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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A plan to name a street after boxing promoter Don King is in for a fight, with critics complaining there are more deserving people. The proposal, which would designate a stretch of Mississippi Avenue as Don King Boulevard, was pulled from the City Council agenda Monday by sponsor William Marsh, who said he would submit it again at a later date. Before doing so, Marsh heard complaints from two residents. ``I grew up on Mississippi Avenue and I never saw him on my playground,'' said Joseph...

By Jean Rimbach, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 31--Patrons belly up, and plunk down $9 a shot. But Atlantic City bartender George Kuhna isn't serving up the latest party drink. He's bubbling up scented oxygen and feeding gamblers, tourists, and conventioneers via a hose and a timer. Each hooks up to Lucite cylinders containing water in a choice of red, yellow, blue, or green and an array of fragrances to match. "It's pretty cool. I feel a lot better than I did when I started. I feel so fresh," says Maren Ferro, 23, of Franklin Lakes...

Mike DiBiase surveyed the eerily quiet blackjack tables and slot machines at Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino. He had heard the snow forecasts before driving here Saturday for a one-night stay and gambled the storm wouldn't be bad. He lost. Then he lost some more, hanging around the craps and roulette tables. On Monday, he was still waiting for roads to clear to go home to New York's Staten Island. "My credit cards are crying," the 49-year-old DiBiase said with a shrug. "I lost much more than I normally do, because I've been stuck here and what else are you...

Pathologist helps clear N.J. cop in wife's death Thursday, December 05, 2002 By JOHN CURRAN Associated Press MAYS LANDING - A police officer accused of suffocating his wife was cleared Wednesday after prosecutors acknowledged she died of coronary artery failure. A medical examiner had called her death a homicide and listed the cause of death as asphyxiation. "It was the most disgraceful thing," said Officer James Andros III. "I can't imagine how it ever happened." Andros, 34, was charged with murder in the March 31, 2001, death of his wife, Ellen, who was found dead by her husband after he...

<p>ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A Bulgarian man who tried to board an airplane carrying two boxcutters and a pair of scissors was released Tuesday after a diplomat vouched for him.</p> <p>Nikolay V. Dzhonev, 21, was freed after signing a $100,000 personal recognizance bond during a closed-door meeting at the federal courthouse in Camden.</p>