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The Nigerian husband of slain New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour — who was gunned down Wednesday night near her Sayreville home — made a bizarre Facebook post Friday morning wishing his deceased wife a happy birthday, even though it’s still more than a month away. “4th March is your birthday happy glorious birthday in addy my love,” wrote Dwumfour’s husband, who works as a pastor and identifies himself by the name Eze Kings on the social media site. He punctuated the post with a series of hearts, and attached about a dozen photos of the couple which prominently featured Dwumfour’s...

A convicted drug dealer was busted early Saturday in the brutal rape of a laundermat worker, police said. Samuel Rivera, 29, who lives a few blocks from the laundermat where the 38-year-old woman was attacked, was waiting to be arraigned late Saturday on rape and robbery charges. Police said the suspect, posing as a customer, arrived about 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. He grabbed a wad of cash from the register, forced the worker into a back room, then raped her. A subsequent customer scared Rivera off, police said. A security camera captured the vicious attack. While police say Rivera is a...

My father Frank, who has really only lurked here but has walked the walk we espouse all his life, is now laying in a hospice facility in Winston-Salem, NC making peace with his life and preparing to pass on. He's not particularly religious but he believes that a God that was kind enough to provide him the riches of his life wouldn't be any less kind to him after his passsing. He's a tough old fella and he's fighting it with all the fight he can still muster. He's the 10th generation of Hungarian family that migrated to America in...