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Byline: Zaheer Cassim, and John Dyer, Special to USA TODAY CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Yasmin Dawood works hard to stick to the limit of 13.2 gallons a day for [...]

Byline: Ali Abare Abubakar, and John Dyer, Special for USA TODAY ABUJA, Nigeria - Amina Ali Nkeki was calm as she recalled her two years of torment while held captive [...]

Byline: Victor Kotsev and John Dyer, Special for USA TODAY In the wake of the weekend coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turks increasingly point to a culprit outside [...]

Byline: Victor Kotsev and John Dyer Hundreds assembled in the city's main Taksim Square Sunday night to show their support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who urged people to come [...]

Byline: Maya Vidon-White and John Dyer European leaders are adopting a distinctly American tone as they ramp up their war on terrorism after 17 people were killed this month in [...]

Byline: Ammar Al Shamary, and John Dyer, Special for USA TODAY An al-Qaeda splinter group's advances on the Iraqi capital Thursday threatened to trigger a new Sunni-vs.-Shiite civil war three [...]

Jayson Williams' criminal conduct following the 2002 shooting death of a limousine driver is admissible at Williams' retrial on a reckless-manslaughter charge, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 4-3 [...]

NOVO SELO, Bulgaria - Americans are lobbying Congress to have Nicolai Yordanov's problem. A pig farmer who lives next to a military base, Yordanov is leery about a Pentagon proposal [...]

SOFIA, Bulgaria - She's homeless, but nobody treats her like a vagrant. They call her 'Lubov' - Bulgarian for 'love.' Teenage girls hang toy diamond necklaces around her neck. They [...]

Acting Governor Codey and Democratic lawmakers are seeking to raise $430 million for the state budget by incurring more debt. The plan comes with a price tag of $106 million. [...]

Landscapers, nannies, fast-food servers and other low-paid workers in New Jersey should earn a minimum wage of at least $7.50 an hour, activists said Wednesday. 'It is unrealistic to think [...]

Senate Republicans have taken up Democratic powerbroker George Norcross' challenge to limit the influence of money in politics. But it's not clear whether Democrats are ready to join the GOP's [...]

For years, Jon Corzine has been spreading political donations around New Jersey like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed. Now he's hoping his investments bear fruit - in the form of the [...]

Members of a special state task force said Tuesday that they have already decided New Jersey needs to hold a constitutional convention to reform property taxes. But settling on the [...]

Oakland to light tree, menorah OAKLAND - The annual Christmas tree and menorah lighting ceremony will be held on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m. in Veterans Park. The ceremony [...]

Acting Governor Codey, who will soon confront the $4 billion shortfall in next year's state budget, approved $70 million in spending last week for pet projects championed by lawmakers for [...]

It ended with a single sentence. 'I resign effective 11:59 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2004.' That was the content of the letter submitted to Secretary of State Regena Thomas [...]

Governor McGreevey had yet to turn in the keys to the executive mansion on Monday, and already some New Jerseyans considered him gone. 'I don't want to hear his name [...]

THE SCANDALS are no longer Page One news. The bombshell announcement is already discussed as if it were a subject for the history books. New Jerseyans are moving on. But [...]

Slot machines could be buzzing and blinking at the Meadowlands by early 2006 under a plan being pushed by soon-to-be acting Gov. Richard J. Codey. Around 5,000 slots - or [...]

Auto insurance giant State Farm has decided to stay in New Jersey after all. Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke plans to make the announcement with State Farm officials at [...]

James E. McGreevey began assembling his new life as a private citizen on Thursday, two weeks before the premature end of his tenure as New Jersey governor. Administration sources said [...]

State Labor Commissioner Kevin McCabe plans to resign as soon as incoming acting Gov. Richard J. Codey chooses his successor. His exit signals the failure of efforts by Governor McGreevey [...]

Senate President Richard J. Codey, who is due to become acting governor next month, plans to enshrine in law the anti-pay-to-play measures Governor McGreevey established in a landmark executive order. [...]

Senate President Richard J. Codey pledged on Wednesday to close a loophole that would have allowed him to circumvent a campaign finance reform measure once he becomes acting governor. But [...]

