Additional enterovirus cases, liking your neighbors: First News with podcast

Additional enterovirus cases, liking your neighbors: First News with podcast

The Yardville Elementary School in Hamilton (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

New Jersey’s First News, hosted by Eric Scott, written and produced by Matthew White and Patrick Lavery. Full podcast available below. Digital support, with additional links, by Dan Alexander.

METEOROLOGIST DAN ZARROW’S FORECAST:

TODAY: Partly sunny. Light wind Hi: 68-71
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low: 49-56
TOMORROW: Partly sunny. High: 70-74

More Enterovirus Cases Confirmed In NJ - Four more cases of enterovirus are confimed in New Jersey this morning. The latest cases are in Burlington, Camden, and Morris counties. That brings to seven the number of cases in the Garden State. Health officials say the kids were between the ages of 1 and 9 and have all recovered but four kids around the country have died. They all tested positive for enterovirus. Coincidence? The Center for Disease Control is not sure, and are looking into it. At the same time, they are also looking into a possible connecting between entero and paralysis.

Ebola Fear Keeps Kids Home - Concerns about the spread of Ebola in the U.S. are greater this morning after word the man hospitalized in Dallas was sent home the first time he went to the hospital with symptoms. Ebola is only contagious once symptoms appear. Hospital officials say not everyone treating him knew he had just returned from Africa. They are now racing to find anyone he may have come in contact with. That includes five children in Dallas. Some parents are pulling thier kids from the Dallas schools as a precaution but health officials say the kids have shown no symptoms.

Like Thy Neighbor - Do you like your neighbors? Do you even talk to them? Maybe you should. A first-of-its-kind study looks at this unique relationship, and finds neighbors do matter...

Jumper Talked Down - For the second time in two days a teenager has attempted to end thier life on the Victory Bridge in Perth Amboy. But on Wednesday, rescuers were able to get to a 16-year old before she jumped. On Monday, a 19-year-old lept off the bridge but survived. There have been 22-suicides at the bridge since 2004.

Fight Leads to Fire - A fight over a girl was the spark that led to an arson fire that destroyed a Central Jersey home this week. The Middlesex County Prosecutor alleges two young men set the fire in Kendall Park after arguing with an 18-year-old a few hours earlier. The family escaped unharmed but the house was destroyed.

ISIS Concern - Are you nervous about the radical Islamic terror group ISIS? A majority of New Jerseyans are, and more than 70 percent of Americans believe ISIS has operatives already working in this country even though federal security officials insist that does not appear to be true and no specific threat inside America has been detected…

Exemplary Firefighter Charged - She was a longtime volunteer and was once named Lambertville's Firefighter of the Year. Cindy Strauss is now charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the department. Prosecutors say she made illegal ATM withdrawls and used a department credit card for personal purchases.

Secret Service in Turmoil - Secret Service Director Julia Pierson has resigned, a day after testifying before Congress about the multiple security breaches involving President Barack Obama. Lawmakers pounced on Pierson when questioning her about last month's fence jumper, who, with a knife, walked through the white house front door and near the stairs leading to the residence.

On a Mission From God - A former toll taker says she is taking a stand for God. 34-year-old Cynthia Fernandez is suing the Turnpike after she was told to stop telling motorists "God bless you," after taking their money. She is seeking back pay and benefits. No comment from the Turnpike.

Recovery High School - A high school specifically for teens going through addiction recovery opens its doors this week.

Fatal Fire Was Arson - The fire that killed the CEO of Cooper Health Care in Camden was deliberately according to Prosecutors.. Firefighters found the bodies of John Sheridan and his wife in the master bedroom of their Somerset County home. Investigators have not released a cause of death on either victim.

Revel's New Owner- A Canadian holding company wins the bankruptcy bidding for Atlantic City's Revel, for pennies on the dollar of its original $2.4 billion price tag...

But the company that bought Revel is having financial problems of it's own. This summer they told lenders they could not make a payment on the Hard Rock casino they own in Las Vegas. Lenders could demand immediate payment of almost a billion dollars in debt...

Jeff Who? - If you have absolutely no clue who Jeff Bell is you are certainly in the majority. Today's Quinnipiac University poll shows the Republican challenger is not only trailing U.S. Senator Cory Booker by double-digits, he's virtually unknown to most New Jersey voters.

Social Media Snow - If you saw in your Facebook newsfeed there is a big snowstorm headed our way next week don't believe it. Someone started reposting a story that was written 18-months ago and it went viral. Meteorologist Dan Zarrow says it will get cooler next week but there is definitely no snow in the forecast.

Fire Displaces 17 - We don't know the cause, yet, of a big fire in Atlantic City just a block from the boardwalk. Several buildings were burned beyond repair and will have to be torn down.

Trench Collapse Kills 2 - Two workers are dead at a home in North Jersey buried alive in a hole they were digging for a landscaping project. About ten feet of dirt piled on top of a worker in the hole...and the other worker was buried when he jumped in to help...

Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic - Despite non-stop efforts to raise awareness among doctors and the general public about the dangers of over-prescribing pain medications like Oxycontin, prescription drug abuse continues to spiral out of control in New Jersey…

Cops Charged With DWI - Two South Jersey police officers have been charged with drunk driving. They were off duty when the separate cars they were driving skipped off the road and hit a church. Both were thrown from the vehicles after the crash. They both face suspensions from the force...as well as the charges.

Eliminating the Acting Governor - Governor Christie says there's no need for an acting governor when he's out of state because cell phones and wi-fi are everywhere and it's not like he needs the pony express to get a message. One lawmaker agrees and is now pushing to amend the Constitution.

Contractor Crackdown - The crackdown continues on home improvement contractors in New Jersey who aren't complying with the law.

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