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Christie: Obama ‘kept every promise’ on storm aid

HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama “has kept every promise he’s made” about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy.

2013/04/29

NJ woman ‘horrified’ over phrase mocking Asians

BELMAR, N.J. (AP) — A woman of Korean descent who claims a worker at a CVS in southern New Jersey used a phrase mocking Asians to identify her on a store receipt said Thursday she was “horrified” when she made the discovery.

2013/04/18

Workers at the National Hurricane Center. (AP Photo)

Sandy criticism prompts change in storm warnings

MIAMI (AP) — Responding to criticism after Superstorm Sandy, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday it would change the way it warns people about tropical storms that morph into something else.

2013/04/04

UPDATE: Rutgers, Pernetti fire Rice after video release

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.

2013/04/03

EPA: More than half of streams in ‘poor’ shape

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of the country’s rivers and streams are in poor biological health, unable to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures, according to a new nationwide survey released Tuesday.

2013/03/26

NJ governor: Queen can trust Prince Harry with me

EWING, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie says no one will be getting naked when Prince Harry visits New Jersey in May. A listener asked Christie on a radio call-in show Monday if there are any plans to make sure the prince behaves.

2013/03/26

Man waits for help after becoming stuck in snow, Lawrence, Kansas (AP Photo)

Spring snowstorm moving east

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Winter storm warnings and advisories have been issued as far east as Pennsylvania as a storm system moves across the country after dumping up to 15 inches of snow on parts of Colorado and Kansas.

2013/03/24

Winning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in NJ

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing held in the days since a Virginia man won a $217 million jackpot Feb. 6.

2013/03/24