New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. – Two weeks after Newark schools received a $100 million donation from the founder of Facebook, students in one high school there used the social networking site to stage a protest. On Thursday, students at Barringer High School in Newark walked out of class in protest, saying their school is unsafe and unsanitary. […]

Police arrested the man they say provided the gun that killed one person and injure several others at an off-campus party attended by students from Seton Hall University in New Jersey.

This year, Mr. Christie, the blunt-speaking suburban white Republican, and Mr. Booker, the Scripture-quoting urban black Democrat long rumored to want the governor’s job, have become the state’s political odd couple.

According to AfaceAface, singer and producer, Wyclef Jean was hospitalized for fatigue in New Jersey last night. Haitianbeatz.con has reported that Wyclef was suffering from extreme headaches and was exhausted due to travel. RELATED STORIES Wyclef Jean Officially Ends Presidential Run Wyclef Jean Records Song Against Haitian Official Who Rejected Candidacy http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Nets might be getting a superstar after all. After failing to lure LeBron James (FSY), Dwyane Wade (FSY) or Chris Bosh (FSY) to New Jersey during the free- agency sweepstakes this summer, the Nets are engaged in trade talks to acquire Carmelo Anthony (FSY). A person close […]

The protester who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero has been fired from NJTransit, sources and authorities said Tuesday.

Could Mike Tyson have found a second career after boxing?

A 70-year-old man was busted Friday for allegedly selling $20 bags of cocaine from his home, according to today’s editions of The Jersey Journal.