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School sued over sexual harassment
The parents of two girls say DeMasi did not do enough to handle complaints. Experts see a growing awareness of such cases.
The boys accused of sexually harassing their classmates got their punishment in the summer when they went before a family court judge.

  

  

Pipe Tore Oil Tanker
A rusty pipe did it. The Coast Guard said yesterday that a cast-iron pipe sticking up from the bottom of the Delaware River lanced the steel hull of the Athos I just as the Greek oil tanker prepared to dock, causing one of the worst oil spills - if not the worst - in the river's history.

DNA clears man in rape of student
The victim, who was attacked before school Nov. 8, later saw the suspect on the street. He spent more than a week in jail.
Results from DNA testing have cleared a man charged with raping a 17-year-old Camden student within blocks of her downtown charter high school, authorities said yesterday.

Panel hears appeal in same-sex case
Seven gay couples seek the right to wed. An earlier ruling favored N.J.
Setting the stage for a likely move to the state Supreme Court, a three-judge appeals panel yesterday heard arguments in the case of seven same-sex couples suing New Jersey for the right to marry.

State funding guides students to college
In the waning weeks of his senior year at Pennsauken High School last spring, Shaun McGarrigle, an honors student, wasn't sure what he would do come fall. Would he go to college somewhere? Would he join the Air Force?

Officer heads off would-be car theft
A convenience-store caper ended with two vehicles regained, one man held - and a jail visitor arrested.
An off-duty Clementon police officer foiled a pair of would-be car thieves Monday when he saw a man hop out of an SUV and into a luxury car its owner had left running in a convenience-store parking lot, police said.

DRPA: $13 million left for development
After a four-year, $250 million spree, the agency said its fund had $12 million for N.J. and $1 million for Pa.
The Delaware River Port Authority has only $13 million left in a development fund that has supported such projects as the Kimmel Center, Lincoln Financial Field, the USS New Jersey, and Camden's minor-league ball park.

N.J. appeals panel hears arguments in same-sex suit
Setting the stage for a likely move to the state Supreme Court, a three-judge appeals panel yesterday heard arguments in the case of seven same-sex couples suing New Jersey for the right to marry.

Camden planners back Bergen Square redevelopment
Camden's planning board has unanimously approved a $1 billion redevelopment plan for the city's Bergen Square area. The plan, expected to force the relocation of more than 200 residents, was approved Monday night minus a proposed boulevard, to which residents objected during a raucous meeting of about 80 residents at the Tweeter Center. New Camden Bergen Square L.L.C. has been conditionally named developer.

Phila. police charge three in burglary ring
Philadelphia police yesterday announced that they had arrested three people in connection with a Northeast Philadelphia burglary ring that specialized in stealing sculptures, jewelry and other collectibles from commercial and private properties.

Eagles give $125,000 to add green to schools, parks
The Philadelphia Eagles yesterday announced they would donate $125,000 to plant 300 trees at 15 Philadelphia elementary schools and five parks.

Monica Yant Kinney | As family copes with loss, siblings await call to duty
Russ Mahlenbrock used to watch the news about soldiers dying in Iraq and think about roulette. "When you've got somebody over there, you're really playing the odds," the Maple Shade apartment manager explained yesterday in between flower deliveries and condolence calls.

Shore man charged over illegal flu vaccine
He is accused of importing and trying to sell doses that the FDA has not approved. His intentions were honest, his lawyer said.
The 7-Eleven owner did not mean any harm, his lawyer said. He just knew a guy - a connection in France via Saudi Arabia - who could get 20,000 doses of scarce flu vaccine. And quick. It was just business, the lawyer said.

Ex-commerce aide indicted over contracts
Lesly Devereaux, the state commission's former chief of staff, is accused of throwing no-show work to relatives.
A former chief of staff for the state commerce commission was charged yesterday with theft and official misconduct on allegations she awarded, and later covered up, state contracts worth more than $11,500 to family members who performed little or no work.

U.S. justices reject appeal by man on N.J. death row
John Martini Sr., convicted of a 1989 murder, once volunteered to be executed but changed his mind.
A convicted killer who once sought to be executed lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday when the court refused to hear his death-penalty case.

$400,000 bail is set in weekend slaying
Jamal Hamid Brown, 29, is charged in a Parkside shooting. "I'm wrongly accused," he said in court.
Bail was set at $400,000 yesterday for a Camden man charged with murder in a weekend shooting in the city's Parkside section. Jamal Hamid Brown, 29, of Kenwood Avenue, was being held last night in the Camden County Correctional Facility, charged with killing Mark Grant, 22.

Investigation continues into airline worker's death
Police yesterday continued their investigation into the death of a Philadelphia International Airport worker found Sunday night. U.S. Airways employee Gretchen Alice Hans, 46, was found dead shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday in her Toyota Tercel on the roof of the airport's east garage. Police said her keys were in the ignition but the car was out of gas.

Woman struck and killed by a bus in West Oak Lane
An East Germantown woman was fatally injured yesterday when struck by a SEPTA bus at Washington Lane and Ogontz Avenue in West Oak Lane.

Inmates attack man held in Brick Twp. girl's slaying
The man charged with killing a 16-year-old Brick Township girl in July was assaulted by other inmates and will not return to the Ocean County jail's general population, the warden said.

