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President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda when a December school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore.

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A new government estimate says the budget deficit for the current year will come in well below what was projected just a few months ago.

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Prosecutors have dropped a drunken driving charge against a New Jersey politician less than two weeks after the police officer who filed it was indicted and accused of making a bogus arrest.

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The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder removed himself from a decision to subpoena phone records of The Associated Press.

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Any employer that relocates its call center operations from New Jersey to a foreign country would no longer be eligible for financial help from the state, under a bill approved by an Assembly panel Monday.

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U.S. military officials say the Defense Department leaders trying to find ways to deal with mandatory budget cuts are poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to at least 11 and allow the military to exempt thousands of additional workers from the unpaid day off requirements.

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Last year in the Garden State, 163 people were struck and killed by vehicles on our roadways.

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If you're one of those people, who still ignores the law against talking and texting on a hand-held cell phone while driving, you could soon be facing dramatically increased fines and possible loss of license.

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The gun control debate continues to rage on in Trenton as the State Senate House keeps incrementally advancing bills.

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Every middle school student in New Jersey would be instructed on the responsible use of social media, if a bill advancing through Trenton eventually earns the Governor's signature.

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