VICTOR EPSTEIN

Associated Press Writer
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Redesigned airspace over Hudson debuts near NYC

Small aircraft flying over the Hudson River near New York City are now following new flight rules.

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In gritty Newark, civilians cruise against crime

Loiterers and criminals on the nighttime streets of New Jersey's largest city have some company — concerned citizens and government workers who are cruising neighborhoods in an effort to reduce crime.

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NJ comedic 'feud' illustrates new media landscape

The old media story for politicians: Television show slams city, outraged mayor pens complaint, controversy fades away.

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NJ soccer-only stadium to be crown jewel of MLS

An intimate, soccer-only stadium rising in a careworn former industrial city is expected to be the crown jewel of Major League Soccer and one of the keys to a local redevelopment project.

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'Michael Jackson Tapes' details star's obsessions

Pop superstar Michael Jackson feared the ravages of old age, sought the company of sycophants and appeared to be abusing prescription drugs and cosmetic surgery nearly a decade before his death, according to a new book by a former adviser.

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Newark jobless rate surged to 14.3 percent in June

Job losses are undermining turnaround efforts in New Jersey's largest city, where the unemployment rate reached a 15-year high in June.

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Mayors in NJ and CA popular 'tweeters'

Newark Mayor Cory Booker and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom are blazing a new trail in political discourse from opposite sides of the country as they build huge Internet followings on Twitter's fast-growing social network.

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Labor chief: Undocumented worker wages a concern

Ensuring undocumented workers get paid and improving worker safety are two priorities for the Department of Labor, its first Hispanic secretary said Wednesday.

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Parents of schoolyard slaying victims seek closure

When Shalga Hightower remembers her daughter Iofemi, she doesn't dwell on the brutal attack on the 20-year-old and three of her friends in a Newark schoolyard.

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Organizers call regional emissions plan a success

Organizers and participants in the nation's only working cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions called the fledgling attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a success Wednesday.

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NY-NJ port activity down for first time since 1993

Business leaders at the Port of New York and New Jersey say the global economic crisis is slowing activity at the East Coast's largest port complex.

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Attorney: NJ teen abandoned in woods losing trust

A woman who says she was deceived and abandoned by her angry friends in the woods of northern New Jersey on a frigid night bears scars both physical and emotional from her ordeal, her lawyer said Friday.

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Bird culling fallout alarms central NJ community

The black carcasses of dead starlings still pepper the snowy roads and lawns of central New Jersey's rural Griggstown community three days after federal officials used a pesticide to kill as many as 5,000 of the birds.

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Murders, shootings decline in Newark for 2nd year

Murders and shootings apparently have declined in New Jersey's largest city for the second consecutive year, an indication that its mayor is making progress on a pledge to reduce violent street crime.

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NJ tries to end foreclosure-based renter evictions

James Aiken and his family will spend the holiday with relatives in northern New Jersey, but not by choice.

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Wallenda sets high-wire record in New Jersey

Taking urban bicycling to a new level, Nik Wallenda slowly pedaled among the city's morning commuters — about 135 feet above the street.

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