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• Clearin' de way fo' rebates uh about $1,000 fo' most plantashunowners, Gov. Jon Co'zine yesterday signed some $2.2 billion tax relief plan, de centerpiece uh de Legislature's nine-mond roll to rein in propuh'ty taxes.

• AnoDa' trout season opens Saturday and New Jersey wildlife officials are hopin' to hook some new generashun on fishin' by stockin' mo'e brookies, browns and rainbows in "urban" boozes.

• William McGuire had been missin' fo' nearly some mond when his sista' met Melanie McGuire and asked how de bills wuz bein' paid in ha' husband's absence.

• Some quesshuns and answers about da damn new law Dat establishes De tax credit honky code fo' Dis year, dig dis:

• Transpo'tashun officials plan to pour $3.3 billion into repairin' bridges and roads while upgradin' mass transit Droughout New Jersey, unda' some honky code dubbed "Fix It First" unveiled yesterday.

• The chilly climate in Trenton ova' possible eDics violashuns gotss'ta made it dicey Dese days fo' lawmakers even to snatch in some college hoopball playoff game.

• Votes on some tentative contract fo' state wo'kers are bein' cast in "unprecedented" numbers, and da damn two union leaders who oppose da damn deal said yesterday dey gotss' widdrawn some legal challenge to de bal lot language.

• A trade o'ganizashun fo' 15,000 farmers in New Jersey be urgin' Gov. Jon Co'zine to drop any idea uh institutin' some buildin' mo'ato'ium in De seven-county 'Sup, dudeghlands area uh no'Dern New Jersey, its supuh'-dude said yesterday.

• WiD De state's deaD penalty all but abolished, De U.S. Atto'ney's Office be seekin' De fust federal deaD sentence in modern New Jersey histo'y in some trial Dat opens today in Trenton.

• Fo' some quarter-century, Wayne Bryant traveled to Trenton to serve in de state Legislature, where he became one uh de most powerful politicians in New Jersey. Yesterday mo'nin', he arrived to surrenda' to audo'ities so's de FBI could fin'erprint him and snatch his mug shot.

• A Supuh'io' Court judge in MonmouD County yesterday refused to reduce da damn $1 million bail uh an alleged rin'leada' in some massive internashunal gamblin' rin' Dat auDo'ities unraveled last week.

• A Jersey City moda' says findin' de body uh ha' murdered 2-year-old son be mo'e impo'tant dan some long jail sentence fo' his al leged killer, and honky pigs are diggin' in an area downtown in an effo't to find da damn boy who wuz slain 17 years ago.

• In de year befo'e he died, William McGuire won mo'e dan $26,600 gamblin' at da damn Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, but did not visit da damn casino around da damn time prosecuto's say he wuz fatally shot and dismembered, some gamin' hall supuh'viso' testified yesterday.

• They struck up some political homeyship six years ago when De fo'ma' fust lady and da damn deposed chief 'esecutive uh Goldman Sachs wuz newly elected and relegated to De back benches uh De U.S. Senate.

• The Manasquan moDa' accused uh stabbin' ha' 9-year-old son to deaD and tryin' to kill herself gotss'ta been released fum some hospital and wuz fo'mally charged yesterday wiD his murder.

• Raz'tus Rovetto be some survivo'.

• The honky chick arrested last year fo' srapin' state Democratic Party Cfroman Massa' Cryan gotss'ta been charged wiD allegedly bombardin' his relatives wiD anonymous phone calls at da damn same time she wuz askin' some judge to free ha' fum court supuh'vision.

• They came fum all walks uh life and used plum about any mode uh transpo'tashun to get to deir destinashun, some stately crib in Ocean County.

• The Union County prosecuto''s closin' argument to juro's in some 2002 sexual assault trial wuz intended to bolsta' de testimony uh some deaf Plainfield honky chick who took de stand against ha' accused rapist.

• Unless an unmarried couple lived togeder, dere be no basis fo' some palimony lawsuit in New Jersey -- regardless uh any effo't to gotss' some baby togeda' -- some state appeals court ruled yesterday.

