Team Columbia presents Tour squad, new jersey (Velo News)
For the second consecutive day, an American team kicked off its Tour de France by unveiling a fresh jersey design created for a new title sponsor. Team Columbia, the former T-Mobile team referred to as Team High Road for the first half of the 2008 season, presented its new look and new sponsor in front of a packed press conference at the Penfeld Parc des Expositions in Brest, France, where the ...

THE TREASURE TROVE OF NEW JERSEY'S GENESIS (The Star-Ledger)
It was July 2, 1776, and the newly selected members of New Jersey's fledgling rebel government looked over their shoulders for British patrols and Tory informants as they gathered in Bordentown.

432nd soldier mourned in New Jersey (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
WILLINGBORO, N.J. As the chorus of Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross reverberated through Tabernacle Baptist Church in Burlington, New Jersey State Police officers marched in the center aisle, pausing to salute a fallen comrade.

July 4th boaters: Steer clear of New Jersey dolphin family (Arizona Daily Star)
SEA BRIGHT, N.J. — Authorities protecting a dolphin family in a New Jersey river are stepping up enforcement over the July Fourth holiday.

China's Yi traded to New Jersey (NBC Olympics)
The New Jersey Nets decided to part ways with the second-leading scorer in franchise history, dealing 2004 Olympian Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee hours before the NBA Draft Thursday for forwards Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons.