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BELMAR &mdash U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews and local police spent hours searching for a 20-year-old after he went missing off Belmar tonight, authorities said. The man was last seen wearing a black tank top and black shorts when he... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

Hurricane Earl tracking shows the storm will hit the N.J. coastline around noon Friday Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/thaydon/index.html

Lori Van Buren/Times UnionArne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary, heads a round table with teams of teachers in N.Y. TRENTON — New Jersey will be at the forefront of a collaborative effort to develop a new generation of standardized tests, an... Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jcalefati/index.html

file photoClifford Janey, the superintendent of Newark public schools, speaks with school employees during a staff meeting in 2008 at the Prudential Center in Newark. NEWARK — Newark Superintendent Clifford Janey will stay in his post to start the school... Star-Ledger Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslstaff/index.html

Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerA file photo of recess at Newton Street school in Newark. NEWARK — When Newark school district’s 39,000 students began their first day of classes today, they began a school year already full of change. The district has... Victoria St. Martin/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/vstmartin/index.html

Frank H. Conlon/For The Star-LedgerIn a television camera monitor, News Anchor Jim Hooker prepares for the evening news broadcast at the New Jersey Network Studios in Trenton, NJ on 4/22/10. TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie submitted legislation today designed to... Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/pamcglon/index.html

Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerThe exterior of a Franklin Boulevard home in Franklin Township, where police shot and killed a man during after he pulled a gun while police attempted to arrest him, authorities said. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset) — It was self-defense... Jennifer Golson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jgolson/index.html

MAPLEWOOD — When the former-Mellon Financial Corp. sold its subsidiary in 2005, they refused to give Robert Howley a severance package, since the new owner promised to give him a comparable job. But the day after Mellon sold Buck Consultants... Jennifer Golson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jgolson/index.html

Google MapsA map view of Nye Avenue in Irvington, where Donovan Mitchell was found stabbed to death. IRVINGTON — A Newark man was arrested this afternoon and charged with the July stabbing death of an Irvington man, authorities said. Ibn... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

Google MapsA map view of Nye Avenue and Bergen Street in Newark, where a hit-and-run crash left a Brooklyn man dead. NEWARK — The suspect in a Newark hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a Brooklyn man two weeks... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

Journal file photo A two-alarm fire at a Downtown Jersey City brownstone displaced a family tonight, officials said.The fire at 123 Grand St. was called in at 6:15 p.m. and declared under control at 6:37 p.m., Deputy Fire Director Jerry... Ken Thorbourne/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/kthorbou/index.html

John O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerCongressman Rush Holt announces his bid for reelection at Princeton Power Systems in Princeton. WEST WINDSOR — Kicking off his re-election campaign, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th Dist.) criticized his Republican opponent, Scott Sipprelle, as a Wall Street... Matt Friedman/Statehouse Bureau http://connect.nj.com/user/matt_friedman/index.html

Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerA 2009 photo of old main building at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. PARSIPPANY — A sitter for a Greystone Park Psychiatric patient has been charged with sexually assaulting the woman while she was undergoing medical treatment at a... The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html

The worst of the storm is expected to be 100 miles offshore, but officials are preparing for riptides, rainfall The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html

Google MapsA map view of Park Avenue and 51st Street where a suspicious vehicle has caused police to close the streets. NEW YORK CITY — New York City police say nothing suspicious was found in a Mercedes parked for hours... The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html

Lawsuit argues immigrants are being discriminated against The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html

Shaunette P. Ruffin-Moody, 48, of Jersey City. JERSEY CITY — The former office manager for a student government organization at New Jersey City University was indicted along with her husband by a federal grand jury today for allegedly stealing more... Joe Ryan/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jryan/index.html

David Bergeland/For The Star-LedgerPhoto of last year's memorial ride. The riders met at Newark Liberty International Airport to begin the ride. NEWARK — A group of motorcyclists has begun its second annual ride tracing the intended path of Flight 93... The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html

Google MapsAn oil rig exploded today in the Gulf of Mexico about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana. CNN is reporting 13 people jumped into the water to escape the blaze, but have since been accounted for. NEW... The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html

Woman who crashed into car carrying college students was 'drunk enough for two people,' prosecutor says Sue Epstein/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/sepstein/index.html