Gunman kills two, then himself, at New Jersey supermarket

The latest shooting occurred in Old Bridge, in central New Jersey, about 30 miles south of Newark.  “We are terribly saddened by the incident,” the store’s operating company said Friday. “I believe everyone in the store was a target,” said official, who said gunman fired 16 rounds. N.J. transit agency says some bus parking lots remain closed […]

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Girl steers car to safety after grandfather dies at wheel

    As the pickup truck the young girl was riding in careened down the road, out of control at 80 mph, 12-year-old Miranda Bowman knew one thing: She had to stop it. Miranda was riding home with her grandfather, Paul Parker, Tuesday from an afternoon of go-karting when he told Miranda he didn’t feel […]

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Conan O’Brien squabbles with New Jersey mayor

As with many jokes, it started with a small jab at the expense of New Jersey. The gags continued Monday night when “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien ventured into “the biggest scandal in the country that’s now involving a late-night host.” O’Brien was, of course, referring to his continuing comical conflict with the city of Newark, New Jersey, and its mayor, Cory Booker.

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Hudson air crash probe focuses on controller; union cries foul

Investigators probing last weekend’s fatal aircraft collision over New York’s Hudson River focused Friday on an air traffic controller, though union leaders angrily said the controller could have done nothing to prevent the crash. In a report, the National Transportation Safety Board said that the controller at New Jersey’s Teterboro airport did not advise a pilot of potential traffic when he handed off radar monitoring of the plane to the tower at Newark airport at 11:52:20 a.m. Saturday

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Fatigue cited as possible factor in plane crash near Buffalo

Fatigue affecting the flight crew may have contributed to a plane crash that killed 50 people in February near Buffalo, New York, according to testimony at an investigative hearing. National Transportation Safety Board hearings this week suggested that crews on a number of airlines could be suffering from lack of sleep

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