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"New Jersey is moving to a "new normal" in the wake of Sandy as more residents move out of shelters, get their power turned back on and send their children back to school, Gov. Chris Christie said. In one of his first acts to return to pre-Sandy days, Christie said he's lifting the odd-even gas rationing system beginning 6 a.m. Tuesday that has been in place for 12 northern counties since shortly after the superstorm caused widespread destruction in the Garden State."

Gov. Chris Christie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York had dinner a week before the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which they jointly control, announced a steep increase in tolls to cross the Hudson River, according to information posted on New York State government website today. Christie and Cuomo have both denied knowing about the toll increases until a few days before the Port Authority publicly unveiled its proposal.

A first-term governor whose paucity of government experience may be just what the doctor ordered, Mr. Christie is a jumble of political contradictions. He's a conservative with some liberal views, a bullying New Jersey politician who frequently talks about compromise, and an obviously reluctant candidate who clearly hears the siren song of the national stage.

Ask Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey whether his ample weight is a political asset or an election-year liability, and the governor of New Jersey shrugs.

Gov. Chris Christie today revives a town hall tour that's been a smash hit across New Jersey as the outspoken Republican uses his roving stage to bash lawmakers, grab attention for his agenda and show off his gregarious demeanor and speaking skills.

Gov. Chris Christie spent an hour Tuesday talking about his loyalty to his beloved New Jersey. Even if he could waltz into the Oval Office, he said, his unbreakable bond to his people would keep him in Trenton. "My job here is my passion," he said. "My commitment to the state is what overrode everything else." And then something unexpected happened: He left the door open to running for vice president.

With characteristic brio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie informed the world Tuesday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Chris Christie was in friendly territory - a Republican town in a swing district - promoting the ticket in one of the state's most competitive legislative races.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Chris Christie was in friendly territory - a Republican town in a swing district - promoting the ticket in one of the state's most competitive legislative races. But in this election season, his appearance in Egg Harbor Township trolling for votes was a sight that has not been repeated often.

"Gov. Chris Christie signed an executive order today instituting gas rationing for the purchase of fuel by motorists in 12 counties. Calling the fuel supply a "shortage" that could endanger public health, safety and welfare, the rationing will take place in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties."

At the annual military review of the New Jersey National Guard in Sea Girt, Christie turned a deaf ear to questions posed by both local and national media.

Chris Christie said Tuesday that he wouldn't seek the Republican presidential nomination, resisting the overtures of Republicans who had urged the New Jersey governor to reconsider his opposition to running.

TRENTON - Chris Christie reshaped the American political landscape with one word Tuesday. He said "no" he would not run for president ending weeks of furious speculation - and in some quarters fear - that the New Jersey governor would enter the Republican primary field with all the impact of a bull in a china shop.

Senate President Stephen Sweeney has two examples of Garden State living under Gov. Chris Christie: the poverty rate is higher and more residents are without health insurance.

Gov. Chris Christie has told Rutgers University officials he's ready to help the athletic department respond to the string of defections that have weakened the prestige of Big East Conference and threatened the future of the state university's $58 million sports program.

TRENTON - The state Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage this afternoon by a vote of 24-16. The bills passage elicited a round of applause from those in the audience wearing blue in support of the bill, which Gov. Chris Christie has promised to veto.

"Every public school district in New Jersey would be required to set guidelines on how its employees communicate with students online under legislation set for a vote in the state Senate today. The bill (S441) would require that the policy be written, and include "provisions designed to prevent improper communications between school employees and students made via e-mail, cellular phones, social networking websites, and other Internet-based social media." If it passes both houses and is signed by Gov. Chris Christie, school districts would have four months to adopt the policy."

Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers tonight announced a $29.4 billion budget compromise that softens some cuts affecting the poor, the disabled and students while keeping the governor's first budget largely unchanged.

Thousands of high school students across New Jersey walked out of classes today to protest education cuts proposed by Gov. Chris Christie.The students, galvanized by the Facebook page where the protest was first organized, flooded school football fields, parking lots and bordering streets, wielding "Protect Educations" signs and chanting slogans defending their teachers.