New Jersey — Camden, New Jersey, America’s 2nd most violent city, has layed off half of its police force according to the Huffington Post: New Jersey’s most violent city approved layoffs for half its police force on Thursday. The Camden City Council unanimously voted to layoff a quarter of the city’s government workers, including half […]

Newark hit the jackpot with a $100 million donation from the Facebook founder to aid its ailing schools. Now the country will be watching for results—and mistakes.

North Carolina (AP)– The Rev. Cedric Miller said 20 couples among the 1,100 members of his Living Word Christian Fellowship Church have run into marital trouble over the last six months after a spouse connected with an ex-flame over Facebook.

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.