Two More Jersey City Workers Resign Amid Scandal; Guess Who Didn't Resign?

Two more Jersey City employees have resigned following the July 23 sting that led to the arrest of 44 public officials and religious figures, but the one resignation many have been calling for still didn't happen today, the Associated Press (AP) reports.

From the story:

Two resignations of officials also arrested were on today's agenda. Edward Cheatam resigned Aug. 3 as the commissioner of the city's Housing Authority, and Maher Khalil resigned from the board of trustees of the Jersey City Development Corporation in a letter dated July 31.

Yet to resign is Councilman Mariano Vega Jr.

Surprised?

Not here.

Read the full story by clicking here.

Prostitute-Loving Holocaust Survivor, 90, Killed

File this one under bizarre -- extremely bizarre -- news.

A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, who had a thing for hookers, was found strangled to death in New York City. Click here to read the full story on CNN.com.

Subway cars on the Atlantic Ocean floor?

The headline tells it all.

Some 30 out-of-commission subway cars were dropped into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape May to create artificial reefs for sea life that otherwise couldn't survive in the waters.

Click here to read the Star-Ledger story on the drop.

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Woman, 1,000 pounds, charged with killing 2-year-old nephew

A 1,000-pound Texas woman has been charged with capital murder in the death of the woman's 2-year-old nephew, according to reports. A grand jury in Hidalgo County, Texas charged Myra Rosales with injury to  a child and felony murder. She had also been charged with capital murder. If convicted, Rosales could be executed [this is Texas, remember].

When Rosales was initially charged with capital murder, she was released on her own recognizance since chances of her fleeing without major assistance was relatively out of the question. In fact, now that a grand jury has indicted her on these new charges, officials in Hidalgo County are now faced with two serious  issues—transporting her from her home [she's currently stuck in the house] to be processed, and then, once the processing is over, finding her a place of incarceration. 

The dilemma is extremely rare, and it's caught officials off guard. At this point, it's not immediately clear where she'll be locked up.

The charges stem, of course, from the death of her nephew. After an autopsy was performed on the boy, it was learned he suffered severe head trauma and brain hemorrhaging.

The boy's mother, meanwhile, has also been charged with injury to a child, according to reports from KGBT-TV.

We'll bring you more on this developing story as soon as it becomes available. In the interim, click here for a full report from KGBT-TV in Texas.

'83 Town Car has 1.3 million miles on it

A man who owns a Lincoln Town Car—one he bought in 1983—is still on the road, and it has logged 1.3 million miles. Check out this story below.

Jersey Journal: State parole officer accused of assaulting a 14-year-old boy

A state parole officer stands accused of assaulting a 14-year-old boy who was umpiring a kids' baseball game at Pershing Field in Jersey City, The Jersey Journal is reporting. The Journal says the officer, Thomas Millford Lambert, 40, of Jersey City, didn't like the calls the 14-year-old ump had been making. Click here to read this hard to believe story.