It's no surprise that Sean Murray-Nolan's job title - 'executive director of the office of the governor of New Jersey' - seemed rather exalted for a 27-year-old. He made it [...]

Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto, the first Hispanic to sit on the state Supreme Court, said Tuesday that his appointment epitomized the American dream and proved that politics isn't always the route [...]

WALL TOWNSHIP - The last few weeks have been marked by prayer and gratitude, Governor McGreevey said Tuesday, reflecting for the first time on the controversy he sparked last month [...]

Today is the last chance for Governor McGreevey's detractors to plead and pressure him to resign in time for a special election in November. If McGreevey finally relents and quits [...]

Governor McGreevey has begun reflecting publicly on how New Jerseyans will think of him when he's a regular citizen. At a ceremony marking the governor's signing of key legislation for [...]

They got into trouble over Governor McGreevey and the YMCA, but Governor McGreevey and the YMCA - at least in spirit - came to their rescue. Citing an appeal from [...]

A small group of demonstrators met on the steps of the State House in Trenton on Thursday and called for Governor McGreevey to resign immediately. 'I had to make a [...]

Homeowners have an extra month-and-a-half to apply for their NJ Saver rebate checks, Governor McGreevey announced Wednesday. The deadline has been extended to accommodate changes made to the program in [...]

Personnel Commissioner Ida Castro resigned from Governor McGreevey's Cabinet on Friday to become a law professor, officials said. Formerly the highest ranking Hispanic woman in New Jersey government, Castro was [...]

BOSTON - John Kerry's speech at the Democratic National Convention was a one-two punch - a mix of kitchen-table issues and trustworthy foreign policy - that will help knock President [...]

John Kerry will promote a strong, pro-Israel policy if elected president, New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg said in a speech before the Democratic National Convention in Boston on Wednesday. [...]

BOSTON - President Bush has bungled the war in Iraq and America's soldiers are paying the price, New Jersey congressional candidate Steve Brozak said at the Democratic National Convention on [...]

If you can laugh about something, then maybe it's not so serious after all. Or maybe that's just looking for deep meaning in what was only a joke after all. [...]

BOSTON - John Kerry will turn around American's fortunes abroad if he's elected president, Rep. Robert Menendez of New Jersey said in a prime-time speech before the Democratic National Convention [...]

BOSTON - Some people stayed home, expecting too much of a headache from commuting into this city. Others left town, expecting too much of a headache from staying home. Both [...]

CAMDEN - Thomas Trantino, the paroled killer of two Lodi police officers, dodged a possible lifetime return to prison Thursday when he was acquitted on charges that he beat and [...]

CAMDEN - Jurors failed to reach a verdict Wednesday in the trial of Thomas Trantino, the paroled cop killer accused of beating and choking his live-in girlfriend. But the jury [...]

The jury in the trial of Thomas Trantino deliberated without reaching a verdict Tuesday on charges that he assaulted his former girlfriend. Jurors asked the court two questions during their [...]

CAMDEN - The fate of Thomas Trantino, the cop killer who was paroled from prison three years ago only to be jailed again on assault charges, now rests in the [...]

Governor McGreevey's administration suffered another body blow Wednesday, when the Rev. William Watley resigned as commerce secretary amid scandal. Watley has been under scrutiny since early this year, when officials [...]

Governor McGreevey is poised to put another $800 million on New Jersey's credit card. Officials intend to borrow that much to finance the whopping $1.9 billion in debt already used [...]

The defense attacked the credibility of Thomas Trantino's ex-girlfriend in Superior Court in Camden on Thursday, attempting to portray Carmen Gonzalez as a drug-addled liar. Attorney William Buckman grilled Gonzalez, [...]

Carmen Gonzalez said she forgives Thomas Trantino for placing her in a chokehold and dragging her across the floor of the counseling center where he worked. Despite the attack, she [...]

CAMDEN - Thomas Trantino's former girlfriend will change her story for a second time and testify that the convicted cop killer beat her, a prosecutor told jurors in Superior Court [...]

Neighbors, family members, and others who believe a child is being abused or neglected will be able to call a new 24-hour hot line to report their suspicions to the [...]