Newark News Roundup: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Date Rape Survivor in Landmark Case to Tell Her Story to Essex Students

Katie Koestner, a woman who was a victim of date rape in 1990 while a freshman in college, will speak at to Essex County students on Nov. 2. The crimes committed against Koestner made national news the following year in a Time magazine cover article , and she has been telling her story ever since. Ms. Koestner will present the free program, "No-Yes: A Survivor Speaks," Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Essex County College Newark and West Essex campuses.

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Marriage, the surest economic stimulus

... an intact, married home." Those numbers are much higher in low-income communities. In some cities such as Detroit and Newark, N.J., two of every three children are born out of wedlock. Name a government program that can take the place of a father. ...

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Newark man charged with knocking man out during Kearny robbery

Jomar Diaz of Newark appears in court today, Oct. 31, 2014, in Jersey City on charges he approached a man from behind and knocked him out cold during a robber in Kearny yesterday. A Newark man has been charged with knocking a man out cold during a robbery in Kearny yesterday, officials said.

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Oregon woman hospitalized for possible Ebola infection

... after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, speaks to her lawyer Norman Siegel from a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 26 in a photo provided by attorney Steve Hyman. Kaci Hickox, a nurse who arrived in New Jersey on Oct. 24 ...

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Obama tapes radio ad for Cory Booker in N.J. Senate race

Barack Obama, then the Democratic candidate for president, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker appear together at Teterboro Airport in 2007. TRENTON - President Obama is giving some last minute help to his key ally, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker.

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Rio women receive votes in preseason coaches poll

... Athletic Conference. The RedStorm returns its top two scorers from last season - senior guard Brianna Thomas (Newark, NJ) and junior guard/forward Sarah Bonar (Hartford, OH). Defending national champion Saint Francis (Ind.) was the top-ranked team ...

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NJ releases details on mandatory Ebola screening and quarantine

The state Health Department on Friday released details of New Jersey's policies for screening and quarantining travelers arriving in Newark from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa. The policy, announced a week ago by Governor Christie at a joint news conference with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, goes beyond federal guidelines.

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Ebola Update: Maine Judge Rejects Quarantine for Nurse Kaci Hickox

... working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone last week, Hickox had an elevated temperature at an airport in Newark, New Jersey, officials said. She was put into an isolation tent. She blasted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for enforcing a ...

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N.J. Ebola response plan includes 'assistance' for out-of-work quarantined people, housing for non-N.J. residents

TRENTON - The state's strategy to screen travelers for Ebola as they arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport includes providing "assistance" for quarantined people who don't get paid while missing work, and a plan to find housing to quarantine non-New Jersey residents who are not showing any symptoms. "As permitted by law, the State will provide assistance to quarantined individuals if they are being denied compensation for lost time at work," according to the memo obtained by NJ Advance Media.

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Maine judge rejects quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox

Hockey: Live Blog from the 2014 Liberty Hockey Invitational at The Prudential Center

The two-day, four-game set at The Prudential Center in Newark begins today with UConn against Merrimack in the opening game at 4:30 p.m., followed by the highly anticipated match-up between tournament host Princeton and Ivy League opponent Yale at 7:30 p.m. The tournament championship is slated for Sunday, Nov. 2 at 4:00 p.m., immediately following the third-place bout at 1:00 p.m. Several high school stars who won NJSIAA titles at "The Rock" will be back in action in front of family, friends and old coaches, this time as collegiate athletes in a weekend full of NCAA hockey.

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Authorities: Suspect had heroin marked 'Ebola'

Authorities say a northern New Jersey man who turned himself in to face drug charges was found to have six envelopes of heroin with the word "EBOLA" stamped in red ink on the packets. Essex County authorities tell NJ.com Deandre Beard surrendered himself Friday morning at the Veterans Courthouse in Newark.

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Stephen Colbert to sign off on Dec. 18

... Men's Fitness at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Mireya Acierto/Getty Images) NEWARK, NJ - NOVEMBER 24: Stephen Colbert(L) and Jimmy Fallon(R) arrive on stage at the Montclair Film Festival Presents: Jimmy Fallon ...

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TravelingMad takes Newark Students London bound. Are you on board?

Madeline is an entrepreneur, speaker and world traveler. Hailing from Newark, NJ, she has traveled more than 50,000 miles over 4 continents.

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WORC-FM taking a country music radio format

... Nash Icons (a "middle ground" between modern and classic country). It launched its first Nash FM station last year in Newark, N.J., and its first Nash Icons station in August in Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., with a series of stations following suit. ...

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Guns, immigration, national security: Where U.S. Senate candidates Cory Booker and Jeff Bell stand

Curious where Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Republican challenger Jeff Bell stand on the issues heading into New Jersey's U.S. Senate election Tuesday? It's safe to say the two don't agree much on most issues. Here is what Booker , the former Newark mayor running for re-election, and Bell, a former Ronald Reagan speechwriter who lost to Bill Bradley in the state's 1978 Senate race, had to say about guns, immigration and national security, according to answers provided to NJ Advance Media.

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Judge Orders Quarantine for Nurse who Returned from West Africa

Hudson County, Harrison worried old draw bridges opening during Passaic River dredging...

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'Ebola' heroin found in Newark man's underwear at courthouse, sheriff says

Deandre Beard, 24, of Newark, was allegedly found with heroin in his underwear when he turned himself in today on other drug charges at the Essex County Veterans Courthouse in Newark. NEWARK - Wanted on drug charges, Deandre Beard showed up this morning at the Veterans Courthouse in Newark to turn himself in, authorities said.

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Ebola update: Maine judge orders quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox

21 Millburn High School boys cross country runners medal in class meet

Ryan Dana, Matt Bernstein, Anthony Amorosa, Noah Yadgaroff, Tyler Meselsohn, Ryan Horwitz, Harrison Chalnick and Thomas Roskell, kneeling, from left, of Millburn High School's boys cross country team display the medals they won Oct. 18 in the Essex County Class Championships at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Standing, from left, are Miller medalists Nolan McCarthy, Chris Minter, Lucas Bennett, Jake Hubertus, Connor Ng, Ethan Siegel, Dean Portugal, Justin Blackman, Billy Muller, Danny Sullivan, Raghav Chetal, Justin Wong and Noah Gottlieb.

