Her guardian angel seemed to have protected her that day. A New Jersey toll worker's gut feeling to skip work saved her from tragedy. Jessica Daley, a toll collector along the Garden State Parkway, called out of work on Friday morning after waking up to a premonition that something bad was going to happen at work that day, according to News12 Long Island.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker formally announced his candidacy June 8 in the U.S. Senate race to finish the term of the late Frank Lautenberg, The Huffington Post reported."I'm here today to officially announce my candidacy to be New Jersey's next United States senator," Cory Booker said at a Newark press conference Saturday morning.Booker is running to fill the seat of the late Lautenberg, whom he called a "giant in the United States Senate."

Today, New Jersey residents experienced a small-magnitude earthquake today, after Hurricane Sandy left the town in much disarray last week.

Laguardia Airport in New York remains closed from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Airports along the eastern seaboard are reopening after Hurricane Sandy forced many to close.