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Diving Horse Attraction Dropped From Atlantic City Steel Pier After Animal Rights Protests

The owner of the New Jersey city's Steel Pier says he's dropping a plan to bring back the Diving Horse, a controversial attraction featuring a horse and rider plunging into a 12-foot-deep water tank from a platform 40 feet up. Activists who have been protesting the move for weeks consider the elimination of the Diving Horse attraction a historic victory against animal cruelty, but the pier's president denies they were a factor in his decision.
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Jeremy Lin, Knicks Defeat Toronto in Closest Game Yet (VIDEO)

In their most difficult game since Lin came off the bench, the Knicks emerged victorious against the Toronto Raptors, after a last minute 13-1 scoring run followed by a buzzer beating 3-pointer by Lin himself for a final score of 90-87. The game marked New Yorks's fifth straight victory, the team's longest winning streak this season, which began when Lin came off the bench against the New Jersey Nets. The Asian-American point guard finished with 27 points and a career-high 11 assists.
Whitney Houston's Funeral: Bobby Brown Invited, But Will Bobbi Kristina Attend?

Whitney Houston's Funeral: Bobby Brown Invited, But Will Bobbi Kristina Attend?

Whitney Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown has been invited to her funeral, sources tell ABC News, refuting rumors that he had been barred from attending by Houston's mother Cissy and other members of the singer's family. Instead, it's Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, that has friends and relatives worried she may not be able to come to terms with her mother's death.
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Irvington Dentist Patrick Bamgboye Investigated After 2nd New Jersey Child Dies

Irvington, New Jersey dentist, Patrick Bamgboye, 64, is under investigation for the death of a child that occurred during a routine procedure last week. Three-year-old Juan Quiej is the second child to die while in the care of Bamgboye. Eight years ago, a 6-year-old girl died during a routine procedure at Bamgboye's office.
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Chaka Khan Says It's 'Insanity' for Clive Davis to Host Gala After Whitney Houston's Death [VIDEO]

Chaka Khan has criticized Clive Davis, the man who discovered and mentored singer Whitney Houston, for continuing to host his pre-Grammys party hours at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California hours after the singer died in a bathtub in the same hotel. I thought that was complete insanity, Chaka Khan said on Piers Morgan Tonight on Monday. And knowing Whitney, I don't believe she would've said, the show must go on. She's the kind of woman who would've said, 'Sto...
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Whitney Houston's Body Arrives Home in New Jersey

Whitney Houston's body arrived in her home state of New Jersey on Monday night, ahead of a funeral expected later this week for the pop superstar whose blockbuster career was often overshadowed by drug and alcohol abuse.
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Long Branch Fire: 24 Apartments, Businesses Lost on Jersey Shore [Slideshow]

Ten businesses and 14 apartments have been destroyed or damaged in the fire that swept through Brighton Avenue in the West End of Long Branch on Monday. The fire was declared under control at 7:15 P.M. Buildings between 54 and 71 Brighton Avenue were damaged throughout the day due to the fire. The fire left over a dozen tenant's homeless. Those whose homes were caught in the fire are currently at the Long Branch Senior Center where they are being aided by Red Cross officials.

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