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Mom charged with taking daughter into tanning booth

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 3:10pm

NEWARK, N.J. -- A New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to corroborate her story.

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Experts say late boxer Gatti was murdered in 2009

David Porter The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 4:23pm

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. -- Former junior welterweight champion Arturo Gatti was murdered two years ago in Brazil, a panel of forensic evidence experts said Wednesday as it presented the results of a 10-month investigation initiated to challenge the official version that Gatti committed suicide.

"This case must be reopened if authorities in Brazil have an iota of moral, ethical and legal concern for their reputation," said noted forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht, who termed the version produced by the initial criminal investigation "pure, unadulterated fiction."

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Murder charges announced in '78 case of 5 NJ teens

David Porter The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 12:31pm

NEWARK, N.J. -- On an August night 32 years ago, authorities say, three men who believed five teenage boys had stolen their drugs herded them into an abandoned house at gunpoint, tied them up and set the building on fire, burning them alive and leaving no trace.

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(JERRY MCCREA/The Associated Press) This May 8, 2009, file photo shows Jayson Williams in Superior Court in Somerville, N.J. Former NBA star Jayson Williams has been sentenced Tuesday in Sommerville, N.J., for fatally shooting a hired driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey.

Jayson Williams gets 5 years in fatal NJ shooting

David Porter The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 11:54am

SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- Former NBA star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting a hired driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey by tearfully apologizing to the victim's family. He will be eligible for parole in 18 months.

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NJ airport security breach noticed by bystander

David Porter The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 4, 2010 - 10:29pm

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NEWARK, N.J. -- The unidentified man may have been lost, confused or simply mistaken about which way to go when he bypassed security and walked in through an exit door at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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