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Stunning Video Shows Philly Driver Going Wrong Way Before Double Fatal NJ Wreck Stunning Video Shows Philly Driver Going Wrong Way Before Double Fatal NJ Wreck
Stunning Video Shows Philly Driver Going Wrong Way Before Double Fatal NJ Wreck A 62-year-old man from Philadelphia and a 53-year-old woman from Deptford were killed in a head-on crash in Gloucester County, authorities said. Footage being circulated on social media and obtained by 6abc shows a driver identified by police as Stanley Kahana driving the wrong way for several seconds before slamming head-on into another motorist on Route 55 on Thursday, Sept. 5. According to NJSP, Kahana, 62, of Philadelphia, was heading south on the roadway when he crossed into the northbound lanes and continued driving south just before 9 a.m. Kahana eventually struck a northbound …

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Cow Sharks, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Crocodiles Coming To $73M NJ Museum Cow Sharks, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Crocodiles Coming To $73M NJ Museum
Cow Sharks, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Crocodiles Coming To $73M NJ Museum Primitive cow sharks, dinosaurs and other millions-year-old Late Cretaceous-Era, fossils are enjoying a homecoming of sorts -- thanks to a South Jersey university. Rowan University in Gloucester County held a groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend for its planned $73 million dinosaur fossil park museum on the site of a prehistoric trove a few stones throws from its Glassboro campus.  The world-class science attraction is set to open in 2023.  Given that the bones date back 66 million years, that's more than $1 per year earmarked for the the Jean & Ric Edelman Foss…

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by Jon Craig
News
South Jersey Man Killed In Police Shooting Had Reported Gunman On His Property, AG Says South Jersey Man Killed In Police Shooting Had Reported Gunman On His Property, AG Says
South Jersey Man Killed In Police Shooting Had Reported Gunman On His Property, AG Says UPDATE: A South Jersey man who was killed in a police-involved shooting last month had called 911 to report a trespasser on his property wielding a gun, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck revealed Wednesday. Two Mantua Township police officers responded to a 911 call at the Elm Avenue home of Charles Sharp III, 49, shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sept 14, Bruck said. Sharp had called police to report that several people were trespassing on his property, including someone armed with a gun, the attorney general said. He was shot by one of the officers when they encountered him outs…

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by Jerry DeMarco