Newark (New Jersey)

Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker to Run for Senate in 2014

Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker released a YouTube video this morning outlining his own political aspirations for the future. Booker, a nationally-known, high-profile figure, is seen as one of the rising stars of the Democrat party, and many expected him to challenge Republican incumbent Chris Christie ... More >>

Newark Bodega Owners Demand Cheap Bulletproof Vests

Although Mayor Corey Booker is on a mission to re-invent Newark, the crime rate in the New Jersey city is still a statistic he cannot rub: the amount of violent crime rates is way above the national median for urban centers and, according to neighborhoodscout.com, one in 94 Newark residents are the ... More >>

'Body High' w/ Samo Sound Boy+Jim-E Stack+DJ Funeral

Put Cha Back in It

DJ Sliink hits Electric Warehouse

Mike Bloomberg: New Jersey Criticism of NYPD Muslim Spying is 'Ridiculous'

Mayor Mike Bloomberg was on the defense this morning against criticisms thrown at him this week that the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey is arrogant and paranoid. Since the Associated Press came out with reports that the NYPD spied on Muslim student groups at cam ... More >>

FOREVER AND ALWAYS

Taylor Swift wraps the ‘Speak Now’ tour

The 'Serious Burger' at Cheeburger Cheeburger: Taste Test and an SNL Video

​The abridged version of the chain, at Newark's Terminal A National burger chains are flying into town and running up their numbers so fast, we can't keep up with them. One of the latest to arrive - along with Smashburger, Fatburger (which tried twice in the last two decades, failed, and is ... More >>

Enrique Iglesias+Pitbull

JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports All Having Issues These Days

​At Newark airport, your  flight will rarely be on time. At JFK, your stuff might get stolen: according to the Post, larcenies at Kennedy Airport are up 30 percent from the first half of 2010 (the most commonly stolen items are laptops and iPads). Looks like we're all booking out of LaGuardia ... More >>

Central Park Hits Record 102 Degrees

​We just hit a record 102 degrees in Central Park, which is wayyyy better than the measly 101 degrees we achieved on July 22 of 1957, you guys. Everyone, pat yourself on the sweaty back! It's thanks to all of us that this could even be possible. Also! With humidity, the heat is 116 degrees, re ... More >>

Edward De Sear, Law Firm Partner, Charged With Distributing Kiddie Porn

Edward De Sear, via LinkedIn ​Edward De Sear, a top-ranked capital markets lawyer and partner at international firm Allen & Overy, was arrested by the FBI yesterday at his New Jersey home on charges of distributing kiddie porn on the Internet. Reuters reports that he appeared in federal court ... More >>

Stun Guns, the Latest in Travel Chic: Two Found in Man's Luggage at JFK

Hours of airport fun!​In a bizarre coincidence (some might even call it a "trend"), the New York Post notes that a mere two days after a stun gun was discovered in the back pocket of seat 9B of a JetBlue flight that had landed at Newark, two stun guns were found at JFK, this time in the luggag ... More >>

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

The Dalai Lama makes his way to Jersey

Is Marcel's Quantum Kitchen a Modernist Cuisine for the TV?; Hardee's and Carl's Jr. Add Turkey Burgers to Menu

​The federal government is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests. [BusinessWeek] Modernist Cuisine for TV? Syfy is debuting Marcel's Quantum Kitchen, a new show starring molecularly inclined Top Chef alum Marcel Vigneron. [Wired] A ... More >>

Manhattan as a Pinball Machine [Video]

Is this how the power outage at Newark got started? Certainly not, but in any case, it's pretty excellent. Manhattan 4.33pm from Lizzie Oxby on Vimeo.[via Laughing Squid]

Cory Booker's Newark Weight-Loss Plan Is Already Working

​What can't this guy do? Seriously. After announcing on Tuesday his new plan to lose 57 pounds by April, Newark Mayor-of-the-People Cory Booker is already being deluged with Twitter followers supporting and joining him in his efforts. Folks are kickboxing, spending practically an entire hour o ... More >>

The Blizzard of 2010: We'll Be Telling the Grandkids About This One!

Tompkins Square Park, through the snow.​Is there a name for this thing yet? Snowmaggedon? Thundersnow? Blizza-palooza? That day people were trapped outside of New York City, while those (okay, one or two) inside it actually skied to work? And the rest of us hunkered down and tried not to have ... More >>

'Free the Music Presents Brothers' Vibe'

Suspicious Packages Found on UPS Planes in Newark and Philly; Fighter Jets Escort Passenger Plane to JFK

​We're hearing reports of suspicious packages on UPS planes that have landed at Newark and Philadelphia Airports, as well as a suspected explosive device on a UPS truck in Long Island City, Queens, which the bomb squad is investigating.

