Decision to drive and drive can lead to tragedy
      This past week we received the verdict in my sister's death, which occurred just over two years ago: guilty on the count of vehicular homicide. The defendant was found not guilty on the lesser charge of knowingly leaving the scene of an accident, resulting in death; the key word being knowingly.
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Writer made a point until that final sentence
      Regarding Paul J. Schlaflin's letter to the editor ("Writer Says Meaning of 'Illegal' Has Been Overlooked," News Transcript, July 22) opposing a bill aiming, in his words, "to protect from deportation the illegal alien parents of anchor babies.
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Christie shows leadership with selection of Guadagno for Lt. Gov.
      In choosing Kim Guadagno as his running mate, Chris Christie has starkly shown why he is doubly a winner over Jon Corzine. Not only did Christie manage the process like a chief executive should, Guadagno is a solid addition to the ticket who will trail blaze an important and positive role as New Jersey's first lieutenant governor.
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