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PARIS - Police detained a suspected pedophile in New Jersey Thursday, just two days after Interpol made a rare appeal for public help in the international manhunt to catch him, the police agency said. Wayne Nelson Corliss, 58, was detained in Union City, N.J., Interpol said. He is suspected of sexually abusing at least three boys from Southeast Asia thought to have been as young as 6 to 10 years old, the international police agency said. Interpol had asked for the public's help because two years of police investigations had failed to determine the man's identity, nationality and whereabouts. It...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... . U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. . . Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their...

Christie clarifies: 'Illegal' immigrants are in civil violation by Brian Donohue/ Star-Ledger staff Tuesday April 29, 2008, 12:03 PM The office of U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie on Monday issued a statement addressing criticism of remarks he made regarding illegal immigration at a church forum in Dover Sunday. In response to a question from an audience member, Christie said that immigrants are not committing a crime by being in the country illegally.Monday, Christie said that while entering the country illegally is considered a federal misdemeanor, simply lacking legal immigration status is a civil violation.

NJ has thousands of far more pressing problems,but... a NJ Assemblyman wants to ban the sale of high-caffeine beverages to "underage" consumers. It never stops !!!

A Gannett New Jersey study finds the number of government employees with two or more public jobs that paid more than $100,000 together swelled by 20 percent last year. Those multiple job holders had a collective salary of $107.8 million. My colleague James W. Prado Roberts reports there were 6,271 multiple job holders including one woman who had 12 jobs. Sen. Stephen Sweeney asks "Is it really right for part-time workers to be in the pension system?" Does the question really have to be asked? To take a look at the double-dippers click here.... http://php.app.com/NJpublicemployees/results2.php

What is good for the goose evidently isn't so good for the gander when it's New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine doing the honking about New York City's congestion-pricing plan. Leading up to yesterday's deadline for New York state lawmakers to vote on the proposal, Corzine weighed in last week by saying that he was dismayed by the scheme and would bring suit against New York if it went ahead with the proposal to charge motorists $8 and truckers $21 to drive into the most heavily trafficked parts of Manhattan; the N.J. governor was angry as well that the fees...

The state Senate today gave final legislative approval to a bill to allow workers to take paid leaves of absence to care for family members. The measure passed by a vote of 21-15 despite the objections of opponents who said it will hurt the state's economy and make New Jersey less competitive. The paid family leave act (A873) would allow workers to apply for up to six weeks off to care for a newborn or newly adopted child, or a sick parent, spouse or child, and collect up to two-thirds of their pay, up to a maximum of $524 a...

Biotech exec puts ailing children before U.S. Senate run by Robert Schwaneberg/ The Star-Ledger Sunday April 06, 2008, 1:05 PM Despite the encouragement of thousands of New Jerseyans and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a Princeton father who founded his own biotech company to save two of his children from a rare disease will not run for U.S. Senate. John Crowley, a Navy reservist and president of Amicus Therapeutics of Cranbury, decided this morning not to seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, his friend, adviser and fellow Republican Bill Spadea said. "Given his tremendous level of responsibility, first to...

3 Comments | Post CommentApril 6, 2008 - 11:16am The GOP mess: Crowley won't run; Unanue is reconsidering By Editor Tags: U.S. Senate, Rob Andrews, Murray Sabrin, Joseph Pennacchio, John Crowley, Frank Lautenberg John Crowley will not seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, and Andy Unanue is now reconsidering his decision to drop out of the race, as Republicans continue their quest to find a candidate to face off against the winner of the Frank Lautenberg vs. Rob Andrews primary. Crowley, who wanted to run, has been unable to transition out of his role as President and CEO of...

Sweeping changes are afoot for Roman Catholics in South Jersey, as the bishop of the Diocese of Camden announces a plan to consolidate parishes and probably close dozens of churches.Half a million Catholics from Camden, NJ to Cape May, NJ were hoping to discern the fate of their individual houses of worship as Bishop Joseph Galante announced his plans for parish consolidations.But the plan was being presented as a "work in progress" for change within the Catholic Church in South Jersey.Bishop Joseph Galante (above) made the announcement on Thursday afternoon that the 124 parishes across the southern part of New Jersey were being consolidated into 66,...

Ignoring calls by party leaders to stay out of the race, U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, D-1st, said he would take on U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., in the June Democratic primary, according to an e-mailed statement from Andrews spokesman Bill Caruso. Andrews said people across the state wanted "real choices based on a positive, substantive campaign" and that state voters deserve a choice. "Today's newspapers carry stories of 'threats of retribution' against citizens who wish to engage in such a campaign," Andrews said in the release. "It is time that someone stood up to this kind of politics and stood...

