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China's top foreign policy official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il Thursday and the two sides "reached consensus" about defusing tensions on the Korean peninsula, officials said.

Varnish is not a football team. It is a stylish, speakeasy-style cocktail bar that opened early last year in downtown Los Angeles. And the men Mr. Tello mentions are fellow bartenders, ranging in age from mid-20s to mid-30s. But in these heady days of behind-the-bar showmanship, when theatrical agitations of shakers filled with heavy-duty ice are becoming the norm, the mixologist's physical lot is not so terribly far removed from an athlete's.

An encrypted cache of uncensored documents that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has circulated across the Internet may ensure that a huge array of secrets will be revealed even if the website is shut down or Assange is arrested.

A former Hunterdon County assistant prosecutor claims that state Attorney General Paula Dow and others in the Christie administration conspired to dismiss criminal charges against Sheriff Deborah Trout and her associates.

Duke takes a victory over Michigan State in the recent big ten matchup

On Thursday, Dec. 16, that answer would be "three." That's because Tim Klein of Raritan Township, an information systems support specialist at his alma mater, Hunterdon Central High School, appears on "Jeopardy.

Hunterdon Central High The category is "Hunterdon Contestants," the question is, "How many people with roots here have appeared on ABC game shows within the past nine weeks?" On Thursday, Dec. 16, that answer would be "three." That's because Tim...

On Thursday, Dec. 16, Tim Klein of Raritan Township, an information systems support specialist at his alma mater, Hunterdon Central High School, will appear on "Jeopardy."

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A temporary bracing of the damaged Main Street bridge could permit re-opening a walkway to pedestrians in time for the annual Christmas parade on Dec. 3, but it's still unknown when the span will reopen to vehicles.

(CNN) -- When David Schuster was walking a friend home down West 72nd Street one night in 1980, he heard what sounded like a car backfiring or a firecracker.

JERSEY SHORE - New Jerseyans need to take "urgent action" to address a rising tide of pollution and ecological damage in the Jersey Shore, according to a new report issued by environmental activists today.

JERSEY SHORE - New Jerseyans need to take "urgent action" to address a rising tide of pollution and ecological damage in the Jersey Shore, according to a new report issued by environmental activists today.

At least two off-duty Jersey City cops who participated in last week's anti-layoff rally at Puccini's Restaurant are being investigated for hiding the car keys of people who were attending a mayoral fundraiser at the catering facility, officials confirmed today.

TAMPA, Fla. - From the start, the Derek Jeter contract negotiations had all the makings of a soap opera: The shadow of a domineering patriarch, the powerful family, the stylish clothes, the big money, the favored son, and, of course, the squeaky-clean leading man.

LONDON - It is a Sunday night in London's East End and the self-styled "most hated man in Britain" is holding court, reveling in his vision of a Taliban victory over America and a world under Islamic Shariah law.

A fire has killed 81 people and injured a number of others at a prison in Chile, state television reported Wednesday.

At least 83 people were killed and several more were injured in a fire that broke out after a riot at a prison in Chile, the country's president, Sebastian Pinera, told CNN Chile on Wednesday.

Chile's president said Wednesday that conditions were "inhumane" at a prison south of Santiago where a fire killed 81 prisoners.

LONDON - A member of the U.K. parliament's Defense Committee has confirmed that his Russian assistant is facing deportation as a suspected spy.

LAMBERTVILLE - It wasn't the clanking of chains in the reportedly-haunted former Lambertville High School that attracted attention, it was the clanging of pipes because six people had apparently converged on the closed building to tear out copper pipes and wires, police reported today.

LAMBERTVILLE - It wasn't the clanking of chains in the reportedly-haunted former Lambertville High School that attracted attention, it was the clanging of pipes because six people had apparently converged on the closed building to tear out copper pipes and wires, police reported today.

SOUTH ORANGE - A Seton Hall academic building was evacuated after a heater caused a small fire Tuesday night, according to TheSetonian.com.

The Army-Navy football game is Saturday in Philadelphia, and the traditions of the rivalry extend far beyond the gridiron. One of them extends along the route between West Point and the field where the battle will be played.

Update: Elizabeth Edwards died at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in her North Carolina. See full coverage here.

House Democrats are upset with President Obama's tax deal with the GOP. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there is "unease" with the proposal.

House Democrats vented their frustrations with President Barack Obama's tax proposal at a closed-door meeting Tuesday night, with rank-and-file members slamming the White House for leaving House Democrats out of final negotiations, and agreeing too quickly to a GOP proposal on the estate tax.