A Brazilian wax, that is. The state on Friday decided to reverse course on the proposal after angry salon owners complained about losing business ahead of swimsuit season. One spa owner: "In New Jersey especially, where the government has been picking our pockets for so long, it was like, 'Just stay out of our pants, will you?'" Update to an earlier story picked by suebe 8 months ago

A musical Halloween treat from that Jersey boy, Bruce Springsteen. Better yet, he plays the Jersey Devil himself in the video!

Video and free download here.

So who is the Jersey Devil? Check out Bornbad's earlier post picked by suebe 1 year ago

David Witthoft finally shunned his Brett Favre jersey for a red shirt for the first time in 1,581 days. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A dozen turkeys are spotted all over New Jersey, including, seemingly, waiting for an outbound train. picked by Skid 3 years ago

Welcome to the Jersey Shore! Have a great time, but please don't dig too deeply in the sand in Surf City (you could get blown up), feed the seagulls in Ocean City (you could catch a disease), or draw dirty pictures in the sand in Belmar (it's rude). picked by kxmk 3 years ago

...has haunted New Jersey and the surrounding areas for the past 260 years. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

What do you do with a decaying finger with a french manicure when you determine it isn't really a finger (but you don't know what it is) - ya throw it away and fuggedaboutit! picked by BrownTrout 4 months ago

Feeling that Julien didn't have the team ready to make a Cup run with the playoffs scheduled to start next week, Lamoriello fired him on Monday and took over behind the bench for the second straight year. picked by punthe 3 years ago

Experts searching a hidden cellar at the former Haut de la Garenne children's home on Jersey have discovered children's milk teeth, police revealed today. picked by davethefish 2 years ago

"JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A father who raped his teenage daughter over several years and ordered her to throw two newborns he had fathered with her down an air shaft was sentenced to 35 years in prison."

And folks still wonder why W1K uses New Jersey as a euphamism for Hell. picked by bevissimo 3 years ago

The unidentified falling object was first seen at about 8:40 p.m. by people on Normandy Beach in Ocean County, and was also spotted as far away as Fire Island and South Carolina, officials said. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

I used to live in Jackson, N.J. I do not know these morons. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Air Force pilot launches a flare during a training exercise, causing mass evacuations and fires burning over 12,000 acres.

Oh, this is the same Air Force base that strafed a schoolyard in a training exercise in 2004. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Try as I might, I just couldn't come up with a better headline than the one they already made. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

Two New Jersey rivers that a pod of bottlenose dolphins have called home since the summer are freezing, increasing concerns that the mammals might not be able to survive much longer. Update to this post picked by suebe 11 months ago

Set adrift in 1969 by a New Jersey fireman, this simple message didn't show up for 39 years when it was found in Mississippi. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Moooooove over and let me show you how we do it in Jersey! N.J. Officer Allegedly Performed multiple Sex Acts On Cows, giving a new meaning to the "long arm of the law" picked by browntrout 2 years ago

Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn’t wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team’s playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

A boy who hasn't stopped wearing his Brett Favre jersey since Christmas four years ago has finally attended his first Green Bay Packers game.

That must be one funky smelling jersey!! picked by craziesean 2 years ago

Police said the thieves took over $6,900 in panties and more than $4,900 in bras. Victoria's Secret bras retail from $30 to over $50. Panties cost between $5 and $20, according to the company's website. I don't understand how you wouldn't notice that much merchandise missing. picked by beany11 3 years ago