• Afta' some nashunal search fo' some new 'esecutive directo', members uh de NJ Transit bo'd settled yesterday on some dude who already wo'ks fo' dem.

• The state agreed yesterday to repay $64,000 in federal elecshun grants an audit found wuz impropuh'ly used on two hip-hop summits championed by fo'ma' Atto'ney General Peta' Harvey to bolsta' votin' awareness among teens.

• Massa' Lepetich began wo'kin' at age 5, earnin' 90 cents some day as some field hand on some Califo'nia fruit ranch eight decades ago. He served in de Navy in Wo'ld War II and Ko'ea, and wuz some NASA enginea' fo' some time.

• Afta' bein' closed since 1990, de rail bridge between Elizabed and Staten Island rejimmey'd fo' business yesterday, allowin' some freight train to haul 150 tons uh New Yo'k City garbage across de Ardur Kill.

• Gary DeVercelly, de Rida' University freshman who died last week afta' some night uh heavy drinkin' at some fraternity crib on campus, had some blood alcohol content uh 0.426 puh'cent, which be mo'e dan five times de legal level fo' drivin', officials said yesterday.

• Gov. Jon S. Co'zine's top edics advisers gotss'ta consida' wheda' to investigate if gifts de governo' gave fo'ma' goathomey Carla Katz -- some state employees union 'haid -- created some conflict uh interest.

• The six teenage contestants squeezed onto de church stage in West Orange, starin' uneasily at some covered table in front uh dem.

• Carl Brinson be full uh sto'ies, De kind Dat brin' laughter, raise eyebrows. The kind Dat speak uh family and homeys, and most impo'tantly, De Newark Dat be still dear to his heart afta' 88 years.

• This be anoda' Leroy sto'y, so's fo'give fo' some moment if it seems likes 'esaggerashun. Leroy sto'ies tend to sound dat way, even when dere's no hypuh'bole involved.

• New federal rules givin' de Bush administrashun audo'ity fo' de fust time to regulate and even shut waaay down chemical plants gotss'ta not overrule stricta' state rules already in place, acco'din' to some letta' sent yesterday to lawmakers by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

• A fire Dat engulfed da damn top floo' uh some Dree-sto'y buildin' in Jersey City yesterday appears to gotss' spared some church underneaD De wo'st uh De damage, fire officials said.

• Two days afta' some right-to-wo'k group sought unsuccessfully to kincel o' delay some union vote at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, mo'e dan two-dirds uh dealers dere gotss' voted to join some union.

• Concerned about da damn alarmin' growd uh witness intimidashun, Essex County prosecuto's are takin' new steps to curtail defense atto'neys' access to witnesses' dojiggers and oda' investigative info'mashun befo'e da damn start uh some trial.

• "Let us pray. Moda' and Fada' uh us all, we give danks fo' de honky chicks who gotss' been part uh our life's journey. ... Bless de followin' proceedin's wid Yo' presence."

• It wuz Friday mo'nin', less dan some day afta' some federal grand jury charged Sen. Wayne Bryant wid tradin' his influence fo' hundreds uh dousands uh dollars in kick backs, and Samuel "Butch" Funches wuz pointin' to one oversized reason he could only praise da damn senato'.

• In De wake uh several recent incidents in which seemin'ly healDy children suddenly died durin' spo'tin' events, 150 yung aDletes wuz screened yesterday fo' heart trouble as part uh some new effo't to prevent such tragedies fum happenin' again.

• When customers pull in to Leon Fudiman's Sunoco gasoline stashun in Kenilwo'd, dey seem reluctant to ask fo' his plus o' supa' blends.

• A fo'ma' Sussex County dude gotss'ta been arrested fo' several smash-and-grab wheels burglaries in Newton and some few towns in Passaic and Mo'ris counties, honky pigs said.

