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The man who at the Woodbridge Center mall has been identified as a convicted robber and parole violator. Andres Garcia, 44, of Paterson, was shot and killed by a Woodbridge police officer after holding a knife to a woman's throat at the mall.

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A South Brunswick businessman plans to for his congressional seat. Republican Erick Beck believes smaller government and a flat tax are crucial to an economic turnaround.

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Something strange alerted a debit card company to malfeasance that ultimately threatened to defraud the state's unemployment insurance fund of more than $2 million. The dead typically don't make bank deposits. [NJ.com]


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A state appeals panel has for the Council on Affordable Housing. The court ruled that the governor lacks the authority to reorganize an independent agency, and said the future of COAH is up to the state legislature.

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The Port Authority is set to take a $63 million hit—and could lose even more—on a set of risky and complex investments that agency officials on Friday called an example of past mismanagement. The loss is equal to what the agency spent on infrastructure upgrades to the Lincoln and Holland tunnels last year and comes months after steep toll increases on Hudson River crossings and a scathing audit that branded the authority "dysfunctional." [NorthJersey.com]

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State Sen. Richard Codey went undercover to for homeless residents in Newark. Codey played the role of a mentally ill homeless man, Jimmy Peters, on Monday.

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New Jersey Muslim leaders joined with other religious officials Thursday in demanding reassurance from authorities that no one is being spied on because of their faith, as calls for an investigation into NYPD surveillance activities in New Jersey continued to grow, and the U.S. attorney general said he was reviewing the matter. At an event in Jersey City featuring mosque, synagogue and church leaders, several said they were in solidarity with Muslims who felt that reports of the New York Police Department conducting surveillance of mosques and student Muslim groups in New Jersey and elsewhere had crossed the line beyond acceptable counter-terrorism methods. [AP, via The Wall Street Journal]

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Nearly a month after several Cinnaminson Sewerage Authority members were , the question of whether the entity violated a nepotism policy looms. Paul Philips, he former CSA superintendent who was arrested and charged, tried to hire his son in 2005, according to the entity's solicitor.

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Members of the public had a chance to on the EPA-and-Pfizer-approved plan to remediate the 435-acre American Cyanamid Superfund Site within Bridgewater Township limits Thursday—and the thoughts ranged from support to concerns over flooding. A wide range of people for and against the plan came out to Somerset Vocational and Technical High School to give their input.

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The Camden County Prosecutor's Office is at the home of the former Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office Chief of Detectives, after the state Attorney General's office requested their involvement in the case. The incident at Tom Sullivan's home in West Deptford was initially reported as a stabbing by Gloucester County dispatchers just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, with an expedited request for EMS.

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A 2-year-old New Milford girl believed to have been abducted last weekend was been found in Texas at the home of her paternal grandmother, police said Monday.

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