Today’s links feature food fights, a Governor’s boardwalk fight, and a fight to preserve hedgehogs.
New Jersey
Coast Guard Offers Reward in Yacht Explosion Prank Call
Authorities are looking for the person who mobilized a massive search-and-rescue effort off the New Jersey coast by making a false distress call.
Adolf Hitler Campbell Custody Battle: Parents Who Gave Kids Nazi Names Lose Custody
Heath and Deborah Campbell say the ruling was based not on any evidence of abuse but on the names chosen for their kids.
Zombie Alert: Man Throws His Own Intestines at Police
The day after Miami’s horrendous face-chewing incident, a New Jersey man’s freak-out fuels rumors of a zombie apocalypse
Mayor Arrested for Hacking Website of Group That Tried to Recall Him
Felix Roque, the Democratic mayor of West New York, N.J., and his 22-year-old son Joseph were arrested by the FBI last Thursday on suspicion of hacking into a website dedicated to having Roque recalled and intimidating the people …
New Jersey State Exam Asks Third-Graders to Reveal a Secret
Have a secret you want to get off your chest? You’re the perfect candidate for this elementary school exam.
New Jersey Mom Arrested for Taking 6-Year-Old to Tanning Booth
Tanning devotee Patricia Krentcil says it’s all a big misunderstanding.
Cory Booker Reminds Us All He’s Still a Superhero
Newark mayor Cory Booker has a storied history of inserting himself into situations many high-and-mighty politicians wouldn’t go near. He’s famed for forming a very close and transparent relationship with his constituents …
Newark Mayor Cory Booker Saves Neighbor from Burning Building
Once deemed a “social-media superhero” by this magazine for using Twitter to direct city resources to help clear blizzard-covered streets, Newark mayor Cory Booker now can add a new title to his resume: action hero. Yesterday, …
Passengers Who Cause Airline Delays May Have to Pay Up
Alec Baldwin may have the money to disturb a flight, but the average flyer may think twice before playing Words with Friends.
New Jersey Middle School Bans Hugging
Of all the things that schools could ban kids from doing, hugging is now apparently unacceptable behavior. At least in one New Jersey middle school.
Tyler Blackmore, the principal of Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, instituted …
Jury Convicts Ex-Rutgers Student of Bias Crime in Webcam Spying Case
The case, which became high profile in the face of other suicides of gay teens, could send the former student to prison for 10 years and result in his deportation.