RARITAN TWP. - For patients at Hunterdon Medical Center, healing also comes with the help of music.

NEWARK - Three people were shot in the city's West Ward tonight, but their injuries did not appear life-threatening, police said.

NEW YORK - Authorities in New York City say a man who tried to jump to his death from his ninth floor apartment was saved by a heap of trash bags that had gone uncollected since last week's blizzard.

CNN) -- Five new governors take their oaths of office Monday, helping to usher in a new balance of power in statehouses across the country.

(WIRED) -- When this year began, we were feverishly speculating about an Apple tablet, looking forward to 3-D TV sets, and optimistically waiting for the end of the cable companies' cruel grip on our wallets.

CNN) -- A 65-year-old man's remains were stashed in containers across South Florida, police said Thursday, releasing the victim's identity one day after charging another man in his murder.

Castrodale: Michael Vick could successfully have a dog. This opinion might not be popular, but it might be the best way to show how far he's come in his rehabilitation.

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IT'S A BIG ONE! John F. Korn of Flemington, member of the Round Valley Fishing Association, caught and then released this 40 inch lake trout on Dec. 11 at Round Valley Reservoir in Clinton Township. Its estimated weight is 25 pounds - Korn's biggest ever.

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama plans to sign an $858 billion tax deal into law on Friday afternoon.

RARITAN TWP. - "Spirited" student fans at Hunterdon Central High School face suspension, detention, counseling, testing, a month-long ban on participation in activities, lost parking privileges and a trip to the doctor's office.

San Francisco (CNN) -- Just hours after Google unwrapped the newest version of its smartphone operating system, Android head Andy Rubin gave a peek at the next major release, which will cater to tablets.

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes said he was nervous about going to jail on Thursday, but was hopeful that his prayers would be answered.

(CNN) -- U.S. agencies have warned some employees that reading the classified State Department documents released by WikiLeaks puts them at risk of losing their jobs. But what about students considering jobs with the federal government? Do they jeopardize their chances by reading WikiLeaks?

(CNN) -- The Richard Nixon Presidential Library will open a trove of records at the facility and online Thursday, including 265 hours of White House tapes, officials said.

updated 11/19/2010 11:52:32 AM ET 2010-11-19T16:52:32 Share Print Font: +-Michelangelo's David might have held a secret weapon in his overly large right hand, according to new controversial research into the towering depiction of the biblical hero who killed Goliath.

Nearly twice as many hunters as there are bears are preparing for the black bear hunt Monday through Saturday next week, with hunting permitted in areas north of Route 78 and west of Route 287, including northern Hunterdon County.

About 75 municipal officials and leaders of local police departments, fire companies and volunteer ambulance squads discussed emergency services at a meeting called by Freeholder Rob Walton on Monday after Clinton Township and other towns urged the county to study regional policing alternatives.

(CNN) -- Police are asking that the volunteer searches for three missing Michigan brothers be stopped by Friday night.

Washington (CNN) -- Scientists have discovered a form of bacteria that can thrive on arsenic -- an element generally considered toxic -- dramatically expanding both traditional notions of how life is sustained and the range of where it might be found in the universe, NASA funded-researchers said Thursday.