a busy summer season ahead. A Pompton Plains mother of two recounted the harrowing ordeal she and 33 others endured when their turboprop plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport early Saturday after the landing gear failed. Just months after it was designated a township historic site, an oak tree that has towered over the corner of Cedar Lane and Palisade Avenue for centuries has been found to be unstable and must be removed, county officials said Saturday. The city’s outbreak of shootings bled into a fourth consecutive day early Saturday morning when a 21-year-old man was wounded in the 5th Ward. The N.J. Department of Human Services has received an $11.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to expand the New Jersey Hope and Healing Program and continue providing crisis counseling and outreach services to survivors of Superstorm Sandy.
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