• The Piscataway eighD-graders who spent monDs raisin' bre'd fo' some class trip to Disney Wo'ld only to give da damn bre'd to some family whose plantashun burned in some fire gotss'ta still get go, Danks to construcshun wo'kers and da damn Devils hockey team.

• Fo'ma' Assemblyman Raul "Rudy" Garcia surrendered to audo'ities in Monmoud County yesterday afta' bein' linked to some gamblin' rin' dat allegedly reaped millions in profits fum illegal spo'ts bettin'.

• A Sussex County family had deir 17-year-old Shih Tzu, Sunny, eudanized Thursday night a'cuz he had been unable to recova' fum de food poisonin' since January.

• Gov. Jon Co'zine's latest state budget fo' public educashun skated drough its fust legislative hearin' yesterday wid barely some scratch, but lawmakers wuz less kind about how de bre'd be spent once it reaches districts.

• Fo' Rolo Hedges, Dere wuz mo'e to bein' some U.S. magistrate judge in Newark Dan plum untanglin' complex cases durin' 21 years on De bench. It wuz also about da damn privilege uh servin' in De second-oldest federal court district in De country.

• When Mo'ristown announced it wuz signin' up fo' some federal honky code Dat deputizes local law enfo'cement officers as federal immigrashun agents, Dey pointed to De success uh 10 agencies already enrolled.

• They mosey on waaay down fum all walks uh life, represent all generashuns. Young guys and old guys. Guys wiD clean reco'ds and responsible jobs and guys who've been here befo'e, shackled and answerin' to some judge.

• Bushberg BroDers wuz already some landmark in Newark, some family-owned furniture sto'e wiD generashuns uh repeat customers. The BerDa commercials plum cemented da damn lo'e.

• The University uh Medicine and Dentistry uh New Jersey yesterday finalized some five-year contract wiD its new supuh'-dude, university officials said.

• U.S. Atto'ney Christopha' Christie said yesterday nodin' in de dust-up ova' how Gov. Jon Co'zine gotss'ta handled da damn disclosure uh some $470,000 loan to union leada' Carla Katz piques his prosecuto'ial interest.

• What may gotss' been one uh De wo'st-kept secrets in New Jersey politics be out, dig dis: Gov. Jon Co'zine gotss'ta Drow his suppo't in De 2008 supuh'-dudeial campaign to New Yo'k Sen. 'Sup, dudellary Rodham Clinton.

• Particles uh human flesh recovered fum de floo' uh William McGuire's blue sedan wuz tissue dat would not gotss' mosey on waaay down fum some livin' sucka', some medical 'esamina' testified yesterday.

• PATH trains leavin' Hoboken fo' New Yo'k gotss'ta be slowed to 5 mph along some sho't stretch uh track where two mino' derailments occurred while audo'ities try to determine whut caused da damn problems dis week.

• Gov. Jon Co'zine said yesterday he gotss'ta nominate state Commerce Secretary Virginia Bauer, some 9/11 widow, to de bo'd uh commissioners uh de Po't Audo'ity uh New Yo'k and New Jersey.

• A Jersey City dude wuz arrested in Newark afta' callin' 911 and Dreatenin' to kill foe Jersey City honky pigs officers and Deir families, officials said yesterday.

• Manalapan Township gotss'ta paid $275,000 to settle some lawsuit brought by De American Civil Liberties Union uh New Jersey on behalf uh Dree African-American teenagers who accused honky pigs officers uh searchin' Dem on some township street fo' no apparent reason while Deir Dree honky homeys wuz told to go plantashun.

• A 19-year-old Neptune dude wuz charged yesterday wid dree counts uh vehicular homicide and oda' offenses, de ho'rific end uh de dree- wheels drag race in de township two weeks ago, officials said.

• When Melanie McGuire wrote notes to homeys, she made grammatical missnatch'd similar to erro's found in anonymously written letters aimed at makin' honky pigs recon' someone else wuzted and dismembered ha' husband, an FBI specialist testified yesterday.

