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'F--king Hot Nurse' Photo Caption Draws Scorn Of Asbury Park Press Readers 'F--king Hot Nurse' Photo Caption Draws Scorn Of Asbury Park Press Readers
'F--king Hot Nurse' Photo Caption Draws Scorn Of Asbury Park Press Readers The Asbury Park Press has attracted some national headlines of its own over an inflammatory photo caption.  In was published by the Gannett-owned paper, New Jersey's third largest, on Saturday, and deleted from the media company's website on Sunday The offensive photo caption identified “a f–king hot nurse” administering a COVID vaccine. It also called the unidentified nurse “a total JAP,” adding racism to the already profane and misogynistic text.  In a Monday statement, Asbury Park Press Executive Editor Paul D’Ambrosio said the caption was fixed on Sunday as soon as editors we…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns 'Bridgegate' Convictions The nation’s highest court on Thursday unanimously overturned the convictions of two onetime allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who played keys roles in the infamous “Bridgegate” case. Bridget Ann Kelly and Bill Baroni didn’t defraud the government of its “property” by closing two local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge over three days in September 2013 as retribution against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. Kelly and Baroni “could not have violated the federal-program fraud or wire fraud laws” because the plan wasn't intended to obtain mon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Figure Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Figure Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time
Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Figure Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time Former Chris Christie senior staffer Bridget Anne Kelly had her “Bridgegate” federal prison sentence reduced Wednesday from 18 to 13 months. Bridget Anne Kelly, 46, had her conviction tossed by a federal appeals court last November for her role in a political-retribution scheme against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich. Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff for legislative and intergovernmental affairs in Christie’s office, was convicted along with William E. Baroni, 47, formerly the deputy executive director of the Port Authority, in 2016 in what became a massive traffic jam at the Georg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Participant Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Participant Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time
Convicted 'Bridgegate' Lane-Closure Participant Resentenced To Less Federal Prison Time A former top Port Authority official had his “Bridgegate” federal prison sentence reduced Tuesday to 18 months from two years. William E. Baroni Jr., 47, who was appointed by then-Gov. Chris Christie, had civil rights convictions tossed by a federal appeals court last September for his role in a political-retribution scheme against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich. Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly, 46 — formerly deputy chief of staff for legislative and intergovernmental affairs in Christie’s office — were each convicted in November 2016 of willfully participating in what became a massive traffic …

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by Jerry DeMarco