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Appeal Trial Under Way For Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel

Michael Skakel argues that during the 2002 trial, attorney Michael Sherman failed to challenge the state’s star witness and obtain evidence pointing to other suspects, did a poor job with jury selection and closing arguments and didn’t hire enough investigators and expert consultants.

2013/04/16

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2 Suspects Held In Shooting Of Paterson, N.J., Man

Two 24-year-old northern New Jersey residents were facing attempted murder charges Sunday, in connection with the shooting of a man in Paterson last month.

2012/12/09

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Added Sobriety Checkpoints Across Tri-State Area Could Cost Drunk Drivers

Law enforcement agencies across the country this holiday weekend are beefing up patrols. In the Tri-State Area, that means added roving patrols and sobriety checkpoints set up by local and state police.

2012/09/02

9 Wayne Hills H.S. football players suspended from the team, for their alleged involvement in a fight, are arguing for their right to play in the NJ state final on Saturday (Credit: CBS 2)

Wayne Hills H.S. Football Players Charged With Assault Play In Playoff Game Friday

That nine players charged in a vicious attack against two teenagers, with one victim unconscious on the streets of Wayne, were allowed to play left residents divided.

2011/11/11

Waterlogged furniture sits on along Riverside Drive as a trash bag floats in floodwaters in Wayne, N.J., where the Passaic River has overflowed its banks and reached a community for the fourth time in six months following a storm, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Passaic, Pompton River Flooding Still Poses Threat In NJ

Rising rivers flooded roadways in some of the same communities hit hard by Hurricane Irene as several hundred New Jersey residents remained in shelters Friday, waiting for waters from Tropical Storm Lee to recede.

2011/09/09

Health Alert - Graphic: AP

New Jersey’s Jack Higgins Is A Man Trapped In A Boy’s Body

Higgins is one of just 130 people in the world with Barth Syndrome – an extremely rare, and potentially fatal, genetic condition.

2011/07/12

A burglary spree in northern New Jersey and southern New York State has left many residents on edge. (Credit: CBS 2)

Burglary Spree Leaves Residents On Edge In Northern N.J.

Residents were on edge in upscale areas of northern New Jersey, as cunning burglars ransacked ritzy homes in an elaborate crime spree.

2011/04/01

Man Accused Of Punching Autistic NJ Woman

SPARTA, N.J. (AP) – A former instructor at a northern New Jersey school for people with developmental disabilities has been accused of punching an autistic woman in the stomach.

2010/10/13

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