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NJ Dock Workers Charged With Conspiring to Traffic 2 Tons of Cocaine

Two New Jersey dock workers have been arrested for allegedly plotting to traffic more than 2 tons of cocaine into the United States. Dominic Guido, a longshoreman, and Robert Roselli, a dock worker at a private company, have been charged with conspiracy for allegedly planning to smuggle large shipments of cocaine into the...

New Jersey Transgender Man Says Firing Was Discriminatory

El'Jai Devoureau wants to be treated just like any other man. The 39-year-old New Jersey resident was born into a woman's body but says he's known from the very beginning that he is male. Apparently, though, Devoureau wasn't man enough for his former employer: The drug treatment center where he worked watching men urinate...

5-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Named Governor of New Jersey

A 5-year-old boy helmed the state of New Jersey on Wednesday, thanks to a viral video and a kind-hearted governor. Most politicos adopt a stiff upper lip in the face of defeat, but scribble-in candidate and toddler Jesse Koczon sobbed when naysayers dashed his political dreams in 2009. "What's making you so sad?" his...

Record-Breaking Storm System Roars Across US

The powerful storm system that swept through the Plains on Sunday and to the East Coast today, killing at least seven people in the Deep South, spawned over 1,500 reports of severe weather since Sunday, including a record-breaking 1,200-plus reports during one 24-hour period. The hardest hit regions were the Tennessee...

Supreme Court to Hear NJ Man's Appeal Over Strip Searches

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear the case of a man who claims that strip searches in two New Jersey jails violated his constitutional rights. Albert Florence was searched twice in seven days after he was arrested on a warrant for a traffic fine he had already paid. The justices will review an...