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Olympian Who Trained In NJ Bringing Peruvian Restaurant To Amazon's New Virginia Headquarters Olympian Who Trained In NJ Bringing Peruvian Restaurant To Amazon's New Virginia Headquarters
Olympian Who Trained In NJ Bringing Peruvian Restaurant To Amazon's New Virginia Headquarters An Olympic rower who spent three years training in New Jersey is bringing the restaurant that he opened as a food truck with his brother 10 years ago to Amazon's new Virginia headquarters this summer. Giuseppe Lanzone, who trained as a rower with Team USA in Princeton from 2006 to 2009, and Mario Lanzone, say the opportunity to bring Peruvian Brothers to HQ2 in Arlington was one they couldn't turn down. “We came [to America] to look for a better future,” the former Olympian said. “I feel like I am living the American Dream... and we are still trying to achieve that every day.” The brother…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murder Conviction Overturned For Adnan Syed — Man At Center Of 'Serial' Podcast Murder Conviction Overturned For Adnan Syed — Man At Center Of 'Serial' Podcast
Murder Conviction Overturned For Adnan Syed — Man At Center Of 'Serial' Podcast Adnan Syed spent over 20 years of what was supposed to be the rest of his life in a prison cell. That was until Sept. 19, when a judge overturned his murder conviction. The 41-year-old had been serving time for the 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, who was found dead in a Baltimore park. In 2014, the podcast, Serial, was created, which took a deep dive into all of the details within Syed's case. Host Sarah Koenig caught the attention of people across the county, all wondering if Syed was truly guilty of Lee's tragic murder.  Adnan Syed and Have Min LeeWikipedia a…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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NJ Residents Appointed To Prestigious White House Fellowship Program NJ Residents Appointed To Prestigious White House Fellowship Program
NJ Residents Appointed To Prestigious White House Fellowship Program Four passionate and highly skilled Garden State professionals have been appointed to the prestigious President’s Commission on White House Fellows fellowship program. The President’s Commission on White House Fellows 2021-2022 class selections were made public Monday and include “the most diverse” candidates in the program’s history, according to a White House press release. Launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the program gives class members the one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a year working as a full-time fellow for White House staff, Cabinet Secretaries and o…

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by Valerie Musson