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Good afternoon, its Tuesday, October 21, 2014, ______at _____________ oclock and
youre listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and Im _____________ with
the news.

In Local News
New Jersey people oppose booze on the Atlantic City boardwalk
In Trenton, a majority of New Jersey residents believed that drinks in Atlantic City
belong to at the bar, according to a new poll. Most of New Jersey residents are not eager
to see Atlantic City becoming more like Las Vegas, which allow alcoholic beverages to
be carried on the boardwalk between casinos, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll. Only
35 percent of the people said that they would support such a measure. The proposal of
that Atlantic City should permit people to drink alcohol while those people are walking
between the casinos was floated by Senate minority leader Tom Kean Jr. If you want to
compete with Las Vegas, then you have to compete with Las Vegas, Kean said. The
opposition against the measure is split along party lines, with 40 percent of Republicans
in favor compared to 32 percent of Independents and only 30 percent of Democrats.



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A Stranger enters home, wakes residents and starts conversation.

In Plainsboro, a Forty- year- old man was arrested after he walked into a home, woke the
residents and began to speak with them, according to police. Vivek Pokhare got arrested
shortly after the incident, which occurred around 5:16 in the morning on Sept. 5 in an
apartment on Pheasant Hollow Drive. Investigation revealed that Pokhare could not
demonstrate a litigate business or social purpose for being or in the premises, according
to the police. Pokhare was charged with criminal trespass and later on was released on his
own recognizance with a court date.












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In National News

There is a restitution order in dinosaur footprint theft in Utah.

A Utah man that was pleaded as a guilty in the theft of a priceless fossilized dinosaur
footprint was sentenced since yesterday to a year of probation and he has to pay $15,000
in restitution, according to Fox News. Jared Ehlers, 35, pried a piece of sandstone with
an ancient three-toed dinosaur from a trail for off-road vehicles near Moab in
southeastern Utah, according to the federal prosecutor. This Monday in court, the Moab
man told to the district judge that he regretted putting up the 150 pound piece of
sandstone. Ehlers is going to serve half of his sentence under a house arrest. In the
meantime, he will also have a felony conviction on his record and be barred from
possessing guns, according to his attorney.







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In California, a man was charged with killing Saudi college student. On Monday, a Long
beach man was charged with the circumstances of the crime that was being committed
during robbery and a carjacking, according to Fox News. The body of the Saudi Arabian
student was found along a southern California desert freeway, nearly 150 miles from the
murderer, Agustin Rosendo Fernandez. The complaint also alleged that Fernandez used a
deadly weapon, a knife. The county of Los Angeles prosecutors have not yet decided
whether to apply the death penalty or life in prison without possibility of parole.










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In Indiana, police said that this Monday a convicted sex offender confessed to have killed
seven women and that he may be responsible for several other victims in Northwest
Indiana back in the 90s. Darren Deon Vamn, 43, told to the officers that he had messed
up in committing the latest killing. He was surprised that the police tracked him so
quickly, according to the police chief, John Doughty. Vann was charged with Hardys
murder late this Monday afternoon, and he would get more charges in his record in the
coming days.










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In International News
A South African Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorious, has learned his sentence today, on
October 21
st
for shooting dead his girlfriend on Valentines Day last year, which bring an
end to a seven-month trial that gripped the nation. The judge sentenced Pistorius to a
maximum of five years in prison, though lawyers on both sides of the case have
acknowledged that he probably is not going to serve his full sentence in prison. Pistorius
claims that he shot Steenkamp, a 29 year old law graduate and model, four times through
a locked bathroom door at his home after he believed that she was an intruder. The
athlete made history by becoming the first Paralympic compete against able-bodied
athletes at 2012 London Olympics.




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A strike shuts Lisbon Subway for the 12
th
time this year. In Lisbon Portugal, the
Portuguese governments plan is to privatize debt heavy and the public transportation
companies are meeting a tough position from trade unions as Lisbon subway workers that
walked off the job for the 12
th
time in this year. The staged a 24 hour strike this Tuesday
by demanding to the government to keep the metropolitan of Lisbon in public hands,
according to Fox News. Portugals public transportation companies are around 16 billion
euros ($20 billion) in debt and because of that they cannot invest in improving services
and infrastructure.

More news, sports, and weather coming up
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In Sports
In Hockey, Nugent- Hopkins goal gives to oilers the 1
st
win.
Taylor Hall scored a penalty shot goal and Ryan Nugent- Hopkins netted the winner in
the finals minutes to lift Edmonton to a 32 victory over the Tampa Bay this Monday
night.

Nugent-Hopkins made it 3-2 with 3:52 left in the game.






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In local baseball news, New York Yankees had chosen a new man to be the leader of
their farm system. Gary Denbo, will take over due to the retirement of Mark Newman as
the clubs senior vice president of baseball operations, according to a report from New
York Daily News. Newman had been in his gig for the last 15 years and 25 years with the
Yankees. Denbo is a former Yankees hitting coach and worked under Newman in 2014.










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Your WKNJ hourly weather update
Right now on the campus of Kean University, it is mostly cloudy 60 degrees with highs
going up 67. Low 53.
Tune in later for meteorology reports on 90.3 FM.













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In Entertainment
Oscar de la Renta, a famous fashion designer has died this Monday night. De la Renta
was known for dressing celebrities, states women and fashion people of all kinds. He has
died last night at 8pm due to cancer. He was 82 years old. De la Renta, a Dominican
designer made a name for him in the 1960s when he dressed Jacqueline Kennedy,
according to the USA Today. Through the years, his elegant creations were worn by
celebrities like Oprah, Lea Michele, Jennifer Garner, Sarah Parker and much more. He
also dressed first ladies such as Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle
Obama. De la Renta will be remembered as a legendary designer, star and a gentleman,
according to all his fans of all over the world.











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Thats it for your news. Youre listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey. Im
_____________________ and well be right back after this.
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