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Ebola update: Maine judge orders quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox

Life goes on for nurse in standoff over Ebola

... rights attorney, meets with quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox at an isolation tent at University Hospital on Oct. 26 in Newark, N.J. Hickox was placed in isolation after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa ...

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Nurse defying Ebola quarantine once worked for Southern Nevada Health District

... assigned to work with the Southern Nevada Health District, SNHD spokeswoman Stephanie Bethel said. Hickox landed in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 24 after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and was put into a mandatory quarantine. She made headlines ...

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Report: Maine asks court to isolate nurse who defied quarantine

WORC-FM taking a country music radio format

Aid Groups See Fallout From Quarantine Debate

Kaci Hickox, a nurse who arrived in New Jersey on October 24 after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, seen in a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, New Jersey, Oct. 26, 2014. The fight over Ebola quarantines in the United States is already discouraging doctors, nurses and other health workers from signing up to go to Africa and battle the outbreak where help is needed most.

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Devils Finally Win Shootout After 600 Days

New Jersey's Jacob Josefson scores the game-deciding shootout goal against Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec The New Jersey Devils finally snapped their shootout drought by defeating the Winnipeg Jets, on Thursday, October 31 at the Prudential Center in Newark NJ. For the first time since March 10, 2013, against the Jets, the Devils managed to win a shootout.

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In advance of vote, Montclair debates advantages, strains of mandatory paid sick time

... anyone saying 'vote yes.'" Jersey City was the first municipality in the state to pass the ordinance late last year. Newark f ollowed early this year , and four municipalities - East Orange , Irvington, Passaic, and Paterson - passed the law in ...

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A welcome -- or not -- for health workers from Africa's Ebola zone

... is just inhumane," Hickox said about being placed into an involuntary quarantine after she landed last week at the Newark, New Jersey, airport after working in Sierra Leone. "I just feel like fear is winning right now, and when fear wins, everyone ...

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Kaci Hickox's boyfriend speaks out

Kaci Hickox's boyfriend: 'We don't believe that we can get anyone sick'

A Comprehensive Treatise on Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology

... MD, FAANS, FACS, is Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA About Thieme Thieme Publishing Group is a medical and scientific publishing house employing more than 900 ...

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LaSalle and DiBlasio of West Essex Honored for Italian-American Heritage Month

... Chair of the Essex County Parks Foundation Board of Trustees. The event, held at the Essex County Hall of Records in Newark, was the capstone of Essex County's celebration of Italian-American Heritage month. The award recognizes Italian-Americans ...

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Former NBA player to argue for conviction reversal

23, 2011, file photo, Tate George, former NBA basketball player and the CEO of purported real estate development firm The George Group, leaves federal court in Newark, N.J.

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The Record: Booker for Senate

... divisions in our society that too often become obstructions to getting things done. Having served nearly two terms as Newark mayor helped prepare Booker for Washington. He understands the plight of the working poor and the challenges facing ...

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Obituary: Anna Stauhs, 91, of Clifton

Born in Einsiedel, Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Stauhs lived in Germany before moving to Newark in 1951, Maplewood in 1957, and Clifton in 1998. She was a teacher.

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Municipal, Board of Education, County, and State Election Decisions Face West Orange Voters

... make it to the polls on Nov. 4 can still vote in person prior to election day at the Essex County Clerk's office in Newark, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., Room 247 between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday. Special office hours will be held on ...

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Nurse defying Ebola quarantine in Maine once worked for Southern Nevada Health District

Hockey Hallowe'en in New Jersey

Fans dressed a day early for Hallowe'en watch the Devils game against Winnipeg Thursday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. They had to wait until late in the third period to celebrate a goal and then erupted in the shootout when Jacob Josefson fired the winning goal. ) It took a while but the hometown Devils managed to grab enough tricks from their arsenal and were rewarded with enough treats, namely goals, to earn their fifth win of the season, a 2-1 shootout verdict over Winnipeg.

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Devils end streak, finally win in shootout

Jacob Josefson scored the lone goal in the shootout, and Cory Schneider made it stand up as the New Jersey Devils ended their tiebreaker frustration with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Jacob Josefson of the New Jersey Devils celebrates his game winning goal during the shootout at the Prudential Center in Newark.

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Devils' Night Hockey Hallowe'en in New Jersey

Maine: No deal with nurse in Ebola dispute

... a month working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone last week, Hickox had a temperature at an airport in Newark, New Jersey, officials said. She was put into an isolation tent. She blasted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for enforcing a new ...

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Nation torn on returning Ebola workers

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... been diagnosed with Ebola in New York City, and just hours before a nurse flew into Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., and was forcibly quarantined for several days. Bucks was lucky. Once health care screeners at JFK had cleared him for ...

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Ebola: 100 NJ residents with no symptoms monitored at home, state says

TRENTON - There are "approximately 100" people in New Jersey who are under "active monitoring" for Ebola, although no one has shown symptoms of having contracted the potentially deadly virus, a spokeswoman for the state Health Department confirmed tonight. Newark Liberty International Airport is one of five airports in the nation accepting travelers from the three West African countries hardest hit by the virus.

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Maine: No deal with nurse in Ebola dispute

State to Quarantine All Arriving from W. Africa who Had Contact with the Ebola-Infected

... action against Maine over a 21-day quarantine order. Kaci Hickox was originally quarantined at an isolation tent in Newark, New Jersey, but was released and allowed to travel to Maine. "I will go to court to attain my freedom," Hickox told "Good ...

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Second trial begins for Newark man charged in Verona gas station killing

NEWARK - About six months after his first trial ended in a mistrial, Raymond Perry appeared today before another jury for the start of his second trial on charges of fatally shooting a Verona gas station attendant in 2009. But as the attorneys delivered their opening statements, the focus was largely on Perry's co-defendant, David Fate.

