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Route 36 Bridge to Sandy Hook

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events, New Jersey

(Photo by Ticalian) By Terry Gauthier Muessig “Two more lawsuits have been filed opposing the state Department of Transportation’s planned replacement of the Route 36 drawbridge over the Shrewsbury River. The suits, filed by Citizens for Rational Coastal Development and the borough of Sea Bright on Dec. 20 in federal District Court in Trenton, seek [...]

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New meaning to the word food fight: “Man stabs another man with pork chop bone.”

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events

NBC NEWS REPORT ARDMORE — An Oklahoma man was arrested after police say he stabbed another man in the neck with a pork chop bone during a food fight. Police in Ardmore, Oklahoma responded to call of a fight outside a local business New Year’s day. When they arrived, they found the victim covered in [...]

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Man freed from Texan prison after 26 years

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events

Click below for the full article Jeff Carlton of the Associate Press wrote: “Three times during his nearly 27 years in prison, Charles Chatman went before a parole board and refused to admit he was a rapist. His steadfastness was vindicated Thursday, when a judge released him because of new DNA evidence showing he indeed [...]

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NJ Jail Guard Commits Suicide After Inmates Escape

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Current Events, New Jersey

According to an article in Newsweek by Jeffrey Gold, the Union County Jail guard, who was named in a letter left by two inmates who escaped in a fashion similar to the jailbreak in the Shawshank Redemption, commited suicide today. “A guard who was named in a cheeky thank-you note left by two inmates when [...]

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