Today's ticker tape parade up the Canyon of Heroes isn't the only Giants celebration happening today. Chris Christie, who insists on calling the team the New Jersey Giants, is throwing a celebration of his own at MetLife Stadium. And Naughty by Nature will be there! more ›

The northern New Jersey assistant principal who has been accused of planting a hidden camera to videotape boys showering at a NJ Catholic high school where he volunteered for nearly three years has resigned from his job, more than a month after he was first arrested. Patrick Lott had been placed on an unpaid leave of absence as an assistant principal at the Bernardsville Middle School after being arrested last December, but it took until this week for Lott to officially step down amidst 22 counts of invasion of privacy (one for each victim), and more than two dozen counts of child endangerment. So despite "several" videos of nude teenagers showering being found at Lott's house, he was still given a gentleman's period to gracefully step aside. more ›

Police are searching for a man who allegedly hit his three-year-old daughter with a brick in Brick, NJ. Edward Smith, 25, destroyed the child’s mother’s cellphone and stole her car after the Saturday night incident, and has been on the run since. Authorities believe Smith wasn't intentionally trying to hurt the little girl, who lost a tooth and needed stitches for a cut on her upper lip. more ›

The Chris Christie civil rights apology tour continues! After flubbing his first apology by going and calling a New Jersey lawmaker "numbnuts," the Garden State gov took to the airwaves yesterday to again apologize to anyone he might have offended when he suggested white Southerners should have been allowed to vote on civil rights gains for blacks in the 1960s. But he's not sorry about calling Assemblyman Reed Gusciora "numbnuts," okay? more ›

Oh Christie, Christie, Christie. The New Jersey Governor today again tried to explain those comments last week in which he said that white Southerners should have been allowed to vote on civil rights gains for blacks in the 1960s. But while the big guy was talking he went and called an openly gay New Jersey Assemblyman "numbnuts." D'oh! more ›

People say the most incriminating things on the internets! In the wake of the arrest of New Jersey high school football coach (and Adam Sandler lookalike) Scott Rubinetti, those who allegedly knew him have taken to Facebook to speak their piece—and some of them have some interesting (if totally uncorroborated) things to say. Like the one who says "he was always enjoying some nose candy with select female students and then would sleep with them." Could that explain why at least five Lyndhurst High Schoolers wore "Free Rubinetti" shirts to school yesterday? more ›

Chris Christie has vowed to veto any gay marriage bill that passes his desk—causing him political headaches since it looks like he may have to put that vow to the test. Also giving the roly-poly governor of New Jersey headaches? A comment he made earlier this week suggesting white Southerners should have been allowed to vote civil rights gains for blacks during the 1960s. Let's just say some people respectfully disagree with the presumed 2016 GOP presidential candidate. more ›

Another week, another Bergen County, New Jersey teacher accused of sleeping with a student. Lyndhurst High School football coach and phys. ed. teacher Scott Rubinetti was arrested yesterday and charged with sexual assault, child endangerment and witness tampering. Police say that between 2009 and 2010 he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a senior girl in his charge. more ›

As if the hellish sight of thousands of commuters trying to get out of the World Trade Center PATH station weren't convincing enough, the Port Authority has gone and confirmed earlier reports that PATH ridership is—despite that fare hike—way up. How up? 3.6 percent from to an all-time high of 76.6 million riders a year. more ›

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are really serious about their promise to bring marriage equality to a vote in the Garden State, and Governor Chris Christie is really serious about trying to get around them without upsetting either side too much. Today a Senate committee in the state advanced a bill on the topic in an 8-4 vote along party lines. Which gave Chrstie the perfect time to push instead for a voter referendum in November on gay marriage. more ›

Early Saturday morning, 22 show horses were killed in a massive barn fire in northern New Jersey. Authorities say the fire, which they believe was an accident, broke out at the Heritage Acres farm in Lafayette; by the time firefighters arrived just before 2 a.m., the barn was already engulfed in flames. The owners, who did not have insurance, are devastated: "We’re just going to sell our property. It was our business and we’re too old to start over," 73-year-old Betty Hahn told the Star-Ledger. more ›

Beating out a forlorn Frutopia machine in an Idaho parking lot and an abandoned lemonade stand in Florida, an all-nude strip club in Sayreville, New Jersey that only sells non-alcoholic beverages is officially the World's Saddest Juice Vendor. Club 35, which doesn't sell booze so its dancers can remain completely nude, recently lost a NIMBY court decision that would shut it down. Their lawyer vows to appeal, and the Daily News gets the money quote on the spot's possible closing from "a man in a mechanic's uniform." "I work so many hours it's hard to meet people. Without this I would be lonely." more ›

While we remember fighting over the ambulance in day care (you know who you are, ambulance hoggers), we don't recall interacting with rodents until our first apartment. Eight-month-old Alanah Barba was recently found playing with a mouse in her mouth at a Newark day care center. "Lately, she's been vomiting. Everything she's eaten, she's throwing it back up," Alanah's mother Brittany tells ABC. On the other hand, it's never too early to read your children Stuart Little. more ›

