Woodbridge officials are stepping up their legal fight to stop the state from sending more sexual predators to a temporary prison. More arrived today despite protests that the facility is not secure. The inmates have finished their sentences, but are deemed too dangerous to return to society. Republican lawyers plan to take their fight against New Jersey's new legislative map to state court this afternoon. They've lost in federal court arguing the map gives black in three Essex County districts less opportunity to elect lawmakers.
Federal judges say the map creates more districts for minorities to comprise a majority of voters.
A clam boat that ran aground off Atlantic City is still there. The Coast Guard says salvagers are hoping to refloat the 107-foot vessel during high tide tonight. American Appliance customers who paid for goods or service before the retail chain shut its doors might get what they paid for. A federal bankruptcy judge will consider a request to block the Pennsauken-based company from liquidating all its merchandise tomorrow. A consumer group says customers should come before creditors.