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Maine nurse defies state Ebola quarantine, takes bike ride

Maine nurse in Ebola quarantine controversy bikes from home

... When she returned from a month in Sierra Leone last week, officials said she had a temperature at an airport in Newark, New Jersey, and she was put into isolation. She blasted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for enforcing a new policy that required ...

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Newark police seize three illegal guns in string of incidents overnight

Sgt. Ronald Glover, a spokesman for the Newark police, said members of the department's Cease Fire/Violence Reduction Initiative were patrolling in the area of South 20th Street and 18th Avenue - the site of a recent homicide - around 1:20 a.m. this morning when they saw a group of men huddled on the sidewalk. As the detectives' vehicle grew closer, the men began to scatter, and detectives noticed one member of the group jamming a .45-caliber handgun into his waistband as he left, Glover said.

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Man hospitalized after running into Newark business with gunshot wounds, police say

Newark police say a 22-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot twice in the leg in the city's North Ward Wednesday night. NEWARK - A 22-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot twice in the city's North Ward Wednesday night, police said.

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Nurse in Ebola dispute leaves home, returns

Opinion: EPA Hudson River cleanup almost complete -- what about Passaic

... will fail instead we want a thorough cleanup of the river. The people who live along the Passaic River especially in Newark have been robbed of the use of their river. We believe that the cleanup has to be complete and not just remove hot spots and ...

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Montclair Police Track Down Multiple Robbery Suspect; Recover Stolen Goods

... Within hours of this burglary, Detectives were able to positively identify this actor as Jason Freeman, 32, of Newark. They recovered jewelry, which was identified as proceeds from the Inwood Avenue burglary. Montclair Detectives charged Mr. Freeman ...

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Maine nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride

... Without Borders, was the first person forced into New Jersey's mandatory quarantine for people arriving at the Newark airport from three West African countries. Hickox spent the weekend in a tent in New Jersey before traveling to the home she shares ...

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Made Pariahs for Helping? Ebola Aid Groups Struggle

Nurse Will Go To Court Over Ebola Quarantine

... at her home Monday after spending the weekend quarantined in an outdoor isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. The Doctors Without Borders nurse was checked by officials at Newark Liberty International Airport Friday after ...

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Garden City residents plan neighborhood watch

... identification number, he had no proof that the trailer was his. He just shook his head. 'I used to live across from Newark, New Jersey, and I think it was easier to handle things there, to be sure my stuff was safer, than it is here,' he said. ...

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Poll by AARP shows wide support for N.J. paid sick leave measures

... Christie would be unlikely to sign the bill if it makes it to his desk, and have gotten several cities - including Newark and Jersey City - to enact similar laws at the local level. "Millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans ...

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Quarantined Nurse Goes for Bike Ride, Causes Controversy

Maine nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride

Nurse ends voluntary Ebola quarantine

... provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent on Oct. 26 at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. Hickox was quarantined in New Jersey after caring for Ebola patients in West Africa. She was being released after being ...

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Nurse in Ebola dispute leaves home, returns

Many older trauma patients would benefit from palliative care

... Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and a trauma surgeon and palliative medicine physician at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. Also called supportive care, palliative care tends to the whole patient, including physical, emotional, social, and ...

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Nurse in Ebola dispute leaves home, returns

Maine nurse in Ebola controversy bikes from home, then returns

Ebola nurse goes bike riding

Nurse Defies Ebola Quarantine in Maine

... 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa ...

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Man struck, killed by NJ Transit bus in Newark

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office says 37-year-old Anthony Rivera was in the vicinity of Broad and Clinton Streets when he was hit on Wednesday night.

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Ebola in the America: 30 days later

This photo shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. After complaining about her treatment, Hickox was flown to Maine, where she continues to fight her mandatory quarantine.

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Maine nurse in Ebola dispute leaves home

... When Hickox returned from a month in Sierra Leone last week, officials said she had a temperature at an airport in Newark, New Jersey, and she was put into isolation. She blasted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for enforcing a new policy that ...

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10 things: Ebola crisis stirs debate over quarantines

In this Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman, quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox meets with the prominent New York civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, seated, at the isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where Hickox was confined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. For Americans wondering why President Barack Obama hasn't forced all states to follow a single, national rule for isolating potential Ebola patients, the White House has a quick retort: Talk to the Founding Fathers.

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Cory Booker, celebrity senator from N.J., takes on a low profile in Washington

TRENTON - It was perhaps the most frequently lobbed charge against Cory Booker during his time as mayor of Newark. Sure, Booker was flashy and charismatic.

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Newark man, 37, struck and killed by NJ Transit bus

A 37-year-old man was struck and killed by a bus in Newark Wednesday night, NJ Transit officials said. NEWARK - A 37-year-old Newark man died after being struck by a bus on Broad Street Wednesday night, officials said.

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Gov. Christie silences heckler: First News Thursday

... and that could happen this morning. She agreed to a voluntary home quarantine when she was released from isolation in Newark this week but has since says she plans to leave her home today. Meanwhile President Obama is offering her support and ...

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In Ebola fight, no two quarantines are quite the same

Kaci Hickox, a nurse who arrived in New Jersey on Oct. 24 after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, speaks to her lawyer Norman Siegel from a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 26 in a photo provided by attorney Steve Hyman. Kaci Hickox, a nurse who arrived in New Jersey on Oct. 24 after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, speaks to her lawyer Norman Siegel from a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 26 in a photo provided by attorney Steve Hyman.

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Two accidents back up Turnpike north in Newark, HOV rules suspended

HOV rules on the New Jersey Turnpike north have been suspended this morning to ease a multi-mile delay resulting from two accidents on the highway. High Occupancy Vehicle rules were suspended from Interchange 11 - Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge Twp to Interchange 14 in Newark.

