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N.J. added 1,000 jobs last month (Asbury Park Press)
The New Jersey economy last month added 1,000 jobs, but its unemployment rate rose from 4.8 percent to 5 percent, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported Wednesday.

Kyle Busch runs last, runs best in all-star qualifying (The Charlotte Observer)
It can't go on forever. Can it? Kyle Busch's NASCAR reign continued on Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway, where the 23-year-old phenomenon added the pole for Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race to his growing list of accomplishments in the 2008 stock car season. Busch's Midas touch has produced three Sprint Cup victories, three Nationwide Series wins and two wins in the Truck Series. That ...

Kazmir, Rays beat last-place Yankees 5-2 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Scott Kazmir sparkled in his first start since agreeing to a $28.5 million contract extension, and the surprising Tampa Bay Rays dropped the New York Yankees into last place with a 5-2 victory Thursday.

Last Added (Sedona Red Rock News)
Dibor Roberts, convicted on two felony counts, received what amounted to a slap on the wrist Friday, May 16, after Superior Court Judge Michael Bluff sentenced here to six months of unsupervised probation, no fine, and no restitution.

Last refuge for teed-off smokers as bans spread (Chicago Tribune)
After state passed the indoor smoking ban, many communities are banning it outdoors too Golf courses are among the last places smokers can light up, as they endure broad indoor bans, and communities from Lake Bluff on the North Shore to southwest suburban Orland Park have imposed outdoor smoking bans, too.

Last Added (Sedona Red Rock News)
[Editor’s Note: Sedona Red Rock News County Reporter Greg Nix filed this blog entry at the end of the second day of the trial of Dibor Roberts Thursday, May 15. It has just been reported that a Yavapai County jury returned today, Friday, May 16, with a verdict of guilty on both felony counts.