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  • North NJ man pleads guilty to killing neighbor

    Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said Tuesday that Danny Cole of Mount Arlington pleaded guilty to felony murder, burglary and obstruction in the February 2011 death of 77-year-old Barbara Wilson. Police found Wilson's body in her home after friends reported that she had failed to show up for a church fundraising event she had helped ...

  • Atlantic Citys Revel casino exits bankruptcy court

    In this April 8, 2013, photo, Mary Ma, a bartender at Revel, pours a drink at one of the casino's bars. Revel formally completed a Chapter 11 restructuring Tuesday that saw it wipe away $1.2 billion of its $1.5 billion in debt, in return for granting lenders an 82 percent ownership stake. / ASSOCIATED ...

  • NJ flags at half-staff to honor Navy officer

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie has ordered flags at all New Jersey state buildings to be flown at half-staff to mourn of the victims of the deadly Oklahoma tornado and the devastation it ...

  • Mom squawks as 4 falcon chicks living on New York-New Jersey bridge are banded

    Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, examines one of four peregrine falcons he banded, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The chicks hatched three weeks ago on a girder six feet below the bridge's lower level. Their parents are among 20 pairs of ...

  • Alleged Fugitive Sought for Three Years Arrested in Atlantic City

    CAMDEN, NJ-A former Atlantic County man who has allegedly been a fugitive since being charged in 2010 with multiple crimes in connection with a large-scale heroin distribution conspiracy was arrested last night in Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Edward Brown Jr., a/k/a "Edward Brown," a/k/a "Eddie Brown," a/k/a "Eddie Cane," a/k/a ...

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The Beastmaster [DVD]

The Beastmaster [DVD]

Here is a quandary for me as a film critic -- a review of Don Coscarelli's 1982 sword-and-sorcery favorite The Beastmaster. The problem is this: When I was in fourth grade, this was my favorite movie. Back in the early days of cable television, I had taped it off of HBO and watched it whenever I could. I had a young boy's crush on its heroine, played by Tanya Roberts, and I even used it as ... ...

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  • Man convicted of using secret GPS to stalk ex-wife

    WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) -- A southern New Jersey man accused of using a secretly installed GPS unit to track his ex-wife's travel has been found guilty of ...

  • Forklift operator survives collapse of New Jersey warehouse floor

    A forklift driver in an East Rutherford, N.J., food warehouse escaped injury when a 40-foot-wide hole opened in the warehouse floor, witnesses said. Driver Danny Rodriguez was moving pallets with his forklift Monday afternoon when the hole, 30 to 40 feet wide, 6 to 10 feet deep, opened suddenly, The (Hackensack, N.J.) Record reported Tuesday. Rodriguez and the forklift fell into the hole and ...

  • Human remains found near NJ industrial complex

    WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities are working to identify human remains that were found this week along the shoreline of the Raritan River at a central New Jersey industrial ...

  • NJ citizens rally at IRS offices over scrutiny

    CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) -- Conservative activists have gathered outside Internal Revenue Service offices across New Jersey to protest the agency's scrutiny of conservative ...

  • Beaches rides and ruins await visitors to New Jersey shore in 1st post-Sandy summer

    People play games on the newly rebuilt boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., Saturday, May 18, 2013.Visitors to the Jersey shore this weekend will find many of their favorite beaches and boardwalks ready for summer, thanks to a massive rebuilding effort after Superstorm Sandy. While several neighborhoods remain damaged, all but one of the storm-wrecked boardwalks should be ready for Memorial Day ...

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