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Red-light cameras may be hazardous to pedestrians' health: Mulshine

... safety benefits to drivers and pedestrians. Or you might have seen a video posted online by the Redflex Co . in which Newark traffic-safety official Jack Nata says the following about the cameras: "They keep the intersections safe. Anyone who uses ...

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Showdown imminent over nurse's quarantine in Maine

Why quarantining Ebola patients is a states' rights issue

... York City was dependent upon its local miasma situation, considered to be different from the health status of, say, Newark, New Jersey. Harrison initially encouraged individual states to develop their own containment protocols, including the ...

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NJ hospitals score high on safety

... she said. "And every hospital is trying to just get even better." The 'D' for Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark was the only New Jersey grade below a 'C.' The report cited a number of infections and safety problems, as well as a lack of ...

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Louis J. Zullo of Nutley dies at 81

Born and raised in Newark, he moved to Nutley 54 years ago. An Army Veteran of the Korean War, he retired as a machinist from General Motors Corp. in Clark.

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Christie, Obama trade jabs as details of N.J. Ebola quarantine plan emerge

Police and a reporter outside the Maine home where Kaci Hickox, a nurse who was quarantined in Newark, is staying. As Governor Christie and President Obama sparred Wednesday over mandatory quarantines for travelers exposed to Ebola patients, a draft of the state's strategy to deal with the virus outlined how it would enforce those quarantines, transport people to hospitals and treat children of parents who may have to be isolated.

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Quarantined Ebola nurse goes outside; police watch

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Energy Future tells judge lender fight cost $6,000 an hour

... creditors often think fees are too high," Stephen Lubben, a bankruptcy law professor at Seton Hall University in Newark, N.J., said in an email, adding that fee disputes themselves can be costly. "It is rare that a creditor wants to raise that ...

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The Short List: The saga of Kaci Hickox; Apple Pay rival hacked; Jodi Arias trial X-rated

The Short List: The saga of Kaci Hickox; Apple Pay rival hacked; Jodi Arias trial X-rated Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1u8WsNV Kaci Hickox meets with New York civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, seated, at the isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 26. It's been a battle from the beginning, and Kaci Hickox isn't backing down.

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State to Quarantine All Arriving from W. Africa who Had Contact with the Ebola-Infected

The Benefit of a Uniform Response to Ebola in the U.S.

Nurse Kaci Hickox was quarantined at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., after caring for Ebola patients in West Africa. What looks like political wrangling or confusion in federal and state officials' Ebola responses is a reflection of our complex public health system, which gives certain authorities to the federal government and others to the states .

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Judge refuses to declare mistrial in case of Army couple accused of child abuse in N.J.

Army Major John E. Jackson and his wife, Carolyn, leaving the Federal Courthouse in Newark, NJ after opening arguments in their trial on charges of child abuse on Oct. 17, 2014. A federal judge refused to declare a mistrial Wednesday after lawyers for an Army couple charged with child abuse objected to the testimony of a child services worker who told the jury that it was the worst case of abuse she had seen.

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In this Sept. 23, 2011, file photo, Tate George, former NBA basketball player and the CEO of purported real estate development firm The George Group, leaves federal court in Newark, N.J. George has been jailed since his conviction last fall on four mail fraud counts.

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IRS gives tax relief to Ebola victims

IRS gives tax relief to Ebola victims Money used to pay Ebola-related medical, funeral or quarantine expenses is not income, IRS says. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1wEq57t This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients.

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Doctors Without Scruples

Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was briefly quarantined at a Newark, N.J., hospital after flying into the state en route from Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone, now says she won't comply with the three-week home-quarantine requirements in her home state of Maine.

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Bail denied for convicted former NBA player George

... NBA basketball player and the CEO of purported real estate development firm The George Group, leaves federal court in Newark, N.J. George has been jailed since his conviction last fall on four mail fraud counts. His motion to be released on bail was ...

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Ap Impact: If Ebola batters Us, we are not ready

... network. Photo: Eric Gay, AP FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2014, file photo, an ambulance drives near University Hospital of Newark in Newark, N.J. Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined at the hospital after working in West Africa with Ebola patients, was ...

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Ap Impact: Us health care unprepared for Ebola

Fears that Passaic River dredging could delay rail commuters

A New York Bound NJ Transit train stops at Newark Penn Station. This train will have to cross the Dock Bridge, which officials fear could be affected by a Passaic River Dredging project.

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State to Quarantine All Arriving from W. Africa who Had Contact with the Ebola-Infected

Maine To Enforce Quarantine For Nurse Who Worked In West Africa

A photo taken Sunday of Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. Hickox, who was later discharged and allowed to return to her home in Maine, says she has no intention of abiding by a "voluntary" quarantine there. Maine's Gov. Paul LePage says he will seek to legally force a nurse to undergo a 21-day quarantine after her return from West Africa, where she volunteered to treat Ebola patients.

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Author family-man speaks out against homelessness

... due to suicide or disease. "Real heroes are usually the ones concerned with the least glamorous of things," Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker said. "In fact, I've come to believe strongly that the most heroic or biggest thing we can do in any ...

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Ebola, global warming, minimum wage: Where U.S. Senate candidates Cory Booker and Jeff Bell stand

Curious where Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Republican challenger Jeff Bell stand on the issues heading into New Jersey's U.S. Senate election Tuesday? It's safe to say the two don't agree much on most issues. Here is what Booker , the former Newark mayor running for re-election, and Bell, a former Ronald Reagan speechwriter who lost to Bill Bradley in the state's 1978 Senate race, had to say about global warming, the minimum wage and Ebola, according to answers provided to NJ Advance Media.

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Paulsboro native elected 25th Bishop of U.A.M.E. Church

... given us a plan." "I was addicted to drugs for about 10 years," he said. "But God delivered me from drugs. I came to Newark to go to rehab." Today, Scott is the pastor of the Trinity Union American Methodist Episcopal Church in Newark. And just ...

