Updated: A bridge too far? Trial reinforces New Jersey’s poor image

NEWARK, N.J. — If the state that brought you Abscam (fake sheikhs bribing politicians), Bid Rig (rabbis laundering money, more bribes to politicians) and other instances of political corruption was looking for an image makeover, this was not it. Testimony in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial began in September with descriptions of profane tirades […]