In an age when schools are on alert for campus shooters, school officials nationwide say they're battling a new phenomenon: threats of violence that trigger a flurry of text messaging and drive up absenteeism among frightened students.
In an age when schools are on high alert for campus shooters, school officials nationwide say they're battling a new phenomenon: threats of violence that trigger a flurry of text messaging, driving up absenteeism among frightened students.
Retail gas prices fell more than a cent over the weekend, offering further evidence that prices may have peaked for the year. However, oil futures soared once again Monday, nearing $120 a barrel as supply threats emerged overseas and the dollar weakened against the euro.
WOODSTOCK -- A jury trial set to start today for an ex-law enforcement official accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006 has been delayed because the prosecution's chief witness -- his accuser -- failed to show.
Fifteen prominent New Jerseyans have been inducted into the state's new Hall of Fame - even though the actual hall doesn't exist yet. Bruce Springsteen, Yogi Berra, Toni Morrison and General Norman Schwarzkopf were among the honorees on hand for the ceremony at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Two inductees, the actress Meryl Streep and the former U.S. senator Bill
Oil reached its latest milestone on a mix of threats to overseas crude oil supplies. A threat by Kurdish rebels in Iraq to attack American interests has investors concerned. And an attack on an oil facility in Nigeria cut oil supplies.
A defiant Brooklyn judge will keep reporting to work, despite getting a death threat last week. Brooklyn Surrogate Court Judge Diana Johnson's staff received a scary letter - constructed with letters clipped from newspapers - that threatened the
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