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US nurse threatens to defy Ebola quarantine

VOWING TO FIGHT: Kaci Hickox speaks to her lawyer Norman Siegel from a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday. Maine's governor said on Wednesday that he would seek legal authority to enforce a 21-day quarantine on a Maine nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after treating patients in West Africa and initially was isolated in a tent in New Jersey.

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What makes Kelsey DiClaudio 'Gorgeous and Grateful'

... so many of today's amazing female athletes... - The power play was alive and kicking at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, when the Devils and Rangers met for the first time this... - Alberto Del Rio has resurfaced, to conduct an interview with UK ...

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U.S. nurse who tested negative for Ebola fights Maine quarantine

... am not a risk to the American public," she said. Hickox initially was put into involuntary quarantine in a tent at a Newark, New Jersey hospital on Friday before being driven on Monday to Fort Kent, a Maine town of nearly 5,000 along the Canadian ...

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POLL: How has Gov. Christie handled the Ebola crisis so far?

One odd thing to come out of the ongoing Ebola drama was a piece I heard this morning on our news report stating that we have no written policy on quarantine. Barring anything that's come from the CDC, we've been left to our own devices to come up with a policy on what to do with travelers and health care workers coming through Newark from West Africa.

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Maine seeks to enforce quarantine on defiant Ebola nurse

... who was unwillingly hospitalization in New Jersey last weekend out of concern about Ebola. Hickox was driven from Newark to her home in Maine on Monday, but once there, objected to the conditions of that state's quarantine request. In response, Gov. ...

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US health care unprepared for Ebola

... centers than large hospitals. In this Oct. 27, 2014, file photo, an ambulance drives near University Hospital of Newark in Newark, N.J. Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined at the hospital after working in West Africa with Ebola patients, was ...

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Ap Impact: Us health care unprepared for Ebola

Hasbrouck Heights Democrats challenging incumbent Republicans for council

... town like the high school's football team Touchdown Club. He and his wife also serve as Chair for the Archdiocese of Newark for marriage preparation. He also served on the board of health and on a variety of committees before being appointed as a ...

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Nurse: 'I won't obey quarantine rules'

... which she found 'weird'. Fighting back ... Nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Picture: AP Photo/Steven Hyman. A nurse who was confined against her will at a New Jersey hospital after returning from ...

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Nurse Kaci Hickox 'Will Go to Court' over Maine Ebola Quarantine Rule

Ap Impact: Ebola readiness lacking in many ways

In this Oct. 27, 2014, file photo, an ambulance drives near University Hospital of Newark in Newark, N.J. Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined at the hospital after working in West Africa with Ebola patients, was released Monday and left the hospital in a private vehicle. Even small clusters of Ebola cases could overwhelm parts of US medical care system, according to an Associated Press review of readiness at hospitals and other components of the emergency medical network.

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Video captures assault rifle shooting that injured two in Newark

NEWARK - A disturbing video shows a man firing a barrage of bullets from an assault weapon in a shooting that wounded two people in the city's North Ward last week. According to police reports, the man opened fire in front of Jersey Fried Chicken on Bloomfield Avenue around 8:50 p.m. before fleeing on foot.

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Ap Impact: Ebola readiness lacking in many...

Ap Impact: Ebola readiness lacking in many ways

... health department officials. FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2014, file photo, an ambulance drives near University Hospital of Newark in Newark, N.J. Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined at the hospital after working in West Africa with Ebola patients, was ...

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Prudential Takes Stake in Habitat After MetLife's Chile Bet

Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, is following rivals MetLife Inc. and Principal Financial Group Inc. with a bet on a Chilean pension manager. Prudential agreed to buy about 34 percent to 40 percent of Chilean retirement-fund manager Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Habitat SA, the Newark, New Jersey-based insurer said yesterday in a statement.

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Maine To Enforce Quarantine For Nurse Who Worked In W. Africa

A photo taken Sunday of Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. Hickox who was later discharged and allowed to return to her home in Maine says she has no intention of abiding by a "voluntary" quarantine there. Maine's Gov. Paul LePage says he will seek to legally force a nurse to undergo a 21-day quarantine after her return from West Africa, where she volunteered to treat Ebola patients.

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U.S. nurse fights Maine quarantine over Ebola fears

This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients.

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Art Fest 2014 Artist and Artisans Showcase at Robeson Center

ArtFest, sponsored byRising Tide Capital, a non-profit organization that helps people start and grow a business, last week showcased some of its newest entrepreneurs at the sixth annual ARTfest! This was its first time being held in Robeson Center ion the Rutger Newark Campus. The event celebrates the entrepreneurs, artistry and artisans graduating from Rising Tides training programs.

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Denise Yup. Her rights were

Nurse Kaci Hickox was taken off a plane in Newark, NJ and put in forced isolation after caring for Ebola patients in West Africa this past weekend. Several reports say she had been running a fever.

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Nurse says she'll defy Maine quarantine over Ebola fears

Kaci Hickox, a U.S. nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after returning from West Africa, on Wednesday said she would challenge Maine's restrictions and did not plan to follow guidelines to quarantine herself until Nov. 10. "If the restrictions placed on me by the state of Maine are not lifted by Thursday morning, I will go to court to fight for my freedom," she said in an interview on NBC's "Today" program. Kaci Hickox, a nurse who arrived in New Jersey on Oct. 24 after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, speaks to her lawyer Norman Siegel from a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 26 in a photo provided by attorney Steve Hyman.

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October29 should be American Worker's Memorial Day for fallen American workers like Maria Fernandes

... who have less, or in the case of Maria Fernandes, those who have nothing at all. Maria Fernandes, (32 years old) of Newark, New Jersey died when she fell asleep in her car from carbon monoxide poisoning and gasoline fumes while traveling between her ...

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Governor Christie cancels Halloween? First News

... prepared to legally enforce the state's quarantine guidelines. Governor Christie released Hickox from quarantine in Newark after she agreed to stay confined in Maine. Hickox has threatened a lawsuit over her involuntary quarantine in New Jersey. ...

