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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Audit urges major changes in Jersey City development practices
Ted Sherman/The Star-Ledger Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:50:49 -0000
Report comes after an FBI corruption, money-laundering bust in July netted dozens tied to Hudson River deals
NJ Devils alumni, Jersey City police honor fallen officer with charity hockey game
Carly Rothman/The Star-Ledger Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:46:04 -0000
A hockey game at Newark’s Prudential Center today pitted veterans of the New Jersey Devils against a rookie team of Jersey City cops. Although the officers lost 15-to-11, they achieved their true goal: raising about $60,000 for the family of...
Icy North Jersey roadways become less dangerous as temperature rises
Brian Whitley/The Star-Ledger Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:35:56 -0000
State police responded to more than 200 storm-related calls in North Jersey today, but the weather has begun to ease up.
Authorities say 30-year-old man living in halfway house arrested in domestic violence dispute
Katherine Santiago/The Star-Ledger Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:41:52 -0000
Courtesy of the Department of CorrectionsMadrit VlashiHAWTHORNE -- A man who had been living at a halfway house was arrested by Hawthorne police on Saturday night in a domestic violence incident, authorities said. Police responded to a Hawthorne home and...
South Brunswick teen critically injured after falling through warehouse skylight
Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:40:31 -0000
SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- A 15-year-old South Brunswick girl was critically injured after she fell through a skylight at a warehouse in the Dayton section of South Brunswick, according to authorities. At 6:32 p.m. Saturday, three township teenagers called police reporting...
N.J. towns to share staff in anticipation of swine flu, weather
The Associated Press Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:22:15 -0000
Getty ImagesA file photo of nasal spray doses of the H1N1/swine flu vaccine.ORADELL — Some New Jersey towns are forming an employee-sharing consortium in case swine flu sickens too many workers. Oradell Administrator Wolfgang Albrecht came up with the idea...

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NJ hospital bills highest in nation
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:29:00 -0500
The pain in Dan Abrams' leg throbbed so much he could barely stand.
State abortion clinic settles lawsuit
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:50:00 -0500
One of New Jersey's largest abortion clinics has settled a lawsuit from a woman who had a second-trimester abortion for $1.9 million.
Chief of Staff Emanuel to light National Menorah
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:06:00 -0500
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will light the National Menorah this afternoon in celebration of Hanukkah.

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