NEW JERSEY

Georgia officials executed Troy Davis last week for a 1989 murder case that was almost entirely based on eyewitness testimony. Now, more than 20 years later, legal experts say Davis' story is another example in a debate about how reliable are eyewitnesses' testimonies, especially in death penalty cases.

Despite Chris Christie, and those who sometimes speak for him, reiterating his line of not running for president, that, “no means no, and he means it,” that, “short of suicide” he won’t be doing it, speculation has renewed.

The New Jersey Nets will be renamed the Brooklyn Nets when the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise moves across the state line and into a new arena next year, minority owner and rap star Jay-Z said on Monday.

Jay-Z will be the first musical performer to play at a new basketball arena under construction in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn-born rap star said on Monday.

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey vetoed on Monday a $420,000 film tax credit dubbed the Snooki Subsidy for the reality show The Jersey Shore, citing the state's budget crunch.

Jay-Z, part owner of the current New Jersey Nets, announced Monday that the team would be named the Brooklyn Nets once the 2012-2013 season begins.

The rapper's shows will be the new arena's first.

All of the bad jokes apply: it was easier to build the transcontinental railroad than for Democrats and Republicans to agree on a budget. Or perhaps the Burma Road.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Christie has been inundated by a relentless stream of calls to run for the White House.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation published it's Landslide list on Saturday, which tracks the places of highest environmental risk in the United States.

With less than six days until a possible U.S. Government shutdown, considerable differences remain between Democratic and Republican proposals to fund disaster relief. The GOP wants any Hurricane Irene disaster relief funds to be offset by cuts to other programs. Democrats say doing so would hold disaster victims hostage to partisan politics.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 55 people in 14 states have now been confirmed as sickened from eating contaminated cantaloupe, while eight have died.

New Jersey Transit service was back on track at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday after a power failure snarled the morning commute.

Delays continue after a power outage Thursday morning left nearly 1,500 NJ Transit passengers stuck in a tunnel between New Jersey and New York City.

An Amtrak power problem has left some New Jersey Transit commuters stranded Thursday on the rail line that runs between New York City and New Jersey.

A multi-state outbreak of food-borne bacteria, listeria, that arose in early September took another life in Maryland after a person died from eating contaminated produce, leaving the death toll at eight.

Decades after he slept under a pinball machine wedged into his cramped apartment, David Silverman will open the America's largest museum dedicated to speeding silver balls and fast-motion flippers.

On Monday, MTA revealed its On the Go! Travel Station at the Bowling Green subway station. The kiosk will not only provide travelers with subway-related information, but also nearby restaurant and tourist sights.

Twenty-two Americans ranging from a radio journalist to a sports trainer received no-strings-attached genius grants worth $500,000 each, a charitable foundation announced on Tuesday.

Second-quarter U.S. installations of photovoltaic solar panels rose 17 percent from the previous quarter as increases in nonresidential and utility-scale projects offset a weakened residential solar market.

RBC Capital Markets hosted an Aerospace & Defense bus trip for investors in Philadelphia and New Jersey, visiting Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE:PCP), Triumph Group Inc. (NYSE:TGI), The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) and TransDigm Group Inc. (NYSE:TDG).