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Ebola nurse: I'll go to court if Maine quarantines me

This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. On Monday New Jersey officials said Hickox was being released, had been symptom-free for 24 hours and would be taken on a private carrier to Maine.

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Nurse Kaci Hickox 'Will Go to Court' over Maine Ebola Quarantine Rule

175 Gathered in Montclair for Roundtable Discussion Over PARCC Assessment Concerns

... Park Cares about schools. The panel consisted of Dr. Chris Tienken, Associate Professor at Seton Hall University, Newark Board of Education member Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, Highland Park Board of Education member Darcie Camarusti, Montclair ...

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N.J. Politics Roundup: Christie continues to defend Ebola quarantine; Sweeney issues pension idea

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie comments on the quarantine controversy on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. Nurse Kaci Hickox, a health care worker, was quarantined at University Hospital in Newark for the possibility of Ebola.

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Queen of Angels: Beloved Catholic church in Newark remains in limbo

Queen of Angels parish, the first African-American Catholic Church in Newark. The archdiocese had a permit to knock it down, but Newark revoked the permit after they realized the church was listed on both the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places The gas and electrical lines have finally been shut off at Queen of Angels parish, the first African-American Catholic church in Newark.

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Fatal Newark fires spur Giants punter to donate smoke detectors

NEWARK - Giants punter Steve Weatherford visited Newark Tuesday night to donate 750 smoke detectors to the city in hopes of protecting residents from fires that have proved deadly on two occasions in recent months. Weatherford, along with Donald Shauger of contracting company The Shauger Group, said they resolved to do something after hearing about a fire that broke out during the early morning hours of Father's Day near the corner of South 15th Street and Madison Avenue.

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Poll: How do you rate Chris Christiea s performance in dealing with concerns over...

... was working in West Africa for Doctors Without Borders, was detained while trying to catch a connecting flight from Newark to her home. Hickox registered having a fever while at the airport , according to state officials, which spurred her ...

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New Jersey ranks fourth in hospital safety, latest report card says

University Hospital in Newark earned a C in the latest hospital safety report card released by the Leapfrog Group today. New Jersey has the fourth-safest hospitals in the nation - the highest ranking the state has achieved in measuring how well patients are protected from mistakes, infections and injuries since the surveys began in 2012.

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Palliative care would benefit many older trauma patients

Third West Orange Mayoral Debate Held in St. Cloud Oct. 27

The third West Orange Mayoral debate held on Oct. 27 at Elmwood Baptist/United Presbyterian Church in the St. Cloud section of the township provided attendees with a final opportunity to hear the four candidates and their platforms. The debate was well moderated by Jonathan Austen of the Hip Hop Political radio show, "All Politics are Local," which airs Friday nights on Rutgers-Newark radio 103.9 FM.

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Denville: Police Blotter, Oct. 29, 2014

... registration on Oct. 18. During the stop, police reportedly discovered that the driver, Ashante D. Jackson, 42, of Newark, had an active warrant out of East Orange of $1,000. He was arrested, processed and issued a summons for the expired ...

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3D Pre-Game Videos May Be the Coolest New Thing Coming to Pro Sports Arenas

... installed their 3D projector systems into four professional sports arenas in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cleveland and Newark, New Jersey. The new system projects a 3D image showing a man striking the Liberty Bell at the center of the court. With each ...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Prudential Takes Stake in AFP Habitat After MetLife's Chile Bet

Frustration building over lack of details on N.J. Ebola plan

... at home, is someone going to bring them food? What about high-risk travelers who are passing through the airport in Newark - should they be allowed to continue to their destination? Those and many other questions remain unanswered - Christie ...

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New Jersey Hospitals in Spotlight

The experience of a nurse who complained about her quarantine in a makeshift tent inside a Newark, N.J., hospital after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is putting a focus on how the state's hospitals will handle those exposed to the disease. New Jersey officials said they are ready to quarantine and treat medical workers returning from West Africa.

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Video shows gunman firing assault rifle in Newark

The video, given to News 12 New Jersey, shows a man firing an assault rifle on Bloomfield Avenue in Newark as bystanders dive for cover.

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Trout-Grajeda set for Dec. 11 ESPN special

... rematch to win a vacant world title in May. The leading candidate to face Arreola is Joe Hanks (21-2, 14 KOs), 31, of Newark, New Jersey, who has lost back-to-back fights. A third fight also is likely to be added to the telecast, the rescheduled ...

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Ebola: Nurse quarantined in N.J. must isolate herself, Maine officials say

Seattle Office for Civil Rights Files Charges to Enforce Paid Sick Time law

... also has approved mandatory paid sick leave. There are now 11 cities with similar laws, including Eugene, Ore., Newark, N.J., and San Diego. The only "no" vote came from then-council President Richard Conlin, who objected to providing different ...

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SC family talk life under self-quarantine

... quarantine announced by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, sits in a quarantine tent outside Universlity Hospital in Newark, N.J. Hickox, who did not test positive for the disease, was allowed to serve her quarantine time at her home in Maine. The ...

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After possible mistrial, Newark father convicted of murder in death of 20-month-old daughter

NEWARK - With a juror excused for misconduct, the prospect of a second mistrial hung this morning over the case of Travis Hartsfield Jr. in the murder of his 20-month-old daughter. But after interviewing the remaining jurors, Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin decided to add an alternate juror to the panel and instructed it to restart deliberations.

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Recent mandatory quarantine policies are unscientific-and dangerous

... to the United States on Friday. She was held against her will until Monday afternoon at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Cuomo and Quinn, both Democrats, are up for reelection this year, and Christie is talked about as a potential ...

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Actually, no -- I don't think

Nurse released after 24-hour Ebola quarantine at Newark's University Hospital

A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients was released yesterday afternoon after being quarantined through the weekend in an isolation tent at a New Jersey hospital. Kaci Hickox left University Hospital in Newark around 1:20 p.m. in a private vehicle, according to hospital spokeswoman Stacie Newton.