A rising Don Bosco Prep football star, who was being courted by some major college programs, was expelled and may have lost many of his recruiters over a months-long string offensive tweets. For a high school that takes its football arguably too seriously, this is bad news. When will everyone learn that when you post dumb sh*t on the internet, people will notice? more ›

A history teacher in New Jersey was arrested yesterday morning and accused of carrying on a months-long inappropriate relationship with a former student, a 16-year-old at Passaic Valley High School where he worked. 32-year-old Kyle Daniw was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. "There is no evidence other than this child, but we are investigating whether there are other victims," Chief Assistant Prosecutor Joseph A. Del Russo told the Record. But "that’s always a concern." more ›

A house fire in New Jersey this week led to the arrest of a Pratt professor on charges of endangering the welfare of a child. According to the New Jersey State Police, 76-year-old architecture professor Gamal El-Zoghby was arrested after firefighters battling a blaze in his Eagleswood Township home found child pornography hidden in the ceiling. more ›

For nearly three years, the Star-Ledger has been fighting the New Jersey Sports Authority to release contracts and terms negotiated by the company with performers at the Izod Center and what used to be Giants stadium. Those documents have been released, and we now know that the authority charged around $80,000 to rent out the Izod Center, that the company never lost money on a contract there, and that the venues bring a lot of money into New Jersey. What we still aren't allowed to see? Bruce Springsteen's food and beverage requirements. This was all foreshadowed in "Darkness Along the Edges of 12 Pages Of Legally Binding Documents." more ›

Some people give their WiFi network wacky ironic names to discourage neighbors from using it, like "Free Viruses" and "We_Can_Hear_You_Having_Sex." Over in Teaneck, N.J., they push the envelope a little bit, at least at the local recreation center, where someone gave the WiFi network at the Richard Rodda Community Center a very offensive name. "When I first saw it, I said, 'Did that say what I thought it said?," a local woman tells the Daily News. "I was shocked, hurt. I felt harassed." Which is understandable, because the WiFi in question was named "F--- All Jews And N----." more ›

Hoboken and Jersey City: prepare yourselves for a possible impending aerosol-fueled apocalypse! Yes, that's right, the rumor mill is churning with the news that MTV is scouting possible locations in both cities for a new series following Snooki and J-Woww outside of the Jersey Shore. more ›

NJ Governor Chris Christie discussed the "New Jersey Comeback" during his State of the State today and seemingly laid the cornerstone to his 2016 campaign: He announced that he wanted 10 percent tax reductions for all Garden State residents. more ›

Just as New Jersey is getting ready to put gay marriage back on the table an unsurprising voice of opposition has reared its head. Pope Benedict XVI in an annual address to the diplomatic corps yesterday said that married homosexuals were one of the major threats facing the family, threats that could undermine "the future of humanity itself." Because the Catholic Church has a perfect record there, right? more ›

For your daily dose of bizarre and unfortunate stories, we present the case of Nas the no-show and the angry Angolans. Say what? Here's what happened: Patrick Allocco is a Morris Township-based concert promoter who worked with Angolan promoter named Henrique "Riquhino" Miguel to bring rapper Nas to the country for a heavily promoted New Year's Eve show. Miguel fronted $300,000 for the show, but Nas ended up bailing, citing a "miscommunication" and going to a fancy party in Miami instead. That's when things went sour. more ›

New Jersey governor Chris Christie is above partisan squabbling and name-calling. As he was trying to explain this to a group of Mitt Romney supporters at a campaign stop in Exeter, New Hampshire, he was rudely interrupted by a group of Occupy protesters who shouted "Christie kills jobs!" But thanks to his years on the stand-up circuit, Christie handled the hecklers like a pro. "You know, something may go down tonight but it ain't gonna be jobs, sweetheart!" We're guessing New Jersey's chief executive then ordered the group a round of strawberry daiquiris and told the bartender to "keep playing Buffett until I can get these ladies home." more ›

We all cringed at the recently-released montage of nail-biting car crashes in New Jersey caused by drivers who run red lights. The company who provides the most red light cameras in the country, American Traffic Solutions, noted that 11 people were killed in the state in 2009 as a resulting of red-light running related collisions. But Monmouth County assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon believes that they're a scam. "They're ATMs in reverse—your money goes in and it never comes out," the Republican tells the Star-Ledger. more ›

Avian enthusiasts who are bummed about the recent death of Washington Square's red-tailed hawk Violet may find solace in the fluffy bosom of New Jersey's new snowy owl. That's right: an owl that normally makes the Arctic tundra its home has been roosting at the Merrill Creek Reservoir in Warren County New Jersey for two months. Experts the Star-Ledger spoke to seem to think that there may be a "baby boom" of snowy owls in Canada, forcing them to travel further south. We're eagerly awaiting Chris Christie's demand that the owl "get the hell over to the Jersey Shore's fabulous casinos and fine dining." more ›