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Orbitz Worldwide and TicketNetwork Direct were accused of violating the Consumer Fraud Act Star-Ledger Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslstaff/index.html

Katie Colaneri/The Jersey JournalEmily Grace has been missing since August 1 and was last seen at the Rockwood Music Hall in New York City and missing posters have appeared all over Hoboken. Recent findings indicate that she was in Florida.... Katie Colaneri/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/kcolaneri/index.html

AP Photo/Mike DererA July 2008 photo of Sydney Blacker with two eyeball-style yo-yo waterballs. The state won a lawsuit over the company that made the toy, which was ruled unsafe. NEWARK — A judge has ordered an Indiana company to... The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html

A Pennsville Township man has been charged again with lewdness for allegedly exposing himself to a mnior.PENNSVILLE TWP. — A township man has been arrested and charged with lewdness for allegedly exposing himself to a minor — his second charge... Deena DiBacco/Today's Sunbeam http://connect.nj.com/user/Deena_DiBacco/index.html

EAST ORANGE — The manager of an East Orange medical equipment company was indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark today for allegedly submitting false Medicare bills, authorities said. Roland Asemota, 49, of East Orange, is charged with 23... Joe Ryan/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jryan/index.html

Deputy Fire Chief Darren Rivers will be named chief of the Jersey City Fire Department, becoming the first African-American to hold that position.Jersey City will get its first black fire chief, it just won’t be tomorrow. Deputy Chief Darren Rivers,... Melissa Hayes/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/MELHAYES/index.html

CLIFFSIDE PARK — A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of his live-in girlfriend, who was missing for nearly a year before her body was found by the side of a Long Island highway.... The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html

David Swanson/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCTAn entrance to Fort Dix in a 2007 photo. The five Muslim immigrants convicted of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix filed their appeal brief today, saying the government illegally gathered evidence against them and inflamed the... Joe Ryan/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jryan/index.html

ELIZABETH &mdash An unidentified woman was shot and killed outside a women’s shelter in Elizabeth tonight, authorities said. The woman, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of her family, was shot around 9:20 p.m. at East Jersey and Madison... The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html

Schundler admits 'I screwed up' on federal Race to the Top application that cost $400M in federal funds Lisa Fleisher/Statehouse Bureau http://connect.nj.com/user/lfleishe/index.html

Russ DeSantis/The Star-LedgerCostco gas station on Hwy 66 in Ocean Township, Monmouth County had to close because of a power outage that affected much of the county. From left are station attendees Diane McLaughlin, Middletown, Michael Facchini, Tinton Falls, and... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

CRANFORD -- Witnesses and security camera footage thwarted the escape of a Red Bank man who allegedly robbed a bank in Cranford Friday, Sgt. Gerard Quinn said. At 6:53 p.m., Cranford police responded to an alarm at the TD Bank... New Jersey Local News Service http://connect.nj.com/user/njolns/index.html

Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerNBA star J.R. Smith, center and his father, Earl Smith, left, listen to the ballplayer's attorney, Kevin Hexstall. The younger Smith was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving in a fatal car... MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/mspoto/index.html

NEWTON -- The owner of two Sussex County contracting companies was sentenced in federal court in Newark today to two years in prison for evading roughly $711,890 in employment taxes. Edward Albanese, 51, pleaded guilty in March to failing to... Star-Ledger Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslstaff/index.html

Google MapsA Hardyston woman was killed Friday in a crash with a dump truck. HARDYSTON -- A 68-year-old Hardyston woman was killed when her car crossed over the center line on Route 94 and crashed into a dump truck, police... Star-Ledger Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslstaff/index.html

file photoAlan Stoedter was arrested and charged with his wife's murder in Manasquan nearly three years ago. MANASQUAN — Detectives will be permitted to discuss on a limited basis the content of their interrogation of a former Manasquan man charged... MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/mspoto/index.html

UNION COUNTY -- After a Union County police officer noticed a red convertible driving erratically early Sunday evening, a short chase on the Garden State Parkway resulted in a three-car accident. Union County police Lt. Robert McGuire said that the... New Jersey Local News Service http://connect.nj.com/user/njolns/index.html

JCP&LJCP&L's power outage map shows problems throughout Monmouth County this afternoon. MONMOUTH/OCEAN COUNTIES — A massive power outage is affecting more than 40,000 Jersey Central Power & Light customers across Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to the company's website and... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

file photoNew Jersey State Police logo. A suspended New Jersey State Police sergeant has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the division, saying he was retaliated against for reporting financial waste. According to the lawsuit, filed last week in Superior Court... Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau http://connect.nj.com/user/cmegeria/index.html

Google MapsEvergreen Cemetery in Morristown. MORRISTOWN — Two of three brothers from Florham Park arrested in connection with a shooting at a Morristown cemetery in April pleaded guilty today to rioting, authorities said. Oscar Guevara, 20, and his brother Renan... Jim Lockwood/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jlockwoo/index.html