Delaware Judge Says Lender Is Entitled To Seize Former Presidential Yacht From Current Owners
A Delaware judge says a lender is entitled to seize the former presidential yacht Sequoia from its current owners. The judge ruled Thursday that the Sequoia Presidential Yacht Group fraudulently induced FE Partners LLC into entering a loan agreement, then defaulted on the loan. FE Partners can now exercise an option to purchase the yacht for a default value of $7.8 million, but that price will be ...
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Newark Man Federally Charged In Convenience Store Robbery Spree
NEWARK, NJ-A man who allegedly committed six armed robberies of Newark convenience stores-including the same grocery twice within a week-has been federally charged in connection with the spree, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Larry McRae, 26, of Newark, is charged by complaint with six Hobbs Act robberies and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He ...
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Newark Man Charged In Armed Robberies Of New Jersey Stores
NEWARK, NJ-FBI special agents arrested a Newark, New Jersey man in Newark this morning for alleged offenses in connection with armed robberies of a Krauszers Food Store in West Orange, New Jersey, and a Subway restaurant in Verona, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Antwon Yarbrough, 27, is charged by complaint with two counts of committing a Hobbs Act robbery and one count of ...
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Delaware Seeks To Steer The Poor To Top Colleges
a new effort to encourage high-achieving low-income students to apply to top colleges, saying it would send application fee waivers and other information to every such high school senior in the ...
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Teachers Village Developers Have Big Dreams For Downtown Newark
Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker recently cut the ribbon for the Teacher's Village, a new mixed-use development that will include schools, housing and retail in downtown Newark. | ...
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Children Ages 3 And 5 Hit By 14-year-old Minivan Driver In Newark
NEWARK -- A 3-year old boy and a 5-year-old girl were recovering Thursday after they were hit by a minivan driven by a 14-year-old boy moving the vehicle in a driveway of a Newark home.The crash took place at 4:45 p.m. Monday in front of a home on the 7900 block of Thornton Avenue near Spruce Street, said Cmdr. Mike Carroll.Officers were dispatched to a local hospital after a staff member there ...
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Newark NJ Mayor Cory Bookers Father Dies At 76
Booker's Senate campaign says in a statement that Cary Booker died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 76. He recently had a stroke and suffered from Parkinson's disease.Booker died less than a week before a U.S. Senate election in which his son is considered the favorite to win.Cory Booker often speaks about how his father rose up from poverty. His father and mother, Carolyn, were among the ...
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Two Private Schools In Newark Ask Permission To Become Charters
Two more private schools are bidding to become public charter schools in the latest round of charter applications in New Jersey. Six applications in all were submitted to the state Department of Education by Tuesday's deadline in an expedited review process meant exclusively for established schools or organizations seeking to become new charter schools. The two proposals both came out of ...
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