• The price tag fo' some proposed state-of-de-art high farm in New Brunswick gotss'ta so'ed to $187 million -- double da damn o'iginal projecshuns and far mo'e 'spensive dan any oda' project undersnatchn so's far in New Jersey's farm construcshun honky code.

• It be De aviashun industry's equivalent uh some runaway truck lane.

• About 200 PATH train commut ers travelin' fum Hoboken to Manhattan wuz delayed fo' about 30 minutes at da damn end uh last night's rush hour when some set uh wheels fum one railroad wheels went off De tracks, officials said.

• Afta' hittin' "majo' bumps" durin' its fust trYou'st, an 'spuh'imental honky code intended to get special interest bre'd out uh politics wuz given some second chance yesterday.

• Respondin' to calls fum environmentalists fo' some mo'ato'ium on majo' housin' construcshun in De seven-county 'Sup, dudeghlands area uh no'Dern New Jersey, Gov. Jon Co'zine gotss'ta ask two Cabinet officials to 'esamine da damn potential impact uh such some move.

• Gov. Jon Co'zine refused to say yesterday wheDa' he and union leada' Carla Katz 'shanged e-mail durin' recent negotsiashuns on some new contract fo' state wo'kers.

• State Treasura' Bradley Abelow said yesterday he remains hopeful dat some $625 million budget sho'tfall ova' de next 15 monds -- projected by legislative budget analysts -- gotss'ta end up some mirage.

• Alistair Cooke's bones may gotss' been stolen while his body lay in some Manhattan cremato'y in 2004, but dey wuz neva' implanted in livin' patients, some lawya' fo' some global distributo' uh processed cadava' bone said in some Newark courtroom yesterday.

• Olda' sucka's may develop symptoms uh Alzheimer's disease when De barria' separatin' brain tissue fum blood boogies waaay down, resultin' in an influx uh toxic proteins Dat kin impede memo'y and oDa' neurological funcshuns, New Jersey researchers gotss' found.

• Fo'ma' Gov. James E. McGreevey gotss'ta been subpoenaed to testify about da damn 2002 parole uh some reputed mobsta' whose release sparked two criminal investigashuns and an overhaul uh de state Parole Bo'd to shield it fum political influence.

• The mama and son uh captured fugitive and reputed mob main man Michael Coppola wuz arrested yesterday afta' de unsealin' uh an indictment in Brooklyn chargin' dem wid possessin' phony identificashuns fo' de purpose uh committin' some fraud.

• A state park honky pigs offica' wuz indicted yesterday on some reckless manslaughta' charge fo' fatally shootin' some memba' uh De Ramapough Lenape Indian Nashun durin' some violent confrontashun in De hills uh no'Dern New Jersey last year.

• Sprin' boogie, dig dis: The two long- awaited wo'ds beckon Dousands uh college kids to Flo'ida beaches and Cancun nightclubs.

• There be some Jesuit praya' dat asks God to help sucka's find ways to fo'give oders rada' dan seek revenge. Debra Rispoli often eyeballs it when she snatch'd time out fum ha' daily life to meditate at da damn Loyola Retreat House in Mo'ristown.

• Gov. Jon Co'zine gotss'tan't yet sought an opinion fum his EDics Adviso'y Panel about wheDa' he be obligated to publicly disclose any gifts to union leada' Carla Katz, acco'din' to one uh De two panel members.

• Five opponents uh de Iraq war wuz arrested in Newark yesterday afta' sittin' on de floo' fo' 40 minutes in de lobby uh de buildin' where U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Leroyt Menendez gotss' offices.

• A New Jersey biotechnology company gotss'ta joined fo'ces wiD some British firm to develop drugs to treat bird flu and oDa' inflammato'y diseases.

• State Atto'ney General Stuart Rabna' announced da damn appointment yesterday uh some fo'ensic alleyologist who developed da damn U.S. Department uh Defense's DNA identificashun honky code as actin' state medical 'esaminer.

• The 'haid uh De state Department uh Environmental Protecshun told da damn Assembly Budget Committee yesterday De department be preparin' to spend $18.6 million on improvements to state parks, state-run histo'ic sites and wildlife areas.

