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New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill banning anyone under 18 from marrying, as an age-raising trend among U.S. states draws objections from some religious leaders.
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Read More »Judge to decide on sports betting in New Jersey
A federal judge said he would decide Friday whether to grant a request from the four major U.S. professional sports leagues and the NCAA to stop New Jersey from becoming the second state in the country to offer legalized sports betting on individual games.
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Read More »New Jersey files defense of sports betting effort
Claims that New Jersey's plan to allow legal sports gambling violates federal law are meritless, the state wrote in a court filing in response to efforts by four major U.S. pro sports leagues and the NCAA to stop gambling from beginning this weekend.
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Read More »N.J. still considering Lockheed tax break
(AP) State economic officials have delayed action on a bid by defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, to get $107 million in New Jersey tax breaks for a facility in Camden. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority was due ...
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Read More »N.J. officials say Rice got no special treatment
Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back shown in an elevator video punching his then-fiancee, didn’t get special treatment by avoiding jail and probation, according to New Jersey prosecutors.
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Read More »Sobering thoughts amid casino revelry
From the day it opened in April 2012, Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City loomed as a shimmering, $2.6 billion monument to misguided optimism.
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Read More »N.J. detective acquitted in Annapolis road-rage shooting
A New Jersey detective was acquitted Wednesday of first-degree murder and other charges in the shooting of a driver during a case of road rage in Maryland.
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Read More »Revel Casino: Without buyer, we’ll shut down
Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel warned its staff Thursday that it will shut down this summer if a buyer can't be found in bankruptcy court.
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Read More »New Jersey debates judicial retirement age
Non-complete clauses, high-speed trains, preventing justice delayed round out the roundup.
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Read More »Cardin Proposes Criminalization of Revenge Porn
Spurned lovers in Maryland beware: Posting sexually explicit photos and videos of your ex – so-called revenge porn – could land you in jail if one state lawmaker has his way.
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