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- In a segment on development and corruption in New Jersey, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop talks about Jersey City’s particular issues with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer.

- A suit seeking $10 million has been filed by the Jersey City man who was left fighting for his life after a 19-year-old Bayonne driver allegedly hit him while he was crossing Marin Boulevard in June.

- The widow of slain police officer Marc DiNardo has reportedly been told that her first pension benefit check has finally been mailed.

- The Newhouse family has long relied on the profitable Conde Nast magazine empire to prop up persistently unprofitable newspapers like the Jersey Journal. But as the recession drags on and the media environment continues to change, the family has taken its axe to the magazines as well, closing down four magazines and laying off 180 employees yesterday.

- Downtown vintage shop Another Man’s Treasure will be at the Manhattan Vintage Show this weekend; they’ve got a preview of what they’ll be bringing on their blog.

Today’s Best Bet:

- Steafan Hanvey and Una Pong will be at Lucky 7′s for a free show, while Melissa Surach’s Babyhole (also free) is down the block at the Lamp Post.

In statewide news:

- Monmouth County Sheriff and Chris Christie running mate Kim Guadagno is facing accusations she misused her authority during a labor dispute between the county and employee unions. Meanwhile, campaign finance records show that Gov. Corzine overwhelmingly finances key Democratic campaign funds, feeding more than $1.4 million into a system that critics — and he himself — have targeted for reform.

- Other gov race news: A new poll released today finds that the race has become a statistical dead heat, with Corzine gaining ground over recent weeks to pull one point ahead of Christie. Independent candidate Chris Daggett (who will be in Jersey City tonight) continues to poll much lower, but he insists he can win if he is able to get his message out. Meanwhile, Christie is dismissing the other candidates’ complaints that he has no specifics, and all three candidates talk about what they’d do for business in a Q&A. And the New Jersey State Nurses Association has announced the endorsement by its Interested Nurses Political Action Committee of Gov. Corzine.

- The incoming editor of the Star-Ledger tells Editor & Publisher he will work to make the paper’s web product different than its print one. “The most important thing is for us to evolve into two noticeably different products,” Kevin Whitmer says. “Right now, there is too much sameness to the content we put in the paper and online.”

- A New Jersey judge has imposed more than $760,000 in penalties and fees against a New York-based tobacco seller that offered mail-order, “tax-free” cigarettes to New Jersey consumers.

- The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, located on the campus of Montclair State University, is set to receive a $2.5 million renovation.