New Jersey (nickname: "Jersey") is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is the fourth smallest, tenth most populous and is the most densely populated of the fifty states of the United States. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania. Parts of New Jersey lie within the metropolitan areas of New York, Philadelphia, and the Delaware Valley.

Inhabitated by Native Americans for more than 11,000 years, the area was settled by the Swedes and Dutch. The British later seized control of the region, which was granted to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley as the colony of New Jersey. New Jersey was an important site during the American Revolutionary War; several decisive battles were fought there. Cities such as Paterson helped to drive the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century. New Jersey's position at the center of the BosWash megalopolis, between Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., fueled its rapid growth through the suburban boom of the 1950s and beyond.

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Gov. Corzine hurt by scant support in Democratic strongholds
Star-Ledger Staff Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:45:00 -0000
Incumbent crippled by failure to get out the vote in Middlesex, Hudson, and Union counties
Gunman is shot by police after pointing weapon at Newark officer
James Queally/The Star-Ledger Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:58:46 -0000
NEWARK - An armed man was shot by Newark police last night and sustained non-life threatening injuries after he pointed a gun at police officers and ignored calls to drop his weapon, police said. Officers were responding to a call...
Holland Tunnel delays out of NYC cleared after emergency construction
The Associated Press Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:44:17 -0000
JERSEY CITY — Holland Tunnel delays out of NYC have cleared-up after emergency construction repairs snarled tunnel traffic this evening. New Jersey Turnpike Authority spokesman Joseph Orlando said emergency construction was needed to repair a hole on the Newark Bay...
Newark anti-violence activist killed in shooting crossfire
Sharon Adarlo/The Star-Ledger Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:56:07 -0000
Star-Ledger file photoAn anti-violence poster featuring Yusuf Shabazz, 22, of Newark, who was fatally shot today at the Garden Spires apartment complex in Newark. He was founder of Challenge, an anti-violence and gang intervention program.NEWARK -- After getting arrested for...
N.J. health officials confirm 20th swine flu death
Susan K. Livio Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:47:21 -0000
Amanda Brown/The Star-LedgerA photo from Oct. 22 of the H1N1 flu vaccine being readied before being given at Harding Town Hall.State health officials today confirmed 20 people have died from the swine flu since the outbreak began in the spring,...
N.J. Governor-elect Christie urges bipartisanship, talks education at Newark stop
Claire Heininger/Statehouse Bureau Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:46:09 -0000
Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerGov.-elect Chris Christie addresses school children at the Robert Treat Academy today.NEWARK -- A day after becoming the first Republican in a dozen years to capture the Statehouse, Gov.-elect Chris Christie today went to the Democratic bastion of...

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Wednesday's New Jersey lottery numbers
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:00 -0500
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the New Jersey State Lottery:
Man gets 1-year term for counterfeit stamps
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:00 -0500
A judge sentenced a New Jersey man Wednesday to a year in prison for counterfeiting postage meter stamps.
2 face drug charges after raid in Winslow
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:58:00 -0500
Two people face drug charges after police raided a home in the Regency House Apartments here.

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