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Less than 24 hours after Gov. Chris Christie announced a special election will be held to permanently fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg at least four people are considering running in the election.

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The mayor of Atlantic City, N.J., is claiming victory in a primary against two fellow Democrats, including a county official his party wanted to take his place.

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Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono easily won their parties' nominations in the gubernatorial primary elections, setting up a general election showdown largely over what Christie has done to fix the state's economy.

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Gov. Chris Christie is expected to announce this week who he will appoint to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank Lautenberg. The Governor says he expects whoever he selects to be on the job next week.

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Democrats are crying foul over Gov. Chris Christie's decision to hold a special election in October to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Frank Lautenberg.

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The House has voted in favor of keeping open the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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The House has passed the first of 12 spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, a popular measure providing more money for veterans' programs like health care.

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The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. government to revamp procedures on how Mexicans living in the country illegally agree to be sent home.

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Americans throw away more than a third of what they buy -- that's almost $400 a year per person, or more than an average month's worth of groceries.

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A Seton Hall law professor has failed to unseat a longtime state senator in a Democratic primary matchup between two liberals in northern New Jersey.

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