Courtesy of Abby AlloccoPatrick Allocco, left, and his son, also named Patrick, said they are being held in Angola after the rapper Nas did not show for a scheduled concert. A local Angolan promoter wants $75,000 before the family can be released. Patric

Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm touts his support for transit on his website and represents a district where 38 percent of people take transit to work. Will he support the anti-transit, anti-urban House transportation bill? Image: house.gov Newly

Nutley resident Ruth Bedford, right, welcomes Republican Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (11th-NJ) on Saturday during a cocktail reception at her home. After redistricting, Nutley will be a part of the 11th District. See more pictures in the Sun's print

Leading Off: But U.S. Senate candidate Carmona, who has been a Democrat for only a few months, said that “criticism of Romney’s private equity background is misguided” and that the only priority for companies like Bain should be to “make a profit for inv

A former Kinnelon Councilman and private attorney, Larry Casha wants to succeed Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce (R-26) on merit, but a widow who just lost her husband stands in his way. Veteran of a 2007 political bar brawl with Assemblyman Jay Web

PARSIPPANY — Alex DeCroce was remembered Friday as a man who balanced his devotion to family with obligations to the state, a passionate advocate for crime victims who was doing what he loved when he died this week at the State House in Trenton. DeCroce,