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Jersey Powerball Winner Can’t Receive Prize Til $29,000 in Child Support is Paid

Pedro Quezada, the 44 year-old Passaic man who won the $338 million Powerball last weekend, owes $29,000 in child support payments, the Bergen Record reports. […]

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The Federal Government Is Best Left Out of Marriage

There’s no such thing as a perfect Christian. There’s certainly no such thing as a perfect politician. But I’m becoming increasingly frustrated at politicians who […]

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Is the Jersey Shore Coming Back? Wildwoods Named Top 10 Tourist Town

The Wildwoods, which were largely spared by Hurricane Sandy, have been named to FamilyFun magazine’s top-ten list of tourist towns. (This wasn’t some arbitrary ranking […]

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Jersey Voters Love Chris Christie So Much They Don’t Want To Share Him With America

AP reports that the latest survey from Quinnipiac University Polling Institute shows that N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has really high approval ratings from the state’s voters—better […]

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New Jersey Unilaterally Taking Control of Camden’s Schools

“Desperate times” is the thinking here. Chris Christie has decided to placing Camden’s school district–the worst performing in New Jersey–under state control, like Newark, Paterson, […]

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Chris Christie Can’t Figure Out Where He Stands on Gay “Conversion Therapy”

Yesterday, Chris Christie was asked (where else?) in a town hall meeting during a news conference about a bill moving through the New Jersey State Senate […]

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The Christie-Booker Bromance Has Officially Ended

From pulling off a mini-buddy film to joining forces in support of school vouchers, Chris Christie and Cory Booker are yin and yang in the […]

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Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie Are PA’s Top Candidates For 2016

PoliticsPA reports: “Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton would be a strong favorite if the 2016 presidential election were held today. She […]

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Chris Christie Unveils $2 Billion Sandy Relief Plan

Having finally received storm relief money from those misers in the House of Representatives, Governor Christie has put forth a plan to spend it. Almost […]

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Mary Pat Christie’s Sandy Relief Charity Hasn’t Donated a Penny Yet

Four months after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund–run by First Lady Mary Pat Christie–hasn’t disbursed a penny of the $32 […]

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NCAA Lifts Ban on Tournament Games in New Jersey

Last fall, following a New Jersey bill that legalized sports gambling in limited areas, the NCAA banned the state’s college sports teams from hosting tournament […]

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Chris Christie Takes Swipe At Former EPA Director

PolitickerNJ reports: “Gov. Chris Christie Wednesday took a public swipe at the former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The governor accused Lisa Jackson, who […]

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Chris Christie Gives Hurricane Sandy Victims an Extension on FEMA Relief

At 11:59 tonight, across-the-board automatic federal spending cuts–aka THE SEQUESTER–are set to kick in. But that’s not the only deadline that was spooking folks ’round […]

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Today’s Reason Chris Christie Will Never Be the GOP’s Presidential Candidate

The Inquirer reports: “Despite his opposition to President Obama’s health-care overhaul, Gov. Christie said Tuesday that New Jersey would take money from the Affordable Care […]

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At Least Bill Maher Likes Chris Christie

No, Chris Christie doesn’t get to hang out with the cool conservative kids anymore. But Bill Maher likes him, at least. “[Despite] the sizable portion […]