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Oct 23, 2014

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.

Oct 14, 2014

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 […]

Sep 9, 2014

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.

Aug 14, 2014

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.

Jul 30, 2014

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.

Jun 19, 2014

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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Jun 9, 2014

New Jersey debates judicial retirement age

Non-complete clauses, high-speed trains, preventing justice delayed round out the roundup.

Oct 28, 2013

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.

Oct 18, 2013

N.J. court agrees to allow same-sex marriages

Same-sex marriages will begin within days in New Jersey after the state’s highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a lower-court order that gay weddings must start Today and to […]

Sep 23, 2013

Former celebrity lawyer receives life sentence

NEWARK, N.J. — A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday […]

Sep 18, 2013

DWI breath test gets green light from N.J. high court

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey can continue to use an alcohol breath test in drunken driving cases that has been the focus of years of litigation and at one point […]

Aug 8, 2013

O’Malley: Booker’s experience an asset for N.J.

TRENTON, N.J. — Cory Booker’s experience as mayor of New Jersey‘s largest city would be a big asset in the U.S. Senate, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Thursday as he […]