LODI — The Sopranos may not be sleeping with the fishes after all. The manager of Satin Dolls, known to fans as the infamous Bada Bing, says Tony Soprano and his crew could be smoking cigars at their favorite gentleman’s club once again — to film a Sopranos movie. Nick D’Urso, the manager, said renovations at “The Bing” were put on hold after the club received a phone call about plans for a feature film version of Jersey’s favorite crime family. Unwilling to break his vow of omerta, D’Urso refused to say who contacted him, but he insists the information...

Crowley decides against entering Senate race by Robert Schwaneberg/The Star-Ledger Monday March 31, 2008, 8:47 AM A Navy reservist who founded his own biotech company to save two of his children from a rare and often-fatal genetic disorder has decided not to become the fourth Republican to challenge U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). John Crowley, 40, of Princeton Township announced he will not seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. His friend, adviser and fellow Republican Bill Spadea had said Friday that Crowley was giving "strong" consideration to running. "I am honored and humbled that so many people in New...

He lived in a $500,000 house, drove a Cadillac Escalade SUV, and talked about his fraternity brothers. But Johnny Lee Reed IV felt the world closing in on him. Worried and increasingly desperate, Reed had spent days trying to convince authorities that someone was bugging his car, his e-mail and his phones, and that his family was in danger. On Thursday, Reed's dramatic standoff shut down the Walt Whitman Bridge for 31/2 hours, snarling evening rush-hour traffic throughout the region. Ultimately, one of the very authorities Reed had petitioned talked him away from the middle of the 3,500-foot span. Yesterday,...

Crusading dad John Crowley may run for U.S. Senate by Robert Schwaneberg/ The Star-Ledger Friday March 28, 2008, 1:21 PM A Princeton man who started his own biotech firm to find a cure for a rare, often-fatal genetic disease that afflicts two of his children is thinking of seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. John Crowley, the 40-year-old president of Amicus Therapeutics of Cranbury, is "giving strong consideration" to joining the race, according to his friend, adviser and fellow Republican, Bill Spadea. He said he was authorized to speak for Crowley, who is out of the country vacationing with...

Last Edited: Thursday, 27 Mar 2008, 6:06 PM EDT Created: Thursday, 27 Mar 2008, 4:43 PM EDT An armed man continues to keep authorities at bay on the Walt Whitman Bridge. The Walt Whitman Bridge between South Philadelphia and Gloucester City, N.J., has been closed since about 4:30 p.m. New Jersey State Police Capt. Al Della Fave says troopers tried to stop a vehicle for a minor speeding violation, but the driver wouldn't pull over. He says troopers stopped the pursuit after a few minutes because the man was driving erratically and police feared someone would get hurt. After that,...

Leads continue to trickle in more than a month after Bergen Catholic graduate Alphonse "Mike" Barbiere went missing during a Colorado ski trip. But there is still no sign of him. "It still just remains a mystery," said Assistant Chief Greg Morrison of the Breckenridge Police Department. Six members of a search and rescue group spent Thursday searching along the Blue River. "A lead came in and we followed up on it," Morrison said. "But we did not find anything." The 5- to 7-foot snow drifts have been melting over the past week, but a storm Thursday into Friday was...

The Easter Bunny came to the rescue of a battered Hawthorne train station that's more than a century old this weekend. More than 1,600 parents and children packed a seven-car NJ Transit train Saturday for a ride on the "Easter Bunny Train." The bunny, along with Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat and Snoopy the Dog, visited with children during the 90-minute ride from the Glen Rock-Boro Hall Train Station to Suffern, N.Y., and back again. The train made three trips. The tickets cost $9 for children and $13 for everyone else. The proceeds from the sold-out train rides will go...

The number of cops in North Jersey schools is rising as parents demand that officials do everything possible to keep their children safe.  Police were once considered a luxury in schools or even a distraction, but now school patrols are being beefed up even as municipalities cut other services.  Municipal officials point to the same events to explain the shift: the Columbine massacre, 9/11, Virginia Tech. The trauma and intense media focus that followed each tragedy have overridden questions about the impact of having armed officers patrolling the hallways."In the beginning, it was this concern that this was going...

If you buy a lawful product that is later banned, should you go to jail for 10 years, even though you didn't know it was banned, and the government that banned it now criminalizes any method to dispose of it? In the world of gun ban extremist Bryan Miller of CeaseFire NJ, the answer to this question is yes. Miller sees no distinction between violent criminals with guns (who should go to jail) and otherwise law-abiding citizens who were turned into "criminals" by the State with the stroke of a pen, when New Jersey banned an entire class of commonly...

Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert...

NEW JERSEY’S political hue is not just blue these days. It’s cobalt. In the last two months, the state has become ... the second, after Maryland, to pledge its Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote ....

The governor never tires of telling us that he grew up on a farm. Gee, who'da thunk it? Well, me for one. Over the course of these "town meetings" on his multibillion-dollar toll-and- spend scheme, our governor has undergone a personality change. The first few sessions featured docile crowds that were willing to sit back and absorb the wisdom of a Wall Street whiz who spoke with great authority on matters of high finance. But once the crowds wised up, Gov. Jon Corzine started to look like the bumbler he was when he first entered politics eight years ago. The...

NEW YORK, NY January 31, 2008 —Several New Jersey Republican officials are following the lead of their former favorite, Rudy Giuliani, and endorsing John McCain for president. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more. Leading the pack of Rudy supporters crossing over to McCain is Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Junior. The younger Kean joins the ranks of the McCain campaign, of which his father, former governor Tom Kean Senior was a member. McCain's high profile split with the Bush presidency and his own Republican party on a wide range of issues including immigration and the war in Iraq was a good...

New Jersey: Public Opposition to Toll Roads Leads to ArrestFormer elected local officials are arrested for opposing toll road plans at a public town hall meeting attended by the New Jersey governor. Middle Township, New Jersey Police arrested two motorists on Saturday for speaking out at a public town hall meeting against Governor Jon S Corzine's plans to increase the use of tolling i the Garden State. Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan had been standing calmly outside of Middle Township High School dressed in a suit and winter coat. He was surrounded by a handful of sign and pamphlet-wielding toll...

January 19, 2008 -- MARLTON, NJ - A high-ranking executive of a collapsed subprime-mortgage lender jumped to his death from the Delaware Memorial Bridge yesterday, shortly after his wife's body was found inside their Burlington County home, authorities said. The deaths of Walter Buczynski, 59, and his wife, Marci, 37 - the parents of two boys - were being investigated as a murder-suicide, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office. Prosecutor Robert Bernardi said Evesham Township police went to the couple's home in the Marlton section of the township at around noon after a male caller asked them to check...

Residents Terrified Over Idea Of Deadly Weapon On Streets WAYNE, N.J. (CBS) ― A large police department in New Jersey is in nail biting mode. It has lost one of the deadliest weapons in its arsenal -- a fully automatic submachine gun, and has no idea where it could be. A 9 mm submachine gun of German design, the MP5 was developed in the 1960s by a group of engineers from the West German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It's used by law enforcement tactical teams across the country, as well as Army Rangers, Delta Force and Navy SEALs, among...

-snip- Consumers may have to look harder and pay more for their fresh berries. But it's good news for New Jersey farmers, who will get paid a premium for their crop. "I heard through the co-op that there's a demand," said Sam Moore, a cranberry farmer in Tabernacle. "I hope it continues." Moore's farm, like many others in the Pine Barrens of South Jersey, is part of a national farming cooperative that supplies Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., and other companies with hundreds of millions of pounds of fresh cranberries annually. New Jersey accounts for 7 percent of the crop, behind...

New Jersey has the second- highest rate of abortion in the nation, surpassed only by New York, according to a study to be released today.  About 34 abortions were performed in New Jersey in 2005 for every 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, compared with a national rate of 19, the Alan Guttmacher Institute reported. That translates to 61,150 abortions in New Jersey and 1.21 million across the nation.The survey of abortion providers, which has been conducted every few years for decades, is widely viewed as the most complete study of the incidence of abortion in the country. New Jersey...

Slower growth in tax revenues, the result of a weakening economy, are prompting governors from New Jersey to California to consider an array of belt-tightening measures to balance their budgets for this year and next. Facing a severe revenue shortfall, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has asked most state agencies to trim their spending by 3% in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has proposed raising tolls and freezing spending to reduce his state's debt. And California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a bid to avert a deficit in the coming fiscal year, has proposed...

The appearance at a Catholic college of a presidential candidate who supports abortion has provoked objections from the Cardinal Newman Society, an organization focusing on Catholic identity and renewal in higher education. On Wednesday Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama addressed St. Peter’s College, a Jesuit-run institution in Jersey City, New Jersey.  College president Dr. Eugene J. Cornacchia in a press release before the event said the college welcomed Obama “as we would welcome any presidential candidate who wishes to discuss and debate the ideas and events that are shaping our history.”  The college cooperated with the Obama campaign to provide...