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Federal health official says states have options

Federal Health Official Says States Have Options

In this Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman, quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox meets with the prominent New York civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, seated, at the isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where... View Full Caption In this Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman, quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox meets with the prominent New York civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, seated, at the isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where Hickox was confined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients.

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US governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines

NEWARK, N.J. - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the Ebola virus and symptom monitoring for those at lower risk, but some state governors and even the Army are carving their own paths.

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N.J. Politics Roundup: Christie's Ebola policy questioned; sick time bills advance

New Jersey governor Chris Christie comments on the release of nurse Kaci Hickox, the health care worker who was quarantined at University Hospital in Newark for the possibility of Ebola. TRENTON - Gov. Chris Christie on Monday insisted he didn't reverse his decision on mandatory quarantines for people traveling to the U.S. from West Africa amid the Ebola scare.

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Here's what's trending: School shooter invited victims to lunch, started firing; nurse...

... 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Steven Hyman) MANDATORY CREDIT Nurse now quarantined at home : A nurse who was quarantined at a New Jersey ...

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Feds vs. States: Who Decides on Ebola Quarantines

... , 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

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LHS Students Take Part in Dodge Poetry Festival

Livingston High School student, Oriana Tang, one of the NJCTE High School Writing Contest Poetry Winners, read her poem at last week's 15th biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, which took place from Thursday, Oct. 23 to Sunday Oct. 26, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. In addition, LHS students attended the festival on Friday via a field trip.

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N.J. releases nurse it isolated for weekend in hospital tent

NEWARK, N.J. -- A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients was released Monday afternoon after being quarantined through the weekend in an isolation tent at a New Jersey hospital.

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Froma Harrop:

... Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, has bitterly complained about being put into mandatory quarantine upon landing in Newark, New Jersey. She has slammed her accommodations as shabby and claims to have been treated like a "criminal." She now has a ...

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Feds vs. states: Who decides on Ebola quarantines

E. Newark man charged with threatening to kill man with mirror shard

An apparently intoxicated East Newark man may have been at the wrong residence when he allegedly entered looking for his girlfriend and then threatened to kill a man with a mirror shard in Harrison yesterday, officials said. Bail was set at $40,000 cash or bond when Michael Caldera, 35, made his first court appearance on the charges in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City yesterday afternoon via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.

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Many older trauma patients would benefit from palliative care

Feds vs. states: Who decides on Ebola quarantines

In this Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman, quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox meets with the prominent New York civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, seated, at the isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where Hickox was confined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West ... (more)

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Nurse quarantined in New Jersey for Ebola released

... wait on test results. Meanwhile, nurse Kaci Hickox, who has been isolated outside a tent at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey since returning from her work in West Africa on Friday, will now be discharged. Hickox tested negative for Ebola ...

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Many Older Patients Would Benefit From Palliative Care

Presperse Named Distributor for Shamrock

... ts containing PTFE, custom wax alloys, natural waxes and specialty additives. Shamrock has manufacturing locations in Newark, NJ; Henderson, KY; Tongeren, Belgium and Tianjin, China. Its corporate headquarters is located in Newark, NJ.

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U.S. governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines

NEWARK, N.J. – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the Ebola virus and symptom monitoring for those at lower risk, but some state governors and even the Army are carving their own paths. As contradictory state policies proliferate in response to Ebola fears, the CDC's recommendations mark an effort to create a national standard, one that would protect public health without discouraging people from helping fight its spread overseas.

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Quarantined nurse leaves New Jersey for Maine

This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. On Monday New Jersey officials said Hickox was being released, had been symptom-free for 24 hours and would be taken on a private carrier to Maine.

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Ebola quarantine measures are heavy-handed, experts warn

... mistakenly believed she had spiked a fever, she was whisked away with police escort to an isolation tent at a Newark hospital. Although she tested negative for Ebola, Hickox spent the weekend in the isolation tent. The New Jersey Health Department ...

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Stile: Christie shows no regrets on Ebola quarantine policy

... quarantine. Kaci Hickox, the nurse who had been treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, was taken Friday to a Newark hospital after showing a fever, a symptom of Ebola. But by Monday, after the fever cleared and she tested negative for the virus, ...

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Quarantine rules are all over the map

Nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following caring for Ebola patients in West Africa. On Monday, Hickox was flown to Maine on a private plane.

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Who's Store Are You Running?

My family owned shoe stores in Newark, N.J., when I was growing up. I worked in their stores from the time I was seven years old.

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US governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines

... a female healthcare worker returning from Africa who took care of Ebola patients. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press) NEWARK, N.J. - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest ...

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Editorial: States jump gun on Ebola quarantines

A woman walks by the emergency area inside University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where Nurse Kaci Hickox was quarantined until her release Monday. Hickox, an epidemiologist who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, was in quarantine in a tent inside the hospital since arriving from Newark Liberty International Airport.

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New Jersey releases quarantined nurse

... for 24 hours, and nurse disputing her condition. With AP Photos. AP Video. By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients and was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital over the weekend was ...

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US governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines

By DAVID PORTER and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the Ebola virus and symptom monitoring for those at lower risk, but some state governors and even the Army are carving their own paths. As contradictory state policies proliferate in response to Ebola fears, the CDC's recommendations mark an effort to create a national standard, one that would protect public health without discouraging people from helping fight its spread overseas.

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Released Ebola Nurse Kaci Hickox Works For CDCHer Lawyer Is A White House Visitor

... who helped earn her release is a recent White House state dinner guest. Hickox was released from Ebola quarantine in Newark, N.J., Monday afternoon after the White House pressured New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to release the nurse that was working ...

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CDC says returning Ebola medical workers should not be quarantined

Kaci Hickox, a nurse who arrived in New Jersey on Oct. 24 after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, speaks to her lawyer Norman Siegel from a hospital quarantine tent in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 26, Photo by Steve Hyman/handout via Reuters Federal health officials on Monday revamped guidelines for doctors and nurses returning home to the United States from treating Ebola patients in West Africa, stopping well short of controversial mandatory quarantines being imposed by some U.S. states.

