WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – It may take some New Jersey residents a little more thought to answer that quintessential question: What exit are you from? Some interchanges on the Garden State Parkway are getting new numbers next week. One new exit opened Friday. The changed numbers are all in central New …

PHILADELPHIA – The Justice Department says poor training has left Philadelphia police officers with the mistaken belief that fearing for their lives alone is justification for using deadly force. A federal assessment team says that’s inconsistent with police policy and court ruling on police-involved shootings. The team reviewed nearly 400 …

ODESSA, Texas – A West Texas man has been charged with impersonating an officer by using sirens and flashing lights to skip to the head of the drive-thru line at a fast-food restaurant. Odessa police say Michael Chico was arrested after an off-duty officer spotted a truck with law-enforcement trappings. …

NEW YORK – A suspected work slowdown by New York City police at the start of the year has cost the city an estimated $5 million in lost fines. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1ymyAVU ), citing figures provided by the city comptroller’s office, reports that the biggest loss came from …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jurors are conferring for a second day on the fate of an ex-CIA officer accused of leaking secrets about a classified operation to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, heard closing arguments Thursday and began its deliberations in the afternoon. Friday marks the …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother’s purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said. According to investigators, the toddler apparently reached for an iPod but found the loaded weapon. Police believe the shooting …

SHOREWOOD, Minn. – Police in Minnesota used a stun gun to free a live buck that was stuck to a dead deer. South Lake Minnetonka Police were called to the strange sight at a home in Shorewood in the Twin Cities area on Sunday morning. The antlers of the two …

Mottola’s New Deal Could Upset Mariah Mottola’s New Deal Could Upset Mariah I told you several weeks ago, months ago even, that Tommy Mottola had a new deal at Universal Music Group. It was back in April that Mottola managed to get a magazine article about Universal’s Doug Morris spiked. …

TROY, Ohio – Two teenage sisters died and two other children were hospitalized after a relative found all four unresponsive Friday from a suspected carbon monoxide leak in their western Ohio home, officials said. Sisters Dionanna Bishop, 14, and Dejah Bishop, 13, died at a local emergency room, said Dr. …

A couple devastated by Superstorm Sandy now has hundreds of thousands of reasons to celebrate: they’ve won the Connecticut state lottery. The 2012 storm washed away Mary Ann Daino’s Staten Island, N.Y. home. At the same time, Dennis Klaus lost his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. They were strangers then and …