New Yorkers Must Wait to Be Ogled by TSA

​Sorry, New York. Those full body scanners promised "for September" at Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia airports back in August are still not available. Turns out the installation of -- like the public's reaction to -- the machinery is a bit "complex."

Dock Strike Creates a Harbor Still-Life as Boats and Barges Wait it Out

​If you can find a good high view, New York harbor is a pretty interesting sight right now. Thanks to the wildcat sympathy strike that began yesterday, there are a dozen loaded barges and at least ten freighters sitting idle between Staten Island and the Statue of Liberty. Over on the Bayonne ... More >>

Drunk Pilot Yanked from Delta Flight; His Passengers Could Probably Use a Drink

​A Delta Airlines pilot about to fly from Amsterdam to Newark today was removed from the plane after getting a .023 percent on his blood alcohol level test, which is just over the legal limit in the Netherlands. In the U.S., where the pilot is from (Woodbury, New Jersey, to be exact), drunk dr ... More >>

Morning Links: Buses to Get Faster, Police Looking for Suspects in Sexual Assault in Central Park, Rush Limbaugh Marries Again

A rendering of the new lanes.​• Starting in October, New York City buses will get express lanes on 1st and 2nd Avenues. The Department of Transportation and the MTA hope this will improve bus travel times by 20 percent. New bike lanes will also be added to part of the route. • Two New Jer ... More >>

St. Anselm in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Debuts the Newark Dog

​The Newark dog at St. Anselm is really a pair of dogs jammed in "pizza bread." St. Anselm, the younger sibling of across-the-street Fette Sau and next-door Spuyten Duyvil, has been having a soft opening lately, prior to getting its liquor license.

MSG Reno to Exile Liberty ... to Newark?

​Proving the old line that the best way to find real news in the Times is to read the stories end-to-beginning, the Paper of Record offers up a classic buried lede in its article today about the upcoming renovations to Madison Square Garden. Round about the sixth paragraph, sportswriter Richar ... More >>

Newark SlayDay Counter Reset to Zero After Admirable 38 Day Run

​Poor Cory Booker. You've gotta feel bad for the guy.

Congrats: If You Visited Newark Last Month, You're A Winner!

​Last night, Newark mayor Cory Booker made a pretty exciting announcement over Twitter! And if you visited Newark last month, you were inevitably part of this big, awesome news. You're a winner!

I # NY: The 'Voice's Daily Twitter Roundup

​Twitter roundups are dumb, cheap traffic, and have been done by everyone else plenty of times before. Which is why it's our turn! Meet I # NY, our new Twitter roundup that's going to blow your mind. Or just put together a bunch of either incredibly familiar or incredibly foreign New York-cent ... More >>

T.I. Brings Fellatio, Scandal to Downtown Newark

Photo via NJ.com/The Star-Ledger​We're gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the dude's hand that does it, the right one, in this billboard recently thrown up by T.I.'s Akoo clothing line--something about lovingly clutching a girl's head to your unbuckled crotch just screams fellatio, or do ... More >>

American Idol Tour: Anoop Desai, Adam Lambert, and That Guy Who Won Show Jersey Some Love

"American Idols Live!" Prudential Center in Newark Saturday, August 8 The Top 10 American Idol contestants of Season 8 came to Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night. That meant lots of "Whattup New-ARK!"s and "I've always dreamed of performing in Jersey" announcements from the oh-so-sincere singer ... More >>

Promotional Event of the Season: Ice Block Gift Card Fight

Hotter and Faster at McWhorter Barbecue

Ribs, chicken, and cops in Newark's Ironbound

Spice Girls @ MSG: Tickets On Sale Saturday 12/6 10am

Raw Shit and Rubber Duckies

A summer's day in Newark, where famous MCs roam but unknown MCs make better drama

Humpless

Why you should go to Newark to gorge yourself on barbecued beef

Men at Work

Coal, chemicals, and campaigning: They're dirty jobs, but someone has to document them

Outing Cardinal Egan

A priest's lawsuit alleges the Catholic Church is hiding pedophile clergy—and offers a stunning reason why

Close-Up on Newark, New Jersey

Pumping Meat

Wait patiently for the best stuff at Ironbound all-you-can-eat

Weapons of Mass Sedition

Can a sacred music festival lure us away from violence and toward reason?

Close-Up on Newark

Contain Yourself!

When it comes to housing, can thinking outside the box mean living inside a box?

Two Rivers

Rump-cut meat rocks hardest at Brazilian barbecue joint

Seize the Seat

Poet-Activist Ras Baraka Runs for Newark City Council

Sports

Beating the Bushes

Minor-League Ball Flourishes in the Shadow of the Mets and Yanks

Jewel Boxes

Sports

Plastic Kills

Card Sharks

There Goes The Neighborhood

The Nets may be set to pave over a Newark community. Will the Yankees do the same in the Bronx?