Jersey Shaw: New Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor this morning denied holding Hoboken’s storm relief money hostage in exchange for approval of a major development deal.   It’s a case of she said, she said. As Chris Christie’s political swamp grows, the …

Son of Polar Vortex: Cold and snow are moving back into the East. It’s 25 in Pittsburg, 25 in NYC and 32 down in Birmingham, Ala. But for NY and New England, it’s going to be single digits later in …

World: Two Americans and United Nations staffers were among 21 people killed when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside a popular Lebanese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Gunmen sprayed the restaurant after the explosion. The Taliban said the …

Change for NSA: President Obama is scheduled this morning to announce changes in the NSA’s “metadata” program that collects the raw data from telephone communications. Obama is expected to say that the data should be held by the phone companies …

Oscar: Meryl Streep collected her 18th Oscar nomination this morning, again for playing a woman with a heavy accent, this time in “August Osage County”. She’s won three times. For Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave”, “American Hustle”, “Captain Phillips”, …

The Gavel: A federal judge in Oklahoma has struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, but hold the wedding bells. The judge set aside his own order to give the state a chance to appeal. The decision was not …

Jersey Shore: Federal examiners are looking into whether Gov. Chris Christie’s administration improperly used a portion of $25 million given the state to promote tourism following Hurricane Sandy. The winning bid of $4.7 million for an advertising campaign was $2 …

World: Iran, the US, and six world powers have reached an agreement to temporarily freeze much of Iran’s nuclear development program. The deal goes into effect Jan. 20. Iran’s stock of weapons grade enriched uranium would be diluted so it …

Bean Ball: Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid player in the game, has been suspended for the full 2014 season for using performance-enhancing drugs. It’s the longest suspension for doping in baseball history.  Major League Baseball had sought …

Lane Change: Documents released by the New Jersey legislature reveal a concerted effort by state officials to cover up a plot to snarl traffic entering the George Washington Bridge last September.   In an act of political revenge on the Democratic …