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A LOSS THAT STILL HAUNTS RANDOLPH A year after high school cheerleader Lauren Crossan fell to her death in Hawaii, the tragedy continues to anguish and bewilder her friends and family Sunday, January 16, 2005 BY ROBIN GABY FISHER AND MAURA McDERMOTT Star-Ledger Staff It could have happened to any teenager. Anyone's son ordaughter. Anyone's friend. A year after Lauren Crossan fell to her death off a Hawaii hotel balcony, parents in her hometown of Randolph are watching their kids a little closer. Teens are thinking more about their own mortality. Her community is still mourning and wondering how something...

David Lee Roth cancelled the rest of his US Tour after injuring himself performing 'a very fast complicated 15th Century Samauri move' during a recent performace. The former Van Halen frontman, who is known for his athleticism, was performing a gig in Philadelphia when he cracked his face with a long piece of wood.'It was an incident on stage where he was doing a kung fu manouvre and he got hit with the staff that he uses,' Roth spokesman Todd Brodginski said.The 47 year old singer needed 21 stitches on his face because of the accident in Philidelphia. He has...