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 A 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.
 Beginning 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.”  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.  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.
New Jersey (NJ) lottery results (winning numbers) and prize payouts for Pick 3 Midday, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Jersey Cash 5, Pick 6, ... There is word of a possible firebombing against an Edison police captain in his own home. A $20,000 reward has been issued for Monday morning's fire in Monroe Township, New Jersey. Charleen Jackson says that in the month since her mentally ill son, Corie Mann, was shot five times by police after he allegedly stabbed an officer in the hallway of a public housing project on Monroe Street, it has been a struggle just being able to visit him. The 13-5 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee cleared the way for an epic showdown on the Senate floor on legislation that is one of President Obama’s top domestic priorities — yet also gives the Republican Party a chance to recast itself as more appealing to minorities. The man who prosecutors said was the victim of a former Wyckoff priest put the blame squarely on church officials Tuesday for allowing the cleric to continue in ministry, promoting him to prestigious positions, and failing to stop him from working with children in violation of an agreement with law enforcement. Bipartisan plan merges, expands economic incentives, corporate tax breaks. Jersey coast -- rather than longer stretch of Eastern Seaboard -- new target for underground power backbone. First 10 to complete doctoral program could fill one-third of faculty vacancies at state’s colleges. Assemblyman drops bill, which called for central review board and local approval for new and expanded charters. At the end of 2012, there were 52,398 children from 26,169 families under supervision by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency "(formerly the Division of Youth and Family Services"). These included 7,361 children that have been placed in foster homes. East Rutherford-based Kid Brands, Inc. reported Tuesday that its net loss for the first quarter of 2013 widened slightly to $1 million, from $800,000 in the prior year’s first quarter. Net loss per share was four cents. The activity fee charged to middle and high school students participating in extracurricular activities in Glen Rock will not change. JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon Tuesday won shareholder support to remain chairman, surviving a campaign to split the roles after a record trading loss at the biggest US bank. Rutherford-based diagnostic and testing firm Cancer Genetics, Inc. said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with healthcare cost management firm MultiPlan, Inc. to make Cancer Genetics a participating provider. Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers’ growing demand for new cars and trucks.
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