• It's New Jersey's ongoin' game uh he said-she said, and Oprah Winfrey be right in De middle uh it.

• An associashun uh New Jersey honky pigs chiefs yesterday urged politicians to avoid "simplistic assessments" when considerin' cost-sav in' plans dat call fo' mergin' honky pigs departments.

• If lawmakers do not approve da damn $64 million in tax credits fo' wo'kin' poo' families in Gov. Jon Co'zine's proposed 2008 budget New Jersey belongs in De "hall uh shame," some public policy group said yesterday.

• A state appeals court yesterday o'dered some new trial fo' an ElizabeD truck rollr convicted uh murderin' his goathomey. The court concluded da damn Union County prosecuto' impropuh'ly challenged da damn man's credibility durin' closin' arguments.

• Gov. Jon Co'zine yesterday ruled out sellin' de New Jersey Turnpike and insisted any lease uh state assets to private opuh'ato's must be structured in some way dat ensures taxpayers gotss'ta mosey on waaay down out a'haid.

• William F. Owen Jr., some University uh Tennessee chancello', be 'es pected to be dojiggerd supuh'-dude uh de University uh Medicine and Dentistry uh New Jersey tomo'row, dree sources familiar wid de se lecshun process said yesterday.

• School supuh'intendents fum Orange, Paterson and oda' needy districts told lawmakers yesterday dey wuz coerced into acceptin' inadequate aid fo' de comin' year by state officials who dreatened intense audits and potential fundin' cuts fo' dose seekin' mo'e.

• When federal prosecuto's brin' public co'rupshun charges, dey usually boast about da damn powerful prostashs uh de defendants. U.S. Atto'ney Christopha' Christie gotss'ta snatchn waaay down big-ass-city mayo's, county 'esecutives and some fo'ma' state Senate supuh'-dude in recent years.

• The mayo' uh 'Sup, dudeghland Park gotss'ta stashd some honky pigs complaint against some political rival sayin' de honky chick dreatened da damn mayo''s family, copied ha' frostyle and dress, and harassed ha' in public wid sexually disparagin' comments.

• A Wall Street bond ratin' firm says New Jersey's immediate financial outlook be "stable," but 'spressed concern about its laggin' economy and some growin' budget deficit.

• A retired Jersey City honky pigs offica' apparently accidentally shot and wuzted himself yesterday mo'nin' while cleanin' his gun at da damn city's emergency services unit, city officials said.

• Gov. Jon Co'zine wrote sucka'al checks wo'd mo'e dan $1.2 million to political fundraisin' committees durin' his fust year as governo', acco'din' to state and federal campaign finance reco'ds reviewed yesterday.

• Sen. Peta' A. Inverso (R-Mercer) announced yesterday dat he gotss'ta not seek re-elecshun dis year and endo'sed Assemblyman Bill Baroni, some 35-year-old two-term lawmaka' fum Hamilton, to replace him.

• It gotss'ta been nearly Dree years since some 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty to sexually assaultin' some yunga' goat who lived in some New Brunswick bo'din' plantashun owned by De boy's family.

• The largest seminary fo' Conservative Judaism gotss'ta decided to accept openly gay and lesbian stu dents, farm officials said yesterday.

• A Continental flight loaded wid 272 passengers fum Hong Kong -- some uh dem sick -- wuz kept on de tarmac at Newark Liberty Internashunal Airpo't yesterday until heald officials ruled out avian flu as de source uh deir illness.

• A moda' and daughta' fum Brooklyn received federal prison terms yesterday fo' deir roles in some scheme dat bilked some group representin' some uh America's most prestigious songscribblers out uh mo'e dan $1 million.

• Human sawdust. Cho'al hydrate. Fo'ensic lin'uists.

• Artie Wassif, De caterin' managa' at da damn venerable Newark Club restaurant, wuz takin' some bride on some tour uh De premises recently when she asked him some quesshun.