Just got back from the Middlesex County GOP Convention where the featured event was a Presidential Preference poll. Dan Gallic covered the Congressional and Senate candidate speeches that were made. This is my District, so I wasn’t there as a blogger, but as a participant in the poll and the Congressional race to replace Mike Ferguson affects me as well. I thought Marty Marks did a great job and gave a fantastic speech, very conservative on the issues. Of the two “bigger name” candidates and probably least conservative of them all, Leonard Lance and Kate Whitman, Whitman surprised me by...

There are a few scenes in classic movies that are so effective that the dialogue has passed into the common language. One of those is in The Treasure of Sierra Madre. Mexican bandits have confronted American gold miners, including Humphrey Bogart. The bandits claim to be federal police. Challenged to produce their badges, one gives the memorable reply, “Badges? We don’t need no steenkin’ badges.” And then they begin shooting. Well a situation began in New Jersey, then played out in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, which justifies the modified use of that line. It also should concern all...

Of all the things that make no sense about New Jersey, the state's failure to invest, promote and capitalize on our Revolutionary War history has always led my list. People who ran state tourism said there was no money in it. But 40 years ago, the government leaders of Pennsylvania saw the 1976 Bicentennial coming and funded the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau. It cost them about a million bucks to promote the historic significance of the area, the natural beauty and the proximity to Philadelphia. In time, hotels and restaurants went up, most with a historic theme. Within...

The Turnpike and Parkway symbols are as ubiquitous as STOP signs. (And no, they don't mean stop-and-go.) Needless to say, it's a lot easier to find the Walt Whitman rest stop on Turnpike, than it is to find the real Walt Whitman house at 330 Mickle Boulevard in Camden. And while all roads -- Turnpike, Parkway, Routes 1, 27, 28, and 287 -- lead to Edison, once there, it's not easy to find the monument and museum marking the place where Thomas actually invented the lightbulb. It's at 37 Christie Street in the Menlo Park section. New Jersey, a state...

New Jersey has the most millionaire households in the country, according to a marketing company's fifth annual ranking. The Garden State moved up from No. 2 in 2005 and 2006 to No. 1 last year on the index, compiled by Phoenix Affluent Marketing Service, which does research for companies that sell luxury products, investments and the like to the wealthy. According to the service, in 2007, 7.12 percent of New Jersey's 3.2 million households had a total of $1 million or more liquid or investable assets. That includes items such as savings, stocks and bonds, precious metals, the cash value...

The Rev. Al Sharpton failed to win the surrender of an escaped New Jersey inmate today - and a prosecutor blasted the activist for interfering with authorities' hunt for the fugitive. "I wish we were in the loop," said Union County Prosecutor Ted Romankow. The prosecutor said Sharpton never even informed him that escapee Otis Blunt might have fled to Mexico, allowing him precious time on the run.Romankow only learned about the south-of-the-border stunt when he read about it in today's Daily News.

TRENTON, N.J.—New Jersey is close to entering a compact that would eliminate the power of the Electoral College to choose a president if enough states endorse the idea. The state Senate voted Thursday to approve delivering the state's 15 electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote. The Assembly approved the measure in December and needs Gov. Jon S. Corzine's signature to become law. "The bill is subject to a thorough review, but Gov. Corzine has long been a supporter of this concept," Corzine spokesman Jim Gardner said. The measure could result in the electoral votes...

Police said they are searching for a car that was stolen Wednesday night as two children were sleeping in the back seat. The car was reported stolen at about 7 p.m. from the 3300 block of Baring Street in the Powelton section of Philadelphia, police said. Police in the 16th District said it's believed that the vehicle was left running when it was stolen, and investigators were asking the public to look outside of their homes. The missing vehicle was described as a silver, 2005 X-5 BMW SUV with Pennsylvania tags GDF-1692. It was last seen on its way toward...

Three Anti-Gun Bills Looming Over New Jersey!Please Contact the Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans’ Affairs Committee Today!On Monday, December 17, at 10:00 a.m., the New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans’ Affairs Committee is scheduled to consider three bills that impact law-abiding gun owners.  Please immediately contact the members of that committee and urge them to OPPOSE or AMEND the following legislation: S2470 - This bill would criminalize the transfer of ammunition to anyone who does not have a valid New Jersey firearms ID card, handgun carry or purchase permit, or hunting license.  While intended to...

N.J. Escapees Take Page From 'Shawshank' ScriptPrisoners Left Behind Thank You Note For Unsuspecting Guards NEW YORK (CBS) - What's been the theme of successful movies like "Escape From Alcatraz" and "The Shawshank Redemption" has become an incredible, yet frightening reality at a New Jersey jail. Razor-sharp wire, thick concrete, and jail guards couldn't keep 20-year-old Jose Espinoza, and 32-year-old Otis Blunt -- inmates barred up at the Union County Jail -- from escaping the prison over the weekend. Officials say the pair concocted an elaborate scheme that involved digging through their cell walls, similar to Tim Robbins' method in...