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Ebola health workers asked to undergo voluntary quarantine

One sacrifice more for Ebola medics

... Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, has bitterly complained about being put into mandatory quarantine upon landing in Newark, N.J. She has slammed her accommodations as shabby and claims to have been treated like a "criminal." She now has a lawyer. The ...

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States ease up on Ebola quarantines

This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. On Monday New Jersey officials said Hickox was being released, had been symptom-free for 24 hours and would be taken on a private carrier to Maine.

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Meet the Township Council Candidates: Robert Hoatson

... class of 1966)) where I served as an altar boy, cub and boy scout, and performed on stage at Symphony Hall, Newark as a sixth grader in the opera Carmen. In the eighth grade, I was a "lead" in a radio performance of Peter Pan on the Seton Hall ...

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US governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines

By DAVID PORTER and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the virus, and symptom monitoring for those at lower risk. But some state governors and even an Army commander have gone beyond that guidance.

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Quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox cleared to leave New Jersey and return to Maine

... throughout the social media spectrum and is administered by Mainstream Media EC on behalf of Big News Network. NEWARK, N.J. -- Kaci Hickox, the American healthcare worker quarantined in New Jersey since Friday, will be allowed to return to her home ...

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Ebola: Timeline of events, actions by Chris Christie

... sue me over it, they can." Friday, Oct. 24, about 1 p.m.: Kaci Hickox, a nurse for Doctors Without Borders , lands at Newark Liberty International Airport intending to catch a connecting flight home to Maine. She passed the "enhanced" medical ...

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Chris Christie caves on Ebola

... mandatory twenty-one-day quarantines for any person: Kaci Hickox, a nurse, landed at Liberty International Airport (Newark, N.J.) after returning from Sierra Leone in Africa. (The Ebola outbreak affects Sierra Leona, Guinea, and Liberia.) When she ...

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Ebola: 5-year-old tested

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A photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after returning from Africa. NEWARK, N.J. - A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients and was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital over the weekend was returning home to Maine on Monday as her lawyer criticized the state's policies that had the woman fighting to be released from an isolation tent.

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CDC rejects Ebola quarantine for most West African travelers

A pair of SUV's, including one carrying Kaci Hickox, a nurse who had been quarantined at University Hospital in Newark, leaves the hospital grounds on October 27, 2014. 902-4557.

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E. Newark man charged with threatening to kill Harrison man with mirror shard

Michael Caldera of East Newark appears in court in Jersey City today, Oct. 27, 2014, on charges he threatened to kill a man in Harrison while brandishing a mirror shard. An apparently intoxicated East Newark man may have been at the wrong residence when we allegedly entered looking for his girlfriend and then threatened to kill a man with a mirror shard in Harrison today, officials said.

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5-year-old tests negative for Ebola in NYC

... in Italy soon. They will monitor their symptoms for 21 days. Also Monday, Nurse Kaci Hickox was discharged from Newark New Jersey's University Hospital after reportedly spending the weekend in a tent with no heat, no shower, and only a box for a ...

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Rush Limbaugh: Christie 'Caving' to Obama in NJ Ebola Scare

... about the situation involving Kaci Hickox, a nurse who was being kept in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. She had been helping Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and upon returning to the U.S. last Friday, had a temperature of ...

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New Jersey releases quarantined nurse

... to Maine, where she lives, the state Health Department said in a statement Monday. She left University Hospital in Newark around 1:20 p.m. in a private vehicle, according to hospital spokeswoman Stacie Newton. A statement released by the office of ...

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Ebola Nurse Kaci Hickox Released from Quarantine

(NEWARK, N.J.) - The nurse who was angrily battling her enforced quarantine at a New Jersey hospital after treating Ebola patients was released Monday, and Gov. Chris Christie said the nurse will understand "when she has time to reflect." "I know she ...

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'I didn't reverse any decision'

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Monday said he was happy that state health officials have released nurse Kaci Hickox from quarantine at University Hospital in Newark but denied the move represented a reversal of his decision to require quarantine for arriving travelers who've had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa. "I didn't reverse any decision," Christie said, during a campaign stop for Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

http://nj1015.com/christie-on-ebola-i-didnt-reverse-any-decision/

Quarantined nurse released from Newark hospital

Kaci Hickox, a U.S. citizen from Texas, was among the first to face the new protocol imposed in New Jersey and New York, which mandates anyone treating Ebola patients must be quarantined upon returning to the U.S. New Jersey officials say a nurse who was quarantined after working in West Africa with Ebola patients has been released.

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N.Y. man gets 15 years in sexual assault of 3-year-old boy in Newark

NEWARK - A New York man was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison for violently sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy he was babysitting in Newark, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today. Rene Delgado, 33, of Jamaica, Queens, had pleaded guilty on July 18 to first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to a press release from the prosecutor's office.

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Ebola Nurse Will 'Understand' Her Quarantine, Gov Says

... to the United States from Sierra Leone, has been outspoken about being held in quarantine since her arrival at Newark International Airport Friday. She also hired a lawyer known for taking human rights cases and they announced their plan to file a ...

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From job to job to job, a life lived - and...

... this Sept. 5, 2014 photo, friends gather to say their goodbyes during a funeral service for Maria Fernandes, 32, in Newark, N.J. Fernandes died while napping in her car between one of her three jobs. Friends said they never got solid answers to ...

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Quarantine ending after protests

A nurse confined to a tent outside University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, while being monitored for Ebola is being discharged. The patient has requested transportation to Maine, and will be taken by a private carrier, not commercial aircraft, the state Health Department said today in a statement.

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Christie: Nurse quarantined in N.J. to be released

... Siegel, a civil rights attorney, representing nurse Kaci (KAY'-see) Hickox, who is being held under quarantine in Newark, New Jersey, says Ebola policies and quarantine mandates should be decided by the medical community. (Oct. 26) This undated ...

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