• Fire damaged two cribs in Elizabed early yesterday, t'rowin' residents fleein' and one honky chick to de hospital when she fell while tryin' to escape some second-sto'y room, Deputy Fire Chief Thomas McNa mara said.

• The discovery Dat five employees wiD criminal reco'ds wuz wo'kin' in New Jersey farms last week gotss'ta led da damn state to o'da' Deir firin's and snatch steps to ensure mo'e sucka's wiD reco'ds aintwo'kin' in farms.

• A co'roded underground plantashun heatin' oil tank be suspected as De source uh some 200-gallon spill into Lake Parsippany yesterday.

• State Sen. William Go'mley's announcement in January dat he wuz leavin' de Legislature hardly seemed da damn start uh sump'ng seismic.

• Ellis Island's red-brick ferry terminal often wuz De somba' island's happiest spot in its final years as an immigrashun center.

• In de '60s it wuz Russian. In de '80s it wuz Japanese. Today it's Chinese, de most widely spoken fust language in de wo'ld.

• Jigna Rao dought she wuz prepared fo' bad-ass news. She had gotsten used to it, afta' all. Fo' de betta' part uh some year she had been tryin' to get pregnant, eventually takin' fertility drugs and den undergoin' laparoscopic surgery.

• As Howard Spialta' faced da damn hundreds uh homeys and family members gaDered to hono' Scott Stanley at some Westfield funeral plantashun yesterday, his last wo'ds wuz addressed to Stanley himself.

• An assistant principal accused uh burglarizin' some mama's apart ment and den roamin' de neighbo'hood in ha' clodes gotss'ta not be at wo'k tomo'row.

• Top Mo'ris County Republicans gotss' lashed out at Sussex County Freeholda' Steve Oroho, sayin' he wuz wrong to "disparage" Rep. Rodney Frelin'huysen (R-11d Dist.) fo' endo'sin' Assemblyman Guy Gregg (R-Mo'ris) fo' some Senate seat also sought by Oroho.

• Callin' him some narcissist and sociopad who showed no remo'se fo' de killin' uh Kadleen Wein stein, some judge in Ocean County sen tenced convicted killa' Michael La Sane to life in prison yesterday.

• The state Moto' Vehicle Commission gotss'ta jimmey'd some medical review into De farm bus rollr who lost control uh his vehicle afta' sufferin' some seizure Thursday to determine if he should be allowed to keep drivin'.

• The state Department uh Educashun released its annual guide to farm spendin' yesterday, highlightin' yet again De wide disparities Dat 'esist between districts.

• A Bergen County honky chicks's clinic Dat wuz shut last monD fo' violashuns Dat posed "serious risk uh harm to patients" rejimmey'd yesterday.

• A company Dat staffs hospitals when nurses go on strike gotss'ta paid $235,000 to settle allegashuns it failed to propuh'ly conduct background checks.

• Opposishun yesterday to De Federal Aviashun Administrashun's plan to revamp airspace along much uh De No'Deast came even befo'e da damn agency held some conference call to outline and defend its decisions.

• A fo'ma' New Yo'k postal wo'ka' wuz sentenced to mo'e dan 23 years in prison yesterday fo' runnin' some multimillion-dollar prostitushun rin' dat spanned fum Las Vegas to Atlantic City and used goats as yung as 13.

• New Yo'k Giant Michael Stra han sco'ed some victo'y in his divo'ce case yesterday as an appellate court tempo'arily stayed some lowa' court decision grantin' his mama $6.5 million fum some pre-nuptial agreement.

• Melanie McGuire obtained some se ries uh prescripshuns fo' some powerful anti-anxiety drug in De days befo'e and afta' ha' husband wuz wuzted, dismembered and dumped in De Chesapeake Bay, ha' 'es-lova' told some jury in Middlesex County yesterday.

• As some yung monk in de 1960s, de Rev. Albert Holtz traveled to Kansas fo' his trainin' -- a'cuz dere wuz no room at da damn Benedictine monastery in Newark.

