WAYNE PARRY

Associated Press Writer
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Body from sunken NJ fishing boat found on NC beach

A body that washed ashore at a North Carolina wildlife refuge over the weekend has been identified as the owner of a commercial fishing boat that sank off the New Jersey coast on Nov. 11.

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NJ Resorts casino gets OK to give keys to lenders

America's first casino to open outside Nevada got permission Thursday to hand itself over to its lenders because it can't pay the mortgage.

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Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women

Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.

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East Coast states totaling damage from nor'easter

It was a desperate, ultimately futile battle — machine against nature — and Ocean City kept it up long after the outcome had been decided.

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APNewsBreak: Search halted for 3 missing fishermen

Nearly a day after a commercial fishing boat sank off New Jersey, the Coast Guard ended its search Thursday for the three crew members.

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Decline continues to slow for AC casinos

After being pummeled by casinos popping up all around it for three years, Atlantic City is starting to roll with the punches.

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Kin tells of brief call from doomed scallop boat

Shortly before 5 a.m. on March 24, Janet Greene's phone rang in her North Carolina home. A light sleeper, she grabbed it on the first ring, knowing it was likely to be from Royal Smith Jr., a commercial fisherman who had two sons with her daughter, Stacy.

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Snowbird manatee flies to balmy Miami for winter

In a journey familiar to retirees but not sea mammals, Ilya the wayward manatee flew south for the winter Thursday after being rescued from a chilly New Jersey creek.

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Jersey is a state of divided baseball loyalties

When the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees meet in the World Series on Wednesday, New Jersey will be a state of divided loyalties.

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3 convicted in NJ sex video blackmail case

Jurors weighing the fate of three men accused of setting up a videotaped sex sting of an Atlantic City councilman determined that the camera doesn't lie, convicting each on nearly all charges Wednesday.

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Wayward manatee missing in NJ waters

Officials have lost sight of a wayward Florida manatee that they wanted to rescue from frigid New Jersey waters.

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Lenders to seek full license for NJ Resorts casino

The financially strapped Resorts Atlantic City, America's first casino outside Nevada, moved closer to being taken over by lenders after they agreed to seek a full New Jersey casino license.

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Sept. revenue declines 5.8 percent at NJ casinos

Revenue is still falling for Atlantic City's 11 casinos, but at least the plunge is slowing down.

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NJ radio reporter tells of getting leaked sex tape

The note inside the manila envelope said the accompanying DVD showed an Atlantic City Councilman having sex with an underage prostitute that he drove to a motel in his city-issued vehicle.

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Bargaining begins in battle for 3 Trump casinos

Both sides in the battle to buy Trump Entertainment Resorts and its three Atlantic City casinos out of bankruptcy are digging deeper in their pockets to try to make it happen.

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Young Md. investor wants to become casino player

A Maryland private equity fund whose chief investment officer is barely old enough to roll the dice or have a legal drink wants to become a player in the Atlantic City casino industry.

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Hotel workers union OKs deal with 4 NJ casinos

The union representing 15,000 Atlantic City casino hotel workers approved a new contract Monday with four casinos, providing raises for most workers and guaranteeing benefits won't be reduced.

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Ex-FBI agent says NJ Merlinos are not mobsters

Joseph and Phyllis Merlino, involved with organized crime? Fuhgeddaboudit!

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'Family' ties at issue in NJ casino work request

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A construction company owner with family links to the mob is trying to convince New Jersey to let him in on the casino business.

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Trump Plaza dealers seek to scrap AC union

Two and a half years and more than a million dollars later, the United Auto Workers has little to show for its costly effort to unionize dealers at Atlantic City's casinos.

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AC casinos, unions seek to avoid strike

The contract between most of Atlantic City's 11 casinos and the workers who keep them clean and stocked with food and drink expired Tuesday, but both sides plan to continue talks.

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