RARITAN TWP. - Students may win gift cards, or get a bump in parking privileges, by attending Teen Safety Night on Thursday at Hunterdon Central High School. Their parents may cry.

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Police in New Jersey's capital say they're trying to quell a brewing feud between two rival gangs

WILDWOOD CREST - Within two days, cleanup crews managed to haul away nearly 25,000 pounds of trash from an island in Wildwood Crest's Sunset Lake, according to a report on PressofAtlanticCity.com.

The chemistry of the world's oceans is changing at a rate not seen for 65 million years, with far-reaching implications for marine biodiversity and food security, according to a new United Nations study released Thursday.

VIENNA - Authorities have issued a European arrest warrant for Austria's purported oldest murderess, who was released early on grounds of ill health, then traveled to the Vatican and apparently never returned.

Heavy snow has stranded motorists for nearly 20 hours on a major thoroughfare near Buffalo, New York, with emergency personnel working to get them out despite continued squalls and sizable drifts.

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Sports/Entertainment: Flemington holiday parade will have 3.500 people

A 12-inch water main break on Meadowlands Parkway at Cove Court in Secaucus has halted traffic and left a number of residents without water.

OCEAN GATE - A candlelight vigil is scheduled tonight for Ocean Gate police officer Jason Marles, who was killed early Thanksgiving morning when a drunken driver crashed into his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK - A South Brunswick man, who was dragged out of a car he was attempting to burglarize, was arrested Tuesday, police said today.

Chris Stanton has been shopping on Black Fridays for two decades, but he's no longer in the game to win discounted toys and electronics for his family.

FLEMINGTON - On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30

I believe the most important news articles were the ones about the woman who got diagnosed in Florida with Cholera, Hunterdon Central's academic relation to money, and US hunger remains at highest level in 15 years. I believe these are most important because they may impact us and have a greater impact on our community than the other articles.

A Delta Air Lines flight to Russia made an emergency landing Sunday evening after encountering an engine problem shortly after takeoff from New York, the Federal Aviation Administration reported

Twenty-nine miners trapped in a flooded mine in China were rescued after more than 30 hours, with crews lifting them out in rapid succession, state television reported Monday.

A young boy fell to his death from a luxury suite at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday night, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

If your dog barks for more than 20 minutes, High Bridge might fine you

Shortly before she vanished in May 2007, Kara Kopetsky, 17, told her parents her former boyfriend was stalking her.