
Andy Sutton scored his first goal of the season with 8:17 left in the third period to give New York the lead Saturday night to help the Islanders to a 5-2 victory, their fourth of the season against the New Jersey Devils. Complete Story...

Mike Mottau's first goal since October got New Jersey even late in the third period, and Zach Parise came back from a sick day to score the only goal in the shootout, giving the Devils a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.
Gov. Jon S. Corzine took office in January 2006 calling for "a historic effort to end the toxic mix of politics, money and public business at every level of New Jersey government."
A doctor living in Ohio was arrested on a charge that he beat his boss to death when he was a chef in New Jersey 25 years ago.

Both sides were to present closing arguments Wednesday in a trial over whether "Sopranos" creator David Chase owes a New Jersey man money for his help in developing the hit HBO mob drama.
Authorities broke up a major organized crime ring Tuesday that took in $2.2 billion in gambling bets over the past 15 months and supplied drugs and cell phones to street-gang members in a New Jersey state prison, prosecutors said.
New Jersey has filed suit against a coal-fired power plant in neighboring Pennsylvania, claiming the plant's pollutants blow across the Delaware River and harm New Jersey residents.
New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.

With New Jersey poised to become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty, opponents of the practice declared a historic victory and hoped other states would follow suit.

New Jersey will become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty under a measure lawmakers approved Thursday and the governor intends to sign within days.
THE RACE: Presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in New Jersey.

Chris Kaman and Tim Thomas both scored 18 points to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Nets 91-82 on Tuesday night for their first win in New Jersey in nearly 10 years.
A trucker charged in a New Jersey woman's killing and suspected in a string of crimes along the East Coast pleaded guilty Tuesday to attacking a 15-year-old girl with a knife at her family's home.

Jeff Schultz scored 53 seconds into the second period, lifting the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over New Jersey on Monday night and snapping the Devils' point streak at 10 games.
New Jersey moved toward becoming the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers on Monday after a health advisory board backed new vaccine mandates over the opposition of worried parents.

New Jersey took a major step Monday toward becoming the first state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years, a change that is expect to become law within a month.
Parents concerned about possible vaccine dangers and government intrusion are trying to block New Jersey from becoming the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers.

Jason Kidd insisted a migraine caused him to miss a New Jersey Nets game, brushing aside reports he was staging a personal one-day strike to induce a trade or force a new contract.
A New Jersey man accused of stalking Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel and dragging him off a hotel elevator has changed his plea back to not guilty by reason of insanity, prosecutors said Thursday.

Dainius Zubrus scored with 9:03 to play to help New Jersey beat Dallas 4-2 on Wednesday night, extending the Devils' winning steak to five and ending the Stars' winning streak at six.
Delaware and New Jersey squared off in the Supreme Court Tuesday over which state gets to decide whether a liquefied natural gas terminal gets built on the Delaware River.


