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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has both joked about his weight and said that it's a real concern, secretly underwent a weight-loss surgery in February that experts say could help him if he gets exercise and watches what he eats. The father of four agreed to the surgery, in which a band was placed around his stomach to restrict the amount of food he can eat, after turning 50 in September, spokesman Michael Drewniak confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Christie told The New York Post, which first reported the surg...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age. A jury found Dharun Ravi guilty of all 15 counts against him, deciding that Ravi not only invaded the privacy of Tyler Clementi and another man but also committed bias intimidation — a hate crime — by targe... Full story
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago for fear of bad publicity, allowing Sandusky to prey on other youngsters, according to a scathing internal report issued Thursday on the scandal. "Our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky's child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State," said former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who was hired by university t... Full story
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man rejected a plea deal on Friday that would have kept him out of prison and sought to prevent his deportation, accepting the gamble of a trial. Dharun Ravi's lawyer, Steven Altman, said his client's reason was simple. "He's innocent. He's not guilty," Altman said after the court hearing. "That's why he rejected the plea." AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, Pool Dharun Ravi, former Rutgers student a... Full story
AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Dale Gerhard The Ferris wheel is seen at Morey's Mariner's Landing Pier on the Boardwalk Friday, June 3, 2011 in Wildwood, N.J. WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl on a school trip to a Jersey shore amusement park died Friday when she fell 100 feet from a moving Ferris wheel. Police Capt. Robert Regalbuto said Abiah Jones of Pleasantville was with her classmates from Pleasant Tech Academy when she fell from the ride at 12:30 p.m. She was driven to a nearby hospital, where she was p...
NJ student's suicide illustrates Internet dangers GEOFF MULVIHILL SAMANTHA HENRY Associated Press Writers PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — The shocking suicide of a college student whose sex life was broadcast over the Web illustrates yet again the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others and raises questions whether young people in the age of Twitter and Facebook can even distinguish public from private. Cruel gossip and vengeful acts once confined to the schoolyard or the dorm can now make their way around t... Full story
