June 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Icahn group buys AC Tropicana casino, 80 pct offCAMDEN, N.J. AP - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is back in the Atlantic City casino business for what amounts to at least 80 percent off.A bankruptcy court judge in Camden approved the sale of the Tropicana Casino and Resort on Friday to a group of creditors led by Icahn. They're getting it in exchange for $200 million worth of debt in the Tropicana that they bought at a steep discount.
By WAYNE PARRY
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May 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online
Prosecutors say a video store clerk's tip was key to foiling Fort Dix terror plotFORT DIX, N.J. AP - One drove a cab, three were roofers. Another worked at a 7-Eleven and a sixth at a supermarket. Their alleged plot to attack Fort Dix was foiled by another blue-collar worker: a video store clerk.Six foreign-born Muslims were accused Tuesday of planning to assault the Army base and slaughter scores of U.
By Wayne Parry
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July 13, 2005 | Law.com
Feds Charge Pair in $600 Million Cheese-Making ScamThe former chief executive and CFO of now-defunct cheese maker Suprema Specialties have been indicted on charges they participated in a massive scheme to claim more than $600 million in nonexistent sales. The indictments came the same day that the SEC filed a civil complaint against the pair, alleging they broke securities laws and regulations. Before its collapse in 2002, Suprema was twice included among Forbes' top 200 small companies and also made Fortune's top 100 list.
By Wayne Parry
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May 17, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer
N.J. Judge Alleges He Helped Create The SopranosThe SopranosA judge and former prosecutor claims he helped create the Emmy-winning HBO series The Sopranos, but got iced out of the profits.
By Wayne Parry Associated Press
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March 29, 2007 | Law.com
Authorities Break Up $500M Internet Betting RingNew Jersey authorities broke up an international sports betting ring Wednesday they said handled $500 million worth of bets over the past 16 months. State and local officials arrested 47 people and are seeking 12 others. They said the ring, with a communications hub in Costa Rica, used the Internet as well as a network of street-level people to take bets on sports. Three ringleaders were charged with money laundering, conspiracy, racketeering and promoting gambling.
By Wayne Parry
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November 01, 2005 | Law.com
School Orders Students to Remove BlogsA Roman Catholic high school has ordered its students to remove their online diaries from the Internet, citing a threat from cyberpredators. The principal told them in an assembly last month to remove any personal journals they might have or risk suspension. An expert at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which champions bloggers' rights, said there have been several attempts by private institutions elsewhere to restrict or censor students' Web postings.
By Wayne Parry
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April 15, 2004 | Law.com
Eleven Sue PSE&G Claiming Race, Sex BiasEleven current or former employees sued Public Service Electric & Gas Co. Tuesday, claiming racial and sexual discrimination and harassment. Most of the workers, from offices and plants across New Jersey, also claimed they were paid less than their white, male counterparts. The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages and an end to what attorney Lenard Leeds described as "a plantation environment."
By Wayne Parry
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September 26, 2007 | Law.com
N.J. Judge Hears Challenge to Online Gambling RestrictionsAn association of online gambling groups is challenging a federal law that seeks to choke off electronic payments from gamblers to Internet companies operating in other countries. In suing the federal government, the Internet Media Entertainment & Gaming Association claims that Internet gambling is protected by First Amendment privacy rights, and that filtering technology already exists to make sure children and compulsive gamblers cannot access offshore betting sites.
By Wayne Parry
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August 31, 2004 | Law.com
McGreevey's Accuser Says He Will Not SueA former aide who claims New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey sexually harassed him said Monday he will not sue the governor. The governor's resignation announcement was sufficient admission of wrongdoing, Golan Cipel said in a statement. "It's clear to all that McGreevey resigned because he sexually harassed me and that a man of his standing would not have resigned because of sexual orientation or having had an extramarital affair," Cipel said.
By Wayne Parry
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July 15, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal
Politician Who Taped Rival With Prostitute Wants City To Pay Legal BillsAtlantic City's jailed former City Council president, Craig Callaway, who pleaded guilty last year to luring a council rival to a motel and secretly taping him having sex with a prostitute, wants the city to pay his legal bills and any civil judgment against him.
By Wayne Parry Associated Press Writer
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