Dec 29th, 2008 · Dora the Explorer has a new voice: Twelve-year-old Caitlin Sanchez has taken over the title role of Nickelodeon's bilingual animated adventure series. The Fairview, N.J., resident plays jazz piano and likes John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
Dec 22nd, 2008 · Five Muslim immigrants have been convicted of plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J. The verdict came after the jury deliberated for about 38 hours over six days. The men face up to life in prison when they are sentenced in April. Robert Siegel Dina Temple-Raston
Dec 19th, 2008 · The mayor of Jersey City, N.J., has released his own CD just in time for holiday gift giving. Mayor Jerramiah Healy sings a collection of his Christmas favorites. The mayor says music has always been a big part of his family's Christmas tradition.
Dec 17th, 2008 · Normally at this time of year, Ed Fasani's company caters dozens of holiday office parties for financial services firms on the waterfront in Jersey City, N.J. But business is down about 60 percent this year. Fasani tells Renee Montage that he's had to lay off staff, and he's even taken a night job to make ends meet.
Nov 4th, 2008 · As voting began Tuesday, poll workers were getting ready for what is expected to be record turnout throughout the day. Workers in Pittsburgh; Clermont County, Ohio; Raritan Township, N.J.; Chelsea, Mich.; and Roanoke, Va., talk about how things are going in their precincts.
Oct 28th, 2008 · The nation's gambling palaces are setting their course for hard times. In Atlantic City, N.J., officials repealed a smoking ban less than two weeks after it took effect. Officials say they don't want to hurt the economy by driving smokers away from the tables. You may hurt your lungs: but you're helping your country. In Las Vegas, the Flamingo is asking two entertainers to do their part. Donnie and Marie Osmond have extended their variety show for two more years.
Aug 14th, 2008 · The winning entry in a contest for bad writing came from Garrison Spik. The assignment was to write a terrible first sentence for an imaginary novel. Spik won $250 with this: "Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city, their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped 'Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J."
Aug 10th, 2008 · U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) represents central New Jersey, which was drawn into the middle of the 2001 anthrax attacks when it was revealed that some of the deadly envelopes were mailed from Princeton, N.J. Holt talks with Liane Hansen.