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South Korea says it suspects a nuclear test caused an earthquake Tuesday in North Korea just north of a site where the country conducted two previous atomic tests. North Korea has yet to confirm whether the tremor resulted from a widely anticipated third nuclear test.

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A Bayonne man is accused of fatally shooting two men in a parked car, cutting off their heads and hands and burying them in the woods in south Jersey.

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A new government report is predicting the budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's tenure in office.

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In the latest online attack, Twitter says hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.

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Gov. Chris Christie used his keynote speech before the state Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night to thank President Obama for coming to New Jersey's aid so quickly after Superstorm Sandy while renewing his call for cooperation rather than rancor among the two major parties.

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Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 for the full cost of two out of three trips on the donor's plane to the Dominican Republic.

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The general manager of the Lakewood BlueClaws has resigned to become the chief marketing officer for Rutgers' athletic department.

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Gov. Chris Christie has announced a $1.5 million public assistance project to reimburse the town of Lavallette for emergency measures necessitated by Hurricane Sandy.

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President Barack Obama's private swearing-in will be a brief, sparsely attended ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House.

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A Jersey shore town says it won't use tropical rain forest wood to rebuild a boardwalk destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.

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