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Today's Top NJ Stories:
- FLU SHOTS: More than 800 show in Atlantic County
As reported by: The Press of Atlantic City
About 800 people received an H1N1 vaccination Thursday at an Atlantic County-run clinic held in the former Value City store at the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township. The clinic was for children ages 16 months to 18 years and pregnant women.
- HUMAN SPIRIT: Ailing boy outlives expectations As reported by: Philly.com
No one thought Luke DeFilippo would come this far. Luke, 7, has a rare brain tumor, gliomatosis cerebri. When doctors diagnosed it in October 2003, they told Rick and Laura DeFilippo of Audubon that their baby had two months to two years left. But Luke has far outlived that grim prognosis. And that's just part of his story.
- GUILTY OF MURDER: Camden drug-ring enforcer was charged with murder As reported by: Philly.com
Juan "Two-Face" Rivera-Velez, 35, showed no reaction as the jury foreman announced four consecutive guilty verdicts, capping nearly eight days of deliberations in a high-profile narcotics trial in U.S. District Court in Camden. Rivera-Velez, nicknamed after his face was disfigured in an auto accident several years ago, was charged with carrying out one murder and attempting a second for convicted Camden drug kingpin Raymond Morales.
- BURLINGTON DEMS: Fifis will seek party chair As reported by: PolitickerNJ.com
Chris Fifis, the Lumberton Democratic Chairman who is the favorite of South Jersey Democratic leaders to become chairman of the Burlington County Democrats, put out a statement officially acknowledging his candidacy for the chairmanship in response to Assemblyman Herb Conaway's (D-Delanco) decision to run for the post.
- ELECTION RECOUNT: In Middlesex County, they'll come after Thanksgiving As reported by: The Courier News
The Middlesex County election board will conduct reviews of three local municipal races, although the head of the board said the recounts likely won't take place until early next month.
- ADOPTION: 220 children get new families in New Jersey this week As reported by: NJ.com
About 220 foster children will be adopted in New Jersey this week when National Adoption Day is celebrated in 12 counties. The celebrations began Nov. 12 in Ocean County and will conclude Saturday in Essex County.
- CROSSING THE DELAWARE: Despite layoffs, George Washington will make the trip again As reported by: The Times of Trenton
Even in the face of devastating layoffs and budget cuts, come hell or icy water, George Washington will once again ford the Delaware River this Christmas, supporters say, despite Pennsylvania's decision to lay off more than 300 state employees, 85 of them from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Top NJ AP Stories
- NJ building owner convicted of bribery charge
- A New Jersey man who paid a municipal official $5,000 to get approval for an illegal apartment in a building he owned h…
- NJ man sentenced for Atlantic City beach killing
- A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing an underage drinking companion on the Atlantic Ci…
- 'Big Brother' winner seeks bail in Mass. drug case
- The winner of the CBS reality television show "Big Brother 9," accused of trying to sell a powerful prescription painki…
- Armed man barricades himself inside an NJ home
- Police are speaking with an armed man in an effort to end a standoff that began several hours ago when the man barricad…
- Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M
- Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday conte…
- Boaters say sand lost in storm piling up in inlet
- Boaters say some of the sand lost in last week's nor'easter has piled up in New Jersey's Manasquan Inlet.
- Tax break approved for Tropicana buyers
- A group headed by billionaire investor Carl Icahn that is buying Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort will get a…
- After scandal, NJ hospital tightens ethics rules
- A prominent New Jersey hospital has tightened ethics rules after its role in a scandal.
- NJ dad to testify before human rights panel
- A New Jersey man who's been battling in Brazilian courts to get custody of his son is scheduled to testify next month b…
- Ex-employee admits stealing from NJ firm
- Middlesex County prosecutors say a former employee has admitted stealing more than $880,000 in equipment and cash from …
- NJ apartment owners pay to settle bias complaint
- The owners of a Somerset County apartment complex have agreed to pay $30,000 to settle charges of racial and other type…
- FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays
- Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancel…
- AP source: Jayson Williams taking deal in shooting
- A person with knowledge of the case against retired NBA star Jayson Williams says the former player has agreed to a ple…
- 1 NJ school district considering fee for detention
- School board members in one New Jersey town want parents of high school students who are habitually sent to detention t…
- Funeral set for soldier slain in murder-suicide
- Services will take place Thursday in New Jersey for an Army soldier who authorities say was killed by her husband in an…