Navy to hold four-day air show at Willow Grove base
The U.S. Navy has scheduled a four-day air show at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base before Memorial Day. "This is a brand new idea for us in the fact that it's a four-day event," said Navy spokeswoman Sherri Jones.

Tribute to father who died in infamy
Hundreds paid respects at Raymond Jackson's funeral. He had been charged with starving four adopted sons.
He was a deeply spiritual man who always saw the good in others, a loving father who surrounded his family with warmth and laughter and "who was able to find and spread joy in every situation."

Dog run has unleashed battle over woodsy park
There is no dog poop in Haddonfield. There it's called "fecal matter." That should give you some context for the simmering war over whether canines should be allowed to continue to roam off-leash in a popular, densely wooded park - a long-ago landfill - in the borough.

River pilots navigate risky duty, tiring hours
Each night on the Delaware and rivers all over the world, ships of various sizes and tonnages are quietly guided to port by pilots who know every curve of the bank, every depth in the channel.

Maple Shade soldier dies in Iraq explosion
Army Spec. David Mahlenbrock's job was to de-activate bombs and clear roads of danger to allow the safe passage of fellow soldiers in Iraq.

Police officer fatally shoots man brandishing knife, officials say
Police fatally shot a man in the Cramer Hill section of Camden early yesterday after he allegedly threatened officers with a knife, authorities said.

Cruel animal 'sports' on rise, officials say
The little black bag seized in a raid on a cockfighting "ranch" contained the tools of the cruel trade: syringes for injecting steroids into already ornery roosters, tiny boxing gloves worn by the birds during training matches, and sharp plastic claws that replace the birds' less-lethal talons when blood and money are on the line.

Door-to-door solicitor indicted on murder charges
A magazine solicitor has been indicted on charges that he killed a 77-year-old woman after she let him into her Dover Township home this year. Bail for Azriel Rashad Bridge, 18, was raised to $1 million after he was indicted last week by a grand jury, prosecutors said.

Fires injure Delco man, leave Phila. family homeless
A man was critically injured and one family left homeless as fires damaged an apartment complex in Marcus Hook and a rowhouse in Southwest Philadelphia early yesterday.

Big bucks key in governor race
Jon Corzine and Douglas Forrester are both millionaires who intend to finance their own campaigns for governor of N.J.
As the New Jersey governor's race gets under way, it is already clear that money will flutter around the candidates' words and actions like a hungry seagull.


  

Big bucks key in governor race
Jon Corzine and Douglas Forrester are both millionaires who intend to finance their own campaigns for governor of N.J.
As the New Jersey governor's race gets under way, it is already clear that money will flutter around the candidates' words and actions like a hungry seagull.

Monica Yant Kinney | Recipe for Camden success deserves the front burner
The future of Camden is riding on the corn bread and collard greens at Corinne's Place, a good two miles from all the action on the waterfront.

Something very borrowed.
Wedding crasher confesses thefts
An uninvited guest at wedding receptions in South Jersey has admitted to making off with $10,000 in cash and checks intended for the newlyweds, authorities said.

A week after tanker spill, oil is contained
For the first time, cleanup workers corralled the spreading oil before it could foul new shoreline along the Delaware River.
Frenzied cleanup workers contained the spread of oil from a damaged tanker yesterday and for the first time prevented it from fouling new shoreline along the Delaware River, the Coast Guard said.

A wedding pest admits to thefts at receptions
A South Philadelphia man has told authorities he stole $10,000 in cash and checks from three recent events.
An uninvited guest at wedding receptions in South Jersey has admitted to making off with $10,000 in cash and checks intended for the newlyweds, authorities said.

Events of fatal night in 2003 disputed at trial
A N.J. man is accused of running down a girlfriend. His lawyer says it was an accident.
On an April night in 2003, Martin Phelps of West Deptford, who had recently separated from his wife, dropped off his date after midnight, climbed into his white Jeep, and headed south on Route 45.

Burlco sets up hotline to register for flu vaccines
The Burlington County Health Department announced yesterday that it has stepped up efforts to provide flu vaccine to high-risk residents and has established a hotline to register for immunization when the vaccine becomes available. High-risk residents are those over 65; those with chronic illnesses; children 6 to 23 months; pregnant women; and health-care workers who deal directly with patients.

Four charged with selling drugs at trailer park
Four Burlington County residents were arrested Thursday night for allegedly distributing marijuana and crack cocaine in a Browns Mills trailer park. The arrests followed a monthlong multi-agency investigation, authorities said.

Season's first flu case reported in New Jersey
The first case of the flu this season has been reported in New Jersey, and health officials urged precautions at a time when there is a shortage of vaccine.

Chiefs oppose takeover of Prosecutor's Offices
The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police has announced its opposition to proposed legislation calling for the state takeover of County Prosecutor's Offices. The association reviewed Assembly and Senate proposals over the last several weeks and made a unanimous decision at a meeting this week to reject them.

Oil is forcing shutdown of Salem nuclear plant
The Salem nuclear power plant will be shut down today because oil spilled from a damaged tanker has spread dangerously close to its water intake valves, its operator said last night.

Bear hunt blocked by state's justices
Upholding a DEP decision, the unanimous court cited the lack of a "comprehensive plan" for bear management.
The New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday blocked the state's bear season, unanimously siding with a top environmental official opposed to the hunt.







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