NEW JERSEY

Former Real Housewives of New Jersey Jacqueline Laurita and her husband Christopher are named in an approximately $8 million lawsuit, according to reports.

Philadelphia Mafia member Nicodemo Scarfo Jr. was indicted on Tuesday along with 12 others for white collar crimes.

An LOT Polish Airlines plane originating at Newark Airport was forced to make a crash landing in Warsaw on Tuesday.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian filed for divorce on Monday, just 72 days after marrying basketball player Kris Humphries in a lavish wedding that was billed as a fairytale.

A U.S. judge has appointed a trustee to oversee the liquidation of the U.S. brokerage unit of Jon Corzine's MF Global Holdings Ltd, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, a federal agency said.

Virginia-based AvalonBay, the second-largest real estate investment trust, reported a 27 percent increase in funds from operations to $107.6 million, or $1.17 per share, up from $84.5 million, or 98 centers per share, in 2010.

The high-profile veteran would be the boost New York needs.

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from husband Kris Humphries on Monday Oct. 31, citing irreconcilable differences. Humphries was blindsided by the divorce filing, reports TMZ, and learned of the news from the gossip website, just like the rest of the world while Kardashian was back to business as usual.

With customers angry about new bank fees, credit unions have been trying to use the displeasure to gain more customers.

The bankruptcy of New York-based MF Global Holdings brought the European debt crisis to New York, wiping out a respected firm and tarnishing the reputation of a former Goldman Sachs CEO.

Decorative displays of pumpkins in New York and New Hampshire lay covered in snow, as a rare and late October winter storm struck the U.S. Northeastern region on Saturday and Sunday. The snow storm also led to power outages.

While some rejoice at the unexpected snow over Halloween weekend, many others in the Northeast face power outages, mass delays, and dangerous driving conditions as the rare snow storm travels up the East Coast. See footage of the storm, including New York' Occupy Wall Street, and view photos of the massive snowfall at MetLife Stadium and across Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Television and radio host Montel Williams told the Associated Press Sunday that he admires Israel's liberal attitude toward medical marijuana and believes all of the U.S. should legalize it.

In recent years, a growing number of companies have been encouraging workers to voluntarily improve their health to control escalating insurance costs.

A rare October snowstorm blanketed East Coast with heavy record snowfall and rain Saturday that knocked down trees and power lines just before the Halloween.

Adolf Hitler Campbell and his two sisters will remain under foster care after a judge denied the parents custody of their kids.

A major early-season snowstorm is expected Saturday as an area of low pressure tracks up the U.S. East Coast, bringing with it the possibility of significant snowfall in a broad band.

An Israeli man who lives in Brooklyn pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of brokering a kidney transplant as of a black market organ business. This is the first human organ trafficking conviction in the United States.

Merck & Co. announced on Friday that its net income grew to $1.69 billion from $372 million in the prior-year quarter, as gains from the company's diabetes and asthma medication offset losses from their Remicade and Simponi treatments for inflammatory diseases.

Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, an Israeli citizen who lives in Brooklyn, admitted Thursday that he had brokered three illegal kidney transplants for customers in New Jersey.

The international black market organ trade is a $75 million per year industry.