'Some day your cousin is going to be a saint' Pequannock family hopes for canonization of cousin, The Venerable Father Solanus CaseyPEQUANNOCK - Imagine the thrill of discovering a famous artist or politician, who has taken up a branch on your family tree. Take that a step further - imagine the double blessing of having in your family background a possible saint, especially a humble Capuchin priest, known for facilitating God-given "favors" on behalf his many dedicated believers. Fifty years after the death of Venerable Father Solanus Casey, many Catholics continue to believe in his powers of intercession, responsible they...

Candid Camera: Clerk Whacks Robber With Mug Clerk Says He Was Worried About How He Might Look On VideoPOSTED: 10:17 am EST December 12, 2007 ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- When a thief started taking cash from his register over the weekend, Dunkin' Donuts employee Dustin Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug. Caught On Tape: Clerk Fights Robber With Cup But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash than how he might look on the video-sharing site YouTube. "What was going through my mind at that point was that the security tape is...

TRENTON, Dec. 10 — The New Jersey Senate voted Monday to make the state the first in the country to repeal the death penalty since 1976, when the United States Supreme Court set guidelines for the nation’s current system of capital punishment. Approval in the Senate was seen as the biggest obstacle to the repeal, and in the end, it passed 21 to 16, receiving the bare minimum number of votes required in the 40-seat chamber. Three senators did not vote.Legislators on both sides of the debate said they expected the measure to pass easily on Thursday in the General...

Rutherford's retiring police chief is owed $311,000 in sick, vacation and other unused time from his 34 years on the force. That's on top of the $127,000 annual pension Steven Nienstedt will receive after retiring Saturday as the second-highest-paid police chief in Bergen County, with a yearly salary of more than $182,000. Nienstedt, 55, saw his salary balloon by about 40 percent in the last five years of his career, rising from $132,300 in 2002 -- much of it thanks to a whopping $24,797 raise the Borough Council awarded him in 2003. When Rutherford voters pushed Mayor Bernadette McPherson and...

Chart: Percentage of taxpayers paying the alternative minimum tax, by townA federal tax originally designed to prevent the super-rich from avoiding taxes altogether continues to dun more and more of North Jersey, including thousands of families earning less than $100,000.  The latest data from the Internal Revenue Service shows a dramatic increase in the number of North Jersey families required to pay the alternative minimum tax, which produces higher bills than the regular income tax.  New Jersey is home to the highest percentage of AMT payers in the nation.There is general agreement in Congress that the AMT is growing...

Bishop Pataki of Passaic Retires at 80 PASSAIC, New Jersey, DEC. 7, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appointed Bishop William Skurla of the Byzantine Eparchy of Van Nuys, California, to lead the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic.Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced Thursday that the Pope accepted the resignation of 80-year-old Bishop Andrew Pataki of Passaic for reasons of age.Father Gerald Dino, 67, of the Passaic Eparchy and pastor of St. George Parish, Linden, New Jersey, will succeed Bishop Skurla in Van Nuys.Bishop Skurla, 51, will be installed Jan. 29 at the Cathedral of St. Michael the...

Guess what? The *new* Extraordinary rite at our parish was featured on a local news broadcast! And very positively, I might add. Here's the link: Local Pastor Adds Latin Mass to ScheduleHere's a transcript [errors mine]: Reporter: Well today at noon St. Peter Celestine Catholic Church [sic--it's actually St. Peter's, not Celestine. That's another parish nearby.] in Merchantville, New Jersey takes a bold step. The pastor is putting a traditional Latin Mass on the church's Sunday schedule. As CBS 3's Pat Ciarrocchi reports, this comes at the encouragement of the Pope, who hopes that tradition will ignite the fires of...

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=5273596&ch=4226713&src=news A video of the event in the news.Posted on yahoo.Help the dog if you can.He was doing his job.The link is above.

From State funding which would have included lethal embryonic research to vouchers, to defending Marriage, referendums across the country should concern Catholic voters. Voters in New Jersey defeated a proposal that would have authorized $450 million in bonds for stem-cell research projects, but an effort in Utah to repeal a schools voucher program was successful. The ballot questions were among 34 initiatives or referendums held in six states Nov. 6 during off-year elections. Another nine questions had been decided in elections earlier in the year. The Catholic bishops in five New Jersey dioceses had urged rejection of Public Question 2...