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As the debate over saggy pants continues, the Wildwood City Council is set to pass an ordinance later this evening to ban people from wearing extremely droopy pants on the boardwalk.

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The bill hasn't been voted on yet, but there was a discussion about Assemblyman Reed Gusciora's Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act recently in the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee. Gusciora says his legislation is all about fairness.

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To all those critics out there, all of those "Negative Nancy's," all those who believe the Barnegat Bay is totally doomed - you're wrong.

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Do you think it's okay for the government to review phone records and emails as part of an effort to prevent a future terror attack?

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Frustration over the pace of storm recovery boiled over in Toms River when Ortley Beach residents converged on the town council meeting.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing removable flood walls for much of lower Manhattan, a permanent 15-to-20-foot levee in part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees at a Brooklyn creek as part of a nearly $20 billion plan to protect New York City from storms and global warming.

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The Senate has voted to advance a landmark immigration bill, clearing away the first procedural hurdle in front of legislation that would open the door to citizenship for millions.

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A Senate panel has approved legislation to overhaul the military justice system in an effort to staunch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces.

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The Senate Republican leader says the National Security Agency programs are legal and subject to rigorous oversight as he questioned the motivation of the private contractor who leaked information about the surveillance operations.

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A New Jersey state lawmaker has unexpectedly ended her re-election bid.

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