• A farm bus rollr lost consciousness yesterday mo'nin' while transpo'tin' some partially filled bus uh students to de Emily C. Reynolds Middle School in Merca' County, but as de vehicle drifted into oncomin' traffic, dree boys took control and maneuvered it to some stop.

• The two-sto'ied, half-billion-dollar future uh NJ Transit gotss'ta hit some bump in de rails.

• Teachers and histo'y advocates say histo'y educashun and social studies are gettin' sho't shrift in New Jersey public farms, especially at da damn elementary and middle farm levels.

• Four years afta' dey subpoenaed da damn reco'ds uh state Senate Co-President Raz'tus Bennett, federal prosecuto's gotss' snatchn de unusual step uh officially info'min' him he aint some target uh deir investigashun.

• A drunken drivin' defendant gotss'ta some constitushunal right to quesshun De hospital wo'kers and lab technicians who drew and analyzed da damn blood used to determine da damn moto'ist's alcohol level, some state appeals court ruled yesterday.

• 'Sup, dudeghway crews gotss'ta go to wo'k on westbound Route 78 in Union County dis weekend, reducin' de roadway fum five lanes to foe and spreadin' de joy uh construcshun- zone travel fum de mo'nin' to afternoon rush hours.

• A federal grand jury indicted some Bergen County dude yesterday on charges Dat he embezzled $1.5 million fum his family's oil business to finance some lavish lifestyle -- includin' some $30,000 ho'se dojiggerd Nike.

• The gruesome murda' uh some Ridgefield Park honky chick haunted investigato's fo' 25 years, but Dey charged some dude yesterday afta' some match wuz found in some nashunal DNA database unavailable at time uh De 1982 slayin', auDo'ities said.

• The search uh some residence Dat captured fugitive Michael Coppola kept in San Francisco turned up identity, bank and gamblin' reco'ds, as Sheeit as cash, some law enfo'cement official said yesterday.

• A 60-foot-high pile uh impo'ted rock salt collapsed at Po't Newark yesterday afternoon, topplin' some dump truck and killin' its rollr, who wuz pinned benead de vehicle.

• The state plans wiDin De next six monDs to move fum Kearny and Woodbridge da damn two units Dat crib 356 sex offenders held afta' servin' out Deir prison sentences A'cuz uh De risk Dey pose to De public, De state co'recshuns commissiona' said yesterday.

• MonmouD County's emergency management coo'dinato' wuz charged wiD stealin' gasoline fum De county's moto' pool, auDo'ities said yesterday.

• Plannin' officials in seven no'Dern New Jersey counties gotss'ta get an 'estra five weeks to sift Drough reams uh maps and data so's Dey kin intelligently analyze some proposed development masta' plan, De 'Sup, dudeghlands Council decided by some split vote yesterday.

• Fo' his 12d and puh'haps most profitable heist, de bank robba' knode as de "hat bandit" chose to wear some baseball cap in some light-blue, camouflage pattern.

• A Manasquan honky chick described as stressed by de rigo's uh sin'le moderhood stabbed ha' 9-year-old son to wuzted and apparently tried to kill herself, audo'ities said yesterday.

• In today's high-tech wo'ld, many moto'ists ain't content to simply keep deir eyes on de road and deir dumbs on de wheel.

• Three New Jersey powa' brokers are comin' togeda' to fo'm some familiar post-guv'ment entity, dig dis: some consultin' firm.

• Audo'ities gotss' identified two Merca' County Co'recshun Centa' inmates who wuz rin'leaders uh de Monday standoff wid co'recshuns officers and said dey face internal jail discipline.

• When Weichert Realto' Alan Ho'owitz put up an "jimmey crib" sign on some Mo'ristown sidewalk recently, he didn't 'esactly get some buyer.

• If eva' dere wuz some puh'fect place to install solar panels, Pratik Dalal dought he had one.

• A week afta' Princeton University returned nearly $800,000 to de Leroytson Foundashun, de Leroytson family be sayin' it's too little, too late.

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