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UMD Student To Compete On 'Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament' UMD Student To Compete On 'Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament'
UMD Student To Compete On 'Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament' A University of Maryland student is among dozens of "Jeopardy!" competitors returning as college students. Dan Oxman, a senior Terp studying chemical engineering, will compete on the March 1 round of the "Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament," on ABC. Hosted by Mayim Bialik, the tournament premiered Monday, Feb. 20 and features contestants who were on the "Teen Tournament." Oxman, a South Orange, NJ, native, won $5,000 in the quarterfinals of the 2018 "Teen Tournament."

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NJ's Kevin Spacey Ordered To Pay $31 Million To Netflix's 'House Of Cards' Production Company NJ's Kevin Spacey Ordered To Pay $31 Million To Netflix's 'House Of Cards' Production Company
NJ's Kevin Spacey Ordered To Pay $31 Million To Netflix's 'House Of Cards' Production Company Kevin Spacey's career continues to be a tumbling "House of Cards" like the show in which he previously starred. The 62-year-old actor has been ordered to pay approximately $31 million to Media Rights Capital, the production that made Netflix's once acclaimed show.  The South Orange, New Jersey native recently lost his appeal to have an "arbitration award overturned amid allegations of sexual misconduct," the Guardian among numerous other outlets report citing court documents.  Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana made the ruling in favor of MRC, the production company b…

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NJ's Kevin Spacey Charged With Handful Of Sex Assaults In UK NJ's Kevin Spacey Charged With Handful Of Sex Assaults In UK
NJ's Kevin Spacey Charged With Handful Of Sex Assaults In UK New Jersey's Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men in the United Kingdom, authorities said.  The charges were handed down to the 62-year-old South Orange native on Thursday, May 26, according to a release from the London Metropolitan Police Department. The charges date as far back as March 2005, with most of the victims currently in their 30s and 40s, police said.  One charge even suggests Spacey had "penetrative sexual activity" with one man without consent, according to police. Spacey will be formally charged at a later date, police added.  S…

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by David Cifarelli
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Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years
Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years One of a nest of criminals who paid New Jersey high school students to cash COVID stimulus checks stolen from the mail was sentenced to four years in federal prison. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, must serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence rubber-stamped by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark via videoconference on Monday, Feb. 14. Bennett -- a reputed associate of a group called "The Members" -- recruited U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checks, checkbooks, debit cards, and credit cards from the mail in excha…

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by Jerry DeMarco