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February 5, 2021

Right Now in New Jersey: P.M. Edition

Coronavirus

N.J. restaurants can expand outdoor dining under new COVID measure Murphy signed into law

New Jersey businesses will be able to extend their footprints and serve patrons in parking lots, yards, patios, decks and public sidewalks.

By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Coronavirus

Third stimulus check update: Senate votes to clear way for $1,400 payments, restrict high earners from getting them. Here’s the latest.

As it stands, the next stimulus checks would still top out at $1,400, but would be targeted to lower- and middle-income taxpayers. No word on what the new income limits will be.

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Business

600 to lose jobs when N.J. Nabisco plant closes by end of summer

The company is moving all East Coast operations to RIchmond, Virginia.

By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Coronavirus

Hospitals, nursing homes will have to track COVID cases, death among its workforce under new N.J. law

Hospitals, surgery centers, long-term care facilities, hospice centers and home healthcare agencies must report the number of cases and fatalities to the state Department of Health.

By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Entertainment

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N.J.’s 45 best wings, just in time for the 2021 Super Bowl

Wings and the Super Bowl: perfect together. Here are Pete Genovese's 45 best wing joints from all over the state.

By Peter Genovese | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Entertainment

Super Bowl ad stars Eli Manning, Peyton Manning and Archie Manning

Marshawn Lynch narrates the all-star spot for Frito-Lay.

By Amy Kuperinsky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Lifetime’s Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina documentary: Whitney saved her daughter before she died

Friends and family talk about their tragically similar deaths.

By Amy Kuperinsky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Sports

Jets

Jets’ Joe Namath: Texans’ Deshaun Watson is ‘sensational’ but Sam Darnold could ‘be around for 15 years’

Hall-of-Fame quarterback Joe Namath talked about both Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold.

By Chris Franklin | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Nets

LOOK: FOCO releases Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kyrie Irving bobbleheads | How to buy Nets Big 3 bobblehead, memorabilia

FOCO released bobbleheads of each member of the Brooklyn Nets' big three -- Kyrie Irving, James Harden, Kevin Durant -- on Friday.

By Brian Fonseca | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Top 50 daily boys basketball stat leaders for Thursday, Feb. 4

Check out the daily leaders in points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals.

By Brandon Gould | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Obituaries

Ade , Jeanne R.

Jeanne R. Ade Loved her job at SHU Student Center Ticket Office Jeanne R. Ade, age 92, passed away peacefully on February 3. Born .....

Ball Jr., Charles

Charles Francis Ball Jr. Fire captain, family man, quick with a joke & loved to cook Charles Francis Ball Jr., 76, of Woodbridge, entered .....

Cocca, Giovanni

Giovanni Cocca Beloved family man, owned several successful businesses Giovanni Cocca, age 87, of Livingston, NJ, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by .....

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