Geoff Mulvihill

February 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

TEANECK, N.J. AP - Shortly after midnight, Steven Goldstein and Daniel Gross renewed their vows as New Jersey became the third state in the nation to offer civil unions for gay couples.The law that took effect Monday was ''a big giant step forward,'' said state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, a prime sponsor of the civil unions law, who hosted ceremonies for couples including Goldstein and Gross.

By Geoff Mulvihill

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July 30, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. AP - After persuasion from New Jersey's governor and attorney general, UPS Inc. said Monday that it would extend health insurance benefits to the civil union partners of gay employees in New Jersey covered by a union contract.The policy change has to do with New Jersey's civil unions law, which took effect in February, and seeks to give gay couples the same rights in the state as married couples.

By Geoff Mulvihill

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February 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

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February 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

TRENTON, N.J. AP - New Jersey lawmakers gave their blessing to legalizing gay marriage for the first time Monday as the state Senate passed a bill that would allow nuptials for same-sex couples, despite Gov. Chris Christie's insistence that he will veto such legislation.The Senate's 24-16 vote sends the bill to the Assembly, which is expected to pass it on Thursday.

By Geoff Mulvihill

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December 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

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March 16, 2012 | Law.com

Accused of spying on his roommate's love life, Dharun Ravi was convicted Friday of invasion of privacy and anti-gay intimidation. He could face 10 years in prison and deportation, although he has legally been in the U.S. since a boy. For more on the case, see this New Jersey Law Journal report (paid-access)

By Geoff Mulvihill

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January 27, 2010 | Daily Report Online

SOMERVILLE, N.J. AP - A call from a convenience store clerk about a suspicious person led to an arrest and a frightening discovery: The man was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a loaded assault rifle and four magazines of ammunition.Back in the man's motel room, authorities found a grenade launcher, more rifles, a night-vision scope and, ominously, a map of the Fort Drum Army base in upstate New York.

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

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October 12, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent have no simple solutions to the global economic crisis. But the work that won them the Nobel Prize in economics is guiding central bankers and policymakers in their search for answers.The two Americans, both 68, were honored for their research in the 1970s and '80s on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and government policy.

By Geoff Mulvihill and Paul Wiseman

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December 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

CAMDEN, N.J. AP - Five Muslim immigrants face possible life prison terms after being convicted of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers in a case that supporters called entrapment and prosecutors said was a pre-emptive strike against terrorism.The five men were convicted Monday in federal court of conspiring to kill military personnel but acquitted of attempted murder.

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

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May 30, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A day after apologizing for the first time, a former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate gave up his right to remain free on Wednesday while New Jersey prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence.

By Geoff Mulvihill

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