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The case of the 4-year-old who accidentally shot a 6-year-old in the head in Toms River has stunned the state.

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President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.

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Last week, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was vacationing with his family in Jamaica. He says it was on the first day of the getaway that he first learned of the videotape featuring Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice pushing players and using homophobic slurs.

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You had better think twice before trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the folks at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC).

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 Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy harshly criticized gun industry lobbyists on Sunday, saying they are doing too little to halt gun violence.

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A top White House official says Republicans who adopt a "my way or the highway" approach are going lose in upcoming budget talks.

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The South African presidency says former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital after an improvement in his condition.

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Confronting bipartisan criticism, President Barack Obama conceded Saturday his proposed budget is not his "ideal plan" but said it offers "tough reforms" to the nation's benefit programs while closing loopholes for the wealthy, a mix that he argued will provide long-term deficit reduction without harming the economy.

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Megan's Law would be revised in New Jersey under a new bill designed to improve community supervision of convicted sex offenders and to better protect kids.

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